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Dear Brethren:
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ville, N. C., by Messrs. Waddell
& Smith, as our Organ, I hope you
will do all in your power to increase
its circulation. The “Ziou Church
Advocate” has been suspended for
several months, and the Bishons-have
decided to give it no further encour
agement. I think we have seen the
end of it.
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subscribers.
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and it is done. I will publish my
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you wish published send to Prof.
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matter will not be crowded out.
Yours for the success of the
"Educator.”
J. W. HOOD,
Bishop 3d. Episcopal District.
Fayetteville X. C Jan. loth. 1875 j
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To whom it may Concern
lie it known that the Oeneral Con
ference of the A. M. 154.0 n Con
nection, at its session in Charlotte.
N. C., June, 1872, took into consid
eration the propriety of establish
ing schools for the education of our
people iu the South, and selected for
raid purpose Fayetteville, X. C., as
i. proper place to locate a college for
said purpose.
The conference also elected the
following persons as a Board of
Managers to carry out the object
contenudated by said conference:
Bishop J. D. Brooks President.
J. P. Hamer, Vice Prcst.
Bishop S. D. Talbert, Treasurer
Dr. J. A- Thompson.
Jacob Thomas.
George Bosley.
V. A. Lee, (.lottos. Scry.
J. A. Jones, Her. Sa'y
We therefore appeal to a gener
ons Christain public to aid us in
this praiseworthy object, in edu
cating and christianizing our poor
down trodden and oppressed race,
and also to scud out missionaries to
teach and preach the Gospel of
Christ.
rjAHE BIBLE CATECHISM,
ENTITLED
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and
“CHILDREN’S BREAD:”
(S. B. Sclieifl'elln Author,)
Is one of the most simple, comprehen
sive and best arranged t utcchisin now
published, and well adopted for general
use In nur Sunday .Schools. Bishop Clin
ton Inc. given it a careful examination
lie speaks of it thus: —"it is the book lor
tlie times; just What We want. It is par
excellent. ;—rile oonniiouik-it for general
use its we Could adopt no better hook.
These Books arc printed in three
forms. Ist Milk for Babes and Children's
Broad with hints to Tonebers, Bound iu
Cloth. Price 25 cents. 2nd Children's
Bread for Largo Scholars, bound in
Board. Price 15 cents. 3rd Milk fur
Babes, infant classes bound iu Paper,
Price 5 cems per copy. <lO cents pr. doz.
The Author having giyep us the plates
the books are sojd at about the cost 1 of
printing. They are nod-published and
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VOL. 1. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., MAY 15, 1875. NO. 33
Religious! Deportment,
Ministers amt members of the A
M. E. Zion Chureh are specially in
vited to write for this department.
Write only on one side of the
sheet, and sign your Dame to every
letter.
All letters for this part of the pa
per should be addressed to
R. Harris, Fa-yutteviiilb, N. C.
Thcarticlein our last issue headed,
“Give your Boys Trades,” was cop
ied from the Raleigh Holden Light.
(For the Educator.)
llow to Make n Sueeess
tul Minister.
BY KKV. .1. A. TV!,fin.
Consider well the nature of the
ministry before ever attempting to
give yourself to so important a work,
as it is no light thing, to successfully
preach the Gospel.
Ministerial success depends upon
three distinct principles, other things
iu connection.
First, it is highly necessary that
we be converted to the Christian re
ligion, that is, a general change iu
our lustful natures. This, sometimes
is said to be all a notion, that noth
ing more is necessary than to reflect,
and form good resolutions for the
future.
Were not the Apostolic preachers
and especially the one to the Gentiles
wonderfully converted? Was not
the immortal John Wesley, aftcu
preaching several years, sensibly con
verted? However strange and ob
-oure this may seem, yet it is indis
pensable.
But it is requisite that we lie set
apart, or c-hoseq of God, whose right
! is to make special selections of
whom lie will to perform certain j
(uties and till various offices in the
.flan of ii.s Divine purp ises to man.
!l. has been said by some of the yres
ult age, and ury learnc 1 men too,
It it such ail idea of a Divine call or
.■selection to the Ministry, is one ol
the most aliMiid things in Christen
dom. Their theory is, that hit or
dinary desire to do good to our fel
low men, as all Christians have is a
sufficient reason why a man should
preach having certain other qualifi
cations.
We cannot doubt for a moment
Moses’ being a more appropriate
character lo appear before Pharaoh,
and the Egyptians than any one of j
his brethren though his brethren
Were more deeply impressed with a
desire of deliverance than he himself
could he. The fact is, Moses >vas
an object of Define favour to effect j
this great work', so in tlie work of
the Christian Miinstry of all ages. But
study is an essential qualification.
