NOTICE. The following gentlemen compose $he Editorial Staff of tfc S*a.f of Zion : Rev! A. L. Scott, Editor, Birming ham;. Ala. J. McH. Earley, Managing Editor, Petersburg, Va. Associate Editors—J. A. Tyler, Charlctte, N. C. Rev. J. W. Smith, Baltimore, Md. J. C. Dancey, Tarboro, N. C. Rev. E. H. Curry, Louisville, Ky. J. McH. FARLEY, Business. Manager of the Star of Zion.' Office, No. 108 Shore srteet; Petersburg, Virginia. M- NOTICE I ~m We particularly call the attention )f all our subscribers to the fact that whenever they see two red marks opposite our paragraph relative to time, it is the last paper that will be mailed until the subscription is renewed. Note! Note! Will our money senders please write our name plain in sending order?, J. MCH. FARLEY, so as to avoid the great trouble we have i|i collecting orders on account of our name being written wrong? FROM ARKANSAS. r Little Rock, Ark., I November 21,1884. ) Mr Editor: . Dear sir, here is a few lines for the many readers of our* beloved Star : The fifth ression of the Arkansas con ference of the A. M. E. Zion church, convened in St. Paul’s chapel, on Wednesday, November 12th, at 3 P. M., Rt. Rev. J. P. Thompson, D. D., presiding. The Bishop arrived at 12 M. and was in the chair before the time named above. All the preachers except about five were present. The Bishop seemed to be in good health, and went right to work. The confer ence was well represented with preach ers and delegates from all parts of the State, and the outlook for Zion in Ar kansas seem good. The preachers are are nearly all young men with pretty good educations. The most of them are now teaching school and are good workers born in Zion. There was many preachers wanting Work from other churches,, among them was a blind man from the Baptist church, who has a fine education. The re ports were all good considering the young preachers had never had charges before. They were nearly all taken up by the Presiding Elder and given work. All the churches are doing well save this place, St. Paul, she is in trouble, but will be out soon, " I hope. The church was erected in ’79 by Elder A. J. Warner, and was built on leased ground, with a privi lege of five years. At the expiration of that time the owner claims his ground, and the church 40x60, has to be removed off. I came here about the 22nd of last August, and found everything in a stew in this direction. I went to work and got a white man to advance $500 for us, and we have a nice lot on the eorner of Fifteenth " i and Centre streets, lot 60x150, corner lot, that will in a few years be in the centre of the city for $625, with seven years ip complete the payments, $25 ; paid cash. The conference was held in this house, it being half torn down, preparing to move it to the new lot on the same street which it now stands, ;! about four squares from the new lot. This of course, hindered the confer ence trom being what it might have been. Bishop Thompson met it cheer fully, and did all in his power to make things lively; the whole town has fell greatly in love with him, and all the ] conference loves him dearly. He left here this morning tor Memphis, en ! route to the Mississippi and West Ten nessee Conference to meet In Canton, MhA., on tbs 26th November. trom a latrn word (domus or domesti eus) and means the belonging to the house or home, pertaining to one’s place of residence, to the fateily, as hotne concerns, in a more' extended sense, life, duties, happiness and wor ship. A still wider sense, it also per tains to a notion considered as a fami ly one. Hence the. first thing preser vative of all future happiness and do mestic comfort is the careful estaj)^ lishment of a home, not a mere stop ping place, but a home, a home in all the linguistic meaning of that word. “Home, Sweet Home.” There is no place on earth like a happy home. If we once more on earth enjoy the kiss of paradise, we must cultivate- and tenuate happy homes. This is the place where God would reside and where he promises to abide and to bless even the cradle rocked by ma ternal hands. From here the angel virtue ot a happ\ home shines forth to bless the silver circle of social life, and in her spotless robe of innocence, demanding and receiving obedience and respect from all whom she may chance to come in contact with, The ignorant, uncivilized and the uncouth, and desolate as well, first fear and sec ondly appreciate moral refinement, good breeding and industry, and ap preciate their mothers, though they themselves are guilty of desolation.