The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-06-02

| DedtS Oh ms heart, the implOring
Ipulsations Of his soul, and see the
glow OF humility in his eyes. Come
where the Negro !can see the flashes
of justice, and. equity in your
countenance, and the shining ex-
amples of your morality and integri-
ty. Let me implore you to come.
come not as a social intermingling,
but as saver OF soul The C. M. e.
Church is rendering incalculable
service in this country by the men
and women that you have trained in
both heart and head; men who have
peen taught to see the real condi.
ION Of things; men and women who
have been trained to see greatness
of the whites and the needs of the
blacks; who are-reaching up, to the
whites and, down for the blacks; who
are receiving from the whites and are
imparting to the blacks; who are
living from the whites, but are liv-
ing for the blacks:
We have been called the G.. M. e.
| Church, South; the colored demo-
crat Methodist Church; the church
that is seeking to enslave the Negro
again. All OF this was because we
were organized in the South and by
the South. We accept as a badge
OF honor any attempt to aspersion
tEat may emlnate from our relation
with the South, for we admire the
South with it's fertile fields and
towering forests, where the beauti-
lul penciled flowers emit their sweet
aroma to tickle your olfactory nerves
into ecstasy, and pure oxygen to red
den the life blood as it pulses
through the veins, But, l am glad
to say that there Is nothing about us
southern now, but sentiment and
sympathy. For we have by our
thrift, industry and perseverance
trahscended- - the bounds Of the
Mason and Dixon lines and are in
VadlngS the classic precincts of New
England, traversing the commercial
highways of New York; building
churches in the busy buzzing cities
and the metropolis OF the middle
West; forcing. faE&aRayl i Arizona to
gracefully yield to the, magic toucn
OF our progressive forces, and tn
domitable will, and not only so, but
To-Day we are pulling the latch
strings on the "Golden Gate" But.
Wherever we have gone, we have
retained the same exalted opinion of
southern ideals and Southern chiva-
Try. The South may not so under
stand it. We love Henry w. Grady's
South; Where by night the cotton
Whitens beneath the stars, and by
day the wheat locks the sun shine
In it's bearded sheath. In the same
field the clover steals the fragrance
from the rain, and the tobacco
catches the aroma Of the rain. Thus.
you see, whatever we may have lost
or gained by expansion and develop
ment, We have retained the same
love and respect for our South.
Regard for Womanhood.
We have the highest regard for
Womanhood. We believe not with
the ancients that woman was made
|only for servitude, prescription and
oppression and her rights in society
emlnate from the arrogance depotism
ana lmoec1l1ty of man, but they are
God given catholic and eternal. We
believe sirs, that she is the sine qua
non Of all development, whether in
nome, church or state, the crowining
archltraVe of the great social struct-
ure, and the complement Of Gods
creation. We also regard her as the
most self-sacrificing of all mission
aries, the~most philanthfopic of all
humanitarians, and the most humane
OF all philanthropists. AS a church,
we are granting her more liberties
at each succeeding general confer
ence. AS she shows her ability so
pam, we are granting her the privi-
le8e to execute upon the principle
that to every obligation there should
be corresponding privilege. Upon
no class Of people ought there be
imposed a duty without its cores
ponding privilege. Hence, If women
are required to raise money they
ought tc be consulted as to how that
money Is to be expended.
we have so protected her by
Ilegislation in our church that any
one dlSTegard1ng the Soi2mnity Of the
nuptial relation and the sacredness
OF matrimonial vow without Bible
causes, can not live and preach
among us. And not only do we
teach the sacredness Of woman's
VIRTUE, but We are willing to defend
1t to the last ditch with every drop
Of blood that flows through our veins
against the assault, the deflencnt.
the ravage Of any fiend, Of any
monster.
I'VE despiSc a thief We hate q
liar; we ignore an idler; we condemn
q murderer; we pity drunkard we
abominate a DrOnigate; we .shun a
parasite; we dcnOunce a fire brand:
We are out Of sympathy with