Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-31
FASTING AND PRAYER.
To-day ID Being Observed by Colored People
Throughout the Country.

A""sy Being observed by Colored People
Throughout the Country.
THE ourRAeEs uroS THEIR RACE IN TIE SOUTH
THE cAUsE-REv. Mr. BROOKS SERMON THIS
xoRSISa-xEErISos TO RE HELD IN THE DIP
fERESr CHURCHES TONIGHT.
IN accordance with the suggestion in an APP
peal, which WAS signed by prominent coiored
men In all parts OF the country, today set
apart as day OF fasting and PRAYER because OF
the awful condition OF affairs" TO quote the
circular, 'in parts of our country. in consc-
quence Of which scores Of men and women Of
our race are annually condemned to sudden and
cruel deaths by the rope, the pistol and more
horrible still, by burning alive" In this city
the day was generally observed among the coll
ored people by meetings held in the churches
MEETINGS THIS EVENING.
This evening meetings viii be held at the
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church: at the Berean
Baptist, 18th street between L and NJ; First
baptist Church and the Metropolitan A. NE,
NJ street between 18th and 10th. At the last
named place the meeting will be under the aus
pices OF the l.M.C.A., and addresses will be
made by Reys. j. w. Z. Bowen, W. II. Brooks,
+. J. Grimke and William waring and W. II. H.
hart, esq. Prof. G. W. Cook Of Howard Uni
versity viii present the resolutions Several
distinguished ministers from different parts of
the country will also be present.
THE LOCAL COMMITTEE.
The local committee, under whose auspices
the day was observed, il composed OF the fol-
lowing named: j. w. Cromwell A. +. Hilycr.
George William Cook, Prof. Kelly Miller. Rev.
Geo. W. Lee, Rev. ]. Z. Moreland and J. w.
KICKS. The appeal in conclusion makes the
following recommendations:
Let us meet in our places of worship and
there led by our ministers devoutly pray TO Al
mighty God. First. That if il is our fault that
the hearts of our fellow countrymen are so
cruelty turned against us that He will show ~
us the evil and give us the wisdom 10 remove it,
Second. That our white fellow citizens may be
made TO see that the only security for the con-
tinuance of republican institutions is found in
the observance of law by all, however powerful.
and by the extension Of its protection 10 all.
however weak That He viii make them see
that In permitting these iynchings they are SOW
ing wind which will grow to a whirlwind in
the time of their children.
Finally that they will remember our lately
enslaved condition, that they will not forget
our centuries of toll without requitd upon the
fields Of their fathers and that instead of visit
ing us with prescription and murder they will
be patient with our short comings and encour-
age us to rise to that level Of intelligence and
virtue which marks the character of a good
citizen"
AT THE NINETEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.
large audience assembled in the
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church at ii
O'Clock this morning, where religious
services were conducted and o sermon
was delivered by the pastor. Rev. Mr..
Brooks. He selected as his text the pathetic
lament of Joseph's brethren when they had
come to Egypt and their minds reverted 10 their
treatment of their brother in the years past
1--WE are verify guilty." they exclaimed, ''con-
corning our brother in that we saw the anguish
OF his soul when he besought us and We would
not hear. Therefore is this distress come upon
u.s." The preacher said that the words of the
text were confession of guilt and acknowledge
ment that punishment has come. He
spoke of the hatred that sometimes
sprang up between members of one family and
said how much greater such enmity was where
it existed between races. The natural outcome
OF hatred, he said, was murder. He spoke OF
the relations that exist between the white and
the colored races and Of the affection that had
grown up between them. He deplored the vio-
lence that was manifested toward the colored
race and said that 1t was wrong and working an
injury to both peoples. Upon the conclusion OF
the sermon statement was made by one who
had left his home in the south because of the
threats which had been provoked by his denun-
Citations of the lynching of colored man.
VIRGINIA AVENUE CHURCH.
Special services were held this morning at the
Virginia Avenue Church, conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. VIM. II. Scott, who preached an elo-
quent sermon, taking his text from judges
x:12,l3. Both in his remarks, in his PRAYERS
and in the prayers of others was the true spirit
of the object of the meeting manifested, and
the prayers Of the Christian world were earnestly
asked in behalf Of the colored race.
AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH.
The services at the Lincoln Memorial Congre.
gational Church, corner of 18th and Il streets
was under the auspices of Asbury NJ. E., the
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian and the church in
which the meeting was held. Almost every seat
was occupied throughout the service. Short
addresses were made by Rev. a.. W.
Moore, pastor Of Lincoln Memorial. Dr. Bowen
of Asbury Church, DIR. Grimke of the Fifteenth
Street Church and DIR. WarinS. Following the
| addresses short prayers were delivered by the
ministers and others and a letter from Judge
Tourgee was read. In the letter Judge Tourgee
| called attention to the conditions existing
among the colored people in the south and
apathy and indifference Of the colored
people in the north, many of whom, he stated
were unworthy of the civil liberty which they
enjoyed. He also called attention to the fac,
that the colored people must unite in their ef-
forts to better their condition, and until then
the change would not be a very marked one.
Among the audience in this church were
many department clerks and school teachers
who are heartily supporting the movement.
WHAT REV. DIR. BOWEN SAID.
Rev. DR.. Bowen, speaking to STAR reporter
said he thought this day Of fasting and prayer
would do the race some good. There is nc
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