Excerpt from Proceedings of the Semi-Centenary Celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Cincinnati, Held in Allen Temple, February 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1874: With an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colored Schools; Also a List of the Charitable and Benevolent Societies of the City<br><br>Prof. A. W Henson then made some appropriate remarks as to what we should hold on to of the past, and what we should let go.<br><br>Rev. R. A. Johnson spoke of the necessity of a great work in the future; that the school should get the old fire of religion and push on to its destination.<br><br>Bro. James Mathews spoke of the difference in the opportuni ties of the children now to that of his childhood.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.