Unveiling the Prince
THE PRINCE OF THE WORLD AND HIS POWER
Inthis subject I will prove the great mistake we are making as representatives of the race, which are leading us from the strong arms of God, instead of drawing us to Him; we are fools and glory within ourselves.
First: I want to introduce the prince of the world, who rules and governs this whole entire earth, and all things on it are subject to him, except a man’s soul, and that will have to stand before the bar of God to be judged.
This prince is better known as the devil, who once was an arch-angel in Heaven, now he is in war with God. He is here disguised as a gentleman; he also is a noted actor and a deceiver; he does not wish the world to be destroyed; he hopes to prove to you that this is as good as the Heavens above.
A public gambler, or a common drunkard, or a murderer or any common act, he dislikes. Why? Because such action gives away his plans and frightens the children of God and brings down their wrath on his works. He would like for you to be happy with the comforts of the world and forget God. This prince is an important character; he is next ruler to God; he is more important than all the angels in Heaven; his power is the greatest success of the world, and the power of man is under his control, and he is gradually crushing the Godly thoughts and real christianity out of the hearts and minds of the human family.
In order to do great work for Christ we should study more about his great enemy, who is the prince of the world.
Two nations study the conditions of one another in order to conquer or win a battle. This prince is known as a gentleman, he rules the highest positions on earth.
The kings, and presidents, judges, and ministers of the gospel have to take their hats off to him, and bow low. At such times they deny Christ as Peter did; the prince commands and they are compelled to carry it out to the letter, they have not faith enough in Christ to resist, and if you are saved at all it is only by grace. These are the conditions that face the world today, real christianity of the human family, is almost a thing of the past.
Christianity is today used as a cloak for money grafters. The higher the position is that you hold in the church, the more money you can get; these positions are in the power of the prince; the better preacher you are the more money you can get, not souls for Christ. He is out of it. It is not souls and better conditions that our leaders are calling for today, it is money they want and money they must have. Why? Because the prince has power over them and nine out of ten have sold out to the prince, and without a successful remedy it will destroy the world. The negro leaders are selling their churches and their societies to the prince.
I have very plainly showed to you the work of the prince, and have told you of his power.
Gold and silver money, the fruits of all evil, are the valuable things in his kingdom; that is what he puts up such a terrible fight against the God-heads with; that is what he betrayed Christ with; that is what he is buying the ministers and kings, presidents and judges with, and the supposed to be christian churches with, but some of them are a devil’s hell, and the world would be better off without them and their leaders. That is what buys a human life. The lust for money causes our ministers and leaders and the great trust companies to feather their own nest by taking the last penny from a poor starving family without mercy. The prince knows that you want it and would do any crime to get it, so you rob the poor, you are branded in God’s sight as a thief, and that is against the Golden Rule.
What does the race need? We want leaders, men who are manly enough not to throw themselves on a weak race and make them take care of them and their families who are not able to take care of themselves.
The greatest progress of the world has been built upon the poor and unfortunate race. They have been drove, and whipped, and sold, and robbed of their rights before a just God by man. The negro leaders have taken up the plan of the white man. I will add with a few exceptions, the height of their manhood and education is to fool the weaker of their race, and make them take them for their leaders whether they want to or not; they are not willing to sacrifice one hour for the race unless they can get paid for it, they study the Gospel of Jesus Christ and sell it for a large sum of money, when the gospel is free for all. Their ambition is to build a fine church and tax a poor race to pay for it.
Professor A. W. Cook
Professor A. W. Cook
Professor A. W. Cook
What should they do? They should teach the congregation to save their pennies for a rainy day, for they have nothing to give; anyman that has not saved from two or five hundred dollars has nothing to give to a world’s church. Where can we meet in order to worship our God and praise to Him? He tells us wheresoever two or three of His children meet there shall be a God in their midst and some soul shall be blessed.
We first should run the prince out of our homes and dedicate them to God, and make a church there; when that gets too small, He will find a larger place for us.
The strong race that has robbed us, according to the Bible, knows of their crime, and knows that no thief can enter Heaven.
If we prove ourselves worthy of taking care of what God has intended for all men, their rights, the white race is willing to give it to us.
The christian white people are willing to help us and give us the percentage of our money if we can take care of it and use it God-like.
God doesn’t intend for us to have it until we prove ourselves worthy.
