The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
APPEAL Is MADE FOR NEGRO CHURCH Alabama Synod Will Meet Next
 in Talladega LIVELY DEBATE IS HELD Church at Tuskeeee Is Strongly Urged to Give Students Opportunity
 to Attend the
 Services.
LIVELY DEBATE IS HELD

Montgomery. November 16.-(Special.)- A special order in the session of the Ala bama synod today, cut off what promised to be one of the liveliest questions before the present meeting.
 It came up in an unexpected way. Rev. Dr. James G. Snedecor, secretary of the school where colored preachers are edu- cated appeared and asked for an appro- priation of $20,000 to carry on the work of the school. After making his appeal for help several ministers were on their feet awaiting to say something. All, how ever took the position that the negro must be Christianized to solve the race question. The members of the synod agreed that the question was getting seri- ous and that something had to be done.
 One pastor stated that it was getting so now white minister could not preach to a negro congregation because there would be a cry of ''social equality" 'I believe there will be trouble if the negro is not Christianized," declared an- other.
 Dr. Little of Tuscaloosa said: Never in the history of the world where two races lived have they lived peacefully. Something Is going to happen"
 Snedecor Makes Appeal.
 In discussing his appeal for money to carry on the work at the Stillman insti- ute, Dr. Snedecor said that this was a great missionary problem and for which the southern Presbyterians were respon- sible.
 "If we are going to do this work, we should do it thoroughly" said Dr. She'd ecor We have not been doing this work in an efficient way and we ought to raise enough money to do this efficiently. We are going to spend three or four thous- and dollars more this year than last in colored evangelistic work" He said there must be work among the negroes.
 evangelistic work unless money is forth coming, said Dr. Snedecor. He said they needed the new buildings and teachers.
 We ask for s20 ,0O0" said the secretary, "and I think this Is very modest amount to spend on this work If you will tell the southern Presbyter- ians exactly the facts. the money will be given, said the speaker. The speaker did not mince words, tell ing the facts plainly.
 One minister said that he had been conducting services at Booker Washing tons school for some time, and he was glad to see the interest taken in this work
 You can say what you want to-" said | the speaker, but it is wonderful how 400 negroes taken from every walk of life can be brought together and under such control as at this Tuskegee in- | stitute."
 Dr. Wood said: 'I am firm believer that the Christian people can elevate the negro This is Gods work About Auburn Church. | A special order of business stopped the | discussion and Dr. c. w. Patterson, of | the committee on bills and overtures, made his report
 The report recommended that there be given to the Auburn church s700 and the money to be raised through the home mission societies. The following Presby- teries to contribute s200 East Alabama, North Alabama and Tuscaloosa Presby- | tery. and that Mobile Presbytery appro- priate $100
 pr. Neal l.. Anderson, a member of the committee. made a strong talk in favor of this. He said 1t was a necessity that this church be put on a firm basis and | that a pastor be secured to live there all the time. He said this was a great col- { lege town, and there were 6S Presbyterian boys there who could not go to a Pres byterian church because no services were conducted. The reason these other Pres 1 byteries were asked to contribute was that these boys came from these Pres | byteries.
 There was some objection to the other Presbyteries being asked to contribute, and Dr. Little of Tuscaloosa offHed a substitute asking that the East Alabama l Presbytery make a guarantee for five years to carry on this work, as 1t was in this Presbytery. He wanted report at the next meeting This matter created considerable talk.
 At Talladega Next.
 The Alabama synod of the Presbyterian | church has chosen Talladega for the meeting next year because of the open ing there of the Alabama school for wo- men, and at which time, just after ad- 1 journment the Alabama synodical school These two schools have been for years the heart work of the leaders of this body of church workers and they hope to get them both to the service of the | young folks as soon as possible. | There was much of the time yesterday | devoted to the discussion of the orphan age, which is one of the most success fully conducted institutions of the kind in the south. It has just come into some fine property by gift of a friend and will | from now on have less to worry about | SO far as help goes. All the preachers of the church have adopted the orphan age as a sort of special pet and expect to see that it Is kept to the forefront of interest all the time