Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

have bread.
The Lord desires His people in the North to
maintain a kindly attitude toward the colored
brethren and sisters. We should not be hasty in
finding fault with them. We cannot expect them to
be in all respects like those who have enjoyed
greater advantages. We should remember the
disadvantages under which the colored people have
lived. Far different from the surroundings of the
white race have been their surroundings. The
Northern people have lived in a clearer, purer
moral atmosphere than have the colored people of
the South. We cannot expect that, in all things, they
will be as firm and clear in their ideas of morality.
Were Christ on earth today, He would teach the
Negro race in a way that would surprise us. He
calls upon us to remember that even those who
have had great advantages in many things often
feel hurt if their errors are unduly noticed and if
words of counsel and admonition are spoken in an
unsympathetic manner.
When things of an objectionable nature take
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