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RELIGIOUS DEX’AKTMEXt!
roxnocrr.n by it. HAltlils
Kdijjiomi Dcpuctraciit.
Ministers ami members of the A
M. E. Zion Church are specially in
vited to write tor this department.
Write ouly on one side of the
sheet, and sign your name to every
letter.
All letters for this part of liic pa
j>er should be addressed to
K. Haru I S, Fayetteville, N. V.
To t•>**;, jiluistcrs unit
lueu’-berH <>t tlie
A. yf . K. Ziou
Chureli.
bear Jircti&en
A > ’,vc have adopted the I
“Kiii'citor,’’ published at Fayette-1
ville, X. C., by Messrs. Waddell ]
* Smith, as our Organ, I hope yoii l
v.iil do aD in your cower to increase j
it-circulation. Tim "‘/•ion Church I
Adv ..•a‘c.” lets Leeii suspeiidcd for]
si -.< mouths,, inf the Bisfictis have •'
~ ' I it. give it tic further cncour-j
I thin!-v.e have seen tlie]
end if it. I
/■ ■ tour ink fa _.ier,d Jfessi*. I
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! believe we oAtl ml this eilWrl |
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:.:i' ei'ts ihih ii>y v'.situtimn ]
hi its column--:. Anythin'.':
tin, cisfi pTddishcs cemt to l’rot. f
11. Hair's’ Write short .letters, and?
I.latter will not be rroAvvd out. f
l our., fir Ice si cc-'sa ol the;
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lSishop rid. Kpiseeji;,i District/
1 ::M*ttl*\ ille X. C Jai-i loth. I*7: t
Uoiiur Avroix riti.N Ls rot |
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;!y Uh. Ih'lioiialli. (’-ihuuhll--l'o. N.t'. ]
- «th IV iii'cvillr. " " ** l
- till: Green I.alue Ita-liM " " l
-• 12th I'ow haiiaa. - •• •• 5
Iriils '• ** *• ?
-- ilili v.Vs’icslHiro. A twin *• *• ]
ISj.ii >1 Mir.M-, I nio!, •' •• ]
- i-S'.li t'oiusnd. 1 .ilurril- ** ■ f
- Tuft \«ov Hope. . *' "I
- r-.tt"i Mt I’leasiuit. : I
'• Jiu-I Salisbury. hc.vvan •• f
•• Jir i Ito I-.;ers. h.cuuaiiliurg Co. V J
- iuth Mt. /inn. Brunswick •• ••
• e'ith White Oak. “ “ -
- 17th Claiborne Chapel. *
August Ist IVHersburg. "
To wliom It muy Cuuoerii
lie it known that the General Con- i
fereuce of the A. M. K. Zion Con
iiection, at its session in Charlotte,
X. C., Juue, 1872, took into consid
eration the propriety of establish
ing schools for the education of out
people in tlie South, and suketed for ]
said piiqiose Fayetteville, X. C., as
a proper pTace to locate a college for
said purpose.
Tlie conference also elected the
following persons as a Hoard of
Managers to carry out the object
conic undated by said conferentce'
bishop J. D. Brooks I* resilient.
3. P. flamer, Vice Prest.
'lisliop S. D. Talbert, Treasurer
Dr. 3. A* Thompson!
Jacob Thomas
George Bosley.
I*. A. J-oe, Carres. . Secy.
J. A’. Jones, Her. Ser'y
Wethcreloro ajfjieal to a gener
ous CltrisUun public to aid us in
'his praiseworthy object, in edu
cating and christianizing our poor,
d-mria-troddeu and oppressed race, j
and also to send out missiont'i'ic to j
1< »eh and preach, the Gospel ot;
CATECHISMS.
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The Educator.
YOL. 1.
