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RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.
OOSIILOTKI) BY 11. HAHItIK.
To llio Ministers unit
membern ol the
A. M. 11. /lon
Church.
Dear Jirethren:
As we have adopted the
“Educator,” published et Fayette
ville, N. 0., by Messrs. Waddell
A Smith, ns our Organ, I hope you
will do all in your power to increase
its circulation. The ‘‘Zion Church
Advocate” has been sitfq tended for
several months, and the Bishops have
decided to give it no further encour
agement. I think we have seen the
end of it. .~
Do your best to send Messrs.
Waddell it Smi h S2O for 10 yearly
subscribers.
I believe we can make this effort
a success. Let us resolve to do it,
ami it is done. I will publish my i
appointments and note my visitations
briefly in its columns. Anything
you wish published send to Prof.
K. Harris. Write short letters, and
matter will not be cro>vded out.
Yours for the success of the
“EDUCATOR.”
.1. W. HOOD,
llisliop 3d. Episcopal District, j
Fayetteville X. • Jan. l_ijl.lt. 1875 j
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2nd < ioinl nope I .
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•• ii.li New Mcßride Cainileti “
•• sill Newjielliel j
'.nil t’liriiiunVlVmpie.
•* llili tieurdesUliiireii l'usfjnntank i
•• l2lu l'llls Uliupet
•• i:S:li Efiziilielli City
•• ..tin Lee - . Temple, lYrqiiiman
•• 1 ii; It Unit Grove
•• 1 11 ii Bay Branch ••
•• )si it Merllord
■ Pill S:tiut'n Chapel Chowan Co
2utli Edcutnti.
o i tli i U'.ern S. ll.'Uiiploiv Co. Vn
- 2'ith Zion "
- 2i*»tli t'iney Brine Sussex
•• x7:!i Mt. (lope Surry ( ■>. " !
To whom if ltilt.v Coneern
lie it known that the General (’on
f Teuco of the A. M. K. Z.on Con .
neetioii. at. its session in Charlotte
N. C , .lime, 1872, took into consul
eratioti the propriety of establish
ing schools for the education of oil:
people in the Smith,and selected for
said purpose Fayetteville X. C., as j
a 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
contemplated by said conference:
Bishop J. I). Brooks President. 1
J. I’. limner, Vice Pres't. 1
Bishop S. D. Talbert, Treasurer 1
Dr. J. A- Thompson.
Jacob Thomas. . 1
George Bosley. 1
P. A. Lee, Carres. Secy. 1
J. A. Jones, llec. Sec'y
We therefore appeal to a goner- 1
cnis Christain public to aid us in 1
this praiseworthy object, in edu' 1
eating and christianizing our poof 1
down-trodden and oppressed race, 1
and also to send out missionaries to
teach and preach the Gospel oi
Christ
fJMIB BIBLE CATECHISM,
Entitled
“MILK FOR BABES”
and
CHILDRENS BREAD:’’
(S. 11. Selieiflellu Author,)
is ime lit - the must simple, comprehen
sive and tiest .arranged Cat-cehisni HOW
pulili-hed, and well adopted for general
ii-*' in our Sunday Schools. Bishop Clin- :
lon lias given it a careful examination !
li. speaks of it tints:—"lt is the book for
tile limes: just what we want. It Is par
excellent.—lie commends it for general
u-f a- we could adopt no lietter hook.
liii-e Books are printed in three
firms. Ist Milk for Babes and Cidldren's
Bread with hints to Teachers, Bound in
i loth. Price 25 cents. 2nd Children's
Bread for Large .Scholars, hound in
Hoard. Price 15 cents. 3rd Milk for
B.iiics, infant classes bound in Puller,
Price 5 edits per copy, 1)0 cents pr. do*.
'Hie Author hnviuggivcii us the plates
die Isiiiks are sold at about the cost of
printing. They are now published and
for -ale By the Board of Publication otS
tiie \. M. E. Zion Church, and may In-1
had in any number by sending your
orders to
Jacob Thomas.
iki Grove sti \, Y,
mar 0
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The Educator.
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YOL, 1, FAYETTEVILLE, N. 0., JUNE 20, 1875. NO. 39
IleliglouM Department.
Ministers and members of the A
M. E- Zion Church are specially in
vited to write lor this department.
