Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-06-06
New Series-VOl. 18-No 90

tial5 to examine and report? Did tha
Committee look at this mans papers
or Just at his color? Or did that Com
mittee report that the cause of religion
| in the South at that time Was in such 8
condition that Rev. Arnett could moi
be admitted without detriment? Their
where, oh, where was the religion o
the North? Would 1t also be detri
mental to the cause of religion in the
North, in the East, and in the West
too, to admit the only colored delegate
regularly commissioned by the Sun
day School Union of Ohio to the At
Ianta Convention? But the officers de
cided! Was that Gov. .Colquilt and DR..
Plummer and their conferees, or was
it submitted to the Convention? We
are told that it was very fraternal;thai
this .tTate1ndL intercourse between sc
many leading minds from all parts Oi
the Union, would tend to promote d
true and lasting harmony that will per-
wade all classes Of society, and obliter.
ate the traces OF bitterness that still
survive the war. Put the negro out Ol
the way that Gov. Colquilt and Doctor
Plunmer might not be reminded of
the war, and then the intercourse
could be frsternal. 1t couldn't be fra
ternal with B. w. Arnett there. 1t
could only be fraternal by keeping
away the traces There could be NO
bitterness as long as you kept the ira
ces' out of the Hall. Gov. Colquilt
and DIR. Plummer's olfactory organs
are still scenting the poor negro. But
we are told the object was to afford an
opportunity for an interchange OF
views OH the subject Of Sunday Schools,
and the best method Of religious train
ing for the young. But II appears
this don't mean the Negro. The hun
dreds of thousands of cUlOred children
in this country are not to be trained
by the best method. 1t will probably
take an inferior method, or any meth
cd at all will do to save the souls OF
the colored children! Or is 1t definite
ly settled thatthey have no souls? II
they have souls, they must take their
chances without any help from the
Atlanta Convention. COlored dele
gates can not associate with white del
egate5, because, forsoOLh, it is detri-
mental to the latter's religion; hence,
of course, colored delegates can't be
Instructed as to the best methods OF
getting to Heaven. Colored children
can't be instructed by white teachers,
because the whites will go to the bad
through the contact. Therefore, due
notice is given to the cOlored children
OF this country that they can expect
no aid from their white brethren in
the Chhch to fiud their way to Glory;
but, Mr.. Editor, | would rather take
my chances with that cOlOred brother
to receive the crown from the Master,
than to be in the same boat with these
officers who declined to admit him
ss delegate, because it would be det.
rimental to the cause OF religion in the
South" We want no place on these
conditions. Like the great Napoleon,
we want a religious places social place
a de1feitiUe place, and not only "mar.
itime place." There may be evidences
of other prosperity, but there is poor
evidence of spiritual prosperity when
regularly ordained minister of the
Gospel, regularly Commissioned as 9
delegate, is excluded from delibera-
ting body Of Sunday School teachers
because of his color, and because Of
that alone. The most mlious feature
of this whole business, in my judg-
ldCAt, 10 tuO dpRhICuJ AuibllldllDS SyC'
Ophancy of the Northern ani New En-.
gland members, in submitting without
earnest protest to such an atrOcious
outrage.
The venerable DIR. Plummer may
arise in his place and hold an audience
spell-bouhd by his empty platitudes
and glittering generalties, but we sub.
NIT that unless reduced to practice, il
all goes for naught. The position OF
the Church must necessarily be aggres.
sive. 1t must be so from the very ma
ture OF things. 1t cannot afford to
compromise. The Church may com.
promise with the forces OF the Devil,
and thereby largely increase its en-.
rollment, and for the time enjoy har-
mony, but by so doing it destroys its
efficacy. 1t commits suicide. No, Mr..
Editor, as 1 understand the Good Book
it makes no distinction between the
soul of the black child and the soul oI
the white child any more than that
some Of the blacks will luxuriate with
the Father in the green fields of Glory,
while some of the whites may aspire
to Abraham's bosom, but never reach
it. Yours, &c.
Bellaire, o. OBSERVER.