bo d plan to elim­
in te pro rty in the B c
unity been pre -
d to the tional p-
Con ntion of Amer-
'can by prominent Los-
gl busine an.
enri O'Bryant, pea-
er for the Convention's
Commi . on on Social J -
ti unfolded his economic
d elopm nt plan Friday in
the e Hope Baptist Chur­
ch in Lo Angele.
"When e consider the
rnbin d umerical treng-
th of the ational pti
Con ntio of Ameri "
choir robe manuf cturer
Henri O'Bryant told the
del ate, e pe­
ing of more- than four
million re dy c tome ,
controlling more than fifty
billion do IS cit year .
e h but to hame
our churches gre t purch
ing po er and direct it
where it will do the most
good - in the pockets of
Blac busin
e can help ounelve
by following m very
simple procedures within
e ch single church. Toget­
her, th step constitute
P ttern of Economic
Growth (pEG) which can
our people. out of
tomb of lfare and
e blish on an equal
plane . th other group
ch th Je or even
more incridibly the
orrno . The orrno
built empires through
tithing, and good usine
"
othing th t Blac pea-
in America no ve
more political po r, mor
educated profi . onal and,
more importantly, more
economic po er, O'Bryant
. d there is great hope in
the ational Baptist Con-
n . n of America.
Strengthened by the
them of your meeting,
Getting a . ce of the
Pie' e great hope
that you will cast down
your nets here you are
and produce the means
for your famili ell be-
ing."
O'8ryant . d the tre­
nght of the Blac comm­
unity is rooted in econ­
ornically trong Blac fam­
ille who are in tum root-
d in trong blac chu-
rche . us, he said, Blac
people need look no far­
ther than to themsel
for incredible financial str­
ength.
"In the confine of
our 0 church member-
. ps are thousands of
small busin it and 0-
••
men behind who the church
can thro its great pur­
chasing po er and rno
th busin to a te
of gre t benevolence to
our communitie, ere ting
thusand of job and pro­
viding millions in capital
for our own, If-generated
economy."
The 71-year-old O'Br­
yant pre . des 0 r a nation­
wide clothing manufactur­
ing busine. ith a 4,000
square-foot factory in Los-­
Angeles billion-dollar gar­
m nt district and sales out­
let in Oakland, Orl­
eans Detroit, Miami, Char-
lotte .C.) OlJdahome City
and ernphis, O'Byant is
America' foremost designer.
of religious vestments .
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raptr
That e must "persevere"
to the end, remembering
J ay that "God is faithful
and true," evident in every
lir e of prayer poem origi­
nully entitled "Per ever-
ance. "
Th ords ere first pub-
lish d in 1830 and ere rit­
ten by Joshua Stammers, a
Briti h la er hose deeply
retigiou beliefs led him to
rile. ional poems of a
hi h spiritual quality. We can
-each nd all-brin our
but gifts to God; and e can
persevere, as the ords belo
su t.
81 t th ave, Christian
When it is strongest;
"atch the day, Christian,
"h n the night's longest;
iblit
I. e are never forsaken.
Th oppr nd the di -
tressed often mi ta e their
da hand heartach for
the bs nee of ready help.
Help is by definition "help"
only n, in fact, there' a
need. That e need God'
help i elf-evident, That e
ar • al a mindful of God'
help i doubtful, especially
hen e panic or become
bitt r. "God' our refu . "
I! are never f, ken.
2. We are always
"cbte. It "We can!" We can
do all thin , so St. Paul
nlpiration �or
"God is our refuge and strength; a very
present help in trouble. "-P 1m 46: 1
ot
Onward and up ard still
Be thine endeavor;
Th rest that remaineth
Will be forever.
Fight the fight, Christian
Jesus is 0 'er th«;
Run the race, Christian,
Heaven is before th«,'
He ho hilth promised
Faltereth never;
The love 0/ eternity
Flo on forever.
A en
Stren then your commit­
ment to Jesus each moment
:-m nify your faith in
God' goodn your
problem increase-for His
love for you is constant and
forever.
AUGUST 1 . IS, 1979
THE CITIZEN
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