The Washington bee., 1907-06-15

IS secured and funds raised from som.
source it must eventually be ,to,o-1
Will the Christian men of Amerir, -, ~.
of the world let this glorious wo-l. ~ -.
and bequeath to their children go.
burden than their fathers bore, F.
time We shirk duty or fail to loo,. .
problem in the face we make IT g-a,..
for our children.
Would that this appeal could -s.,
J some hearts and they could See --l..
duty and not their right" to keen -
money Do you want to save two-+l.-I
of the worlds population-the ,or,-s5
races? Then lift up the black 49,
in America and they will carrv n. ~
ings across the ocean and the ma-,,.--
tramp of millions redeemed from suns
stition and idolatry will sing your o-,..
es in this world and in the world -.
come.
l believe, Mr.. Chairman. that -p.
demption of the colored races nrs, /.
largely effected by the col5-eI -,.
! There have been mistakes made and
wrongs committed, but let us forge, -1..
let us overlook the mistakes and w1.-
we are oppressed let the oppressed b.ra
the oppressor by humbleness and kind
ness, and exemplify in daily life ,-r.
Christianity. There are MANY. ror IN
this audience, however, who criti,i.s
the progress and oppose the steps Of ad
vancement which are put forward r..
the Negro, and they say thar freedom
was a mistake.
10 those who believe that the er7r-
cipation was a mistake and thai fl.
race will eventually fail. l would .,g
TO them, you have not carefully sv.
amined into the case. Tn thousand,
of black faces seeking for the light t5.r
have caught its shadow and tbe.r ewes
are turned to the sun. just as soon az
they catch its CLEAN, they will aris, and
lift up their fellows. Mr.. Chairman
the race will not fail"
| bring to you the thanks of the rare
for ali that you have done and for al
that you intend to do, and to tell Won
that they only want chance in the
race Of life, that they are not whining
but are trying to work out their saliva
tion with fear and trembling. Tbg
need further help until they are able
tC stand alone, and the kindness YOU
show to them they viii return to you
OF to your children.
, A beautiful German story is told Of
a hunch-back girl, the only child Of her
parents. The mother was very thought
ful and careful about this child. She
never let her know that she was d
hunch-back, she was not allowed to look
in the glass; whenever she went out
her mother was with her, so that she
did rot know that she was not like
other girls; But this mother died after
few years, and the father, as fathers
often do, married again. The step
mother was different from the girls
/ mother. She never took her out. b1.
left her alone One day the little hunch-
back girl asked her stepmother to take
her out ior a walk as her own mt0her
used to do. The stepmother replied,
why! take hunch-backed girl out for
a walk! Everybody would look at You
and laugh No; the place for little
hunch-backs IS at home" The child
turned away grieved; she looked in The
glass, and, sure enough, she found that
she was a hunch-back. 1t preyed upon
her mind, and a few weeks afterWan
she took sick; and just before She died
she dreamed she saw an angel. and b:
came to her and in such tones he sad
Little girl, do you want TO 60 to heaya
to see your mamma? :" No, they %
not want little hunch-backs IN heaven
He said, "Oh, you are not hunch-bacA.
ed" and he touched the place On her
back where the hunch was, and It Ie-
off and in its place there came pair O.
wings and the little girl flew right to
heaven into her mothers arms.
If our friends will stop talking a5o1!
! the mistakes and the failures, and stop
chiding and telling US that we are mol
like other folks, after while the haael
OF mistakes and supersuuons and ignoi'
ances will fall away and III their Place
will come wings of peace and ntsl'
gence and an honest desire to be homes
men and virtuous women, and ai.h tas'.
We will ride above all the obstacles --
difficulties and take our places ID tl'
foremost ranks of the forward aal,-1'
and you can be the angels 10 touch '-'
hunch so that it will fall eft,
For there is never a rose ID al u"
world but makes some green s-@
sweeter, /
There's never a wind in al. the SKY
makes some birds a.ug a'''-.
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