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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
8ATCRDAY JUNE », 1»01
THE SURPRISES OF THE JUDGMENT
By REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE,
Pastor Second Baptist Church
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• E hath appointed a day In the
vhlch He will Judge the world
In righteousness."
•'And many will say to Me In that
day. Lord! Lord!"
In an old picture, Monica and Au
gustine—rare mother and son—are
shown in the twilight standing hand
In hand looking earnestly Into the open
sky. The artist does not tell us what
the picture means, but the poet does.
They are—
"Sending their souls Into the Invisible,
Some letter of the after-life to spell."
The richest hours of life are those In
which we obey the call of the beyond
and boldly put to sea In the boat of
our deepest Intuitions, In quest of the
things that lie beyond the grave. The
soul never returns empty from Its
solemn adventures Into the hereafter.
The Bible Is the greatest Book Ip
the world, because It Is the Guide
Book Into these things. The most con
vincing of the, many convincing evi
dences of the Divine Inspiration of the
Scriptures la the fact that what I dis
cover of deepest reality In myself, ques
tions, longings, misgivings, fears and
hopes, I And reflected and set out on
the pages of the Bible. This evi
dence may not pass In the court of
criticism, but In the court of the In
dividual conscience It has the con
vincing power of a personal revela
tion. He came near to saying the pro-
foundest thing that can be said about
the Bible who, declared, “I believe the
Bible Is Inspired, .because It Inspires
Now, among the most explicit and
positive revelations made In the Bible
Is that there Is a great day coming—a
day of Judgment.
"It )■ appointed unto men once to
die, and after that the judgment."
He hath appointed a day in the
which He “will Judge the world In
righteousness." But the Bible Is not
author of the idea of a final judgment.
The Idea of a day of Judgment existed
long before theri was a written Bible.
It exists now In lands where the Bible
« not known. If there had been ho
Bible, or If every Bible were destroy-
the Book forgotten, men would
still believe In a day of final Judg
ment. So, while the Integrity of tho
BIWe Is Involved In such a belief, the
belief Itself rests back upon the In
destructible and unchallengeable moral
consciousness of man. If there Is no
such thing as the day of Judgment,
then the moral faculty will be for the
Brat time caught In a lie.
The truth Is one that draws sanction
from the very nature of things. Na
ture, history, government, reflect and
Illustrate It. The human conscience de
clares over and over to every man
that he must meet the Issues of his
life In a final arbitrament. This sense
of accountability Is ever-present with
him. The feeling Is Inborn and springs
out of the unfathomed depths of moral
being. There Is no faltering for the
preacher here. There Is a great day
coming—a great day coming—a great
day coming by-and-by—a *day of
final crisis, when the truth will come
out on us all, whether It be good or
bad. •
"But a day Is coming fast,
Earth, thy mightiest and thy last!
It shall come In fear and wonder,
Heralded by trump and thunder;
It shall come In strife and toll,
It shall come In blood and spoil,
It shall come In empires' groans,
Burning temples, trampled Ithrones.
"Then shall come the judgment sign;
In the East the King shall shine;
Plfluhlnr from hnivan'a <mMan s>nta
Flashing from heaven"' golden gate,
Thousands, thousands round his state;
Spirits with the qrown and plume;
Tremble then, thou silent tomb!
Heaven be opened on our sight.
Earth be turned to living light.”
The Restful Thought.
The Idea of the judgment tq come
Is by no means always a disturbing
thought. As the hymn sings, It Is “a
great day," it Is “a sad day," but It
Is also "a bright day coming.”
When we can think of It disasso
ciated from Its personal aspects, our
minds find response In the truth that
there Is to be such a time of great
vindications. It harmonises with our
sense of truth. Sometimes It Is such
a relief to reflect that a day Is com
ing that will set things right for once.
Tired and fretted, our hearts seek the
restful contemplation of the day of
judgment, when all noble causes will
command the resistless championship
of an infinite and Incorruptible right'
eousness.
When we think of the confusions
of this world, the controversies that
rage, the disputes and contentions of
men over questions that separate hu
man minds Into warring schools of
thought; and remember that there is
a day coming when a halt will be call
ed upon our disputatious race, the
case closed, the Imperious and unap
pealable verdict rendered, and the
noisy strife put at peace, the day of
Judgment becomes a consolation to
the mind. Borne of these controver
sies are as old as mankind; some of
these debates have been running thou
sands of years. A mass of the world's
unsettled quarrels, unanswered ques
tions, unresolved problems have been
laid in the lap of each new generation
to perpetuate age-long strife, to per
plex, harass and divide humanity, and
to mar the harmony of human life, till
the world Is rife with factions and full
of dlword.
