help me to do:

Dear friends, we are here to-night to commemorate this grand occasion,
and our watchword is Onward and Upward to the Prize!

This is a time that we should all shout the Jubilee and to send the glad
tidings to all the world and to let all the nations know that we are on
our march to that happy land of song.

Dear friends, let us look for a few moments and think of the time when
you had not a church where you could worship God. I told you that God
would give you this lovely place, where no one could drive you out, and
to see what great things He has done for you in a little time, and how
great things can He not do if we will only trust Him? We have those of
our race that have held places of greatest trust and God bless them in
those places. Why should we give up the fight and lay our armor by when
there is so much for us to do? No, no, we can not and we will not lay
the grand old armor down, for the Lord is on our side and we shall
surely conquer if we look to Him whose arm is so large and strong. Then
let us take fresh courage and march on until we reach the goal, and then
we shall be glad and rejoice for the Lord has spoken good to His people,
the Ethiopians.

Oh, ye colored people, why not take this as yours and begin now to
rejoice ye in your own race and feel proud of the race, but not ones
that can dance the best on the ball-room floor, for there is very little
in that when it is all summed up in a whole. Let us thank all the good
people who have shown any love to us while we have been in this work of
building and may they all find favor in the sight of God. You have a
dear good pastor who is willing to give his life to the Lord and the