administration. He was chosen moderator of the Presbytery of
Catawba at Monroe, N. C., and in 1887 was sent as a
commissioner from Catawba Presbytery to the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, which met
at Omaha, Neb. In 1888 the degree of A. M. was conferred by
Biddle University. In 1890 he accepted the call to
Winnsboro, S. C., continuing in the church and school work
here for four years very acceptably. In 1892 was sent as
commissioner to the General Assembly at Saratoga, N. Y. In
1894 he accepted the work at Goodwill, Sumter Co., S. C.,
where he now serves the largest Colored Presbyterian Church
in the United States. He administered communion to 2,000
communicants.

In connection with the church he has charge of the Goodwill
Academy, with an enrollment of about 100 students. In 1895
he was chosen stated clerk of Fairfield Presbytery, which
position he fills with accuracy and ability until to-day. In
1900 the degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Biddle
University.

He has been Moderator of Fairfield Presbytery and Atlantic
Synod. He is the secretary of the Sunday School Convention,
chairman of the Committee on Vacancies and Supplies of the
Fairfield Presbytery, and chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Mission, Atlantic Synod.

The influence of the Negro pulpit on the race is immeasurable. It is
to the race what the lighthouse is to the ship laden with human souls
upon the tempestuous sea. At the close of the war when the Negroes
were in darkness, the Negro preachers were the first to come forward
to lead them to the light, and whatever may be said to the contrary,
the Negro preachers have done more for the Negro's uplift since his
emancipation than any other class of persons. We delight to boast that
the Negroes pay taxes on $400,000,000.00 worth of property, that they
have thousands of well educated men and women, that their illiteracy
has been reduced forty-five per cent, that they have hundreds of
newspapers, that they have four hundred or more skilled physicians who
are making good money, that they have hundreds of men who are engaged
in business enterprises, that they have thousands of honest, sober,
upright Christian men and women.

Now, to whom are we more indebted for all this than to the Negro
preachers, who have faithfully taught their people to save