ELECTORS;
HON. W. H. TURNER,
HON. L. E, HAJStVIE.
- iVv< / Brown Allen, ,\ lf f,
C. H. Causey,
J* H. Van Aufeon, :iJ , t,
x E. W. Hubard,
-■*>' Carter M. Leu than,
Bailey Brown, *• , /
R T. Hubard,
F. R. Brown, ;, ;
Robert J. Walker,
H. W. Holdway,
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'w FOR CONGRtiSS:
[4th Congressional district of Ya.j)
JOS. P. EVANS,
of Petersburg, Va.
1*8 TICE. \
The following gentleman compose]
" fee Editorial Staff of the Stab owl
Zion :
. * A. H Scott, i
. J.O. Danc^y, f ; j
• E. H. Chiixy,
J. A. Tyler.
J. McH. FARLEY,
Editor and Business Manager of the
Stab of Zion. Office, No. 108 Shore
tfreet, Petersburg, Virginia.
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ii&^pfcrfeciion of. Christianity
•trough (^tet-ourredeeraer, the *in>
junction is “follow on toliiibw the
Lord ” Christian, holy &teO#ca$oij
or perfection, whatever the term used
m ay be, is immaterial to the issue. Tt
until fully attained.
Christian'holiness is devopecm«ssi»
great emj, of being and doing frod
H4v%y^oi|l^e.kEa4f anil cfearactei*
held and taught by Christ ibid fcis
hofyapbsftles, Therefore be fite from
|in. Holiness does not consist of the
mereltnowledge of God, nor cfUtWOrd
ceremony o£feligi©H,-but has Sts seat
in the hearts—soundly reformed—ef
fected by the love of God and Regene
ration 'of the Holy Ghost? “FOi* by
grace are ye saved through faith, and
that-not of yoorselv^s, it is the gift of
God,” “for we are his wofkman&hip,
created in Christ Jesus unto good
works, which God hath before ordain
ed that we should walk in them.” The
'Same power which gave life and glory
to the crucified Saviour promises to
give spiritual life and glory to the be
liever on Christ’s merit. “Nodr are ye
(they that ate justified) light in the
Lord—‘walk as children of light—
have no fellowship with the unfruitftil
works of darknebs, but rather reprove
them. Sanctification is the essence of
true happiness and the basis ’ of that
glory which has been'promised to the
faithful. It will manifest itself by the
propriety of our conversation, regular
ity of our tempers, and the uniformity
of our lived. It is a principle, progres
sive in its operation, and absolutely
essential to the enjoyment of godliness
here, and ever hereinafter. Ouf char
ter reads, “follow peace with all men
and holiness, without : which no man
shall see the Lord.” Therefore, that
glorious work of God’s graceln the
hitman soul by which we are ienewed
after the imageof God, wet apart for
his service and i enabled to dm ditto
sin and live unto righteousness, must
be carefully considered, in a two-fold
sense: 1st. As an inestimable privi
granted unto ub from God the
Father, for the great Apostle says,
"Abstain from the appearance of aSl
evil, and the very God of peace will
sanotiiy you wholly,” and I prey God
that your whole spirit and soul and
body be preserved; blameless, unto the
coming of our Lord Jeans Christ.
■ Secondly, As an ail comprehensive
duly required of us by his holy word,
in another Scripture, we are taught
that it is a part of the ftispenshtton of
grace (as we note), “For this* is the
Will of God-^-even your Sanetification
ths|j^^uld ubstafei Akhu fbrbfoa
tion j ibatf ^ every oueofyou'should
knewiiew to possess &is vessels in
sanctification mid honor, bot in the
hut of concupiscence,even ns the Gen- .
