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ianager’s Column. MONEY RECEIVED. Fr^ni November 28 to Decem ber 1, 1898. Subscription to Start CJRobinson,King’sMt,N C.$ 1 00 Se^t in by Rev. R. S. Shelton: J SF$rguson,Stoneham,Tex 1 50 Sent in by Dr. J. W. Smith from [the South Carolina Confer ence £ J B Ellis, Lancaster. 1 J M Irvin, Lancaster...... 1 F Killings worth, Chester.. W M Robinson, Rock Hill. M Ingram, Yorkville. W 4 Blackwell, Lan master. S S jiVatson, Fodder. E Morton, Fort Mill. R A McCreary, Baconsville ■S M Barber, Hickory Gr’^ve J J Stratford, Chestor .... RW Miller, Plains 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 R T Terry, Lancaster. 1 00 W M Clark, Chester. O N Dawkins, Pleasant Hill A D Tillman, Cheraw. W III Gilmore, Yorkville. . D E Moore, Smith’s T. O. . S G Mackey, Lancaster.... R H L Crockett, Cheraw.. J W A Blake, Hickory. . . . D Cousar, Lancaster...... R W Wilson, Lancaster.., Miles Barnett, Clay Hill . . J \Y H Jackson, Lancaster. W T Long, Pegues.. G W McDowell, Yorkville. A J Johnson, Lancaster .. . H l£ Edwards, Kershaw.... P T Dunlap, Cheraw. ..... Z Belton, Fort Law a.. 1 W jM Witherspoon, Lan’ter 1 J A Jackson, Yorkville.... 1 W M Jackson, Kershaw. . . T S Barnes, Lancaster. W |M Thompson, Ery Cr’k 1 Johnson House, Chaster... . J >4 Anderson, Rocs Hill.. J II Jackson, Lancaster.. . 1 A C Cureton, Lancaster .. . 1 C 4 King, Yorkvil e. 1 S 0 Smith, Newport ...... YD Harris, Clio.. . [. 1 J A Frazier, Lancaster.... A D Duncan, Lancaster. ... Joseph Stephens, Lancaster H Blake, Chester. ........ 1 M Jones, Smith’s I'. O.. .. Bishop ICClinton,Lancaster 1 J <b Cohen. Miss Lizzie B White, Hot Springs, N. C. 00 60 00 00 00 60 60 60 00 00 00 00 oo 50 00 oo 40 00 00 OO 75 60 00 25 6C 0C oc oc 5C OC 6C 6C 6C 0( 6( 0C 4( 6( M[P Pie, Sandy Cross. t Sent in by Dr. G. L. Blackwel' fri>m South Georgi a Conference : J Dent, DeBruce. 1 0( N IT Tompkins, Macon .... 5( J p Springs, Girard. 6( Samuel Brown, Stanley.... P 0( NjH Hill, Lexington. 1 0( 5( 6( 0( RjS Sing, Social Circle.... 5( R I Apostle, Augusta. 1 0( »T L Tilghman, Augusta ... 6( F[ C Collins, Lexington. 71 Ii C Rolland, Crawford.... M C Martin, Alexander .. . Ef B Cost, Macon.. H Mallony, Augusta.. .. H Hemphill, Washington 1 6( 6( Sent in by Dr. G. L. Blackwel f:jjom Virginia Conference : J J Adams, Petersburg— 1 J W Hood, Berkley...... .. 1 S M G Copeland, Ports’mth 1 M N Levy, Berkl sy. 1 Cj W Winfield, Edenton— M P Hawkins, Edenton.... S P Cooke, Edenlon.* A L Newby, Elizibeth City H B Pettigrew, fidenton . . W L Clayton.. . . M Linyear... i. J Woodhouse... .. P R Anderson N Davis.. A Pindle. J T Lowry.. . 1 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 RACE DISTURBANCES. [continued from first page.] even under Democratic rule there had been some colored officers in Wilmington, and without any fric tion. But so far as we are con cerned ourselves the,root of the evil is the insatiate desire for of fice, regardless of fitness. We are plagued both in Church and State by office-seekers. Everybody seems to want an office, and many do not stop to think whether they have fitness for office or not. I was once offered the position of Collector of Customs at Wilming ton. Of course, I did not accept its, for what do I know about a Collector’s business? All my training and study have been in a different direction. I am sure I am called to preach, and I think I know something about that. I am at home in the pulpit, but in the Custom House I would have been like a cat in a strange garret, as the saying is. And yet there are many seeking such offices who are no more fit for them than I am. No one can complain because the Democratic party prefers that the members of that party should have the offices, but 1 am inclined to believe that the best white men of the State would not, apart from any party considerations, be ne cessarilly opposed to colored men holding office who were entirely qualified by character and intelli gence to do so. I do not know to what extent we shall enjoy the right of the elec tive franchise hereafter; but I , have this to say, that it is indis , pensable on our part to have more , religion in our politics; that is to , say, we must cease following ir , religious, ignorant and immoral ! political leaders. In some places ! we have noticed that the colored , men who help to control the po i litical machinery are not men who command the highest respect, and , the white men with whom they are associated are often little or no better. This class being with out principle, and therefore being » easily influenced by the means > sometimes used by designing pol ► iticians, have played into the 1 hands of that class of white men * who have affiliated with the Re ) publican party for the sake of > > ) ) ) ) ) 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) gam. / Notwithstanding the bitterness of the recent campaign and its re sults, I cannot allow myself to be lieve that the future of my people in this State can be as. dark and dis couraging as some are now pro phesying. The Democratic party is now in full power, and, there fore, can have no need to fear the effect of fair treatment of the colored race.—The Philadelphia Times. Woman’s H. & F. M. Society Mrs. K. P. Hood, President, Fayetteville, N. C. Mrs. R. R. Morrts, Vice-President, Charlotte. N. C. Mrs. 8. E D. Pkttey, Secretary, Newbern, N. C. mm THOUGHTS ON SANCTIFICA TION BY BISHOP C. jRi^HARRIS, D. D. I. SANCTIFICATI&N : THE HIGHER LSFE. A highway shall be there, and a way. It shall he called the way of holiness.