The colored American., 1903-02-28
COME OF THE THINGS WHICH
HINDER THE PROGRESS OF
THE PROGRESS OF THE
RACE.

most learned anu CGlIuACu 6OhShS
tho Rev. DIR. Dickson, presiding elder
og the A. NJ. E. Zion Conference,
u.bosa lecture was mentioned in last
,raak's issue, on the following sub
iect. Some of the things that
hinder the progress of the race
Thinking it would be interesting to
some of our readers we will give the
svnopsis of his discourse.
First he says slavery entailed
train of evils, which were clearly
shown; second. he showed that seven
and a half generations the Negro had
bpen subjected to degradation, ignor-
ance vice and immortality, being sub
stantiated by history; he proved that
il takes the same number of genera
tons to fully eradicate from any
people as a whole, the vices, 1gnCr-
ances, superstitiOns and illiteracy that
have benn its fate. The Negro being
no exception to the rule He spoke of
the BritOn, who was once little above
the brute kind, living in novels, holes
in the ground and hollows like the
four-footed animal, and how it took
cation and refinement to make him
what he is today, standing as a peer
in civilization, culture and genius, to
all races or peoples on the globe He
truly SAYS, no sane mind could expect
the highest type of manhood and VIC
manhood evolved within the radius
of forty years of freedom, even If
every condition of encouragement, ed
ucation, culture, refinement, religion
and wealth had been his or her (Ne-
grO) legacy.
While we have thousands of men
and women of our race who have re-
ceived the highest attainments in edu-
cation, culture and refinement, and
many have become posseSsors of i'm
mense stores of wealth, in a little over
one generation, we readily agree with
the Dr. that it will take years for the
masses to reach the required standard,
but when we search the statistical
record we find with all the long years
CT advancement with which the DOM
inGnt race has enjoyed taking them
on an average, the masses, they do
not exceed the Negro over one and
half generation.
The writer has been an eye witness
to this fact in part, on several oc-
only true curative remedy for this al
most sanguine misfortune. which are
love. education, the religion of our
Lord Jesus Christ, culture, refinement
and wealth. These he says, Will solve
the Negro problem. and will put to
death prejudice, deep-seated hate, ano
the poison of the Negro-phObia, that
now exists with the dominant race
against us. No sane person Will revert
these assertions who is familiar with
history No people who are true to
their God will ever retrograde, though
their march to success may seem SLOW.
IT, and at times almost a. standslll
but they are sure to reach the highest
stage of progression, their Maker be
ing the guiding star.
The last. but by no means the least
he says: Keep out of politics, I mean
politics that lower our standard with
he dominant race, as well as the bes'
thinkers among our own race and Sc
cure homes. save your money. cultl
Tate the soil, take up the various IN
dustrieS. require education, lift our
moral standard higher, thus God the
eternal arbiter between mar and man
nation and nation. will decide IN oui
favor, if righteousness be found in us
as race and people.
Rev J. R Waters, d. D., presiding
elder OF the Salisbury District of the
NJ F. Church. held his fourth GUAR