The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-20
INTER-RACIAL PEACE
PROGRESS NARRATED
BY HALLE LINN HILL

"A Way to Inter-Racial Peace" was
the subject which Mrs. Halle Linn
Hill, lecturer of New York, chose for
the first of her three lectures, Friday,
the closing day of the School of Mis-
sions, which has been held at the
First Presbyterian church since Tues
day under the direction of the Feder.
alton of Missionary socfties.
Mrs. Hill based her talk around
How TO Build the Road for Inter
Racial Peace" She said: First, Co
operation is needed. Second, co-ordi-
mating racial activities. Both methods
have been successfully tried in many
of the successful cities such as Atlanta
and Nashville"
"As a result of cooperation In At.
lanta, during the war and following
the armistice, there was formed what
has since become the great commits
sion on inter-racial cooperation. This
commission has been largely financed
from funds of the war work council
of the Y. NJ. c. A. The purpose OF
the commission is to establish just en-
forcement of law, thereby, doing away
with mob violence and lynching and
also for constructive planning for
civic betterment to which both races
will contribute throughout the south.
Organize Committees.
"lnter-racial committees have been
organized in 700 cities and counties in
IL southern states. The movement
has the endorsement of an the COVER
nors of the southern states and all
church organizations"
Mrs. Hill described the largest Bap-
tist church in the United States, which
Is the Negro Olivet Baptist church, of
Chicago. This church has over 10000
members. The following are q few
statistics in regard to this large
church:
The Olivet Christian center has "a
paid workers: two foreign mission
aries; five students maintained in
theological schools, three Sunday
morning overflow services; children's
church; day nursery; free hndergar-
ten; free labor bureau; health bu-
reau; IA women's circles; pastors aid
and missionary; five regular choirs;
community sing association; brother
hood and sisterhood; boys industrial
club; community flat owning associa-
ton; daily vacation Bible school, en-
rolling $50; S11, 900 contributed during
1921 to needy churches in Chicago;
total disbursements during 1920, $S7,-
1852; value of church properties and
furnishings, $294,255.59.
India Develops Citizens
Mrs. Hills subject for her second
afternoon talk was "The Day of OPP
portunity in India" She said: "Re-
markable men and women have been
developed in India. Sahu Sundar
Singh was in this country to give ad-
dresses and to find if Christianity had
been dying out in America, as he had
been told in India. He appeared at
Silver Bay, N. Y, before the Y. NJ. c. |
A. student conference.
Mr. Singh is son of exceedingly /
wealthy parents, but he renounced his |
wealth and took the vow of poverty. |
He spends his time travelling and
preaching the Word Of God.
THE most notable woman Christian
in all India was Pandita Ramabai, |
who died about six months ago. She
travelled in the United States in 1886
and obtained financial assistance here
for establishing a school in India for
high cast Brahman girls. Later she
founded a great institution for indus
trial training and social welfare work
at Mukti. There are today over 1000
orphan girls in this institution being
trained to earn their living and make
their lives useful
Christians Increasing
"A significant movement now in In
dia is the church union. Congrega-
tionalists and Presbyterians in all
south India have united to form the
South India United Church" A
has been made by the |
Church of England to unite with this |
great union church on the basis of |
constitutional episcopacy. This is a
great step in advance for such a con-
servative organization. In all these |
plans the Christian Indians serve on
the reorganization committees There |
are how nearly 100000 Christians in
India"
Mrs. Hill will give a stereopticon
lecture on Latin America" This /
will be her final lecture.