- Foreword
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- Compilation Procedural Style
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- 1—No Colonizing
- 2—The Lord Led
- 3—Let Not Means Be Diverted
- 4—Self-Supporting
- 5—Men Who Will Catch the Notes
- 6—Hanging in the Balance
- 7—My Soul Is Stirred
- 8—Rise Up
- 9—Much Improved
- 10—Make the School a Success
- 11—Bricks Cannot Be Made Without Straw
- 12—Poverty-stricken Condition
- 13—The Work Must Go Forward
- 14—In the Providence of God
- 15—Self-Denial Boxes
- 16—A Large Work Done
- 17—Must Have Help
- 18—A Special Work
- 19—Greatly in Need of Help
- 20—God Has Not Left Them
- 21—Tell About the Huntsville School
- 22—I Am Glad I Can Do This Much
- 23—Do Our Very Best
- 24—An Object Lesson
- 25—A Great Work To Be Accomplished
- 26—Do Not Lose Interest
- 27—A Very Different Showing
- 28—A Deep Interest
- 29—An Appeal
- 30—A Long Delay
- 31—Huntsville School Must Be Finished
- 32—A Much Broader Work
- 33—Redeem the Time
- 34—A Blessed Place
- 35—A Place of Special Interest
- 36—A Special and Important Work
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- 1—The Work in Graysville and Huntsville
- 2—Our Duty Toward the Huntsville School
- 3—An Opportunity to Help a Needy Cause
- 4—Will You Help?
- 5—The Work Among the Colored People
- 6—The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Giver
- 7—A Message to Teachers
- 8—Medical Missionary Work Among the Colored People of the South
- 9—Left for Years
- 10—The Huntsville School
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- 1—All It Should Be
- 2—Spared for Huntsville
- 3—Yet Be a Success
- 4—We Shall Go to Huntsville
- 5—Love and Mercy
- 6—A Man Is Needed
- 7—Change for the Better
- 8—The Advancement of the Huntsville School
- 9—Dear Friend
- 10—Blossom as a Rose
- 11—Do All I Can
- 12—Back a Year
- 13—A Precious Treasure
- 14—A Holy Influence
- 15—The Right Thing Is Being Done
- 16—Blend Together
- 17—A Deep Interest in the Huntsville School
- 18—Especial Help
- 19—The Big Fund
- 20—Pleased Indeed
- 21—Establish Their Work
- 22—You Have Done Well
- 23—We Have Just Arrived in Huntsville
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D. Our Duty to the Colored People
Preface
“Our Duty to the Colored People” is perhaps Ellen White's most clarion statement on the matter of race and the gospel. This landmark address was delivered to the General Conference constituency on March 21, 1891, in Battle Creek, Michigan. Pointed and direct, this speech may be seen as the catalyst to the Seventh-day Adventist Southern work.PCO 164.1
Although largely ignored at the time and for a period afterward, this speech would eventually ignite Ellen White's son Edson to launch an evangelistic campaign in the South that was unprecedented. Seven key principles can be gleaned from “Our Duty to the Colored People” that provided a context for the work on behalf of black people in the south and the creation of Oakwood College.PCO 164.2
1. Equal Love: Christ died just as much for the black people as for the white people, and the God of the white man is also the God of the black man.PCO 164.3
2. Equal Reward: The black man's name is written next to the white man's name in the book of life.PCO 164.4
3. Equal Salvation: Unless God's Spirit is in your heart, whether you're white or black, you are a slave to sin and Satan.PCO 164.5
4. Equal Destination: We are all journeying to the same heaven.PCO 164.6
5. Equal Relations: God makes no distinction between the North and the South; therefore, we must learn to live together here on earth before we can get to heaven.PCO 164.7
6. Equal Responsibility: Let none of Christ's children be cowards in regard to the work for the black race.PCO 164.8
7. Equal Priority: Christ's church must give the gospel to blacks, and it should be high on the priority list.PCO 164.9