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PORTLAND &
OBSERVER
Black millionaire dies
Religion in the News
HOUSTON — M r. Hobart
who said "he has always had
the vote of Blacks useless In
T a y lo r, S r. died today at Me­
a mission other than money­
the county.
m o rial Hospital. He was 76.
making. This mission la to
M r . Taylor was active In
Hobart T aylo r. Sr. was
encourage better relations be­
Democratic politics and yvas
from a pioneer Texas family
tween Negroes and whites and
a personal friend of many men
which came to the state tefore
to teach young Negroes how to
who rose to high public office,
the Revolution, from Mexico.
rise to positions of responsi­
such as Reps. Albert Thomas
He was one of the most suc­
b ility ."
and Bob Casey, the mayor of
cessful businessmen in Amer­
M r . Taylo r came from a Houston and President Lyndon
ica during the past thirty
Texas fam ily of businessmen.
B. Johnson, In 1948, M r.T a y ­
years. He waa also a politi­
His grandfather, Andrew Tay­
lo r led a group of associates
cal and civic leader in Hous­
lo r became a great land-
who raised funds necessary
ton and the state of Texas for
owner and entrepreneur. And
fo r President Truman to make
many years.
his fattier, Jack, was a suc­
his
famous
election-eve
Shortly after his graduation
cessful contractor.
broadcast which is credited
from P ra irie View College in
One of M r . T a y lo r’s most
with hla upset victory over
1*18. M r . T aylo r entered the
historic and significant con­
Gov. Thomas Dewey. M r .
insurance business with Na­
tributions in advancing the
T a y lo r was also the first del­
tional Benefit Life Insurance
cause of his race came in the
egate of his race from the
Company. He became the com­
area of politics. He was a
south elected to a national
pany’ s leading salesman in
determined and effective lead­
Dem ocratic convention since
the nation and waa placed in
e r in the effo rt to eliminate
Reconstruction days.
charge of the regional sales
the poll tax and to obtain the
M r . Taylor was active for
office In Houston. He remained
vote for Black citizens in
many years In civic affairs In
with the company until 1929.
Texas. Besides his highly in­
Houston. He was the leader In
In 1930, M r . Taylor helped
fluential
leadership,
M r.
opening employment oppor­
found the Watchtower Life In­
T aylo r largely financed the
tunities for Blacks in the city.
surance Company of Houston
landmark esse of Grovey vs.
He organized the Houston
which eventually became a
Townsend through the Federal
Campaign of the United Negro
part of Golden State Mutual
Courts to the U.S. Supreme
College Fund and was active
L ife Insurance Company. He
Court, Thia case gave Blacks
In the Houston YM CA.
waa an officer and director of
the right to vote In the Demo­
As a member of Wealey
the W atchtowtr Company until
cratic prim ary in the State
ChajreI AJVȣ. Church. M r .
1933 when he entered the taxi­
of Texas.
T a y lo r taught the men’ s Bible
cab business in Houston.
M r . Taylo r was also instru­
class for 42 years. He also
M r, Taylo r was highly suc­
mental in financing the cases
served on the Advisory Board
cessful in the transportation
In the U.S. D is tric t Court and
fo r the Selective Service Sys­
business and in real estate
the Court of Appeals which
tem .
and in«jrance ventures until
abolished the "J ayb ird ” p ri­
M r . Taylor was a natural
the time of hla official retire­
m ary of F ort Bend County.
athlete, serving as captain
ment in the middle 1950’a.
Texas. This was an arrange­
of the baaehall team at P ra irie
In an article In the Sept. 4,
ment under which local whites
V iew . He waa the president of
1967 edition of U.S. News 4
financed a private prim ary
P ra irie View Alumni Associa­
World Report. M r.T a y lo rw a s
even before the Democratic
tion for many years and re ­
described as a m illionaire
p rim ary in an attempt to make
ceived the alumni award from
Black heeds C of C
DALLAS, Texas, Dec, 7 -
Black church leaders were a
m ajor force at the Triennial
General Assembly of the Na­
tional Council of Churches
meeting in Dallas, Texas,
December 3-7, A black man,
the Reverend W, Sterling
Cary, New York C ity, was
elected president of the ecu­
menical group and the black
caucus of the Assembly pushed
through important resolutions
related to blacks in America
and A frica.
M r, Cary, who is Associate
Conference M inister of the
l'nlted Church of C hrist in
New York, was unopposed for
the presidency of the N .C .C M
which represents 33 Protest­
ant, Orthodox and Anglican
denominations. Six black de­
nominations are represented
In the ecumenical group.
‘ I m a Christian and I can’t
believe.” M r . Cary said in
his acceptance speech, "that
the most Important thing about
me is my blackness . . . the
most important thing about
me should be my humanity.”
