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Ebenezer A.M.E. Buys Church
Edifice Os Mt. Olive Baptist
CHURCH TRUSTEE WRITES
INDIGNANT LETTER
CONDEMNING PURCHASE
It *h unofficially stated that
uflter weeks cf negotiating; the
trustee* of Kbenezer A. M K.
Church have secured a land con
tract and made the initial down
payment In purchase of the proper
ty occupied by Mt. Olive Baptist
Church; at Willis and Brush. The
edifice; which was formerly a Jew
ish synagogue; orlginaly cost half
a million dollars; and Is one of the
ft neat church buildings owned by
any cohered rellitlous organizations
In the United States.
The purchase was made neces
sary; it is said; by the location of
Kbaneaor’s church homo at . r mi
Erakine afreet; in the East side
clum blearance area. Its removal
Is imperative.
Juct when the property at Wlllla
and Brush will bo vaeved by the
present occupants and ttken pos
session of by th*- new owners; has
not b*-en announced; but I* ii re
ported that Mt Olive is necking a
new church hi*me.
There is said to he some dissatis
faction among certain members of
Mt. Olive; regarding the purchase
of the property by Ehene/er. A
letter of protest from a trustee of
Mt Olive has been addressed to
llt-v Batier; pastor of Kbene/er;
and roads as follows:
Detroit; Michigan
Septemlter Id; lßttJi
Hear H*-\ Baber
M 1 am addressing you tills letter
Itecasc the matter under discus
sion affects the public in general
and Christianity in particular
Asa member and Trust t Mt.
Olive Baptist Church: and know
ing our Pastor to boa true yoke
fellow in th.- C.osp* I ministry with
you. and th*- church dedicated to
the'welfare of Christianity and the
adumeement of the Negro race
with which you ami your ‘'ltureh
are both Identified: I am shocked
to learn of your attempt to under
mine another Christ Inn Institution.
I know you cannot fail to sec that
sui h an attempt to dismisses** and
crush another Church struggling
fur the same cause; as the pubic
nms- so* : that you nr*- attempting
violate Christian ethics and
-•hatter to ail scriptural injunctions
and putting tho teachings of Christ
to an open shame.
"ilov. Askew's brother; the late
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2146 St. Antoine Street- Detroit, Michigan
Dr. T. .1 Askew sweat*., tor
fix** years to put Kbenezer Church
• n the map: and loft ii out of debt
and around eight thousand dollars
building fund. Ho hid tho mule of
the Methodist deep In his heart and
for forty three yearn labored un
ceasingly and bore submissively
the tasks imposed upon him. He
was even sent from hl» home land
to foj-elgn fields to plant the Rose
of Sharon In the name of the
Methodist Church. He died a
martyr to the cause of Christ and
a Methodist Church; and Is no
doubt filling today a pre-mature
grave on the account of Ingratitude
And his brother Rev. C. K. Askew
has followed In his footsteps In
elevating his people.
"Asa man he has established a
splendid career and has been In
strumental with others In opeulog
doors for Ills people that were
hitherto closed. You ami your
< butch may feel you have achieved
something because you happen to
Ik* fortunate enough to receive
sonic money from the tiovcrnment
and Hurt money happened to no i
free and uncumbered because hts
brother made it so. Hut could you
feel It Just to use your unmerited
advantages to crush another in
stitution and a man that has ac
complished much in five years as
you can boast of in twenty? oti
may feel happy in receiving ap
plause from your superiors, bul 1
wonder if you can feel that they
were won?
•'ll was through Rev. < K As
kew's untiring efforts over the
criticism of many tliai this proper
ty was brought within our reach
and since he suffered through 'he
years of the .severest panic the
world has known; do you feel that
i Jud would bless the actions that
was intended or calculated to drive
him who luim such a splendid pro
gram lo defeat and despair?
Ihes migli't make right? We
■an understand how individuals
who know nothing of Jesus Christ;
and who from sheer ambition ami
vain gloriousm s» can carry on a
method of underminding and sup
planting Hut what coloring do
our • hurt he**- the light of the
world- give to Christianity when
Hoy condescend to the same sinful
level and run rough-shod over the
tend r Interest of a praying* and
trusting people? Somehody should
rtad Sheldons hook "In His Steps;
What Would Jesus Do?"
• Rev. Askew is a very broad man
and his labors in this cit' ; as well
as from whence he came lias com
mended him fraternally to men of
all creeds atul classes. The
Methodist Ministers in partiettar
have hi rii hi* special friends He
• ■Mended to you the hand of cord
ial welcome and fraternal greet
ings ott vour arrival to this city.
He and Mi olive feel that the blow
von are attempting to deal is the
ninkimlest cut of all'.