As to this principle, many notions
have prevailed, as they do at the
pesent, whatever he the various
opinions respecting it, this is equally
necessary. ,i , , ~
Tb« Apostles, before starting with
their message to al! the world, were
instriyttVad to tarry'at Jerusalem un
til their understandings were opened.
Timothy was emphatically charged
to study, for the reason that he could
not make a proficient minister with-;
out it. There weie a great many ab
surd philosophers, and daring skep
j tics at that age, and nothing but a
■cultivated mind could meet their
profound pud reasonable aiguraeuts.
I Now there are men who arc as skep
i tical among us, as those with which
Timothy had to contend. Don’t fail
to get understanding. These may
be cou.sideied the fundamental prin
ciples of ministerial success.
Now in addition to these we
must pot fail to observe other virtues
of great importance; first a mild
temper. There rfeeths to be in all
men a natural, had passion,' bad in
its‘nature, arid Wot“*e in‘its effects.
■ Olilird strongly agSinst this evil for
:if allowed to ekert itself it will de
j’stroy your greatest influence, no
matter how hard your work.
Don’t try to evade hardship, such
as is common to all ministers; learn
to endure hardness as a good soldier,
make up your mind to bear yonr
part in the lot of sufferings, however
severe they may be.
The captain of our salvation was
made perfect through suffering, and
He says we must follow him through
evil report as well as through good.
It takes a certain amount of suffering
to fit a minister for all spheres in his
calling. Remember that sacrifice
through darkness and difficulties
with a determination to conquer, 'is
the high road to success.
Never choose yonr own field of
labor or merit of talent. Submit all to
the decision of yonr President, Mod
erator, or Bishop who has been ap
pointed to preside over you. Don’t
attempt to explain the height ol your
talent to him, if extra, it will speak
for itself. Claim no right to certain
charges?, if not in the wisdom of the
executive officer by Divine guidance
to assign you to such charges, for he
will do what he thinks best for the
church and your own good.
Many times children an.' distfleas j
ed because parents withhold certain ;
things which they know would be j
fatal to life. Children always select i
the most deadly weapons with which
to play, and are very peevish if not |
allowed their choice. This is some- j
times the case in the ministry. Nev-|
er refuse an appointment though yon
may not like it, oftener than any
other, this place decides of what ma
tcrial we are made, and what yon
will be hereafter.
AM who have ever attained any
height, or are now able and success
ful ministers, have experienced all
these things.
A successful ministry stamped
with good fruits, is more than equiv
alent to all our sacrifices, and as the
eveuiug grows brighter we realize
indescribable joys that, never could i
have been obtained otherwise than
by tlie way we come. Conform to
the above principles and doubtless
you will make a successful minister.
Kfl-UOI’AL CORRESPOND ANUE.
Euypt, N. C.
Apr J 3d 1875.
My appointments for April were
generally well attended. The church
es in Duplin County are not in the
! most prosperous condition. Onr
people seem to bo in an impover
ished condition: so much so that they
have not the means to support their
! churches. Deacons Stewart and
■ Bryant are working hard, but rather
discouraged.
Elder J. H. Brown lias two church
es in course of erection; one at Eliza
bethtown, and one at Brown’s Creek.
From Manchester and Jonesboro
you have nepn informed of our visit
by another correspondent.
I learn from Elder Barrett that he.
is having good success throughout
his District.
Our meeting at this place on yes
terday was interesting in the ex
treme. We had a time of refreshing
from tho presence of the Lord. At
the afternoon service, ten were re*
ceived on probation and fifteen in
full connection, fifteen adults and
five children were baptized. At
night there was a large number of
mourners at the Altar, one backsli
der reclaimed. Deacon H. Wil
liams is doing well at this point.
J. W. Hood.
Charlotte N. C.
April, 28th 1875.
Mr. Editor.
I would have written for your
very excellent Journal long since
but finding that moil more expert
with a pen, had given you a state
; ment ami condition of affairs of our
j Church, aud things generally at this
place 1 thought I would wait un
til after our quarterly mcetiug, wliich
began on the 22d aud onded ou the
26th of April. Daring which time
We are happy to say we bad a glori
ous time.
Oar Quarterly Conference al this;
place wss one of great interest to
the Chureh at large. The brethren
seemed to be united in the work, j
and made efforts of great zeal for the f
spread of Christ’s Kingdom in onr
community.
On Friday night we had general |
class at which time over two hun.
dred souls testified of their faith in
Christ and hope lor Heaven.
Ou Sunday morning we enjoyed
a most feeling sun-rise prayer meet
ing lead by Brother Martin Wed
dington.
At 11 o’clock we tried to preach
from Ex. 12: 11 and upon this oc
casion we believe that the Lord was
with us. At 3 o'clock we received
in full connection twenty-six per
sons who were recommended by
their leaders. We then entered in
to communion services when neraly ,
four hundred persons partook joy
fully of the same, gave thanks and
praised God.
