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August 22, 1908
Evening Journal
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
At a Holiness Camp in Denton, Rev. Lucius B. Campton of Asheville, N.C., delivers a sermon urging Christians to help Black people, recounting his shift from hating negroes to loving them via grace. Dated Aug. 22 from Harrington.
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NEGRO NEEDS
ENCOURAGEMENT
Southern Preacher Says the
Whites Should Help
Blacks
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
HARRINGTON, Aug. 22—The Christian man's obligation to the negro was made very plain at the close of the Holiness Camp at Denton. Rev. Lucius B. Campton, of Asheville, N. C., preached a special sermon upon this subject, taking as his text: "Who is My Neighbor?" The preacher said:
"Rockefeller has supplied South America, India, Japan and all the ends of the earth with oil; Duke with cigarettes, and American whiskey can now be had the world over. But the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is being carried very slowly to the benighted races and the failure of the gospel to evangelize the world is due to the inactivity and lack of good religion in the Christian Church.
"The negro at home should be helped and encouraged. I was in Dixie. When a young man was a member of a compact pledged to knock every negro for the least offense, but grace has since made hate give place to love in my heart and the man who does not love to be good even to a negro has no God in his soul." A number of voices shouted: "Good; say it again."
ENCOURAGEMENT
Southern Preacher Says the
Whites Should Help
Blacks
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
HARRINGTON, Aug. 22—The Christian man's obligation to the negro was made very plain at the close of the Holiness Camp at Denton. Rev. Lucius B. Campton, of Asheville, N. C., preached a special sermon upon this subject, taking as his text: "Who is My Neighbor?" The preacher said:
"Rockefeller has supplied South America, India, Japan and all the ends of the earth with oil; Duke with cigarettes, and American whiskey can now be had the world over. But the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is being carried very slowly to the benighted races and the failure of the gospel to evangelize the world is due to the inactivity and lack of good religion in the Christian Church.
"The negro at home should be helped and encouraged. I was in Dixie. When a young man was a member of a compact pledged to knock every negro for the least offense, but grace has since made hate give place to love in my heart and the man who does not love to be good even to a negro has no God in his soul." A number of voices shouted: "Good; say it again."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Sermon
Negro Encouragement
Racial Transformation
Holiness Camp
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Lucius B. Campton
Where did it happen?
Denton, Near Harrington
Story Details
Key Persons
Rev. Lucius B. Campton
Location
Denton, Near Harrington
Event Date
Aug. 22
Story Details
Rev. Lucius B. Campton preaches a sermon on the Christian obligation to help and encourage the negro, sharing his personal transformation from youthful racism to love through divine grace.