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sociation selected him as Field Superintendent 

 of work among colored people, with the South- 

 ern States as his territory. His work was to 

 improve Sunday Schools in management, meth- 

 ods, and equipment ; and to endeavor to bring 

 the denominations into a closer understanding 

 for cooperation to uplift the race. His efforts 

 along these lines were very successful, as is at- 

 tested by the different denominational conven- 

 tions which meet annually in the several States. 

 He was also founder of the E'orth Carolina 

 Mutual Insurance Company. 



Seeing that the need of the ^egro race was 

 for trained leaders, he conceived the idea of 

 establishing the ISTational Religious Training 

 School. On April 1, 1910, the first tree was 

 cut on the land donated by the white citizens of 

 Durham, 'N. C. April, 1912, there are ten 

 buildings, valued at $125,000, with students 

 from several States, Africa, and the West In- 

 dies. This school has been phenomenal in its 

 growth and development, and has the promise 

 of a splendid future. As a mark of the esteem 

 in which he is held, the following appeared in 

 the papers of June 26, 1912: 