Write ouly ou one side of the
, sheet, and sign your name bo every
letter.
All letters for this part of the pa
per should be addressed to
R. Harris, Fayetteville, N. C.
A Visiting Brother.—Elder A.
B. Smyer made us a visit last week.
For several weeks he has been trav
eling through the State, visiting the
churches aud soliciting aid for build,
ing the church edifice at Washing,
ton X. C. where lie is stationed.
Thus litr lie has met wirh very
moderate success, collecting hut lit.
| tie more than traveling expenses.
He finds the churches generally in
very poor condition in money mat
ters. However, the sympathy and
kindly feeling he has met with every
where lias greatly encouraged him
to persevere in the good work, and
he will certainly succeed in time.
(hi Sunday he preached an excel
lent sermon, in Evans Cltnpel, to a {
large congregation. During the j
Jay a collection was taken to ani our j
.-.iste churches in Washington, Wil
'Oil, .New hern and Petersburg which :
amounted to S2O. tl-l.
We have icccitul a communion*
on Loin l!io. IVitignw, lor pub-j
•cation, lint as it is rather lengthy j
ml, luitneiinoie, is written on botli 1
•ides ol the j aper, we can not pub.
ish it. Try again, brother.
Once mine we call intention to the I
[.riliLul liot-ee Ul tlw bwi. 1 ~f tliiw
-o: uni it and request brethren to pay j
it tint ii ill to it.
Bro. J.. 0. 11. Stewart, Magnolia, j
' i. (A, w riles that lie Sent a letter to :
. iie Educator which Inis cover up-1
eared.
Wriie again, brut Iter.
Goon Nlews.-—Read the letter:
from Elder Farmer about the rtfvi-1
val a - Wilmington.
(Eor the Educator.)
Wilmington, X. C. i
June 14, 11175 f
Dear Unitor: —Allow me a space
in your paper to inform yotlr many
readers that we have had a glorious
revival here in my church the good
Lord has abundantly blessed my
labors heie in Wilmington within
the last four weeks. In that space
ol time the Lord lias blessed us with
40 converts and 30 have been added
to the church. The revival has ceased
for the present but we are still hav
ing a lively time. May the Lord
bless the good people of Wilming
ton, and build up his Zion here.
Brethren, pray for its.
Yours for Zion.
G. B. Farmer.
(For the Educator.)
Troy, Montgomery, Co., N. C.,
June 12th 1875.
Our Quarterly conference met at
2 o'clock p. m. Elder David Wil
liams in the chair. Alter the usual
religious exercises the Discipline wits
read and the examination of charac
ters of the members was held and
' all passed. The Elder exhorted the
1 brethren to give n cordial and earnest
support to the preacher in charge,
W. B. McLean 1 and it was agreed to
do so.
Conierenco then adjouned till night.
W. B. McLean filled the stand and
delivered a consoling address, and,
without being called, numbers fell
on their knees at the anxious seat.
The meeting contiuned till night.
Number baptized 15, one by im
mersion, and one came from the Bap
tists and was received on trial.
D. Williams, Chairman.
W. B. McLean, Sec.
(Eor the Educator.)
PeoeeiMtluga o* the Ist.
Snssion ol the fit'll- Dis
trict Conterence ot the
A. 5L K. Zion Cliiireh oi
N. C. Conlorcuec.
According to. previous appoint
ment the mittisten of the several
circuits and stations Os this District
met in Rehobath Church ir. Colum
bus Co. N. C., at 10 o’clock A. M;
May 22d.
The Presiding Klder, Rev. T. H.
Lomax in the chair, and opened the
Conference by singing Hymn “And
are we yet alive Ac.” The Throne
of Grace was addressed by Rev. 8,
B. Hunter after which the chairman '
i read 3d Chapter of the first Epistle j
[ of'Paul's letter to Timothy, and he j
| explained the principal parts of
J the same. And it was not done |
I without effect for it surely had effect j
: upon those who heard it.
The Secretary aud the Reporter
were then elected. S. 15. Hunter
Secretary, T. F. 11. Blackman Re
porter. The chairman then took up
the Discipline question, Article 32
and proceeded in the regular busi
ness of the conference which was
1 well conducted by him. The churches
-of this District are in a good condi-
I lion, only one member expelled (lnr
! ing our meeting; we also had a nice
I time ard great good wus done dur
\ ing our stay, and we hope it will
continue. We also hope dear breth
ren you all will throughout this Epis
copal District help us in our under
taking in pushing forward the Gos
pel by indorsing our various Resolu
tions.