When we think also of the wrongs
which have gone unrighted, the un
checked cruelties, the unrebuked tyran
nies, the world's crimes and criminals
which have flourished and still flour
ish, there la satisfaction In knowing
that there 1s a day of judgment.
Nearly all pessimism and much of
unbelief would be cured, If men realised
the fact of the day of Judgment. It
re-harmonlses life to be assured that
evil will not always escape. We can
REV. DR. JOHN E. WHITE.
crowned, beside the shivering Nero;
and the martyrs also broken upon the
Judgments of men.
We shall see the young girl who
moaned—
"My false lover stole the rose,
But O, he left the thorn with me!"
sometimes forget the shock nad Jar and
terrifying horror of the thought of
doom and Judgment In the reposeful
reflection that God Is golitg to read
just the universe to a beautiful order.
Truth and Right will sit on cantral
thrones, arrayed In the vestments of
perfect law, which will then be seen
to he perfect love.
Christ will be there, and His mur
derers. Socrates will be there, Judged
In a fairer justice than when he drank
the hemlock at the hands of the Athen
ians.
Paul will be there, radiant and
And we will not be sorry to see her
there.
In the sermon on the mount Jesus
Christ drew aside the curtain to throw
a awlft and startling light upon the
day of Judgment. The thought which
arrests us In what He said Is that the
day of Judgment will he the scene of
great surprises, of profound disap
pointments, of unanticipated chagrin to
those who have missed the secret of
life.
Judgment Not Appeal.
"Many will say to me In that day—"
What will they say? It la made very
clear that It doeen't matter what they
say. Here ts one of the great surprises
of the judgment. It Is lo be a day of
Judgment, not of appeals. Short shrift
with eloquent speeches, plausible pleas,
Ingenious arguments. Half the cause
In our earthly courts ts a good lawyer.
But this tribunal places the stsmmerer
on a level with the orator. Doth are
useless there. Have you ever thought
of what you could say to God In your
own behalf at the Judgment? We will
all try to say something. Give me a
henring with my life at slake, stand
back and glva me a chance to tel! my
story, to plead my cause ut the Judg
ment.
"I was weak—In sin did my mother
coneslve me. My ancestors left me a
heritage of appetite and lust and wil
fulness and selfishness. I had n bur
den, 1 was bessl, t was tried and tempt
ed. I stumbled, staggered, fell. I strove,
I resolved, t was pverwhelmed. ' But I
did some good. I pray Thee I was not
cruel to men. I obeyed law, I stood for
morality. Ask my fsltow man. They
will give me character. I did this and
this and this.” Oh, could 1 not make
my case at the judgment? Who could
not? i
But though I spake with the tongues
of men and of angels. It would profit
me nothing. The day of Judgment Is
a closure upon all pleading of men.
The solemn fart Is that the rase Is all
In. The Judge knowa the facts. To
go to God for Justice la lo go to doom.
If death brings life In sudden review
the chanros arc that we ourselves will
see enough In I he black minute to
frCese every self-righteous thought in
our souls.
The Sorrows of God.
Again, It Is fact startling to us all
that In the day of judgment good Works
will not pass us to salvation. The sur
prised company cried out, "Lord, Lord,
did we not cast out devils and do
many wonderful works?" But what
availed It? Nothing.
Now, I believe that no good deed ,1s
lost or wasted In God's universe.
'No stream from Its source flows sea
ward, how lonely soever Its course.
But some land Is waterad, no sun e'fr
rose or set without Influence some
where."
If we have learned the mind of Christ
we will never epcak III discredit of
kindness and mercy and goodness. I
do not believe God will despise a kind
word or a noble service, no matter who
renders II. I conducted the funeral of
a woman In this city who was the pro
prietor of dens of vice and her long life
Identified with the grosses^ Immorality.
of our. city, t was told, however, that
she was a friend lo Ilia poor, a helper
of the needy, charitable and most gen
erous lo those tvho were In want. I
thought better of her for thnt. It re
lieved, to some extent, the awful
shadow that rested upon her cold face
as It lay In the coffin. And I think Got!
thought better of her for It. It le Just
that which makes the day of Judgment,
a time of euch sorrowful tragedy.