To the and Members
or the A. M. E. Zion. Church
IN AMWtIe.V.~rI)K.;VJII,Y BELOVED
Brethren: —The good t>ord has
kindly spared many of us ,to jvass
through three years of toil and labor
since wc met in General Conference
to do business for our nidespread
And last increasing connection, we
hov/ nmnber seventeen Annual Con
ferences presided over by five Bish
ops whose duty, according to the
discipline is to visit every point in !
iiis diocese at least once a year ]
which is an utter impossibility for I
him to do if he was to travel every!
I day in the year, for some have more I
[than til lee hundred and sixty-five j
points to make and others have few- j
er. The work lias not beau properly !
divided among them, while some arc !
overworked, others speiid over 's.ili’j
of their time at home and tins ini
wrong. The district should bo so j
arranged, that each should have to i
attend regularly on his diocese and
a law slumhl lie made that each j
Bishop rhoi’i.i esnic in Ills dwceyi l ,
so .as to avoid so much traveling out !
sin i unless to meet the Board of l
Hbiiops which expense shohd be pm !
vilii ,1 fm by the (jet cru! Cordbrcn :.!
c.icii Conference fhotiid provide for |
the travelit ;g » - uses of their dele :
gate:: to :.nd from ti.' place of the]
tioneral Confercni’e. 1 wo'. ld also]
suggest t lie propriety, of urjuiging :
the iirfhewhat rftev tfio fid ],
:i, '' v "T , v... v y ?
Ini i>*uHl ri:U X<".v Xow |
uniT NX;\\ 4o«>ev ( 'oufrrciiet* *
o*. i j
2uil.—.'nl 1 billiniorc, i
ronn| ss«\:»Tn! \ irir :ia C , oiifi.*iTMii , i»s. j
and f aliivir
ii:i C-.'iiicrci kA s. ]]
m % ;
4tli -»Vll*.*</h;i!iv, Kontlc’v riid
itu »•
l >rvv ( k f
f>tl»— (njop/HU tSim-li Can?’‘.hi anil
.di.‘isirs:pot * . n.ereuees.
ftli- Alahuiiui. Lmnsuinn and Elor j.
•l:i .Conh'i-cnccs. , i 1
By so doing the labor wid be
nore eipuiHy divided between them. I
I would again renew mv prop isi- j
lion ;n regard to taxing the 'ueniliers
or sustaining oiu- liislTtis, (let that]
bey should have less bi't 1 rlieving
,hat r t.-i.v of ten cents from epery ■,
iiieihijet' Asv Ibe exclnsi'.i; l.euylit of
the Fisl'.r-j could Ire cc’lceteil much
easier and'make it oldigatory on ey- j
erv miiiioter Uiving a charge to jje
reapunsihlc for that G;u:,
hundred thousand members nt lliatj
rate would pay the sum often thou
sand dollars. Those bishops having j
the larger dioceses to pay over at ;
the Bishops’ Meeting, the amount ,
over his salary each keeping an ac ]
count ol tin! amount received which ]
account to be rendered at every j
semi animal meeting of the Bishops, |
so that they shall fare equally. 1 j
make the above suggestions hoping j
some ol my brethren will look at
them'betweou this time and the sit
ting of the General Conference an d
what you think is ol any service take
it and improve it., amend it and alter
wliai I have said for what I have
said is because the connection lies ,
close to my heart. My ‘lays arc I
passing swiftly away, I am nearly i
done meeting in conferences, and.
like many that met lit our last meet- ;
in 2 I shall be gone to where confer j
dices shall not meet to adjourn. A j
number have departed since June, i
IsTg, nd we are following in their j
footsteps. May the good Lord keep
us faithiul. is tho earnest prayer oi j
your bi oliier in the gospel bonds. ]
.1. A. Jones, j
Petersburg, \n. I
July, 187-M
l hi>f tlx Bile ntnr.)
j Me. Edi'.o-
A Hot', tne to say t" the readers of i
(l.c Educator, that Madame I’.-irque, |
..f llayli. a colored leetimss, has!
j boon dellgUtiiig us with In r fine led ;
, ires during the past two niglits, July
| niu and fith, in tin* Xi wl"*rne J hen ,
' i Tv.
