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Cooperative missionary

^Industrial and educational*

Crusade for tbe masses

Cbe Rope of tbe Colored Race in America

BY

Rev. L. T. CHRISTMAS General Secretary ar)d Organizer for t^e United States

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

A. D. 1899

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GOD’S OWN WAY

THE NATION'S PATH OF GLORY AND A STAR OF

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WALK IN ITS LIGHT

Presses of Edwards & Broughton, Raleigh, N. C.

1900

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1900,

By Rev. R T. CHRISTMAS,

in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

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INTRODUCTORY.

THE KEY.

In the name of God and in the light of permanent, conscientious convictions, this Missionary Pamphlet, with an humble how. makes its advent into the world of thought and discussion, with no literary arrogancy nor vain assumption, desiring to serve along the line of its own mission, as a mere hint to an indispensable and common sense cooperative movement and system of education for the all-round salvation of the colored race in America, with no dictatorial spirit nor prejudicial in¬ tent, but braced and stimulated by the strong and un¬ biased breezes of pure love for God and man; and asks to be received with reason and favor only upon condi¬ tion that it proves helpful to man.

It has long appeared to the writer that while our pres¬ ent church and educational forces have wrought splen¬ did results and are still doing a grand work, that there are, nevertheless, dire and. alarming needs everywhere prevalent among the masses that are not very percep¬ tibly being remedied by present operations along moral, religious, industrial and educational lines in general. This plan hopes to fill these long-felt needs among the colored people, by the united support of our own people, and encouragement from many of the good and grand white men and women of this country, in whose hearts is the love of God for every brother, be he white or black.

With this support, if it does not realize these antici¬ pations as a remedy, then this plan or volume does not wish to live; but, Jf it does prove the remedy, it ought to live; and without a personal solicitation for your friendship and cooperation for it, most assuredly that will be forthcoming from every true man and citizen.

This “plan" asks only for a living chance and fair trial; and under God, we believe it will stand up in the experience of the nation as the much-needed remedy that has been sought for three decades, for the favorable adjustment of the many peculiar difficulties confront-

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-mg the colored race, and for their deliverance from the clutches of superstition, extravagance, irresponsiveness, ignorance and wrong views of their duty, life and environment.

But, before prescribing the remedy, let us take a brief diagnosis of the case: Therefore, let's question the k-patient,(the race), in the following prefaced form:

The moral fiber and calibre of character constitute the essential basic principle upon which the superstructure of a substantial and aggressive Christian civilization must be built, to survive the wear and friction of the revolutionary upheavals of the ages, and serve as a ref¬ uge to its citizens.

Moral defectiveness, either their own or others, ties at the bottom of most of the difficulties that annov and

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inconvenience the colored people, to the frequent disgust and disgrace of the very name of a Christian civiliza¬ tion. And there is no hope of correction, without a proper moral suasion in the character of the sentiment of the people. And no race is suffering so seriously in this direction as the colored people. And we are more interested in the remedy than the cause, except as a reference to the cause may aid the remedy. Now, the most potent factors in this needful reformation are the Home, School-room and Church. Make these what thev ought to be, and the evil is at once remedied. But the church, (or pulpit), and the school-room will be fatally handicapped and thwarted unless the home is what it should be. For no race can rise above their homes any more than water can rise above its level. Therefore, the homes of a race are its true index, both as to its present status and future prospects.

Then what is the real condition of the homes of the masses of the colored people ?

1. As to the executive ability that presides there? 2. As to method and system ? 3. As to cleanliness; in‘thought, speech, conduct,

general surroundings, and of person? 4. As to industry, thrift and business habits ? 5. As to ordinary courtesy, grace, dignity, culture

and refinement ? 6. As to beauty, attractiveness, cheerfulness, whole¬

some amusements and uplifting social influences?

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7. As to reading and discussing helpful subjects ? 8. As t o the standard of manhood, womanhood and

citizenship ? 9. As to virtue, integrity and honesty? 10. As to the laws of health ? 11. As to the economic rules and regulations? 12. As to genuine Christianity and the laws of God ? 13. As to the mission and purpose of one’s being, the

necessary preparation for it, and individual responsi bill tv ?

Let us eliminate all bias and partiality, and in the light of truth and observation, answer the foregoing questions; and this will reveal the nature of the case in hand. And there is no guide so true and which so fully shows the condition of the patient as his own symptoms and declarations.

According to the true answers to these interrogations, of according to our symptoms, we are very bad off 1

We are not speaking of the well ones, nor of individ rials, but as a race. We are not trying to medicate ivell people, but those that are sick. They need a physician.

Happily, many of these homes are as a beautiful oasis and even paradisaic, whose inmates live and move in the best thoughts, the holiest ambition and nobility of soul; walking and talking with God and daily doing His will; but we are discussing the majority of the homes.

