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ROME
(NOTE: Thin is the eleventh of a series of articles by Miss Katharine
Beverly, tlestiibinic a recent < ruise to the Mediterranean. In it, her visit
t Home is continued.—Editor.)
Bv KATHARINE BEVERLY
COME 120 members of the cruise had left the ship at Naples.
■5 for the five-day overland trip to Rome in order to fulfill
the Holy Vear pilgrimage requirement. By joinin? with others
in the veneration of tiie tombs of the apostles in the four
churches, and by aits of devotion ordained by Pope Pius XII,
v> hoped to receive the indulgences in letters six feet high, which give
nt the Holy Year far our aits .if the api*-arance of letters of or-'
P v dinury slse. Pictures here are not
Thousands of pilgrim* were painted but done iu mosaic. and
erowding Home during the short ure copies of famous paintings over
*r i v of our group, for Catholics
ne'r the world are taking the Holy
V':tr seriously, us e;ich basilica was
well-filled. Hotels were !ocnrv<l a<
near as possible to tliese major j
ban aaivi
nibiiimn.it
'Mrs. Sueilla Duke
Succumbs to Three
Weeks' Illness
Mrs. Sueilla Duke, 35S Hickle-
Jobu walk, died in Hood Huwuritau
liospiiai, Saturday morning, Uay
0, following an illness of three
weeks.
She was born In Lockhart, Tex-
as, but bad lived In San Antonio
about 111 years. She was au active
member of Sanford Cliapel Mclh-
odisi cburch until the time of her
Illness,
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday, May 10, at two o'clock
from Sanford Cha|n-I with the pas-
tor, Rev. 1'rcnra I* S. Woods, of-
1 flciating, and Kev. K. W. McMil-
lan, pastor of St. l'aul Metbodist
fChurch, auittlng. Burial was In
| Kastview cemetei'.v with the Frank
K. I.ewls Funeral liome in charge.
| The decedent Is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Cbrlstinfe Watscu:
two Hons, It. L. Duke, I.os Angeles,
California ; and Sterling Duke, this
city; two sisters, Miss Sophia Cren-
shaw, Waco, Texas: and Mrs. Al-
fa Brothers, Dallas. Texas; and a
number of other relatives.
Southern White Baptists Invade
North for Interracial Rally
OLIYF STREET ( ME
STEWARDESS BOARD 2
The Olive Street CME church
Stewardess hoard No. 2 held Its
IN Sl'NDAY PROGRAM -The Avery Wilson and Watson singers, annual silver lea Sunday, May 7,
church, and services arc held
"l urches, but 'ea'ch pilgrim"wiTs"re^ j "> these several times daily.
#iuir 'd to make the preseril ed visits | Among the famous statue* here
itt the order of their choice. j4 that of St. Peter, whose t« e
Items only two block* from St. jj.ls fMHM1 woru smooth and quite
Hary Major «Sant*i Maria Mas- shiny from being rubbed before bc-
gi >re) I <tart ray pilgrimage there. kissed by devout pilgrim*.
Jtituated in a traffic-laden busy ]{eijcg here are the veil of Veronica,
part of the city, this white and a pieCL, t)f lhv XrUt. t'ro^. and
*■•! I church is considered by many ,jie which pierced the side of
t<. l*; the most beautiful in Rome. jesU8 a< j|t, i,ung 01l the « r -
The carved flat ceiling is gilded other relics are the notice proclaim-
with the first gold from the new itlg lhe first u0iy \« :ir in i::mi.
w- rld« brought back by Columbus. T^e 0f Andrew, and the
and later given to Pope Alexander j10jy column where Jesus leniwtl
VI l e used in St Mary s.^ It is while disputing with the doct -r>
h ii- ug the oldest, built in .W. and jC temples.
the most important of the 1-V.i j Other churches vUited iu Rome I
churches in Rome dedicated to wq^ Peter's in Chains. ni t
Wary, the mother of Jesus. Home f.ip from the coliseum; and the
fea* 590 Cat nolle churches. 'Abbey of the Three Fountains The
In a little crypt-chapel below inlerior of gt< peters in rhain*
the high altar, which is sunk in jlJls ^ fine set of
the marble floor. I* the famous wePe taken fr. m a neigh
reli- of the manger of r.ethleheiu. ^jng temple, and have remained
In a Silver and glass container. Hie llIltiin spite of the altera-
brouie doors which protect It are
the world. The factories of the Dallas. Texas pictured above, will be presents! in a program at New
. . . . , * ,i ^ Light Baptist church, Sunday afternoon. Mav 14. at 't .10 o'clock. •
aticau are in the basement of tlie Th,lvl, („i[.stnndiiig gospel singers will lie making tiieir first appear-
church. There are -S .side chajK'ls aTU.t. | j the city and the public Is invited to hear them.
