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RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.
C(IMH CTKI) BY HsVltltlS.
Church Directory.
Religious services are held in Evans
Chapel, A. M. K. Zion Church, ever}'
Sabbath as follows:
I. Prayer meeting at sunrise.
J. Sunday School at 9 1-2 o'clock A. M.
3. Morning service at 11 o'clock “ “
4. Evening service at 3 o'clock P. M.
5. Sight service at 7 o’clock “ “
Rev. U. C. Phillips, Pastor.
St. Josephs (Episcopal) Cituttcn.
Services every Sabbath, as follows:
1. Morning service at 11 o’clock A. M.
2. Sunday School at 3 o’clock P. M.
3. Evening service at 7 o’clock “ “
Bcv. P. T. Rogers, Pastor.
First (colored) Baptist Church.
]. Sunday School at 91-2 o'clock A. M.
i Morning service at 11 o'clock “ “
3. Evening service at 3 o’clock P. M.
4. N ight service at 7 o’clock “ “
Rev. 11. NX. Turner, Pastor.
To tlie Miniuteru mill
mcinberH of the
A. >l. I’d. Zion
Olaui'cvli.
Bear Brethren:
As we have adopted the
“Educator,” published at Fayette
ville, N. 0., by Messrs. Waddell
A Smith, as our Organ, I hope you
will do all in your power to increase
its circulation. The ‘‘Zion Church
Advocate” has been suspended for
several months, and the Bishops have
decided to give it no further encour
agement. I think we have seen the
end of it.
Bo your host to send Afessrs.
li t hided A Suit h S2O for 10 yearly
mberibers.
I believe wo can make this effort
a success. Let us resolve to do it.
and it is done. I will publish my
appointments and note my visitations
briefly in its columns. Anything
you wish published send to l’rot
K. Harris. Write short letters, and
matter will not he crowded out.
A'oura for the success of tin
“Educator.”
J. AV. IIOOD,
Bishop 3d. Episcopal District
Fayetteville X. C Jan. 15th. 1875
llisliop Hood's A-i>l>oii>l
meutu lor March.
March 3d - - - - Union S C.
lith - - - Salisbury N. C.
•• 10th - • Greensboro ** "
" 12th - - Statesville “ “
“ loth - - - Concord “ “
•• 19lh - - 1/incolnton “ ”
“ 24th - - Morning Star *• “
“ 2.H.h - - Biihllcville •’
“ 25th - - Charlotte “ “
To whom It may Concern
11c it known that the General Con
ference of the A. M. E. Zion Con
nertion, at its session in Charlotte,
V (’., June, 1872, took into consid
eration the propriety of establish
ing schools for the education of our
people in the South,and selected for
said purpnso Fayetteville, X. C., as
a proper place to locate a college for
said purpose.
Tho conference also elected the
following persons as a Board of
•Managers to carry out Ihe object
contcmxdated by said' conference:
Bishop J. D. Brooks President.
J. I*, Hamer, Vice Pres'l.
llisliop S. D. Talbert, Treasurer
Dr. J. A-Thompson.
Jacob Thomas.
George Bosley.
I’. A. Lee, Cones. Secy.
J. A. Jones, Bee. Sec'y
AVe therefore appeal to a gener-j
ous Christain public to aid us in
this praiseworthy object, in edu
cating and christianizing our poor
down trodden and oppressed race,
and also to send out missionaries to
teach and preach the Gospel of
Christ.
The Minutes of the X. C. Annual
Conference, held in Xewbern Kov.
-sth to Dec. 2d 1874 are now ready.
Bend orders to
11. Harris
Fayetteville X. C.
The Educator.
VOL. 1. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1875. NO. 22
licllgious Department.
Ministers and members of the A.
M. E. Zion Church are specially in
vited to write tor this department.
Write only on one side of the
sheet, and sign your name to every
letter.