FAYETTEVILLE, X. 0.; JULY 24, 1875.
f Mndame Parque is 26 years old,
r of ordinary height, vcU hnilt, of mi
> nijjxd race, dark brown skill, and of
! a bold, intelligent countenance,
i She was born in Ilayti; educated
■ in England,, and if wc may judge
i from what we hear, few are more
l accomplished than she is. Her lect
ures arc fine, well delivered, and
■ with abundant matter always at
hand Iter intelligence is mnch ad
i mired by our people here, indeed I
! think she is a noble representative of
] onr rase.
■ i Thu subject es her first lecture
j was: “The Negro, Past, Present and
j Future.” She resorted to historic
j facts to confute the idea that tlie
j negro has no deeds of honor in his
tory. It would make my communi
cation entirely too long to at
j tempt giving the lecture in detail.
;To say nothing of her own grain!
j home tit. Domingo, she adverted to
j tho past acts of the negro in this
country to show that he is entitled
Ito a j'lace oi honor in the history of
this country.
! At present, with so much to he
iiiniie for our own elevation, and also
' J it ci' *:‘r si i, think, we are
| too iiidlflVreut, not loving literature j
!as we orelit or must in order to be- !
I•* . I
j come r s rong nation. That we i
j'.beud our money at the wrong time, |
]in the wrong places, and tor the
Jthii.i;: t’eit never half way comjien
i sato for,their cost, such as great cx
f oiireii .t.is, games of chance, rum, ci
j gars Ac. That we are iiiciined to
i wApt positions, without consult
; iii'g ctr lirtalfications to fit! such!
l- , r> t*' “• 1.1 ,1' ! . 'J**' (
I pi-jo' s As to the future, she tliiuks
i i.cbfilings r.T to la: scon of us, j
- lining c\\ ilie crisis of our national
i di stiijj qand .Us the medium of AIVi ]
j <:jf a . rci]iit;|rtioii we ought to avail]
, o ir: f es .of every opportunity to I
! such a work.
(i n,:r second lecture was upon the;
f sit nation of the Island, its natives.]
i> ■ .•! , a a, I ]
it.hcir marriages and hurinis. and their i
jf.-rii’ of f'A.i I vment. tine of the |
] g v . vt.t ecnli.irit.ies of these de j
•K;-aVti:> - is that ol bread and butter j
] groi. ingupon trees,
i*. file expressed herself a strong ad- i
t'-o'ji’te.of, women’s rigbj-s to do any
thing they car do, and .do jt well,
j even at ti e ballot box, ns she jailed
j to seg the reason why a sober woman
] could not vote, as well as a drunken
.1 -I,
j Clos.ng with her eloquent remarks
I we all were richly rewarded for the
i money we expended.
J..A. Tyier,
j MTiitevili.e, X. C'., July fith ’75
: Mr. Editor:
j My Quarterly iner ting oOmmcn- 1
Iced at Whitevflie, and I am hap].y
to say to the public that fbe I»ord
] met with us and blessed us, and a
I mirpty revival is now going on. I
must say that sinners attempted to
run but tlie God that speaks on high
slopped them in their mad care.cr.
Bishop J. W. Hood was with me
on the fith and 7th July, fie preach
ed on Tuesday night, his text: Matt.
! 19:27, Then answered Peter and
| said unto him, behold! wc havo for
j sakeii all. and followed the, what
I sln'l we have? The Bishop then
] remarked, tlie first thought was the I
; question asked, and the second
thought the answer given. He then j
! pursued a regular course confining I
j himself, first upon man and his duty,
mid especially the ministry. lie
| spoke in high terms of a regular
, minister who had forsaken all and ;
| follow cd Christ, that ministers who I
for >k all for < T.list's sake, have nt>
I business in the cotton field, but
I l.i - husiuesr is to preach the gospel,
i He then showed to his congregation
I how ready Christ is to forgive tin in
■ that forsake all :,u<l e ilow him. The
! sermon was listened to ami not
i without eti’cct. In closing his ser I
moil, the cup ran over mid the We.
