...in the church and this central clubhouse tends to become more and more luxuriously furnished. . . . The average Negro preacher in this city is a shrewd...spiritual, nor a reformer. The moral standards are set by the congregation and vary from church to church. ' ' 2 CM"nc'hfcUS Conditions are much better...

...tended to conserve old standards rather than to strive for new ones. "On the whole," DuBois remarked, "the average Negro preacher in this city is a shrewd...but neither learned nor spiritual, nor a reformer." Even so, most efforts to promote general intelligence and social betterment were church-centered. Crime...

...whole then, the average Negro preacher in this city is a shrewd manager, a respectable man, a gixxl talker, a pleasant companion, but neither learned...standard of morals which Methodism imposed on the freedmen; but condition and temperament have modified these. The grosser forms of immorality, together...

...pastors activities. As Du Bois (1967: 206) observes, however, in reality the typical black preacher is "a shrewd manager, a respectable man, a good talker, a pleasant companion who ultimately must abide by the moral standards established by his congregation." This observation...

...but the exceptions are doubtful rather than notorious. On the whole, then, the average Negro.preacher in this city is a shrewd manager, a respectable man,...standard of morals which Methodism imposed on the f reedmen, but condition and temperament have modified these. The grosser forms of immorality, together...