Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-21
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF TIE NORTHERN PRZsBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
Board Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
gelical Work Among tho Colored
Racs-Discussion Of the COL
ored Brother.
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NV YORK. NAV 20.-ln the Presbyterian
General Assembly, Or. !. I. Mct'ill, chalr'
man Of the standing committee Of the Board
OF Missions, made his report. lie said there
were III missionaries working under tne
board. ~ whom 2O2 were cO'orrd, ard Iu2
of the li6 ordained ministers were colorcd
also. Contributions 10 the work lat iesr
amounted 10 Sl34. $780, an increase OF c2,'''
on the previous year. The freedmen mem
selves gave S3l.og9 Tor various parts OF tue
work. pr Neon aid that although there
was q diversity ~ opinion smong lhr lIc-'
byteriaus in regard % he matters OF admin
i.trat0n IN the MISSIONS FOR freedmen they
were all agreed mat ihc Work mh-t he
pushed. He suggested that IN future con-
iributions be paid directly 10 The board. ana
moved that four members 81 the committee,
whose term OF Office hai expired, be re-
elected. They were Rev. ". G.. Burchard,
Rev. GEORGE +. Puryis, Mr. K. G. Totem,
and = +. HARRISON.
fey. Or. Allen, secretary Of The fund Tor
missions among the freedmen, spoke of tie
necessity for evangelical work among the
co.o~ed race. lllieiacy Il on the increase.
D. can DE seen 10 the rapid y-gr0Wiug NUM-
Der OF iiiiiorate voters whom the unNrupu-
iOus politicians take undue advantage or.
It's the duly u America 10 care for the me-
gro. 81 have beard II suggested that they
should hc shipped 20 Africa, but as there are
3 600, 900 Of them in the Uniicd states and o.
they are born q the rate q 600 a day It
would be impossible TO build ships enough
FOR that purpose. The negro has come 10
STAY with Ills, snd we must Civ" him an edu-
caticn that VIII DO him Tor bis duty 10 God
and p a1. ms past has been Ozark one. u bee
looks back Twenty-Five wears be sees no nspiy
4 d. b.. AL o. 4r.. az
the slave-chain. II ne looks back fifty years
or one hundred year, It is the same. In his
race there Is not even a family name. The
holiness u the bond 81 marriage was un-
known among the co'ored people for 80
years
Much iuterest was added 10 Rev. DR.. Al
! lens address when IT was known that his
grandfather, hts father, and himself were
1 slaye-owuers. Jho speaker then asked for
"oId Incie Jo." Williams. on cX-saye
/ eigbty-four wears ola, who addressed The a>'
( semhlY twenty years ago M Albany. lic
/ walked up 20 the platform and received hu
/ ovation. His experiences during the slave
| DAYS told I'm negro dialect won The entire ai-
/ t,ntiou NJ the large audience. " ncle Joe
/ said that Pre>bY teriaui-m was tine best joe
/ igion under Heaven. and he could not De
( ANYTHING else thana Presbyterian 10 Pc tired
8. >. saunders, another coio'tu iuIH, "Uu
/ editor % The African American Pre,hyl~
/ ran me~spapeD. also SPOKE. iie SAID D,
/ Get type and edited bis paper himse1, and
worked to make his race aii good Pltsb}te
/ riInt.
! 4 resolution recommending the adoption
of the report and recommendations q iL'
Standing committee o. me Board % Ns-iou'
/ for Frccnen was Carried. The consideration
Of the clause ia the report az The spccA
committee on TIE same object which propose
O. give that committee fun administrative
/ powers, Iut which was clcctedi o 10y HeV
/ Dr. Hamln. Of Washington, was ieit o'o
/ TIL Tomorrow morning.