The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-15

with the blast of the trumpets. In the
New Testament the Prince of Peace
comes to bring peace by the sword
Between right and wrong there is 10
ground but battle-ground. The man OF
conviction and courage cannot compro-
mise He must fight if he would be God
like. God threw down the gage of bat
tie before mans creation, and man. TO
be like him, must take it up God has
turned and overturned. and will over
turn until intelligence and morality and
! goodness are triumphant.
Sometimes special emergencies arise
when evil-doers become the common en-
envy of the community. The community
must put forth its hand and execute
justice at first hands.
'There is publication by breezes but
sometimes nature sees fit to use a whirl-
wind The violence of the whirlwind
may destroy some things, but who VII
say it was not good and needed? So
the peace and quiet of the community
! is ordinarily maintained by the code and
ordinance of country and city. They are
the breezes and the gales. But if the
,
red to purify the moral and civil atmos
phere at certain place. who will say
| it was not needed, that it was not or.
dered of God?"
| NEGRO PASTORS ADVISE SUB
MISSION.
| Negroes here were apprehenSive that
| their worship would be prevented. Their
deacons consulted the authorities and
were assured that not only was no in
| reference contemplated, but no reStric-
| tons We're placed upon their worship. al
though moderation and care were coun-
seled
| Some of the colored preachers were in
terviewed Great surprise was mani
tested at The Sun wishing TO publish
accounts of their services Both whites
and negroes commend the fairness Of
The Sun in discussing the situation.
At St Stephens African Methodist
Episcopal church. Pastor j. r. Lee. hav-
ing fled from the city after warnings for
! melting riot, Deacon l.. b. Kennedy
preached from the text, Watch and
pray, that we enter not into temptation"
He spoke of the duty man owes to Gcd.
and said that mans laws must be obeyeG
by those who would obey Gods laws
Deacon Kennedy said every member of
the congregation must do rs the authori-
ties direct.
The text at Central Colored Baptist
church, A. s. Dunstan, pastor, was: "Y G
are the salt of the earth" Pastor Dun
stan said: "Let the past bury the past.
What is DONE cannot be undone. BE
STILL be quiet; all will be WE'LL
church (coloredD Edmund Robert Ben
nett, pastor the text was: Render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars and
unto God the thing that are Gods" The
pastor said: 1--WE owe tribute and SER
vice to the State. We must obey the
laws. 1t is idle to argue otherwise.
Gods consent gives everything in this
world. We must not rebel against au-
thority. We must obey first and argue
afterward. God will protect His own,
but they obey Him, and obeying human
law is part of the divine law" !.
FUNERAL OF A RIOT VICTIM.
Mt Zion Afro-American Methodist
Episcopal Church. in the suburb of
Brooklyn. is one of the places where a
riot occurred. J. w. Telfy, pastor,
preached today the funeral sermon over
Samuel Mcfarland, who was killed ,sin
the riot. He spoke of the catastrophe rs
Il mark of Gods wrath and said: "GCds
mercy must be won. The people must
obey the law and keep the peace
At Chestnut Street Colored Presbyte-
rian church j. A. Bonner pastor, the
text was, "God is Our Refuge and
Strength, a Very Present Help in Time
Of Trouble" The preacher advised I'M
failing trust in God and submission-to
His will. He added practical counsel
on submission to white authority.
w. r. Slade, at Shiloh Colored Bap-
fist church, spoke of accountability for
sins. He said God sometimes punished
through human agency, and that the
trials of last week must be regarded as
chastisement.
"GOD WILL AVENGE US"
At Christ Colored Congregational
church, f. G. Ragland's text was, Love
your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them that despitefully use
you" He spoke of retributi0n
and divine wrath, saying, God
VIII avenge us. In His hands shall
it rest until he metes out judgment. We
must not move. but wait for the Lord
to act He will act in Ills own good
time"
Pastor Williams, at Ebenezer Baptist
church, gave a talk on conducting ones
self as the law directs.
St LuEe's African Methodist Episco-
pal church is next to the destroyed Of
fee of the Record. NJ. l.. Blaclock, the
pastor, being out of town, Deacon Bris-
coe Harris preached. He told of the
Hebrew children and spoke of fiery tr al.
If the negro trusted in God and minded
his own business, he said, all would
be well. If not, terrible consequences
would follow.
The sermons were generally moderate
in tone, with an undercurrent of deepest
feeling. In every instance confidence III
the new Democratic city governments
power to keep order was expressed. The
congregations were large and orderly.
GUY CARLETON LEE.
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