— There is nothing pure but heaven, says the poet. No, and let me tell you, there is nothing on earth comparable to a happy home,whose hearth stono, is ever kept warm by true virtue and moral refinement, and artistic culture, and what is more, by the inextinguish able fires of domestic love, morality, virtue, cleanliness, with industry are the fundamental basis of a well estab lished home. And it will not rejoice in absolute prosperity and abiding peace without the cultivation of each one of these godden virtues, so long as such a home would be maintained and perpetuated. After the goddess morality and true virtue are enthroned at home. Industry and econony must come in as inmate associates. They are also prerequisites to a happy home and under the providence of a smiling heaven will make that home as last ingly happy as the period of human life, and to be admired by all who may by fortune become associated with it. What a charm rest upon the en dearing word home, when that place is consecrated by domestic love, the golden key of earthly bliss. There a father welcomes with fond affection, there a brother’s kind sympathy com forts in the hour of distress, and as sist in every trial, as well as domestic expense. There a fond mother first taught the infant to lisp the name of Jesus, and there loved sister dwells the companion of early days, where, mai den virtue sweetens every touch of domestic and social life. Our days may be painful, our path may be chequered with sorrow and care, unkininess and frowns may wither the joyousness of the heart. Efface the happy smiles from the brow and bedew life with tears. Yet when memory hovers over the past there is no place where it delights to linger as among the once loved scene of home. It is the polar star of human exist ence, It cheers the mariner on the sea, the traveler when far awhy from his native land mid strangers and foes, tossed upon the bounding weaves of time. Indeed if there is aught that is mote lovely here below than the ordi naries of life, it is home. May God give us a thousand such homes in ev ery community. Scott, Editor. Clarksville, Teen, ) December 10, 1884. j INFORMATION WANTED of Falbie Marie Moore. She lived in Atlanta, Ga., in 1865. If any reader of the Star can let me hear of my sister, will oblige her brother. Nathan Parker. Clarksville, Tenn. Subscribe and advertise in the Star of 25ion. Baltimore.] Mi Vernon. M E Church, the past week was the Mecca towards Which th> Methodist dignitaries were hasten ing. Within its wills were fathered church rulers from the North who sat side by side with their peers in the Sees of the South ' and elsewhere. From the West'came men whose noted traits of purity and learning were brought into, contact with equally brilliant qualities marking^the char acters of the brother prelates - as far North as Canada.' Thera were-in that gathering^been featured and equally devout men of learning from New England, the swarthy son of Ham, once down, trodden, slaved, despised, l»ui u nv li^ed from the slough ofr de spendeuey and ignorance by the pow er of God t<> the true plane of citizen ship, white £hd colored Bishops of fame ruling over the rich sees of America, Bishops, nearly all advance ed in yoars' but some few young men who had evidently been placed in their exalted positions because of their notable intellectual force and piety. When the porter threw open the doors of the church the first day of conference he saw a rich cardinal tinge in the East which promised the cicivr, hcant fr.l day which was to fol low. .difice had scarcely become flooded with the brilliant rays of the rising sun when it appeared to swarm as if by magic with the hurrying forms of scores of attendants The ..early newsboys paused on the sidewalk to witness the unwonted spectacle afford ed by groups of four or five men, whose clerical attire proclaimed, their calling, hurrying at frequent intervals towards the ehurch.. The numbers increased svery moment, and by 8 o’clock a m every by-street in the vi cinith was pouring forth its quota to swell the crowd. Carriages contain ing those from a distance, were; dash ing up with gradually increasing speed as time sped. isy yam the excitement has reach* ed its height. Not only the streets but the windows of all houses com manding views were packed with men women and shildern. The shuffling thousand of feet and the hum of thous ands of voices rose and fell and swell ed up in sudden bursts of sound like the beating of the waves upon a dis tant seashore. The scene is one which cannot well be forgotten by those *hc witnessed it. Bishop R S Foster, D. D., of Boston preached a masterly sermon at thi opening of the conference, taking foi his texts, II Chron, 32,2 3 and Psalm* 68,12 13. He preached twoand ahali hours holding the great audience spell bound. Bishop Foster, is said to be the ablest divine in the country. Like the lamented Bishop Simpson, he. with his eloquence and pathos can melt you to tears. Bishop Foster’* closing sermon still rings in my ears I remember these words; “It is a glory to live in this most magnifioenl hour