The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-06
He Does Not Advocate Miscegena-
ton Of Whites and Black.
Youth ia Apt to Spend Too Much of
Its Time Looking Forward.
Old Ago Is Apt to Spend Too Much
Time Looking Backward.
"Ihou Shalt Remember All the Way
Which tho Lord 1hy God Led
Thee"-A Rehearsal or Ones
Past Life and the Results.

cfnOclc louNy, the Kew, !. DO VIII lal-
mage ID. D., preached q sermon on the
subject, "Other Days Lived Over" and
made reference to the ialschood that he
had advocated miscegcnalion Of the white
and black races The vast congregation
sang the hymn beginning:
our cod our help In ages past,
Our hope Tor yelrs To oonc.
Dr. hlmayo's text was Deuteronomy
viii. .: "Thou shalt remember all tho
way which the Lord thy God led thee"
lie said
Before entering on my subject wish TO
say that some newspaper correspondents,
referring 10 n recent sermon in which
welcomed foreign naionalities to this
country have said that advocated IA a
desirable thing the iutermarriage Of tho
white aud blnck races. never said so.
never thought 50, and anyone who so mis-.
represents that sermon is either n william
or fool, perhaps both.
But TO open this mornings subject I
have 10 say Gcd in the text advises the
people 10 look back upon their past his
tory. 1t will do ~ all good to rehcarsc the
scenes between this May morning and our
cradle, whether It was rocked ia country
or town. A few days ago, with my sister
q ii brother, ! visited the place Of my boy
hood. II was one OF the most emotional
and ahsutu.ug days OF my life. There
standa the old housc and ~ went through
the rooms | said, 81 could find my way
here with my eyes shut, although have
n D, been here IN forty wears. There was
the sitting room, where n large family
group every evening gi,hcrcd, the most Of
them now In better world. There was
the old barn where we hunted for Easter
oygs and the place whore the horses stood.
There is where the orchard was. only three
or four trees now left Of all the grove that
once bore apbies, AMI snch APPLES too.
There Is the brook down which VIC rode TO
the Watering of the horses bareback and
| with a rope halter. We also visited the
| cemetery where many o, our kindred are
| waiting Tor the re- correction, the old peo-
pie side 10y side, after journey together
OF sixty ycas. only about three years be-
twcun the Time Of their going. There also
! slucp the dear old ncighbon who
! used 10 tic thcr horses under tho
| shed of thc country meeting house
AMI 20 at the end Of the pew, singing
"Dn.c Street" and BI,crmi,' and
Antioch" Oh. they were glorious
race OF men aud women Who did their
work we'll. raised a splendid lot OF boys
and girls. and arc noS, ~ 20 their bodies,
In silent ncishborhool on earth, but M
TO mir souls IN judgment neighboThood
before the throne Ol God. | feel that my
journey and visit last week did me good,
and It would do you al good, II not In
! pr6on, then IN thought. 10 revisit the
scenes OF bnyhood or girlhcod. Thou
shut remember all the way which the
Lord thy G8d led thee
Youth ~ apt too much 10 spend MI ITS
limo In looking forward. Old age is apt
too much to spend all IT, time In looking
backward. People In md.lir aud on the
apex look both ways II would bo well
for ~, ] think, however, - spend moro
timc la UlhinisCpncc. iy the constitution
of our nature We spend mos, Of the time
looking forward. and tic vast majority Of
this audience live not 80 much in the PRES
cnt ~ IN the future tiud that You mean
10 make reputation, YOU mean 10 csiab-
lish yourself and the advantages that Won
expect 10 achieve absorb q great deal OF
yoAr timc. Bui | see no harm in this IL
Il docs not mako yol discnntcntcd with
the present or disqualiiy you for existing
duties.
llisa useful thing sometimes TO look
back aud iu see the dangers We have cs-
cnpcl, aud 10 900 the s0rrOws We have
suffered aud the trial. aud wanderings of
our earthly pilgrimage, AMI 30 SUN up our
cnilymruts. | mean this morning. - far
a. God may help me, 10 stir up your mem
Dry Of the past. ~ that IN the review YOU
may b. encouraged Hnd humblsd and
urged Ia pray
There Is a chapel In Florence with a
ircsCo by Guido. II WIS covered up with
two inches Of stucco until our American
aud Europeon artists went There, aud after
long toll removed the covering and ro-
traced the irrsco. And | avn aware that
the memory OF the past, with many Of
YOU, 10 all covered up with ten thousand
ob.ilcfauons md propose this morning,
~ iar as the Lord may help nae, 10 tako
away the covering, that the old picture
may shine ont again.
iWant 10 bind Ia ono shcai all your
past advantages, aud | want 10 bind In
another shcal all your past advouiues.
II Is q precious harvest, and i must DO
cautious how | swing the scyihe.
Among the greatest advantages OF your
past life was au early home aud is sur
roundngs. The bad men OF the day, for
tho most part dip their heated passions
out OF the boiling spring Of an unhappy
home. We arc not surprised 10 find that
ByrUn's heart was concentration OF sin.
whon wo hear his mother was abandoned.
and that she made sport OF his induniy
and often called him "tho lamo brat" lie
who has vicious patents has 10 t-ht every
inch Of his way II lac would maintain his
integrity. aud at last reach the nome o.
the good In Heaven.
Perhaps your early home was In tb,
city. II may have been In the days when
Canal street, New York, was far mp town
an d the site OF It's present church was an
excursion into the country. That old
house may have been dcmolished or
changed into stores, aud Il seemed like
sacriego 10 you, for there WIS more mean,
Ing IN that plain house. IN that small
house, than there Is IN o granite mansion
or turrctcd cathedral Looking back
this morning you see 10 as though II were
yesterday the sitting room, where The
loved ones sat boy the pain lamplight the
mother al the evening snirl lhc brothers
and sisters, perlmls Hr- g. ..tdefed into