The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-16

hundred and nineteenth General AS
sembiy Of the Presbyterian Church
opened here today.
All interest of the one thousand
commissioners present in the out
come for moderator will be settled
this afternoon. The leading candi-
date seems to be Dr.. w. H. Roberts,
of Philadelphia.
Or. Ccyle. of Denver, called the
Presbyterian assembly to order in
place Of Or. Hunter Corbitt, the last
moderator.
Rey. Landrith, OF Nashville, for
mer moderator OF the Cumberland
Presbyterian general assembly, the
man who was instrumental in getting
this church to join the northern
body, delivered an address.
Approaching the delicate race
question. with which he said every
church entering the South must
reckon. Mr.. Landrith said:
Forgetting the things that are
behind, so far as these things were
better unrecalled, let the American
Presbyterian church come brayely
and generously up to the support of
the intelligent caucasion Christian
ity Of the South in behalf of what
politics, ignorance, dsmagogery and
religious prejudice have conspired
TO reader so delicate and difficult
the spiritual salvation and practical
education OF the Southern Afro
American The fact win be quickly
discovered. and the error promptly
corrected, IL I misinterpret the
wishes OF the vast majority of the
thoughtrul m all churches of the
South, in saying that they are as
sincerely and unseiish1y concerned
for the religious, intellectual and In
dustriai well being of the negro race
as the most philanthropic Northern
beaefactors o. the colored people
ever were"
He was sure that Political and
ecclesiastical iconoclasm has demon
strated its utter and futility, ana
that sane instruction and construc-
tion are long overdue, and pharisa-
zeal destruction Is not needed at all.''
Continuing, he said:
What you may have seen and
heard OF recent mob murders and
their profile cause, appeals to race
predudioe. whether in behalf of
churches. or of politics, should not
be understood as representing the
sober Judgment either of the former
Cumberland Presbyterian church, or
OF any other of the better elements
OF Southern white people, any more
than anarchistic lawlessness repre-
sents the Christian sentiment Of the
Northern half of the United States
OF America. The slogan of negro
domination is myth, valuable only
for ignoble political ends. and among
4 few anti-unfonists, for ecclesiastical
uses. The strongest leaders and
most upright members of the negro
race are not ambitious for social
equality, but are content to be, and
20 help their people to become, the
best examples Of what God made of
them, negroes, not white people, nor
yet the unweIcome intimates of
white people in white homes and
schools ana churches.
The negro wants, and the white
labor system of the South demands
that the negro shall have, place to
work where he snail be protected by
the laws and where he shall receive
the just recognition of his labors;
and the negro must be fitted and will
ing to~dosgood work, whether among
his own people, or for his white fel.
low countrymen. The certain rem
edy. therefore, for all racial ills Lies
in the direction of good schools and
churches-good, but raciaIly separ-
ate schools, In which the children are
taught the dignity, ana as far as pos.
sibie. the arts, OF honest toll and
good, but for the best interests Of
aii coneerneG, raciauy separate con
gregaions, In which the broad and
deep truths Of Christianity. ana moi
the murdercus preiudices Of racial
and sectional hatred, are heartsiy
preached and sincerely accepted.~