, 1866-11-08
THE FREED M EN-,
'sheir Present Condition, mud Future
Need Of Increased Mis-.
sionary Effort.

t-ast erchinS At 1he North Presbyterian Chnrch.
ocas' Il on The corner of Iu,iiana avenue aud Cass
ssIcet, Eev. NE. $. c. Logan. rcrrescnltp. the
committee OF The Presbyterian Board, spoke III
relation 10 lhc missionary ciIuf,s now being made
III behalf oflhe colored race. and urctuc a el:cu.
rens cEoft 10 make The work successful,
The lecture room Of the Church was we'll
lied, escry available space being occupied.
Tic discourse was preceded By the usual e5cr.
.:.cs OF ptalee ard devotion.
Tue speaker liasi.'g expressed bis thanLfu1nass
.:at tue opi,os lan,sy had been afforded him to
ad fG!nsc Of ht colorcd race, called attcL slou to
'he eiheElites thrown in the way Of the speedy
I'd cay so:uticn Of The problen,, ret !eforc The
ond. II tt eonteuded against, Is the prejudice uf
Ee ~ Ans!o saxon race IN America toward
me So,Gfsd nSs9ni s h,,nsst dsy BY
ahisc race, tut he could not forgot the hope OF
c+;h: fhe poor AID opprcs .cd negro clesstsd 10
s':rb s;anlad .: scc:a height that the time may
u IL Gsd that tc WAS cu:ored. Even While be
lie sr. aker. won ycss rise claims Of the blacks
q ne dneattd and efan1r1izel. le Uouil1 take no
n1Ic 'Ac Whites. nor would h: diminish the
:tsi to stsc tho Gospel 10 The hcathen nations OF
sesaah Hs would ouly ask tbs, IT be more fal.
TIE second di:lica,y 10 be cOrnhatc,I has been
H., INC nafm aon: 10 l'c negro by atributtns 10
I'm characteristics which he does not possess
foeuf: cantt1 thought. thai hr was honnd BY all
'ts OF blood 70 Southern 1ucu; his ancestors had
'Hcr slas cho 1cls.
liz work Of c,ansc,ization among tle co1orcd
ace Ind cscr hcen tasoritc hope anu work 10
,t.aSc The church. 1hc fathers Of the cl,ngc.
s,1,sl I'd dsslsed ihis worS to b. commenced aud
t.i0 Ic coiorcd commandments In tie Southern
Sta'1s InushcEsd ll,tu. THIS he ci,ed to eaow,
% 20! 'ta' any.ling Lad seen done 10 be bs,s:rd
=. .ut 70 r1hlh the tact th1t when nles' 200
aelF Willis had h. TN thought OF; advancing from
:h.s pti1t the ftcshSscs,an M'ss:on established
=, pt.n'nhf: pepss: Que At ind'anarols and rccond
.monE :he freedmen. These committee. con.
esnttasvd their G..rrs II tie later at ri t.bnrsh,
tcscnty:ec, in all, havIrg been tcntt
out. These taye orranfxcd eleven ehusc:.s
zen OF which arc running very successful coarsc.
II erection bonses or wo7ship. In The schools Of
.he chuteh th5ee ,Aon-and are ,saily .anslli, and
hnhS .a & lae last year from e'gAt 10 ten thousand
there also three thousand attendants nnon ,ht.
aan. ~ Schools, while there arc eighteen liundred
i",r n the churches established. In
ecssiy q awakcnInc 10 tic faei tsat It'd IS caii
Eoud work ~ fN@1 4e' "e'o s1s
The per eruliarity oftho condition ri tbo ,e,roo.
he urged az thc aIs1 consideration why the spif,usl
sia1eS itt 5 ss beT ,, thn ey hsa been
fs'9sasn q 9se 'e ssssfs wos a5s9's. t.e e'sis ses
e. grand pecufnti'y Of condition 10 consist
cvangeliza'ton requires that they be settled 10
families. Suffering from the necessity Ut scatter
tnE here and there 10 oh:an labur, a: small wages
imagine how they could exist. IN each state Of
atal!e none could be surprised that they should
steal t. feed their little enes Their position is
he community. Passing by, however, such co.,
diioAs, he would consider ,hciz epttltual and