Christ looked upon the rich young ruler
and loved him. loved him »» he, cam,,
with armful of good words, loved him
as he went away sorrowful, loved him
with pity deeper because lie had so
much, but would not have the on«.
thing needful.
In one of our Bouthern states the
governor found that some one was In
tho habit of leaving a beautiful boquet
of flowers at his door, also frequently a
basket of carefully selected fruit. For
a long time he did not know the hand
of his unknown friend, but he appro-;,
elated the fiowers and tho fruit never-,,
theless. At last one day a young wo
man waited In his ofllce to see him She.
had flowers and fruit In her hands,
She then told her story. Her brother
was In the penitentiary, a dangerous
criminal, a guilty murderer. She plead
ed for hi* pardon.
And this was what the flown s
Con you not'lmaglne the sorrow of the
governor when he was icompcl
deny her request? She asked too
She naked more than flowers nn.i fruit
could buy. She asked for the li
and Integrity of Uie law, the afet
the commonwealth. I can never
that good works are filthy rags,
they cannot avail at the day ,f J
ment. The man who goes up to i
God pleading Ills good works will I
a hitter disappointment. God l«
bought With things, nor even d<
We are no! redeemed with corrup
thing", such as silver and gold, ho
precious love. Even Christ's holy life
la not mir redemption—He must
Himself to death. Our preparnll in
the Judgment Is a cross In the hca
'Were the whole realm of nature ml ns,
That were an offering far too an
Love so amazing, so divine.
Demands my heart, my life, my I
THE CREED OF A CHRISTIAN
By REV.
E. D. ELLENWOOD,
PoHtor UniverBollttt Church
L ET us go back, In our thought,
to a day In the very beginnings
of Christianity. The clashing
of conflicting creeds had pot yet paved
the way for Infidelity. Warring sects
had not yet risen to plumo themselves
for battle, and to tip their lances with
bigotry and superstition. The Chris
tian concept of religious truth Issued
pure and untrammeled from Its source
and he who would might refresh his
spiritual being at Its llfs-glvlng fount.
There came one day to the leader
of this new dispensation one desiring
to know authoritatively the fundamen
tals of .iir way of salvation, and ask
ing of Hint, "Master, what command
ment Is the first of all?"
Twenty centuries have slipped away
since the simple, direct answer, spring
ing from the Inspired heart of the
great Teacher, faatened Itself by the
very authority of Its own Inherent
truth upon the mind and soul of His
questioner. Today we have even more
need than had the seeking scribe to
go to the very fountain head In our
search for the very essence of Chris-
tlanlty. The call of many leaders'Is
upon the air, and the sternuous notes
nf command or entreaty do not al
ways blend Into "one harmonious
whole.” Lo, hers I 4k>, there! they
cry, but the unjted Invitation to a life
of righteousness, unfortunately, does
not always produce a “concourse of
sweet sound."
Par too often, we suspect, the Im
pression left upon the mind of the
listener Is that of the eager clamor of
rival dispensers of “the only original
and Infallable and personally tested"
panacea for spiritual debility and moral
defection. It Is well for us, therefore,
to go to Chrllt for the foundation of
our Christianity, rather than to. the
makers of creeds and the builders of
theologies. Ills onswer to His ques
tioner contains no • metaphysical* In
tricacies, no opportunity for mental
confusion, or spiritual misunderstand
ing. "The first commandment is, 'Hear
O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lflrd
Is one; and thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart,,and .with
all thy soul, and with alt thy mind,
and .with all thy strength. The second
commandment 1C this, 'Thou sholt love
thy neighbor as thyself.”’ Then, as
though to leave In the mind .of His
hearer no room for doubt as to tho
essential character of these precepts
as containing all that should bo noc
essary In the faith and practice of tho
new concept of religion, the MAster
added: "Upon these two command
ments hang all the law and the proph
ets.” All of the law of love and ser
vice which a belief In the one true
God must bring Into being; all ot the
law of moral precept and of funda
mental ethics 'which the prophets of
old had deduced from the experiences
of the nation for whom they had been
railed to be the spiritual teachers and
leaders.
