New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-11

ost conscientious thought are disposed to encourage
them in forming churches Of their own, with ministers
and officers OF their own ehJosinR-l 10 be gathered,
when they become sufficiently uuuerous unior The care
OF Presbyteries Synods, Conferences A-soci 1on or
Conventions according 10 the denOiDhit oS1 " "bV'
giving them all the encouragement pscuuiary ara, anl
moral support in their power Tuis ne preference o.
The freedmen and the poicv OF toe MrthO and B1p-
tist Churches. 10 which denomination mo cUlOleu
people in tue South or tue most part sei0ng. -,
Few OF them now remain M CONNECTION WIN W.
Methodist Church South. But Siii Ia aIpfoN3 AZ 7
under its auspices Afrl'an M.tuOist GlHt.l h,S'
been organized Distinct and Independent get SUI .lok
ing TO their old spiritual gurdlr5 iOs symtY 90 7
and help. Tais they receive AL Je houses Of worship ~
longing TO the thOdi3t Church Iih which were uIus
they organize churches OF thcir own. Intlu every way
they encouraged and aS istcd u carrying 0ut ~ t
wish TO maintain distinctive eccts TEL Ni., VIA
congregations composed exclusively OF their own pe0-
pie under the control Of their pa5oss and others Of
their own
This instructive and intense regard f- rae, which frat
aggregates and then cOnsCltate} thgM Us - stronger
prophecy ana preplfaLOh l3t ,ee liA3 "e1D .neJ WI
be eOOnzed into sIne State or Territory OK ther own
This VIII probably tie tue happy ga httinoutot5 so"-
ton OF the problem OF thcp G-rIg w a colu.y' i9t
all history shows how JIk 10 g. or tEo races 50 ols
similar I'm character and capacity 10 I'VE lOgcuef "a Tue
State State 'N''N'''
II admitted to be one OF the great discoveries
OF modern missions that Cnflsllahlty Is most I~piHy
and permanently advanced by the establishment of SELF
each church complete IN itseiI Win pastors OF thc n
race with the people. Inc ILLUSTRATION OF IDS
beginning
South. The colOr9i bishop OF the McshOils5 C1hrch'
the Right Rev. w. H. Miles man OF eminent prudence
and piety at recent General Conference mold az Au
gusta, GA, reported IA annual CONFERENCES WIN Ilose
than coo travelling preachers, and nearly 6JO lOca
preachers, and a membership Of about 10000 IL OF
poses mixed schools mixed membership, ana faYOrs an
organization confined to his own pcoplc-not In any
spirit OF antasonsm or unk1dness Tor nc exports them
to cultivate the most anlcaDie relations WIFI e |se
and TO identify themselves with Tie iutegeNs or the
communities IN when they ieSllr iots,le IlS 1u.rc
are two other DIVISIONS OF the ethodt ChurcA IN yue
SouthD Nor are our Baptist CAurenes less active aud
efficient In their labOrs for the cOored people. Ihey
have missionary societies whose business u Is 70 SCI the
blacks TO doing something for tnen sciyes, aud the
whites hell Plug them. They nd tho Suuday3chOol TO
he an fundamentally admirably adapted Tor giving
them Just the training they most need, because OF the
opportunity it affords Of impartnS such n uuc!ion rs
Informs the understanding ana ehilshtens the CON
science. These sprngng up All over e South and
those which are maintained during the WINTER as well
as the Summer months are called by the Significant
name OF " Eyergreens"
WHAT THE FREEDMEN NEED,
But after ALL the paramount necessity Of the Southern
African Churches is thoroughly educated ministry Of
their own. Nothing be substituted for this,
the complete development of their ecclesiastical lfeeyer
be attained without It, The negroes cOnstutionay
imaginative and mercuria with a strong inclination to
superstition and fanatcis and what they require
to couneract these tendencies ia systematic instruction
in divine ruthno the technical systems OF the schools
not metaphysical subtetes sectarian pOemics but
a grounding in fundamental princiDles-such ground
ing from Illustrating these principles SO sim
ply, and reiteratng them patiently as TO insure
true and clear comprehension OF them ignorant en-
husasts and fiery fanatics arc their spiritual guides
their religion will be the intOXcat0n OF excited animal
sensibtes full of the chimeras OF disempered fancy
Instead Of the calm sobrety Of rational fth and the
sautary convictions of conscience enlightened by the
Spirit OF Truth The Church. therefore which secures
THIS Knd OF instruction IOr tEeh Is tnr greatest Oene
factor The American Baptist Home Missionary Society
is doing noble work IN this direction IL has estib
lsned seven schools one III Washington cry aud the
others in the Southern states at weseected points,
viz, Redmond, Raleigh, Columbia. Augusta, New
Orleans, and Nashville for the education OF young men
OF color for the Gospel ministry.
