Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-12
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The second National Colored Convention
OF Evangelical Sunday Schools Of the United
States held an afternoon session at the
EhsncEer NJ. f. Church yesterday. The
debate on the resolutions was continued and
they were finally adopted.
The committee on resolutions presented a
preamble and series OF resolutions which
were adopted. and they were instructed 10
regulations to put the convention In q good
working order.
Mr.. Parker Smith was elected to conduct
Sunday school lessons, entitled "stephen's
marfyrdom-" Adjourned.
THIRD DAY.
Inc convention reassem bled at Asbury N.
+. church this morning, and after devotional
exercises a number of reports were present.
ed. Some discussion, in which Rev. =. It.
Walker. Rev. e. L. 9. johnson. 3. II. Free
man and p. T. Smith took part, followed on
the spiritual condition Of the schools.
THE COLOR LINE DISCUSSED.
The committee on resolutions reported the
draft OF q constitution .or the "Colored Ma
tional Sunday School Union, }" and q leagthy
discussion eDeued on motion TO strike out
the word "colored," and 1t was urged by
would be debarred from membership. II
was asked what would be the name OF the
union with the word stricken out, and Mr.
Of nasonsa Sunday s cSo IN u faSor
One speaker, referring to Moses leading
Israelites out Of Egypt, said had they be gu
negroes lney nave Deen In the wilderness
yet. Mrs. Proctor regretted that their de-
hberations seemed 10 partake of q politi.
cslDature. Shtlfavored the adoption of The
name proposed, and would show to the
world that they can manage such union,
and not be ashamed OF the name. Why
make such objection 10 the word colored,
when there Is no other name under Heaven
oy which they can be known. Mrs. Trusty
remarked that she belonged to sex eral asso
Citations, In which the line had been broken
Down, and she believed If they had the word
c0lored in the name they would do harm n
the sight OF Heaven. Had they struck ont
the word colored years ago we would
have been better Oft. Other organiza-
lions had struck out the word white,
and through the absence of Ii they have col
Ored represent atives In Congress and gov
errors OF the states, and why should we re-
tain the name Mr.. Boston said that the
word colored was the highest feather In his
cap. Prof. A. NJ. Green said the word white
was the bar and not the word colored. Mr..
walker AZ ked If the word white de barred the
colored man if the word colored would not
debar white men from uniting with them
He would not have any bars put up and
would throw down every middle wall and
let all In. Mr.. Coppin favored the
word colored, And said that there was no or
sentsd in which the colored was hot made
the inferior race and the whites claimed all
the credit. He attended q camp meeting at
Chester Heights and Rev. T. g. Stewart,
bim credit for preaching good sermon, but
said he was no negro. He urged that they
wanted some credit for themselves In the
next century, and they could not make their
TO correct mistake said he understood that
the colored Methodist Episcopal churches
under the southern churches had q clause in
their disciplines which excluded white
The subject was under consideration when
our report closed.