, (in: was eiitoyed Yours for Zion.
A. Allison
J Washington N. C., July Bth 1875.
Dear Educator our church here
being jn such a needy, condjtjop,and
tirnos being so dull and money so
scarce, aue\ our people here are strug
ling so hard to fiuish our church so
as to get in it and have room to aocom
odate the iargo and intelligent con
gregation which flocks toourchurch-
I.concluded to visit several of our
churches and solicit and collect aid,
After communicating with scv.
oral Elders, I visited them. At
Statesville they are going to rebuild,
and the Elder only granted me trav
eling expenses. At, Salisbury Elder
Green and Congregation did what
they could for me, (it being on
Wednesday night) had I been able
to remain with him until Sabbath
they could have done more for usi
the following is a list of the contrib
utors and the amoun :
Elder .toseph Green, - - - - 81.00
Deacon Louis King, 50
Sister Gracy M. Green, - - - - 50
” Eliza Caldwell
” Sarah Hargrave,
” Kosa llickman,
' " Lucy Crenshaw,
” Margaret Hamilton,
” Nelly Bridges,
’ Martha Murphy,'
” Nelly A. Parker.
” Almira Iluusnckur,
Each twenty-live cents.
Sister Patsy Allison, - - - - 5 cts.
Ml. Y'les’ey Sehon, - - - - 10 ”
” Henry Bingham,
” James Lovick.
" Wm. White,
” Thos. ilenderson.
” Henry Johnson
” 1.. A. Ilenderson.
Each twenty-five cent-'.
Unknown - 15
Total , (!) 81i.50
Less cevuterlcit .25
Om- most sincere thank-- to Elder
n■ . .
Green pud his dear good people at
.Salisbury, irav the f ord ever bless
them
As Elder A. M. Barrett in the
Manchester District, is building and
soliciting aid through the Educator]
• . • •• • j
I did not ask that District for help,
Imt Deacon Henry Williams all
Egypt’ gave that congregation the
privilege to give their “former pas
tor” something, and they gave me
85.25 At Jonesboro, Deacon Col
lins and the good people there in
like manner gave me Bfi. traveling
expenses. My thanks to Egypt and
-Jonesboro people. At Fayetteville
Prof, ltobt. Harriß gave ns 85 Bro
ther Harris and wife, sister Mary
Harris, did much which “cheered the |
weary traveler,” am! their deeds of
I kindness will bo remembered.
At Wilmington, Elder G. B. Far
mer gave us 85. and his congrega
tion 8-">. I passed through there
I also in the week.
Elder J. A. Tyler at Newberin
gave me 83. traveling expenses out
of his own purse. Every where I
met with much sympathy, kindness
and encouragement, if I had time
to call on the several congregations
on Sabbath where tlie Elders were
willing to help us, it would have
been better, but 1 bad not the time,
j I find the tire burning in Zion nt
j many places. Out of the 42 converts
I that we had at Egypt last tall, ouly
] one lias goue hack to the world.
| The ministers are working hard
every where to build up Zion.
A. B. Smvku.
Blaltort, N. C. July 13th 1875.
Mr. Editor:
We are not the least in our be
lovcd Zion that loves our Pastor, for
on the 18th and on the 25th of June
a company of sisters with ©lie or two
of the brethren of Burns’ Cbuple j
came in a rush to the Parsonage, at j
!) or 10 o'clock p. m. w ith their bat- ]
! kills and bundles of the good tilings
of this life, and they put them on the ;
table, and they sung prayed, and I
■they went their way, God bless;
i .hnin Mav 'hov long
Wut. II Pius.
NO. 43
(For the Educator.)
