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TO THE STAR OF ZION.
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•h : toift)RD;N. 0- Sfept.a2:
M>\ Editor:
It woild be 'an instance of the
strangest ingratitude should I fail to
make some public acknowledgment of
divine aid, after so many evidences of
divine goodness and direction in steer
ing our little bark amid these troubled
waters. One of the clearly defined
duties of the Christians of all ages is
to sing God’s praise and make known
His doings among the pec pie.
Too apt are we to tyke credit to
ourselves which belong only to |Gqd.
Strange, indeed, would it have ap
peared to all following generations
bad Moses and the children of Israel,
stood silent upon the safe shore of the
Red Sea with no acclamation of joy,
no song of praise expressive of tGod’s
merciful display of divine power for
their protection; especially so when,
the morning 1 which > followed that
dreadful night brought to view the
fate of thdfi? enemies. Well knight
they sing, and that ®6 load that all
nations hear their song.
Ur. Editor;know. as do many
readers of theSTAB, the fearful state
of affairs that were in existence when
I came to this chaise. Eebelion of the
most hateflil kihd deemed to threaten
the hiin of ofte1 |>f two fjf our societies.
The spirit of Jesus seeihed almost ,or
entirely forgotten by some who had
formerly made Yfry load professions.
And these things are the more re**
£ markable when \$e consider that they
:t. were put h) motion by those of whom
we had every reason t$ hope and ex
, pect betterthiugs. : ; i - ‘
Mr. Editor, far is it. from ray pur
pose in these lines to hold up anyone
to public contempt, yet truth is truth,
and will be when the briny ocean will
be licked up by the tongue of forked
flames.
< Our success in bringing order out'
of that chaotic gloom has leaped the
bbhuids of our most hopeftil expecta
tions. I mighteay, however, that the
withering, disastrous and niinousef
fects which must emanate fisom such
causes couldnot he reasonably ex
pected to be cured at bnsei*1'-'1’ f
We M that our financial' wheel is
a little* dogged; but I ata inclined to
put thot ih <0k>d^ hands, not1 Without
putting forth every possible effort op
my phrt toltomovethe difficulty. We
ask an interest in your prayers, Mr.
Editor, and all the lovers aCTon, v
fenga# your attention to read and
print a few lines fofthh —^
‘iFW/koda,^?^^
9th 6^ Augiist at Lincoln,
da (*t 2
sermoh from Hebrews C. elm
AtogNfr.-aanNK-'teed' ~
SSsrV' *iHtord, W at e
thiii we should let' them slip.* Au
that were present were much pleased
and here he met mitiy of hlrold ac
quaintances, and he was glad and tliey
w^ie inote than glaS ito See each other.
1 Lincoln and went to Avon
dale on the same day, and the bishop
n&this brother, Kbv. John L.'Hdod»
who tdJk hl^ home with him bn Sat
brought him out to Avondale church,
and a ho& of his Aieiids followed him
to church, knd we had a splendid
verse: ‘•if you ktiow these things
happy are ye if ye do them” He
made us all happy. It was’ the1 grand
est ^ermoh that wis ever preached at
this'church. He is the Mt bishop that
evfer visited Avondale, and the1 inter
ait thaTfoas manifested on thatSu*
day, thC 10th of August,; will never
die outfit Went throughout all this
section of the country. At night he
preached to a crowded house another
ting ih:e rich
srihott,
TTP1ch' %aS the grandest; reason
ttgl CVerlTeard, and the people want
d hear him
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We are i moving on in our church
work. nicely.! 'Things seem to look
prosperous here—we tnjst *n Mod and
move wd*on iu our work. We ex
®PLW?9V off *U, ff?
of the church at Avondale. Pray for
»s W4 M 8g we caf fot the
church fop God and Zion. I want to
ring or sound Zion all over this part
of ^opunfey;#*#* $e people ali
know that we ,ere a living connection.
am hrorkkigAftw: Ged and Ziair
fWy ft>r ua!tee/r '/u*w
■ »<'*> :v iJ W:H. Busmioi).
4
> Augusta> -tin-, sept.; I.
