The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-07

. ESPECIAL pHONOGRApHIG REPORT FOR EVENING
TELEGRAPH.l
It is wel-known fact, which needs no eIabo-
ration, that wherever n missionary field has
y been developed, or wherever missionary work
was to be done, the Methodist Episcopal Church
mas ever been one of thy first to send out its
ministers and Christian teachers Tor the en-
ughtenment OF datkened minds and the evan
geliZation of benighied hearts. Last evening q
~ very interestiI meeting was held IN the Green
street Methodist Episcopal Church tRev. Dr.
Jacksons) in furtherance of the Freedmen's
AID Society of the Philadelphia Annual Con-
ference. There was a fair attendance, but eyI
IDENTITY there was a slight misunderstanding as
to the hour Of commencement. At quarter.
past O'Clock the exercises of the evening were
opened with the singing of American by the
lsrge choir. The pas or OF the church, Rev. Dr
Jackson, then offered prayer. The Rev. DR..
'CSok, PRESIDENT OF the Freedmen,s Aid Society
OF the Philadelphia Annual Conference for fhe
M. Il Church, presided. Upon taking the chair
and while speaking OF the origin;o6the Freed.
mems Aid Society, and of the interest now lelt
for those who once were bondmen, he sad:1- d
For many years dark. portentous cloud hung over
this happy land. Many anxious inquiries were made
ReIsng It, or for preparing Tor the threatened storm
saSry men The reSds % o. hE pro-
gaTeeu a as m meraduasts and ther friends who were
plans were devised, societies were organized; vet
Hmse hpsS sSved Sst 3 eon until
the midst of the din OF battle and the ire
ushrs the aGG IL Was Sas dC4e Teef
snote hTnons 81 slaves We're made freemenl He
honor. and whose memory is dear to our country and
wSe 5 Of Pf iG8RtEy
Was but 6S don The se ns %qFs
be accom- pilshed THIS meeting is called this ey eling
the necessities Of the case wnat is proposed be
OF cSaStes an to npre Se bssn Of Of be e
large with love for the work that It may in due time
brokethe chains of that host OF Southern slaves
Concluding with an appeal entreating SYM
pathy Tor the freedmen, and an earnest public
pirate remarks introduced the Rev. George
Hughes, the agent of the Freedmen's Aid So
ciety OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
MSghes be % remarked that the audience had not
Thy Ssd he % of any 0ICs m
sdeI the great moral and religious questions which
aect the moa and religious interests OF country,
anu Whlch nave bearing upon the extension of the
ns dTeedmens cause AUS and their Individual elevation.
wneh the people have been engaged nation
al Of eeo@ an eae Se sth0d
s Church looked at the that close
human beingswho had been the degradation Of
SfSrs sS IN nS a
ofthe universe for the uplifting Of its feliow-men was
enter upon this new field OF ChriStian ACTIVITY and
Vas country sne %hio
6ad neen the home OF the saye wi Messing this sud
fought struggle saw that it an indispensable
Of all political and religious Interests Of the nation,
Of GS BE- SroTS TS undr
the benign influence OF the power earnest Christian
Until August ol 1855 the Methodist Episcopal Church
tons But Iht each in turn severing their connec.
ton with this heterog organization aud forming
thodist Church should dosome hing in the
ws in ns Se ws oG GSHS %Go tho
AID nor S G61d The ChIFch Extension WoTK be prose
quently convention OF prominent ministers and lay
resolved Co organize this Freedmen's Aid Society
repTesenISton in the Board Of ManaseTs iEom m each
oft Annual ConeIepces subsequently the bishops,
cogniZed the Importance OF the work, and issued
the necessities Of the work were such that the school
must be planted alongside Of the church In the south;
tion with the Christian missionary, to lay deep and
superst erect in the Southern
The society, which has been but few months in ope-
ration, has already established some forty or fifty
thought to be most important Teachers have been
pShes m the means there will be Untold numbers Of
Christian men and women 70 exert their influence,
Upon Ills the sSSh
ton these feedmen is one which appeals to every
Christian heart ana especially to the mind and hear;
emphaiIcaily said OF Methodism, that ut is Chris
n wtic sp1t upon them, there IS but one inquiry for
@ ss & God open psF woTF d9or II as
6iatey advance its forcesNec US enter the door aud
engaged @ i any togeiEn lands upon t6t
SOL 81 SnE on peo Wheeer T the work
was found, their ready hands prompted by willing
hearts, were ready for the work
tits q queston-thls of the proper education OF thC
freedmen-which must largely engage the attention
or every Christian in the land, and Of every lntel
gent patriot who looks for the progress OF our owl
country In the evangelizatioD, OF these negro neI
who are coming into the dawn Of true liberty from
the energies of every good man and woman IL shoult
awake within them an interest ia this great Worl
would give practical results and every hant
would perform its office in the lining OF three mi
lions of souls to GOd-what the heart founu lor Y
do And with sueh grand lnn1egSe gye as we Nigh
go forward with the pertecting OF this nooie ooee
when schools and ehnrehes would spring up sb
sou would be taught It's God
Rev. Mr.. Meredith, of Newark, New Jersey
was then introduced he said;-
Mr. President Ladies and Gentlemeni-It seems t
NE We all must hold the same opinion upon me @ SUI
ject that is brought before US TINS evening. Iher
cannot be, In such an audience as thls, satnered IN
Methodist Church in Philadelphial any difference o
opinion 10 the necessity and obligation OF educat
ing the coored people of this cOuntry-the freedmen
And the question arises In my mind since we al
believe alike hat is the of any turtheT talk
1t is necessary sometimes TO do more than pc leYe
thing necessary 20 lee A. And we do not alway
get Everything into our hearts that we ge INTO ou
Heads, wish, tonight, that might be aole 70 sal
something to present this mater to you In some gh
that would make you feel IL like IRE ~ your bones
that would stir you to action as wen as peeVing 10 ~
come Interested in this matter; that we may De mad
TO feel Il; that we may take Inc treedmens Alu 20
cety OF the Methodist Episcopal Church 70 our hearts
and PROMISE God helping, so 20 labor Tor IL as ia
lies seems to me that there are good arguments =
be found ppOrt of this society," ana lts EFFORTS an
design and as strong appeals TO be made on thi
subject as other that can claim our atttehyloh
Let US look a. bnIs az 6rst sSht II wsut
seem as II the education OF me c0loreu peope o tn
country was 60 be snpportsd by Tue very S SAM @ al ar
adncation for the masses OF the poor; and II Is tru
there Is not an argument that can be used 70 susta
the claim for the education OF the MASSES ~ thl i
connfrv that does not apply to these masses TN