Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-06
A sUCCEssFUL PAsTORAT

Annivsrsary Exercises as she DlxWell
 Avenue Church - A Stirring Address
 made on she Negro Quession.
 The Dixwell avenue Congregational church i, was crowded last evening to It's utmost ca pacity by those who came to participate in celebrating the seventh anniversary in tn Rev. Albert P. Miller's pastorate. In having MT. Miller as pastor the church is to be congratulated. The work that he has done among his people is of . substantial kind, and the condition that the church is in is conclusive proof. His congregation is Aourishing and growing steadily both in members and religious interest. The exer- oises were heartily enjoyed by all, consisting of prize declamations by Messrs. O'Neil, Ferris, Miller and Johnson of the Hillhouss high school; music by the church choir, and Miss Lillian G. Phillips of Ansonia on banjo and harp.
 The anniversary address was delivered by MT. Joseph Fl. Artope, oolored, a student in the Yale seminary, who gives promise of a bright future and of great usefulness to his race. Tho subject of the address was Two Civilizations Under one Government, and in substance is as follows:
 There are two civilizations under this one government decidedly opposed to each other. One holding that all men are created free and equal before the law. The other that some were made to be slaves and have no rights that are to be respected.
 One holds that every man is part and parcel of this great body polite, the other that some are part of the body, but not a sharer of the polity.
 These civilizations exfst especially in the case of the Afro-Amerioan. Mir. Artope con- fined his remarks chiefly toward the south and it's relations toward the negro for the past 800 years. Stating that the condition of the negro since emancipation had not been materially helped in the sonth; that they had and still suffer indignities most atrocious. Their rights are openly disregarded and de. nied and, too, often the right of life. The sway of the general government is supposed to reach from ocean to ocean, from north to south; yet there is ss much differ enes between the north and the south politically as between day and night. The petition which the white church in the south takes seems to favor the feeling of discr1mi- nation, distinction and inferiority. These two existing civilizations under one govern ment are not only troublesome to the Afro- Americans but threatens the now existing form of government, tue peace and prosper | ity of the citizens of this country. "The kingdom that divides against itself cannot ] stand"
 This is not simply negro problem, though | none can suffer or endure more patiently than he, but one that effects the country at
 large.
 The south has said, that she will not sub init to ''Nsgro rule;" for which the Afro. | American is not contending. He has no rule and wants none other than the rule oi right; for if we rightly understand this gov | ernment, there is Ho such thing as the negro
 or white mans rule, but that of justice When the day comes in which we have two l rules of right then will there be no right
 hence no moral basis and no morality. Mucf | has been made on the question of socia
 equality as though the negro was contendins
 for it and thought it some great prize. Ht
 has eense enough to know that any and ever1
 man has the right to choose his own asso'
 ciates. There are in both racei
 individuals who are not worthy the associa
 tion of any respectable person. This ii something which must regulate itself; ant all legislation and acts of compulsion will
 not avail. Any one in whom there ia tru'
 manhood would not endeavor to fntrud' | where it would net be agreeable. As peo- pie, we are very enthusiastic in the beginning | of anything, but our enthusiasm generally
 dies away soon. This is because we ar
 moved more by impulse that by reason. w need to be more stable. We must stop di
 viding our personalities and grow to to ac
 more in unit. It is high time that w
 should awake from sleep and contend for on
 cause, which is a holy and just one.
 After the exercises were over Q eociabl
 followed, held in the chapel where refresh
 ments were enjoyed and . general good time About S75 was cleared.