The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-06
BISHOP yvIG11TnIAN no THE COLORED
:s":.,zCtIrf PEOPLE.

=. The Mobile Conference Of tho N. L. Church,
South, at its late session requested Bishop w. NJ.
NIaHTMAN to prepare a pastoral address to the
soolored members within that Conference. This
delicate task lie executed, and published tho ad-
dress in the New Orleans Christian .Adoocate few
weeks ago, It is too long for us to reproduce in
full, bat we select tho following extracts, which
We commend to our colored friends: 'iS
, l., Why should there not be kind feelings on the
part Of tine white people toward you? You live in
tho same comtry with them, and have always done
so: With possibly here and there m exception,
Do they not feel as much interest in YOU as sin
.cere desire that you may do well, aa people who
never saw and mover knew y~u could possibly do
y Know what am saying, when tell you that tho
truest and best friends you Lave in tile world are
the, tn white. folks with whom yea havo grown up.
!vat making the best use you can of YOUR frets
dom. II you believe this, am sure you, on YOUR
SIDE, will be careful to cultivate the klndest fsol
wAlte to show by your conduct that sou mean to
prove yourselves worthy ofathe respect and CONT
dence OF; the white people. They can hop you
you can, in some important respects, help them.
:13ondsof common interest unite both parties Let
!" the ne OF good feelings be added. y. ;j,;44 H59t
as and Know how 70 contpo oy so aar
There are millions of free people in other coun-
/: tr1es--tens Of thousands in our own country-who
hand battie every day. Freedom in itseH and by
itself puSn no Dread IN peoples mouths no clothes
on IheH'backS !; no shoes. on their feet. : IT they
are SICK, freedom cannot cure them without a doc
tor, II they arc shelterless freedom gives them
mo house Bond aud free ALIKE have to meet death.
and stand before the Judgment seat. In ST. Puuls
time, freedom was made by somea .scloak of mali
Giousness." In our time: by some it is made
a. cloak to cover all the evils to which man
Is 7subject-a sort OF good that is to ali DOS
siblei good things for the world. Mistakes OF
this. sort do not indeed, make it in itself an
evil 1t is good if used lawfully and rightly. III
becomes nn eyll when 1t turns people into fools.
1t Is an evil ii 1t leads people to tnlnk that they
are free to violate Gods holy laws; to take plenty
OF waves; to be unfaithful to husbands to breai
the Sabbath; become drunkards; to lie, to steal to
be dece1tfm and disorderly: to dream OF living
easily w1thout working Tor o living. On the other
hand # freedom is accompanied with personal in
:tesrlty u uprlgAtness goes hand in hand with it;
If It leads to true set-respect; if good sense and
c1y1ty attend it; prudent 1orethought for com
try, and every year finds you rising in in: erence
and improving in condition, WHY then. yoI1 are
escaping ev1s-you are gaining the true good Of
freedom .5;r I5s :a',.. -&.,:. ..l .- -. =
aneral Conference, at it's last session, made
the NJ p. Church, South, prefer it. and their num-
bers justify it, they may be organized into separate
pastoral charges, each having its own Quarterly
yided for in the Discipline. These Quarterly Con
!, fsrences mny recommend to the Annual Confer
ence, after suitable examination into gifts, grace
/: aad usefulness, persons whom they; may deem
suitable for deaeons and elders orders. In time
srwhen these PASTORAL charges become large and
enough to be formed into Presiding
EldeEe' Districts, tho law of the Church allows it
ing iurisdction the religious interests Of the col
ored people require it: And whenever the state of
tae work sha make it necessary, Annual Confer
e., eaces OF coiored preachers may be organized.
linen you see, all necessary and judicous meas
''ures for your future wants and probable growth
have been provided.