"Regarding the whole manner of teaching the Faith in the
South; the Guardian feels that, although the greatest consideration
should be shown the feelings of white people in the South
whom we are teaching, under no circumstances should we discriminate
in their favour, consider them more valuable to the
Cause than their Negro fellow-southerners, or single them out
to be taught the Message first. To pursue such a policy, however
necessary and even desirable it may superficially seem,
would be to compromise the true spirit of our Faith, which
permits us to make no such distinctions in offering its tenets to
the world. The Negro and white races should be offered, simultaneously,
on a basis of equality, the Message of
"This does not mean that we should go against the laws of the State, pursue a radical course which will stir up trouble, and cause misunderstanding... Even in places where the two races can meet together in the South, he feels it would be, in certain cases, preferable to teach them separately until they are fully confirmed and then bring them together..."