In order to prove to the world and God that we are obedient people we have got to back only real leaders, those leaders must be men that will shoulder the musket and be the first men to sacrifice their lives. Not a man who is willing to stay behind the ignorant and suffering race of people and feather his own nest off them, and shout “see what I have done.” He must be a man that is brave enough to go before the white people in an intelligent way and demand the support of our people in a manly manner.
They know that we have not anything to build churches with, when we are living in chicken coops and can’t buy a square meal three times a week without suffering for it.
The white people will give us all the churches we need if we are worthy of them in the community.
My friends, in order to build this race we need more men like Abraham Lincoln, Fred Douglas, Booker T. Washington, A. Foraker, Marcus Garvey, and others that have proven themselves manly men, that will face the world and demand their rights for the negro race in a God-like manner.
The money is waiting for you if you have got the sense to get it, and prove to the stronger race that you are manly and honest enough to handle it for your people.
You have first got to prove yourself a man, and not let the prince poison your mind so that you will be low enough to sell your people for your own big name before the world.
Leaders; tell your congregations to save their money and buy themselves a little home, and their pennies for the support of their children and to give them a start in life, fit them for some kind of business; you cannot do this work by standing in the pulpit and asking them for every cent they have and telling them to put more in their pockets for the next time, and giving them that old song, that “God loves a cheerful giver.” God does not love any one that throws away the opportunities He gave them to get an honest living in the world.
If you wish to help someone, give a penny to that poor baby that has no one to care for it, or the drunkard that is captured by the prince, or give a glad hand to the tramp who is friendless in the cold world, give bread to that unfortunate man or child that is begging for it, or that outcast mother, and a kind word to the unfortunate gambler; take them to your home and try to reason with them in God’s name.
Those are the kind of gifts that God loves; give your time, your love, your pride, your bread and a good word to those that need it every day, not on Sundays only at a fine church, for in this world our churches are the headquarters for the prince of the world; he is two-thirds owner of them.
Every negro church should have a charitable institution attached to it to take care of their poor and aged mothers and fathers, and poor motherless children, that are begging you for help on the streets.
Then as men and women we could have the courage to ask our white friends to help us, and they would give you their hearty support, and be glad to do so. And then we would be doing what God wants us to do. We could have money without begging our old mother and father for it. If we would be manly men and women, help those that need it.
The Bible says, “thou shall not walk in the path of the ungodly,” and our leaders teach us the same and tell us we must stay out of barrooms and the gambling houses, and the houses of immorality. But my friends that is a mistake, those are the places we should go in, in the Lord’s name.
I understand the meaning as, you should not crave for those evil things; when you do, then you are walking in the path of the ungodly.
If your heart desires to murder someone, then you are a murderer; in God’s sight the crime is committed.
If your religion cannot last long enough to go into those dens and speak to your brother or sister and try to bring them out, then you haven’t faith and you glory in yourself, and you will have to answer before the bar of Judgment, and with such pride ofthe world your whole church will be lost, for you are too proud to stoop to falling humanity and help them, for that is what you must do.
An appeal to the young educated and manly leaders: in your financial affairs be a manly man, a real man, don’t accept a nickel or a dime from your old mothers and fathers who have toiled for years and put you on the platform you are now on.
An old mother at fifty or sixty, it is a disgrace for any church to accept money from her, when they have to toil hard every day for bread.
Young leaders you should take care of them, instead of taking from them, then you are showing the spirit of a hero, and a manly man, don’t let the prince buy the manly part of you, so that you cannot excuse your old mothers and fathers. Money you want, but you should not accept it unless it is honorable.
The facts and conditions that are in actual existence among our people, there should be some remedy for them, someone has got to open the eyes of the race, they cannot be honestly contradicted, they are not of myself, I am commanded to right them from a pure and honest heart, I am willing to devote my time and money in every way for the upbuilding of humanity.
My greatest knowledge of this subject is from the Bible.
If you study God’s word instead of just reading it over, you will understand it better. Then try to live accordingly.
The prince of the world studies his word and uses it to condemn you before God. He puts another meaning to it and tries to make you believe he is right, so it is best to know for yourself.
If you study in faith He will give you understanding.
I trust that you will read carefully and weigh every sentence, and place the right meaning to them: there are exceptions in all cases, some are not guilty, but slow in action.