The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-12
.SOUTH'S DUTY TO THE NEGRO Earnest Sermon by Dr. J. A. Rice. WHITE RACE MUST HELP Should Give More Than They Ex-
 pect to Get. Has spoken Recently at Tuskegee In- stitute ana BeEs for sympatby
 for it--says Montgomery
 Is Immoral

"God brought him (the negro). out of the darkness of Africa that we might teach him truths he could not otherwise learn. We are now in danger of making another blum der. There is a disposition among us to criticize anybody hat comes into touch with the Tuskegee Normal and IndustriaI Institute. The pres ence of the school is an appeal from the African race that we shall. as in the olden time, carry our message o1 the higher life to those brought under our tuition Who can tell what would be the effect of having these negroes from all parts of the world 1 learn first handed that we are antag- onistic, to their development as peo- ple, to their education as race? The same plea might be made for every other colored school in the land l I will not deny that I hung my head ] in shame when I looked out over that vast audience Cat Tuskegee Institute) and learned that probably four out oi five were mulattoes. We talk about so' i cial equalityi The most diabolical so' cia1 equality in the land is the i'm mortality that exists in Montgomery It was in strong terms that Rev. J A. Rice, D. D., pastor of the Cour' Street Methodist Church, appealed ts his congregation yesterday morning fol the education and the uplifting of thu negro race. It was a duty, he urged for Southern men and Southern womeI to encourage, personally, the schools I that have been established for the | teaching of the negro children, and to see to it that they are led in the right path by people who are acquain- | ted with t4.eir history and their pres- | ent condtion4 and who are aware, in a sympathetic way, of their real needs
 Without pretending to endorse the particular teachings of Booker Wash | ington's school at Tuskegee, of which he declared he had no knowledge. Dr. ! Rice appealed for personal support by Southern people of that institution, and of the education of the negro race, for which it stands.
 l Dr. Rice spoke from Mathew v:47 as a text the passage reading: "Whai do ye more than others?" He urged in applying the text to the negro question. that there was real need that Christian people should do faI more for the uplifting of that race than it could ever hope to receive from it.
 | In his discourse, which w@s deliver ed to large congregation, Dr. Rice said:
 Pertinent Question Asked. l '1 was asked, in the course of an in teresting discussion in tne weekly prayer meeting last Wednesday thi; question: Can a man act unselfishl. in dealing with selfish people all thu time, and not lose out?'
 I 'sThe question is vital If we can not there is nothing worth living for l if we can, the life offers wonderful possibilities. I answered the question then. by saying that Jesus lived in the region of the timeless, and arrived al every question from the standpoint I not of today, but of the oternities that lie before us.
 1 q should have said. secondly, that He dealt only of the things of the in ner life. His view was that there was no evil and there was no good, out side of man. Every man, in His view carries in his skin the whole universe so far as he is concerned Everything therefore, that helps in the making O | a soul is worth while; everything tha II flinders worse than useless.
 Even in dealing with the thing of the outer world, man can live al unselfish life and not lose out. Il dealing with the things of the inne F life no man who acts unselfishly eve loses anywhere.
 "The doctrine of the text Is that ou mission in life 10 to do more for oth
 
 out more goods than we can ever ge
 pay for.
 There are two lines of action ope
 in the building of our lives. Firs
 to build upon what we can get. Thi
 impliess that our chief energies be di
 rected to securing our rights, to see ing that others do their duty to u'
 whether We do them or not Thi course will lead through many dificul
 ties to ultimate disaster
 If, for example, we regard Votin
 as a right, 1t is not fair to say tha my vote belongs to me, as my persona
 property. and l can disregard it, o
 even sell it, if l choose.
 , Getting and Giving.
 Cain lived this principle, and aske
 Am I my brothers keeper? aul liv
 ed upon the other principle and hi
 motto was As much as in me is.' Cai was at one moral pole; Paul at tn
 other. And you and I find our place
 somewhere between. Whether we bull i our lives on what we can get out c
 the world, or what we can give to tn
 world, will determine our value an
 ultimate success. Our contribution
 others is to be as extra, over and abov
 what others can contribute to us, an
 that extra is to be contributed withoU
 regard to the character of those Whol
 We serve, or their attitude toward oth
 CTS .or their response to our services The resources upon which we ar
 to draw are inexhaustible. It was tn
 work of Christ to gather up and ell