Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-26
REV, RAYMOND
WANTS HELP TO
BUILD CHURCH
PASTOR OF AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH MAKES
APPEAL FOR A PLACE OF WOR.
SHIP FOR HIS PEOPLE.


city met and organized the African
Methodist Episcopal church at Sa-
lem with Rev. Geo. Raymond pastor
in charge. He has recently been as
signed here by the conference for
the Pacific Coast and will hold regu
lar services in this city, corner Fer
ry and Commercial streets. Regular
preaching services Sunday at II a.
m. and s p. m. Prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening. Rev. Raymond
expects to be called to California in
about two weeks, but will return
very shortly and his place will be
filled during his absence. by Rev.
Matthews.
Sunday school was organized with
| the following officers: Reatha jack
son, Miss Abbey, Miss Essie Jackson,
Miss Ethel Mayor and Miss Lowe,
Sunday school teachers. Miss Abbey
was elected president of the Busy
Bees. Miss Reatha Jackson, secre-
| tary: Miss Essie Jackson, assistant
| secretary, and Leslie Jackson, treas
urer. Mrs Lowe, president OF the
| Willing Workers; Mrs. Jackson, Sec
retary;. Mr.. Lowe, treasurer; Mrs.
REYNOLDS. legal advisor. Following
officers of the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Zion (colored) were
chosen: Mrs. Lowe, Mr.. Tom Lowe,
Mrs Reynolds, Mrs. Jackson and Mr..
Atkinson, members of the board of
trustees. Mrs. Jackson, stewardess,
viii Build n Church.
Rev. Raymond has plans under
way for building house of worship
for his denomination and has issued
the following address to the people
of Salem:
"We. have in the city of Salem IS
colored families and also from 10 to
20 children. These people have not
building in which they may stick
their heads to worship the true and
living God, and it has fell to my lot
to provide a place of worship fol
these people as we'll as it is my duty
l being the pastor of the congrega
ton of Salems colored people, hav
ling been ordained and set apart b!
Bishop Caldwell, and assigned to thi
charge. | am going to come on
broadly and plain, and ask the citl
zens of Salem to join me in thi
great struggle, with their prayers
: and with their finance. | want t
say, 81 believe that you will hear mi
out in the statement which | an
about to make: All classes Of peo
! pie should have the gospel; al
classes of people should have tn
,, gospel; all casses of people shoul,
,, have a place of worship, whether
,, be a place of splendor or not, the,
, should have a place of worship
= am going to say right here, I'd
away with the church and its train
ings and | want to assure you tina
> you will do away with the pure man
hood and womanhood of that class G
people whomever they may be-
want to call your attention to tn
fact that out of this vast number c
> colored people of Salem, that we ar
a without a place of worship. Thes
people are raising children and thes
: children should have a place of woI
ship, they need the influence of
place of worship, and / believe tha
you will agree with me when | sa!
: the better the individual, the bette
3 the community. The better ou
!, neighbors children are raised, tn
4 easier we may control our own.
I. might be. a slight question in tn
minds of some as to whether or nC
the negro of Salem is his neighbo
o but | say, yes, my friends, we al
v really your neighbors in, sense, the
. is to say from day to day we com
! in contact with each other; we a
, tend the same schools; we atten
the same markets; In other word
Z we attend the same public place
h comparatively speaking, and rigl
v here l shall say If the above sentenC
v is true, which ! am sure you wi
v agree with me, then the negro chill
who is being raised in your mid
should have that influence of churc
I. and that influence of a Christia
}. congregation which goes to hel
n make him a worthy man and citize
}, or a worthy woman and citizen, whiC
= Is so necessary for the peace and hal
d piness of all concerned Citizen
let us agree that IL is a bad propos
tion as well as a dangerous prop,
sition to raise any class Of people
our midst without a place of wo
n ship, whether they may be negroc
U or whatever nationality they mig
n be. It does not speak well for US ;
0 Christian workers to leave this In
d portant fact to go further unatten,
ed to. ] wish to state that / ha1
, been fortunate enough to raise
y small amount towards establishing
u church in this city for the colort
I. people, which shall continue, wit
the help of your prayers and lit
= of your finance, until l have esta
n lished a church for the negro of s.
= lem, Oregon, which is so badly nee
II ed 1t may be a question in yol
= minds, and YOU may say, let the n
gro attend the white churches, b
this, too, would be a failure from d
fact that no one feels away. fro
home as he feels at home and It
best to give him a place to worsh
in to himself. Therefore we appe