Sunday night we tried to preach
! again warning sinners to flee,
the wrath to come; and imme
■ diately after, ejHmed the doors of
| the Church and twenty-one came
! forth and united with the Church on
| porbation. During the day and
I night, the Trustees collected $lO3
for the purpose of paying off some ,
! incidental fees, Mid a bill for jxsint- !
ir.g. On Monday night we closed
onr meeting with an animating love ,
feast when nearly -MO hundred per- ]
sons arose one after another declar
ing their faith in Christ, and their i
hope for Heaven. About this time
the spirit of the good Lord descon- j
ded into onr midst and what a time j
we had. lam not able to describe
but all I have to say is it was goo-1
to be tlie re. Fray for us that the
good work may continue in oar
j midst.
Respect folly yours for the success
of our beloved Zion.
\Y. J. Moore.
P. S-, While sitting at my tabic
re-writing apart of my letter to your
paper, when some one knocked at
my.door, I said come in, aud when
I looked up behold it was a surprise
party. Led by onr good old moth
ers in Israel: Hager Andrews and!
Sarah Lewis and Sopha Myers aud
a goodly number of young gentle
men and ladies, bringing with them
■ baskets and bundles. Very soon '
[ cur tables were groaning under the
■ weight of the many good things
they brought. May the good Lord
bless the good people of Charlotte
. is my prayer.
' SAVED OK LOST.
1 THE OXE ALTERNATIVE.
Mr. Moody took for his text—
“l “For the Son of Man is come to seek
L aud to save that which was lost.”—
Luke xix 10.
I want to call yonr attention to
' the same text that we hail last night.
! I had really only just commenced
« with the text when it was time to
‘[close. Now before I begin, I want
1 j to ask a question of every man and
I woman in this room; and I shonld
< j like every one just to take the ques-
II tion home with him—“Am I saved,
•| or am I lost?” It must be one
■ | thing or the other. There is no
. i neutrality about the matter. A min
| cannot be saved and lost at the same
time; it is thoroughly impossible.
Every man and woman in this audi
ence must either be saved or lost, if
the Bible he true; and if I thought
r j it was not true, I should not be here
' I preaching, and I would not advise
' I yon people to come if yon think the
| Bible is not true; but if the Bible is
r true, every uian and every woman in
s : this loom must either be- in the ark
' | or out of it, either saved or lost.
1 j Last night, a man yonder told me
' that he Was anxious to be saved,
but Christ had never sought ion hinw.
j I said, ‘-What are jou waiting for ?
“Why,” said he, “I am waiting for
j Christ to call me; as soon ns lie
I calls me lam coming.” Now, Ido
j not believe there is a man in Lon
' don that the Spirit of God lias not
j striven with at some period of his
life. Ido not believe there is a ptr
, son in this audience but that has been
I called; I do not believe that thefre is
a person in this audience but that j
the Son of God his sought for ami is
seeking for him.
HOW TUB SAVIOUR SEEKS.
Now. for a minute or two, let us
look and see how He seeks. There
arc different ways in which the Son
of Man seoks. 11c very often seeks i
through some faithful minister.!
Many of you have sat under faithful |
ministers: yuu have heard heart- ■
searching sermons, and the truth has 1
gone down deep into your hearts: j
i you have been many a time tbuehed,i
■ and tears have come down your j
cheeks, and you have felt “almost j
persuaded to be a Christian." 1 That
,is the San of God seeking for your
■ sonl through that minister. You
have i card a sermon. Some times that
has ronsed yon, so that you cAhrfot
j forget it, and for days you have been
itnder deep conviction. That is the
j wav the Son of God seeks. Sritae of
yon have had a tract put in your
i hand, with a starling title, perhaps,
"Eternity! where will yam spend it?”'
sand the arrow has gone home. You
: may have been troubled, and may
j have pulled oat that arrow and tried
to forget it. That is tiie Son of-God
! -seeking for your soul through that
S tract. Perhaps some of you have
had a faithful Sabbath school teacher
who lias wept over yonr soul in
vour earlier days, who prayed for
; you aud plead with you to become
Christian*. That is the Son of God
j seeking for your soul through that
faithta! Sabbatft-sehool teacher, j
; Many of you have had godly, pray-!
