The Colour Bar.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 5, 1 November 1926, Page 8

The Colour Bar.

i s tTjhejCjhur.qban South, 1 Afrieais faced with)-, ,di^c)iltjiep m, the matter •of njixeid,; i congregations. Blacks are o J ye,r\v;lielmingly; preponderant and n^an^ f t!nur.<^ pespplej wish : them to iattend..their,'own chUrcljes'aiid to lefiye the i • ,.' whi^e i , churches for Europeans. The f ' ' Church . dhrbn'jcie ' ' has some yaluable; . articles on, the subject/ A cb^rcjsppod^hj;; ' under tnfe / n6ni de phjnTjejv' Writes m itfe^cplumns and states that > a, "coloured," parishioner on moving, .to another town'applied for membership m a ''white" congf^g^tidn;;,;.^ Hef was) /■tpjd^tbat. as there was a "'coloured" congregation m the toWn he wouTdbe more at home the'reli TPfiesGhurcb paper ans\yers;tas follows :— ... :..■ . :. .■;.•;. „ ' ..V : ' • "Why, theii; is '• ■ « Stajj " asked .'to go to another church? Thej fundamental reason for a man going to church is tontnake, an.ojßfejcingj^o.God, not,primarily to get spn^tWn^, althpugh he does-; .get 6p,d 's blessing.; It, is ; ;f ar ea^^er, f for f a n)a^ . to . play his Pflirt ;j in,.vthe r life of , a c^jjrch among hi ! 9,jpiw.ns,people,rju^ as.,.it,is^for avCplopre^ r man or., a, j n^ive ' to offer; His besi;.' amp^g of ' hrs own nationality^ Tjbjere, is, inucjii to' be sa|d fpp>Pf pple \o£ the sarnie, ,race ( which' ind^cftt<BS;foutlpo^ on Jife,. inherited sentiments^ .tenidejicje^.. o^ , th'Joug^t,, ways pf« looki^ v at , thing^, r ,not r to'mentipn ty?m»g?) i t^ethifer arid 4e^g|Qpiflgi , , . the^f c.pmyaQn life; Pn th^j,r(iow«Qj li^es. ; , ; Jusf as. , t he ; CHiifch <¥f . t^e ; isroyiflce r w;hil^ , holding; on : w,ish, -b^jEi ..b^'ds,. .tp.',', h^,' ?pn.n|eetidn •with,, the^ ' ija^cap, (|6|iiD(unipn thwugh^ut . "tpfi l ;^rldi, yet f "clainbjs; ike rig|it : t^giov^rn, KeirSjelf,. ito. -yyoifship jn w^ys tpaf.sh^t^iik'sysu^laW tjbXp,es,t -thai is in'li^j so fhe ,< jqp^red .a^^r^atiye congelations'; 'are ; e^cp^rAgjed . .tp? 'woi-s^ipr in 1 churches w]Ler,e, t^^ r .^e.,..fjre ;^''^'deyelq{> : ' < 6n tjtj^ir, cjwnjftnes^ ma.n r |th|eir.pwh offibes, i and a niapagje^ tnjeiii churclj,' entirely by t^e^se)]p;eg r , wh^le^ a^ the; same t time, neyerp fpjc C# s mp^neni ( .' f orgetftiig ifikt , ttie^ i Ml ;^e^ers, of the wftqle .C^eh^ jequ^l, with a|l3pthers, As^ f a. pq|icy T ,o f ur] ' C^iir^h. 'recommends raqiaj G^ji^s, l^uifc [it,^olJs.fiTn^|Fto tjh|e; pri^cip^ , th'^t. "yres" cpnftrnled member: njay; cqipmTinicat'e at' \ any 'fit 1 " "•! .I'.JiHr, 'X' ',:i;rr,.j ,■-. ( it-i,;.rT /,■■;•, l Cmu'c^|al*ar, ttirpughout th^world. C^il^iicjityli^ npt; meanj; r to; repress, despise ; p^' ,'. ,be^|ttierraciai; aiid^ nafyoMk but } tp enhance, eji^pblet b^autif^ thM ,fpr ;';the G^thpJ|^ (f V?liurc}i may >c a nch;dep^it^ry { •that ." is. beauiif uj { Itf ihe ch^raetefisti^s df ' every .racY 'and nurabirig, dull v saineyss^ :> iri '■' :; cere-

m6n|ai, ritual, prayers/; hymnsj, ' seri mons, 1 appiicar.oh'' of principles '■■ to cfianging needs; are ; tKe true marks of a Catholic' Church.' This has always been a. difficulty amphg Christians ■> of jall'denomiriatipns who' have sought to exclude all who' canript say"shibboletK" with their own 'exact intonation,: but ;it is ! the antithesis ' of 'Catholicity.''" : - "■• |;: '■■•■■■ ■■■ - .•.■■:'• ■' " ■• ; r\"> ■ l,r.i-;-,'iv !*ii.: .. .;■ %