take fresh courage and march on until we reach the goal, and then
we shall be glad and rejoice for the Lord has spoken good to His people,
the Ethiopians.

Oh, ye colored people, why not take this as yours and begin now to
rejoice ye in your own race and feel proud of the race, but not ones
that can dance the best on the ball-room floor, for there is very little
in that when it is all summed up in a whole. Let us thank all the good
people who have shown any love to us while we have been in this work of
building and may they all find favor in the sight of God. You have a
dear good pastor who is willing to give his life to the Lord and the
church. Let us take fresh courage and march into His service, for we
shall gain if we only trust in God and do the right He will help us to
persevere.

Time would fail me and my pen would fail to move if I should try to
enumerate all of the blessings that have come to us as a race. I hope
that we, as the hated negro race, will make a fresh start from this
night and do all that we can to forward the work in this church, and God
will send us a blessing.

Etiquette of Young Men

I was wondering a few days since if the men of the present day had lost
the respect that men used to have for the women. I was carried back to
the year of 1884 while in school with so many of the young men of my own
race, when I saw so much of the respect that they showed to us girls and
that was what caused me to write this to their honor. I think that true
etiquette is one of the greatest blessings that young men can have for
the women, for it is to them that we look to for the protection and
love, and if we fail to find it in them where shall we look? This is one
of the greatest fortunes that one can have, and it is that which makes a
young man what he ought to be. We, as the women, need so many of such
ones and the world needs them fully as much, and the God who made them
looks for more and when he does not find it in the dear creatures that
He has made it makes Him feel sad.

I found a number of young men that used to attend the Wayland Seminary
that had the greatest regard for the girls, and I could not but notice
them in this respect and their kind acts while there, although I was not
in the same classes with them, but I never saw them make any difference
while I was in school. I always found good friends among them and I
never saw a young man meet one of the young ladies but they lifted their