u%ho know neiGwdj thatWibi^
-beamse that the Lord is
the avenger o^i&l such, as iW tieVe'
also forwa/ned you and testified, for
■God hath not called us unto Unclean"
nees. butiwto hnUaeea, ,
to-i o T- (i TrU 1jS
,ii aS*feS,0SWt°«r J^thony, of
JW* *NMWdl* Wl(JpHiMifS‘
Providence Tuesday morning from
Britt’s disease. Tbe*Se&afor was on
H ftre^yondf^ro.^^was: 64 years
a^4 Nestor of the Senate. He
^fche IJ|«ted4f^tcaBen
/tom #fj| w*
Wtediyun^lj^; ?,tiinepfi4hU.dea^
He washed p?«ndenfc'of the Seiwfc
several times.
w%}i
^rUar.- Suy^r A ccording, .to. jirflmise.
something m<mf about the
is them to believe the.
; that perseveran ce and
anything in life. No doubt, Mr. Ed
ifor, you have seen and heard some*
.thifag about this- work, nevertheless, I
fbel tUaf t iliduU 8*y something more
of Hhe eomtaendable in# at;wfcffie.
M. 'iiiemB88i‘‘ftrfe
; worlcing to have snch a building here
that will compete' with Sfhy in the
State: The building is under tile bn
per v ision of Mr. Win. Houser, of
'Ch6ri'0tt&, Mr. Houser haajhe' rep
utation of being among the leading
architects of the age.
We say that Mr. Houser has the
contract, but if you- worild seethe
Key J M Hill runriittg around 6n the
building yOU would be apt ,to think
that he had the contract.
The edifice is now several feet high
and everything working like a charm.
But Oh! how mtich the people are
perishing here for room for a house to
worship God in. They can be seen
from time to time standing around the
church yard wishing to pomedn, but
the church being too small to accom
modate them. Mr. Editor, if there
ever was a place that needs a large
arid capacious church Concord is one
of them. But thanks be to Him the
ruler over the universe and knowsthe
needs of His people. Everything bids
fair to soon, have one in Concord.
When we look back over the past and
think of the condition and see3 how
nigh Concord came of being almost
without a church for zion; when once
in time it appeared that none of the
ministers wanted to be stationed at
this place, from the fact that every
thing looked dark and gloomy; when
the congregation came near being
scattered like a nock of sheep thatnad
ho shepherd.' It makes me believe,
and all other thinking men should be
lieve, that Elder J. M. Hill deserves
and should receive the highest com
mendation, not only from the North
Carolina conference, but throughout
the whole connection—from the At
lantic to the Pacific, and from the
great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico—
for having done for our people in this
place what all of our ministers should
endeavor to do. This shows what
“good government dm do and will’ do,
provided it be executed rightly. Good
government is half the battle, and
Wherever you find otherwise, you will
find an unpresperous and an unhappy
community. A man should endeavor
to have governing proclivities—espe
cially the ministers, who are the lead
ing men of the churches. And it is
often the case wherever you find a
church or ahy kind Of organization on
a5 dhdliiie; retrogradiii^] deeftea^hg in
stead of increasing; diftnriishing in
stead Kof improving, that the govern
ing affairs are tirroiig. Oh, may God
give us such- men ’ for our leaders, es
pecially in the shewed desk. When
Elder EC01 can&lfo thfe place there
'it it' ,tc
ifm m another:
mt he came out
rallied Ms meg
i man, he fount
r seated in a han
ethiag which Cc
bers at the kiln racking bi
has bought* mule of which
•JWW.aBKjK.-^Wr nrate-ts tarewn-t®
and to Convey the "Rev J Idr H nrdm
lEFpTace where 'IhttffltItpna^r
aaftfc«s*csu2:
end has no saddle; he has been seen
before now riding along on nothing
but his overcoat; but. amidst all of
this they live hi hope, and that hope
f tire reverend a
saddle whfin they get the brickchurch
.epjnipleted,. . We hope the churph ma^
have a saddle^ . ;t ,
. Pray, for . ^s that.the^, $1 E Zion.
connection will soon have . a church
here that will eompete.with any in the:
State, regardless of denomination. '
Yours for the work, ,
J. B. Colbert.
£ S»—We are glad to say that Rev
•operation of all
Hill has tte
the. t people principally in the town,
regardless of nenominatiqn. They all
seem to be in harmony with him. We
notice that those who, are not even
connected with the church are put
ting forth efforts and using their in
fluence in behalf of the work.
