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p-- «-.k---, « . « . , . - - . » « . . - . »« .- . 2 . . ; «.... .’.sq-.·-.9.«-««-.««»KW-«k mep . » ..-.w.-ksp"s-- -..».»-Wm LU HÄFS ZHT ,. .(-4 -- NOTme TMM JM «- s...s-:ssssksissis . L « . . . III-TM . « ..0. VOL X. -**.*• SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY,'SEPTEMBER 24,188(1. i. iftjU «: r' ■ !i- :»b %-ivtlt Hutt OUR TRIP WEST—FEW DOTS! IN LOUISVILLE—ELDER i CLAIBORNE’S FAREWELL; ENTERTAINMENT-KENTUC-L CONFERENCE. I5Y REV. G. L. BLAOKWELL. Mr. Editor: Sunday August 29th was indeed a high day of enjoyment in Louisville Ky. The District Conference N>f which we spoke in our last had just closed which left quite a number of ministers in the city. Friday evening and part of Saturday we had conside rable rain. On Sunday it was cEudy nevertheless it being the last day for the pastors of Zion churches for the conference year the people came out by the hundreds. Rev. W. H. Ely filled the pulpit at Twelfth Street Church at 11 a. rn., and that with sat isfaction. He is a transferee from the Philadelphia and Baltimore Confe rence. At 1:30 p m, the pastor, Rev S Claiborne attended a funeral in or der to get out of the wray of the Quarterly meeting at Fifteenth Street Church at 3 p m. At night that oth er disciple filled the stand before a very attentive audience. The congre gation at this church has done won derfully well towards Elder Claiborne; paid all their salary and gave him Sunday’s collection. Rev H Camp bell filled the stand at Jacob Street Tabernacle at 11 am. Elder Camp bell is qufte an enihusiastic speaker. At night Elder J B Ividd the pastor filled the stand. Elder Kidd has managed his congregation splendidly and wields a strong influence among his members. Quarterly meeting was carried on at Fifteenth Street Church, Rev Harper pastor. P. E., J. M. Washington spoke at 11am and ren dered entire satisfaction. Elder Kidd was invited to preach at 3 p ni, and delivered a very fine sermon. At the conclusion of which the sacrament . was administered. Both Twelfth St. and Jacob St. Tabernacle congrega tions together with pastors were pres ent at the afternoon services. The Quarterly melting was quite a success. We visited all three of the Zion churches of the city which a pea red to be in very fair condition. Espec ially the Jacob St. and Twelfth St. churches. 'On Monday we visited many places of importance in the city On Monday night several of the young people gave a farewell entertainment to Elder S Claiborne, pastor of the Twelfth St. church. The following is il jjait KJi buc ^lugiaimug . xuuoiu wj the Quinn Chapel choir ; Select read ing, John W McWhorter; Music by Twelfth St Church choir; Essay, Our Young People, by Miss Lizzie Walker; Music by Quinn Chapel choir; . Elder S Claiborne’s Farewell Address. After the presentation of a handsome collec tion we were requested to respond on behalf of the audience. Retiring from the upper room the large crowd repaired to the basement where the stewardesses had the choicest delicasies for the appetite. The whole affair was grand and expressive of the warm feeling existing among the members for the pastor. Indeed he has done a good work and is worthy of their gen erosity, There was also an entertain ment given at Jacob’s St Tabernacle in honor of the invaluable services of the pastor. On Monday evening, 10:20, Elder Sherman’s daughter, Paralee, died after a continued illness. “O Death thou art a monster! ” Tuesday morning at 8:45 We board ed the train for Evansville Ind. Quite a delegation went from the city. Very cheap; rates were obtained for sixteen days and return; KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. j The Twenty-second session of the j above named conference convened in i the city of Evansville Ind, September 1st:, Rt Rev J W Hood presiding, at the request of