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ALONG moral line, the greatest need is a high tandard of life in the
home; a greater regard shown by children for their parents; strict
rules by parents for their children, admini tered with love and kindness;
habit of indu try and truthfulne ; the reading of good books
and magazine; and la t but not lea t, Chri tian education.
The basi for Christian education i the Bible. With the Bible in the
home, constantly and y tematically tudied, the influence of that home
will be for high tandard of Iiying.
The econd need is that religious activity hall be a real, vital fact
rather than a theory. Our people need to be taught the habit of
punctuality in allmatler of obligation, whether secular or ecclesiastical,
and they should be trained to deal hone tly with their fellowmen in all
things, not on account of fear, but for
righteousness' sake, and for the honor
there is in honest dealing. Too many
accept religion as a feeling. It is more
than that. It is a business, and it deals
with immortal souls.
Our people should be taught that
intelligence comes from many sources
and that the avenues of approach should
be carefully guarded. Some one has
wisely said: "Intelligence is a luxury,
sometimes useful, sometimes fatal. It
is a torch or firebrand according to the
use one makes of it."
Our people ought to be taught to read
the best book, to discover the best that
comes to the urface in man, both a to
words and deeds, and then make the
mo t of it by putting it into practice.
The be t reading- the book of books
- is the Bible. It is the best selling
book the world ha e\'er known, and
more men, women, and children are
reading and studying it to-day than e\'er
before in the world's history. Where
can you find stories, literature, poetry,
as you find them in the Bible? The
stories of Ruth and Naomi, of Daniel, of Da\;d and Goliath, of
Joseph, of Paul's shipwreck, and others, attract, interest, and inspire u ,
and I commend their reading to all our people. In Sunday-school, the
instruction is given from the Bible. The multiplication of efficient
Sunday-schools is the hope of the church and the hope of the race
through Christian education.
It i difficult to get a majority of the colored youth to settle down to
steady work. The city craze has seized many of them, and large numbers
have left the farms to go to the cities, seeking easy employment.
In many instance they fail to get what they want and so get out of good,
regular habits. Again, many of them would be in the country to-day
if they could remain there unmolested, but in many cases it is a great
risk of life to try and live outside the cities or big towns. The town becomes
in a sense a protection to them. In many cases it is a veritable
trap. In the third place, they will be allowed to do menial labor, but
when they begin to show efficiency as mechanics, they do not get a fair
chance and are frequently not allowed to work at the trade for which
the~' ha\'e been preparing themselves for years. I believe that
employers hould pay living wages for labor to all alike.
Race
BISHOP EVANS TYREE, D.D., M.D.
•
Evans Tyree, D.O.,
M.D.
A. ". E. Chllrch
Residence: Nashville. Tenn.
Bishop
Greatest Needs of the Negro
Bisbop Evans Tyree, D.D., M.D.
BISHOP TYREE presides over the conIerences
of Te.xas and l\lexico. He was born
of lave parents, in De Kalb County, Tenn.,
August 19, 185-1.
He was sold twice WiUl his mother, from
whom he was never separated by lavery, and
who still lives with him. In 1865, mother
and son started out to try to live as free
people, finding their first home in an old deserted
hut, which they occupied by permission
of the owner of the farm on which it
stood.
He was converted and joined the church
at twelve years of age, was licensed to preach
at fourteen, joined the conIerence at eighteen,
and was made elder at twenty-two. He
studied in the public chool hy permission
for a year until he was twenty-three, and then
went to Central Tennessee College for six
years, the last yearin the Iedical Department.
He was graduated from the medical
department at Louisville in 1894, with the
degree of l\I.D.
In 1900, at Columbus, Ohio, he was
elected bishop of the African )lethodist
Episcopal Church, in whose service he had
been a minister since 1872. He is serving his second quadrennium in charge
of the Te.xas Conference, an unusual experience, but at the request of the
people. He was a delegate to the Ecumenical ConIerence of Methodism in
London, 1901.
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