Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-01
NEGROES AND RED MEN.

Two strong Addresses by Bishop T. M. |
 Dudley of Kentucky and pr. Lang l
 fora of New York at Christ Church. |
 Two services were held by the Woman's auxiliary in the New Haven archdeaconry at Christ church yesterday. There was busi- ness meeting at 11:S0 .. m. at which letters were read and reports heard. The afternoon service began at 8 o'clock. There was small attendance. The speakers were Rt. Rev. M. Dudley, bishop of Kentucky, and Rev. Dr. Langford of New York, general secretary of the board of missions. ss1 a.
 No interest inr missions means to my mind
 and heart no interest in Jesus Christ, said
 Bishop Dudley. If the church is only reli- gious club, fit is only even an institution of charity and goodness. let me get through with 1t as soon as possible. It is our blessed preach his gospel in all lands. soy, then, that the idea of missions is the central and | foundation idea upon which the church is built. How, then, can we say we have no l interest in missionsf Our missionaries en- | dure great hardships for the cause of Christ. There must naturally be a desire among
 Christians to carry the gospel to those who are nearest and closest to them. Even to-day
 men fail to realize tho importance of doing
 for those unfortunates who are the nations wards as much and even more than they do ! for themselves. These are not foreigners. They are men whose shackles have been broken off, who are our fellow-citizens, and whose fortune is bound up with our fortune for veal or woe. It is not
 taking them to Africa or any other foreign
 land. They are citizens of the United States,
 born here, and their freedom has been pur- | chased by great cost. The south can not do
 without them. But they are ignorant as | mass and semf-savages. Unless we elevate them they will pull us down. The schools
 are open to them, but they are in most cases Il too poor to avail themselves of them. But
 will not make character. It makes them
 more dangerous. The records show the greater part of negro criminals are those who have been through the schools. We must mould their character and elevate their souls.
 Shall not the church do this? The Episcopal
 form o2 worship above all others is one that
 exacts respect from theso people, and ap'
 peals to them strongly. Shall we not then
 do what we can for them, knowing that we
 at the same time are helping our fellow cih.
 zens and performing boon to this grand
 country of oursa Let us banish this idea of
 caste from our bosom and endeavor to ele
 vate our unfortunate brothers.
 What Christians seem to desire, said Dr. Sangford, Is to know what to do. God re . quires of every man that he should love hil
 neighbor as himself. The question ther arises, who is my neighbori It is practi cal question. Take your direct ancestor } back for twenty generations and they vii , amount to 20,O00.00O. When our fore fathers came to this country they treated ant bargained with the red men. When we be came, stronger we pushed them farther west ward andif we wanted anything from then we found some way of getting it. The story of onr dealings with them is bloody pag'
 in our history and dark blot upon ou nation. It is 50 in all history. The savage { and the weaker go down before the civilized and tho strong. I think we could readily prov that the red man, stripped. wounded ant oppressed, 'is by every claim of privilege ant , bounty'our neighbor. Most thankful am as e churchman that the work accomplished
 by our church during the last twenty-6v, years has done something to redeem the out
 rages we have overwhelmed them with. I'm
 story of what our church has done for thu
 red men alone entities 1t to the praise of al
 Christendom. Has it been uselessl No. The.
 have received the gospel, and now in place Q
 lands and hear the chapel bell calling then to worship.
 I might tell you how the black man als deserves our aid. Their shackels have beel
 struck of and they have been endowed witt
 all the rights and privileges of Amererioal citizens. Foreigners are attracted to thi land by the reports that it Is place of mill |, and honey. But they find the bounty is only obtained here as elsewhere b.
 work. There are great communities in ou .. west which do not even know our languag ss and are learning it. But short time az l. the governor of California had to issue ! proclamation in ten different languages t ' reach tho intelligence of all his people. Tn west is rapidly being opened. The pioneer , are not after religion, and if men understoo ' how strongly their religion bears upon thi 2 country they would do much more to sprea , its prevalence. Our church is potent fac i. tor in this work. Tbe liturgy Is one of th . most valuable features in this work, and W ; cannot let the pioneers of settlers languis : without proper spiritual support. These de . serve our most sincere efforts.