The Chinese have said to our
American Missionaries; (five mo
your Christ; but away with your
« hristlanity". Cannot a gazing
world ask that pertinent question
to some of us? 1 still believe that
the Judge of all the earth will <lo
right; and if you are working in
His name your conscience will not
aocine you; and nothing but
happiness awaits you; but if you
are not; your glories will fall you
for Naboths Vineyard did not in
crease Ahttb’s happiness.”
(signed)
O. Brown
THE DETROIT TRIBUN E—SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1935
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Buys Church Edifice
EBENEZER A. M. E. CHURCH
AS THE EAGLE SOARS
BY UNCLE ABE
“DARK TO IIK"
Sufety (list is 4i ll right for auto
drivers, but not for human char
actor. If you arc satisfied in life
there Is very tittle that progress
cun hope for from you. It Ih so easy
to play the game safe and dothlngH
that cause no criticism.
Forever work,)hr for a little per
sonal advantage and fearing what
others rriKht say hits robbed the
world of much progress. You can’t
play safe and do big things. Woe
unto the man who was never criti
cized. Pitiful Indeed is the man
that, is safe and satillcd. All great
living is daring adventure, sailing
on perilous setts, facing the mob
alone and fearing only God and the
right.
Not until you are able to ignore
upplauseand accept outrageou
cirticism and treatment, are you
really preapred to serve. Leader
ship today means to la* able to take
it Men have boon put to death for
simply daring to he constructive
and progressive.
t)f course ii is dangerous to stop
out oft! e path of old ideas and
customs and rebel against selfish
ness in any form. The danger sig
nal here does not and can not mean
to stop. It can only warn us of the
price to he paid You say to me the
price may he death. 1 answer he
who Is unwilling to walk into the
very jaws of death to save Ills fel
olwinan and help a cause that will
lit up all men is the greatest cow
ard I know
iw>l safe mid satisfied. Peace, but
Dare to be light, true merciful
all peace is not glorious and I de
spHo a peace soaked in the blood
of compromise. Compromise has
caused the wreck of the ages. It
simply will not settle great isuea.
It will not right terrible wrongs.
It simply varnishes the truth and
loaves humanity on the rocks.
1 do not believe in war. I despise
wholesale butchery of human live*
for nothing, but I holieve som®
wars have ended too oon. Great
principles must be fought out,
wrong must he completely crush
ed and killed. Anything less than
compleee death for wrong of every
kind simply leaves 11 to someday
come back and cure us.
To ine the puzzle is so little ap
preciation for the few voices that
ring true. How can he m®b help
to rrucify the Savior who came
that they might have life and find
It more abundantly. Such a condi
tion makes It hard for those who
dare to he. Ingratitude !■ a region
I cannot explore. I don’t under
stand it at al. All the excuses of
fered for it seem foolish to me.
To go to the bottom of the sea
for a person and then be kcked by
that peron is beyond m®. Some
lower animals never forget a little
kindness. A dog will did for the
hand that feeds it. Only man seems
to be ungrateful.
If omehow these Ingratee could
only know the result of ther ac
tions. Have you helped someone
who later stabbed you in back,
then you know the harm—lngra
titude is the highest hill to climb;
but great souls must soale It. In
spite of It must dare to be.
Dare to be arue, dare to be kind
dare to be progressive, dare to be
helpful, dare to be a friend to man.
Ho when the urge knocks at your
door, get up. set sail, launch out
and be brave Whither you are go
ing maters little, obeying the call,
following the path means much.
Tou can’t always be sure of a har
bor and fortress when you are ser
ving others. Buch was the way of
those who blazed he path for ut».
They set sail upon uncertain dang*
crous seas. The battled the storms
and faced every enemy. They en
dured hardships and uffered agony.
They burned their ives to the oek
et and even died.
Let us remember heir way. Let
us remember how they dared to
be| Let us remember above all
that their deaths, glorious and
sacrificial, are still flowering out
in rights, privileges opportuuities
and happiness for us. If their bless
ed spirit of adventure hauns you,
do not close the door, do not be
afraid, do not think of self but
dare o be.
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THREE ARTS CLUB
* Miss Edith Hal lid will be tillable ]
[to supervise the club this uutura.
much to the regret of the mem
bers of the organization.
Hob Perkins and his Chocolate
Friends played over the radio on
August no and performed excel
lently They also played for the
•lance given by the Three Arts Club
at Franklin Settlement, August 0.
The club will hold its ilrstt fall
meeting Friday 13, at 2231 Lafay
ette. at 4 p. m. All the girls of the
club are requested to atend. The
president is Lueenn Williams: sec
retary. Theresa Williams.
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