Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-30
TO THE CoLoRED PEOPLE.

The Evangelist Believes in the Brain and
Power OF the CoIored Race.
Mr.. Jones preached to the colored peo-
pie at p. m. The meeting began with
the usual exercises. Brother Stuart
gave a short talk. He said: ''I am IN
fullest sympathy with the African race. -
He used the words, "blessed is the
nation whose God is the Lord. -
81 address you as a distinct nation.
You are such and you will perhaps al
ways be such, and it behooves you as
nation to look into your own lives and
into your own resources and see what
is back of. you 1 have been reading
what the press says Of your nation,
and 1 find there are three theories
advanced: First, that you want to go
back to Africa ass an organized nation
and be the means of Outstanding and
making q great nation of your people,
and there you would become kings and
princes of the nation and serve God as
you wished. The second theory is, you
will be coloniZed in this country. The
third theory is you VIII be mixed up with
the whites and be lost as a distinct race.
One thing is sure, You will never be any
better than you are until your merits
demand it. A man rises as soon
as he becomes 9 worthy man. Some
of the noblest men have come from your
nation. AS long as you lie down on your
backs and fail TO do your duty and wait
for something to turn up you will never
be any better. AS soon as you realize
the force of your character you will be-
gin to improve. I am one of those per-
sons who believe in the brain and the
power. of your race. You have
some good politicians, lawyers and
doctors among you. You have
grand preachers, too Two or
name. Mr.. Stuart said that two things
were eating the heart out of the negro
race-whisky and the great lack of moral
character in the women. He urged them
TO let whisky alone and be more careful
for the purity of the homes Of the people.
We want manhood, womanhood, good
society in colored people. You will rise,
as colOred people, and as long as you
keep on that line the better it will be for
you.
1.-THE best of your people stick to the
color line strongest God gave you
your color and He gave us ours. It is
the heart God wants. If lady has q
black and a white silk dress she wears
one as often as she does the other. If
she has a white and black plume, she
wears one as often IS the other. God
does not care for the color. It IS re-
ligion He wants, religion and morality -
He then spoke of all nations having at
different periods Of their history been in
bondage. AS soon as you develop piety,
and purity of heart, you will put a
plume in your nation IS crown. If you
go on in sin you will lose your pride and
go down. / speak to you because l am
interested in your race. You will never
be anything till you place yourselves in
good homes. Some instances of wealthy,
honorable citizens were given living in
other places, with earnest advice
to quit wasting money, to be men and
make something of themselves. He
urged them TO get homes for their wives
and little ones and TO save their money
and educate their children.
An interesting story Of young COL
ored man educated in his college ut night
was here given.
f'You can be great man If you will.
God wants you TO be. What you need
is pride in yourselves, pride in your
family and pride in your nation.
You are led around here by the whisky
traffic. When you are no longer ruled
by whisky, when You assert your man
hood and take pride in your nationality,
and cultivate your heart and mind, God
will see to It that there is place for you
The same Heaven that Is for me ID for