The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-07
CORRESPONDENCE.


The M. Il. church accepts the sit
uation, and has established Freed
mans aid society, also church ex-
tension society. 1t is the business
of the. church to erect school build-
ings, DC, and to erect churches, OF
which it is building about two per
day.
In the South 1.-THE former slave
states), the M. Il. church has 2 an
nual conferences among the whites,
with 693 effective preachers and l70,-
lilo members; Ii annual conferences
among the colored people with CTS
effective preachers and l86, 1876 mem
bers; also three mixed conferences
in Mo-, and in Florida with us
preachers and Al, 054 members, max
ing a total of % annual conferences
1889 preachers and 39S,09U mem
bers, about 49,, 200 of which are col
|ored. Now | ask what must be done:
Must the church through fear Of
|''reproach" withhold from 1875, O0C
colored members religious and edu
cational privileges? Prejudice says
Eyes," Christianity says ''no.
Therefore the M. f. church gives
them their proportionate part OF the
funds and builds schools and church
es for both as the Philander Smith
college for the colorad and the Little
Rock University for the whites in
Little Rock.
But the horror stricken gentleman
only told part of the truth and this
detached from the report gives q
false sound, but / suppose he set his
|ingenuities to work to justify his
unstableness in his church connec
ton. The gentleman either wilfully
misrepresents the actions of the gen.
eral conference, or else he is entire
liz ignorant of what the conference
| did adopt, if he says it adopted the
resolution as he quoted 1T, with nc
modification, | quote the Sd, 4th,
9Th and 9th resolutions in the re-
port:
"3d. That the question of separate
or mixed schools we consider one Of
expediency and right which is To be
left to the choice and administration
of those on the ground and more i'm
mediately concerned.
18th, That the entire work In the
south should be ander the direction
of one society.
.'ath, That in view of the great
success OF the Freedman's aid socie
ty during the part of the four years
in carrying forward the educational
work in the south. this society ought
to have full charge Of the work in
that section.
Goth, That the pastors in present
ing the claims OF this society in max
ing appeals for funds should state
plainly that the work is among both
races, and that contributors should
be allowed, whenever iney may de
sire to do so. to designate where
their gifts shall co.
This is plain ale that reads may
run" Taerc are great many as
high minded, honorable men in the
o-rsL-.-.----l-4--.l-
himself, who are determined to dc
their duty firmly regardless Of
''bringing upon themselves and fam
lily reproach." / adyise the gentle
man to read the book "Onr Breth
rem in Black" written by she gener
Gus hearted DR.. Haygood of the M
f. church south, and shen read the
noble christian deeds done by heroic
men and women of all churches fol
the colored people, and then if there
rs not revived in his heart one spark
of christian fortltude and CHARITY
still he IS afraid Of .srcproach" ]
would advise him TO cut loose from
evangelical moorings and seek some
isolated pond of no "reproach" upon
which TO launch his little craft
whose name is TIMIDiTY.
JOHN L. HENDkIcksoN.