Bishop T H Lomax the proper presiding Bishop. The Bifhop announced that the hour had come to open the session, therefore he read lho oth chap of 1st Timothy. Elder W A Foreman lined and the conference sang, “And are we yet alive.” After singing Elder Foreman addressed the Throne of Grace. The Bishop then lead in singing “ A charge to keep I have” followed by an old fashion hand shake On motion Elder G. B. Walker was chosen ' Secretary with the privilege to choose assistants, which resulted in the choice of Elders L N Demby and J C Temple. On motion Elder R T W James was ap pointed reporter to the Evansville Daily. Elder Campbell was appoint ed Marshal. , The Bishop then intro duced Elder W H Chambers a trans feree from the Allegheny Conference, Rev W H Ely a transferee from the Pniladelphia and Baltimore Confer euce aim xvey vt xj ixaic* nal delegate from the Central IV. Conference. The Bishop further sta ted that Brother Blackwell was not only a delegate, but was the autho rized agent for the Star and there fore would forward a-synopsis of the , conference work to the Star for pub lication. The...jmwtem.., were then announced. In the an nouncement, the Bishop particularly charged those on Holy Orders to be careful and exact so that when an El der is constituted by' the conference it will not be ashamed of him after wards. He said that there might be some leniency, shown in the reception of candidates on trial but a candidate for elder s orders ought to measure a full man. The Bishop then rose and read his Episcopal Address which was very concise, practical and instructive. A ijgmg the things referred to in .local and general affairs, were the meager sums the Bishops arc getting on sala ry ; the t«»nc and standard of the Christian ministry. Immediately aft er the address a committee was ap pointed to draft a code of resolutions, reciprocating if possible for the inval uable service of I he Bishop while in charge of the Kentucky Conference. Thp onmmit.t.pe consisted of' Hevs. James, Claiborne, Curry, Washington ami Irvin. The committee on Devo tion annonnced that Rev D J Dono hoo would preach at night but the annual sermon would be deferred un til Thursday night by which time the new church would be ready for occu pance. The session adjourned. Rev Donohoo preached a very acceptable sermon and wTas commended for bis effort. " SECOND DAY’S SESSION. The conference assembled at 10 am as per rule, with the Bishop presiding who rend the 6th chapter of 1st Tim othy. He also gave some very im portant comments on the chapter. Rev G L Blackwell announced and the conference sang, “Jesus shall Teign where’er the sun” etc., aflterwhich he led in prayer. The Bishop introduced to the con ference, Rev J F Lyons D D, who was subsequently received as a mem ber of the Kentucky conference. Rev Lyons is quite an accomplished schol ar and a learned divine. He was once a member of the Zion church and held several first class charges> bat for some cause unknown left and joined the Baptist church. He now comes back with excellent recomipen dations from the church he hiw served j at New Bedford Mass and witlt propi , er credentials. Should our brother be blessed with health and oppbrtuni ty he is destined to do valuable work. The minutes were read and approved The Bishop then read his financial re port which included collections on travelling expenses and donations by the churches and brethren. The Bishop returned thanks for their libe’ ral donations. The presiding eldcfcs proceeded to make their reports. El*'; dtr J M Washington of the IxmisviHe District showed to the conference that his ministers had not been sleeping but wide awake and pushing on the cause. All of his ministers have done' well wilh only a few exceptions. They treat him as a father, and he them as brothers. Elder Washington is a whole soul man and makes it