Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-03-01
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Gated. are we to ignore and despise him
nv withholding funds for his upllr,
Yet how common it is to hear even III
this enlightened time that to educate
A good niger is to ruin him." The
educated Negro need ask no odds OF
any educated white man.
James Russell Lowell said, .'When
the moral vision of a man becomes pei
verified enough to persuade him that ne
is superior to his fellow, he is in real-
itv looking up to him from an unmeas
urable distance beneath. We oil the
south. which we love with our whole
hearts because its home, have been
brought up i'll an atmosphere fostering
8 most narrow and un-Christian attl-
tude to our neighbor;. the Negro. Whet
is the feeling among the mass OF the
people when the all-too-common news
of a lynching is received? Haven 20"
heard it over and over again G0su'
that's another black devil gone, would
TO God they'd kill 'em all" Tire speak
or NAV mean that or he may not De
mentally responsible for such remarks
Int never the less it sounds like what
\. sherman said about war.
.Iynching is the black spot on the
American Soul" So long as America
holds her record for illegal taking OF
life. so long as the head lines OF Foi
eign newspapers bear the letters
america burns another Negro, Just
so long will her shame be Worldwide
The work of Missions has beer
thrown back years by this scourge OF
orr prided civilization. Our mission
aries report distinct check in the
progress of their task Of carrying the
message of Peace and one more arrow
is slipped into the culver of the agnos-
tic and thinking non Christian nature.
<'The Orientals look at America IN
pity" SAYS DIR. Sou, Professor of so
GEOLOGY in the University at Shanghal
China, struggling between the Love
of Man and Prejudice"
For the past 40 years the average
lvnchings have been 100 per yecr, more
than 2 per week ranging from 257 IN
1892 to 81 in 1922 All but 5 states haV
ing a share in the dark list This back
stain is being removed by strict law
enforcement and education. In 1871
or'y 13 states reported lynchings anc
1922 10. Some states showed drop Of
from to 2 killings and others similar
". Tennessee averaging each year
for 10 years shows only . in the past
a years. Virginia, God bless her n. Q.
NJ ssouri. and Kentucky with an aver
age of 2 to 5 each year years prev
ious, had not a single lynching in
1922. The Inter-racial Commission
having representatives in each state
has done much to bring about more
humane treatment of the Negro in the
South. and to negotiate more mutual
relations between the two races.
Report of Women members of 1. r.
c.. Texas and Georgia.
So nv friends, | have an idea II,
the hind part of my Uranium that this
old world isn't as bad off as it once
was, but it's a far worse place than IL
should be if every Christian were func
tioning properly.
Do we do our duty to the 'darkfe.
who for years and years bias nursed
our Southern children, worked and
labored in shaving for our profit when
we hold unjust and discrimination IN
law court. in politics and in everyday
living. The sane and educated Negro
does not want social equality in the
we usually think Of social equal
ity. They do not want intermarr'ase
or social mingling any more than does
the average American white man
wants it. They have race pride rs we'll
as we. They want racial purity as
much as we want it, There are both
sides to the question and to form ar
unbiased opinion either way requires 4
thorough study of the matter on both
sides.
Every race has it's own contribution
TO make to our growing Christianity
Our God is living God and the spirit
of God dwelled in us and in the Negro.
We expect to live together with them
in the place the Master has prepared.
Can we conceive of race friction there
No. the elements of friction and clash
will have been eliminated ere we az
rive, else we don't arrive. How about
it?
But our present problem is to live
in harmony with the Negro who has
found himself among us. To solvethis
PRESTON would give the solution to
Japanese and Chinese problems and to
the immigrant problem and to the
friction between Jews and Professionals
and the trouble just now arising again
among the American Indians ana the
present possessors Of the land.
Jesus way Of solving the race prob
lem in His land and His time. when
profound hatred and bitterness and
degradation marked the lot Of the
Samaritans was first to eliminate all
social barriers and guiding, yet mis-
guiding loud marks of national feel
ing. His meeting and conversation
with the Samaritan women at Jacobs
we'll was as that Of brother to sister.
From that simple conversation
sprung the new birth Of blighted
soul And today the same principle
must be followed. You remember that
sweet story of the Parable Of the Good
Samaritan and his sharp distinction
between the good and the worldly
good. The Masters idea of neighbor in
cluded everyone that offered kind
word or helping hand regardless Of
creed, color or distinction.
Let us in our every walk of daily
life continually ask ourselves, what
would Jesus do? What would Jesus
say? What would Jesus have me do in
regard to this matter? In this will we
find solution to every problem,
panacea for every social and racial i'll.