St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-04

different, that among the most comforting of
their possessions will be share In the tri-
umphs and achievements of home missions"
After the presidents address a prayer
was offered by Rev. w. c.. Roberts.
secretary of the board of home mis-
sions.
Rev. DIR. Sheldon jackson, superin-
tendent of mission of Alaska, spoke
briefly, and after Dr. Jackson came
Rev T. De Witt sTalmage, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, Wash
ington, D. C..
REV. TALMAGE SAID:
"Our glorious Presbyterianism is in full
bloom tonight. This will be an historical
meeting and far down the years 1t will be
told that in the commercial metropolis of this
nation the man who has on him the highest
honors this world can give, and twice hav-
ing received these honors from the American
people, In this great mass meeting for God
and Righteousness put down the grandeurs
OF his Office at the feet of Jesus. Germany
for scholarship, England for manufactures
France for manners. Egypt for antiquities,
Italy for pictures. but America for God
I'm this country, already planted and to be
overcome, paganism has already built its al
tar to Brahma, and the Chinese are already
burning incense in their temples, and Moham-
mechanism. drunk in other days with the red
wine Of human blood at Lucknow and Gavin
pore and now fresh from Armenia is trying
to get foothold here, and from the minarets
phemies, saying God is great and Mohammed
is His prophet Then there are the vaster
multitudes with no religion at ALL They wor-
ship no God. they live with no consolation
and they die with no hope. No star of peace
points down to the manger in which they are
born and no prayer is uttered over the grave
into which they sink.
''The very things that have been quoted as
perils to this nation are going to help it's
salvation. Great cities. so often mentioned
as great obstacles. the centers of crime and
hQ - oil iy,i0
the work of gospelization. From what place
did Christ sent out his twelve Apostles to
gospelize the world? From a city. What
place will do more than any other place nv
en- and means in this work of taking America
for God? New York city. The way Paris
goes, goes France; the way Berlin goes, goes
Germany; the way Edinburgh goes, goes
Scotland; the way London goes goes England
the way New York and couple of our cities
go, goes America. Mayftfie Eternal God wake
us up to the stupendous ISSUE"
Rev. Charles L. Thompson, chair
man of the committee Of home missions
of the presbytery missions of New
York, then spoke on III ome Missions" :"
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
The last address was delivered by
Booker 7. Washington the colored
principal of Tuskegee institute, Ala
bama. He said, in part:
"Mr. President, Ladies' and Gentlemen:
My word to you tonight will be based upon
an humble effort during the last fourteen
years to better the condition of my people
In the black belt'I OF the South. What are
some of the conditions in the South that
need your urgent help and attention? Eighty
five per cent of my people in the Gulf states
are on the plantations in the country dis
trlcts, where large majority are still in
ignorance, without habits, ,~of thrift econ
omy; are in debt, mortgaging their crops to
secure food; paying, or attempting to pay, a
rate of interest that ranges between 20 and
40 per cent; living in one-room cabins on rent
ed land. where schools are in session in these
country districts from three to five months
in the year; taught in places, as rule, that
have little resemblance to school houses
Each colored child in these states has spent
on him this year for education about 70
cents. while each child in Massachusetts has
spent on him this year for education be-
tween SIS and $50. What state of morality
or practical Christianity you may expect
when as many as six, eight and even ten
cook, eat sleep, get sick and die in one
ROOM l need not explain.
But what is the remedy for this con-
d1tion? 1t is not practicable nor desirable
that the North attempt to educate directly
all the colored people in the South, but the
North can and should help the South edu-
cate the strong Christian leaders who will
go among our people and show them how to
lift themselves up. That is the great prob
lem before us. Can this be done? If in the
of slavery, he got the habit of work. Wheth-
er the call for labor comes from the cotton
fields of Mississippi, the rice swamps of the
Carolinas, or the sugar bottoms of Louisi-
ana, the negro answers the CALL Yes, toll
is the badge of all his tribe, but the trouble
centers here: By reason of his ignorance
and want of training he does not know how
to utilize the results of his labor"
Mr.. Cleveland had a coach waiting for
him. With Private Secretary Thurber,
he was driven to the Pennsylvania de-
pot in Jersey City. He took the 1890
express for Washington.