irg mothers, that have prayed all |
night for yonr soul. It is through i
the prayers of such a mother that j
■ the Son of God is seeking you. |
! Many of you, perhaps, have been j
laid away upon a bed of sickness, j
and have had time tt> medhato in
! the silent watches of the night: the
1f Spirit of God has come into you,-
1 chamber, has come to your beside,
land you have been troubled about j
. (eternity and about the ’ grave, and j
i < where you would spend eternity, j
r and how it would be beyond the i
i grave. That is the Son of God |
1- seeking for votlr soul. Some of you j
- have lost friends. I doubt wlicth&r
I there is a man or woman in tills au
dience who has not lost some loved
i one; it may be a praying mother, it
> may be a loved father, it may be a
1 dear child: and when death came
. i and took that one from yon, you
■ were greatly troubled. You iriight
t have taken that friend hy the blind,
( and, as he or she was dying, you
might have said, “I will meet you
j 1 in heaven.” The Spirit of God ffti'dvo
t • in you for weeks aud months, and
, yet the Spirit left you because you
I strove against and resisted the work-
I ings of the Holy GqsL My friends,
that is tlie way the Son bf Man seeks.
Can you rise in this hall to-night
and sav that the Son of God never
( sought for you? Is there a person in
t this hall that can rise and say, “I
have lived twenty, thirty, forty, fifty
i years, and the Son of Man never
(sought for my soul?” Ido not be-
Jlnve that man or woman lives id all
, 1 London. n ■ ■
M
. PRAYING FOR LONDON. |
> ' Mv friend. He has been calling
for yon from your earliest Chdd
i; hood, and He has put it into the
i* h arts of God's own people just to
; cal! yoti together in this hall. This
halt has been opened at- great ov
: | pense. and prayer is going up all d- 1
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Perhaps there never has been a time
in the history of your life when
so many were praying for you as at
the present time. .That is the Son of
God seeking for yonr soul through
the prayers of the Church, through
the prayers of ministers, through
the prayers of saints, not only in
London, hut l.hrpugliont. the world.
I have received news to-lay in a dis
patch sent across from America
that all the churches nearly, in A
merjea, are praying for London.
What does it mean? God has laid
it upon the heart of the church
throughout tho world to pray for
London. It must he that God has
something good in store for London
the Son ot Man is coming to Lon
don to seek and to save that which
was lost, and I pray that the Good
Shepherd may enter this hall to
night and may come to many a
heart and that you may hear the
stil! small voice: “Behold, I stand
At the door and knock; if any man
will hear My voice and open the
door, I wilt come in unto him and
.will sup with him, and he with Me.”
O friends, open the door to-night
and let the heavenly visitor in.
Don't turn Him away any longer.
Don’t say with Felix, “Go thy way
this time and when I have a conve
nient season I will call thee.” Make
a convenient season; make this tho
night of your salvation. Receive
the gift ol God to-night, and open
the door of your heart, and say,
“Welcome, thrice welcome into this
heart of mine;” and He will come.
“The grace of God hath appeared,
bringing salvation unto all men.”
Oh, that the loss of a soul may wake
ns up to-night, that we may know
what it means'l believe the world
is asleep—aud the Church too. I do
not believe that there would be a
dry eye in this audience if wc could
tor five minutes get a glimpse of a
; lost soul. We mourn with men who
| have lost health; wo pity them,, we
I sympathize with them, and we say,
!“It is very sad. ” We mourn with
! men who have lost wealth, and wn
| think it very sad. But what i -
1 health, wliat is wealth, compare !
I with the soul ?
A TOUCHING CHICAGO STORY.
I was in an eye infirmary at Chi
cago, on the Sabbath before tbe
great fire. A mother brought ': M
little baby lothe doctor—-a child < il
ly a few months old—and she want
led the"doctor to look at the child's
j eyes. He did so, and ho said to tin
| mother, “Your child is blind; i
! will never sec again; you have neg
lected it; if you had brought it. h<
three days ago 1 could have sav<
the sight.” Tho moment tho dootoi
said that, the mother pressed tin
utile child to her bosom, and there
was a wail that came from that
| mother that broke my heart. 5
wept, the doctor wept; wc could i
help but weep. .She pressed lu
! darling child to her bosom. “M;.
darling,” she said, ‘ arc you ne? -i
to see the mother that gave you
birth? My child! my child!” It "n
a sight that would move almost a :/
heart. But wliat is tho loss of sig ! i
compared with tlie loss of a soul? f
would rather a thousand times liav c
these eves dug out of my head, anj
go through the world blind, them
j lose my soul. 1 have a son, and no
! one but God knows liow I love him;
but I Would sec those beautiful eyes
dug out of his head tonight rather
than see him grow up to manhood
and go down to tho crave without
Christ and without hope. The loss
I of a soul! Christ knew what it meant.
| That is what brought Him from tli :
bosom of the Father; that is what
brought Hint Irom tlie Throne; that
is wliat- brought Him to Calvary.
Tlie Son Qf God was in earnest.
When Ite died on Calvary it was to
save a lest world; it was to save your
stall mid mine.
(To he continued.)