One of the most helpful of our mod
ern thinkers was asked one day by a
despondent friend, why It waa that
Christianity, If true, had not long ago
redeemed the prophecy and prombie of
Its early teachers, and come to a place
of unquestioned supremacy among the
religions of the civilised world. "Be
cause," said he. "It has never been
really and genuinely practiced." And
when we measure the practices, of the
Christian world by the uncompromis
ing standard of these two "great com
mandments," moreover, when we even
try to harmonize these peerless state
ments of faith and trust and duty with
the strenuously advocated teachings of
the vast majority of the leaders of
Christian thought, we are brought face
to face with the reason why Chris
tianity has not, long ago, come to en
tirely dominate the policies of nations,
and to sit forever regnant In the hearts
of men. The Christian world has been
led away after strange gods ot sense
PEACEABLE SETTLEMENT
OF THE RACE QUESTION
GREA TEST OF THE ISSUES
To the dltor of The Georgian:
Having been a constant reader of the
Atlanta paper you formerly edited, and
being one of that> numerous class of
which am proud (the tillers of the
soil), wish to express, flrst, my hearty
appreciation of the success you have
made In giving to the public In The At
lanta Georgian. What you In your flrst
1-rue claimed for It, a strictly Indo-
of which I have endeavored to prayer
fully and duly consider, I have decided
to give to the public, through your pa
per, some thoughts that I have In pri
vate ropeatedly aet forth bearing upon
this question.
I wish to prefaco these thoughts by
saying that an all-wise God has and
always will overrule the destiny of
races, as well as nations, and that the
teachings of His Holy Word Is the
only safe guide to the right solution
pendent Democratic paper, not to be , of all queat |ons bearing upon the peace
dictated to bv nartlsan leaders. Esdc- amJ 0 f our gre at notion. From
dictated to by partisan leaders. Espe
dally do I commend the conservative,
generous and manly tone of your able
editorials on the many great tssuss
which so vitally concern the best In
terests of the people of our beloved
.Southland and the country at large,
say. away with the dominant, selfish
Bible history we learn that, In all ages
of tho world, tha representatives of
some races have been servants to those
of another, and at times were In bond
age. Even the posterity of faithful old
Abraham had to servo the Egyptians
as bondsmen. All well Informed Amer-
Splrlt that controls so many of our ; , canR kn(iw how the negro race become
public men. that they can not see and 1(0n ,i am en to the South. I wish to say.
nd the good In others who differ „., th -m fairness. In consideration of
funmend _
with them politically or religiously.
The reverse has been a leading char
acteristic of your pen, and that of all
.vour able contributors. I make spe
cial mention of your contributor. Mrs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Her poem,
'The Oonward March of Repub
lics," is certainly fine. While some
"I the our leading men differ
"Ith you on the race problem, 1 be
lieve you are right when you say that
the greatest Issue confronting us of the
South, and, In fact, all sectlona of our
"mmon country. Is a peaceable and
satisfactory settlement of this much
vexed question. May sn all-wise God
direct to this great end. I believe that
had our much lamented martyred pres
ident, Mr. Lincoln, lived through his
second administration that colonization
would have besn his policy. If mem
ory serves me right, his successor, Mr.
Johnson, In his first annual message,
c ommended their colonization In the
Indian Territory. Having read with
much Interest the views of all, as pub
lished In The Atlanta News and else
where, coming from men of much bet
ter Information, than myself, and all
this feature of the question, that the
men who were responsible for the In
troduction of chattel slavery Into the
United States, that their posterity has
reaped "the lion’s share" of the profits
accruing from the labor of the negro
while In bondage, when the wealth of
those of our ancestors consisted In
owning them as slaves. Why then
should there have been a conflict of
arms over this question. Welt I thlra
this Is enough to say on this point. W*
therefore can not hold the negro re
sponsible for being with us as bonds
men. An all-wise God permitted It to
be thus, and the same God ruled In that
awful bloody struggle which arrayed
brother against I brother In a contest
at arms which resulted In his emanci
pation.
and for all of his fellow-men, and In
terested In how the contest should end.
Issued the following proclamation:
"Lay down your arms: rotum to
your allegiance to the United States
government, and you shall have grad
ual emancipation ot your slaves, and
an Indemnity guaranteed from the
government of what would be a Just
valuation for your slaves as property."
The terms ot the emancipation were,
to-wit; "All slaves forty years old
and upward were to be free; all under,
when they reached that age were to be
free, and all bom after the acceptance
of the aforesaid terms by birthright
would be free. 1
Now, these terms I, as a Confeder
ate soldier, and, I think, the entire
Vicksburg garrison, with the exception
of some of our field officers, would
have unanimously voted to accept. As
to whether these terms would be ac
cepted hy the Confederate government,
it waa agreed that a delegation from
each government meet at Hampton
roads, and. If possible, close the treaty.
