The national forum., 1910-06-04

YIN hhSU SuHu1y NiSMV - Nfeat
Gathering Witnessed The 0ccn-
sion And listened To Addresses
From Some OF The Most Eloquent
Prelates In The Nations Capitol
Rev. sylvester p. Corrothers Pre-
sides With Grace And Dignity.
1t is not often that there is gath
cred an audience OF more culture,
refinement and sense fog the high
er appreciation of things than was as
semBfed at Galbraith a. M e..
Chdrch ON 9Th Street n. W., between
I{and M Streets last Sabbath even
hg, The occasion was the celebra-
Aion OF the S0th anniversary of Bish-
sou ]. w. Hood, Senior Bishop of the
Zion A. M. 4. Church. Promptly at
o'clock the meeting was called 10
order by Rev. Corrothefss in an i'm
pressive manner and after the rem
dition of beautiful selection by the
choir Dr. Corrothers stated the OBJ
iect of the meeting and prefaced his
remarks with one Of the many elo-
quent speeches of the evening, Rev.
w. A. Ray, of the Zion A. M. b..
Metropolitan Church was the first
speaker. He caught his audience by
his reference to the usefulness Of
Bishop Hood and held them with in
terest throughout his address Dr..
Corrothers next introduced DR.. |. N,
Ross, the acknowledged pulpit ora
tor of the A. M. E. Connection. Dr.
Ross said among other things in the
course of his address In making
reference to the prejudics shown by
the local Committee in eliminating
the Negro delegates from the recent
parade, the following.
81 say this in all Kindness and
with malice toward none. There Is
a criminal diplomacy, a curious con-
servatism, ruinous socialism and
deceptive commercialisnl in Church
and State, which unless checked,
Will destroy this Nation and wreck
the Church of God. When the as
sembled Christians of the world will
practically wink at, and In q sense
condone an unchristian act, a wrong
perpetrated upon over hundred
thousand people in one community,
and in the name of the Cross humiH-
ate a whole race for reasons over
which that race has no control and
on account OF conditions for which
they are not responsible, and yet
worse, to attempt to repair the
wrong and farther humiliate a race
by comforting meritedl honor upon
one of Americas noblest sersg37nd
I call yOU pgrilealst s8S ion ia
the wa auja asigea weMia& @ld nQ-
I1bless h sefs a1l, gppp oR paEs, Y
snirit M JUS tfli5 NtH y, Ehg s3as
csregp ~ tne. Ieiiglo1 t,rtioss9d yE
thoss WHO ps petraIe saena rajBs.
Give 70 Dr " asRiuStoN'e lie lae@-
bIsrshtp iB the No2ld SunG7S
School Convention. Yes, a thousand
times yes. Yea more, grant him by
my vote If possible, q seat near the
Great White Throne in Heaven for
what he Is himself. Lift him up, and
let the world see the man from un-
der the board walk, from self-sup-
porting student at Hampton to the
world crowned President of TusRe-
gee; make him life member for
what he has accomplished in gen.
eral for humanity and for his race
in particular but, for heavens sake
remove that golden wedge, Ameri-
can prejudice, out of the Sunday
School Convention and for the sake
of his son Christ, confess the con-
cealment Of that Babylonian gar
ment Colorpho obia, and let the re-
deemed Church of Christ, In this the
morn Of the twentieth century stand
upon the. PROSTATE form of that old
serpent; the devil bathed in the ra-
diant smiles of our benign Heavenly
Father who asks: Where Is thy
brother?'"
Rev. j.. Milton Waldron, Of the
Shiloh Baptist Church, was next in
troduced and took up the enthusi-
asm where DR.. Ross had@left off and
made stirring address that delight
ed his hearers and reflected great
credit upon himself as well. DR..
Waldron said he had prayed that
DR.. Corrothers would be returned
and if he had his way the good DR..
would be returned until he was
made bishop. He declared IL there
was any agency whatever that would
save the Negro and better his con-
dition, 1t must be the. preacher of
the gosDel the professional men of
all classes to the contrary notwith-
standing DR.. Corrotfers next intro
duced Dr.. j., E. Mason as the man
who could crowd more English
words into one sentence and have
them all in the right place than any
man whom he had ever met. DR..
Mason made a. speech pregnent with
anecdotes and fairly carried his
audience off their feet with his wit
and humor. He paid glowing trib-
ute to Bishop Hood, and wished to