A s| ecia! Mothers' day feature will precede the hour of gospel songs.
(Advei tisenicnt)
The Holy Bible
By REV. PRENZA L. S. W00D3
|Y 'KS the Bihlfi liavc anything to say to such a world as
ours, where men stand confused and aghast, yearning as
perhaps never before for the lipht and finding none! I think
it Ins. and that the mcssajre which the Holy Bible has tfo
give to this world is in its great eternal words about Ood and
about J«-■ 11 s Christ. | condemnation but pardon,-not
The first is that God who creates. , judgment but grace, not fear, but
The first is. that fiod is a fiod who I'ove. It Is the Initiative of* God.
create* Me is not (iod.Uke t,K' Ui1li".0 fir,st 8V" Witl,l>U'
I man is lost In the morass of,his
llH- "f Aristotelian „w|1 cvll world ,n(, ,N U
biric co. mm-, philosophy. Nor is he an absentee [ is the foolishness of Ood that^ltl-
<;->d such as that of the deism of 1 founds the wisdom of the world
the eighteenth century. He i
nt the church. The table was beau-
tifully laid with n lace cloth and
held a low bowl of assorted spring
flowers. Other flora' arrangements
were used throughout the church.
Dainty sandwiches, cookies, mints,
nuts and spiced mint tea were serv-
ed. Mrs. Aline Thomas is president
of the board; Mrs. (Ma Powell, sec-
retary; Mrs. ltosa Hell, treasurer.
Members include Mrs. Ora Gordon,
Mrs. Hessie Davis, Mrs. Alma
Stevens, Mrs. K. Murphy and Mr-#.
•R. It. Moody.
au |
. , ,r . God. It is the weakness that s]
tious and restorations of the church active t.od, a (tod who does things !., strenath of men For it i
•jH-n on 0t<'1 \ia ^°Ma j«>r whlvh WUS buiIt iu the flflh °eL J/1' is G°?1 °f tlH' rrt'a!io.n f ' ishness. as the world Judj
lhe bell tower of . Mary Maj u tury. the world, who speaus and It is . t, t 8uff„rs <an ,e La t
;Ue highest In the city, and c u-( Wils l(, enshrine the done, who causes the light to shine j fe(tive than pouer that puulsBw
men
last word of God is one of hope,
for he is the God who Creates, who
cares, and who conquers—ar.d all
this through the same power of his
righteousness which is revealed in
love.
This is Biblical faith. It is a
faith which has significance for
us, for this God is not God of the
dead but of (lie living, not only
the God of Abraham and Isaac and
Jacob, of Amos and JslahrUf Jesus
which in its wisdom did not know ! and John and rani, but of you
aud me aud our brethren iu all
the world.
oieaiorates the retnru of^ the^ I'oi>es j ci,ains which bound St. ivter. in , out of darkness and order
from Avignon iu l.ti". 1 Jerusalem. These chains have been i out of chaos. He is tTTe
were said in front of tne basilica
ier lo come i lnn,n„„
™^wh0Tways to
of a guide to give his spiel about i j.jjqJjj tw0 yarjs long. This relic ! ness, whose purposes will at last
the treasu-es of the church un- .^ [n a bronze safe below the I.' fulfilled. From Genesis to Rev-
interrupted by someone stopping to j t,1It wm for j elation tbe Bible speaks of the
pray before the crowded altars. pUgrjmii | Ood who ucts, and who acts in
St Matthew is buried here.
