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TALKS FOR THE TIMES.
the Negro," at Monteagle, Tenn., Aug. 2, 1883, he
said :
"Give them all, black and white, the keys of
knowledge, and let them unlock as many doors as
they can. I pity the coward who is afraid to give a
human being this chance. Little danger is there that
any race will rise too high, that any individual of any
race will learn too much truth."
In the same address he also said:
"And lest by some possibility there be some mis¬
apprehension as to the truth I hold, let me say: I
believe in giving the opportunities of Christian edu¬
cation to the Negroes for the same reason that I be¬
lieve in giving the opportunities of Christian educa¬
tion to white people—that is, because they are alike
human beings, and by natural, God-given right
should have the best opportunity God's providence
allows them for becoming all that they are capable of
becoming. So long as I believe in Jesus Christ and
his gospel, I cannot stand on a lower platform than
this."
Yes, good friend ! and so long as we believe in
Jesus Christ and his gospel, so long as the human
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