The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-22
PASTORS APPEAL
TO GOL0REO RACE
Negroes Urged by Their Min
listers to Respect Law and
Order.

At "a meeting OF colored pastors. mel
yesterday. the following address 20 th.
negro race. entitled The Voice Of th'
CoIorcd Baptist Ministers Conference %
Richmond and Manchester. Va" wa
prepared and issued, being signed BY
committee composed OF Revs. A. Binga
Jr.. L.. H.. Lewis. w. r. Graham. y. +
ana Evans Payne.
"As ministers. We are supposed 90
take deep interest in an moral re-
forms. TRUE TO our calling. we beg
o. Poe heard upon the live subject OF
to-day. The Negroes Bad Morals
"Nhiie it may be t%ruthfuuy said
that colored men are not the only
ones guilty Of IMMORAL conduct. IL is
also true that this fact furnishes 10
excuse FOR the shocking crime OF as
sault that is being charged Up to
some OF the c0lorcd men OF this c0un-
try.
And as oar ministry 8 chiefly to
Tie coior-d people. we feel called Upon
in tho interest of law and order. and
.G tAe interest OF truth respecting tie
Negroes attitude towards the criminals
OF the race 10 send this address 20
our people at large. hoping thereby 10
probably reach tho shy md isolated
class who Will not come in reach OF
tho voice OF tho pulpit. nor in the
circle OF a pure and eievsting social
life. IL Is i'm this foul nest that those
vile vampires are hatchcd. which are
sucking the life blood from the negro
race. bringing TO tie race contempt.
exclusion. shame and a constant fore
boding Of an awful elimination OF a
series Of provocatons which We hope
t. avert. As We have abiding faith in
the ability of training 70 fortify hui
man nature oy sharpening the moral
sense. ana as tho training Is effective
in proportion to the early period at
which IL is begun. We urge upon tho
parents Of the children the necessity
OF putting forth - more heroic ef-
fort 90 curb the evil tendencies hat
unrestrained human nsture IS sure 90
produce-lest Els sorrow be repeated
in your own sad lives.
Respect for law ana order must
have its birth IN home training. \
son that is iusubordinate 10 domestic
laws will rarely uphold tho majesty
OF the civil. And respect for woman
hood must also have It's origin in the
home. A boy that grows Up without
due respect for his own mother M
sisters gives 40 promise OF protection
for the mother and sisters OF others.
While many Of You a. families deserve
the highest need Of praise FOR the
worthy young men whom you are
sending from your homes. yet the
number Of vicious products OF tho 81
regulated home. IL far too large 70
give Il satisfactory forecast OF the
future. or an assurance that the moral
atmosphere Of our homes is being
purified by disciplinary and Christian
Influences. or that the proper system
OF religion is being taught-one OF
practical duties rather than emo
tl0nal experiences. The Ten COM
mandments and the Sermon on tho
Mouut should nave due place In the
trimming ~ your boys. Thus a SUI
premc regard for God and a due re-
gard for His creatures become fixed
principles
"GaddinC about at night also
should be stopped. Street-COrner
conferences. crap-ahOOting. bar
Dom and club-rOOms should be
discarded. and home-gettinC and
moncy-savinC should b. cncour-
agcd. We are confident that with
tho cnfOrcement Of parental author
ltv viii come higher ideals. which
viii rckindlc i'm the bosOms or the
cgr youth or to-day that flame OF
sterling worth and strength OF
moral character that distinguished
their fathers i'm the trying Ordeals
of the sixties. II should he our
purpose to cultivate a most friend
lN relation between ourselves and
our white ueighbors. with whose
interest own IL 40 closely allied.
Our presence ould not be p men
acc TO the happiness Or our neigh
Dors. but rather n necessity.
Ever report Of the uameless