P o r tln d /O b u T v e r Thursday, December 14, |972 PORTLAND Black millionaire dies OBSERVER RoHgion in the News Black beads C of C DALLAS, TS'X sh , ¿)ec 7 - Black church kiedere ware a m« jo r force at the Triennial G e w n l Assembly of th i Na­ tional Council of Churches meeting in Dallas, Texas, December 3 -7 . A Hack man, the Reverend W . Sterling C a ry , New York C ity, was elected president of the ecu­ menical group and the black caucus of th j Assembly pushed through important resolutions related to blacks in Am erica and A fric a . M r . C ary, who la Associate Conferen.je M in is te r of the United Church of C h rist in New Y o rk, was unopposed fo r the presidency of the N .C .C ., 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 . C ary said in bis acceptance speech, “ that the most Important thing about me is my blackness , . . the most Important thing about me should be my humanity.” M r . C ary expressed the hope that when the Cou.scil meets again three years from r ow that ¡‘.hero w ill be no need fo r black, Latino, woman or othe- caucuses, that the re w lL be a "oneness and unity In C h ris t." A t 1» press conference, M r . C a ry said Chat he hopes that In the coming years the church w ill "be about" solving some of the problems it has passed resolutions ate needed.! think these are times fo r more low-key activity and less plat­ form rapping.” s a id M r.C s ry . He added that the church must abandon concepts of "n arrow nationalism " and embrace the concept of ‘ ‘world commun­ ity .” There has been much sptac- ulatlor that the lib eral phi­ losophy of the Council was In conflict with tie more con­ servative be I le ft of member demonfnatlons. The conserv­ ative mood of the nation, some argued, cuts across the re­ ligious community, and that radical resolutions against the V lernam war, for amnesty, and fo r m inorliy rights did not represent tie view of the g rasr-roo ts churchgoer in the various denominate ns. C r it­ ics of the N .C .C . use this to ■ argue that the group is near death. However, the large at­ tendance at the A ssembly and the harmony of the meeting indicaoiid the opposite is true. Bishop J ohn b u rst A d a m s of t he African Methodist Epis­ copal Church also expressed concern about M r . C a ry ’ s election. “ I ’m in absolute support of M r . C a ry ,” said Bishop Adams. ’W hstmycon­ cern is, though, is that his­ to rically when predominantly whits institutions start turn­ ing the toi> administrative positions over to Wacks, It is a ilgnal that they have a l­ ready abandoned the institu­ tion. The metropolitan and urban area school system, which whites have run from, resolutions on. "Everything hat» been said . . . no more Zest of Life SUICIDE IS NO S U e - A woman stops her c a r tsiijr- the center of a high bridge, gets out snd leaps over tt» ra il. Twenty-five minutns la te r she is fished cut of the w ater dead. A confused, dis- traut younp woman, with everything to live fo r teeters for a Jorg time or, the window ledge of a top floor of a tall business building, then in sight cf thousands umps to her death. A popular movie star dies of a massive overdose of sleep ng tab'eta. A young a ttra c ti'e T V Siar in a suc­ cessful series, Peter Duel, In the pofwlcr "A llla s Smith and Jones" died on New Y e a r’ s Day by his own hand. In our great affluent Am erican society, more col­ lege studen’s die by suicide than fru it any other cause, except automobile accidents, and some auto accident death s are acts of suicide. The rate of suicide is lrcteasing. A Buddhist monk pours gasoline over his clothes and sets him self afire as he sirs praying on a South V iet Nam street in protest against the w ar. Other persons In A m eri­ ca arid elsewhere have done likewise. they turn over to a black adm inistrator to preside over its liquidation." By contiast, Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, said that he believes that "the National Council of Churches la about to launch its most significant service to the religious world and that this w ill he under the presi­ dency of M r . C a ry .’’ Publicly, Wack church lead­ e rs expressed absolute sup­ port fo r M r . C a ry , However, privately they question wheth­ e r a b ltck man In a white church, such as the United Church of C h rist, would he any more responsive to a Wack than a white. Bom in Plainfield, N J „ M r . C ary, 47, graduated from Morehouse College, Atlanta, and Union Theological Semi­ nary, New Y o rk. He has been a m in is ter of the United Church of C h rist fo r n /e r 14 years. He is m arried and has four children. HOUSTON - M r . Hobart T a y lo r, S r. dlod today at Me­ m o ria l Hospital. Ha was 76. Hobart: T aylo r, S r was from a plonr r Texas fam ily whicl ca ns fc. tt#i stats before the Kavolutio', from Mexico. Ho was me of Mw moat auc- cesal'i.l luslnesarntin in Am er­ ica during the past thirty yearn. Ha w in also a politi­ cal and civic leader In Hous­ ton ai d the at ate of Texas tor many years. 5h* rtly after t ie graduation from P ia lr te View College in 1913, M r . T aylo r entered the taeuruM » buslnatn with Na­ tional Benefit L ife insurance Company. Ho bo« ame the com­ pany'u 'eadlng salesman in the m t iin and was placed in charga if the regional salsa office' Home>n, He nr m tried with ilw company u rril 1929. In 193>., M r . T aylo r helped found the Watchtuv.-er Life In- euiunce Company of Houston '»hlcbi a sntually (ecame « p s rt olf C ildon Stata Mutual L ife Insurance Company. Ha was an oft leer a si director of the Wutch'.owOr Company until 1933 when he euiered the taxi­ cab ’justness In Houston. M r. T aylo r xrn» highly suc­ cessful in the Vranspottarion busmens and in real est.es and insurance ’ enture» until the tim a of tils official matliw- me;.< in the mkldls 1950’®. In an article in the Sept. 4, 1967 edition of 'JS. News & World K e x irt, M r.,T a ylo r was doocrtbuil is a m illionaire fited] nothing, ” and so they i r e quite w illing to ''m o rtify the fless ," by neglect, or by flagellation, o r by m uti­ lation, o r j y destroying the body wlih tb<- den of advanc­ ing themselves sp iritually o r attaining io Heavnn o r N ir ­ vana. No such prom left of advancement Is made co Christians In the Scriptures. Catholics consider self- destruction almost the worst possible sin. Boib’i nmt The Portland Baha’i Com­ munity w ill hok.' a public meet­ ing on Friday. December 15, at 8:00 F ,M , at the Cascade Center, 705 N . Kllltngsworth. The documentary film , "A New Wind” , by prl2e-wlnning film -m a k e r George C.Stoney, w ill be shown.The film depiets Baha’ i co.nmur dies in wide­ ly diverse area« t,t the world, showing how tbuy are fu lfil­ ling t‘w ta a c l-rg of Ba- ha’u’ llah, Prop,Mt-Founder of the Bal a 1 Faith, “ The earth is but ona count y , ard man­ kind Its citizens. ’ If we consider the spiritual goal he could atM bi. O r he law thac "W hatsoever a man could Oauamplatit h it des­ soweth, that shall he also perately unhappy plight iw re a p ," then If a person com­ might be in without his body, m its suicide, destroying tfe especial’.)' when be cor a Id a n body given to him by God Jesuf.’ words that: "Cod Is •• Is certain to suffer s p irl- not the Cod of tie dead, but aiai -naltles fo r crushing of the liv in g ". M it t . 