Show THE NEGRO IN HOME CHURCH AND SOCIETY THAT our afro american men and women are progressing in intellect telle ct culture and refinement as well as in the accumulation of wealth we can better demonstrate to you yon if you yon will bulgo ant go with us ns to any of the large eastern or southern cities we will take for instance the city of chicago alone which represents a large portion of the accumulated wealth of our race here we have large and substantial church edifices of every denomination some of them located in the most aristocratic portion of that city where it costs a small fortune to buy the ground aone alone not not saying anything of the thousands of dollars it costs to erect one of these churches it is a well known fact that the finest churches are owned by our negib race these churches are built entirely from the contributions of the mem bers and with few exceptions are iree free from debt if you yon will go with us to any of these churches you will find assembled together cultured and noble men and refined i and beautiful women men and women that represent honor wealth and influence in church and society many of our race attend and are members of ofa aristocratic white churches and take an a active part m in i all social and literary entertainments tain ments and are am treated with good fellowship and great respect by the white members but the majority of us prefer to attend our own places of worship many own their i ow own homes these homes you will find models of elegance both in exterior and interior many of them are 10 located on the most fashionable streets and avenues you will find the interior furnished with every 1 luxury that goes gm to make up an ideal home you will find the library replete with books and many keep in m touch with the leading authors and writers of the day these homes I are in perfect keeping in g with the cultured minds and noble aspirations s of t those hose that dwell tha therein ein in these homes you will see being reared pure pae and noble minded sons and daughters daugh ers that are AM as fair and ancl beautiful fd as those of f the more favored race athoa many Y ars Iten sending aing their nf sons and to college anil and thereby W abr r ams 42 anew uw ay a abali oi tra f n f rf f r ligel gr ka q nt subjects now before bi our american women as well as all matters pertaining to the welfare and best interests of the race are freely and intelligently discussed space will not permit at this time to give a more es extended tended review of what our race is accomplishing but the reader will see that we are marching on and that we have a higher mission to fill than that of aimlessly drifting through life and we say let us onward ever onward to try to reach a higher sphere |