The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-22
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HIade by DR.. Parkhurst, Of New york.
in Atlanta.
TOUCH ON RACE QUESTION.
shys In plain Language That tho

shys In Plain Language That the
North Made n Great Mistake
III Making Negroes
Citizens.
The Atlanta Journal say large
cI:owd heard Dr. Charles II. Park
hurst. Of New York, deliver mag
nlficent sermon Sunday afternoon at
3:30 O'Clock at the Baptist Tabernacle.
II was tine conference sermon preach
cql to the delegates to the National
Conference Of Charities and Correction
but there were many Atlantians there
i1l addition to the conference delegates
aInd the Tabernacle was crowded to
o,ycrtlowing.
DR.. Parkllurst took as his text the
fifteenth verse Of the fifth chapter Of
Sit. Mark, read as follows:
And they came to Jesus and saw
Him that was possessed with The
devil, and had the legion, sitting aud
Clothed and in his right minds
DR.. ParkhurSt spoke in part as fol-
lows:
we arc met here in conference,
NOT in the interest of tenement reform
primarily, but III the interest OF ten
& ut reform
I There Is strong incentive in the
1alct that to whiten and swceten The
ctbndition OF mln is an enterprise SO
lhlll Of large appeal that even Almighty
God moved upon his throne in re-
sponse to the appeal, opened personal
Communication with the race, aud
made a man of Himself that He might
make small Gods OF us.
The vermicular theory that we
give oppression to when we sing such
hymns as o What q Worthless Worm
Am L does not square with the his
Goric fact Of Calvary God does not
die for grubs or cchionderms.
NO man can do great work who is
not impressed with the magnlticence
of the material lie is working in.
"Of course there are specimens of
| humanity sick specimens, crazy
specimens, horribly depraved spcci-
| mems, Afforded specimens, specimens
fhat arc Il prophecy only, with no
| prospect OF fuliillment, that are an
awful diScouragement. In our dis
tussions together you will have u good
deal OF this kind OF Encouragement to
encounter.
but there is always great deal
| left that includes thoughtfulneSS, and
| tyitll regard to any questionable resi-
,lue, | want to adducc this principle
| pf Judgment and measurement that
I'VE shall estimate men by the stand
| trd nf the best, not the poorest.
What we du professionally never
enters into the personal life or the in.
Eliyidual Or the community that we
tlo it to. ~ refOrmer who reforms in
his capacity as Il reformcr defeats his
pwn purposes: SO OF a teacher,
preacher, humanitarian in any line.
Christ would have done nothing to-
| ward Saving the world If he had been
supposed to be working in his capacity
Ias Savior, and would have done
nothing as God if He had not been
hblc to forget that lie was God.
On March 9th, say, | read the
following paragraph, which had been
apparently telegraphed to Il paper
gifrOm Wisconsin: The iniatiulory
IStcpS for the convention to settle the
race question were taken in the sen
late this morning when Senator Pat
/ ten presented a joint resolution au-
II horiznE and requesting the governor
to call upon governors uf other states
to appoint ten delegates to a convcn-
tion 10 be held in Atlanta, commence
ing July ~
Now, a small thing that is stupid
does not count for much, but Il thing
so c'lossilly stupid az that is rcrrcs IL
ing, and not only refreshing but ill,l-
minatlng.
The Solons from Wisconsin or
4 from the entire north, with the Sullti,
combined, cannot put events upon IL
i double quick. We can hoe and har-
jrow and water, but tile growing is
| otherwise provided for.
\ There are two lines somewhat dis
tlnct from one another, and yet mutll-
ally supplementary, upon which eff.
forts at amelioration can be prose
cuted. One line aims directly to i'm
prove people themselves, the other To
improve their conditions-altho,
Of course, with reference more or
less definite to their personal better
ment.
'Pnvidentially, or as Il result OF
the according as each one may
interpret the case the slaves were
cmancipatcd. Row this was ii great
event in the history Of the colorcd
people. | t Il man has been in jail
even five years it is il momcntous in
slant for him when the warden slips
the bolt and lie steps out IA free man.
lfut il lie was Il criminal five minutes
before he was set free he was lust as
much criminal five minutes after
he had been let out into the fresh air.
Moving the bolt rcShapcd his circum-
stances, but without doing anything
to him, and the proof OF that is that
according To prison statistics, inside
Of six months he is quite probably
back In jail again.
This supposed instance Of The con
vict is in principle exactly what oc-
CURED in the case OF the blacks.
Emancipation pushed the bolt for
them; it let them out into the sun
shine. There was great deal Of
hnrI,iyn in a.,