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VNITED STATES.
TO THE STAR <QFt ZJON
Uvsov Springs, Al% July 24.
Mr. Editor*
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... My last communication to iheSTAR
ldt ta£ at Taladiga. My tisijt to that
place was quite pleasant. $“hb church
under the pastoral care of that old
war-horse of Zion, Rev. S. Derry, is
looking up. * :iJ • * ! -
At Wetumpka Rev. A. Rodgers is
moving on nicely. He has the foun
dation tor a new ehurch laid, and good
prospect for its early completion.
At Greenville toe church^ has, "
through a storm, bot hy tike |e tSm
and patience of PremtRhg Milder ,
ford, order has succeeded confusion,
and a glorious calm hits'followed ihe
storm,
Rev. S. Allen has built two church
es on the, Athens circuit an
tire work is doing well. At
vjHe I found the people a little stow.
a mile or more to
and then tb church,
in charge puts in an appearance,* it is
no wonder that the people are slow..
At Buimt Com and Monroeville I
found fine congregations. Rev. Alex.:
Stokes, who conveyed me jto these
points, has long labored here and still
enjoys the confidence and afifectioh of
the people. Our people through this
section are remarkably industrious
and frugal, and many of theni have
bought fine terms and are test accu
mulating wealth.- , .
At Evergreen Key* T. A. Weath
mgton is doing well. He is one of
th&moet promising of the young men
in thk conference.
the Stab Vrho hate- read the very
dent at itoekton,|Ala^ jb^ve, n
sdt wppoeed that Stockton \jjfc
train, that
liles distant
it by horse
the ehurch wasfon;
and that X had to
. ...v - ‘ ilT«. st.jt T^l-Jrr ;;
My#m,
Sr the
to a long standing lethargy, which ha*
affected ihe’chtrteli. I'kin tb*
eider has the elements of success in
him, under favorable circumstances,
but the odds seem to be against him.
I feel inclined to suggest that his work
be made a special Object of prayer.
' /Montgomery 1 met Priding
Elder^ JIannou, Strongs Fannan and
Thqipa., with several other ministers,
;who,'g*ye fitynrable accounts of their
work. Elder Hannon has been quite
unwell and is still m feehle health.
J. W. Hood.
Chablotte, N. C., August
Mr. Editor:
:W*U you jpegnit mf space la you*
bright Star to let the many reader*
its ,yaji»*h|e ,.CQfcimns: hear from
Charlotte district. Everything with
us in the church is on the boom.
Ti^rp^as . been about six hundred
conversions ,and many. accessions to
the church, and everything bids fair
for nstfei^r^Mia. f^d growth of our
church and the cause of our beloved
Master.
le efforts of; theRev
caused the nearisom
which w^U be worth about $1,500.
Rev li&ifturdle is-pushing the noble
Work bravely on and Jewring no stone
unturned. ReW E ^Bieks is doing
nohfte Vro^ihi pushing the battle to
verygates. Rev E-li’Gampbell, be
sides other wf^ prttegworthy work, is
about having completed nepakuonage
at Lincolnton, whi<&wi£lbea very
great addition< t? tjjp chpehin that
section. Rev f# W’Mack |k»- doing
good and praiseworthy work. Broker
J W Whiteside is, by his unremitting
efforts, doing a noble work in bui’d
ihg up his circuit, which was in a
slothful and dilapidated condition.
Rev S Herndon , is moving on finely
with his work. Rev J W Thomas has
purchased,1 church sites at. Kings
Mountain and at Shelby, and will, in
a short time, have churches in course
of erection at both places, which shows
that hula moving; things bravely on*
ward in the xight direction. Rev A
4. Williams, by his untiring seal,
keeps things moving forward as they
rought^to be. In lhct, W seems to be
moving along jovially.
As a good general fund is very es
sential to
it Sti* af •»■>«
in jour issue of the 25th
nth. We are happy to tty
lame to walk, and onr hearts w
made to feel glad. It closed oh The
day night, the 14th, at Calvary aJ
a short and soul-etirring sermon
Reve Stewart, and a love least a
twenty-three eonverte and thitfy-f
accessions, including both chord
Thi* makes an enrollment of 1&5
cessions and 'eighty converts fr
these churches this year. Much m
could be said in regard to the reviv
and It would he a pleasure ,^*o i
writer to do so, but we feet that
havo occupied sufficiet space.
