, 1869-10-09
VISIT TO A COLORED CHURCH.

DEACON HACKBERKY AND ELDER
PlLLsBURY GO TO THE CuLoRED
CHURCH.
The deacon gives US the following
account OF IA visit he made to the col,
ored church, in Washington, ia CON-
pany with some members of Con-
greSS
Last Sunday morning Elder Pills
bury came TO ny room, and invited
me to accompany himself and sever
al senators and representatives to
church. 1t was a pleasant morning,
aud [, therefore, accepted the invita-
tIcn with great pleasure ( had not
had time TO attend church befnre
since my arrival in Washington He
Informed me that they intended TO
90 to The colored church, in the low
er part of the city that he and Mr..
Sumner had been 10 the habit of at
tending divine service there for a
long time and that it seemed almost
like home to them there among their
colOred brethern. That they receiv-
ed so much more attention there than
they did IN any of the white churches
l expres,e ed my delight at being
favored with an opportunity to attend
a church conducted under the au-
spices of this unfortunate and here.
tofore downtrohden race of our fell
low citizens and, after he withdrew
from my room, | took more than
ordinary pains in the arrangement of
my toilet for the occasion.
About 10 o'clock, accompanied by
his honorable friends, the elder call
ed for me at my room, and, after DIS
tributing freely amoug the party some
of the contents of my demJohn, we
repaired to the culored sanctuary. On
our way, the elder and | we're 10 ad
vance, and as we turned the corner
of the street, we met an elderly gen.
tlemau of color, with some books un-
der his arm.
THAT is the elder of the church."
said Mr. Pillsbury; aud as we ap>
preached him, he said, Elder Snow.
ball, allow me to acquaint you with
my friend, Deacon Hack berry, of
Illinois, one of the apostles of human
rights" 1 bowed and shook hands
with the elder, at the same time as
suring him of my great pleasure in
making his acquaintance, and we
walked along arm in arm until We
reached the church.
'What is the name of your church 2
asked
DE church OBJ de Secon' Advent,
colored, sab, answered he; 'an' l hab
de honor 10 be one oh de founders
OBJ dis institution in dis city
'Ah, indeed. elder said l, you
deserve much credit for your enter
prise
Our conversation then turned on
the many difficulties he must have
encountered in building up his
church in the face of the prejudices
of Shareholders, cOpperheads, and
aud traitors and it was Continued
until we reached the door.
After entering, the elder conduc-
ted us all to the front seats, he go>
ing Into the pulpit.
The elder seemed to be brim full
of sermon. He therefore made short
work uf his Introductory ceremonies.
and FASTENED to the selection of his
text, which was from the 18th chap
ter of Judges, and was <as follows:
An Samson slew de Philistines wild
de jaw bone OBJ de ass
After recountIng the various ups
and downs through which Samson
had passed aud comparing them to
the fortunes OF the republican party,
of which be claimed to be respected
member, be finally came to the ex-
PLANTATION and application of bis text.
'Mr. breddern and sistern, said
he, iron de foregwine you will pur
sieve dat Massa Samson am de pus.
sonifcatiou OBJ de great republican
party oh de present day. Jist like
Samson, days got the power to DO
an dsres not a Della
liv,n' dat can cut dar bar Of nedder !
No, nv brsddren an Massa Greeley
am de Trinity OF dis party De
Phhistines an de obstriferous rebels
down Souf. De reconstruction meas.
ures am the Jaw bone wid which dls'
Samson smashid out de