Going further with the examination of the ^patient’’: What is the real pulpit status ? Intellectually, morally, in refinement and Christian gentlemanship ? Certainly an encouraging number of the pulpits, are graced with strong, broad, consecrated, refined Christian gentlemen, whose mere touch is life and a blessing to their flocks. But, what is true of a large number of pulpits? The true, candid answer, reveals an alarming state of affairs.

Again, what is the situation as to the school-room f We admit that in hundreds of instances the entire school is illumined with brilliant lights of learning, of moral integrity, polished speech, dignified bearing, cultured demeanor and literary charms, whose rare attainments are wholly on the altar of service for the highest possible degree of success for their pupils. Indeed, the atmos¬ phere that envelopes these instructors is charged with electricity generated by a vigorous grappling of thoughts

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with the latest and most improved scientific methods, whose contact is at once recognizable by a sharpened intellect, and is by that contact electrified until it mounts the flights of endless expansiveness of research, forcing its way into minute details sublimely beautiful. This is the quickening influence that arouses the dormant powers of the student, elevates his mental horizon and lifts him where he can see the sun of intelligence shin¬ ing in full glory aud shedding light ou every path of duty and giving inspiration to walk therein.

This is where manhood or womanhood plants itself, subject to the behests of loyalty and duty, until in the light of a higher order and which is divine, it quits these mundane shores and goes to tramp eternally the shining way of heavenly splendor.

Teachers of this class are a great blessing to the race and the world, and can never be too highly honored nor compensated for their redemptatory labors.

But how is it with many of our schools and teachers ? Is there not an awful state of apathy and stupidity and a conglomeration of ideas and want of adaptation and efficiency ? Do the pupils get the real practical and common sense side or view of the problem of life ? And will they not fail, and do they not fail because the}^ do not get this ? But no remedy, be it ever so efficacious, can cure without the application of that remedy. There¬ fore the application is indispensable.

Do We WANT the Remedy?

In some cases the patient can recover without the use of the physician’s medicines, (and that is risky), but in this case in hand the faithful and timely application of the remedy is the only hope; and if not taken, the “patient,” yea, the race, must die, will die; is dying!

Then let it be studied and accurately and speedily ap¬ plied.

Only Remedy.

From a theoretical as well as from an experimental standpoint, all safe remedies must be in keeping with certain fixed lawrs and scientific principles, tested by proper medical authority; and these laws and principles in all their bearings and relations to each other, as well

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as the patient himself, and the medicines iri all their conditions, stages and details must be understood. This is equally true with reference to the “remedy” for the relief of the colored race, or any race.

We bring a “remedy” from the Great Physician of physicians; the highest authority and the only infalli¬ ble, God, Himself, in keeping with the rules laid down by Him; and His way can not he improved upon nor amended-. He has fixed the way of success for all his creatures, in all needful ways, and there are no excep¬ tions. And hence it is simply a matter of getting into ‘"this way” and going forward. To accept it, means inevitable success; to reject it, means inevitable failure.

But sin and ignorance have blinded the eyes, and man in his blindness is stumbling about in violation of the laws of success and nature; and the result is, failure.

Only One Hope.

There is only one hope; and that is, the opening of the eyes to the way prepared by God, and then to get into that way and travel. And this is the real mission of this “plan” and * "pamphlet11; the opening of the eyes in every way, and getting the colored race on the proper track of life—or it can not have success.

Many medicines are stimulating for awhile, and tickle the patient with a fanciful imagination that he is bet¬ ter, when, in fact, he is worse, and his system poisoned and only made mere difficult to a permanent cure.

The colored people have been humbugged by all kinds of quackery, nostrums, and tickled with various phan¬ toms of prosperity and success; but these things and various foolish schemes have only poisoned their ideas and largely destroyed their relish for sensible and whole¬ some advice, and in many cases put them out of the reach of the arm of moral and industrial salvation.

There is no such thing as a redemption of the race on the “mushroom orderf’ and outside of the channels established by God. The only way laid down by Him by which a man shall obtain a livelihood and build up his material welfare, is not by scheming, gambling, for¬ tune telling, defrauding, nor by fortune dropped down from heaven unearned; but by earnest and constant en-

deavor and a proper management of one’s affairs accord¬ ing to laws of frugality. It is not good luck; it is good pluck mixed with good sense! Luck is the lazy man's hope.