As ft is Rev Stewart s solid
tbs ministers should oolleet
jbnd and not the bishops,
to speak of the creditable
commendable way in which he
taken to secure the acquired
from his two churches. For Calvary
he has appointed three young ladies
as agent*--namely: Miss Mary Fra
zier, Miss Elisa A Douglass and Miss
Mary Early, * and for Salem, Miss
Alice Moore, Miss Minder Traps *ud
others ; these agentB are to solicit the
11 monthly, while the Rey
Stewart spares no time in keeping his
members remindsd of that taxation,
and receiving all he can for that pur
pose. Through the hard times he has
been successful in sending up the
small amount of {13, hut we can see
by this wise arrangement that the fu
ture looks blight for success to secure
in due time the remainder yet due.
The Sabbath schools in this section
are in a thriving condition, and allow
ub to speak of Calvary ’s with her en
rollment of sixty scholars, Mid; her
faithfol teachers under the superin
tendence of Mr. J S Douglass. We
are compelled to say that they are
going on to success. We solicit the
prayers of all the faithful.
Yours for the good cause, f
WJk. R. Douglass.
Charlotte, N. C., August 29.
Mr. Editor:
Please Allow me space to notify the
brethren ot Charlotte district that the
district conference will meet at Ruth
erfordton on the 1st day of October at
10 a m, A. Hill, presiding.
“She Kob gone to he 1
tirle*e«»iw( iiwiL Mi ii&t
f&stcK of our third. qnartafa confer
ence held at College August 9th.
A* 11:30 u;m the
Elder J M $ntler ip the chpi
opening ^ eon^wno^^e^i
un interesting i$Jr«frgmiig
of the work done in the late
conference, the change* mad
}|jy, for the young
and it wouk take
ion of characters
work was taken
up, and some r^nc
Which awakened f
thf .confei^ce^ f
. called upon to raa
Kiday 3chooia. ^
mmk:s Pm
adjourned to par
take of the many good things the sis
.tem hsd prepared
... Sunday, August 10th, at 0 a m, the
Sunday school assembled, and after
the usual exercises the elder addressed
the Sunday school very nicely, ex
horting the young men and young la
ly anil morally, that they might be a
blessing to the Church and their race.
At 11 a m .he preached a good sermon
> ' 4.X - _i^£|■J hni J3-_ 'it p„1
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Monday, Aug. 11, the pastor went
to Selma, and brought back with him
.BishopT H Lomax. At 8 pm the
church was filled to its utmost capaci
ty, and many rere ; left out.
The Sunday school was beautifully
arrayed near the pulpit with A. Woqds
at its head, and gave pmsicfor ftie.ec
casion. The pastor introduced the
bishop to the congregation and he ad
dressed the „ Sunday school grandly,
complimenting it ior its good music
and grand appearance, i: He gave a
sketch of the pngip and the progress
of the Sunday school, the great need
of its support and appreciation by the
old people; He advised the children
to he prompt and faithful to its every
duty, for the hope of the church rested
upon them.
Th? bishop preached an el<Hji*ent
sermmfrem Hebrews, 2d ohaptor,9th
verse, "and the people were constrain
ed to h^ t^^B of the Lord for
the spirit of God seemed to dwell in
him.”
After the sermon the bishc$ spoke
efthe various
n.WUm
ALLEGHANY
OF THE
A. M. E. ZION CHDR'
IN AMERICA.
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Akron, O., August IS, 1884.
To-day was the opening day of the
84th session of the. Alleghany annual
conference of the A M E Zion church,
which will be held in this city in the
A M E Zion chapel ou High street for
the next five or six days.