From this charch we walked
the long Via Merulan. starting nt
the.jaj4it of St. Mary Major and
reading straight to St. John Mter-
au. En ronte we passed several
........ ... follow the ways of "Gi
iHiuud to those useti by St. Peter creates a new heaven and a new „ _ f.,,,iishneiui
holy door la order to allow the jewel ju Mamertlae prison, and make a earth wherein dwelletli righteous-' (.|lit w hit l! i~ wiser th:in all onr
hiiinnn wisdom—the foolUhuess of
%
To the right of the altar Is the human history for good. For the
famous statue of Moses, by Michael- , whole of history, in the understand-
angelo said to be one of the most! ing of Biblical faith, Is but the
powerful figures ever executed in j self-revelation of God.
marble. The jruide told us that when f Secondly, if is tbe faith of tbe
— — i the sculptor had finished the work. Bible that God is a God who cares. J|JJU lue cuuureu U1 JM
pr.K-essions of nuns and school he stood before if, tools in hand. ' He feels for the righteous Abel conie tj,e dangers and
children reciting prayers and sing- > aU(j irilpUisive]y struck it with his slain by his jealous brother. He I q{ ihQ degert durinag
♦itg as they walked from one basl- lljajiet anj aaj,jt " speak." The mark 1 hears the pleas of Abraham ami I vpur 1K,rj0(j ,,f testing and prepara-
11 to the olher ,,f the blow is still to be seen on the cries of the captives In Egypt „on H(, ]ea(Jg Joghim in the con-
•Ihe holy door of St. John Latera th(1 k,ie0 „f stat,1P. „ is Tery atlll Uabylon. In llie Song of the ; uf Can„flI1. Ha g)ve, power
u the last door on the left. In the u^e in all but g,„. It ilt ma Suffering Servant he reveals his * ,||(1 ])ht,ts and hope t0 ,llP
f ,t entrance, -t John Lateran g,ve, way of redemption through shar , enables them to tea
ehurch. dedicate.! tn >t. John tn. ( The ab|l(,v of [hc Tlirw F,)|m. Ing tlie )jalns ami ,|le tragedies of (,|M, fr|)m ,ho „.r„(.v.age 0f their
V ngeli-'. Is the ntbedral of the uiBS st.inds „„ the s|wt n.lier{. St. nien. Again it is tbe theme which |)()1Ujcnl statp ,he Ilobiest rellgtoo-
II '"W Of It' me, which is the l>ope. ,,ual wag beheaded. It stands In a pervades the scripture from Uenesi- , fl|i|h of ,lle anc|ent worM< jn the
It is the faith which 1?
founded on God's everlasting crea-
_ tivlty aud power, the faith that
to turn from their 'man is alone neither in his suffer-
ings nor in his world, but that the-
eternal God Is with lUMie^Ue faith
that the final power in tbe universe
Is the power of unconquerable love.
It is the faith that moves aud
builds, the faith that the God who
is revealed to us supremely In
Jrsus Christ has shown us iu him
not only the end of*^e the
way—the way of rigljeousness and
of love which in thmr# the
ultimately true hoUnasn. « «...
the God who shares bccause he
cares.
There la a third word al>oni Ood
which the Bible aoenka. He is
God who conquers. It is hla
that Abraham goes out seekl
the city with eternal
not laid by man. lie enables
and the children of Israel
Tht
rove of eucalyptus trees, planted
an ire Is the largest and the mo^t t|iere hv the m< nks. The church I
«n ient in the world; It was or- eU(j the grove, and was
Ifinally erected at Thebes, In Egypt. hnl]t ln lm It POUlajng the pillar
V, centuries before Christ It was t ) whlch st 1>aul wag bf)Undt the
pi; ed here In l.>>s ^ Mock on which he was beheaded,
>inee being consc^rated In *J-1 an,| three fountains of water on | suffer.
A.D. It has been burnt, rebuilt, different levels, which tradition
ed by earthquake, restored
Revelation- from the murder of (,mj jl<t overcomes all his foes and
Abel to the altar under which arc I wtffl|llIgbps the h(t{ cjty in t,K.
