The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-28

TH[CHURCH' s DUTY
TO THE NEGRO RACE
alton Can
Solve the Problem.
SAEECHES OF POWER
Perhaps the Most Notable One Was by
Dr.. VardeIl. N. w. FuIIer's $4,000
Gift to the Presbyterian Church.
Winston Matter Settled.
Synod Adjourns.
By EDWARD l.. CONN.
lSnpoiaI 10 News and OhSprvor


Red Springs, N. c.. Oct, 27.-Per-
haps the most remarkable utterances
on the negro question ever delivered
! before a religious body in the South
were made today in three memorable
speeches before the Presbyterian
! synod, as an expression of the att-
tude of this denomination toward the
| negro. ne discussion was caused by
! q resolution 10 RAISE the remainder
| OF the $500 the amount beng onIy
! 9zbU. 1ne sum was raised III burs,
! OF enthusiasm, and TINS action OF the
| SYNOD VIII go down as an important
event OF it's history.
l'he Synod was delightfully."- sur
| prised by a telegram from Mr. w. W.
runer, OF New YORK formerly OF
| North Caorlina, worded as follows:
! Geo. w. Watts, Moderator, TED
| Springs n. c.
TO honor my father and mother
1 give $1,000 cash I0r the benefit vi
the Presbyterian Church in North
Carolina 10 be apportioned and dis
I.tr1Duted to domestic causes. interests
and uses selected by you all. Mailing
check TO you at Durham. Wire II
you receive this. telegram,
(SignedJ w. w FULLER"
Several important causes of the
Synod had reported to be in debt,
sadness was in the souls of many,
and when Moderator Watts received
grad message of the hearts of the
members were overjoyed and they
Iapplauded loudly and long.
Moderator Watts was directly au
thorized by the synod to reply to Mr..
Fuller's gift and he sent the
following telegram to Mr. Fuller:
The Synod by a rising vote ac
ri in
to Presbyterianism in North Caro-
lira in honor of your father and
mother. and prays, that Gods richest
blessings may rest uDon you.
The moderator stated that he had
known Mr.. Mr.. Fuller many years and
that he was one OF his best friends.
A committee was appointed to re-
fccivc the money and distribute IT.
composed Of George w. Watts, r. f.
Campbell, George Allen, j. II. Grey,
p Pearsall, p. II. GWynn, w. l.. Will
iiams and S. l.. Cathery
The action of the Synod in susta n
ing the complaint of Mcssrs. w. b.
and j. p. Taylor, OF Winston, de-
cides that there can be no discipline
by disTniesion to another church. The
eIessrS Taylor were reinStated as
members of tho Frs. Presbyterian
Church of Winston from which they
were given letter of dismissal without
their consent, and they are no longer
elders Of "a church" hereafter to be
organized.
Report on Col0rCd CHARACTERIZATION.
Dr. d. Clay Lilly reported for the
committee on cOiored eVangclization
and the report read:
1.-The asscmbly's work is year by
year growing in it's extent and in its
effectiveness. This means also that
more funds are required to carry It
on. This Synod'S gifts to this work
have decreased thirty-five per cent.
in three years. being in 1903 $1,008,
in 1904, $949, and 1905, $649. How
iong shall we permit this? Attention
of the synod is called to an offer by
liberal friend Of the work to give
81 900 to the work provided the
tary lacks $3.50 of the amount This
must be given by the first of Deem
| ber 1905. Shall we not pledge a
part of this now? Our work for the
colored people is a good work. 1t is
being we'll done, as far as it is done
at all. The workers are laboring
against many difficulties and at great
personal sacrifice. We are guilty of
gross neglect of high things, if we
continue to give at the present rate
of less than two cents per member"
Dr. II. A. Hill, the reverend gentle
man from Maxton. spoke first, de-
claring that the negro race must be
| educated and Christianizcd. He de-
clored that the South owes it's agri-
| cultural progress to the negro la
! borer, and going back a great many
years, said that the salvation of white
| homes and families during the Civil
| War was by the negro and that the
Southern white man owes a tremen-
| dous debt of gratitude to the black
man for what the negro did for
! the South before the war
eve are under stronger obligation"
| he said ito educate and Christian
/ ize the negro than any other people.
! Rightly or wrongly, he continued.
| ''the negroes of this country are citi-
zens of the United States and VIC are
bound bv motives personal patriotic,
political and pious to educate and
! Christianize them. We must aid
| them and il is to our interest as we'll
as our duty to make them good citi-
zens. ] have no falth IN TOM Dix
on's plan of colonization The ne
GroeS are here to stay ana thcv
will become voters ana influence Of
fee holding in this country. If we
are patriots and sincere to do what
is btest for state and church we must
qualify these people to use the bal
| lot rightly and therefore we must Cd
ucate and Christianize them. The
Christ said. Go We into all the world
! and preach the GOSPEL. but LOYALTY 10
tho Great head of the church demands
that we shall first care foE those with
lus. This is not matter of option