Telegram-herald., 1889-09-30
pR. 5. c GRAVES
Addresses His Oia Pari shisners-Ths Ne
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Rev : 4. Graves, 0f Atlanta. Ga,
spoke 70 has Old paTishioners yesterday
morning from the pulpit in tie Foun-
La.n-sEEeet Baptist Church. There w2s
= larse audience present, and after the
sermon a general h2adshake was IL
duiged "a.
The d0etog spoke from Rev. ", !.
''We then that are strong ought 70
bear the inhFmiues Of the weak, and
not - please ourselves" The dis
course Vas al able one. IN the course
OF nls remarks he touched upon the
labor and race questions, and owing To-
n-s personal experience a. the South,
MS views upon the latter subject were
0I especial interest. He SAID
/ have been four years IN the south.
| have made warm friendships there,
have met many noble men and women
who sympathiLe with me IN my work.
/ have striyen 10 study with candOr
this negro question. It l. one OF great
dlftlculIy and danger. The thoughtful
men ia the south 80 look upon Il. But
the average Senator j. not up 10 the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments,
and the legislation based upon II. The
belief largely held, especially IN politi-
cal circles, = that the races are - Ill
verse that they can never be united IN
one government. This one race must
dominate the other, which means an
abridgement OF the negrO's oOnstitu-
tiOnal rights. This l. the method
which alone seems feasible 10 the
minds OF many leaders of public Opln-
ION. This makes a practically solid
white South, which involves
practically solid black South.
or i leading more and more 10 II. Ii
requires no prophetic gift 10 see that
there Is danger ~ this attitude of our
race, and that the danger VIII grow
more threatening a. our work OF edu-
I cation among them progresses. Late
/ developments since | lett the South
/ show too plainly what Is seething be-
meath the surface.
The difference, however, can never
be settled III this way The nation viii
never consent 10 see Its citizens,
| black or white, denied their guaranteed
rights, and yet the mass OF colOred men
| today can not vote intelligently, and
| the same might be said of many whites
also.
The only possible way, as IT seems to
me, through this matter, is along the
! line OF Christian education TO tit the
cOlOred man for the intelligent and vir-
/ tuOus exercise Of ms citizenship. That
neither race as such should dominate.
but that worth, merit and ability
should control, whether il be white or
black. This accOrds with the genius of
our Institutions. This is American,
and what Is more, IS right and Chris
tan.
Men and brethren, the magnitude and
Importance OF this work we are doing
cannot be exaggerated, nor the peril
which its neglect would invoke.
The history of this cOlored race has
been strangely interviewer even from
the first with that of our own. There
Is some divine purpose IN this no doubt.
II we give them their rights and do
our duty as Christian people to them
IN this crisis of their need, they may
become Gods instruments to save this
nation from some greater peril which
IN the not distant future may come
upon Us, from the spread of anarchy
which IS becoming rife IN the land, or
the Vaccinations of ROmanism, an old
ahd sworn foe of civil and religious
freedom. This is not unlike the WAYS
of God