The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28
a most Hncendiary HaranGue i'm
the Pulpit.


Last Thursday evening, the 2lst inst, our
reporter was ont in search of '.Iocal items"
and happened in the Northern Methodist
Colored Church, which is situated north
west of the graveyard. A person calling
himself a man of God, whose name our re-
porter did not learn, but who was introdu-
ced to the congregation as 1.-THE Chaplin"
was preaching the word Of-nOt the Lord,
but the devil, to the colored people there
assembled. We have since learned that his
name is McCabe. The same person held
forth at the Christian Church last Sabbath
evening, under the auspices of MusgrOve.l
Wa will not undertake to report the whole
of his Infamous and libelous harangue, but
give the following extracts, that our road
ers may know what manner of men are
sent as So called missionaries to the South,
by that organization known as tie North
ern Methodist Church. After having told
how the "rebels" had attempted to put him
to death by starvation, when in Libby pris-
on, at Richmond, he said:
Il am glad TO see so many of you here
to know that so many OF you belong to the
old Mother Church, notwithstanding the
prosecutions you have met with at the
kuklux, whom you live among. When l
was i'll Grants army, L determined to go
down the whole length of the army, forty
miles, and preach the gospel. l preached,
and prayed, and shouted with our soldiers.
at one camp one day aud at another the
next. until | came to an important part of
the line which was occupied 10y cOlored SOL
diers entirely. i asked one old gray-haired
colOred soldier how it was they were en-
trusted with so important a position. He
ranlipl s-RppanSp W took il - 80 il iS with
the Church. 1t entrusts this position to
YOU because, when none were brave enough
to come here and preach the word of God,
you took the position, notwithstanding
these people were hanging and shooting
you for not thinking as they thought, and
believing as they believed. You have up
held the banner of Christ though the blood
of your race dyed the hands of your enc
mics, among whom you live. am happy
that have never heard a cOiOTed man say
that he hated the white men. though they
are all the time plotting against the lives OF
the colored men. Continue to fight the
battles of Christ; this is your field of labor;
He will sustain YOU. About thirty years
ago. missionary was sent to the Island OF
Madaga car. A wicked woman was upon
the throne. who. when he began TO make
converts to Christianity. had him taken out
of the city and put to death; but the good
seeds were sown, and the child of this
wicked woman was converted. The wick
ed woman died few years ago, and her
child was crowned Queen. and was bap-
tized the same day and now churches are
built all over the Island, and Christianity is
the faith and hope of her people. So it will
be with you: these llOws-these MiSsis-
sippi KukluX-may continue to seek your
lives and 70 destroy Gods people. as they
are now doing in this State and in Texas.
and all over the South; but Christ will pro-
tect his religion and you, my brethren.
Many of you may yet be murdered, as ma
ny of you have been made martyrs, but go
on, go on. and rise higher and higher, and
work for the Lord Jesus Christ. 1t will dc
them no good to meet in dark places with
masks on. He can see them and will over
come them"
And at this rate, and in this style, :" the
Chaplain went on aud continued to pour
out his malice against the Southern people.
His evident aim is to engender hatred in
the minds of the blacks against the white
people among whom they live.