Respectfully,
J. B. C.
[We think all who read this letter,
white, or[ colored; will T>e willing to
make a donation to buy Rev. J. M.
Hill a saddle." We will be, one of
any number to buy a good saddle.
Wh6 wil 1 speak ? Send us your
name.—Ed. Star.]
CITY NEWS
We place nhder the names of our
Presidential candidates (Blaine and
lidgan) the name of Hon. Joseph P.
Evans, candidate for Congress from
this (the 4th) Congressional district.
We hope and shall do all we can to
have him elected to Congress by an
overwhelming majority over that of
his pppohcnt. We believe he wilLbe
the choice of the people of this dis
trict. It js ..known that he will; have
heavy odds against him, composed of
the revenue ring, posted as scouts all
through the district to oppose their
own interest, and especially the col
ored men, who have been for twelve
years or more crying “give us a .col
ored man from this district for Con
gress.” and as soon as a colored man
had the boldness to try the strength
of hiis conntrymen, the cry is raised
by colored men that *it is a Demo
cratic click. This is all a false, issue.
We don’t fear the Democrats any
more than , we do the Republicans.
The tihie has come for us to he men,
and not children :and tools. If we
are poor we will.see to it that we will
not becbribed by money (ts somejwe’ve
bfeard of Send Evans to Congress by
nine or ten thousand majority. , We
can do. it. :• •
We call the special attention of our
country as well as the city, readers of
the Stas, to the1 advertisement' of
Mews. Plummer & Whaler m this
W alarg!
Sk; ■,«% ..
ana satisfaction guaranteed. .
•"i ! •■■■ ;H>}■■■? U' ii '
The“pobiic sbhools <*>peB<« on Mon
day. AMtongh thti day'waa i-tsiy
%arni,-2,063 pupils’ *ere inratfend
ance, 879 itUfedan^ftW* Icolowd.
The number increased each day dur
in^j thfc wcclt ■' j- ■5 Vi fi ‘
ism will be continued, in our
next!
iff a]
brfclc churn
Brother E. D. Jones, of Westbrook,
N. C., commences a protracted meet
ing this week, mid he asks the prayers
of the church hrgeneral for itgsuc
cess. Our thanks tor returns from
papers Sold.*
; Brother W right* of Chattanooga,
writes that Mlfe foiling quite a success
in "jrifrival meeti«gs^4hufty-one con
veraUns, and twenty-one have united
with the church. * Thanksto Brother
Wright
We spent last Sabbath at Tarhoro,
N. O.i and found Brother Glass doing
well, The. day was so warm that ser
vices were disagreeable. Brother Glass
reported that a great revival meeting
was going on at Williamston,under El
der W, H. Newby. Some twenty-five
or thirty had professed religion.
' The Canada atftd Michigan conler
ence will convene the second Wednes
day in September, at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Bishop Moore, D. D., swiU
preside. We hope to hear good re
ports from these conferences. Brethren
please renew, your subscription and
send in others.
Bishop Hood is now holding the
KehtnOky conference according to
* notice, in Lebanon, Ky. It convened
on the first Wednesday, the 3d inst.
Notice of this should have appeared
in our last issue. We hope the bishop
and the brethren may have a pleasant
session. We would like to be with
them but we cannot.
We have received another good re
port from Evangelist S. B; Hunter.
On leaving Edenton ,jie says forty
were converted and the altar orowded
with mourners. Rev. Brother Steward
is moving, on nicely. At his last
writing he was in Camden, N. C.,
with Elder Wi H. Pitts, and already
three had professed religion and
mourners coming to the altar. He
says up to the 26th of August, he had
been five weeks from horns in revival
meetings.
