Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-15

| III place, anu We are siioN
| world what the negro can do Tor hims Elf
! when let alone"
! Rev. H. a. Boyd is young man. He re-
! signed clerical position in the post office
| one. He is making progress in his new
| position.
Work of Publishing Board.
| The Rev. DR.. ]. p. Robinson. cha rnlan
of the publishing hoard. who is pastor Of a
| church with several thousand members in
Little Rock, delivered an address on the
work of the board. and took occasion to say
something about his peop>, giving good
| practical advice. Il am proud that / am
| a negro, he said, and why not
| let US all feel and unite in changing the
| present mean ng of mig Niger and
! coon. used as an onprobr Gus epithet. to
| negro, of any grade of intellect or worth.
There was time wilen the word Jap was
| applied to the japanese as a term of re-
proach. of insolance. coward &c and every
| thing not manly: but by the possession of
| just the opposite qualities the Japanese
| have beaten their way into the recognition
of the highest civ.lizat on of the world.
There was a time when the naughty Philip
and his friends designated the Dutch by op-
probrious terms. which the Dutch changed
| into terms of honor that lighted the way
to Dutch glory. This is Il world which
leads to success and glory as well as to
! failure and igpominy--thr ,ugh difficulties,
! over tHoTHy foduS dIO ali lii' CcHDltltu
| powers o. greed and H. to success.
Congratulatory Address.
Rev. f. W. hampton, ID. financial
| secretary OF the African Methodist Episco-
pal Church, who is slated 20 be one OF
| the bishops of his church, delivered an
address in which he congratulated the negro
| Baptists on the work being accomplished
| by them.
We have reached the place in our h =
| tory where We cannot afford to fight each
| other on ismS and dogmas, but must
| unite and fight sin and the devil. We have
a great work to perform in this country,
| and it is time that were at 1t. l have
| always admired the Baptist Church. l APP
| preciate what you doing for our race
| and we are struggling to do something, too
| When we look at our condition, look at
what we have passed through and what we
| are still passing through. you must agree
| with us, that we should work and work
| hard.
That Jim Crow negro belongs to u.s.
and we must catch him and convert him
| into good. lava biding citizen. The negro
must lift UP the negro. and l believe that
God has given the work to our churches to
| do. 1t has been proved beyond doubt that
! mob violence will not correct the evil. but
that 1t makes things worse; the shotgun
| will not do it. 1t must all be accomplished
| through the religion of Jesus Christ The
African Methodist Episcopal Church, of
| which l am a representative, extends to
you greetings. and we will join with you
| in making the lawless men seek their holes,
and make our race what it should be
| through teaching industry, honesty and
J. reliability. l am glad to welcome YOU to
| the capital of the nation. Your success is
our success.
Sermon by DR.. Fisher.
| The Rev. DIR. f. ]. Fisher OF Chicago
| preached to the national Baptist convention
| last night. The church was crowded from
| altar to door, and many people were forced
| to stand.
| DR.. Fishers text was: But my God
shall supply all of your needs according to
| his riches in glory by Christ Jesus" Phil,
| iv:19. He said 1t is just important for
| the preacher to provide for his own people
| as for any other people Some of you
| men have been preaching for years" he
| said, and yet you without homes.
| You should provide a home for your family,
| should have a little moEey laid aside for
| sickness. and in this way you will be able
! to accomplish something for God and Your
| race.
| Il am anxious to see my people lifted up,
and hope that You are working to; that
| end. In order to lift up others you must
| lIrt up yourself. and all will be WELL
DR.. J. E. Shepard of the International
! Sunday School Union was introduced and
| made short address. DR.. Shepard has Just
| returned from a visit to Rome and re-
| lated incidents of his trip. He said a cru
| SADIE is being organized against idleness and
| loafing among young men. and wanted the
| convention to join in the work. He will
| deliver an address this afternoon at Con-
venton Hall in connection. with the mis-
SiOnarieS.
Next Meeting Place.
| There was lively contest in the after
| noon over the selection of place for the
| next annual meeting between New York,
| Lexington, Ky; New Orleans, La, and
| Boston, Mass. New York was selected
| Rev. Robert Mitchell, DID,, of Bowling
| Green. Ky. made report on the con-
| diton of the several boards. He is the audi
| tor of the convention. After his report he
made q short speech commencing the work
| of the several boards of the convention
All the colored churches of the city will
| be supplied with ministers today from the
convention.
Statistical Report.
AT the session yesterday of the national
! negro Baptist convention. Rev. S. w. Ba-
| cote, the statistician, reported an increase
OF 1871 ia church membership for the year
bringing the total membership up TO 2245,-
54S. In the church educational work his re-
port showed that there GlS instructors
and II POI students. The principal speakers
were DR.. E. c. Norris president of tie con-
vention; DR.. Bacote; w. L. Vernon. the reg
lister of the Treasury. and DR.. W. r. ToIi-
Yer of Greensboro, N. c. All of them spoke
in tones of hopefulness regarding the ad-
vancement of the negro. DR.. Morris de-
clared: Il have he said, mo respect for
man who will attempt to make excuse
for being a negro We have it in our
power to climb In this country, and climb
we must"
Mr. Tofl:ver contended that the negro has
his destiny in his own hands. He said
The negro must lift IN himself He must
do more and talk less. Talk never yet
made people and never will
Some of the Members.
The convention gives opportunity to study
the progress made by the negroes since
their emancipation. The body is composed
o: doctors, lawyers. professors teachers,
editors, business men and prominent lay
men of the church. and all grades OF
preachers. Some Of them are pastors of
large churches and draw as high as 81 900
pei annum in their work.
Rev. A J. Stokes. the treasurer of the
convention. IS pastor of a church in Mont
gomery with 200 membefA He has forty
deacons. Not all of the members are able
to get into the church at the same time
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