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I love my race. I 10nO' to ee my people tand upon a firm
footing of pro p rity. I long to e them ind p ndent, elfre
pc ting, and proQT ive. I wi h for them, a I wi h for
nothing el e in the world, a happy, peaceful, gloriou future. I
want to sec our young men intelligent, indu triou , capable,
thrifty. I want to ee our young women refined, virtuous, diligent,
and clf-r pe tinO'. I cannot hope for th e thinO' except
through th c n tant betterment of their condition by
intelligent traininO', not only in our primary and econdary
chool , but in tho e school al 0 which teach them to wi ely
labor, to intellig ntly work, and to mil. ter tho e branches of
technical education which will make them trained mechanics
and arti an .
I know it is th purpo e of God for the egro to do well
and wisely what lie before him to-day, to enter the open
door that are now inviting him, to eize the opportunities
offered him, and to make the be t po ible u e of his present
environment.
We would ay to the Negro of this country, Turn away from
all tho e questions which irritate and disturb, concentrate your
mightie t effort, your vaste t energie , upon the amelioration of
your ocial, your indu trial, your religiou condition. Find
vour mu ic in the noi e of the hammer, the buzz of the saw, the
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roar of the mill, the whirl of building and bridge and factorie
going up, in the machinery, the rattle of the engines, the
ound of land. Toil, intelligent toil, is the watchword; labor,
educated labor, is the motto. Character. noble, lofty character,
i the grand end to be ouO'bt, the gloriou object to be
attained.
Christian Character the Loftiest Type
Christian charaet I' is thc loftie t type, and thi is to b attained
by the. tutIy of God' Word and application of the Word to
every phil.. of life. Religiou education i ab olutc1y neces ary
if we are to sueecC'd in life; and by rc1irriou education I mean
knowledO'e of the Uibte antI of the teachings of Je u Chri t.
Our chools fail to accompli ·h that f r which they have been
in tituted if there i a lack in thi kind of teaching. With the
education of the hand, for which I plead. there must be al 0
the education of the heart.
Along thcs lin thcre i. hope, abundant hope, for my people.
The God of our father will be with u if we hall be faithful to
the e high end. and all our problem will be solved in the be t
and mo t ati factorY wav. • •
Bishop Henry M. Turner, D.C.L.
A. M. E. Church
Resideace: Atlanta. Ga.
BISHOP HENRY Me E.-u. 1'uR..lI,'ER was born near Newberry Court House,
S. C., February 1, 1834. He grew up to considerable boyhood on the
cotton field of South Carolina, and learned to read and write by his own perseverance.
When he wa fifteen years old he was employed in a law office as a
servant at Abbeville Court House, and the young lawyers in the office often as-isted
him with hi studies. Afterward, he was employed in a medical university
in Baltimore, and studied anatomy, physiology, and hygiene. He Joined the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1848, was licensed to preach in 1853,
and tmveled and preached among Ule colored people, many whites in South
Carolina, Geor~ia, Alah.-una, Louisiana, and other Southern states. He tran ferred
hi. membership to the African Methodi t Epi copal Church in 1858, and
shorUy aftcr joined the Missouri Annual Conference.
He was tran ferred to the Baltimore Conference. and remained there four
year. The degree of LL.D. was given him by Pennsylvania niversity, 1872;
D.D. by Wilberforce University, 1873; and D.C.L. by Liberia College,
Africa, 1894.
He was pastor of Israel Church, Washington, D. C., in 1862 and 1863, and
was co~i ion.ed chaplain of the First Regiment, nited States colored troops,
by President Lmcoln (first colored chaplain ever commissioned in the nited
tates) .. He was mustered out in September, 1865, and was Il,,"llin commissioned
by President John n a chaplain in the regular army, but was detailed as an
