Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-21
The "1laR and Brother" in the South
eTn Baptist Convention.

We take from the Macon journal d Mes
senger the following report of an interest
ing debate upon the religious education
of the negro, which occurred in the South
ern Baptist Convention, on Saturday last
Rev. DIR. Fuller, of Baltimc re, from the
Special Committee on Missions, to whom
was re-referred the report of said commit
tee SO far as it relates to the colored PEG.
pie, submitted his report upon the report,
which was received and taken up
The report is embodied in the following
resolutions
Resolced /. That God has directly committed
to the Baptists at the South the high and sacred
duty OF giving pure Gospel and an enlightened
colored ministry to our brethren and feilow-citi-
zens of African descent now living among Us.
ReSolccd z. That new department of the Mis-
sion Board be created which shall be styled the
" Freedmen's Board Department." which shall
adopt such measures for the religious education
of the colOred people in our midst as the exigen-
c1es OF the case may require.
Rev. DIR. Fuller, on submitting the re-
port, remarked that the South had yet a
power by which she could rise to position
of higher Importance than any she had
ever occupied; that power was her spindles.
Napoleon once said that it was not the
armies of England that had conquered
him, but her spindles. So might the South
by her spindles rise to great importance
and power. He referred to the very profit
able investments in factories made in
Augusta, Ca, and in Mississippi. Some
Of these factories were paying twenty five
per cent. on the capital invested The
Doctor said he intended to clear his con-
science. The sable prejudice in the South
had not been extinguished. It had been
overcome, he thought, to a greater extent
in Georgia and South Carolina than in
some of the border States. Before the
colored man could occupy the place for
| which the Saviour designed him, he must
be made to feel that IN Christ Jesus there
is neither male or female, Jew nor GENTLE
| African nor American. The colored
| churches must be admitted to representa-
| ton in Baptist Associations In Mary land
this was already the case, though not the
case in Virginia and in the Associations
of Marylan some of the very best speeches
were sometimes made by colored preachers.
These colored brethren had a sense of what
is proper, and when they entered the AS
| ISOLATION would take their places together,
and not attempt social equality, which he
| said was thing impossible. Would not
the Burman, if he were here, be admitted
into the Associations Why then should
the African, who is scarcely hue darker,
be excluded Not long since, in Baltimore,
he admitted a Burman into his pulpit, and
some thought it was a colored man with a
turban on his head. The carpet Dagger
Baal having got what he came for, was
asleep, or on his journey to Congress, and
now was the time for Southern Christians
to work for the spiritual welfare of the
colored people.
Rev. DIR. Poindexter, of Virginia, re-
piled to the remarks of DR.. Fuller. He
might be In error, and if he were, he
should be glad to get out of it, but as So
cial equality was thing impossible, it
would operate as bar to the admission
of colored ministers into the associa-
tons The idea of admitting them
into Associations as delegates involved
the idea of social equality. The
Bible never intended, when it said
shat we were one in Christ, to abolish
social distinctions. DIR. p. did not regret
that the discussion had arisen, as it would
give an opportunity for full discussion of
the subject. He thought that there was
nothing that so protected the colored man
and gave him such great opportunity for
elevation as the bars existing to their So
clal equality with the white man. If you
would admit them as representatives in
Associations, you would have also to admit
them to your houses, to your tables, and
lay them upon your beds.
Rev: Jesse Fl. Campbell, Georgia, very
heartily endorsed the sentiments of the
brother who had just spoken When were
we ever to be done with discussions about
the colored man? The report recommen.
ded that department be opened in the
Domestic Mission Board for the theologi-
cal education of colored ministers !;
the Domestic Mission Board was in
debt already, and if that was at
tempted the Board would, in year,
be more IN debt than it now is. He had
been preacher for forty six years, and
during that time had preached much to
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