Our delegation was headed by that
wise, conservative statesman, Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens, who labored
faithfully to make the conference a
success, and end hostilities.
I refer to the final result, and what
followed, for all to decide who was
right and who wrong. I must say that
on the part of Sir. Lincoln It was
magnanimous to offer such terms.
Forty years have pasted and gone Into
history, and yet we stand confronted
with the race problem not peaceably
and satisfactorily settled. I say that
the thirteenth and fourteenth amend
ments to the constitution of the United
States, passed when strife, prejudice
■mo hatred prevailed, were wrong, and
this 'em Id not have been Mr. Lln-
clon's policy had he served out his
second administration. These enact
ments, clothed the m-5'o, who had Just
emerged from slav<Jy. Ignorant and
untutored as he was, with nil the rights
of cttlsenshlp Now this brings mo to
the consideration of what 1 think Is
the main feature of the race problem.
REV. E. D. ‘ELLENWOOD.
went to the field, where wo were har
vesting the wheat, to notify them of
tho proclamation. These were hta
words;
You have served me faithfully as
slaves, and now, by law, are declared
Biiivt.ij) ntiu nuns uj lulli illr udliiiicu
free men. I still hold the farm, and if
you wish fo remain with me and cul
tivate It under my direction, I will
that you and your families still have a
with me, and a Just compensation
horns
out of the proceeds of the lands for
your services. Now, I suppose you will
think and say among yourselves that
you have labored ell the while for me
without compensation, but time will
convince you that I have been labor
ing and providing for your welfare,
as well as my owrt."
Such a proposition, mods by their
former owner, was naturally contrary
to their idea of what freedom should
be. If wo remain and labor under his
them sought homes In
the cities and elsewhere, and, never
having had the responsibility of pro
viding homos, food and clothing for
themaelves, they would naturally seek
n change, and conclude that freedom
(In the mnln) meant freedom from la
bor. Prompted by such motives and
with his natural Inclination (unre
strained) to Indolenre, with the excep
tion of those who wore raised to be
Industrious, he has become Indolent
und shiftless, thereby rendering him
self unprepared for the full rights of
citizenship. Now, as my Ilfs, from
childhood up to the present, except
when In the school room, lias been
spent ii;m the farm; by association
and dealing with the negro, before and
and superstition. The Christian church
falls short of her highest success be
cause her members, yes, nnd even the
priests of her altars, hues too often
departed far from the "faith once de
livered to the saints.”
Christ has been betrayed In the
house of his friends!
Ifs taught that pure and unqtfeatlon-
ed love of God which could come only
through a belief In a' being altogether
worthy to he loved und trusted, even
to the uttermost; and, lo! His priests
In their heavenward pointing temples
declare unto the hungry souls who look
to them fpr bread, n god Impotent in
righteousness, decrepit and detective
In morals, and fiendish In malignity,
a god conceived in the feverish and
sensual Imaginations of men upon
whose souls the light nnd love which
are In Christ Jesus had never shone;
a god utterly unworthy a place In the
minds nf men touched by the ethics
of modern civilization; a god abso
lutely Impossible lo be worshiped and
trusted by a sane nnd honest mind
with thnt "perfect love which casteth
out all fear," This Is the god, substi
tuted these many dreary centuries by
the church of Christ, for the all-pow
erful, all-wlae, all-loving "Father who
art In heaven,” to whom the Master
addressed His prayers, and to whom
He directed the worship of His follow
ers. Is It any wonder that Christian
ity has not fully leallsed the hopes
and eager expectations of Its most
sanguine aupporters?
And then consider how Christianity
has obeyed the second greet com
mandment. Christ evidently designed
to teach us that love to God can only
be expressed Intelligently by love to
men. "How can a man love Ood, whom
he hath not seen, and love not his
brother whom he hath seen?”
Behold, how the Christian world
"loves his neighbor as himself!" From
reeking sweat shop nnd suffocating
mine: from stilling mill and death-
breeding foundry: from squalid hovel
nnd den of Infamy, from honest, sweat-
lug millions whose backs are bent with
Ill-requited toll, there goes up the In
creasing murmur of righteous Indigna
tion against the Christian task-master
and his most peculiar methods of set
ting forth In the practices of his own
Ilfs the teachings of the Lord Jesus.
