Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-06-29
KILGO At Mt. OLIVE.
A GREAT SERMON BY A
GREAT MAN.
His Address lhis Morning Be-
fore the District Confer
ence Was Inspiration
Itself, Thrilling All
Who Heard 1t.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
vas the tortuitous privilege of
the edito- Of the ARGUS to sit this
morning III the District Conference
at Mt. Olive and hear the address of
Rev. Dr.. J. G. Ailgo before that
body Of intellectual, culture d, earn
est, Cody men, aud III their midst
he stood with winsome personality,
with consecrated puf pose written in
every expression of his splendid
countenance, with Inspiration BEAM
inr rom his eagle eye, and conscious
power m0dulating the enthusiasm
with which he spoke 10 hem, and
carried them along avenues of
thought, deep and new, but utabidIngly
true aud everlastingly right.
1t were impossible to give within
our limited space, or in the confines
of any newspaper article, even a
comprehensive synopsis of this great
mans talk this morning, and all
who heard him will ever feel
indebted to him for opening up to
them higher avenues of thought,
nobler conceptions of living and of
destiny, deeper responsibility of
citizenship. All this and more Was
the staple OF his talk.
Coming down 10 The S uth-or
TO talk aoout the s nth, DIR. Kilgo
showed tha; he is intensely Southern
not in the sense of partisanship,
but Ii the sense of Americanism,
prize Of citizenship; for, SAID he, the
nation has its best anchorage in this
Southland of ours, and the pure
Angl0-SaXon stock-Americanis
does not exist anywhere else, and
the rategic centre of this country's
civilization is rapidly changing from
the North and the East to the South,
and with it burdens are coming to
US the like of which our fathers
never dreamed of.
Addessipg himself to the negro
race problem, never did such elo-
quent truth, With Divinity behind
it, fa!l from the lips Of man since the
day st. Paul spoke on Mars hill as
Welled from his lips in describing
how The South had fulfilled her great
God-impo8ed duty in this regard.
"The presence of the nero in the
South," said DR.. Kilgo, "should not
be regarded by us as Il dire calamity,
it is an expression of divine conf
dence in US which should fill us with
Joyous Inspiration. England dragged
this pc bple from their jungle homes,
but Providence did not commit their
destiny to that old empire. New
England brought them to this cont
nent, but New England could not
care for them. Here in the South
their lots have been cast by the inf
mite Wisd N that rules in earthly his
tory. This was no accident. The
destiny Of a race Is never turned ovel
to accidental circumstances. Goo
Was sending forth the lowest ant
weak st OF His creatures upon thei
long mission of progress, and thel
He lecred the people who were t
teach them the first lessons of life, t
givo them the first light of civitiza
ton, and to show them first the wa,
to God. So our fathers did for thi
people. They told them of God, rea
to them His word, gave to them
place in His church, administered t
them the holy sacrament at the aItal
of the church, worshipped with ther
at the family affairs, put their babe
in the arms of this poor race, an
first invested them with holy col
fidence. Is this a thing of which
be ashamed?o
E'The presence of the negro in tt
Sou:h," continued DR.. KiIgo, ''is d
infsllible and a perpetual token
Gods faith in us as people, and v
dare not be untrue to such a sacre
trust. Our service to this helpie
race is a service to God, rendered b
cause He appointed it, and in tt
end His own good wisdom will bril-
to right solution this problem
negro destiny, nor will He forget
if we continue faithful to this Nigh
trust"
Speaking of Trinity College, I
Kilgo said that its conscience W
wrapped up in the destinies
Southern youth and, that its purpc
was to give to the South and to t
world men who had the right cc
ceptions of life, the courage of tn
convictions and the will and
energy to do their full duty at
times and everywhere.
Negro Shot.