The following resolutions were
introduced by Brother T. F. 11.
Blackman and unanimously adopted.
fitMJlvcif. Timt ivc 'kiut »t tAj c*
diettf. to OiLUnizs a society to he call
ed "Tiie aiders tis the Gospel”, and
licit we reeomtiicnd to our brethren
the toriiiiltioh of similar societies
throughout their circuits.
Ilcso ccd: That each society shall
have a I’resiileht, Viet! President,
Secretary, Treasurer and Sexton, to
he appointed or elected, as By-Laws j
adopted by the society shall express, j
llesolred: That there shall he a
Finance committee ot seven, for the
■lisbiirsment ot the society’ s funds,
and meet at the sitting of the Annu
al Conference for the purpose ot
meeting tiie wants of the needy
Clergymen from the ofliee of a regu
lar traveling Preacher to Presiding
Elder, only.
Jlesoleed-. That there shill be it
grand council consisting ot G. Pres
ident, G. Vice President, G. Secreta
ry, G. Treajiuier and Sexton, who
shall meet once a year at the tittle
ami place determined by them in
their regular communication and
that each sub. society shall be repre
sented to the same by delegates or
letteri
Jlesoliled: Tliat each member shall
pay 10 cents quarterly.
It was resolved by Rev. A. Alli
son that it be the sense of this con
ference to invite the brethren of the
Districts to co-operate with us in es
tablishing this Society, entitled “Aid
ers of tiie Gospel”, Carried. Its
Grand Officers for the first year as
appointed by us which we hope all
will approve of, are as follows:
Rev. T. 11. Lomax, President.
Mrs. Sophia Ilood, Vice President
Rev. T. F. 11. Blackman, Sec.
Rev. A. Allison, Treasurer.
Rev. S. B. Hunter, State Counselor
Finance Committee.
Rev. J. A. Tyler, Rev. 11. C. Phil
lips, Rev. A. B. Smyer, Rev. R. H.
Simmons, liev. Win. J. Moore, Rev.
G. B. Farmer, B. B. Bonner.
It is to be remembered that if
30,000 members join paying 40 cents
annually it will amount to twelve
thousand dollar*. Tno Conference
adjourned at 6 o’clock P. M. to meet
Friday Sept. 29 1875, left for the
Presiding Elder to deeido where
Benediction by Rev. S. B. Hunter,
(For the Educator.)
-Manchester, N. C., June 18th,
Mr. Editor:
_ Allow mo to say the following for
tho people at this place. We have
juSl commenced our new church, and
the mechanics think they will have
it ready by thie camp meeting, the
last Sunday It) August, or, so we
can hold meeting in it. We have
a tolerable good time spiritually.
A f(iW conversions ocLaeiouly. We
havp pot done much for the Wilsori
ebtfhSf, and others mentioned, but
I will send to Rev. II; C. Phillips a
few dollars in a few days. We are
*in a strain about our church here.
Johnson vi llf, Moore. Co., N. C. I
Rev. Isham Williams is gettiugl
along very well at this point. We
! had two souls acknowledge *at this
| quarterly meeting they had found j
the Lord precious to their souls aud
they give God thanks for such a
blessing.
Oak Grove, Harnett, Co.,
Rev. John Murchison is doing a
good work here his congregation
seems to esteem him highly. We
had two converts at this place. May
the Lord still prosper the work here. !
Silver Run, Cumberland, Co.,
Rev. W. L. Jones is doing a very ,
good work at this place. I baptized
10 adulLs a .d 0 children here,
Yours for Zion.
A. M. Daruett.
i
ttimViTsuit ion.
