The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-13

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PRESIDENT ]. JAMES CITEESEMAN.
mission and a purp.se and is working
staadTaSfIv 10 enc eri. The uplifting OF
MS race ana their Improvement in morals
and society has been his lie purpose
There is perhaps no col0red man in the
United stats better informed as TO the
condition 81 his race in this country than
Is Bishop Turner. And there are but few
men vino know more about the condition Of
the negro the wo-iI over than he. He has
spent u,s-l 81 his lie in Liberia and has
studied its life. advantages and disadyan-
tages.
ne has hut recently returned from a mis-
sIOnary convention ~ Cleveland. o.. where
he went to further ;he cause Of missions
A little over a year aeo he returned TO
Atlanta from Liberia. where he had spent
some time Speaking of Ais trip to Africa,
ne said
II returned from Africa on the nth OF
June last year. ore year from this past
June 4sut providence permitting. / shall
start agsFu upon another African voyage
next February. That Is a very rough time
% -. as / would have 10 cross the bay
Of B.sea- that terribly angry section Of
the ocean during tle month of March. i.
sh1uIi D. mpe.ied TO 20 b. England or
Hau5Irs. Germany; bat | crust We VIII
have "A steamer plying between Savannah
ia. and Muur0viss. Liberia. Africa. before
that time. WheA will be a great convent
ence. AS H. viii make the distance between
here anu Africa, about 5.t50 miles.
Is The distance by way Of Eng
land or Germany. You know il is
but short distance from America
10 Africa in a direct line. Most people
Lets=%e ta1t Africa Is almost the either
SHE " creation. whereas ii is but "A bit
further than from Atlanta 10 san Fran
cisco. Cal. But ii you are forced TO cross
the ocean twice To get 10 Africa once. il
makes quite a difference in the distance"
why do you visit Africa 50 frequently?'
Because / am the bishop ~ Africa, so
Tar as the African Methodist Episcopal
church is concerned We have seventeen
mission stations in Liberia, not all supplied
with minister's however. ami about twelve
or thirteen in Sierra Leone. where we have
some excellent congregations. and several
intelligent preachers. amt it ] had the mon
ey anu ministers 10 supply the demand
could organize conferences all alOn-, the
African coast, beginning at G0ree and ter
miuatiu- III cape Colony. / have let
tiers 1t my home urging me to come 10
Bathurst. AGRA. Gold Coast. Lagos. Congo
and other Places anu establish our church
You see they like tire name CT cur church.
because Africa Is preiiXed 40 its title, and
there are 10 people upon earth devoid Of
the gospel. who desire it as much as the
heather AfriCau-not 50 much Tor It's moral
izinEs virtue. as for the idea. which the
african eEJeTtaiuS that Christianity en-
Iighteus and vIevat.s mankind The AZ
rican feels the need OF something 10 make
him great and command the respect OF the
more advanced nations and h believes that
Christian j. that something
..uf course 4 mean a large portion Of such
a~W= - e. ~.
81 the higher results of Christian civiliza-
tion IN a material sense. Suen as steam
ships. machinery aud the mauUfactury Of
guns. tools ~ every description. clothing
Of every fabric. watches. clocks, printing
presses railroads aGa such like There
are no heather upon the face Of the globe
who arr. mere auSIcuS Tor the gospel and
more susceptible ~ lis provisions anil viz
tYleS than the hel men African as the AZ
ricaus ARE not pJEaas. lut are the children
NJ suaer-r .it5oH. aeI the principles of super
EfitiOn AMI Christianity. both being alb
stract. sustain closer proximity than
pagaussm and Christianity.
You sag sua expect line OF steamers
will D.. plying soon between savannah and
NIourovia. Liaeria2 j. there any project
Of that kind materializins--'
'sYeS sir: the International Migration So
cIcty. chartered by the laws of Alabama,
with headquarters ~ Birmingham. Ala,
is harsl at work in thar direction. and /
think Will have a steamer running between
here ami Africa ia few months al the
most All the efforts IN. forth 10y col0red
men have proved ahurtaEe. Such as the
Rev Gaston's steamship line. which has
caused So much CITATION h.-e in Atlanta.
1et aIr- CASTOR. J must say TO his credit
could have procured the snip easily enough
had his followers been able 10 have raised
the necessary money. For the Elder
Dempster ship Company. NJ Castle street.
Liverpool England. woa3 have furnished
him with the snip ships. they PROM
ised a. d0 for me had accepted Of their
terms Also. the plans II Rev. II. J.. Johu-
son. OF san Antonio. Tex. for the establish
ment Of a steamship line. have fallen
through. for the want ~ financial ability.
and another Project In New Orleans and in
philadelphia have terminated ia tae same
way. But white men are about 10 take
hold Of the matter. who are more familiar
with business methods. hope the scheme
will be successful / received a letter upon
my arrival home from "a very distinguished
white gentleman. IL West Suminit. y J..
who informs me that he is trying to organize
a capital OF sI0.01000 To- run a lire Of steam
ers between southern ports and Africa. to do
a large commercial business and for the inn
migration Of such persons. white or col
ored, as NAV desire To move to that great
continent. / have been trying tor years 10
get the southern white people to start such
a line: but having failed In arouse our
southern whites tried New York and fail
Ell there. also. then went TO England
and tried there. but they fed me up on
promises. III appears. however. that some
of the white friends are about to take hcid
OF il here. At home. AMI the men who do.
viii be- IL possession OF = bonanza. For
II Europe can Keep III steamers hugging
the shores or Africa through white agents.
the south. with the all Of the black man,
Indigenous u the climate. its agent.
could easily enough keep twice the number
and make the negro "A millionaire; and the
whites who invest their money. billiOnaires.