All letters for this part of the pa
per should be addressed to
R. Harris, Fayetteville, X. C.
TO TIIK MINISTERS OP THE
A. >l. E. Zion Cliui*<*li in
America.
Bear Brethren:
Through the liberality of Messrs.
11. M. & S. B. ScniKFFEUX, of the
city of New York, I have the pleas
ure sending you the Bible Catechism
entitled:
“Milk for Babes” ami Children's
Bread”
Two Thousand Copies of each
kind have been placed in my hands,
to distribute a copy to each of the
Ministers of onr beloved Zion: also
an additional Five Hundred ‘'Chil
dren’s Bread,” bound in Board, to be
sold for the benefit of our Board of
Publication.
The gentlemen who have made
this noble gift were not content with
giving the 4,500 hooks, but have I
most generously given us a set of j
Electrotype Plates, from which we j
may print the books, for the lier.efil j
of our people. Their request is, that ,
a copy of the bound volume, embra
dug both Catechism an l I lints to
Teachers, he placed in the hands ol
each Minister in the Connection, and
also a copy of the “Milk for Babes,’
lor him to place in the hands of the
Teacher of the Intanl Class of his
Sabbath School. The surplus of the
copies, after such distribution, to he
sold, and the proceeds of them used
to print more, under the direction
.if onr Board of Publication, at prices
is nearly the cost of printing a
practicable.
Therefore, my brother, read for
yourself; examine* it prayerfully, apd
if it should meet your approbation,
which through God we trust it will,
we will lie glad to 'near front you.
I have adopted this mode of com
munication, viz: a Circular Lettei, as
we have no other mode, our late
paper haying ceased to live, which
is much to be regretted. A\' by it has
ceased to exist, is an important ques
tion. Our regret on this head is
partially relieved by the action of
the Bishops, adopting the “Educa
tor,” printed at Fayetteville, X. C.,
as the Connectional organ. Let us
give it our undivided support. “For
Zion's sake I will not hold my peace.’
Therefore I take advantage of this
opportunity to direct your notice
and the attention of the people com
mitted to your charge to the condi
tion of our Book Concern, established
in 1372, ami located in Washington.
Its doors arc closed, its shelves arc
empty, and the place is deserted. A
very trifting contribution from each
Church would enable us to open its
doors, and supply our people with
useful and needed books, at about
the cost of printing and paper, at
which prices it should be the aim of
every Publication Board to furnish
books when they cannot afford to
give them away. May I ask your
prayerful attention to this, as I am
satietied that many of our ministers,
teachers and people could he thus
supplied at much less prices than
hooks are generally sold by Book
! Concerns and Publication Boards.
The plates having been given, the
Catechism will be sold at about the
cost of printing: “Milk for Babes,”
5 cents; “Children's Bread,” 15 cents
Together with “Hints to Teachers,’’
bound in Cloth, 25 cents, with 20 pr
cent, discount when taken in quanti
ties. Orders for the present to be
' sent to my address, GO Grove Street,
Xew York.
P. S. I would remind the breth
ren that the Rush Monument has
been completed, and only $3 reooiv-
ed from the South. This work is
Connectional; your help is needed;
send your mites, and God will pros
per you.
Your brother in the Christian’s hope
Jacob Thomas.
New York, Fob. 9th, 1875.
Brother Thomas has sent us a sup
ply of these books, to distribute in
this Episcopal District. AVe will
send one copy, free, to each ot our
Ministers who will send us five cents
to pay postage. Send orders to
U. Harris,
Fayetteville, N. C.
AVlisit Wo Need.
By C. R. Harris.
11.
A second object we should strive
to gain is
Property.
By this term, I mean both kinds
of property, personal and real.
Money, or its equivalent is a source
of power and usefulness in every
community. Capital represents la
bor, —we might almost say, it is ac
cumulated labor; for if ono dollar is
the wages for a day’s labor, he who
has a hundred dollars has at his com
mand a hundred day’s labor, and he
has hut to speak the word and two
hundred brawny arms are ready to !
do him service- .So every dollar j
we save is a days w ork laid in store
for future contingencies.