Among home unfuscnioiiU the
best is the good old habit ol com er-1
sat ion, the talking over the events of I
the day, the bright and quick play j
of wit and fancy, the story which!
hr inn the laugh, and the speaking:
the gCIHt .uni kUiil .uni iiuc ititi.tin, S
which-all have in their hearts, it
is not so much by dwelling upon i
wluit members of the family have in
common, as by In inging each to the |
other something interesting and a
nmsmg, that home life is to he made j
cheerful and joyous. Each one j
must do his part to make conversa- 1
tion genial and happy. Wo are too i
ready t > converse with newspapers 1
and books, to seek some companion
at the store, hotel, or clubroom, and |
to forget that home is anything
move than a place to sleep and eat j
in. The revivnl of conversation, the,
entertainment of one another, as a
roomful of people will entertain
themselves, is one secret of a happy
home. Wherever it is wanting, dis
ease has struck into the root of the
tree; there is a wartt Which is felt,
with increasing force as time goes on.
Conversation in many eases prevents
runny people from relapsing into
utter selfishness at their firesides.
This conversation should not simply
occupy httsbaud and wife, and other
older members of the family, but
extend itself to the children. Par
ents shottid be careful to talk with
then, to enter into their life, to share
their trifles, to assist in their studies,
tb meet them in the thoughts and
feelings of their childhood. It is a
great step in education, when around
the evening lamp arc gathered the
different members of a large family,
sharing their occupations with one
another, the older assisting tiie
younger, each one contributing to
the entertainment of the other, and
all feeling that the evening has pass
ed only too rapidly away. This is
the truest and best amusement. It
is the health-education ot great and
noble characters. There is the free
dom, the breadth, the joyousness of
natural life. The time spent thus
by parents, in the higher entertain
ment of their children, bears a har
vest of enternal blessings.—Church
man.
The London Times deplores the
curse it does little to remove
“ There is something exceedingly
irritating that a great part of a harv
est. raised with infinite care and
pains, instead of adding to the na
tional wealth, ami bringing rich re
turns, is {mured, in the shape of
liquid fire, down the throats of the
nation that produced it, and instead
of leaving them wiser Md b*pp er v
tends to impoverish them by vicious
and debilitating indulgence.'
The Editor.
Some people estimate the ability
of i newspaper and the talent bf it*
editor by the quantity, at Original
matter. It is comparatively an easy
task for a frothy writer to pour oat
weekly a column of words—Word*
j upon any and all subject*. His
ideas may flow in one weak, washy,
| everlasting flood, and the command
' of his language May enable him to
string them together like hunches of
onions, and yet his paper may be a
meagre and poor concern: Indeed,
the mere writing |iart of editing a
paper i» but a small portion of the
work. The ctre, the time employed
in selecting, is tar more important,
and the tact ot a good editor is bet
ter shown by bis selectings than
anything else; and tfiUt. we know, is
| bait the battle. But, as we hive
| said, an editor ought to be estimate-1,
ami his labor understood and ap
; predated, by the general conduct of
i his paper—its tune, its uniform, con
sistent course, its aims, its manage
limit, its digni y aud its propriety. 1
To preserve these as they should be
preserved, is enough to occupy fully
the time and attention of any man.
A Bible Baked.—There is a
Bible in Lucas County, Ohio, which
was preserved by being baked in a
loaf of bread. It now belongs to a
i\l * . Ail ■l. uWfcq wbv an J. t mi* I * -- If
Bohemia, ih Austria. This baked
Bible was formerly the property of
his grandmother, who was a faithful
Protestant Christian. Daring one j
of the seasons when the Roman!
Catholics were persecuting the Pro-,
testants in that country, a law Was!
passed that every tlihle in the hands:
of the people should be given op to;
the priests, that it might be burnt.,
Then those who lovtjd their Bibles
had to contrive different plans in
order to try and save the precious (
Book. When the priests camel
round to search the house, it hap
pened to be baking day. Mrs.
Schcbolt—the grandmother of the
presbnt owner of this Bible—had a
large family. She had jtist prepdred;
a great batch of dough, when she !
heard that the pritßts were coming |
she took her precious Bible, wrap [
ped it carefully tip, aud pnt it in!
the centre of a huge mass of dongh.
which was to fill her largest bread
tin, and stowed it away in the oven
and baked it. The priests came and
searched the house carefully through,
but they did not find the Bible.
When the search wag over, ami the
danger passed, the Bible was taken
ont of the toad; and ftftfhd ouinjured.
Unitarian Herald.
