In 1832, a sermon was given in the south entitled,
The Religious Instruction of the Negro.
By 1906, Negro church followings increased 57.6 percent.
In 2007, 1 out of 3 Black people will call themselves christians.
Said another way, enslaved Afrikans have been
transformed into negro christians at alarmingly fast & successful rates.
HOW TO MAKE A NEGRO CHRISTIAN
reprints the entire sermon, so you can read it for yourself and adds highly critical commentary.
Read about the exact plans constructed by one Dr.
Reverend Charles Colcock Jones
to 'bible-ize' the enslaved Afrikan population in 1832, and take notice
at what happens on Sundays in the majority of the Afrikan/Black
communities today in 2007.
Below are a few choice quotes from the so-called
'Apostle of the Blacks.'
HOW TO MAKE A NEGRO CHRISTIAN
[T]hey
appear to us to be without Hope and without God in the world. A nation
of Heathen in our very midst . . . . we must conclude that they need
the Gospel.
page 34
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Much
more should we strive to loose them from the bonds of sin and Satan,
and lead away their famishing souls to the water of life . . . [w]e are
bound to give them the Gospel.
page 35
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And
having our plantations, the time and persons of our servants wholly
under our control, we can arrange the manner and frequency of our
instructions, as we please, and the period of these instructions with
as much punctuality, and with as little interruption, as we can arrange
the morning and evening devotions of our own fire-side. Our very
children might become, to some extent, teachers, by reading to them
plain portions of the Bible, or plain Tracts and things of such sort
page 67
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Will
the authority of the Masters be weakened by instructions of this sort?
No, it will be strengthened. And we believe that their authority can be
strengthened and supported in this way only; for the duty of obedience
will never be felt and performed to the extent that we desire it,
unless we can bottom it on religious principle
page 72
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It
is a matter of astonishment, that there should be any objection at all;
for the duty of giving religious instruction to our Negroes, and the
benefits flowing from it, should be obvious to all. The benefits, we
conceive to be incalculably great, and [one] of them [is] there will be
greater subordination . . .amongst the Negroes.
page 52
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[I]n
order to induce a sense of guilt, [you] must charge upon the Negroes
those particular sins to which they are so much addicted, and expose
their enormity and consequent punishment in the world to come.
page 55
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[The matter of preaching to the Negroes should]
deal
much in parables, historical events, miracles, lives of men holy and
profane, as found in the Bible, and the great and wonderful works of
God: all in illustration of doctrine and practice. He must reason much
by illustration. And as the great majority of them do not read, he
should read and explain God's holy word to them constantly, and as
extensively as possible
page 83
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It
becomes us to inquire, if, in the history of the world, any people have
ever been thoroughly christianized, without the employment of their own
agency to a large extent, in diffusing the gospel amongst themselves? I know of no such people.
page 86
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Let
them [the slave masters] invest a little capital in the minds and
hearts of their people [us Afrikans], and it will prove to all
concerned, a peace-giving and profitable investment for time and for
eternity.
. . . for time and for ETERNITY.
page 102
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(psst...This one ACTUALLY LIVED
and WAS a historical figure.)
WILLIE LYNCH 2
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