The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19

THE NEGRO RACE.
a Minister Argues That They Are
( ! Not Descended From Adam.

a m!nARteE argues Aat 1Aey AEe
SDesaended From Adam. /
In tho last number OF the Biblo Bap.
tist, . religious monthly magszino,
edited and owned BY Rev. . r.. Cars
well, Jr., a we'll known Baptist minis.
tor, is an article which contains somo
startling statemens and will create
quito q sensation in tho religious world.
Before quoting from the article above
referred to-, il is but proper to state
that Rev. Mr.. Oarswell is a. native Of
this county, and is a graduate Of Nor
cor University, the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary, and an author Of
&C veral works upon theology, besides
haviDe filled as pastor some Of tho land :
ing Baptist pulpits in this state and
Texas.
That no is man Of extraordinary
ability, of great mental grasp, hard
student of tho Bible and an editor, and
leosurtr, who's, fame is bounded only
by the extent of tho Southern Baptist
denomination, givos great weight to his
editorials. Mr.. Uarswell is in his fl.
tieth year, and resides in North
Augusta, but at tho prosent time is
holding q meeting in Lake Oity, Ella
The editorial in the Bible Baptist is
upon "Traditionalism, and in it he
dissents from many current theological
views, which hs says are only based
upon tradition, and which ho holds to
be erroneous. He says:
Ut is pure tradition that assigns to
nogroos pls co in the human family.
The Bible will bo explored 10 vain for
suoh doctrine Even tradition finds
no negro in the original creation as q
member Of the Adamio household.
Moreover, Noah'6 other sons, Ham
and apheth, wero whito and produced
only white tribes and kindrods. The
Canaanites, whom tradition taught US
to regard as negroes produced by the
Hainatio ourso, weknow to havo boon
raco of blonds-the South Irish of later
times, the prevailing typo boing fair
skinned, blus eyed and red haired
Iruo thoy have been servants always,
ditch diggers and table waitois."
He then aske the question: b S
what then will Biblo folks do with
those traditions that class negroes with
the family of Adam?'
You SOC the question ia up to us. IF
tho negroes bo not deeoended from
Adam, thon tho orthodox view ia that
Christ did not die for them. Hence
they. are lost, or a special provision Ia
made for them in the plan Of salvation,
or they still need Messiah who will
vet save thom. But Mr.. Oarswell CON
tinues:
"For tho present, We arc not con
oerned about tho origin Of the negro.
or whether, like Adam, he was mad Q
immortal lin God 8 imaS but we simp1
ly say the Bible oontradiots that tradf.
tion which roads the negro
into the family Of Adam. That
tradition is false. It IL unaoriptural,
It is unaoientifi.. It is wholly unton-
able. No man over believed II save in
81! 81 of
. You SEQ, according to tho Bible Bap.
tist,: We have oil been wrong up to date.
We look in vain to find the good editors
views as to tho origin Of our Brother
in Blaok," but he docs not attompt to
throw any light on the matter, but
simply says:
Whether the. nogro is Pro. Ada.
mic, or Post Adamio, we care not to
say; but sure tits, he is Extra Adamio.' )
Again:
"The negro is unknown to creation
as humsn."
This sounds very much like an author
who signed himself Ariel, and who
directly after ''the war, between the
states" wrote q brochure, endeavoring
to prove that the negro had no soul.
If, as Rev. MIR. Carswell states, "a
re study Of tho Bible account Of orea
tion and all history" have brought him
to his conclusions, would it not be be-
neficial to tho negro for him to proceed
further and solve tho problem Of which
he writes, and give the noeded infor.
nation to the many seekers Of truth
who are striving to FIX tho status Of the
negro in the divine plan Of salvation.
In the meantime, it is needless to
state that the tradition OF the origin Of
the negro will still be held to by those
who, in lieu Of something better, arc
obliged to mold to it ''in their ignorance
or in advance Of investigation. {" ~
Augusta Herald. .s.
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