22:32. out the ;• breath of divine What a pathway ,>f advance­ life with in hii,. ment a d enlightenment Is Many persons ’ on’ t want left open fo r a person who to become old am depen­ d e llb e ra u /y crua a ; the pre­ dent. That Is why act. ® do cious C id -glven xlft of Ilf«? not slow down th eir consul, p - Does one who ittstroys his tl<n, D .C . O tlw r survivors inc u deM r. Taylor's | resent wll I, V lr - g in la, and two a lita i I, M rs . ilm » Lova a W M ra Regent Thomas, both of Hius ton. D A Y CARE M O T H E R S *! J I I I I I ♦ ♦ ♦ CARE FOR I IN Y O U R H O M E - ♦ ♦ AMA Fam ily O a y /N ig h t Caro £ 4 4 6 6 3 3 5 5 H.E. 9»h 2 8 8 -5 0 9 1 «48» COG LOVES YOU by Chuck Singleton God loves you . . . of all the m lllio rs of volumes of hooks r.a t men have ever » rinen and of all the trlllio rs cf words thac have ev er N u t spoken by men, there exists no g rea tsr tn ith . Cod ¡eves you. The Bible says " F o r Cod so loved tie world riuna He gave His only Son, tha1 who­ ever should be’lave In Him, should not die but live for­ ever (John 3:16),” Love is an amazing thing, and Cod showed us whet it meant. He lovec us so much that He CAVE . . .” M y fiance* Charlyn once gave me a plaque that reads. “ Love tn your heart wasn’t put there to stay, Love la not Love, T ill you give it away.” How profound, ¡mw true. One popular movie used th'.*’ fo r a rhema — "L ove is never having to say you’ re ¡lorry , That kind of love is " m e " centered. If "you” re ally love ’’ m e” , then • r wouldn’t have to say to " y o u " . ” I ’m ” sorry . M y love to Cod is acted out when 1 say I ’m sorry for sin ard ask His forgiveness. M y love to my fiance’ le shewn when 1 give w> her with ne thought of what I w ill ,ne- e e iw in return. Love 1« say- l.hg W her, "1 love you. not because of what you do, but 1 love you because of what you a r e .” Most people ,ieek l re c i­ procal love a love that has averages like the stock man- set. They can bet on whet they’ ll gst In return; they usually give little and receive H ale, and because they re­ ceive u tile, they give lln le ind that love w ill a h itte r. it may add but nover m ultiply. God loves me despite my­ self, and whoever you are. He offers wither one of us en8 • « « i ' . a n d oaoi ' «•eea« • 00 • - m • 0 M > •» t Ng* • 1 ’ 00 U-» »efe •» *. ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH C orner o.’ 8th and Sk dm are Sunday School 9:30 a jn . Sunday Worship ll;0C aatj, Christian Youth Felfoashlp 6:00 p j i (Secmal and Fourth Sundays) Reverend Thomna L . Strnyhand, M in iste r 'Come A liv e ’ 'Ccme to Jetui* 'Come A live’ th e L iv in g G o d P .G . o f T. T e m p le # 3 9 0 0 NE Ainsworth Portland, Oregon 1232 NE Skic/mor« rev eren d J ohn P arker . Chairman. E ld e r Board Church school and Bible class: Sund ty morning w orth ,p: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening pniyen F rid a y Worship Service: 9:15 i ,3 j. 10:45 a.m 7:00 p , i, 7:00 p.ni. 7:30 p.ni. Sunday School 9 :4 5 a .m . T .U . 6:00 p zn. L M A R A N A T H A CHURCH P payer Service Junior Church 28 1-7241 JERRY 1ARRIS. C i a irr is n, T n u •« B x n l ■■ — Morning Service 11:00 i j n . Evening Service 7:30 p.m . Wuunesdays 7:30 p jn . Prlday 7:30 pun. rxrr Olivet Neptist Churd Rev. John H Jackson Minister N.F. First and Sc'tu/ler Rortiond, Ore. ®h«nw 281 19J4 Sunday School Morni W x th ip Vespe» I e.i I ’ e.i 1 p.i ws «nur tr> anrthtp en»f d^erz to ssrve Pastor Rav. S. Green 111 SF ^Aethodisf £ Rev. T. N . N offa Welcomes you to V C hurch o f th e Ac a m ember of