"the souls of those who had been nij(jgt m011
slain for the word of God OPd jCtff j .Th^ the gospel of resurrection,
the witness they had borne I orl of „ .lefoat of death and hell
God is never oblivious to thf e wlwH |)V -puwer of God. It is the
. ... n .tnance of the final victory of
fids .. the gospei Of the crucifix fuill, alld iove—of the faith that
says sprang up where his bead Ion. At the very ln-art of the ^enth cannot quench and the love
■ . 1 .1 ..1 1 ^ I 1.1 1l. ... .1 I ' ! h . ...at t It.W.v I • til.
re always on
! the other side of the cross, on tin-
other side of the resurrection. The
grin
'"Doa and "D&ttfo"
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fli.na>. na,' 3 oyiuug u^r n ub>« mi« i —- - —- j
• tti enlarged. The central alta' s | struck the earth, when it rebounded 'Biblical Christian faith there is ! that hell cannot destroy. The new
c- - red by a G"tr^lf ?u dH after decapitation Over each Is a cross—the cross which represents heaven and the new earth, tht l ly
c rains in Its upper part tne ne.ia i^autifully carved head of St. Paul, not the wrath of an angry judge. whi(.h comes (iown out of
Of St Peter and SL Pan! in lUmL,, flrstV>ems still a'.ive. the sec-nor the demands of a deM,olie king ^own.°"
r .|uanes Here, too. I. a plain in(1 ,|rlll|f thlrd the forgiveness and love pf a""-""1
nil •. whi'-h traditiou^says is tne > resent.s death. The water of the j suffering father. The cross reveals
table used by Jesus Gfcrist at the , ffolintajn j9 verv wartn, the to men that GikI does care, that
Last Supper. This church has one aeoon(j tepid, and tlie third. Icy | he shares their sorrows, that lie
ot the most beautiful cloisters In . js n j)arty to the sufferings which
a!! of Rome. The bronze doors of Tjie audiences with P i e Pius i their sin entails—not only a party
the baptistery which Is dedicated to j xn fln(J thg
tion ceremony j to that suffering, but the major
St John make a musical sound like n, Sl<lnls(, n,m wlll ,)e in] parly.
a p. i w erf ill organ when moved on (.... e n,.xt installment. I The message of the cross is not
tie ball and aoeket hinges. I
Across the squares is the Scala ^
Un ita or Holi Stnlri Inclosed in
• <ped I bnilding. Tbe stairs con-
sist of 2S steps which according
to tradition are those of Pilate's
p;iitice In Jerusalem, and were used
br Jesus Christ during his passion.
Tliey are eovered with wood, but
ama'll panes of glass are let in here
and there to show blood-stains on
the stone, which was shell by Jesus
after being crowned with the crown
n' thorns. The stairs may lie as-
rended only on the knees, and pit-
are allowed to walk down
ide staircase. The building Is
ln ■ hnrge of the Passionlst fathers.
Our visit to St Peter's basilica.
pi- rather visits, seemed to take
place at least once each day. There
are two aspeets to St. Peter's—
the material form and the symbol-
ism. What it Is. and what it stands
for. It is easy to understand both
a> St Peter's. The buildings on the
right and ieft of the church seem
t<. be encircling arms. Standing in
the'square, which will hold 300.«S
people when full, the Vatican palace
of 1,000 rooms can be seen at the
right. The official apartments and
the private apartments are in it.
The balcony In the front of tbe
church is quite large, and it Is from
this place the pope speaks on oc-
casions.
(ill eriterinif the basilica, one Is
at ruck by Its size. The architect
aimed at conveying some idea of tlie
Immensity of God by the sense of
Mince li this vast church. The tomb
of St. Peter Is here, with 93 lamps
burning day and night around it.
Excavations are going on at present
to verify the statement that St.
peter is actually buried la the
crypts under St. Peter's.
Tbe cross which surmounts the
dome can be seen for 30 miles.
It contains a piece of the True
Cross. The dome la quite huge, aud
when standing under <t, ln the w,r, j,P {{jg n.rfeet fentleman and help the lady on
jhtii -e r.s? Sf " the words which . * ' - , r 9
Christ anoke ta Peter drawn -a if #OHt
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RKV.^C. a MILTON
SWICAGO.—After 56 years of
operating as a separate
body, the Southern Baptist con-
vention will make the trek to
the north to Join the Northern
Haptlst convention in sponsor-
ing an interraiial rellifious
rally. In cooperalin with the
home mission hoard of the Na-
tions! Baptist convention,
lJJSj\., incorporated, and its
atate unit, the Baptist State
convention of Illinois the meet-
ing wlll be held May 12 In tlie
historic Chicago stadium.