God has provided a way for everything to live that He has made, in all the different elements, in the ani¬ mal, vegetable and spiritual kingdoms. When He pro¬ vided for the elephant, He did not forget the ant; when He provided for the whale, He remembered the min¬ now; when He provided for the lofty eagle sweeping over the high cliffs of the mountains, He saw the needs of the oyster in his house, secluded in the mud in the bottom of the seas. And when He provided for the Anglo-Saxon race. He did not forget the Anglo-African (or Negro race). Nay! Fie has made full and ample pro¬ vision for all races.

Many theories have been suggested for the adjust¬ ment of the racial difficulties in this country and the salvation of the colored race; but none of them seem practicable and feasible to the writer.

For example, “the emigration of the race to Africa, Oklahoma, Cuba,’1 etc. This is not only a violation of the principles of political science and civilization, but as Dr. Edwards, of South Boston, says, “it is a moral and physical impossibility/’ The hope of the race is not in Africa, is not in Cuba, is not in Oklahoma, is not in the North nor in the South; it is not in the Re¬ publican Party, is not in the Democratic Party, nor in any party, nor in politics; but in the Negro himself.

The question is, not where to carry the Negro, not what must be done with him: but what will the Negro do with himself f What will he do for himself? Will he build up and construct his moral, religious, indus¬ trial and material welfare and make himself a potent factor in the great, interests of this grand country, so full of opportunity for anyone who has in him the stuff to rise over every obstacle and make a mark that shall win recognition as others have won it ? Will he apply the remedy for his redemption of soul, conscience, body and mind ? The entire matter rests upon this point. And this pivot is grounded in the option or the Negro. He must choose for himself. May God bless these plain

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facts and message for the good of our poor and needy people, is our earnest prayer.

Yours, “ in His name, ” for the full salvation of all the races for Christ,

L. T. Christmas.

1. THE REMEDY.

The Establishment of “Cooperative, Missionary, Indus¬ trial and Educational Crusade Associations.

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II. Object.

The Symmetrical Elevation of the Masses.

III. Plan of Operation.

Let every church of all the denominations organize a “Crusade Association, “ to be run unde]- its own auspi¬ ces, under the guide of the pastor or his vice, with its own local officers and committees, elected by the Asso- elation. And through the Association a regular course of instruction, herein set forth, is to be given to the people in the community in which the Association is located in manner hereinafter provided.

IV. Plan of Organization.

Officers.—President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Re¬ cording and Corresponding Secretaries.

Committees.—(1) Missionary Committee; (2) On Pro¬ gramme; (3) On Sick Members; (4) On Indifferent Mem¬ bers; (5) On Ways and Means.

Duties —1. Of Officers. They shall be the same as those common in parliamentary law; and the Associa¬ tion may adopt an v parliamentary guide it wishes.

2. Of Committees. (1) Committee on Programme shall provide a,programme for each and every session, choosing the subject or subjects, select the instructors and participants from time to time, announcing and posting same on bulletin-board at least one week prior to the time the programme is to be rendered.

(2) The Missionary Committee shall by personal con¬ tract and effort create an interest among the masses, in

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their homes, on the streets, in the hedges and highways and in all places, and to secure their attendance upon the sessions; and may have power to appoint sub-commit- tees as auxiliaries to their work.

(3) Committee on the Sick shall at all times, keep the Association posted as to its sick members and their con¬ dition.

(4) The Committee on Indifferent Members shall look into causes of inactivity, remove the same if possible and report results to the Association.

(5) The Committee on Ways and Means shall arrange and plan methods and devices for raising all necessary funds for the execution of the objects and work of the organization.

Number on Each Committee.—It shall be discretion ai-y with the Association as to how many shall consti¬ tute each committee.

All reports subject to Association: All reports of committees shall be submitted to the

body for adoption or rejection. All committees shall report monthly at the last ses¬

sion of each month, and also other reports at the re¬ quest of the Association.

Membership.—Any person can become a member of the Association by pledging him or herself to faithfully cooperate with the Association in all its objects, re¬ quirements and course of instruction, and by a major¬ ity vote of the body.

Expulsion of Members.—Any member may be ex¬ pelled by a majority vote of the organization for such violations or offenses as it sees proper.

Number of Sessions.—There shall be at least one ses¬ sion each week, when instruction shall be given on the different questions herein mentioned, and others if nec¬ essary.

* Anyone may attend these sessions, whether a mem¬ ber or not, except in cas<^s where the Association sees fit to hold a private session.

Juvenile Department—There may be a Juvenile De¬ partment to meet one or more afternoons or evenings of each week, according to circumstances.

* Provided they pay the required five rents per month for the Gen¬ eral Work.

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Parents' Session.—There shall be special sessions for parents only.

JOINT ASSOCIATIONS.

The various local Associations shall form a joint or union crusade, embracing all the Associations in the community and shall convene in joint session as often as they may decide to carry out a programme on the same subjects of high and extraordinary interest, crea¬ ting sentiment and enthusiasm for the cause.

