The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-05-26

tons ,capital has been stirred to the
core this week by the narrow-minded
action df the lacpl committee In charge
Oh the arrangements for the Worlds
Sunday School Convention in barring
the Negro deiegates and Sunday school
workers from opartieipation In the de-
lleefatioAs of tho body aald It's refusal
10 allow the colored people to take part
IN the great parade scheduled for last
FRIDAY afternoon. The outrageous
policy OF the local committee is =, not
sustained by the executive committee
or the international Union, and lead
ers like(W. N. Harfsh oriL. Marion Law
renee; Bishop <Hartzell have expressed
themselves in no uncertain terms III
opposition to a course 80 inconsistent
with the principles of Christian bro
therhQod upon which the organization
Is founded. The ministers of the city.
white and colored, >! regardless of de
nomination, bhttcd in denouncing the
draw ug Of the color line.rin religion,
anu all agreed that, if the system
adopted by the Washington commit
tee were permitted to stand without,
indignant protest, it would give to, the
Christian missionary work the most
severe blow it has ever had at the
hands af a civilized people i-t>~
AS soon as the( adverse decision of
the local committee became positively
known, the Colored Ministerial Union
held largely-attended meeting and
adopted strong address in which
their demand for: adm ission was stated
IN Wellrtempered fashion and the BIB
l1cal aspect of the "Fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man" was put
III as,laanner7 that left the .buurhons
without leg to stand upon. The COM
mittee preparing the address was
headed by Rev: j. Milton Wa1dron:
pastor of the Shiloh Baptist church.
and ONE of the ablest divines in the
country. Nevertheless the policy of ex.
clustOn was insisted upon, the local
chairman justifying himself by the
technicality that the colored religious
workers were not members ofrthe Tn!
ION and were therefore ineligible-for-
getting that the Union is supposed to
offer an open door" at any time for
chairman nistook the temper of both
the whites and blacks of this commu-
nifty is evidenced by the storm Of por=
tests that We're heard from every pull
pit ofconsequence in Washington Sun
day.
At Metropolitan M. e. Church, the
leading church of it's denomination in
the District, the pastor, Rev. John
Reid Shannon (white). discussed the
situation In such vigorous Language
that the audience broke over all con
Vcnttonal rules and burst into a long
and enthusiastic round Of applause,
which was repeated again and again
as the salient points were brought out,
appealing for a broader conception of
Christian duty than taking note of
the color or nationality or environ
mentor the individuals who make up
the human family.
Said DR.. Shannon, in part:
AS one Of the pastors of Washing
ton want from this Metropolitan
pulpit to, make vehement protest
against the action of the local COM
mittee in excluding from last FRIDAYS
parade the colored delegates of the
Sunday School Convention. The ac-
ton was un-Christian. 1t is at war:
with the spirit of the gospel. 1t is
most unfortunate that such q thing
should take place in q worldwide Sun
tfay School convention, tina tt al overa al
other gatherings should illustrate and
extmplify Christ's doctrine of Chris
tian brotherhood"
Prolonged; applause greeted other
remarks Of thes~satne tenor in the
course of DR.. Shannons splendid SER
mon. Many delegates were In attend.
ance. The Metropolitan ME-. Church
was attended by Presidents Grant and
Mckinley during their incu1hbency as
Chief MaSistrates Of the nation. "
FIFTEEN delegates from Great Brit
ain attended services at Plymouth
Congregational Church on Sunday
evening, and in brief remarks declar-
od their belief" In universal brother
hood and said they knew no color in
the Lord They expressed gratifca.
ton that the race prejudice charge
was purely local. The pastor Of Ply
mouth, Rev. A. G. Garner, has always
taken an active interest in general
church movements and was shocked
beyond measure over the turn affairs
were now taking
Secretary w. N. Hartshorn, of Bos-
ton, and Louis Stroller. of Plymouth
Church. Brooklyn. were the speakers
at Shiloh Baptist Church Sunday eve
ming, and severely arraigned the out
break Of race prejudice in the nations
capital, where the federal laws were