The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-17
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Sa rs ] Justice Brewer iil,
And He Enlists the Might OF Congre-
:. gationalists In Uplifting the !,
) ,'IIs, }, Ooiored Race 4 R

\ Cleveland, Ohio, October II rT6s
raising fofl the, Negro race and the
'hordes of foreigners who become
American citizens each year to a
higher state the Christian world
formed the principal topic OF discus
sion before the American Missionary
sdciation at the sessions Of the
TrieHnial Council of the Congrega-
ton al Church here today The no
table addresses we're delivered by
Associate Justice David j. Brewer, of
the United States supreme court, on
THE Importance OF American Mis-
sionary Work to the Nation =" by
Bishop G. y b Galloway, OF Missis-
sippi; on ~The Christian Education
Of the Negro and byfformer Cover
nor w, {, Nofthen, OF, Georgia, who
told ofa4he work Of the ChristfaH
League OF Georgia, an organisation
In that state which is composed @of
members of both races and has done
much to lessen crime. = "a =, ~ s;
/. Justice Brewer said in part. .,a
=. The uplift through Christian ed
ucat1on tB the principal work Of the
American Missionary Association.
True, these are. not the only objects
Of it's interest and care. All. the de-
spised races in our borders are in
;c1uded. I have done q little preach
ing from the bench of the supreme
court on the duty of, Christian Amer
ica to the heather Chinese. What [
said made but slight impression in
the courts, but 1t will yet be heard
and needed by the great body of
American Christians -. 'fS.s S>. X
- - " ~ - Value to the Nation. - =:
"Bqt the, numbers OF the colored
people SO snrpass> those of all. the
others and their relations to the ma
ton are SO peculiar that, not, uhnaty
uraIly. We look carelessly unons the
work OF the association among the
sttsptaa And their very num-
bers attest the 7slne, Of ttis; work, to
the nation Surely, anything which
Is uplifting One ninth Of our popula-
tion must be Of profound interest
to: all. :3>. =. +. :.y-%~%>
Many OF the vast mulutudes
pourtng into this republic are racial
ly cold~blooded and selfish. ! Not u
few come tainted with the spirit of
anarchy and are willing to destroy
all social order in the hope of per-
sonl gain out of the wreck. These
immigrants become citizens, as we
are citizens, and as is the colored
and unfranchised race. And, while
the eolored brethren may be too fond
of@the chicken coop and the water
melon patch, they are firm believers
in soc1a order. You will find no
Johann Most, Emma Goldman,
Czolgosz or Guiteau among them. In
the struggle which may be expected
to come between order and anarchy
may It. not be, that these people,
grateful to the nation for liberty
and to the good people OF the land
for their upiift in knowledge, purity
and social standing, will prove them
selves u mighty force, upholdtng orr
der. and the supremacy OF the ma,
ton? Stranger Things have happen
ed than that these people, crushed
aud Wronged for generations, should
become at last strong defenders Of
the nation and the community at
whose hands they have hitherto re-
ce1Yed mainly injustice. ."' -. H..
''Isarriers VIII he Broken" :.
They are here as citizens. What
ever temporary restrictions may bs
placed upon their approach to the
ballot box, the time will come wher,
all BARRIERS will'be broken down and
they will enjoy everywhere the full
rights Of citizenship. But ignorant
citizens are the prey and the sport
OF every demagogue who appeals to
their passions, and If one ninth Of
our citizens are so exposed the whole
life Of the nation is in peril. .'r,
One. Of our first tasks is that Of
multiplying skilled workers. It is
one thing to pick cotton or hoe DO
tatoes and something more valuable
to make a watch or run an engine.
The skilled '1aborer is worth 1inore
to the nation than the unskilled, and
the industrial tpeining at Hampton,
fuskesee and elsewhere is creating
a higher class of 1aborers in the
midst. Of this people. Outside Of the
indirect results of sutii u; ihGfeased
skill, the direct and necessary result
is an addition to their commercial
value to the community and the ma
tion. And so far as the institutions
under the care Of the American Mis-
sionary Association are doing this
work Of industrial training they are
placing the nation in debt to them.
eve stand before the American
people and say: Here is one-ninth
OF our population coming out from
the ignorance and immortality of
slavery We are making It's iDJift
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