Magnolia, N. O. )
July 13th 1875. )
Mr. Editor:
You will please allow me a small
spaee in your paper to state to the
public the spirit of our people at
this place. After much hard preach
ing and prayer among them, they
have at concluded to have a
piece of land and they say they are
going to pay for it before tlicy stop,
though wo have not done anything
for the churches named in Confer
ence hut sir, we are so far behind at
this place in having a house of wor
ship ourselves until we are, ashamed
of ourselves. But now we intend
to awake up out of sleep, and go to
work for Zion and as I have promis
ed them that J would try to publish
their names in the Educator, I hope
sir that they will appear in the paper
as follows:
Mr. W. B. Braddv, 85.
Mr. A. Parker, 82.
t f • *
Messrs, IV. M. Pearsall, Benj. Mc-
Gowan, T. 11. McGowan, John Mc-
Gowan, Wiley Sellajjs, G. Matjiis,
G- Pearsall, M. .Smith, 8. S. Smith
ami li 11. Parish: §1 each, , f i
Alien Miller ami A. Devane, 75
cents each. , i
1.. Chambers, U. McGowan, John :
Miller and C. McGowan; 59 cents .
each. , r
T. 11. Houston, K. .8. Houston, i
Derry Miller, L Pearsall, A. K. i
Carlton, C. C. Carlton, T. Carlton, i
G. C. Carlton, >S, I’. Pearsall, M. J.
Pearsall. i>. A. Houston, 11. A. Moore :
H. Kenoii, M. Daniels, Judy Hatley,
K. S. Bufilo.w, D. A. Huggins, M. j. ]
Martin, and Mil. Martin, 25 cents i
each.. ,
M. McGowan, K. McGowan cud :
A. Pearsall, 10 cents, each. 1
1 am now doing all I can [o move i
on the good work. Pray’ for its. 1
Yours for Zion. ... i
John 11. Stewart
[From Harper's Weekly.] , :
Thus far. t.:c havq endeavored
simply to,tell the story of the case
withoi's interjecting into tlie narra
tive our own perronal sympathies,
prejudices, or judgment.... Those
sympathies are nevertheless very
strong, that judgment is ve>-y clear.
Under a careful analysis the evidence
against Mr. Beecher utterly fails. It
would not suffice against a man
much less strongly intrenched in
public esteem than lie; against his
pure life and noble character it
breaks in vain,.as the form of the
angry ocean agaiuat tho cliff which
it can obscure but can not destroy.
The case Is one e£conspin>oy against
a good gnd great, though careless
man, hut a conspiracy which grew
rather than was formed, which was
the natural product ,of the jealousy
of self-conciet rather than the de
liberate contrivance of greed. On
the pne side is a man the greatness
of whose heart and the credulity of
wbosq sympathies are at once his
genius and his weakness; on the other
is a man whose insane jealousy is
tin; natural though deadly fruit of
an insane self-conceit, imbittered by
a spirit of personal and fell re
venge. ... -
The key to the comprehension of
ihis-whole case is Mr. Tilton’s frank
declaration: “I resolved to smite Mr.
Beecher to the heart.” Tho arrow
was well fashioned, the bow welt
bent, but the destroyer has failed of
his purpose, aud when posterity,
wiser than we, reads tho history of
this case, it will houor, not less than
the nohl.o achievements of Henry
Ward Becqhur’s noble lite, the no !
less noble failure of the patience and j
magnanimity of bis only too chiral
i is- and uniiappyily unsuccessful
endeavor to shield “all the other,
hearts that would ache” ffpnv the
publication of the famous Brooklyn
scandal.
THE
EDIJCATOK
■ ill- — 1 ~
Published every fiatonlay morning
at UP per year hr aßwnm ———
HATES or ADVEETISntt;:
One Square, one time. - 9in
“ “ one mooch, . - Ao#
“ “ six months, - SM
“ “ one jrear. - - IMP
Yearly contracts with largeadxexfferrs
in:ul<: on very liberal terms.
lAeserviiuf lioys.
