The Denver star., 1914-02-28
Report Of The Committee On Freedmen
To The Presbytery OF Denve.

| l O l ne I reSDyteIy VI DenVe.
The Apostle declaration the Church Rome these
word 81 ashamed of the gospel Christ for is the
of God salvation every that beleveth
as true today when they first The
changeabe testimony of and women who have been
bruised by the observation distorted that
have been permanently from the lowest depths
of wickedness and crime the highest pinnacle of anhood
atmosphere of thckfet darkness due
a condition of intelligence the experience of beated
who have been given opportunity provide
ative evidences that the gospel dynamic first for the
spiritual upl of humanity we'll ameioratve tonic
tor his physical framework Two thousand years of human
experiences coupled with the evolution of from bar
barc that which has him the of
his Creator, may we'll prove thd point Of contention.
The conversion Of the godly uprghness the us
hcaton of man before God through faith and the gorhca
ton of God Himself through the contribution of
ated may we'll have written under the initials O. E.
d. "Quod Era Demonstrandum For the gospel is the
power of God unto salvation. The Presbyterian Church
the United myopc vision
when she bestowed coveted benedon millions of
Freedmen the creation of the Freedom Board 48
design of the creation of this Bureau OF the
Church chiefly for the Evangelzaon and Chrstanza
ton the and of ebony 1t found out
that if this New Man become effective if he
economy Of human servtude then after receiving educa
ton of the heart his head be disciplined and
sequence he will become ambidexerous. thus fulfilling the
original policy of Presbyterian forefahers away back on
Scottish soil. The Negro Raee must be cat
of the unthankful we're he forget that the church
been his greatest TREND way a Ke
lgion (b Education c) Politics [d) Industry Ts her
flied of operation confined the Sunday South but it
still, that the eugency of her influence like light has
here there everywhere where the Negro
is be found in this country To lend color this
let The Junior Theological class of Lincoln
University today composed of eighteen vs f whom
are from the class of 1915 of the College OF this class
six Presbyterians, Mehodists and six
the Baptist church Afro American Presby
erian Dec 1918 the last report of this departments
the Church pegnated with the spirit of optimism for the
outlook of the Race Time will ford expaate
the splendid work beloved Church is performing for
the Negro only in the South but East West and North
Permit me however shoot few here and there
to enable you have succinct comprehensive idea of
the work There 5S3 workers the field in the South
ministeng communicates housed in 4o5 Churches
and Missions. There minister's s7s Sunday Schools
with oo5oo scholars SO day schools with o,427 pupils
Special of Presbytery directed following
items of more than passing interest," a The Farm Homes
Experiment keysvle, Ga in connection with Boggs
Memorial Academy under the supervision Of the Rev. j. L.
Phelps, the colored minister who bringing things pass
in unusual The farmers taking advantage of
he opportunity aorded them buy the farms
(b) Harbnson Agricultural College recently
Abbeve to Irmo S c., has into possession of
6 of land contiguous the college for purposes
which could be sold desirable coored people pay
ments.
icy Biddle University with its four schools Normal and
Preparatory and Sciences Theological Industrial
the largest of the Boards single holdings Charlotte n c.
headquarters of ScotchIrsh Pesbyteranism has had
during the the value Of $4,000 Among
such improvements the installing cf Electric Plant
and the equipment with machinery of the Mechanical
and Industrial Building.
Cd =, of land Backvle, S. c. have been added
to the Boards holdings from the estate of the late Mr. O
Emerson Titesvile, Pa. The old school which Mr.
Emerson yearly contribute: for its support during
his life time has been renamed The Emerson Industrial
Institute (e AT Rogersville, Tenn, adjoining the
Memorial College, has been secured through the generosity
the widow of Dr. Swift the in whose honor the school