Joint Committees, Officers and Dufies.—There shall be a Joint Committee, composed of five persons from each local Association, who shall from time to time arrange a programme and provide a place for all joint sessions.

The joint officers shall be a President, Vice-Presi¬ dents (as many Vice-Presidents as there are pastors rep¬ resented), Treasurer, Recording and Corresponding Sec¬ retaries; all of whom shall be elected by the joint Asso¬ ciation except the Vice-Presidents, who shall be the pastors of the different churches under which the local Associations operate.

Time of Election.—All officers and committees of both the joint and local Associations shall be elected semi¬ annually.

Financial Regulation.—Each Association, both local and joint, shall have full control of their financial plans, in collecting funds and disbursing the same.

The duties of the Treasurer and Recording Secretary shall be the same as those common in parliamentary usage.

The Corresponding Secretary shall correspond with the local bodies in every necessary way for the joint body; and shall keep a record of all proceedings, and shall correspond with the General Secretary at head¬ quarters, giving all information and statistics of the work of his body the first of each month.

* Support for General Work.—Each member of each Association is required to pay five cents per month for the

* As soon as a sufficient fund shall have been raised, our missionary forces will be increased on the field, until this -‘Crusade Movement ” is everywhere rooted in the hearts of the people to grow and bear fruit forever.

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support of the general work. This is to be sent to the General Treasurer at headquarters, through the Asso¬ ciation, monthly.

Y. Course of Study and Instruction.

Fountain Head Topic—The Home—detailed as follows: 1. Its origin. 2. Its purpose. 8. First government, the source of all others:

(1) The decalogue, its full code. (2) Its kings and queens, husbands and wives. (3) Their chart and guide, the Bible.

(1) Their relations: (a) To Christ, (b) To each other, (c) To their children, (d) To the home, church and State.

4. Their courtship; what it is and its import. 5. Selection of nuptial partners for life; howr, whom

and when. ^ 6. Marriage, what, when, where, whom and object. T. Duties of husbands and wives: (1) To each other. In regard to love, respect, full

understanding, agreement, cooperation, patience, ap¬ preciation, pleasantness, confidence, ‘Hair tote,” sym¬ pathy and unity.

(2) To their children: (a) In their proper training and development: (1) Physically; (2) Morally; (3) Religiously; (4) In¬

tellectually; (5) Industrially; (6) General discipline and good behaviour.

(b) House-keeping : . 1. Selection and care of household goods: (1) How to select; (2) How to clean, (a) Cooking

outfits and stoves; '(b) Crockery; (c) Cutlery; (d) Gold, brass, silver and other ware; (e) Furniture of all kinds and grades; (/) Carpets; (g) Curtains, silk, lace and all styles; (h) Pictures and frames; (i) Clothing, ladies and gents, all colors, grades and varieties.

2. Taste, order and arrangement of all furniture, car¬ pets, rugs, pictures, ornaments and pieces of all classes in all departments of the house; in kitchen, dining¬ room, bed-room, sick-room, library, nursery, hails, pan- tries, wardrobes, parlors and bath-room (with proper knowledge of soaps, towels, sponges, brushes, tempera¬ ture of water, and room); how to medicate water for different baths and how to apply, frequency, etc.

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3. Repairing contents in all departments. 4. Scrubbing and general house cleaning all the way

from the kitchen steps to parlor—mantel and attic. 5. Cooking: (1) What, for sick or well; (2) How, in

relation to all articles of diet; (3) Who should cook; (4) When and where; (There are, it is said, five hundred ways to prepare cornbread) (6) Nature of perishables; fresh and spoiled; howto detect, and the effect; (T) De¬ tection of adulterations in food; (8) The proper quan¬ tity of food, quality, variety, mastication, digestion, as¬ similation, and effect; on brain, mind, muscle, bone, tissue and blood.

6. Clothing: W7hat to wear and how to select; cot¬ ton or woolen (how to*detect): dry clothing; its impor¬ tance; most favorable weight, color, quality, quantity; how to purchase (when and where), repairing, remod¬ elling and renovating, etc.

7. Washing and Ironing: (1) When; (2) How (woolen goods or delicate colors, and how to dry same); best and cheapest way to wash all washables.

8. How to make soaps and starches, and how to put on light or heavy gloss finish.

9. Sewing: Making garments for males and females. 10. Knitting, quilting, fancy work. 11. Drawing and painting.

VI. Home Relations.

Socially, Morally, Racially, Religiously, and in General.

VII. Etiquette.

1. Home: (1) Between husband and wife; (2; Be¬ tween the children; in all departments of the home, ana in receiving, entertaining, and in taking leave of com¬ pany.

