Required reading
Discussions (Vol 2) by Robert L. Dabney (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read 'Ecclesiastical equality of Negroes'.
My summary
Today Dabney argues against a resolution within the General Assembly that '...the gospel ministry is to be given to all those called of God...'
Dabney argues that Negroes should not be allowed to be ministers based on logical, Scriptural and historical arguments.
What grabbed me
A shameful chapter to read.
Statements like this are appalling: 'Now, who that knows the negro does not know that his is a subservient race ; that he is made to follow, and not to lead ; that his temperament, idiosyncrasies and social relation make him untrustworthy as a depository of power?'
There is so much wrong with this chapter (including Dabney's exegesis), but I'd rather not examine it any longer.
I wish Banner of Truth had simply removed the chapter from my edition. It is certainly not edifying and has opened my eyes to a side of Dabney I'd rather not have known.
Next week's reading
Commence 'Prelacy a blunder' by reading up to the paragraph beginning 'II. We are thus led to the second department of our discussion, for which the way has designedly been prepared.'
Now it's your turn
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