AA'e all know how ranch power is
lodged in the hands of the owner of
a laige factory. Hundreds look to
him for employment and are depen
dent on him for a livelihood.
Motley, well-directed is of use in
more ways than one. The late Hor
ace Grcely tells of a farmer in Ver
mont, whose lands were almost valu
less mi til a spoke and handle factory
was established in his vicinity. Then
liis acres became at once valuable on
account of the timber used by the
factory.
Capital not only employs men and
remunerates Labor, but also lessens
the cost of living. Many manufac
tured articles in every day use are
much cheaper than they would be
it made'by hand.
AVithont capital, no railroads or
steamboats could he built, no manu
factories established, no mines suc
cessfully worked. In short, all the
great business enterprises of life can
be prosecuted only by those who
possess property.
The possession of wealth affords
means for deeds of beneficence and
charity. It is the wealthy who found
hospitals, build colleges, and endow
institutions. Had we in our midst,
moneyed men, as there are among
the whites, Kush University would
not lack the thousands of dollars it
needs to becomo established and
made a power in the land for good.
Instead of one, there wohld doubtless
be a dozen or more such institutions
sustained by tho muuiliconee of our
wealthy citizens.
In seeking thus to set forth the
advantages ot wealth, I would by no
means advocate the idea that mere
money is the chief good, Indeed, a
si ivish devotion to tho acquisition of
riches is to bo deprecated. Money
is to he sought for the yood it can do.
and with this end in view, it deserves
strong efforts to obtain it.
AVe need LAND. Ownership and
culture of tho soil are among the feat
ures which distinguish civilized from
barbarous nations. These give to
men steady, industrious habits, and
tend to make them peace-loving
ahd law-abiding. No man is more
independent than the farmer. In
this climate, he can produce all of
; the necessaries and many of the lux
uries of life. He can raise his wheat
and his cotton.
The possession of land is the more
reqnisite for iih, because most of us
were raised on farms, and a.ie well
acquainted with their management.
Let us gain a loot hold by the pur-
chase of land, and we will hav.o the
basis for assured and continued pros
perity.
Quarterly Conference.
Jonesboro, N. C. Feb. 13. 1875.
Conference toot according to ap
pointment, at 2 1-2 o’clock P. M.
Rev. A.'M. Barrett presiding, who
Opened the Conference by reading
the 7th Chapter of Ilabakkuk and
singing the Hymn—“ And are we
yet, alive” &c.. —followed by prayer
all in concert by Rev. J. Cameron
The following officers were then
elected: A. AV. Marsh, Recording
Secretary, It. D. Dalrymplc Asst.
The bar of Conference was fixed and
the brethren seated within tho Bar;
Rev. A. M. Barrett then proceeded
to deliver his address which was
Very impressive and consoling:
Dearly Beloved Brethren of this
Quarterly Conference, we have been
spared by the mercy of God to meet
at Jonesboro Chapel in a Quarterly
Conference once more, where we
can meet each other in love and har
mony, this being the second year
that I have met with this Board in
a Quarterly Conference. lie ex
pressed gratitude for the kind man
ner the Board of Jonesboro Chapel
bad treated him and congregation
and his tender regard for tho Board
and congregation &c. Every thing
is working smoothly, we are advan
cing heavenward.
11. D. Dalrymple,
Ass't. Sec’y.
Evans Chapel, .
Fayetteville X. C.
There are several religions in the
world, but there are none like the
Christian rcligeon. They may give
life to society, but they can not give
life to the soul. The Christian reli
geon can do both.
Let ns have it then.
Ist Repent. 2d be converted. 3rd
be sanctified.
11. C. Phillips.
Ifiiith ns ii Metlleinc.
