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Zation of its difficulties and even dangers, and yet, cheerfully
trusting themselves to the hand of God, are ready to go forward with
undaunted faith. We bespeak for them the prayers of God's people. It is
expected that they will leave home about the middle of May and sail from
San Francisco June 1st. Dr. Sheldon Jackson and Dr. Pond will aid them
in providing materials for the building and the necessary outfit. They
will, therefore, be well provided for, though long months must elapse
before they can again have communication with the civilized world. * * *
* * IN A NUTSHELL. _WHICH IS THE WISER WAY?_ There are some people who
seem to see only the ignorance and vice of the Negro, and the inveterate
race-prejudice against him; or at least they appear to be so occupied in
dilating upon these hindrances that they have no time to devote to their
removal, and, so far as their influence goes, they discourage others
from doing anything. On the other hand there are those who, while they
see all these difficulties, only find in them the strongest incentives
to the most earnest efforts to relieve the Negro from them. Which of
these two classes is the wiser? Some persons propose as the solution of
the race problem, disfranchisement; and they point to the bad
legislation of the blacks in South Carolina and Louisiana a quarter of a
century ago, when scarcely any of them could read, and almost none owned
property. On the other hand, there are those that are industriously
trying to educate the blacks and inspiring them to the acquisition of
property, and not in vain. More than two millions of the blacks can now
read, and more than two hundred million dollars' worth of property is
now owned by them. They are thus being prepared to vote wisely. Which of
these two cla