The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-21
Southern Women Go to
Assistance of Col
Ored People
MEET THEM IN
CONVENTIONS
Every Effort Made TO
Promote Home Mis-
siOnary Work
~ the RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.

By TIE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER
Just NJ the attention - 'he coGu'
Try turned 20 ar economic problem
created for he south b. he sudden
emigration u thousands u We
sro~s &c the nvr'h 20 enter ndns
trial esta 5,ishments. inr-res' Is new.
" awakened, b. three conventions
for Negroes, in the religious PROB
lem OF the race,
There are io,cooO co Nesroes in
the south and half OF them srs said
20 be outside OF all churches. and
the moral standards % some OF
those in the churches does not rise
a. high as their occasional spiritual
fervor. Ever since the var. he
leading northern religious bodies
have done missionary and svsngelis-
lie work among the Negroes occ&
sionaiiy this work is not done In
way that appeals 70 the southern
white people. altho much OF It Il
conspicuously effective
Recently. there has ben apparent
a great increase Of the sense Of r.
sponsibility on the part OF leaders in
the southern churches for the reii.
xtous welfare OF the Negroes among
whom they dwell The ineongr'litv
Of sending white missionaries 20
Africa and negiecting TIE African
in ones own town 10 apparent some
men, ike the Rev. John Little, CT
Louisville. have become ysrttabB
apostles OF the Negroes cause 20 the
white churches. All the southern de
nominations maintain various forms
OF work for the Negroes. but none
have a. all been adequate 10 The
need
Next week there ill he held in
Atlanta the second convention OF th~
laymen's missionary movement eT-
slusively for Negroes Another ~Gs
held q few weeks ago in BirmIng
ham, Ala Both OF these conventions
have the same white leaders arr
many OF the same speakers. "a the
recent series cf L0ymcn's conveH
lions held turnout the south Tho
Rev. u. clay Lilly. district fecretary
L. in charge. Their, arc also mutt
Der of Negro speakers
Significantly the greatest attsn.
ton was centcred upor conditions
among the Negroes themFelves one
colored speaker show Cd a map ~ his
own county. pointing ont that mosf
Of the pastor OF rural churches
among his race. are forging on the
congregations Oh sunday" Twins ia
towns and doins no pastoral work
These laymens conventions are
designed 70 sqnip leaders anon
the Negroes Themselves snc Ike
wise 20 cali The attention ~ tho
white churches n tic pre-eut need p
81 their dependent reighNCrs
Ry AL means ore of IRE nos -ig
n!ncant developments IN tas soutL
IL the nrst conference for NeKro NO.
men held last month a. Tusc aloose,
Alabama. ny the womHn's sUTi!iarg
of the souihcrn Presbyterian church
This Is an unusual expression o.
. the woman movement Not onl'
was Il Initiated and maintained ~
conservative southern women. but &
wsa also recognition ~ tho par
that the women OF the colored rae
are TO have in the uplift OF their pee
pie.
AS everybody knows. the Negro &
naturally Of religious tempers
ment. One Of the features OF thi
conference vas the singing ever
day. under the leadership OF choI
OF 80 women. OF the old ''naturals.
or plantation melodies, such az.
Lord. I want 20 be Christian
In my heart. IN my heart
Lord want 20 be Christian
In my heart.
In my heart. in my heart
Lord / want 20 he n Christian
In my heart.
The townspeople were admitted
the evening sessions. One who VI
present wrote. In The Christian o
server" OF the especial feeling ~
fervor with which tho delegates sar
again and again. favoriie song.
sYtss me. tee me. q lord
standing IN the need 81 prayer
Z ftrs not nv sister. its me. O Lord
STANDING In the need OF prayer
rto me. It's me. q Lord.
Standing In the need OF prayer
students OF the Negro questis
are a unit In declaring that relisiC
iour, always be a nrst factor in u
uplift Of the race Thus Alabau
lent 20 this meeting q worker. Hs
de- Huckaber. who h employed
eooeA her own seopic better rsys
b )DvnG Her thena every day Of u