INCLUDES INDEX.

Early missionaries and the Negro -- The dawn of the new day -- Pioneer Negro preachers -- The independent church movement -- Early development -- The schism and the subsequent situation -- Religious instruction revived -- Preachers of versatile genius -- The Civil War and the church -- Religious education as a preparation -- The call of politics -- The conservative and progressive -- The Negro church socialized -- The recent growth of the Negro church -- The Negro church of to-day -- New temples for strange prophets.