The New York herald., 1869-05-29

FAR so successfully hed and that he be hereby requested
consistent with his duty continue in charge OF thai work
The report OF the standing Exc utlve Comm IT.
tee on Freedmen, on which the above Is mere CON-
mentary must IN every way be considered re-
and for what 1t only indicates. Since everything
connected with the freed colored population OF the
South Is Just OF general interest, not only In
Presbyterian circles but throughout the country. 1t
may not be amiss TO make q few extracts from the
In regard to the distnctiveness of the black race
from the white there Is In this report-sOmewhat
hidden by cumrous verbage-the following positive
admission
righteousness or unrighteousness OF the pecuares
in our sos q
the Church o. God be recEoned as grand factor
Ss tho @ w .s sss
know that such lines exist sharp
Sy $ ha wsS & y
9ns oasa a. the nations OF the Ar extended obser
menis OF race are more active and permanent with the Afr
eliminate dssmsd bu prsscal con.
sS, % "a. the The fact that God has PLACED ind,
ss may perform missionary labor successfully among the%
work is not Fixed BY the white mner but By
demand for pastors Of their own race is emphasized
Sy their condition and by the present sssoas q This to
great body Of church member. are in he
IN ID: ss Hs .Ss .Ss.
c0nventlonaitloS
would maintain the dignity oce protect h minis
eria character and avoid bringing the into reproac
Not only 10 It true that native ministry Ia the best for
pe but there stage OF In the missions OF the
Church when becomes necessity This peculiarly the
case with those among the freedmen.
And again, on page p of the report
has been the aim Of the committee, from beginning
not only to establish the Church among the freedmen TO
develop and direct the power OF people 70 sustain al the
institutions Of Christianity for themselves The providence
Of God decided the question OF the organization OF separate
churches for the cooed people Mixed congregations could
not be gathered.
And on page 10 the following gratifying statement
Is made:-
Great advantages result from allowing the churches
the freedmen to the houses worship which have been
erected for them gives both permanence and sell.
respect to the congregation The people, with houses Of
their own, gather with their families, about sanctuary,
which is rendered all the more sacred, from
ownership Of It them And the with which
the trust has been kept well the wisdom giving these
buildings into tho hands of the people for whose benefit they
were ereced fully vindcaed the fact that out OF the
more than invested in property for the benefit OF the
freedmen not dollar has been lost building has been
cheapened by neglect and not single effort been made
to ALLEVIATE the title from Presbyterian ownership.
The following financial statement Is also Of inter-
est; for it shows tnat the freedmen gathered in
churches and schools have during the year e0ntri-
buted comparatively large amount to the ex-
chequer OF the committee considering that they had
under their control seventy Two churches with fifty
one church buildings and 8, 6S4 communicates; sixty
nine Sabbath schools, with 1928 pupils, and dfty
seven secular schools with POS pupils. The financial
operations OF the committee during the year were as
f0llOws:-