TYPE OF CIVILIZATION AND CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE
NEGROES
Let us hope that these various nstrumentaites will
be blessed by the great Head Church TO highest
good OF the African people in hs country. Nothing but
the conservative power Of Christianity secure them
against the evil influences which threaten them. Moth
ing else can bring them happy future. There is much
hinder their attainment OF high degree Of ciyza
ton. They mentally aud physically untitled
cope with the superior energy Of the white races 1t
Is no disparagement to the African and no re1ec-
ton on the wisdom and goodness OF the Creator that
these Inequalities exist The friend of the African
is the who inspects him through the rose-col-
him in the light OF truth recognizing ais weaknesses
that he may guard him against That influence and APP
preciatng his good quantities tlat ne may encourage MN
IN their Development.
There Is before him the hope OF moral and spiritual
progression OF greater worth than any that is merely
mental and though his type OF civilization and Chris
tanty may be different from that Of the Caucasian, It
never be distinguished in the walks OF pIiOsOphc or
scientific research OF broad craftsmanship or OF orig
ina discovery, yet be may attain 10 spiritual develop
meat OF the greatest aud most attractive character TIE
very traits prominent in his nature, his freedom from
ambition and ayarice, his humble docle fOrying con
tented, patient LOVING, sulmsslge spirit. may, uhuer
the chershng and sanctfyng influence of divine grace
prepare him for type OF Christian civilization, softer
kindier, fuller of the virtues OF the Sermon on che
Mount. more selfsacracing, and richer "a the sweet
charities Of the Gospel than any yet exhibited by the
more aggressive and dominant white
A glance at another race thrown upon our Christian
charity in the providence OF God VIII complete my
sketch OF the " Mission Field Of the South"
on the Tooth meridian, between Kansas and Texas lies
what Is called the Indian Territory, land Of water
brooks and fountains and depths that spnS out OF val
legs and hills land spread out In unduLltiDs plains
OF them OF inexhaustible fertility, through which
flow broad and naygabe rivers, Dordered by forests
land OF temperate and nealihful climate and larger Ia
Pepnsylvania or Virginia THIS Territory Is. no tus
home Of the Indian tribes once dwelling in Georgia, Ala
Government Of the United states 10 that now allotted
to them and marked By treaty boundaries The indian
Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and seminOes, With
few remnants OF other tribes. These Indians
form n part OF the aborigines 10 whom this cOntl-
nent once belonged driven from year TO year oy az
gressive white emigration into narrower limits anu
nearly all removed TO the west OF the MISSISSIPPI
To those who are fond of observing the characteristic
distinctions race, the Indian OF frontier VIII FUR
nsh interesting study. Many OF his characterisIeS
are in marked contrast with those OF the African, Wch
we have just been considering Tie North American
Indian is naughty in demeanor tacituru StOica watcA
full often reveugef mplacaOle, ana cruel yet hospi-
BILE, grateful for Kindness, or temperament lndsila
tive aud poetic dgniaed in manner, ceremoniou re-
gardful OF the ties OF consangunity, l or venerauon
Tor ancestral traditions and usages with powers OF
preston which often rise 10 Impressive ana eHeeu'e
oratory.
Though the Indian has not attracted the attention or
called forth Christian activities or our people as te
negro has done-for philanthropy IN TINS country has
been for the most part monOchrOmatlc anu not much
tingedby the red ray-yet efforts have been more
richly rewarded than those which have been made for
the spiritual good OF the poor Indian Recently indeed,
a noble advance has been made in that direction.
Within year or two the Government has accepted the
aid of religious bodies IN It's efforts TO paey aud cyze
the sayages on our Western plains. In Washington
city, In January last, the Board OF Indian Com
inissoIers held q conference with some OF tue
Missionary Boards which have been cooperating
with the official agents OF the Government, aud the
ports made aud tue addresses delivered indicate
In popular interests IN behalf OF the civil and spirit
ual condition OF the Indian Those were Impressive
words Of bishop Whippe when he SAID Very much
OF the hostility OF the Indian is the hostility OF despar