good and easy for all his ministers. There are few such P E’s as Elder Washing ton, he is loved by all. Presiding Elder, J R Irvin, made his leport of the Greenville District which showed progress in the work, ’Elder Irvin is a Zion man in every particular and pushes forward his proacliers with en ergy. Ttse Bishop announced that Elder S Claiborne would preach the Annual Sermon at 8 p m. The Bish op requested.the Elders to meet him at 4 pm. Conference. adjoined: Elder S Claiborne preached a fery acceptable discourse from the text14It is finished.” The Elder is acknowl ed^ed to be one oftne leading preacn in the Kentucky Conference. • THIRD day’s SESSION. Devotional exercises were conduc ted by the Bishop and Elder \V H Tucker. Minutes read etc. Rev Simpson of the Bethel church was in troduced. The conference considered the cases of those who failed to bring in General Fund and after reasonable and suflioientvexcuse was rendered, their characters passed. P E, E H Curry made his>reportof the St Louis District which showed indications of improvement and ad vancement. Elder Curry is a thor ough goiug Methodist and a systemat ic woYker in the church. He is loved by all his ministers and wields a tel ling influence. Jf he passage of characters was re sumed. On motion Saturday 12 m was set apart as special houf for Rev G L Blackwell to speak of Zion Wes lev College and its claims. It was reported that Rev D Bruce would preach at 8 p m. Conference ad journed. FOURTH day’s SESSION. Devotional exercises were conduc ted by the Bishop and Rev H Camp bell. Roll was called, minutes read etc. All the characters passed except two or three whose names were drop ped from the roll. ‘The special hour having arrived the Bishop said, “Rev. Bro. G. L. Blackwell who is here representing the College, the General Steward for Children’s Day money, the Star of Zion, and as Fraternal delegate from the Central N C Conference will now speak of the College and its interest.” Brother Biacawell after a few, prelim inary remarks on the race and its progress, set forth the claims of the Institution in a very lucid manner. He spoke especially of the Endow ment Fund. The brethren came for ward and paid cash $16, one dollar of which was given by a lady from Leb anon Ky., Mrs Sarah Haden who is a prepossessing widow worth about $3000 or more. Several more sub scribed to the fund. • The committee oh candidates made i'ts report which recommended only tap out of eight. Quijea d&Qnssion rose on malk^nlg;^o;easeQ^.pnp not jcom mended a sfiecialty, finally he was received. The ,,jDevotional com mittee announced the appointments for Sunday as follows. i(flood’s Chap el, A M E Zmn Church, 11 a mv Rev (5 L Blackwell ; 3 pm, Rt Rev J W, Hood ; 8 p m, Rev E H Carry. A I# E Cliurch, 8 p m, Rev VT A Eor Rev S irian. Baptist churchy 11 a m, J Dixon ? 8 p m, Rci* R T Anderson. ^ -am AA/ Wid i/v tf »• n rt /? "* *,onfhrence adjourned:* r ^ P? . - SUN®AY ’IeVA N%viLLE. The services on SuVi<ia^ were well attended. At 11 o'clock that other disciple preached !fifatti the subject; 'of ^Messiah’s final tifittnplif’ The au dience seemed to he well pleased. At 3‘p m Bishop Hoed held the audience *n amaze as he ;pictimd out the only reason why the rich man went to hell. His theme was well handled as is al tf'jnys the case when that divine makes an attempt, . Elder Curry at 8 p m $»id that Elder Blackwell had sur iwycd the whole kingdom of Christ in minute details and Bishop Hood had painted out hell in all its horrors so he was going to ride on the through freight and say what he wanted ,to ff m the subject of the "‘‘Works of 4|sus being well done/’ As PE Washington says, “he walked about in'Zion,” Eldwcs Dixon, foreman and R T Anderson are paid to ; have preaphed very acceptable discourses! m® Devotional exercises Were conduc ted by the .Bishop and R E Irvin. The