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Mr. Editor | ^ j u&
Allow me a small space in your
columns to, inform the many readers
of the death of Brother Simpson : Fer
guson, one of. the old pioneers forZion
in Auggpfc,\3ty$e Zion was estab
lished in thisplaee this beloved bpoth^
or haa beeP one bf the trustees and
also the secretary his house and heart
were alwaysopi*^ W^Wwee^pp of
bishops mt8 mhU^MMso^ lhuc n
nevblenee wate sfc^n bn hi* p**t 46
war&entieftafciii^ thinker*
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After * Jodi
aitd' waJ afew «t
-(Julia
Mom omkvati/) A r\f
to
wwfc #1* Sww^«> **- un' '*
9iiwNfeJP4« <fr* ',«!i
called him from labor to reward, and
he ha* a%> left a wife and six little
pMldretftemp§WR &0ir.. Jo^and as
iPi^ ,i|itm Jqjfdj»n he
wcda^ed “Orpat Go*k I wdlfoonbe
home f’, His funeral waedaflply at
tended, rn«4 9*ly t W, but he left
many to ,mourn jtheir .Jpas «a ifafer com
munity. Brpther Hurdle is SEW; b°
more will we see him pntil .tfe^ teamf
rectioa inofijiag. God £*jlp us
to ta^e care pi his wi<W;en4;f*x lit
tle orphi^ip^ildBen.
Resolved, That we deeplycherish
his memory, and fondly remember ^
Christ?^ shall im^ymr
to exempjffr the great epample<he has
laid tor. us... *. .. 'i*.' ':H
Itsympathy in this ti#*r
MBuwwiy wd \ fi^i# the warmest
hope that God, in his great love and
mercy, will help as th swppoi#tfeefn in
th<
Committee: J JN. WJiite^A Al
e**ndqr,A $ Jordan, ,:
* , R M. Phm^ Cl
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,'n
Bertie bounty, it C,' oil Tuesday
temW 9th, and fftftWjSS
Bession—Eev S 8 Bookrum, of Eden
ton, G*W"S of the State, presided,**
Bkteiby Mrs Mi&y El Vass, of Ral
eigh.^Eeppft^jfrw Wious*u
bordinate tabernacles
d«r to be io, %g°9* $jk
idly spreading,. J^opb. Ousiji^e of
importance was transacted. fb;*
fi Q» themdoy.o; tbo
DM pajrod
if»g the *tM$* of « ^
in;M dw*„reg*liai rep*ir«rtio the
Baptist chut<&; where ad.dresses wero
delivered
by Rev l L Griffin, of Wil
lismston, Johti A RobittSi of WM^J
otto mm »f
Windsor, * roffBwOifim loolos^ ■tifcwijJJr
toward the officers, dele
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fed v*>d ■
foJidfriUjr^^e eJaet^nqdm
/ . at i" Jam ■>■ .v a ii . x * *ai
C.
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Windsor. j
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► B I mb
visited the Wttks of the G B
tad S of - LbfVe and Charity in toe
State of Korth Carolina, and removed
tberefronvbydeath, two of obi well
beloved past %auid' officers of the
Grand Tabernacle—vi*: Brothers £
N Ffcher, of Woodsiock, hadi<|,W
Riddick, of1 Plymouth; therefore be it
? Resolved, That while ire bow with
hmnble sabniisston to theiwill of the
Meet High, we do not less moutp the
Ipse of our deceased brothers,, who
"have been called away from their la
bors in this lower tabernacle to their
rflst in the grand tabernacle.above.
Resolved, That in their death this*
Order has lotft two who ^erc always
activfe ind zealous in their dntienas
members o£ thb Order, ever ready to
help the needy, prompt, to advance
the interest of the Order,wise in Conn*
;cpi'!'; honest1 and 'luptfgfct f nrin, whose
Tatties endeared them to all who
ic mdnu■■ nvi\> •,J
Resolved, That thir Girad Taber
nacle tender its sympathy t6 the'lkmi
lies and relatives of the deceased.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upd& the minutes and a aopy
sent to the families of the deceased.
Resolved, That a copy' be sent to
the Star op Ziok, -Bhjrtlst Stafadard,
Newbernef Lodge, and North Carolina
Sentinel for publication.
C&fnmmv J tjButl^r. J L Girif
fih,«DdAfeot>biM.
r ' ■ ' James CryY, Sept, 8.
Please periafc me; «o state through
Wrap «v*Bgelisfc.» #|e Vjigjtpgi
ference. I was first called bf:
D W Bbwe*t
fcith him itoo weeks, payittkfrom
tioW whi(^ a»ol«ite(l ^>l2 07, j But
Eldar Bowe made arrangements for
ipe tohalda-sa^amentm^kihg athis
lutaome
£ttts, a« he was closing a meeting at
another point. When he arri^i
there l had the meeting going on with
three’converts. He asked his people if
they would let him go to seer Bister
Pftfe andleave the meeting with
Hunter, ae he knpw;1 who Bro Hu
w|UL^XhfiJ«wdfR|i w «*«**»'
slnw On his return 'ftom home on
Thursday He fbund twenty-six con
verts. They made me a collection of
$4 07, I took $2 of this and sent it
to SkterHunter for the first after be
ing away from home four week. It
cost me $2 85 to get to this place from
Edqntqn by missing the steadier at
Eiiaabeth-City, but the good people
made me feel good.