M r . Cary expressed the
hope that when the Council
meets again three years from
now that there w ill be no need
for black. Latino, woman or
other caucuses, thatthere w ill
be a "oneness and unity in
C h ris t."
At a press conference, M r .
C ary said that he hopes that
In the coming years the church
w ill "be about” solving some
of the problems it has passed
resolutions on. "Everything
has been said . . . no more
resolutions are needed.I think
they turn over to a black
these are times fo r mote
adm inistrator to preside over
low-key activity and less plat­
its liquidation."
form rapping,” said M r.C a ry .
By contrast. Bishop Herbert
He added that the church must
Bell Shaw of the African
abandon concepts of "narrow
Methodist
Episcopal
Zion
nationalism” and embrace the
Church, said that he believes
concept of "w orld commun­
that "the National Council of
ity.”
Churches Is about to launch
There has been much spec­
its most significant service
ulation that the liberal phi­
to the religious world and that
losophy of the Council was In
this w ill he under the p resi­
conflict with the mors con­
dency of M r . C a ry ."
servative beliefs of member
Publicly, black church lead­
demoninatlons. The conserv­
ers expressed absolute sup­
ative mood of the nation, some
port fo r M r . Cary. However,
argued, cuts across the re­
privately they question wheth­
ligious community, and that
e r a black man in a white
radical resolutions against the
church, such as the United
V Ietnam w ar, for amnesty, and
Church of Christ, would be
fo r m inority rights did not
any more responsive to a
represent the view of the
black than a white.
grass-roots churchgoer in the
Born in Plainfield, N J .,
various denominations. C r it­
M r . Cary, 47, graduated from
ics of the N.C.C. use this to
Morehouse College. Atlanta,
argue that the group is near
and Union Theological Semi­
death. However, the large at­
nary, New York. He has been
tendance at the Assembly and
a m inister of the United
the harmony of the meeting
Church of C hrist for over
Indicated the opposite is true.
14 years. He is m arried and
Bishop John Hurst A d a m s
has four children.
of the African Method 1st Epis­
copal Church also expressed
concern about M r . C ary’ s
election. " I ’m in absolute
support of M r . C a ry ." said
Bishop Adam s."W hatmycon­
cern is, though, is that his­
torically when predominantly
The Portland Baha’i Com­
Bahs’ l communities in wide­
white institutions start turn­
munity w ill hold a public meet­
ly diverse areas of the world,
ing the top administrative
ing on Friday, December 15,
showing how they are fu lfil­
positions over to blacks, It
at 8:00 P,M , at the Cascade
ling
the teaching of Ba-
is a signal that they have al­
Center. 705 N . Kllllngsworth.
ha’u’ llah, Prophet-Founder of
ready abandoned the institu­
The documentary film , "A
the Baha’i Faith. "T he earth
tion. The metropolitan and
New W ind", by prize-winning
is h it one country, and man­
urban area school system,
film -m ak er George C.Stoney,
kind its citizen s."
which whites have run from,
w ill be shown.The film depxts
Baha’i meet
Zest of Life
SUICIDE IS NO SOLUTION.
A woman stops her ca r near
the center of a high bridge,
?ets out and leaps over the
Twenty-five minutes
later she is fished out of the
water dead. A confused, dis-
traut
young woman, with
everything to live for teeters
fo r a long time on the window
ledge of a top floor of a tall
business building, then in sight
of thousands jumps to her
death. A popular movie star
dies of a massive overdose
of sleeping tablets. A young
attractive TV star in a suc­
cessful series, Peter Duel,
in the popular "A llla s Smith
and Jones" died on New
Y e a r’s Day by his own hand.
In
our great
affluent
American society, more col­
lege students dte by suicide
than from any other cause,
except automobile acekie nts,
and some auto accident deaths
are acts of suicide.
The
rate of suicide is increasing.
A Buddhist monk pours
gasoline over his clothes and
sets himself afire as he sits
praying on a South Viet Nam
street in protest against the
w ar, O therpersonsinAm eri-
ca and elsewhere have done
likewise.
Some Buddhists and mem­
bers of other religions, who
would not kill a living crea­
ture, which is destined fo r
death in any case, w ill some­
times
destroy
their own
bodies, which were designed
and created in God’s Image
with the potentiality of lm -
m o rtalllty, even aa Christ.
Some feel •• the flesh pro­
fite d nothing.” and so they
are quite w illing to "m o rtify
tfx fleas," by neglect, or
flagellation, o r by muti­
lation, or by destroying the
body with the idea of advanc­
ing themselves spiritually or
attaining to Heaven o r N ir­
vana. No such promise of
advancement
is
made to
Christians in the Scriptures,
Catholics
consider
self-
destruction almost the worst
possible sin.
