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were against separate church. DR..
Faber said that IL a Negro who had
been confirmed by a Negro bishop
should go North he might be receiv-
ed in a white church, but that this
condition would soon change. In the
South. he said the Negro would not
be received as a cOmmunicant in a
white church.
He would" "He would" came
the cries from the Virginia deputies.
DR.. Faber spoke in praise OF the
Negro, and his remarks bordered on
a plea for social equality.
Well, the Virginia deputies chin
ed in at the proper time and in the
proper way. DR.. Faber was evident
~ sticking to the biblical precepts
as laid down and was going his way
in accordance with the divine Mas
ter. regardless OF the Cleveland
warning" that cit is a condition and
not a theory that confronts us"
That the subject under discussion
caused a warm exchange of words is
evident and the following extract
from the report has a rather humor-
Gus application. The report says:
Mr. Thomas Nelson Page offered a
resolution indorsing The Hague
Peace Conference. The resolution
was carried.
The report says further:
The Rev. W. 3. Stehl. Of Easton.
said 70 was because of his love for
the colored people that he was op-
posed both TO Negro missionary bish
ops and Negro suffragan bishops. He
said the Negro race is in an imma-
ture state. and is not ready for
self-government
Mr.. Brown OF Washington. urged
that the deputies vote for the meas
ure. since 1t would not be acted up
on for three years.
The Rev. w 3. Stehl is from
Easton. Pa. we presume. but he was
evidently badly misinformed when
he declared that the Negro race is
not ready for self-government It.
is already autonomous I'm this re-
spect The Baptist Church I'm this
country among Negroes is absolute
ly governed by Negroes. It's thous-
ands and tens of thousands Of church
es. with money flowing in for mis-
sionary and educational purposes
are monuments 10 it's ability to
govern itself.
The a. NJ. r. Church is another
monument TO Negro capacity for
self-government IL has it's House
OF Bishops. No white man either
frames it's plans OF dictates it's pol
icies.
The A. NJ. f. Zion Church IS A.
mother great institution among Ne
groes. governed relatively speaking
along the same lines as the A. NJ. +.
Church. These powerful organlza-
tions are operating schools and col
leges. They have their own publish
ing houses and they are lifting the
race higher along all moral and
religious lines. Can the Negroes gov
ern themselves Ask the officials OF
tho Negro cities i'm Georgia and those
in Mississippi and other Southern
States.
Can the Negroes govern them
selves? Ask the Odd Fellows with
their host OF members. with their
insurance departments. with their
committees and with their syste-
matte method of keeping the re-
cords Of the Order.
Can the Negroes govern them
selves? Ask the Knights OF Pyth-
las. with their twenty-six grand
lodges under their respective grand
.chancellors. paying thousands of dol
lars in insurance and owning pro-
perty aggregating a million dollars.
Can Negroes govern themselves?
Ask the True Reformers, a Negro
organization permeating well-nigh
every section Of the United States
with it's modern ideas of doing bus
mess.
Can Negroes govern themselves?
Ask the Masonic fraternity, hoary
with age. and the hundreds OF 9TH
er secret and benevolent organiza-
tions throughout the country and
receive their answers.
Can Negroes govern themselves?
Ask Bishop Ferguson, who is prac-
tically conducting successfully an
autonomous Church in the wilds of
Africa. Here is a report OF his
speech. IT is tribute virtually
forced from the pen of men inimical
to him as n Negro and his interests
as a churchman. The Times-Dis-
patch report says:
The great congregation then sang
with fine effect From Greenland
Icy Mountains, and the Rt. Rev. S.
ID. Ferguson. Bishop Of Cape Palmas
spoke of The West Africans"
Bishop Ferguson is the only Ne
gro bishop attending the convention.
and one OF the two Negro bishops
entitled to a seat in the House Of