2. At church and school and all public places and thoroughfares.

VIII. Amusements.

What kind, when, where, what extent.

IX. Observation and Development of the Chil¬

dren’s Gifts and Talents.

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X. Care of Yards.

Beautifying, back and front.

XI. SCHOOL MODELS.

(1) Superintendents; (2) Examiners; (3) Boards; (4) Principals; (5) Teachers; (6) Patrons; (7) Pupils; (8) Buildings, Rooms, Apparatus; (9) Location and Grounds Beautified; (10) Rules and Regulations, Discipline, etc.. Sanitary Management.

XII. POULTRY YARDS.

Special Care of Fowls, Value, Nature, Food, Best Results and How to Preserve their Health.

XIII. TRADES FOR BOA'S AND GIRLS.

XIV. AGRICULTURE.

1. A Knowledge of the soil; how to care for it and improve it.

2. Raising compost and fertilizers, and their adapta¬ tion to soil.

3. How to secure best yields of all crops. 4. Importance of variety crops. 5. Best methods of cultivating and harvesting all crops. 6. Raising, preserving and disposing of timber-trees. 7. Orchards and ATneyards.

XV. BEAUTY OF COUNTRY LIFE.

1. Its advantages and independence: (1) For muscle; (2) Brain; (3) Health; (4) Nerve; (5) Morality; (6) In¬ dustry; (7) General thrift; (8) Strong characters; (9) Religion; (10) Art; and (IF) Science.

Favorable Birth Place —From it have come the most noted poets, the greatest warriors, the wisest states¬ men, most useful inventors, the grandest reformers, the most eminent physicians, the most distinguished jurists, the most profound theologians and the most learned philosophers.

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XVI. Stock Raising.

Mules, Horses, Cows, Goats. Sheep, Hogs, etc.—Im¬ proved Stock: Advantages—Care of Stock—Growth, Health arid Increase—Securing Best Values.

XVII. Skilled Labor. 9

Its Importance and Progress—How it is Driving Un¬ skilled Labor to the Wall—Is Destined to Drive the Colored Race from every Mode of Employment, unless they Become Skilled.

XVIII. The Necessity of the Negro Becoming a

Producer as well as a Consumer.

XIX. Laws of Health—Hygiene, Physiology and

Anatomy.

XX. Disinfectants, their Nature, LTse and Benefit.

XXL Remedies in Emergency; Injuries to Person.

XXII. Ventilation—Importance—In Home, Church

and School.

XXIII. Contagious Diseases, and How to Prevent

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XXIV.« Family Antidotes.

XXV. The Sphere and Mission of the Church.

(1) Religiously; (2) Morally; (3) Industrially; (4) So¬ cially; (5) Intellectually; (6) Politically; (7) Materi¬ ally; (8) Ethically. Among all races in all lands.

The Churches’ Great Factors: 1. The Pulpit:

(1) Its Qualifications. (2) Its Sphere and Duties.

2. The Pew or Laity: Q) Its Qualifications. (2) Its Sphere and Mission.

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XXVI. Business Regulations.

(1) Investments; (2) Contracts; (3) Notes, with and without seal; (4) Bonds; (5) Mortgages (first and second), recording and effect of foreclosure, etc; (6) Stocks; (7) Brokerage and Commission; (8) Discount; (9) Percentage; (10) Banking; (11) Currency; (12) Deeds; (13) Wills; (14) International currency regu¬ lations; (15) Mints; (16) Bullion; (17) Various mone¬ tary terms and questions; (18) Copartnership; (19) Assignments; (20) Homestead; (21) Execution sales; (22) Court costs; (23) Insurance; (24) Bids and appli¬ cations for United States service of any nature; (25) Taxes; (26) Receipts, their value; (27) Indictments; (28) Purchasing property with clear title, and other business questions that may he suggested.

XXVII. Practical Principles of Economics.

XXVIII. Political Economy.

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Citizenship—Its Powers and Purpose.

XXIX. Various Governmental Functions and

Powers.

(1) Legislation; (2) Judicial; (3) Executive. Their Ori¬ gin, Spheres and Authority.

XXX. The Cultivation of Patriotism Necessary.

For What Purpose and to What Extent—Its Value.

XXXI. Reciprocal International Relations in

General.

XXXII. THE RACES.

Their Duties, Spheres, Relations, Mission and Harmony.

A prudent and conservative cultivation of the friend¬ ship of the races of high importance, in home, church and State.

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The Only Hope of the Race.—Is a thorough identity with living issues, right principles and the best people tor the moral and material welfare of the county and State, regardless to race and even to the subordination of parties and political alliances.

Stick to Sense and the Right!—These have no color! And no color has sense.

What the Negro masses want is sense, whether it comes from a black man or a white man! It makes no difference. What we want is sense.

