The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-05
METH0DISM In THE SOUTH.
IT'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE CONDI-
TION or the D REEDNEN.
Twelve Years OF Its LabOrs Showing It's I'm.
portnnce-PredictinG ~ Struggle Between
the Angio-Snx On and the Asiatic Races.

Twelve Years OF Iis Labors Showing It's TN.
portnnce Predicting ~ struggle Between
the ARgio-Snxon and the Aaiatic Races.
The eleventh anniversary Of the Method
lat Frocdmcn's Aid Society in 81. Paul's
Church. Fourth avenue and Twenty
street, last evening, attracted an audience that
about half filled. the church. A few freedmen
were In attendance The New Orleans Jubilee
Band. sang oid-fashoncd slave and religious
songs
After prayer Bishop J. ". Wiley Of Cincinnati
read the annual report Of the Board o. Manage
mcnt. In the past year sG3 iu2 - have been
collected and disburscd 10 teachers have boon
sustained in the ncld 1910 pupils have boon
taught; school has boon built i'm Greensboro.
NC. for $40 00O tho Kilt ~ Geo Bennett OF Troy.
n. Y: and another school established in La
Grange. Ga half Of the money employed IN its
building having boon contributed by Southern
color,d persons; the standard Of scholarship
has been elevated aud n quarter OF a million OF
dollars in school property added TO the re-
sources Of the society Tho Bishop admitted
that progress in educating the colored people IL
on the whole slow lac pleaded that IL should be
remembered that the society was organized
only twelve years ago and that 1t would be
strange II tho race should come from such q
tutolaRe rs slavery. without even trace OF
deception, dishonesty. or OF Righteousness.
Emancipation did not relieve the race from the
wrongs inflicted on 1t in its bondage. Yet. the
report concluded to those who know how de-
graded the race has boon, II Is plain what good
Inns been done By the society. and that the good
done Inns been in building from the foundation
the moral and intellectual education OF tho
freedmen.
Then The singing band sung the old camp
meeting hymn. beginning. "A Mefodis' Mef-
odis' | was born" One Of The singers had evil
IDENTITY been Of different religious belief, for in
start the hymn he began II. a Bapts'. Bup
tits was born" which mistake excited many
smiles. The brother had an opportunity TO
rectify the matter later IN the evening. when he
proclaimed himself u Mefodis'" with great
ieryor
was much like the relation Of monkey engine
on great ocean steamship to the main engine.
was there 10 I'LL Bishop Ravens hoor who was
90 succeed him. II he succeeded in filling the
Bishops boiler and getting up steam he would
bo satisfied. iLaughter.l The Aid Society is
called upon, ne SAID. contrary TO the cXpecta-
tions 81 lis iounders. to live beyond the present
schools In tho South cared for by tho Stnta Gov
ernment and cherished by the Church. would
consequently. the Aid Society would retire
from business. But this little craft has been
caught in the storm Of the sea. and now
IL must meet waves TINT have sunk stoutcr vos-
sels. Forsaken by the general Government.
its progress depends the destiny of the repub-
lie. The society comes To us with claims IL
never had before. This nation il composed Of
all races, creeds, and hoods, Touch enc part
and YOU touch the whole body A man die- in
New Orleans and the whole hand mourns;
YOU strike with a lash in tho rice swamps OF
Georgia. and the end Of the ash tinglcs IN tho
heart. or touches the pock"t Of every man in
the North. The principle of seli-prtsCryation,
of national preservation. teaches us 10 befrirnd
the southern negro. Tho destiny Of our nation
ia closely wrapped up in that Of the African
race; not that 4 IL u question OF color, but OF
intelligence. When Ignorance has the balance
OF political power. n IN the same ~ when the
rnnce ~ crying for help; Brains ultimately rule.
Thrones are founded ON Ignorance. but a
thinking people cannot be tyrannized over.
You wrestlo win "A tiger, ana It's teeth and
claws conquer you. but with your brains you
may drain it, life blood.
The speaker continued with n description Of
the ways In which the negro resembles the
Anglo Saxon. Tn" negro lts into the Anglo
Saxon rna. IL adjusted 10 ia needs and nprre-
ciat"s thorn. He predicted that perhaps N the
life time of children now born a bitter struggle
for survival will be wagcd between the Anglo
NuNon race and its udhercnts on the one side
against the Aslatics on the other Or. more
broadly. Professionals against henthrns and the
Asiatic and Latin races. II ~ only visr, hc
| border.
A othc work ~ tho society il IL doing what
no other organization tx. The Missionary So
cieti's make saints. and n very good thing a
saint is ;the Extension Society makes churches.
A. Al" soc'ctv makes p"i men, .'' i lp'
plausol Now 100 600 freedmen arc learning tie
nlphuhrt from tenencrs taught hoy the socioty.
The public schools are srourcod ont II ex IT.
cncc 10y the southern uri-tocrat-. he had let
terS In his pocket showing the inability OF the
Southern propie 10 mnrt further demands on
them for this work. He dared not read them.
But tho society moods both teachers and money.
Then Bishop Haven took his hearers on AN
imaginary tour through tho Southern Siat,s
and described IN" institutions of tho society in
Baltimore. Charleston. Savannah. Ia Grange
New Orleans. Holly springs. and Little Rock.
But r. II OF any use. he continued. " 10 teach
the people, You know that some say that they
do not know ANYTHING Then he Guve
instances OF hrilNant scholarship. In the
medical school in Nashville "a committee 81
white profess ionnl mon unanimously CONF
meuded the srholar-hip of the pupils. They
are not copyists. but they think reason, study.
and learn. In particular, hr remembered
colOrcd senator ia the South Carolina logiSla-
ture who held all Sp'llhouud with his
VII and clogucncc equal To- any whiio
man In tho state. nud-~toc ns much
rs any white man could. lLHughterl
Then Bishop Haven eloqueuty described the
dc-p'sod carpet hhgEcrs who had gone South
o. labor for the freedmen. " The carprt-hag-
GER he said. r. the hero of the hour. the
knight erraut Of to-day. Army men came
away and lot the South devastated.
the whole country PROSTATE. But Your
10 teach, and were dcspiscd there rs Niger
teachers" or nigg'r preachers. lie had
known many families that had never been APP
preached 10y white southern residents. Bi~hop
Haven closed with description Of the faithful
ness NJ Stanlcy'- 100 negro attendants when
truNprsiulf the tltrk continent.