On the (fidsing Sabbath I was re
quested to pre&ch thefuueralof two of
the old members of the said church,
ope whom was a class leader.
After the elosing sermons of the
meeting here they took up the elder’s
collection and one for your humble
servant, but I bad the preaching to
do. Now don’t you see? Well, we
had good times-—the Lord was with
us. Both collections amounted to
$10 15. We closed with thirty-eight
converts, teaming' thirty-seven
tents. ■ iv
Oil Monday * night following the
trustees -let mo have the ehureh to ex
hibit in, and as I had labored so hard
to build up .their church, they gave
me what was realized that night 'This
church jan^ people about made up my
lost time at other places.
On my return for home I requested
Elder Bowe to make me ah appoint
ment to preach ior him Wednesday
night and to give me a. collection to
assist in deiraymg’my expenses back
home. He made the saipe. On my
arrival, finding that I was expected to
preaclpthat nighi I made my way to
the church to fill- tny appointment.
After preaching‘ Elder Bowe told -his
people that he had made an appoint
ment an^^ them to bjihg out
something for Elder; Hunter, hut one
of his members had- since died; and he
Wduld have to appeal to them to assist
in burying him. I then arose and
asked him to 1# me assist him. I told
M» people athaiiX Idved(sZion^:eo»^‘
tion and itS'toeaibers, and would wave
my collection, aridif. any one had
i m .mi
anything fc, me to gi,v6 if’W/ne. A
few broi^ht me tbs amount of fifty
four cental So I moved on for home,
six weeks from home I paid qnt.
r65, and rceeived coft^
Ymn for/Zion,
*16 54.
fmght.
[U- v, nd tfltp
Tallulah {Station, La, Aug 23.
jjAiV-y ^
rayowr readers that w<
on slow hat stufcf 8fnee 1
New Zion churchy your humble ser- -
l^jnl conducting tile services. There
was a large erowd present. Her re
mains were deposited in the church
yard in rear of the church.
Dfelhi knows the need of her minis
ters, both white and colored. May
tsiwfr tei>gHnl%m4^ngg on
the good people.
Youre in Zion,
H. W. Barnett.
S. S. Department. .
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~"F*'~**y** >• *w#
The following are the proceeds of
the ^Children’s Day” collections for
the Zion Wesley Institute, from Au
gust 7 to September 20 :
J 8 Cowies, Washington, D C, $ 3 00
J W Brown, Boston, Mass, 20 00
John Hooper, Washington, Jf
MV # 4 00
R J Daniel, Harrisburg-, Pa, 12 48
A L Scott, Birmingham, Ala, 5 05
R R Morris, Providence, R I, 20 00
Abram Anderson, Camden, N
J, 7 00
C. R. Harris,
Treasurer Z. W. I,e
“Salisbury, N. C., September 6.
• xr pj *i •* 1 , mm 'fiSSSHHl*
- ‘ v .j Bsasesanai
. The anniversary of the Second
Creek A. M. E. Zion school which
took place oi> the 30th and 31st of
August, was one productive of the
greatest interest and highly demon
strative of the good work carried on
in that vicinity. The meeting was, as
usual, opened wbhsinging and prayer .a
and continued on the first day with
recitations and singing worthy of the
highest commendation.
With choice selections from the
compositions pf our departed orators
and statesmen, those noble heroes of ^
the dead ohce inore appeared before
the imhd and inspired the heart with
fresi enthusiasm. The platform was
gpaced by Eevs. J C Price, C R Har
ris, V H Goler, and Prof E Moore,
all of Zion Wesley Institute, , and Mr
J Bipice from the West Indies. (
On the evening of the first day ad
dresses were delivered by Prof Moore
and Prof <] D Prfce. Prof Moore’s
speech recalled the past condition of
the ^egro, jfresented the hbppy con
trast that is now manifest, and the ne
cessity for increased energy and dili
gent perseverance for further im
provement and success.
Prof J C Price commented on the
sentiment^ expressed by Prof Moore,
adducing statistics to, confirm these
statements, and enfOrci^^ and enjoin
ing, with characteristic zelw and ar
dour, the' absolute necessity for the
education of the ypyng men andyoung
women of the Negro race.. (
On the night* of the same day, Rev
ij R Harris, presented the evils of in
temperance, and the neeefsityof a
?peedy reformation in the habits of
those addicted to it.
The next day was one of joy and
rejoicing in the presence of tbf Lord.
Rev C R Hams preached from Mat
thew lii., % in the morning, Mr Bloice
from I. Peter i., 19, in the afternoon,
and Rev J Garter from II, Gor., v., 1,
at night.
Soon after Mr. Bloice had closed
his discourse the meeting was ably ad
dressed by Key W H Gpleron the
necessity of increased parental care