National Republican., 1880-11-08
THE NEGRO'S FUTURE.
The Hand OF God in the Recent Elections
Interesting Sermnn by Isnv. DIR. Winning.

Interesting Sermon by Hcv. Dr. wnring.
Rev. DIR. Warng yesterday morning deliv.
cred sermon ut the Berean Baptist church,
on Eighteenth street, between l. and NJ, which
was remarkable alike for the olOquonco which
clothed its ideas aud the force and pertincncy
of the ideas themselves. Dr. Waring, who has
long possessed the reputation of both an orator
and thinker, took his text from the 18th
chapter, 2Sth verso, of the Acts Of tho Apos-
ties: For iu Him we live and move and have
our being MANS constant dependence on
God' was the theme, which wa1 never lost sght
of during the cutilc sermon, but aptly Illus
tratcd hy all the resources Of logic and fact.
Tho reverend speaker began by saying that
God Is present In all human affairs rs ono who
not only forcsocs tho oud, but also as one who
actively interiors; in human dcstiuCs. An
implicit belief in that doctrine gives man
faith in himself and his work aud enables
him TO contemplate hopefully the possibiii-
ties of mankind. Nowhere was the hand
OF God moving in terrestrial affairs more
plainly -porccptiblo than in the result of
the presidential election through which We
have passed. The republican party went into
the campaign under great disadvantages.
There was bitter feeling in the convention.
The party uudorratod the value Of what had
been done In the past fifteen years. The
other party, under the leadership Of q gallant
union soldier, and with l3S electoral votes
assured thom.from the start, were iubilaut and
confident, yet in the short space which elapsed
from the convention TO the election a great
change IN the sentiment of the country had
taken place aud tho result was glorious
victory. Gods presence was further evidenced
by the fact Of tho negrO's being here. He did
not come by voluntary immigration, nor
through the channels Of ordinary commerce,
except, involuntarily, as that commerce min
istered to the cupidity of another race. Once
LIZ IN
the soil aud became part of the national
life both of politics and religion. With
out effort on his own part he had been
| tho handspring of the most exciting
questions of the past fifty years, and
so firmly had lie become part of the ma
tional life that lie raised question which
could only be settled by the shedding oil
blood. Now, what was tho duty of the negro
at this iuncturc2 He was not an especial IA
vorite Of God any more than other races al
though used by God to manifest. most sig
nally, His presence among tho people. 1t is
| certain that he has part to play in tho ma
| tiOns destiny. There comes an epoch in the
| history of q race when tho intelligence o
each individual composing II is called into
| play. Tho negro has now reached this epoch
His possibilities depend on himself Ii the
material is In him he will act up to the de-
mands Of the hour; if the material is not in
him ho will disappear Tho speaker believed
| there was that material in his race and that
the race would grow abreast of the rest oi
the American people. The negro had good
reason to believe that in the event of demo
cratic success in the last election he had
cause for fear A party that could give birth
to the Dred Scott decision aud the
repression of free thought, as in tho south
gave reason for grave apprehensons to bo on
tertained. The negro had one fact to demon
strato before no could show ho was on tn,
highway to modern civilization. 1t wa
established that he had tho faculty of learn
ing and was equal to any race both in nc
quring information aud getting into mischief
1t was established that he was an orator.
was equally proved that he was successful a
a farmer. lie had not, however, us yet proved
his title to the possession Of business qualitie
on a large scale. He had yet to demonstrate
his abilities to conduct great commercial
manufacturing and other industrial enter
prises on large scale. The speaker though
the negro had this ability, which wanted onl,
the opportunity to be developed. DIR. Wariul
wound up with the general idea that, in deal
lug with man, Gods plan is to bring all man
kind up to the same level and to realize tn
grand saying that of one blood are the nation
of the earth.