Wesley Chapel A W Z , C ’xirch, M r . T a y lo r taught the men’ s Bible clauu fo r 42 years. He also served on the Advisory Board fo r the Selective Seivlce Sys­ tem . M r . T a y lo r wee i na&jral ».thlete, serving as can tain of the basobull team at P ra irie V lew. He was the president of P ra irie V a w Alumni Associa­ tion fo r many years and re ­ ceived ths alumr.l award from Seal Purpose C h u rch o f W ELCOME TO ST. M A R K ’S BAPTIST CHURCH 119 N , E , M o rris Sin day Service 9:l5/ll:00izan . Ewimng Service 7:30 p jn . Reverend Edward W ilder the vote i f Blacks useless In the county. M r . T aylo r w.a active In Dem ocratic politics and was a personal friend of many man who rose to high public office, such as Rapa, A lbert Thomas and Bcb C a rty , the m ayor of Houston and President Lyndon B . Johnson, (n 1946, M r .T a y ­ lo r lad a g ro u p o associate» whii ralaed funds necessary for President Trum an to make hla famous election-eve broadcast which la credited with hla upaat victory over Gov. Thomas Dewey. M r , T a y lo r was alto the firs t del­ egate of hla race from the south elected to a national Dem ocratic convention since Reconstruction days. M r . T a y lo r w at active for many years In civic affairs in H oust o r. He wee the leader In opening employment oppor­ tunities fo r Blacks in the city. He organized the Houston Campaign of the United Negro College Fund and was active In the Houston YM CA . $ 3 .5 0 a child per d a y Carnegie ’Happy’ Puller Some Buddhists and mem - i f ether religions, who iku. , k ill a living crea- Wre. ¿T destined fo r death tn any c»^. '! sct;.,e- tirres destroy “‘ n bodies, which, were lnadgnou and created in God's image with the potentiality of im - m o rta il.ty, ever as C h rist. Some feel “ the flesh pro­ wno said "he has always had a mission other than money­ making. T .ile mission is to encourage better ra'anons bs- hvaon Negroes and whites and to teach young Negroes how to rise to positions cf raspensi- b lllty ." M r . T aylo r came from a Toxac fam ily of busin'issmen. ills grandfather, And raw Tay­ lo r became u great land- owner and u rtrepren eu r, And his father. Jack, was a suc­ cessful contractor. One o' M r . T a y lo r’ s moat historic inc significant con­ tributions in .iidvancirg the cause of his race came in tie area of politic®. Ha was a determined and effective lead­ e r In the effo rt to eliminate the poll u x and to obtain the vote fo r Black citizens in Texa®. Besides hie highly in­ fluential leaders,tip. M r. T a y lo r largely financed the landmark case of Grovey vu. Townsend through the Fedora I Courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, Thia case gave Blacks the right to vete in the Demo­ c ra tic p rim ary In the Stats o ' Texas. M r . T a y lo r » as also instru­ mental in flnanci’ig the cases ta the U 3 . D is tric t C o i n and the Court of Appeals which abolished tlw ’Jaybird” p ri­ m ary of F o rt Bund County, Texas, Thia was an arrange­ ment under which local whites financed a private p rim ary »van before the Democratic p rim ary in an attempt to make h m HHMS Paga 6 ■R « I, » e Gci»d f 8828 N.l. t i t i A. L m Henderson, Mfeistor 2« *-Mr> Elli» Cettten, At.»ectete h inir»»er Sunday Sc Pool Church Service Evening Service 9:4'» a 4.1. llrtXJ a jn . 7:30 p ju . N.E lOth Avenue IL fe e K fe 'W /M W W 64C1 p; Church Scheel W ed. Neon — H«e Hour oi Ro«»er We»\’. feever O Closi Meetmg l :4S e*m i:00 ¿.m 2:00 rM>r .'30 p n Vancouver Ave Finit Baptist Church 3133 N. Vancouver Ave. Pho?ie 282-9496 Sbvtdoy Scltooi 9.00 A M doming Worship , , [00 A M hhetery Core * r i nds