The cure of any illness which does
not consist in a disorganization of'
the tissues, can often lie accomplished
when the person thinks that it can
he done. If we physicians, who
treat patients every day had the
power to make them believe that
they are to bo cured, we certainly I
w'ould obtain less fees than we do,
and I must say that the best of us
would rejoice at it. There is no
doubt at all that if we could give to
patients the idea that they are to be
cured, they would often be cured,
especially if we could name a time
for it, which is a great element in
success. I have succeeded some
times, and I may say that I succed
more now than formerly, because I
can in giving faitii obtain a cure, f
wish, indued, that physicians who
are youngor men thna myself, and
who wilLbavo moro time to study
this question than I have, would lake
it up, especially in those cases in
which there is a functional nervous
affection only to deal with, as it is
! particularly, though not only, in
those cases tiiat a cure can be obtain
ed. Indeed, a cure may thus Be ob
i tamed in certain organic affections;
even in dropsy it may lead to a cure.
Yon know that it will stop pain;
that going to a dentist is olten quite
enough to make the toothache dis
appear. I have seen patients come
to mo with a terrible neuralgia, who
dreaded the operation I was about
to perform, and, just at the time I
was to undertake it, ceased to suffer.
— hr. Browm-Sequard,
The above explains all the mira
culous cures of the Church of Rome,
They are all cases of the kind de
scribed as curable by faith, and when
that faith is excited l>y a scapulary,
a medal, a dream or a supposed reve
lation or vision, tho cure fellows as
1 a natural result-anil that is all there
! is about tho miracle.
Questions lor
Schools.
The following answer to the ques
tions proposed in this paper week
before last is received; viz:
11th Chapter of Judges, beginning
at the 30th verse, the story is found.
Question. AVlio was the captain?
Answer. Jcphthah.
AYho came out t.o meet him? His
daughter. Did he perform his vow?
Ho did.
Found by Ann Eliza Hadley, age
12, a member of St. Joseph’s Sunday
School.
Correct answers, as above, were
also given by Andrew Chesnntt,
Charles Maxwell, John AA’alker, Ed
die Thornton, Daniel Cnlbreth, Mrs.
Margaret Hill, Ann M. Johnson,
Lina lluske, Anna Taylor, Hetty
MeXeill, Jane AVilliams, Anna AVil
liams, all members of the Methodist
Sunday School.
Hours of Prayer.
Fulton st. prayer meeting.
Friday.
The following interesting letter
was recieved to-day: “Brethren—A
few months ago I asked you to
pray that the great Head of the
Church would bless our special ef
forts for the salvation of souls.
God heard and answered. Forty
souls were converted and added to
the Chuich.”
Immediately following the read
ing of these letters, a brother rose
and said: “Some weeks ago I asked
your prayers for my Sunday-school.
AA'here we have had only two con
versions during the past three years,
God has began to answer those
prayers. A young lady, teacher of
a large class, hut not a Christian,
and for whose conversion I was
most anxious, yesterday expressed a
desire to become the Lord’s. Do
pray that she may now find Christ,
and that this may be but the begin
ning of a blessed and long-continued
work; and pray that our librarian
may be converted.”
,‘My daughter is x'ery sick; pray ear
nestly that she mtty be restored,”
was the substance of a telegram re
ceived during the meeting to day.
Another telegram read: “Pray for
the church at Mount Carmel—twen
ty-four souls are seeking.”
“Do please pray for iny brother,”
wrote a loving sister; “ho is almost
persuaded."
Many other intccsting requests
were read and in deepest sympathy
with all these suppliants, hut in con
sciousness of utter inability to Help
except by prayer, the friends sang:
“One there is above all others,
Well deserves the name of friend;
liis is love beyond a brother’s,
Costly, free, anil knows no end.
They whe once His kindness prove.
Kind it everlasting love.”
Then to His infinite and ever
lasting love the many eases present
ed were committed.