Rev. T. A. Weathington, of Ever
green, Ala., desires the following ques
tion answered by whqm.it may con
cern" : Why does the name of Rev.
Joseph Gomez appear in Zion’s histo
ry as secretary of the East Alabama
annual conference, a position he hae
never filled in said conference ? T. A.
Weathington’s name should have ap
by a qnanimous vote three consecutive
times. We say to Brother Weathing
ton, we publish this by his request,
but we think it is only an omission d
the proper name furnished the np>
lisher of Zion’s history. “Thmj^asl
done the work and thou hastate honoi
from thy conference, as Jthou hasl
We publish in this issue an item
ized account frbm the general steward
of money received from the various
annual conference Stewards tot one
month. We ate glad to see an iri
crease in, our finances. The $528 5?
The a
this week
renesee
coDyened
, Wednesday, the 3d, in
fcn Bishop Thomp
son, presiding. Business of much im
portance is to be settled at this confer
ence. Bishop Hillery's, defunct, case
warreferred to this conference from
the General conference, for conduct,
& Was alleged, unbecoming a minis
ter. We hope ho .will jut man ap
pearance, as we biave heard nothing
from him since the General con
ference. Oh,‘where are ibis followers
and the good name, they published in
the Philadelphia and Baltimore con
ference, that they said we were trying
to bligt. O, that good name, we fear,
has gone under a dark cloud to shine
no more in Zion; we saw the breakers
ahead of him, we sounded the alarm ,
but he and his fields would not take
warning, and some are scattered to
_m
this day Without work-in themiqistry
/Uio uaj nibuv/uv wwi^jp Wliv
Prom follewing'his advice.v' May
help them
Heaven.
all and save them in
Money received since our last issue.
Rev A L Scott, papers sold, 50
O B Gorham, sub, 50
Henry Griffin, sub, 50
Bishop Moore, papers sold, 81 20
Thomas Griffin, sub, 50
Bennet Gray,s»b, 50
Rev T A Weathington, sub, 80
Rev I Q Clinton, papers sold, 1 00
Rev J C Saunders, do, 75
Mrs Miles Young, sub,. 25
Rev G L Blackwell, papers, 2 00
Rev TP R Moore, sub, 50
Rev E D Jones, papers sold, 1 25
Rev H W Barnett, sub‘ 1 00
Rey^ W Wright, papers sold, 1 00
Mrs Courtney Dozier, sub, 1 50
Rev B R Glass, papers sold, 2 00
Rev B R Glass, collection and
papers,
Rev J W Smith, papers sold, 1
D C Evans, sub, 1 00
North. Carolina Central Sunday
school convention, 1 00
General Fund.
‘iJi ‘The TOllowfog conference stewards
have forwarded money' oh’the general
fund during the past month :
From A Walters, California
conference, * $31 50
I C Clinton, SC, 29 00
J B Johnson, Ky, 94 05
Jacob Thomas, N Y, 15 00
A Anderson, N J, 10 00
W H Ferguson, Tenn, 25 45
J S Cottles, Phila A Balt, 31 15
W H Chambers, at Alleghany
W J Moore, N C,
R H Simmons, C N C,
21 00
15 00
John Thomas; Genesee,
G H S Bell, NEng,
A h Newby, Va,
35 80
18 0k
10 00
conference,
192 54
Total,
v ^Tak^e Notice I
To the ministers of Chester Dis
trict,-—TheChester district conference
will convene at Port Lawn, Union
church, (Rev G W Clinton, pastor,)
on the 16th day of October.
Idinisters are required to take a col
lection of one dollar from each church
for district Conference Mid delegates
expenses. Collect all the general
fund or as much as possible, so that
the sttatistical table may Be made com
plete. Ministers coming from toward
Chester will leave on Wednesday.
‘ The district Sunday school conven
tion wilt convene on the second daj
of the conference. Every superin
tendent is requested to be present or
send in a report of the school, em
bracing everything essential for the
waEres