Contact Between the Races.—Now we believe in con¬ tact in a proper way between the white and colored races. The Indian, wrapped in his savage cloak of con¬ ceit and suspicions, lives in seclusion and isolation from the Anglo-Saxon race and the great sweep of thought and reason, and the result is, he is as far from civiliza¬ tion now as one hundred years ago. People in darkness need light; and if they get light, they must have con¬ tact with it.

*We are in darkness. We need light. The white race has the light. What we want is contact of a friendly, religious, mental and wholesome nature, simply for the purpose of aiding us on the right track to do our own part in the world, for the good of man and the glory of God.

In this “Cooperative, Missionary, Industrial and Edu¬ cational Crusade work,” in the teaching of these sub¬ jects, it is contemplated and desired that many of our white friends and brethren will join us and aid in mak¬ ing this course of instruction a complete reformation among our people. This will be favorable and helpful in many ways, especially in bringing about a better state of affairs racially, more friendly relations, and prove a blessing to the white race as well as the colored race, and above all, glorify God.

In the name of God, let us have “ cooperation ” for the salvation of all the races, for Christ loves them all and died for them. Let us love them and save all we can, and destroy none.

* Thousands of white people stand ready to give lectures and instruc¬ tion on these and other helpful subjects. Let the pastors and commit¬ tees (*-all on them.

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XXXIII. WHAT WE NEED TO PUSH THIS ‘‘PLANT

1. A Determined and Tenacious Nucleus.—Composed ' of the more thoughtful and careful ones of the race, who realize the real situation, how that every interest is menanced in a serious way by the uncouth conduct and vicious deeds of the careless element of the race ; and how that we have got to save them, or they threaten the destruction of the race.

We want an unyielding and reliable force of men and women who can look through the eye of prophecy down the ages, who will manage and lay wise foundation now on the eternal bed-rock of wisdom and justice, by lin¬ ing up our people in this “ Crusade movement, ” and thus turn the wave of disaster that’s flowing towards us, and throw up a fortress and levee, that the waters of adversity can never sweep over.

We want strong “nuclei” of this character established at each capital, who will establish the work or organiza¬ tion at each county seat, who will put it into every town¬ ship, precinct, town, hamlet and village throughout this country and keep it going. * There has been much talk, speech-making and theorizing, and the conditions have not grown better; but have sometimes (we reluctantly say) seemed worse.

What we must have, is action! Action according to the laws of com/non sense, and feasible methods. We must get down to practical operations and push this or some cooperative plan to victory, and save the people from the curse of blindness and indifference. Utilize the material around you in your own home, church and race, and then draw upon other homes, churches and races for reinforcements—all joining hands to lift man God ward.

Put the young people on for discussion, essays, ora¬ tions, addresses, lectures and readings appropriate to the occasion and subjects. Let them sing and do all they can to help and to make them feel a personal interest and®pride in this great cause, until they shall see as they should, how their very destiny is involved in the success or failure of this scheme.

Put on the older people for experimental talks that

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may be instructive and inspiring to the people. Keep things lively and pleasant. And put everybody to work, either in teaching or being instructed. Get the people off of the streets and open their eyes. Maintain good order and attentiveness throughout all recitations and exer¬ cises; and make them of a disciplinary and elevating character. This can be done by a. properly arranged programme and a thorough preparation of the partici¬ pants carried out interestingly.

Let the pastor deliver special sermons to stimulate and infuse a favorable sentiment; and let the people . know that we must wake up from where we now rest; and learn that there is much business sense in serving God; that it means more than feeling good and shout¬ ing aloud. Let the pastors take hold with hands and hearts with all might, in doing everything in their power to arouse their people to rally to this “ Crusade move¬ ment.5’

Shake the community and wake up the Jonahs among the masses, before “the ship for Tarshish” go down with the whole crew; for she is now rocking in the arms of tempestuous billows.

Remember a certain class motto of one of our colleges said, “ The Devil take the hindmost man.” The infer¬ ence here isf “ The Devil take the hindmost race.” Let them know the sun is high and they are several centu¬ ries behind in the race of life. Put on good, earnest, reliable, influential committees, whose hearts are red-hot with zeal, committees of push and dispatch who will work. For, assure as you live, it is “root, hog, or die!” Yea, it is root, race, or die.

XXXIV. LIGHT-HOUSES.

Along the seacoast there are “light-houses" for the guidance and safety of the ships: for there are many

dangerous places on the coast. In launching our “ SHIP, ” heavily freighted with the

great cargo of Negro destiny and concerns, this “CALL” for the safe landing of the colored race, we dare not set sail without light-houses for its guide into the haven of

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irreversible success; redeemed from every phase of error, and no longer at the mercy of the shifting and disastrous winds mingling with the wrathy waves.

