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and trust. God sees among them precious jewels that will one day
shine out brightly. The colored people deserve more from the hands
of the white people than they have received. There are thousands who
have minds capable of cultivation and uplifting. With proper labor,
many who have been looked upon as hopeless will become educators
of their race. Through the grace of God the race that the enemy has for
generations oppressed may rise to the dignity of God-given manhood
and womanhood.
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The Lord desires the desert places of the South, where the outlook
appears so forbidding, to become as the garden of God. Let our people
arouse and redeem the past. The obligation to work for the colored
people rests heavily upon us. Shall we not try to repair, as far as lies
in our power, the injury that in the past has been done to these people?
Shall not the number of missionaries to the South be multiplied? Shall
we not hear of many volunteers who are ready to enter this field to
bring souls out of darkness and ignorance into the marvelous light
in which we rejoice? God will pour out His Spirit upon those who
respond to His call. In the strength of Christ they may do a work that
will fill heaven with rejoicing.
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“Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search My
sheep, and seek them out.... So will I seek out My sheep, and will
deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the
cloudy and dark day.... I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to
lie down, saith the Lord God. I will seek that which was lost, and bring
again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which was sick.... And I will make
with them a covenant of peace.... And I will make them and the places
round about My hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come
down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.... Thus shall
they know that I the Lord their God am with them.... And ye My flock,
the flock of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord
God.”
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