The colored American., 1903-01-31
An Eloquent Divine
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voted family. Mrs. Brown. bls com.
panlon, Is woman OF superior worth
modest, cordial, talented and enter
taln1ng, and exertS an influence. as a
noble woman only can do, to sweeten
the nome, and comfort and encourage
her great and oYerburdened husband
In the discharge of the manifold duties
oeVoIVlng upon him. Their home-hfe
might be regardede as a model. They
are the parents of eight strong and
neaIthy children four boys and four
girls. Dr. Brown spends much Of his
leisure time With the children. caress-
ing the little ones No public 1nan is
more intensely devoted to his family
than DR.. Brown
AS preacher DR.. Brown is way
above the average. He holds the Deo-
pie by strong and hidden charms.
They never tire listening to his strong
and burning appeals on religious sub
Jects- He is still PASTOR of the first
church that called him, Pleasant
Pla1ns, and the people seem more thor
oughly devoted to him now than ever
DeIore. He enjoys the distinction of
being pastor of five churches, with a
total membership exceeding to thou
sand. He has vainly tried time and
again to get away from several of
these churches in order that he might
devote more time to his educational
WORK, but the people persistently re-
fuse to let his go.
He has evangelistic tendencies, and
IS perfectly "at home" in revival meet
ings. His sermons, like his addresses.
are strong and to the point, clear and
logical. bristling with truth, and full
or earnestneSS. He breaches to in
struct, enlighten, edify, convince CON
Wet and save. 1t is hard TO overesti-
mate his power as gospel preacher
One who has the loftiest conception
of his calling
Sixteen years ogO, when yet a stu
dent at Shaw University Rev. Brown
was Impressed with the idea of eStab-
fishing a school at Winton-in this re-
mote and thickly-settled section Cs our
great State. The country was unde-
veioped and remote from any railway
obscure section; yet, this gentleman
felt that the people needed help, and
became willing TO lose himself from
the public gaze to give light to the
blind. Having decided his course he
went to work to carry his plans into
effect, and before he had graduated
the dense forest, where the school now
stands, had been invaded with ak and
saw, and the first building was erected
Ihe work has steadily gone on until
now five building occupy the campus
of five acres, and several hundred stu
dents throng their walls. This school
is indeed a credit to it's founder. and a
monument to the race. 1t was not
built without opposition, but controll-
ed by master mind and hand, all op-
position was beaten down, and enemies
were converted into staunch friends
There is no section in this entire coun-
try where he people, both white and
colored, are more united on a work
than at Winton. You have only to
spend a short while in the community
to ascertain how highly DR.. Brown is
respected among the people. In fact
this gentleman is solving the race
problem in avery effective way He
has induced the. people to secure COM
Portable homes, and nowhere do you
find the colored people in general in
better circumstances. He has taught
them the great doctrine of Self-help
and nowhere do the colored people give
more for race enterprises than here.
He has taught them not to deSpise
their white brethren, and nowhere are
the people stronger for cooperation
than here. He is a strong leader, a
broad-guaged leader. safe and faith
full leader. The people love him, be-
cause they know that he loves his
race; they follow him because they
trust him. and have the utmost conf
dence in his leadership. If anyone