— Isa. 35: 8. Religion is a- divine life in the soul of man. Regeneration is the beginning of this life; sanctifica tion is the continuation of it. With respect to this divine life, a sinner may be denominated an un born saint, a back-slider, a lifeless saint—one from whom the divine life has departed.. Of those who are really Christians or saints, some are weak, .others are strong. St. Paul calls *weak Christians, 5abes. Strong Christians he calls, len. St. John speaks of three grades of Christians: little chil dren, young mep and fathers.— (I John 2:12-14. | The question of degrees then has a prominent plape in the doctrine of sanctification Let me illus trate by one of Christ’s parables, that of the “pounds”—(Luke 19: 12-26.) Will tpe reader please turn to the passage here quoted? Reading carefully, we shall see at least four classes of persons repre sented, viz., (L)sinners, or uncon verted persons,* who are called “citizens”; (2) Backsliders, repre sented by the servant who refused to use the nopey given him to trade with; (2)1 £he highest grade of Christians, Represented by the servant whose^pound had gained ten pounds; (4) medium Chris tians, represented by the servant who, with his one pound had made five more. Eiight of the servants represent5 Christians who were more or less, perfect, while the first represents the perfect Chris So in the parable of the sower —(Mark 4:3hfo.) The wayside hearers are unconverted persons; the stony-grfund and thorny ground hearers are backsliders; while three grades of Christians are represented by the produce respectively of. thirty-fold, sixty fold and a" huf&red-fold. The en ergy of di'idre life, represented by the good seed is the same in all, but its development and produc tiveness vary according to the character and disposition of those in whose hearfs the divine life is implanted. . i\ Let us lock^at Isa. 35:8. This occurs in a highly figurative pas sage, but, astelsewhere, the fig ures set forth* real truths. The highway, doubtless refers to the roads constructed through a coun try by authority of the king, for the easier ar d rapid transportation of his troops* The literal truth seems to be that. Christ has come to this world to be a Way where by men can get from earth to heaven. In John’s gospel(14:6)our Lordde= dares that He is the Way. He is also the Dooa by which if any mac enter tho pasture he shall be saved.—(John 10:9.) Now Christ is not only the Way. He is also a ^highway. The roat is elevated, a highway cast up (Isa. 62:10) and upon it is a path or waj higher than the rest of the road, ho »et upon the way, may, little more exertion get intc her way which lies in oi of Holiness whicl upon the Way is Christ. Holiness is the perfec tion of God’s attributes. It rep resents God Himself—the entir< 0 M Deity. Whoever comes to Christ, the Way, comes to holiness. He who walks in Christ the Way,lives a holy liie. Hence all Christians are holy, if Christians at all. But there are degrees of holi ness. Tie highway, then, may designate the state of those * per sons who have not only become holy by coming to Christ, but are holier than many others who are walking in Him. They are living a higher life—a life more full of unselfish, devoted service, of deep er and more constant faith, which are the result of a more complete consecration to Christ. The high way represents the life of perfect Christians or of those most nearly approaching that state ; while the way represents the life of ordinary Christians—the less holy ones. It is it matter of common expe rience that some Christians are much better Christians than others who are truly converted. Some whose vrhole course of life is much more consistent, truer to the vows made at their conversion than oth ers. Their lives are full of hope fulness and joy and peace. They exemplify the prophet’s declara tion, “Thou wilt keep him in per fect peice whose mind is stayed on thee.” While others who are converted and are trying to live up to their vows, are frequently falling—having downfalls and up risings—because they have not been sc filled with the divine life, the Christ-life of holiness. [to be continued.] Saliibury, JV. C. de;ar bishop Harris. [continued from first page.] made a name for his race before the ‘‘Afro-American,” “Negroid” or any other kind of hybrid was strong enough to breed discord or bold enough to attempt to destroy the race, without which they would have been impossible. 1 an satisfied with the term “Negro,” and all that it stands for, all that it is, and all that it hopes to be. The Negro race has a place in the h story of the great races of mankind ; and as it develops in civilization, irr learning, and in the arts and sciences, it will carve its name among ahe foremost races of the earth. Many of us will live to see tha day when the term “Ne gro,” of which so many cowardly Negroes are ashamed, will be one of the proudest titles borne by the people of any race under the cano py of heaven. In the providenc’e of God the Negro race will rise with healing in its wings and no power on earth can prevent it. “The meek shall inherit the earth,” saith David. And God knows the Negro is meek enough to inherit not only the earth, but everything on it. I am, dear Bishop, Your Negro friend, Bruce-Grit. LITERARY NOTE. “ PARADISE LOST.” Thousands have read this changing production of Milton’s, but there are thousands of others, of our