The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-11

mediation of both classes. the weather.
boards were knocked off n sheds
were added to the house on either
side: the whites occupying the whole
Of the original building, and the ne
groes those sheds as q part Of the
81 me house.
Evans's dwelling vas a shed at the
pulpit end of the church. And that
was the identical state OF the case
when / was pastor. Often was | in
that shed, and much to my edifica-
ton. / have known not many preach
erS who appeared more cOnVerSant
with Scripture than Evans, or whose
conversation was more instructive as
to n things of God. He eeTned al
ways deeply IMPRESSED with the re-
Sponsibility of his position; and not
ever our old friend CASTLE was more
remarkable for his humble and defer
entail department towards he whites
than Evans was. Nor would he allow
any partidlity OF his friends TO induce
him 10 vary in the least degree the
line of conduct OF the bearing which
he had prescribed to himself in this
respect; never speaking to a white
man but with his hat under his arm;
never allowing himself to be seated IN
their houses: and even combining him.
self to the kind and manneT of dress
proper for negroes In general, except
his plain black Oat for the pulpit.
The whites are kind TO me, II come
to near me preach" he would say;
but / belong to my own sort. and
must not spoil them" And yet Henry
Evans was q Boanergcs, and in his
duty feared not the face OF man.
I AVE said that he died during my
stay in Fayetteville this year O810).
The death Of such 81 man could not
but be Triumphant, and his was distin-
Suishingly so. / did not witness it, but
was with him just before he died: and
as he appeared to me triumph should
express but partially the character OF
his feelings, as the word imports exUlt-
alton at a victory, or at most the vic
tory and eXultation together. 1t
seems to me as if the victory he had
won was no longer an object, but
rather as il his spirit, past the con-
temptation OF tTiumrflS on earth, were
already in communion with heaven.
Yet his last breath was drawn in the
act OF p~ronOuncing / Corinthians Nv.
81: ''Ihanks be TO God. which giNeth
us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ 1t was my practice to hold q
meeting with the blacks in the church
directly after morning preaching every
Sunday. And on the Sunday before
ms death. during this meeting. the
little door between his humbIe shed
and the chancel where I stood was
opened and the dying man entered for
a last farewell to his people. He was
almost too feeble to stand at all. hut
supporting himself by the railing o.
the ch;oncel. he said: Il have come
10 say my last word to You. II is this:
None but Christ. Three times ] have
mad my life in jeopardy for preaching
the gospel to YOU. Three times l have
broken the ice on the edge of the
wafer and swan across the Cane Fear
70 preach the gospel to YOU. And now.
II ~ my last hour ! could trust to that
or TO any thing else but Christ cruci-
tled, for my salvation. all should ht
lost ana NY soul perish forever
h"hie t~eStlunonF! Worthy not OF Evans
"nlv, but 81, Paul. His funeral at the
chhrch Was attended by a greater
'~'icoufSe OF persons than had beer
seen on amy funeral occasion before
ne whole community appeared IN
lhonlh his death. and the universe
lee1ihS seemed to be J'1at iii houorine
ne memory OF Henry Evans we We're
tTA!H2 4 1flfnte to virtue and religion
II vas buried under the ls,3prfl nf
ne tiiuTcia OF which he bad been in
SO rem lIkanly q manner the founder