At 10 o’clock Bishop J J Moore
iof Little York, called the meet
ing to order. The following members
were present together with a number
of visitors :
Elders—James Henry, Eranklin,
Pa ;JH Trimble, Bedford, Pa; C H
Pocket, Homewood, Pa; J H Baptist,
Franklin j Pa; P R Anderson, Akron,
Q; Hr K H. Williams, Washington,
FaJohn Holliday, Pittsburg, Pa; 8
T Whiten, Johnston,Pa; J J Man
son, Chicago; Isaiah Pendleton, Sa
lem, O; John A Mulligan, ^nion
tpwn, Pa, and Kelson Davis. Edward
Little, Elizabeth, Pa, deacon, and
Rev Samuel Davis, East Liverpool,
Ohio, ministerial delegate,‘ were the
remaining members of the conference
present. \_y
The first half hour was devoted to
devotional eakrcieesyeonaisfcingof the
reading of the Scriptures by Bishop
Moore, the singing of two hymns and
prayer by 8 T Whiten. The confer
ence then proceeded to organize.
S T Whiten was elected secretary ;
J H Trimble assistant secretary; Jehu
Holliday statistician, and" Kelson
David and John A Mulligan report
ers. *jj ii--.fi; !‘;V
Bishop Moore then deliyered his
addreae, which was more thap anrhour
in length, and was listened to with
niuch\ interest and frequently inter
rupted by expressions of
He spoke mainly of the good work
the conference was doing. All the
brethren -manifested their ‘approval
when he said that no one was wanted
in the conference who was seeking a
place to make money or gain ^>oJra
larity. At l o’clock the jconfemiee
took a recess. >
; The annual conference of jthe A M
E Zion church, now in session in the
Zion chapel, South High street, is one
of the oldest organizations, of this kind
^tfee Uniittd States and » '
with similar organizations *
of this country, Canada,
laud and Africa,, ;>Jh
time the conference has
aiopS in Akron, the formed meeting
helu here being in 187A !
. . j AFTERNOON SESSION. .Hi
jnnected
all parts
Lhama J&
he second
Dr-. 'l’1'
Id its
The session convened at i Ep m, Bt
Rev J J Moore, D D, presiding.
with read*
.singing
The session
ing a passage
and prayer. .. .
The secretary read the minutes of
yesterday’s proceedings, which were
adopted. * % :
Ret 8 8 Condo, of tire Evangelical
.ohureh, was introduced tin tho confer
ence^ Bishop Moore, and he ad
k “ A very en
They w«« designed chie*y for the
encouragement of the brethren in thd
wort of th#- ministry. Me also in
vited members of the conference to -
occupy his puipit next Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Bidet* Rumage, of Tennessee, one of
the debates, was then introduced. He
spoke xery encouragingly of the work
in Tennessee.
Bev W L Slut*, pastor of the Sec
ond.M E church, Akron, was intro
duced, and he made some interesting
remarks.
Elder Macruder being called upon
addressed the conference eloquently
and effectively. He was followed by
Elder James Henry, of Franklin, Pa.
A vote of thanks was tendered
these gentlemen for * heir ^entertaining
remarks, and the conference adjourn
ed for dinner.
BISHOP HOOD’S APPOINTMENTS
Thursday,September 11, Columbia,
Kj.
Friday, September 12th, Greens*
r/ September 14 th, at fl a m,
Springfield, Ky.
Sunday, September 14th, at night,
Bardstown, Ky.
* Monday, S< ptember 15th, Bloom
field, Ky.
- Tuesday, September 16th, Russell
ville, Ky.
Wednesday, September 17th, Green
ville, Ky. /
Thursday, September 18th,Earling
ton, Ky.
Friday, September 29th, Slaughter
yille, Ky.
Sunday, Septemper 21st, at 11 a m,
Madisonville, Ky.
Sunday. September' 21st, at night,
Hendersonville; Ky.
Wednesday, Septemper 24th Board
of Bishops meeting.*
Sunday, 28th,
Wednesday, October 1st to 8th,
Maryville, Tenn, at conference.
Address from August 14th to 17th,
23d to 31st, No. 419 Laurel street,
Louisville, Ky.
September 8th to 12th, Bardstown,
Ky.
September 13th to 18th, Henderson
Ky
September 19th to October 4th,
Maryville, Tenn. *
*The Board adjourned to meet at
it is not quite certain
that we shall meet there. See notice
later. ...
.Letters from the East should be
mailed at least four days ahead of the
latest date given.
Note—Be careful ^calculate the
distance and start letters far enough
The pastors will please make a
special effort to secure good congrega
tions. v ? t' ■ ' •
give instruction on
sustaining our in
ions will be taken
to reach the bish
stitutions.
days ahead,
Lvors of
go on