Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-02-26
IGNORED THE COLORED OFFICER.
Not to Receive the MoDey-ReY Vass'
PredicAment-EditOr WaldrOn's Pro-
test.
Jacksonville. Fla Evangelist
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lJacksonvlllo. ria EVangenst.J
MISTAKE.
The American Baptist Publication
Society has made q mistake that is do
ing its work in the South no good, and
we are sure that, while the mistake
was unintentional. IL is one that should
be corrected--and one that the Society
will gladly correct when its attention
is called TO it Since the mistake is a
slight one-and simply q mistake-we
would have called the Society's atten-
tion 10 il privately. but for the reason
that there is in certain quarters dis
position to accuse those who are
friends of the Publication Society Of
covering up, or overlooking her mis-
takes and faults In Society's appeal
for Sl2, 900 to cover the indebtedr e-s
OF its missionary department, as pub
lished in the white and "colOred" pa
pers throughout the country, these
words appear:
Kindly send your Offering either to
headquarters l420 Chestnut Street.
Philadelphia, Pa. or il more conven-
lent TO our District Secretaries, O. II
Spalding, ID ID fremont Temple, Bos-
ton, Mass; j. b. Simmons. ID. D., 1S2
Fifth Avenue, N. Y: Rev. K. s. Stuck
/ CAs IL W UU0oG ANUss OulC2KOa III.
Your brethren in service.
A. j. ROWLAND, Gen'l. Sec'y.
Rc5t q. Seymour, Miss. See
In this list of of secretaries, TO which
the people are requested TO send their
contribution, the name of Rev. s. n.
Vass, A. NJ. District Secretary for the
southern states of The American Bap-
list Publication Society does not APP
psar. This oversight on the part of
our brethren, Secretaries Rowland and
Seymour. is to be deplored, for it gives
the enemies another arguments to use
against the society. and they will not
be slow TO use it against Rev Vass and
the society-indeed, they are saying
already. that the society is either
afraid to allow a Negro TO act as a re-
ceiver of gifts intended for its work or
the title and position bestowed upon
Rev. Vass are but empty and high
sounding words which mean nothing.
We believe in according to every
man, whatever his race or nationality
all the honors and privileges due his
position-in short, we believe IN treat
ing man as man. II Rev. Vass is q
District Secretary of the society then
his name should appear in this appeal
along with the names of the other Dis
trict Secretsries-its appearance in
that list would help the society
strengthen the hands Of Brother Vass
in his field Of labor, allay prejudice
against, and opposition to, The Publ
cation Society. and encourage many a
church to give to its work that will
feel, since Rev. Vass' name does not
appear in the list of secretaries, that
the appeal is not intended for them.
| We have known Rev. 81 Vass for
years; a more faithful and earnest
and more honest, and wiser man
man has never worked for the society
than he. His work is an exceedingly
delicate and difficult one. Thousands
OF people in this country are loyal and
true to the grand old society simply
because of his earnest and untirinp
worK in its behalf and because Of his
noble and wise defense of the society
He is too good a man to be sighted
he is too valuable helper to the soci-
ETY. to be overlooked, and we do no.
believe the society overlooked him in
tentionally, and we are sure that they
are magnanlmus enough to correct
this mistake.