several reports were called for. i The committee op Holy Orders reported) which report was ^doptoil. A motion prevailed to sell or trade loth -street church at Louisville and purchase elsewhere in the city sin a ipore suita ble locality• Committee on- Tempe rance reported, which . subject was discussed freely by Elders Washing-, ton, Curry, ICidd, Claiborne, and Blackwell. Committee on Bi*erature reported which recoipnicnded tl>e unanimous use of our own books and period:cals in preference to any other. Elder J B Johnson was elected presi ding elder to succeed Rev J R Irvin* Elder J 1VI Washington was re-elected and Elder Curry poptinued as his time had not expired. The fraternal delegate from the Central N C Confe rence delivered his message and. spoke of his conference as not the oldest but the largest and proudest of the Zion connection. He was replied to by Elder S Claiborne who assured him that his message was highly accepted and that the Kentucky conference was in perfect unison with, the onward movements of l&pn church every where. At niglit Rey R T Anderson preached the ordination discourse after which the Bishop ordained seve SIXTH J)AY S SESSION. Love feast was held at 9 a m, the business of the conference, was.. re* sumcd. The other reports w^re sub mitted. The minutes were provided for, Elder G B Walker compiler,-, A resolution* ivhs' drawn up commanding the labors of Rt Rev J W Hood, and also according to the coming Bishop T H Lbma^a hearty greeting. The appointments were read after which the conference adjourned to meet in St Louis Mo the 1st Wednesday in September 1887^. . ANOINTMENTS. , • „ I.—-louisvilleDistriet. Jjft Wnefo ington P l£. , ■ „,v> Twelfth St Church, Louisvi^ie ECy Fifteenth St church Louisville Ky W H Chambers. Jacob St Tabernuclc, Louisyille, Kj TTX J B Kidd if J ones Tapcrn acle* Indianapolis Ind Bi T Anderson. Jiovely Lane Church, Indianapolis Ind, J F Lyons? Jones Tabernacle,’ NeW Albany Ind G fe Walker. ' : ! • little Zion, Jefferson vilie ltd,1 j J *i i Kennedy. Goose Creek Ry, C H McElroy. BardstoWn “ H Campbell. Chaplin, “ !,J Babks. [ Aaron Run, “ M C Clark. New Castle, “ C J: l!>V»nl6hoaJf Bloomfield Circuit, W A Walker. $antafee: church, Thos Hutchins? Lagrange and Efnfhebce? X l^icK ols. ■ wbi ‘d - »** • ■ ' - Mt Sterling, II.—Greenville Bistrlcf. j B John son P E.’ y\v-m 1,0 Greenville, Ky,i!RTW# James. : Cohimbiaf "j##Efcfy; ’ MadisonvnTe7 ~‘r X 5TBemby. K®dkp«rt>. -?' & W Piirf ear, Johnsoh’s Chapcb SpHngfiMd Ivy., W A M-Cypress. ‘ ! ’ h ' “ ! uuiuvuvttic, -uiuuu.mil uuu jc gjK s Chapel, H H HaVdin. ' - ’ Rnaselvilfe Kf , J ElWlk. McNary, Cftlhonn and Sacramento, __. : - ;>•> .■!*«»; Earlingttn) and I^o, NV A 'For rtfMTj ■!• - f H' ■ •' man: i Beachland and Pleasant Run, J R Eaiv; Belltown and Grecnsburg, ' -——1 » Cl^verport, W W Dtusev. ’r^herman’s V • Wt Selectman. ; - Adairville Circuit, Geo Edmonson. S Carrollton; Green Johhson. ■ i Nbvtowvflle, J M FreeinaiV. : III.—St Louis District. E H Curry P E. Washington Chapel, St Louis, Mo, D Bruce. St Mark’s Chapel,-81 Lonis Mo, T J Manjoov 1 ' 1 '1 ' Mt Pleasant^ St Louis Mo, E Jack son. . .. . , : > it 'J1 7‘jl Grant Memorial^ St Louis Mo, j W :H'Smith. ( i ; , . ■.t: -u m tfsit ■■ .. St John’s church, East St Louis Mo, Slaughter* < v St Johti’s ohurcli, South St Louis Mo, A Wakefield. Webster Grove Mo, C II Johnson. Braidwood 111, S J Dixon. ; Centralia. Ill, Y Carr. :*M ! Du Quoin, “ > -it <>• ■ (■ Cahokie,;? “ E Sicott; -' - !ifi>riuwea uimpei, jivansviue iuu, A Bunch. Cory don and Cairo Ivy, A R Jack son. .Henderson Ky, J C Temple,. iSlaughterville, Sebree and Dixon Circuit Ky, J Browder. Jacksonville Minion' Ivy, J Gough. Pleasant Valley and Boonville, — ; t , , .J • »i • ? V. vl TRIP TO WASHINGTON H. G. r HO | B.Y KiSV JFQ. A. D. BLOtUE. Heaving Salisbury N. C., on, Sunday the 22nd of August, I arrived