subscribers, too, * bo have not been able to purchase a copy because of the high price charged. Hurst & Co., 135 Grand St., . New York, have gotten out an edition of “Paradise Lost” just to meet this popular demand, and they are offering the book in convenient size to carry in » the pDcket, strongly bound in cloth, • with clear print at the extremely low [ price of 35 cents. We have a copy be fore us, and assure you it is just as rep resen tea. Think of it: “Paradise Lost” for 35 cents. Write the publishers at ' once for a copy. I EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO. A Great Wave of Enthusiasm Among the Race for Higher Branches. Despite the wicked and futile efforts to keep the Negro down he is rising, educationally. The resent report of the United States bureau of education says the school population of the Negro raoe, embracing persons from five to eighteen years, is about 8,100,000; and of this number 50 per cent, are en* rolled in the schools and are taught by 26,570 Negro teachers. There are near* ly 200 Negro collegiate and university schools with an enrollment of 33*000 students pursuing courses of study ranging from elementary to university courses. Of this number 5,940 are studying to be teachers, 25 to be nurses, 1,067 studying the learned professions, and 8,605 are in the industrial depart* ments. The attendance in these higher and better schools hie increased 172 per cent, during the past fifteen years. North Carolina and Georgia are in the lead of the other States in the number of higher institutions of learning for the Negro, the former having 26 and the latter 22. The Negro denomina tions have been the chief builders of the higher institutions in the South. This last statement in indeed a great compliment to the liberality and sacri* ficea made by Negro ministers and members to establish find build-up in stitutions of learning lor the race. No race that will educate can be kept down. —Star of Zion. liu IUIUIC III /<.IIICIIld. Bishop H. M. Turner, of the A. M. E. Churcn, says the Negro has no future in this country, and that the best thing he can do is to call a great national convention and ask the United States Congress for $100,00U, 000 to meet the expense of starting a line of steam' ers between this country and Africa so that the black race can go to Africa. Ee says this country owes the Negro forty billions of dollars for 246 years’ of hard labor. He says he is going to call a convention in the nsxt three or six months. Bishop W. J. Gaines, of the A. M. E._ Church, says: “I confess that for the first time in my life, I am beginning to despair of race harmony in this country. In my book reoently published on the ‘Negro and the White Man,’I oppose emigration for every reason except one. I say in that book that when it shall appear that the white people in this country do not desire the Negro’s presence here, that when they cease to treat him with fairness ana justice. Then it will be time for the Negro to emigrate. A hull Fledged Citizen. The colored man is a full fledged oil" izen of the United States. We can not banish him. We can not colonize him against his will. We can not deprive him of any of his rights on the ground simply of his color. None of these propositions should be entertained in considering the race problem. What is the ub6 to waste time over that which is impossible? Bather let the colored man and tho white man adopt the golden rule as quickly as it can be done. If the races could not live to* gether in peace there would be no help for them. But they do live in peaoe, and race conflicts are the exception and not the rule.—Galveston News. Resolutions Against Race Disturbances. At a mass-meeting of negro citizens of Omaha, Neb., the recent disturb ances in the Carolines were “consid ered. ” .After the matter had been dis cussed at length, a committee reported a lengthy preamble and resolutions, which were adopted. The resolutions condemn the “criminal collusion of Governors and State authorities in those communities where the outrages occurred. ” '1 hey' call on the President to afford protection to Negroes “with military force, if necessary,” and call on the Negroes to petition Congress to enact suoh legislation as will “prevent a recurrence of suoh outbreaks. ” Afro-American Council. Bishop Walters, President of the National Afro-American Coanoil, has issued a oall for a general meeting of all persons who are interested in the success of the Council to meet in Washington, - D. C., December 29th, next. This is to be no political gather* ing. Those who meet will meet for the purpose of considering things that pertain to the moral, material, and best interests of the race. It should be largely atter ded. No Race Problem. Industrially speaking, the South should proceed with the race problem in such a './ay as t.o have the benefit of the labor of the Colored man. When one comes down to hard pan, what would the white men and the oolored men in the South do without eaoh other in ag ricultural pursuits'* If there were a plain business understanding all around and the pestiferous politician could be muzzled by both sides to the understanding, ten to one in a few years a person couldn’t find a race problem without a telescope lens.— Galveston News. Rev. M. L. Blalock, pastor of St. Luke A. M. E. Zion Church, Wilmington, N. C-, passed through the citv enroute to Washington, D. C.—Norfolk ( Va.) Daily Recorder.
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