Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1884 — A Negro’s Prayer. [ARTICLE]

A Negro’s Prayer.

Bishop Havon presided over tho Texas Conference in 1878. One day he scored some of the colored ministers on a too feeble recognition of meum and tuum, and then called on a brother to pray, who responded as follows: “O, Lord, dou am honest, great an’holy; Hotting dat am unclean an’ dishonest can tuch de. . O, Lord, come an’ teach all classes an’ colors de lesson ob hon esty; makeum honest wid dare tongues, dare feet, dare hans an’ dare heads. O, Lord, make um honest inside an’ out, in de dark an’ in de light. O, Lord, sweet Babe of Bethlehem, come and bfoss our Bishop; front an’fight his ebry battle; send him threw dis world like a pigeon on de wings ob de eagle, an’ when de race am run, an’ de last battle am fought wid dat ole serpent, de debil, an’ dar am no more for him to do in dis world, let him mount de chariot and hab a short ride home; an’ den, Lord, on the plains ob glory, himself all covered wid glory, let him ground his arms near de throne ob de Lamb, an’ lib, an’ rest, an’ shout, foreber an’ ever.” o