We like boys who try to Eel •
themselves. Every one'ought to K
friendly to them. The, hoyaofener
gy and ambition, jrho make a nmol
effort tp do something far them,
reives, arc the hopooflN »
Let their aaxiou* earn catch n«a>
w ords of encouragement
tor such words, like-favoring hrnrrn ■
to the sails of a ship, help M
them forward to the Inflnst- ir
they seek- . --A . ,
It is not always as it shoe id hr i.j
this respect. Many a heart has Ir- <
brokeu--many a young man. afmti
dustry, animated hy honorable as»-
tives, has, ; beeu discouraged hy tho
sour words, the harsh and anjoat i« ,
marks of some relative . who, aha*. I
have acted the part of 3 fthod. The,
unthinking do not conmder. tU
weight wth which such rnanarig
sometimes fait upon aseasitigeapir.*,
and iiow they may bruise and Wa t
it-j : »• b -j*
If you cannot da anything to- nbl.
and assist young mea t yqß ought i-s
abstain from throwing
in their way. Rot COB *>
something to help there forward'.
You can at least say, (Jod spejrf- to
them, and you cat) say. it -Segfog
from youc.hegrt. Yjou, lrttUykaowj
of how much bmrefit. Jo.
young men enoouraging OPcnoiL giv
en fitly .and Rell-iimed, mayibejvdad.
in the. great account, sack .nremits od>
dressed to those ip . need, at there
you may find reckoned among fssr
.p.: j. - * I- •
Then help, the hoys who try to.
help themselves.. - You can eaaUy r»
call simple words ot kindnerej addiw;
sod to ypurself ip childhood Orel
and .youth, auiiy o* would like apt
to kiss,the. lip* that .theu...
tliough they may long. rent Irene
been sealed with the liluca of,dereh.
and coveted by the clods a t the rsf
ley.
. » .. ..r , . s » . - «
liluinelusH not Faultfees.
NoA'lirktian j* qr cop ha hsllk ->
before,., the . B Lame leas Jen
may, and. ought to. bq. Th* di I
that does its necdk,-work. fajufs
Is com ttended,, though not A. stit--«.
is. perfect. The child ifs hi untie
bet the work not faultless. 1—
Christian who lives up to his Ug .
and ability is blameless, bruin God • •
sight faulty. He is not eonreso** of.
his defect, his eye* are not dgrp re
God’s; his best efforts ore jKJna tbp
needle-work of the little gW, w«n
done for her, bet sq defective in fart
that every ctiteh must to rerenvnd.i
and done again by a mote afctUt’ul
and experience,! hand. Saints sow*'
times judge theiusdvre perfect he-,
cause they are not eons pin— offlh!
'i'hey may be innocent, Ijpt safely
are not perfect. With more
and culture they would, dpi re* tie
tects. Others of mors cjperierx*.
observe them now, because, matfere*-
tiy educated or advanced in di*<
TTie novice that paif.tr a-, gore |,
daub, thinks it beautifijfc tM if re
well done for him. He haC d-«w
his liest, and is blameless. Hi a fe*
months of training makes- hurt hide.
his earlier works in, sir me. Jwu
keeps Mameh'ss, trusting soots, ahdr
step by step leads them up to higher,
culture, richer wisdom, purer t**„
until they attain His likeor** I*
giorv.
• , '- •-» n - t
I, ART Words.—A nsnlertr vhs
was banged, the other day ft Nyw
Madrid, Missouri, warned yoowg.
iue% in the following earnest lan
guage: , t .... :• - - «•■ • -
“Look at me. lam o* ,the senff
ohl, about tq be. launched into th*,
other world. What has brnn^fr^— i
to tul Let m* led fgf, rrdiH
tiieee wer«U forever ring i* yqw ’
ears. It was nhiskev. Whiskey
ruined me. If yon do not want Iff to •
ruin yon; if yon do not want to be
iinprisoued. and in the end hreregbt
1 to the scaffold, don t d; ink Itqnor