Hence, we give the following “ Light-houses ” which are indestructible, whose lights will never go out and which can never be moved. (God’s Word.) And if this “Ship” or “Plan” he steered by these, its safe and timely landing is sure:

1. “ Why will ye die ? ” True this scriptural question refers to a spiritual death ;

put to a people for whom God had provided spiritual life and a way of escape from death. A very pertinent question to those in the way of death. This same God has also provided a way of life along all lines of need for the colored race, and therefore the same question is just as pertinent in the latter case—“Why will ye die?” That is, the colored race ? The question is virtually re¬ duced to this point: as to whether or not we shall choose life or death as a race.

2. “ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

3. “In all thy ways acknowledge him ( God), and he shall direct thy paths.”

4. “When a man's ways please the Lord,* he maketh even his enemies be at Deace with him.”

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5. “The hand of the diligent maketh rich.” 6. “He that dealeth with a slack hand shall come to

want. ’1 7. “If there be any among you who will not work,

neither shall he eat.” 8. “He who would have friends must also show him¬

self friendly.” 9. “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a re¬

proach to any people.” 10. “He that humbleth himself shall be exalted; but

he that exalteth himself shall be abased.” 11. “Who shall be the greatest.” Jesus condemned

this spirit in His disciples, and plainly told them that they could not enter the ‘"kingdom” with that spirit. This “spirit” has often killed most splendid enterprises and shut men out of the kingdom.

12. “As ye would that men should do unto you, do

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ye even so unto them; for with what measure ye mete withal shall it be measured to you again.”

13. “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow." 14. “If God be for us, who can be against us?” 15. “All things shall work together for good to them

that love God.” 16. “Be not overcome of evil; but overcome evil with

good.” IT. “ He that does not provide for his own house¬

hold is worse than an infidel.” 18. “ They that be for us are more than they that

be against us.” *19. “Come now, and let us reason together, saith

the Lord. ” May God help the colored race to reason and apply

the. above Scripture to our.own nationality; to reason fairly, intelligently, soberly, prayerfully, and at once, while there is hope concerning the things herein written, that concern our very vitals for time and eternity, in all succeeding generations; and; indeed, in which every¬ thing is most surely involved.

May He enable us to behold the awful option: Suc¬ cess or failure! Life or death! “Oh, what shall the harvest be? Gathered in time, or eternity; Oh, what shall the harvest be ? ”

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XXXV. NEWSPAPER COMMENTS. THEY ALL EVERY¬ WHERE INDORSE THE MOVEMENT.

1. “Rev. L. T. Christmas is in our county with his family. He has recently resigned the pastorate of. the First Baptist church (col.), of Charleston, W. Ya., to take up general missionary work among his race in every State in the Union. His work is to be for the education and uplifting of his race in matters social, moral and religious. Rev. Christmas was born and reared in our county, is about forty-four years of agr, and sustains an unimpeachable character with everyone

-* i Train up a child in the way he should go: and when lie is old, lip will not depart from it.” Prov. xxii. 6.

who knows him. He is a man of hue appearance and well educated, fully capable, we think, in every partic¬ ular for the immense work he is to undertake. * * * The work he is going to undertake is one that the col¬ ored people need more than anything else in the world. * * We wish Rev. L. T. Christmas God-speed in his noble work, and most heartilyy commend him to the good people of both races of this and other States in which he may labor. ”—The Record, Warrenton, N. C., June 23, 1899.

2. “Rev. L. T. Christmas has been engaged in pasto¬ ral work for sixteen years, * * * but he felt called to enter upon the broad held in the uplifting of the col¬ ored people of our country. His mission will be three¬ fold: To awaken his people to the saving grace-of Chris¬ tianity, to inspire them to develop high morals and to impress upon them the importance of industry and econ¬ omy, that they may make better types of men and wo men. * * * He will crown his work with the high purpose of uplifting his people for the glory of God and their temporal and spiritual welfare. Evangelist Christ¬ mas is highly indorsed in his proposed work by both white and colored people of standing, and he has a great work before him ”—'Wilmington Messenger, Wilming¬ ton, N. C., August 13, 1899.

3. “A notable address was delivered Thursday night at Blount Street Baptist church by Rev. L. T. Christ¬ mas, a colored evangelist. 4 Material Development ’ was his subject. * * * With him the word evangelistic work means more than with most men. It means not only conversion to Christianity, but also the education of the race to right ways of living and thinking. In other words, with him the term is social and economic as well as religious. ” * * * —News and Observer, Ral¬ eigh, N. C., July 23, 1899.

