The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-05

There is hardly any class of Chris tians which Is so worthy of our ap- plause and honor, as that class of workers which leaves the Northern States and seeks to elevate the negro in the South. The great apostle once said to a company of early Christians. you are to see-ip me Jesus Christ. Surely in these missionaries to- the Southern negro is manifested the spirit of Jesus; and every true disciple of Him can but say, in beholding it, "all hail" It has been my privilege to claim as friends some who have left the hills of New England to spend their very best in the land of cotton and corn among the black people; and in knowing them I have known characters pure and sweet and strong.
 And not only is this spirit evident in so because of their love for the Great Commission Both the sender and the sent have in mind the highest and mo- blest of purposes.
 Yet, in sending and in going there IS made a great mistake The purpose for which both are concerned is in part de- feated in the very act; and the negro IS not benefited as is desired. but the real effect is to retard his adjustment and consequently any true development. This position I hold principally for two reasons.
 The Negro Himself Does Not Desire
 Such Movement.
 It Is not true that the negro wishes the social mingling of the two races. This desire is for him on the part of others If this idea had not been thrust upon rne negro it would never have. agitated his mind. I speak now of the Southern negro, and not of the few who have drifted northward. If there is any class which the negro does not respect and upon which he looks with scorn, it is that class of whites which makes tho advances towards socially cultivating the negro. There is a phrase which he applies to those who mingle with him upon his social level-usually with a grin several stages in advance of a smile: or with such an expression as bespeaks deep contempt-and this IS poor white trash" All of you have heard the phrase. It seems that sthe common sense of the negro race has led 1t to the conviction that where there Is inequality there can be no equality. Neither legislation nor senti- ment can produce a result contrary to the inherent nature of things. Shortly after the Civil War coercion was intro duced to force negro children and white
  children to attend the same school Aside from the fact, which we are slow to learn that philanthropy does not flourish under coercion" there was a sufficient reason for the failure of such aplan in the forces which ocntrol the two races.
 white man The -AacP Ali 1890 s7S9O
 The negro does not wish to be a white man. MT. Earnest Hamlin Ab-- bolt. writing recently in the Outlook said: The most respectful and infiu- entiaI among both whites and blacks are averse to anything resembling so- cial equality"
 The Method Itself Is, Not Conclusive to the Best Results.
 Every mission field has demonstrat- ed the truthfulness of this statement Tn these latter. years the idea underly- ing mission activity has undergone 9 great transformation. The chief func- tfon of the missionary today is not te evangelize. but to educate. A compar- ison of results on different mission 6aIdS and fha nSuahoIoorxr ne