So long as our Institutions of religion,
of learning and of culture shall bo
budded upon the martyred bodies of
little children, denied their birthright
of untrammeled youth, upon the blaet-
ed hopes and blighted ambitions of
strong and purposeful men, denied the
opportunity for the full development ot
latent capacity; upon the crushed srtd
bleeding hearts of loving mothers. In
consolable tor the loss nf little ones
sacrificed to the Insatiable greed or a
nation's commercial supremacy; sn
long as our peculiar administration of
up*
llliaft*
congress the cultu
who steals a railroad; so l<
llglon and morality are persist'
divorced by tho prophets nml pri
of Christ; so long ss upright';""
character. Integrity of living and "hm
vatlon are considered te he not
synonymous, but only Isolated items
of human thought and human desire.
Just so long shall the Christian church
prove unfaithful to the great charge
committed to her, aiuI Just so long
shall Christ continue to he b-t rayed
In tho house ot Ills friends'.
Friends and brethren, “the night Is
far spent, the day Is at hand." TheoJ
logical squabbling will never bring the
world any nearer to the worship of
the one true God or to an adequate
knowledge of tho Christ. Let us have
done ivlih deunclatlon, with charge and
countercharge, with nur pitiful childish
prattling of infallablllty In In'"; pi e-
tatlon and In credal conceptloi
us still the profitless clamor ol
mode creeds by the unceasing
of Chrlst-llke deeds. Become a
to some needy fellow-man; thu
you conclusively show to III
Father,
“For modes of faith 1st gracele-H zea
lots fight;
He esn't be wrong whose life Is In the
right.”
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Now, It Is not my purpose to j and I wish lo appeal direct to the
unduly censure the men on either side \ calm and deliberate Judgment and rea-
who led our people In the great contest I son of my fellow-clt tens of the white
at the ballot box which ended In one race South, and ask ourselves, who
of the bloodiest struggles that Is re- ' claim superiority over the black race,
corded upon the pages of history, and ; Have we done our duty to him In
which has Mr all time to corns settled ithe premises? I emphatically answer
the question of chattel slavery In the j n o, and, God being my helper, I hope
United States. As a citizen of our be- | to show wherein we have failed. He
loved Georgia, while I thought seces- served us faithfully as,a slave, and,
slon was not the best course to take. I with some exceptions, was humanely
I wanted to cast my lot with treated and was well provided for. In
her After the contest had been go- health and sickness, by those who
tnr on for a year, I volunteered my i were his masters, tt e should never
sendees on the elde of the lost cause.; forget, nor fall to appreciate and e*m-
and spent throe years of the hard- I mend, his loyalty and devotion to our
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FIVE persona In ear h county. ilwdrinff totako
I*‘rw>o«l instruction, wfco w.ll within JO day*
( Kpand SEND this notJro to either of i ■
DAAUGHON'S
ffiMiiie&tf&Megfeb
while the contest was raging. Me-
thinks I can now see the rulings of a
merciful providence that prevented an
uprising that would hove slaughtered
■nnrHiKiR, , thousands nf uur loved olgll. Emapcl-
save by the men who served tn his patlon changed the relation of the n«-
1°,mediate department, who learned to j gro race from slave to servant. If. the
love honor and appreciate him. I have race problem had been viewed from
somewhat digressed from the main J this standpoint^ by the^ representative
question, but for a purfcose, and wish
* l ■lUM'lfll art
der the wise leadership of our much
beloved General Joaeph E. Johnston,
whose services, I regret to say, have
been comparatively unnoticed and un
appreciated by people nnd historians,
ATLANTA, 122 Peachtree.
Piedmont Hotel Block.
Columbia or Montgomery.
W* .l-o tem-h BY MAH, snccsssfnllT. o»
REFUND Mon ey. Law. Penmanship. Arttb-
jWtte, Letter-Writing. Drawing. Cartooning,
c—En^lUh. Banklmr. etc.
, 27 Colh^-t :n 15 «*t^- I30C.00C.00
( »r<iUL 17 years* Indorsed br>^
: * men. so ,a? otter »nr ttraa write
IV make’ mention of one special act
connected with the war. during the ad
ministration of Mr. Llncoln (a man
Whose memory I have learned to hon
or and revere). During the memorable
siege of Vicksburg, when to me It
seemed the contest had reached a
crisis, when the arbitrament of the
sword should eeaae endthe whits-
winged messenger of pew*
again brood over our ones hAppy and
prosperous nation. It waa then that
this noble-hearted patriot,
YOU MIST innrd'rtogetHoin'. u t 'lyFliEE. | an d commander In chief of the union
- Write apw. rhn.: *‘I darieeto 1 , lre d the carnage of
r'sp^iaj'Honi'PtadyMrBfde | of'SSSW.
men of both races, and we had been
faithful In our duties In this new rela
tion to the negro and his posterity, the
problem would have naturally solved
Itself. In our former relation to them,
which. In the main, had been mutually
friendly and confidential, better pre
pared us, left free from outside wrong
Influences to be the leading factor
tn a right solution of the question.