Said a brother: “A\ r e are on tho
railroad track to heaven, and as on
ordinary railroads, so wo sometimes
stop at a refreshment station, so we
often find refreshment statious on
the road to heaven. The station of
secret prayer is one of the best.
There our souls are refreshed and
strengthened for our upward jour
ney.”
A young man asked tho friends ,
to pray that God would hold him, I
by llis grace, to resist the adversary ]
whoso temptations he sorely felt.
Cheered and comforted, helped I
and blessed, wo parted, with the
words of the closing hymn ringing I
in our ears—
“ Sweet the moments, rieh in blessing.
Which before the eross we spend.”
Saturday.
Tho meetings during the week
that close to day have been occupied
very much in prayer. AVhoii breth
ren have risen to speak it has been
generally to present some urgent
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request or to give a record of some
glorious answer to prayer.
“I asked your prayers last week ,
” wrote a friend; “while you were
praying, God heard and answered:
praise Him with me.” Others wrote,
“Pray for my brother going astra. ;
pray for two aged brethren, but it
over three score years and ten, ne.-
ther of whom has yet bowed at the
Throne of Grace. Pray for my live
sick children. Pray for my son. an
only child, apparently wholly it.diff
erent about his soul.”
“A fortnight since,” said a frien i.
“I asked your prayers for (In i s
blessing on special services then t >
be commenced. God has been bios
ing us abundantly; the tide of stivu- •
grace has been full and overflowing.
Now will you pray that God will
give us a like blessing in a c iv in
New Jersey, where similar service i
are to be commenced on Jiond.i ?’
Though not a professor ot rcligi.m.”
said a young man at the elo.-e o. me
meeting, I would like to ask you •
prayers for a friend in iL.-.s
Please remember him.”
AVe parted with three versus of
“Joy to the woi-hl. the Lord is . o „,
Monday.
There was a very largo alls dan.-o
in the little chapel to-day. Ncam
every seat had its occupant.
The petitions were so inimcrou*
that a great part of the time w.-w
taken up in reading them. The ma
jority of them asked for the out poti -
ing of the Holy Spirit on chure-ln-t
throughout the Union, where’ alrea
dy there were indications of revival
work. There were, as usual, many
petitions from mothers and sisteis,
praying for tho conversion ot hus
bands, brothers and sons.
The balance ot the hour was al
most entirely given up to priycv.
Quietness, solemnity, and more il.a.t
usual earnestness, characteriz. d tan
proceedings.
AVe append a few of the request -:
The pastor of a church in C.isti i
Rock, Colorado, who has had suc
cess in being the means of saving
souls during a protracted meeting
there, but who is alone in the con
duct of the meeting, and not physic
ally strong, prays that “God noll. l
give them a glorious victory.’
A missionary from Smith Conn ..
Kan., asks that the Lord may giv •
him strength, and also that the pi. --
ent afflictions there may profit all • f
them spiritually.
A church without a pastor iu 11.0 -
ford, Vt., had asked for prayer a
few weeks before. God was m >«•
abundantly blessing t cm. 'iluy,
prayed God that a great work might
be done in their midst.
A mother, in asking fervent play
ers for the conversion of her c.
dron and husband, said, “Oh. Chii—
tians, my heart yearns for the family
alter to he erected.”
From Point Prairie, Mo., an an -
ions daughter and sister, who :u«kj t
found peace, pleads anxiously t r
brothers, sistors and father.
A mother, from Savannah, • • .
asks prayers for her two sons. t. >-
they may be led to give their hi ;rn
to Christ before she shall go liei
and no more.
Rules foii Daily Life— *viy
nothing you would not like God t»
hear.
Do nothing that you would n«t
like God to see.
[ AV rite nothing that you would in t
I likoGod to read.
Go to no place where you won d
not like God to find you.
Road uo hook of which you won' l
not like God to say, “Show it to M .
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Zion Disciplines, 50 cents each.
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Fayetteville N. C.
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