The weekly Louisianian., 1874-04-25
.<>.,.,niqp,s and doctrines l's so'

@.;=.n1n,le and1 doctrines sof I
~ We love these brethren ss, +,
o ''s one Of them, and psrso eaa'
ess t %. Ge; assr e is: But IT, 't, icy
hey y, ' srssd ;p Judgement. We &c |;
s ',5s that. tbs. :, as sa": :; '1ss
prompee' W , The interest
'o'oted i.1 ;R p : The meeting conduct,
',1 ss Mr. !, Van Cot attracted Ira & TED
crowds. The prejudice 'ssa m ~ being
,sa11 KNOWN owl i was at once x sssisa
that IT,. n sss ne,;s would ttsS5' b driven asoE
1 Theodore. ss'e'sa i t. ~as ~: Claimed that
Furtce1mv,1 was built for the
A Aa:ess J nv = mutual understanding ing
whites w. co,orad members Of the
city,: ; ;s
that I'll is our business to do right: the
"ansanneuoes;ars with God: 1t is
far better to be The victim m than Tue
Instrument Of wrong: The ssalVa-
. .aS, If one soul is as Important as
thst Of another. As to the SECOND
no;ot granting that it was 3d. we 40
pot1 believe that that understanding
-as intended to go so far as q POSI-
Nv; rule excluding colored people
fro,a entering and joining the
.hurcb. This was the position, we
s.snmed and maintained during a
nstorate Of three yearsin this same
Church. We know that the great
hodv Of our colored people prefer 20
have their own churches, end justso
9TH the whites, and we know also
that in the organization Of our Work
IN the South We have to 60 as "a
,nle first to. one class or the other:
Very we'll, let it be so: While the
matter stands. as a i, preference
among the people themselves, le'
there be no hinderauce: It is &c
the world over. Every church frs
organizes among the class Of people
in any community who will recelV'
her. Thus far there is no violation
Of principle. It is doing just a
Christ did. Bot suppose q whit
person knocks for admission at
colored church, or = colored broshe
wants TO seek Christ at the alter Q
the white church, shall they b
forbiddeni No, God forbid. Fo
while men are Of different co'ors
that difference must have no nor
right in the church Of God tina:
auv other accidental difference.
What shall be the permanent n
latiou of her white and co'o1e
membership, is to-day the g'e'
question 10 be answered by th
Methodist Episcopal Church IN til
South. All the other deronlnf
tons have taken q position or tn
question. The Methodist Episce
pal Church South by orggaoiz'o
her colored membership into
separate church, only occasional.
can a "sheep'o Of African descent (
found within her ioid, and it
looked upon and treated as bavir
wandered from its proper home.
The Baptist, Presbyterian, al
Episcopal churches of the sout
while no separate Organization
have been effected, hold practical
the same grounds. These missia
sry operations carried on amor
the colored people, under the nam
Of these churches, but tho work
that of societies, controlled al
supported almost wholly in t
North. On the other hand amo:
the colored people themselves,
have the African methodist Churt
the African Methodist Zion Churt
and the Colored Methodist Chur
Of. America, and also Color
Baptist Churches with here q
there an occasional colored chur
Of other names. Into these color
churches white members are !
received, and as a rule among tn
we find fully as much prejud
against white people IS is lou
among southern white churcl