The question of substituting a Bi
ble and Sunday-school service for
one of the Sunday sermons it re
ceiving considerable attention, if we
may judge from the favorable ref
erences made to it in oar exchanges
and the experiments tried by pastors
jn this direction, One writer sug
gest* that the next National Son
day-school Convention consider the
subject, as he believe* that many
ministers are willing to give np the
second sermon and go into the school
themselves as soon a* the way is
prepared for them to do so. As
for this, they can do no better than
prepare the Way themselves, as one
of the pastors at Farmington. Maine,
has so successfully done, a notice of
whose “new departure” appeared
two weeks ago.
Every minister of the Zion Con
nection should take and circulate the
Educator.
TUK
EDUCATOR.
F'IMVW feverv Saturday Morning
at $2 re pet year in advauefe
kitte Dr xiititfiflMti
Ob* SqoaiK oUbHMe; 5 x su»
“ ■* fide month. - i 2.00
“ six mouths, £. ,*.OO
“ * ooe rear. - : lit*
Yearly contract* with largeadvhrt iseit
■adeihi ray liherei terms.
SnVeit Or LidUt
\Couimiud.)
A loti TEKBIRLE Hhs.
Suppose that child hid grown up
to manhood, and Lad died a drunk
ard, and hod gone-down to a drunk
ards grave. See the hundreds and
thousand* in London reekiUg their
way down, not only to the drunk
ard's grave, but to the dninkUrd’s
hell. I tell yah, thy friend, I mould
rather hire * train a hundred miles
font run ov«r my boy, so that I
tooid not find a speck of Ms body-
I would Hi her have him die in early
childhood, than have him grow up
to manhood, and die without Go !
and without hope. It is a terrible
thing for a man to die odtxide tb-
Ark. It i* a terrible thing for a monte
die without hope and without mercy
especially in this Gospel land, where
fie is VtSlted to heaved with privi
lege, where the (Gospel is proelaimt-1
Euthlhlly from Sunday to Sduidfi .
yea, from day to day, and one might,
say from hour to hoUr. Through
the length 4nd breadth of this gres
■■rty, the Gospel has peril prods i me- :
*s faithfully, and perhaps more faith
folly, than in any other city in the
world. London, I say, is exalted to
heaven with privilege*, and it is a
sad thing, indeed, that t man should
go to hell from London, for then he
goes down in tfie full biaae of the
Gospel. He goes down from a Gos
pel land. He goes down tb hell
from a land where he hi* hoard the
glorious tidings of Christ Stul Him
crucified. Yes you s*y ft is Very
sail to see a child like that svVep:
away, or to see a little child losU its
sight. You say it is very sad to see
a man low his wealth and becolte
poor. It S very Rid to see a in:
lose his reputation. But, my frien-i
bear Hi mind there b hope. A n
can come to On* if he has lost his
reputation and his character. ChriM
will “receive” men who have not
got any character; and they may
have a seat in the kingdom of God.
But, if a mart dim without God, then
there is no hope. You go to the
grave and weep over it; and wtu-n
the morning of tcaurrection slit:
come, that man will rise to eVerlas.
ing shame and contempt. The otto
of Bethlehem will not Shine oil r
that grave. Oh, my friends, let u.<
Wake up, and let ns haste to the re
cite. Let us, as father* aud mothers
sac that our children are brought in
to the ark. that they are saved, titat
they are gathered early itfto the I'.dJ
of Chriit.
THE POOR DRUNKARD.
I was over in this ootlntry in IST2
About that time there was a young
man who had come from the ooncii y
to London. He wrs the onle son -t'
a widow. He was her prop and E
stay her hoye and ktr comfort. U
how that widow loved that boy 1
Aow her prayeta want up for him’
When be came to tKa (sty his era
ployer invited him to the fbemUi
and ihvited Urn to drink I ban
met that mother since 1 have be. <
on tki* trip, and she told me Hi.-.’
the employer discharged that youn .*
man after he became a drunkard
that he refused to have him in ioi
employ; that her eon came home
and died • poor drunkard. That
mother ia now weeping over tbs’
boy, and toe mourns as a mot he
without hope, because it is said that
no drunkard shall inherit the king
dom of God. Now, that is terrible.
How many mothers hare sons in
London hmtemng to ruin! God
wanta you and me to go and tell
them the glad tidings, to invite them
to the Quepoi but And there ia
not a man in all London so far gone
but that Chriit will sure him. If
we will just go red labor for them
sad prey for them, God will give us
the privilege of winning many of
(Tohecontwaud)