WELCOME TO
ST. MARK’S BAPTIST
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CHURCH
119 N . E . M o rris
Sunday Service 9 :l5 /ll:0 0 s jn .
Evening Service 7:30 p jn .
Reverend Edward W ilder
Carnegie 'Happy* Pullen
I f we consider the spiritual
goal he could attain. O r he
law thac "Whatsoever a man
could contemplate his des­
soweth, that ahall he also
perately unhappy plight he
re ap ," then if a person com­
might be In without his body,
m its suicide, destroying the
especially when ha considers
body given to him by God
Jesus' words thac "God is
he is certain to suffer sp iri­
not the God of the dead, but
tual penalties for crushing
of the liv in g ". M a n . 22:32.
out the very breath of divine
What a pathway of advance­
life within him.
ment and enlightenment la
Many persons don’t want
left open for a person who
to become old and depen­
deliberately crushes the pre­
dent.
That la why some do
cious God-given gift of life?
not slow down their consump­
Does one who destroys his
tion of cigarettes, alchol,
body have to wait In line for
and barbltuaoes. These are
also a slow form of suicide.
another body while billions
If a would-be suicide would
of others precede him Into
only wait a few more hours,
the land of the living?
Is
contemplating the great con­
not the person who destroyed
tribution he could make to
his body Ilka the guest at
C h rit’ s Kingdom by his to­
the wedding feast who dkln't
tally obedient and dedicated
have a "wadding garment"?
service he might see how
T h is Is a parable Jesus never
much greater and glorious
explained.
Church school and Bible class:
Sunday morning worship:
Sunday Evening worship:
Wednesday Evening prayer:
Friday Worship Service:
9:15 ajn<
10:45
7:00 p.m.
7:00 p jn
7:30 p.m.
Soul Purpose
GOO LOVES YOU
by Chuck Singleton
God loves you . . . of all
the millions of volumes of
books that men have ever
written and of all the trillions
of words that have ever been
spoken by men, there exists
no g reater truth. God loves
you.
The Bible says " F o r God
so loved the world that He
gave His only Son, that who­
ever should bsllavo in Him,
should not die but live for­
ever (John 3:16).”
Love is an amazing thing,
and God showed us what It
meant. He loved us so much
that He GAVE . . ."
M y fiance* Charlyn once
gave me a plaque that reads.
"Love In y o u rh ea rtw is n ’ tput
there to stay, Love is not
Love, T ill you give it aw ay."
How profound, how true.
One popular movie used
this fo r a theme — “ Love is
never having to say you're
• ° r «7 . That kind of love la
" m e " centered.
|f "you "
really love " m e " , then ••|’ *
wouldn't
have to say to
"you” , ••I’m " aorry.
M y love to God la acted
out whan I say I ’m aorry for
aln and ask His forgiveness.
M y love to my fiance* is
shown when | give to ix r w lth
no thought of what I w ill re­
ceive in return. Love is say­
ing to her, " I love you, not
because of what you do, but
I love you because of what
you a r e ."
Most people seek s reci­
procal love, a love that has
averages like the stock m a r­
ket.
They can bet on whet
they'll get In return; they
usually give little and receive
little , and because they re­
ceive little, they give little
and that love w ill shatter. It
may add but never multiply.
God loves me despite my­
self, and whoever you are.
He offers either one of us
enough love fo r both of us.
God loves you.
288-7241
^Aethodisf r
Rev. T. N. Neffa
Welcomes you to
Church of
the Living God
M 2 8 N.E. 8th
A. le e Hnndarsnn, Minister
Z M -S 4 2 9
Ellis Cossen, Asseoeta Minister
Sunday School
Church Service
Evening Service
9:45 a jn .
11:00 s jn .
7:30 p jn .
6401 N.E. ,0th Avenue
Church School
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UJS, He is presently In law
practice In Washington, D .C .
O ther survivors IncludeMr*
T a y lo r’s present wife, V ir ­
ginia, and two slaters, M rs .
Mma l.ove and M rs . Regent
Thomas, both of Houston.
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1222 NE Skidmore
the university on two oc­
casions. In 1965, he was In­
ducted Into tlx Texas Hall of
Fame.
M r. Taylor and hla first
wife, Charlotte, were the par­
ents of one son, Hobart, J r „
who was successively Legal
Counsel to President Lyndon
Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church
3138 N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 282-9496
Sunday School
9 00 A M
M o rn in g Worship
, 100 A M
Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor
* llh s heart-felt w elco nx"
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4635 N.E. 9th 288-5091
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Sunday School 9:30 a jn .
Sunday Worship 11:00 a jn .
Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m.
(Second and Fourth Sundays)
Reverend Thomas L . Strsyhand, M inister