Tlie rally will he the main
feature of the Southern Bap-
tists' national conclave, the
first ever held in a northern
city. Ita invasion of northern
territory brings to mind the
early history nf the beginnings
of the southern group.
As far liarli as 1844, when
both the southern and northern
Baptists were handed into the
general convention, there exist-
ed a perpetual state of Internal
dissension—over the question
of slavery. That ene thing per-
haps caused the most hitter con-
troversy within the denomina-
tion. However, this was not
peculiar to Baptists alone, sinre
nearly every religious body in
America was at one time or
other rent over the same is-
sue and In most cases was visit-
ed upon by permanent schisms,
Willi the Baptists, however,
differences of opinion regarding
the slavery question appeared
in the minutes of their general
convention for several years
prior to the final b r e a k—
which seemed to reach an apex
in 1814. The relation nf slav-
ery to the churches in the con-
vention came up for thorough
discussion nt the annual con-
ference that year.
From the discussion, a res-
olution was drawn up and
unanimously adopted. It read:
"He hived: that in cooperat-
ing together as members nf this
convention in the work of
foreign missions, we disclaim
all sanctions either expressed
or implied, whether of slavery
or anti-slavery; but as individ-
uals, we are free to express
and to promote elsewhere our
Views on these subjects in a
Cliristaln spirit and manner."
The convention voted that
the appointment of missionaries
by the foreign mission hoard
be contingent upon the pro-
vision that "If • candidate had
slaves and should Insist upon
retaining them as his property,
we could not appoint lihn. One
thing la certain, we ran never
be a party to an arrangement
which would Imply approbation
of slavery."
In April, 1945, the American
Baptist Mission society, acting
on the refusal of southern mem-
bers lo comply with this rule,
adopted resolutions that separ-
ate organisations be formed. A
month later, upon a call by the,
Virginia Foreign Mission
society, 310 delegates from
southern rhnrrhes met in con-
ference at Augusta, Ga. and
formed the now Southern Bap-
tist convention. The constitu-
tion of the southern group'was
precisely that of the general
convention, which later became
known as the Northern Baptist
convention. But the division
thus caused remained until the
present.
Now, the Southern Baptists
are on their way "north" to
put democracy to a test. In so
doing, the affair will mark
the first time that many del-
egates from the south will he
seated in the same pews with
Negroes. It lias been a matter
of tradition that the two races
worship in separate churches,
not only in the sonth. but In
most northern churches.
The Southern Baptist conven-
tion Is composed of more than
25,000 churches, all of which
are not in the south and lias a
membership around 6.500.000.
Chicago Baptist leaders who
will participate in the rally
include the Kev. J. C. Austin,
pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
church, delivering the welcom-
ing address ami the Kev. ,1. II.
•larkson of Olivet Baptist
church. A 1,000-voice Negro
rhoir will also participate.
Miss J. M. Hicks v
Guest Speaker at *
Carolina Bap't Meet
Miss Jesale Mae Illcks, 328 South
Pine street, was one of the three
national officers of the National
Baptist Convention of America,
who were special guests of the
South Carolina Stnte Rnptlst con-
vention which convened In Green-
ville, B. C., May 2-5.
Other officers were Dr. G. L.
Prince, president; and Dr. Henry
Allen Boyd, secretary of the Na-
tional Baptist Publishing board.
Misa Illcks spoke to the conven-
tion on Friday evening, addressing
a capacity crowd in the auditorium
of the Springfield Baptist church.
Her subject was, "Success through
Inner harmony."
ABC May-
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judge warned that tlttstt rules were
against tbe priuciples of the staU
in giving the ABC its charter. Sev-
eral slates have suits filed against
the ABC, but mast of them are
holding up prosecution until after
the coming convention. The ABO
holds Its original charter from Illi-
nois where it was established to
govern and establish rules In bowl-
ing. •
Bauuigurteu, summing up what
he considers the purpose of the
ABC, said:
"The American Bowling congress
is a social organization. We have
no quarrel with anyone. Bowlera
are grand sportsmcu aud it Is tbcli
American right to choose their
meiuliership.
"The ABC has functioned with
annual tournaments for 47 years
and It wlll continue to conduct
national tournaments even If we
have to build our own lanes.
"We will not be dictated to by
political groups. We have Just be-
gun to fight nnd we are not going
to have pressure groups dictate
our membership or policies."
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