Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-23
A BISHOPS PROPHESY.
The Right Rev. Dudley's Talk About
the Colored Situation.
EDUCATION OF THENEGRO NEEDED,
Or in Twenty Years llliteracy Will Hold
Political Power.
WORK OF THE MISSIONARY COUNCIL

According to Bishop Doane the "full
bishops" held the lead at the meeting at
Carnegie Hall last night, for all were full Of
delight that they were able to be there, full
of gladness that the missionary work had
progressed so rapidly and full of hope that
greater achievements will be theirs in the
future. Thus it became ''full meeting"
all round, as the hall was full Of people who
were full of the delight and gladness and
hope that characterized the good bishops.
After the addresses of the right reverend
gentlemen, the Chair and audience seemed
inspired with the spirit of the speakers
and the feelings which had given vent
in enthusiasm during the address swelled
out in the singing of the hymns and the
reading of the service. Nothing but praise
can be given the rendition OF the "Ave
Maria" by Mrs DR.. F. G. Elicke, which
was sung as an ofertory. The lady, as is
we'll known in Pittsburg, has sweet, clear
voice that cannot but reach the hearts Of
her audience.
CARNEGIE's CoNsEcRATED GIFT.
Bishop Doane, of Albany, presided. and
in his introduction of the first speaker, Rev.
DR.. Lindsey, of St. Paups Church, Boston,
said:
II call this a consecrated hall, though the
people of Pittsburg say otherwise 1t is
consecrated, by the generous gift of rich
man, to that noble work of the elevation of
the people intellectually. This man seems to
have learned the old saying. that it is dis
grace to die rich. / cannot but think when
look at that beautiful chandelier that man can
make iron and steel into most beautiful shapes
and figures. but it requires the electric spark
to show its brightness. So it is with the human
body and mind and the electric spark of Chris
tlanity is needed TO bring out the brightness of
many man and many a nation"
THAT noble woman, George Eliot" said
Dr. Lindsey at the opening of his address,
"once said the time will come when it will be
as natural for one man to help another as it
would be for me to catch at that mantel were
about to fall. l am glad to see the evidences
OF the truthfulness of this saying appearing on
every band, as is this building The work of
that noble young Emperor of Germany gives
good evidence of the truthfuln-ss of these
words, and 1 believe that in this day it would
not be hard to make such prediction"
The speaker took up the subject of foreign
missions and told of the noble work being done
by the young men of this country who have
turned their backs upon home and friends and
all ambition to take up the work of the Master
He paid glowing tribute to the work of Stan
ley and to the memory of Livingstone, Patter-
son, Colridge and the other great African ex-
plorers and missionaries.
THE COUNTRY DANGER.
The Right Rev. DR.. T. N. Dudley Bishop of
Kentucky, spoke ON the condition of the ne
groes Of the South. and made an eloquent ap-
peal for the education and Christianizing of
that great race. During the course of his ad-
dress the Bishop said:
Il want to talk to you about the millions Of
people down South, brought there by our an
cestors, your fathers and mine, and whose fate
is bound up with ours for veal or woe. want
to tell you Yankees what kind of people they
are. have often been told that they are bad
people, but have worked TO dispel that idea,
for some of the best principles instilled in my
heart. the love of honesty and truth. we're in
stlled there by the black woman who nursed
me when child.
"The evidence is that If the rate of progress
does not exceed that of the last ~ years, the
next &c years will see the time when ignorance
will hold the balance of power in the ballot box
of this country. and illIterate men will say who
shall be the President at Washington"
The Bishop also told of the religious condi-
ton of the colored people and their modes of
worship, which, while they are in manner the
most religious people on earth, are of
heathenlsh character.