After Mr. Lincoln had Issued hie emsn-
clpatlon proclamation, well do I re
member the wise counsel of a dear de
parted father to the men who had
faithfully served him. He came from
his home In Gainesville out to his
farm, where the writer now resides;
HHU UCUIIIIH wins mu i/ciwm biki
since emancipation, has given me an
opportunity of studying his leading
characteristics, and natural bent nf
mind, I wish to say In connection with
my association with him through Ilfs,
thnt I have always thought It best for
the peoce and harmony of the two
races, that socially the linn of distinc
tion should be closely drawn, but In all
other relations of life, ns expressed by
Rev. Attlcus Haygdod, "To remember
that he Is our brother In black," and
has a human soul, to bn saved or lust,
and a mind susceptible of Industrial,
moral and religious training. On this
line, ! wish to mention two Instances
connected with my personal experience
since emancipation. From early child
hood, by consent of the|r mothers, I
took Into my boms two little boys
(Wesley Smith and Bird Oliver), snd
In assuming this responslbllty, I felt
that It was as much my duty to train
them on Che above-mentioned lines as
that of my own children. In the ear-
neet and prayerful study tha'. I am now
giving this all-absorbing question, f
realize how far short I have come to
tny duty In a general way to all acces
sible to me. I ought to have enlarged
on the work of teaching them to be
come Industrious, frugal, God-fearing
and law-abiding In their sphere of life.
In the family, we taught these two
boys to bf truthful, honest, Industrious
and respectful In all their dealings and
associations In Ilfs, and In a limited
way, gave them primary leaching In a
literary education. Wesley, the first
named, remained with us until he had
about reached manhood, and went to
north Alabama; bough; some of the
cheap land, married, and when he last
wrote me, was making a good Itvlng;
waa a enurch member, and teaching
vocal music.
The other (Bird) still remains with
me on the farm; has a family (wife
and four children), Is hpnest, respect
ful, trustful and duly appreciated by
both white and black; is a member of
the colored Baptist church: can write
end reads the Bible readily. I think
their children should be provided with
public school Instruction In separate
schools. These two Instances of my
personal experience constrain me
say that thla was the course that
should have been taken by the white
race of the South nt the beginning of
emancipation, which I believe would
have resulted In a satisfactory solution
of the problem, and, as separate and
distinct races, we could Jiave remained
together In one common country and
been a blessing lo each other. Here
in Is where I emphatically affirm that
we have failed In our duty to them.
As a nation claiming to have a civil
government, based upon democratic
principles and republican In form, and
professing the religion of the meek and
iowly Jesus, whose gospel with Its mis
sionary spirit Is world-wide In Us ap
plication, we should not neglect lo aid
in giving them an opportunity for mor
el, religious and political training.
Let me any that, on a political line. Ills
education, has been right the reverse
of what It should have been, and those
who have used him as a voter are re
sponsible for hln not lielng qualified
at this time to exercise the sacred right
of the elective franchise. I liuvo hud
some experience as a candidate, hut
I cun truthfully say I never sought his
support by any corrupt means. We are
sending consecrated men and women to
Africa snd other foreign fields, while
we have and nre greatly neglecting
the representatives of the race whose
lot has been cost with ours. Here I
think Is e good field for homo mission
work. At this time, I suppose that
Ood only knows what Is to be their
ftnul destiny, but let us strive to do all
no can to make them n better and
more law-abiding people. Let us wise-
ly nnd Judiciously guard against every
tendency, either publicly or criminally.
thony Brown), who was my father's
ox-teamster. He left her a farm of 50
acres, which was purchased after
emancipation, with funds ($400 In gold)
saved up while In servitude, from (he
sale of fish, 'possums, nnd other game.
This purchase was adjoining our old
family homestead. Here she resided
until four yeurs ago. 'She sold It, and
went to make her horns with her son.
