The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-10-23

should look % his brothers interest. OF
his welfare: he should lose sight Of the
old custom rule Will you agree with
me in saying that the Jim Grow law,
disfranchisement and the outlawry par,
that exist in this country; the expre-sion-
in the land today that are made and
aimed az the colored man? Does not the
better half Of those people claim some
kind Of religion that IL in the land to-lay
DO not they 90 70 church, and are looked
upon ~ great men, and the preachers
call them great members, Look again.
We hear Of people dying Of hunger in the
land, and are in need Of clothes, food
and wood and coal. We will take up
the food question: There has not been
famine in this country that have
heard Of; but the people are in neesl
just the same; their children are crying
for bread; our daughters are living i'm
moral lives; our young men are turned
into robbers, all on account Of a few
men have cornered and got into posse>s-
ion OF the food stuff for their personal
gain, Yet he claims a part in the Lord,
and goes 70 church ON Sundays and sheds
a few tears. when collection is called
for, here he goes and puts down some
great bounty, then Monday he makes the
poor smart for it, There 10 no love in
the matter at all il is a shame on this
country to have such things going on.
To think that we came to this country.
beat the Indians back, and killed some.
because We said that he Was savage and
| could not be controlled by fair means
some histories give that the inst settlers
carried their guns To church with them,
to protect them from the redman. The
white claimed that they were on the
civilized side; that the Indian and the
Negro had not been reclaimed from bar
bsrism. Look at the growth of our
land now. We teach our children all
modern sciences; We have schools Of ali
kinds; We send them 10 the SUNDAY
Schools When he gets 70 be a man hs
joins the MAschs, Odd Fellows, X. OF
P's or the Elks. Now we have great
libraries where he can go and get book,
to read, vet for all Of that / see our fire
arms have increased since. We hol,
that We have been reclaimed from bar
bsrim. and ara civilized. What mean
IN thsf that ve are carrying guns in
Dur pockets tor our fellowman. Lool
how our frearrns have advanced in th,
make from the old cap and ball pistol
the old thumb-cock 7-shooter; the mus
ket that used TO shoot flint; the oil.
fashion rifle; the old time shot gun
Now what's the increase of these thing
lori Look 1t the war vessels, what grea
guns they have on them. Who are the,
70 kill but the ones whom we say tia
are civilizedr ssid these great gun
were invented 70 kill the civilized with
Look st us, We are using every means w
can for the destruction of human. ami
- oil for the civilized and not for whs
xe call hearhen. Since the airship hs
made it, debut in the land, look VIVA
they do with them now; they will ~
together some dangerous explosives, n
over city and drop the bomb dow
, and cause the los OF lives OF men
women and children. That proves th
love OF God 10 not with the nations. Al
tie wars that have been OF the late time
were they not with the civilizedY TAX
the war that was bstween the Unite
states and England, were they not botl
called civilized? After that the civil wa
broke out. who was lighting, ciyilize'
people and christians-good old men
bers OF the different churches. Many
time they had met in the church, praye,
and sang together; got up in speakin,
meetings, told how they loved God, sns
from there To the battle field where IA,
shot bis brother down. So sse that W,
don't do - much for the civilized AZ ",
do Tor what We call heathens. Lool
what We do for them: We don't carr,
any bag guns after him; we send wha
we call the lamb 10 speak-preaehers
We inst teach him hsw - wear clothes
learn him about books; next about the
same God that We are serving. We tel
them that God loves them; we brina
them 70 our land, then after we get them
here if n not long before we force him
70 war; learn him how TO carry gun
fot you who have learned him something.
ffsr these fsets do We Jet hold that We
tsr an enlightened pstion7 Mo- Suppose
We turn 10 the looking gIa~ and So how
we look. What Il meant by heather
bsrbarism? Let ne tske the scripture tor
IT, Now turn 10 the 9Th chapter Of -.
Matthew and 9Th verse, which reads like
this But when ye pray ne not vain
repetitions a. the hesthens do, for they
think that they shsll be heard for their
utSA speAkipg." A6prding u what
the Lord says about the heather. and
what the people Of today call heather,
sfe not the heather n Old. The heather
T~e have b deal sith there are not manv
Of Ne who can understsnd what they say.
We learn them our language and We
-eDd them back ~ their home land n
teach their people in his native tono-,e