in ^asb* ington D. C.V on Monday' mermng; and was met at the depoVby^e Rev, R G Hyson’ whose guest I was while XB the city. Not long after my arriv al I mounted the cars and ^ook a £pur through the city, visiting the Cj^pi^ol §mithsPniaU Institute, Washington Imminent, Medical Museum, Botani liistoric.intere^;! naad ifot stoptoaiy that tiWadupgtoO'.’b ’ city. T need not eulogise her HHltWwit m < - for intellectual development. I need not apeak of her^nany parks indgar dens of elysian beau'y. I need ’flot dilKte on the mechanism sftjhh lofty monument whose top soars fartheetw to the aerial regions and bespeaks the* rising superiority: pftjm, American na tion. I need not, try to exciteth$s “warm affections” of oyf young men by a glowing and elaborate descript ion of the vir^u^pd.f^u^of her lasses, butiet'misaytoinm who has npyer visited the city, ;that shonldyfer tune smile on-you, let not death sefee‘ tow ere- ydi* arrive hi 4 Washington, ahd bOlidld tfie bekuties of1 the 4 “& of magnificence: *; . , On the^fojlewing Sunday morning after my amtal, I preached in Wes ley Zidn both mofcdfcg’and night ‘to a " very Appreciative1 siidience, an<l ’ jras,* gratified to feel and know.that my fee. ble efforts were attended with success The ehtirch is in a dilapidated Addi tion- but strenuous efforts ate being •t.it L__1 ... fV . .. wiwi wj iiuu pcupie wj pair and beautify the edifice. The pastor Rev, R H GDyson is a' strike" ■ iDg demonstration of the possibilities' q£ the self-cultured man, and the lofty eminence which may~l5£~aTEained by patient, preserving application. :v ThiiiHtuuibay school under Rs Supt#,Ji ^lr>* Gunnell k in a rising condition* I say rising, when I remember that its Increase in thraeanoriths has been 142. The Elder is a zealous worker in ttrfe department, ami devises every means possible, to make jj There ed after the worthy Bishops and other distinguished officers of the A. M.E. ' Zion, church. I addressed the sbhool ’ on Sunday morning; and Saw in it the elements of success. - < ' On Monday the 30th 1 was favofed with a reception from tho; ‘^Clinton Ljterftry, Association,” .when addresses of welcome; were delivered, aand * con gratulatory expressions made by Dr. Laws, a distinguished dmntr of the Baptist church. This season was one of the grandest in the?; history b$ Aijr life. The ladies who form the major part of this association, are aoraeof ihe finest specimens of the “ideal lady,” and above all zealous workers in the church. Led by their venerable" pas tor, and tbeir distinguished associate * J D Baltimore, engineer of the Freed man’s. Hospital. I found myself after a season of intellectual treat, ushefeed into an “inner sanctum/’ where amid thejdelicacies of the evening, I reclin ed myself and, feasted, taway. When shall I fprgetthee O Clinton circle! o Whten shall grateful recollections etf N yoiif hospitality be forgotten -Never! Never ! On Wednesday night, I gave : a special sermon to tne young, ana was pleased to know that my discourse achieved its object. ar Reluctantly yet willingly; sorrwful ly yet joifiilly, I left Washington on Thursday night to-resume my * work, and preach the word 4t hornet Before I Conclude, let me say that the hos pitality accorded me by the elder and his wife was such that their own could reasonably desire no more. May peace and prosperity attend the elder and Wife through Tim, and inky lie tong to'(hnfurl the ensigns of 'ffieb,' tffta write her name on the hearts and 1 minds of the coming generation. *** NOTICE. ; Brethren of the 'Virginia conference would it not be wuse to h^e tips coin* ference meet on the 4th Wednesday 2nd Wednesday ?, I<kuow it will meet** •1 iheiconyenience of the members and mm ffienda at Sunsbury, so; let us meet on . ?asr»^ * awh »
The Star of Zion (Charlotte, N.C.)
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