4. “This minister is on the right line, if we may judge from what the papers of the several places in which he has appeared say about him.” * * * —The Morning Star, Wilmington, N. C., July 21, 1899.

5. “ On Friday night he (Rev. L. T Christmas) ad¬ dressed the white people at the Baptist church. * * His address at the Baptist church was deeply interest-

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mg and elicited the attention of all present.”_The News, South Boston, Va , September 21, 1899.

6. “Rev. L. T. Christmas, a colored evangelist, will lecture in the court-house in this city tomorrow night. This colored divine is not unknown to both the white and colored people of this section of the State. In fact, he is doubtless the ablest colored minister the State has produced, and he is devoting himself, with unflagging zeal in the face of every difficulty, and has achieved em¬ inent success in his chosen work. * * * His lecture at the court-house to-morrow night will be worthy of a large audience.55 * * * —The Argus, Goldsboro, N. C., July, 1899.

7. “Rev. L. T. Christmas, who is travelling through¬ out the South speaking and organizing for the ‘ Har¬ mony of tliQ Races, has spoken to crowded houses in other places, and the papers speak in high praise of his convincing speeches. At the invitation of the Ministers’ Association (white), Rev. Christmas will deliver an ad¬ dress at Church Street Methodist church (white) on Fri¬ day evening of this week at 7.30 o’clock, to which all are invited.”—Salisbury Daily Sun, October 2, 1899.

8. “Well-known Colored Minister Here.—Rew L. T. Christmas, a native of this State, but of late years pas¬ tor of the largest Baptist church (col.) in West Virginia, has returned to his native State and will devote Ins labors to efforts to arouse his race to higher ideals of life, socially, morally, religiously and materially. For years he was pastor of a prominent church in this State, and wherever he is known enjoys the highest respect and confidence of the people. He represented his native county, Warren, in the Legislature some years ago, and at all times has labored for the best interests of his peo¬ ple and to direct them in the right ways of good citizen¬ ship. The work he has now entered upon will afford him the broadest opportunity for all the gifts he pos¬ sesses, and he will deserve, we are sore, as well as re¬ ceive, the best wishes of all good white citizens.” * * * —The Morning Post, Raleigh, N. 0., July 19, 1899.

9. 6 6 He is a forceful and eloquent speaker and is beyond question doing a great work for his people.” —The Argus, Goldsboro, July, 1899.

10. “Rev. L. T. Christmas, who has attained to high

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distinction as a Baptist minister among the colored race in this State and West Virginia, was in our town Sat¬ urday, Sunday and Monday mingling with our colored citizens in a missionary spirit. We enjoyed meeting him, and found him intelligent and refined in manner and, like Booker Washington, certainly seems to have deep at heart the elevation of his race. * * * We v ish him God-speed in the great work that lies so invit¬ ingly before him, and hope he will be accorded the warm cooperation of all good people, both white and colored. Rev. Christmas addressed a large audience of our col ored citizens at the court-house Monday night, * * and put forth wholesome truths which we hope his race will profit by. He is an attractive and fluent talker, earnest and zealous in the work he has undertaken.

“ “ He advised them (his race) to drop politics, and go to work, and make high-toned men and women of themselves, becoming true, independent American citi¬ zens, with no entangling alliances as to political parties. He plead with them to become better morally and relig¬ iously, respect each other, teach their children to be re¬ spectful and polite and then they would command respect from others. The address was one of the best we have heard of the kind delivered by any member of his race, and we believe his mission of labor and love will bear good fruit.”—Public Ledger, Oxford, July 6, 1899.

11. * * * “He (Rev. L. T. Christmas) was formerly pastor of the Central Baptist church in Wilmington, and is one of the best known ministers of his race in the South. * * * And the press everywhere has spoken in high terms of the work he is doing.” * * * —News and Observer, Raleigh, July 19, 1899.

12. “A joint conference of the ministers of this city (white and colored), which met in the court room Wed- nesdajf afternoon, approved the ‘ Plan of Cooperation.7

* * The speaker is highly indorsed by the minis¬ ters of all denominations of both races everywhere. ”

*—The Journal, New Bern, October 28, 1899.

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XXXV!. EXPLANATORY SUPPLEMENT.

This “Cooperative Missionary, Industrial and Educa¬ tional Orusade Movement n operates under a General Interstate and State Board of Supervisors, and is non- sectarian. (See last page.)

It embraces the United States and all denomination ;, and solicits and encourages the friendly cooperation of both races.

Supported by voluntary contributions and the “ Cru¬ sade Associations ”

Send contributions to General Treasurer. ISP" All contributions will be acknowledged by the

General Secretary as the reports of the General Treas¬ urer go into the hands of the Board.

Both races are lining up for this missionary move, and are declaring great faith in its wisdom and strong- hope for its victory.

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