. The upward path : the evolution of a race . OF THE YOUNG peoples MISSIONARY MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA THE UPWAED PATH:THE EVOLUTION OF A EACE Leaders general helps to accompany each text-book in the Forward Mission Study Courses and special denominational helps may be obtained by corresponding with the secretary of your mission board or society. SLOW THEOUGH THE DARK Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might,Seems faltering downward from each won strange, swift-sprung exception we
. The upward path : the evolution of a race . OF THE YOUNG peoples MISSIONARY MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA THE UPWAED PATH:THE EVOLUTION OF A EACE Leaders general helps to accompany each text-book in the Forward Mission Study Courses and special denominational helps may be obtained by corresponding with the secretary of your mission board or society. SLOW THEOUGH THE DARK Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might,Seems faltering downward from each won strange, swift-sprung exception we; we trace A devious way thro dim, uncertain light— Our hope, through the long vistaed years, a sightOf that our Captains soul sees face to face. Who, faithless, faltering that the road is steep,Now raiseth up his drear insistent cry? Who stoppeth here to spend a while in sleep,Or curses that the storm obscures the sky? Heed not the darkness round you, dull and deep;The clouds grown thickest when the summits high. —Paul Lawrence Buribar. * Aunt Gilly She Las lived to the af?e of eishty-six honored and respected by all who knowher, and greatly l)eloved by her nurslings THE UPWARD PATH: is THE EVOLUTION OF A RACE BY MARY HELM s^^ NEW YOEK YOUNG peoples MISSIONARY MOVEMENTOF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1909 Copyright, 1909, by Young Peoples Missionary MovementOP THE United States and Canada ^0 MY FAITHFUL OLD NURSE AUNT GILLY^THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH TENDER LOVEAND GRATEFUL MEMORIES CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Introduction xiii Preface xvii Editorial Note xxi I In the African Jungle 1 II American Slavery 31 III First Years of Freedom 65 IV Industrial and Economic Progress 105 V Social Conditions 143 VI Educational Opportunities 185 VII Eeligious Development 219 VIII The Next Step: Need and Supply 267 Appendixes Appendix A Hymn 301 Appendix B Negro Melodies 302 Appendix C Bibliography 308 Appendix D Main and Minor Geographic Divisions of Continental United States 315 Appendix E P
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