The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-08-20
THE RACE PROBLEM
A New Light to Cast it's Ref1lgent
Rays on the Vexed Question.
An Afro American Says he Will Answer
the Prayers That Assembled to Hea-
ven on the National Day OF Fast
ing and Prayer.
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will pass to something else I wish to
speak of before closing. I see the Voice
from NATION, saws the State capitol has
filed complaint against the Colored
citizens of that place, charging them
with having articles in eight different
papers and that there are not enough sub
scrlbers from that place to pay tor the
valuable space they take up. Possibly
that is true, for was in that town when
the old gentleman who signed his name
to that article was agent for some three
or four Colored papers, and he told me
that while some take two to three papers
every week and Others did not take any
although all were able to take at least
one paper, and that no one seemed to
care to subscribe, perferring to pay for
their papers by the week s. he Just
made up his mind to make news boy
OF himselfand deliver the papers to them
each week, and in that way he had
created his interest in some for reading
race paoers who seemingly never thought
of it before, and some who begun with
one paper fAally get to taking three and
four, so | guess bis effort has not been in
vain, and yet although they as part
and parcel of the great Negro race, may
be considered as doing fairly we'll, they
could however do much better, and do
it easy for know two or three young
men in that town who spend, or did
spend enough money nearly every week
Of their lives for drink that is stronger
than water, to pay for a whole years
subscription for any Colored newspaper
that goes to that town, and there was
one young man in particular who when
the old gentleman would try to get him
to take paper he would refuse saying
times were too hard and he could not
afford it. The people there seem to be
minus thai race pride and ambition so
much needed by our people throughout
the country, and thi0k tho who put
themselves forward as leaders and re-
representatives. have great deal to do
with crushing that ambition to be free
and equal with all others, for when l
was in that town, there We're five Coored
barber shops, and think one white, and
what seemed so strange, the proprietors
of all five of those Colored shops were
| church members and yet they would not
shave or cut the hair of their brothers
in their shops only after closing up
time or on Sundays and then as rule
they would do ones work with closed
blinds. The worst white hoodlum in
town cu'd go in and get work done
just as he wanted it, and 1t would be Mr..
this and Mr.. that, but their own minister
had to take back seat and yet they
said they were christi ans, but of course
there is mistake somewhere, for
christian you know can't discriminate on
account Of color, do no! say they are
not religions but l do say they are not
tlans for man can be religions and
then not be a christian, there are many
kinds of religious but they are not all
the christian religions for example there
Is the Buddhist religion, the Moham-
medan religion, the Jewish religi n,
crucitied the Christ. the founder of chris.
tianty and persecute his followers, and
while the people of those beliefs were
| relg GUS still they were not christians.
A christian understood is ole that is
Christ's, one tn at follows his teaching
Now will just name few things to
show you that a christian can not dis
criminate on account of color, and I will
begin with the very foundation Of chris
tianity. ''Whatsoever ye would that
men should do unto you do ye even so
unto them" When BARRIERS go..into store s
and restaurants to buy what they want
do they want to be refused because they
are Colored? I hardly think 80. Then
DO unto others as you would wish TO be
done by. Again, you are told that ID
IS no respector of persons q, d if that
spirit of the Lord is in you, how can you
be; that manifestat on of the spirit of
the Lord in you is what is meant bv the
image of God, aad If you don't show the
spirit Of the Lord in your walks and acts
then you don't bear his im,ge God is
not liberator On Sunday and an oppres-
sor all week, that is the reason We have
80 many weak and sickly churches,
many of you tear down all the week and
then 90 out and try to build up on Sun
day .is it any wond er that those whom Y. u
call worldly have no faith in you? He
that gathereth not with me scattereth
abroad" Remember said christian
is one that is Christ's not slave, but a
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