Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — Brother Clark Was Not Prepared to Preach. [ARTICLE]

Brother Clark Was Not Prepared to Preach.

The following is an excerpt from a . letter received here from Leslie Clark, who is at the present time i Mississippi on business, which may prove of interest: “Last night Mr. Farrington and I went to a negro church. It was the end of the preacher’s year and they were trying to raise the money to pay hi&-salary.g'iTeyseemed to have divided the territory and have given different members the job of raising so much from his territory. When his name was called the choir would sing ten minutes for him and his friends would come forward and drop their contributions into the hat and at the end of the ten minutes the next would take his place. The contributions were liberal. I gave one of them a dollar and it was announced from the front that Bro. Clark, a white gentleman from the north, was the contributor. They wanted me to address the congregation, but I excused myself and referred them to Bro. Farrington. He told them h< wasn’t prepared to talk then but would address them at prayer meeting Wednesday evening. He knew he would be home by that time, but they did not. The negroes were all dressed up and looked very nice. They are not at all bad looking when they are fixed up. Their singing was very nice, and beats the Methodist choir at home all to smash. I left before the meeting was over.”