New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01

evangelist what Sankey, and Bliss, ana SteDDins
and Towner were to Mr. Moody in his great
preaching campaigns. No knew what this au-
dience could do IN the way OF singing until Mr..
Alexander took hold Of it. He taught it two
Choruses within ten minutes. and had 1t sing over
and again several hymns. In the midst of a
hymn he would tell story relate an incident
which added greatly TO the impression. One Of
the choruses which he taught the people was this:
o Lord send Thy power Gus, Just now now.
baptize every
Another chorus this:
Everybody should know.
That 99v svt sgds T yhond Know Sa'ou
Everybody should know.
Mr.. Alexander then called on L. H. Hadley. the
superintendent OF the Water Street Mission IN
New-York. to tell the story OF the old colonel
which IS printed in his book. Down in Water
Street" The book IS sale in the bookstore. ana
it is say that this will be the best selling
book in Mortified tomorrow. Mr.. Alexander has
had thousands Of copies OF this story reprinted
from the book by Mr.. Revell. the publisher and
has distributed them all over Great Britain. Mr.
Alexander entities his report. "The Old Colonel;
Love Story Last evening Mr.. Hadley spoke 20
large audience the work in which he is engaged
nearly under the BVcck1vn Bridge.
IT never heard a man speak so personally as he
did both 10 the audience and about his own iife
and yet do this without a trace OF egotism and
without offence" said woman after the address.
His sketch or one or the Water-SL converts
''Bowery Ike" who later went to the Moody Bible
institute was graphic and impressive This incl
dent is also found in his book. Down in Water
Street" Mortified stands for Bible study and
practical Christian effort. and Mr.. Hadley's work
is nothing II not practical
The Rev. II. W. Pope led the Round Top service
and the Rev. Henry Montgomery. OF Belfast. Ire
land. preached in the evening.
BOOKER r WASHINGTON APPLAUDED.
Applause Is seldom heard IN the Mortified Con-
ference. but It was heard and frequently Satur-
day morning. when Booker r Washington. OF
Tuskegee. held the great audience for an hour,
moving It TO tears. laughter. or applause. ap-
parenty at viii. by his simple recital OF the work
done in the South for tho elevation Of his race It
easy to understand. after hearing him speak.
what President Cleveland meant when he said that
II the Atlanta Exposition only produced tho adj
dress which Mr.. Washington gave there. It was
worth all that tho exposition cost.
After happy reference to the DAYS when he was
slave boy Virginia plantation he outlined
briefly tho story OF Tuskegee Institute. begun 10y
him In a leaking shanty 1851. with class or
thirty colored boys: to-day there nearly 1900
students from thirty-six States and seven foreign
countries; 155 instructors. clerks and other en-
ployes 300 OF land. with 60 buildings large
and small. land and buildings having a property
value OF 500 90; endowment fund OF SLo50O0)
and 5000 acres OF government land. Tu8legee
he said. does not exist, however. for the gather
ing Of students the amassing OF material wealth
Il stands for the education OF young and
young women thoroughly equipped IN heart. brain
and hand for their life work IL emphasizes the
fact that religious instruction must be at the base
OF all efforts To lift 4
or special interest was incident connecting
Northheld with the work of one OF his students IN
reproducing Tuskegee principles at Snow Hin. Ala
About ten years Alabama gentleman
converted IN Mortified. A OF OF his former
slaves had started a little school near his home
He said that his conversion would not mean much
II no did not help this young man In his efforts
TO reach the colored children. He gave him one
hundred acres from one of his plantations. helped
him erect his schoolhouse. and every year gives
him 500 toward the expenses OF the school But
more than that every Sunday this white gentleman
and his family may lie worshpping in the
schoolhouse with the teacher and his boys.
Mr. Washington gave remarkable statistics re-
garding the colored people; for instance from
fifteen colleges in the South devoted the In
struction of colored youth. there have been only
two graduates in prison In all their history-only
two from the entire fifteen institutions. Hampton
and Tuskegee have never had Of their grad
yates in prison. Sxtyone per cent Of all the negroes
in prison have had no school training. In Georgia
the negroes own taxable property 10 the value OF
Sl67OO,6O; they own one twenty-sxth OF the entire
State Of Virginia, and one-sixth of one county in
that State Mr.. Washington said in his address,
Upon many vital points affecting the negro. the
nation has been divided from the first. AS far
back as the seventeenth century, a portion OF the
nation sent ambassadors to the natives in Africa
saying Come hther, and we will do YOU good
while another portion said To the African, 1T Is
best for you and for that you remain away"
Later came slavery and the division of American
sentiment still more evident. one portion Of
the country said that slavery righteous and
best for the negro and the nation: another said
that II sinful and hurtful TO the negro and the
nation. Still later freedom, and another
division appears. one element said that negro
could not be educated another said that he was
capable OF education. Another element claimed
that whenever mulatto exhibited qualities of ex-
ecutive ability or of organizing power, il was the
white blood that should have the credit. still an
the mixing or the races tended the
negro. Another element claimed that the salvation
or the south would only come when the negro de-
parted from Its cotton, rice and fields; still
whenever the emigration agent appeared he was
usually met and virtually forbidden 10 take a
negro from Southern fields. Another element
in keeping in close touch with the Southern white
mem another said that IL was the part of wisdom
70 Keep the two races as completely separated as
possible another has argued that the negroes re-
turn to Africa; another that they remain in Amer
lea. Another element contended that with the
ballot the negro was doomed: another that with
out the ballot destruction awaited him
Thus have indicated a few OF the points uron
which some or the most Intelligent and influential
white pacpie havs differed in the past These
least prove two points, one, that the white ,1an
az least on this subject. is not omniscient and
the otner' that the negro deserves this ereatest
courage in the midst OF such CONFUSING contnp ru
tons ana dlnerences- Few races ia history ~
any color could have .withstood the tremendous
strain OF these contendins forces during So Ionr1
a period and still continued 70 grow in pI1, rre
character At every point IN witch the neIro
! the wisdom 70 get something that has made Lir
a stronger ana more useful citizen. ~
IN the MIDST OF the uncertainties and perplsxi-
ties, a rev strong definite and uudebatable facts
stand out clear and conVincns: and these sb-o,,is