During her stay there she waa mads
to feel frrs to coma 10 my home when'
ever she wished. Thfs aha would often
do, and sometimes remain for months.
queathed to us by our forefathi
of her Illustrious sons, who-'
adorn the pages of her hlsto
that
nf he*
ith 'I
he#
H«) unit ■'iiiiriiiiirn iriiMiii tui iiiuiilim,
and, being of Industrious hsblts, would
not be satisfied unless employed at
something pertnlnlng to household af
fairs. For such services, we would
always pay her. There nre others who
are getting "Id that I might mention,
but don't deem It necessary. Will say
that should I be living when they pus
away I expect to see that they have a
decent burial.
In conclusion, I wish lo say, "Let the
dead past bury Its dead," and wisely
dealing with the present, and hopefully
looking to the future, let our wisest
in uin tui’iic, out w incni
and best men of both races act Ju
diciously, and co-operals with each
other, and 1 believe they can and will
rightly solve the problem. If what I
have written, bearing upon the ques
tion. which, t assure all, are the ex
pressions of an honest end sincere
heart, merits the consideration of any
who may read, take them for what
they are worth; otherwise, pass them
by unnoticed. Will say, being a na
tive son of our beloved Georgia, that I
am proud of the nohle put record she
hu made In founding nnd perpetuating
the great und good government ba
ng the Empire State of the Hoi
mention the names of some o
worthy sons: Crawford, Lumpk .
Cobbs, Toombs, Hlevens, Brown, Hill
nnd Gordon. Let us hope tlmt her fntr
banner may still nnvs triumphantly
over Ihe "home of the free, nml the
Innd of the brave," and that Ood
from the ranks of her living noble
give us wise statesmen, who will be
equal to the present emo _
successfully solva all Issues iiffc-tlng
Ihe pence and prosperity of our xtnta
and nation, nnd whose names will mid
now luster to her fair escutchoon. Lika
one of old, I can uy, "Entrant me not,|
to leave thee, or to return from fol
lowing after thee, for whither thou
gosst t will go, and whers thou lodge
est I will lodge; thy people elmll be
my people, and thy God my Ood,
Where thou dtest, will I die, nml there
will I be buried." Your fellow-citizen,
II. II. BROWN.
Flowery Branch, Ga., R. F. D. No. L
THE LOVERS OF ART.
Who live In Atlanta will he gratified tel
learn that .lie. l-ldna Freeman, wife of I
Georgs Fri' imin. H " well-known and I
once-famous Enidl-h portrait painter]
nnd mlnlaturo nrtlst, deceased, hu lo-1
rated In this city. Sho wna for three I
yeara the pupil of Mr. Freeman, and I
under hta direction had tho finest OfJ
advantages abroad. Mrs. Freeman mat]
be seen every day nt Motes' Studte |
from 11 to 1, where samples of bar]
work will always bo on exhlbtlon.
leniency, eitner puouciy or >. I'l'i.i..,.,,
thnt tends toward amalgamation of
the races, nnd to see that by law they
have'full protection of life and prop
erly. I.ct us co-operate with and en
courage every laudable effort on the
part of their wisest and beat men look
ing to their betterment Industrially,
morally or religiously, and, whether u
employer or master, take the teaching
of God's holy word ss our guide, and
as a laborer on the farm or elsewhere,
or aa servants In our homes, pay them
a Just rompcneailon for their serv
ices, and. In this way, gain their con
fidence and esteem, hoping thereby
to reetore the friendship that once ex
isted between the two races. Could
such be the remit, I emphatically say
that I do not believe that we can
ever get a better rlass of laborere, so
well adapted to the farm nnd all other
enterprise* that require manual labor.
It Is still pleasant from memory, In
my declining years, to revert back to
scenes nnd relations connected with
ante-bellum days, when, In boyhood, I
romped up and down the hanks of the
Chhttahoochee river, fishing and chas
ing the '|K'«»um and 'coon, or on the
farm, working side by side with the
boys of this race of people. There Is
sttlt living, near me, tn comfortable
circumstances, with her hon, a very
aged negro woman whom I still delight
to address as Aunt Rachel, and ebe In
return to address me sa Marse Berrien.
She It was that nursed me In baby
hood, and cooked for the family. She
alwaya speaks of our family as her
whits folks. From the best records ob
tainable, she Is supposed to be In the
nineties, and still retain* a clear mem
ory, and has of late yeara repeatedly
said to me what she most needed now
was the grace of God to support her In
old age, and that when death come*
she may get to a better .world than
this. Away with tbs fa lie doctrine
that "the negro ts a brute, and has n >
soul." Eighteen year* have pa«Ad
since the death uf her husband (An-
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