Negro world., 1891-02-28


The educational problem grew
out of tue eman rpttion of the
saves; and an efoS al its solution
had already ben commenced
There had been foulyears of educa-
tional work in the auth, carried on /
chiefly by undenombationa societies.
The first society w organized for
he relief Of Cont1ah Y, and that SO
ciety declined to seR teachers:.~- 1zhen en-
Methodism manifested its spirit. Drs.
Kingsley, Pope, aid Larkin were
among the men whoaid we will make
no trouble with thoe~ men. We will
organize a soclesy = csrrying re-
lief, and carrying tie spelliDg-book
along, Our Churchswas Represented
IN that initial movement.
Some one said to lie at that Tins
reproachfully: "Whg do you want to
engage in that nigger business2 You
don't believe the niger can learn, do
youp But we founsT there was der
sire TO learn on thsir part, and we
decided to send the saachers. But we
had to demonstrate 1n9 a0,P4' -
the North, as we'll al 'l0 oou'A' 'h1''
the Negro could leas
The question also y hr'' Sio" ouO
of our missionary 9 Al 'n0 N
A. +ha+ ,no+rro ulAl the pastor's
III 81 down 60 the
''''- - w. sd to be empty,
''e"'"5 was 1uppO was $4,000 or
"o a'o a'o ~ 5,ry to carry on
~''''' - ' one of the most
this work. 1t was go
providential indicate, LII :; .Lo
seen. The work wi
western and central =
uoO'"' C 80 Caroline, but the
ne III" ''nN ~ sas in Tennessee,
most effective work W.,
Georgia, A ALBANIA, ~,oona
the river from Nav ~ha. - .ho
We must considSs h r, ! !
question before the Co. H. oolo~aa
mistake to suppose ri, bo,t tbe
people were or had he r, -
''Po'' Away back sixty
years ago, that the-a ~--.-.-.--
-;.-:-:- Yfhfng fresh Tor the
evangelization of the. coloredppeople?
The Methodist CHI Sch never forgot
her duty and obligation to he slaves
in bondage. A wora was being done
for those slaves even sixty FIVE
years ago. In 1860 there were over
200, 900 colored members in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Soath, We
did not go into a land where no gos.
pei work had been done. This num-
ber of members even only just touche-
the four millions people. But every
society of ours organized had more or
less members who had heen members
of the Church South. We will gain
nothing by covering up these facts
TheV bee me the nucleus of our york.
| was down there ia 1868 with Dr.
Hitchcock. We found everywhere
that the members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, had been
the nucleus for the gathering our
societies. That was the foundation
on hich we built
But somehow the Negroes had 3
liking for the old mother Church
For twenty years We had had no &C
ce. to them: but there were scores of
them still waiting for the Old John
Wesley Church, as they called it.
And they bade our missionaries vel
come when they oame, That was
the missionary problem before US
I do not believe that we were ever
called into any other fe d with the
same marked proyidenees that we
were into the Southern field. Of the
207, 900 colored members Of the
Church South, perhaps 100000 of
them came into our work. If we hap
not gone there, there was no person
to care FOR them. The VIII le South
was beggared by the war. The whole
Church was demoralized-the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South AID
every sister Church They were with
out means support their own clergy
to say nothing of being able to go out
TO field devasted by the war. We
we went there to supplement the
Church in its missionary work We
went to white and black. 1t was said
we went to care for the loyal whites
because they had been loyal. But
We went to them. because they had
souls, and because their loyalty had
left them without the gospel, and MT
as a reward for their yalty. The
leadings were all that ay, and in the
aistory of eur Church there never
vas a more provtdsutial occurrence
than rha taet nf thara haano, mcnev in