of all time, The childhood age is gone. The manhood age has com* —the proud hour of desiinj. Th« world waits expectant ita conquering King. He is comings he is coming the echo of his footsteps * is heard among the nations. Our ranks > -need to be in marching order to usher and welcome him. Close up—close up let every banner be unfurled, let every soldier be at his post. Let us gird ourselves anew for the * mighty con quest. On this continent more than anywhere else the final battle is now raging. It will not be briefi W< shall not live to see its end. The forcea are gathering from the four oonaers oi the earth. In the contest our bandi will form, if we are true to ourselves one-sixth of the legions 9of the Lord o: Host—our banners will float on every inch of the field. Wherever it floats it will blazon as its origyul Emman ul—King of Kings, and Lord of Lords On its standards will be engraver truth, righteousnes, peace. Where ii moves, will be victory. On beyond, when the frdse ends are to the dust, whfcb the fa&r&n lelujuh, Hallelhjah, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” It is soon to come. The tempest whose breath we feel to4ay,i| the harbinger of the coming f£hig-—the footman running before his cbariqtr—turning and over turning to prepare the way of the Lord. Methodist of America .behold the field—behold the enemy, dropping its fend, be valiant, quit you . like men. Hasten the coming age. Let their be no laggards in our camp. Press the battle, let it be known, all men, that when yours colors fly, their is loyalty, courage, victory.” Two and a half hours this wonder ful man of God preached in thrilling tones, and when he had closed and was on the eve of sitting down, the great throng cried : “dont stop, dont stop, go on, we can stay here until .night”! The music was the best ever ren dered within the walls of that church. Fifty voices of experienced, talented singers—the best in the country— Were heard in the choir, leadingi n the sweet songs of Zion. It was full of the sweetest melodies, without, how ever, becoming sensually sentimental or operatic. The music was calcula ted to raise the hearts from earth to Heaven. No worldly theme came in to distract the mind from the contem plation of the occasion. In fact, the composition seems to have been spe cially inspired for a solemn occasion, to show hew musical art may be sub servient to the^church without neces sarily producing the many abuses of ithich modern church music has been accused of, both in this country and Europe. Bishop J W Hood, D. D., was ap pointed to preside the first day. Rev J C Price, reported to the conference that Bishop Hood was in North Caro lina, attending tlie Grand-Lodge whereupon the conference requested Brother Price to dispatch immediate ly to the bishop to be here and pre side a 3 p m. The Bishop sent back a telegram saying it was too late for him to reach conference the first day. Several were sorry that the Bishop could not be here in time to preside the first day as it would have been a big boom for Zion. Bishop Campbell being present the first day, his men tried to work him in to fill Bishop Hood’s place, but they failed. On motion by Bishop E G Andrews, chairman of the General Executive Committee, Bishop Granberry was elected presiding officer of the first daytsession Mf Editor, since the press of the country have given suoh excellent re ports of the doing of conference and as there is soon to be published a Cen tennial Journal, containing all of the speeches, essays and reports of confer ence—the journal will cost about two dollars—I shall not give a programme of all the subjects, discussed. Every , Methodist and lovers of MethodiBt should be prepared to get that journal ; the moment it cornea out. I will say : for the benefit of the public that our Editor is'one of the men appointed to solicit orders for the book, you had better send on your name at once to him and he will inform you when the journal comes out, then you can send t the money. , . ; All who attended this conference said they would not have missed it for hundreds of dollars. We have learn ed more about Methodism in the seven days the conference was in session, t than ever before. Those brethren i who waa elected delegates and failed “ to come, missed one of the grandest op i portunities of their life. Besides the , white bishops. Governor and Judges ■ who presided over that conference, two colored bishops presided also , Bishops Hood and Campbell. Rev J C Price was the orator of conference. Wnite and colored ministers sat to gether, talked together, and ate at the same hotel Mr. Editor, as you have asked me to write one more letter be FROM CHATTANOOGA. - . .. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Chattanooga, Tenn., . ) October 28th, 1884.) Mr Editor: Please allow me a little space in the Stab op Zion, to say a few words to its many readers. My church and people is still moving on nicely, they say they love Zion and her ministers.. On Monday night October 20th, about eleven o’clock, the following named persons came to my house singing a sweet anthem. LADIES. Sister Guess, Molllie Cain, Virginia Steel, Nippie Pitner, Missourie Hen derson, Louisa Gray, —— Spears Sallie Evans, Eliza Prater^ Nannie Batey, Louisa McFarland} Mary Guess, Nannie Foster, Lizzie Haw shaw, Belle Knox, Lizzie Moten. gentlemen. Bev D C Galonay, G W Spriggs, N Steel, Anthony Gain, Ed Spears, Shepp Clay, N Davenport. They all marched in singing “Open unto Him/' and loaded my table with the many good things which makes glad a losing family, they all will please accept my thanks and come again on the 24th, Presiding Elder Fergu sob’s district conference conven ed at Loudon, Tenn.,conference open ed with religious exercises. Nearly all the ministers of the first presiding elders district was present. It looked like an annual conference instead of a district conference. Elder Ferguson delivered his address in a very intelli gent manner, which was applauded by the brethren. Elder G W H An drews was elected secretary, he de serves credit for the intelligent man ner he kept the minutes. And the people in Loudon appreciated the brethren to the fullest. extent. We could not distinguish the Baptist from the Methodist. Elder A S Mon roe, has brought about a union since conference, between the two denomi nations, Elder Stone, the Baptist min ister took a lively part in our meeting. Everything went like a merry hell. The presiding elder urged the breth ren to abstain from drinking whiskey wines and beer, also to be chase, take care of their characters. On Friday night, Rev S Cobb, preached a good sermon. Saturday night Elder G W H Andrews preach ed a wonderful sermon from Matthew 16th 18,12 came forward to be pray ed for, Sunday at 11 o’clock, Eldei Ferguson preached one of his eloquent sermons from Isaiah 1st 18. He is s power in the pulpit. At 3 o’clock your humble writer tried to preach from 1st Samuel 8th 5v. At 7 p m Elder $ T Morrow preached from St. John 3, 3rd, he is a fine reascner, at night two professed religion, and we had an old time shout in the camp. I will say before I close all the preach ers love Elder Ferguson as presiding elder he is certainly able. The people begged us to stay longei with Bro Monroe and assist him in pro tracting the meeting, the de pot wat crowed with friends. We all bid them an affectionate good by and boarded the west bound train and was soon at our different fields of labor. We decided to have two Sabbath School conventions this year, one al Charleston,'Tenn., in May, the othei in August at Rhea Springs, Tenn. Look for some money next week foi papers sold. The political tide very high. I think we will have a repub lican success. 1 Yours for God and Zion, J. W. Wbight. SPECIAL NOTICE, , To the ministers of the Virginia con ference. Brethren remember the vote passed at the last session of our conference re quiring a collection to be raised or the 4th Sunday in this month for the benefit of Norfolk and Berkeley mis sion, we hope this will be attended to, For we were in Norfolk on Tuesday, and saw Bro Bowe, and he says h( has two notes on the ^missions to raeel in a short time. Let every .one dc something. Send to Bev D W Bowei ^ Ntfwtbn V8fe I Dear Editor : Please allow me space in your bril liant Star to publish my appoint ments. January 3 and 4, Biddleville, W M Jblinson, pastor. January 10 and 11 Little Hopewell, J M Fulenwider, pastor. January 17 and 18 Mt Zion, G W Whiteside pastor. January 24 and 25 Lincolnton, E L Campbell pastor. January 31 and February 1st, Shelby; J W Thomas, pastor. February 7 and 8 St. John, A A Williams, paster.. . February 14 and 15 Dogwood Grove, J H Mendinghall, pastor. February 21 and 22, Mclntires Groves, H M Masely, pastor. February 28 and March 1st, Tryon City, S Turner, pastor. March 7 and 8, New Salem, Wm Mclntires, pastor. : ) March 14 and 15, Pleasant Ridge, S Hurndon, pastor. As Mt. Everett lifts its tall head above all the mountains in the wide I world, so the Charlotte District towers above every other district in the C N C conference. Especially financially, 3 and to keep it so, it would be well that we be always on the alert. Say to Wadesboro,- Fayetteville and States ville districts, give up, and keep not O, Concord. goney received since our last issue. Rev J W Smith, papers sold, $1 00 Mrs Rebecca Freeman, sub, 50 Rev J C Saunders, papers sold, 50 By the same for papers order ed, 1 00 Rev D L Washington, papers sold, 2 25 Rev P J McEntosh, sub, 80 J M Beaman, papers sold, 1 14 Wm McCrea, sub, 80 Donation by Mr E A Deyam . 'part, 50 Mrs C R Harris, sub, 1 50 Mr J C Cousin, sub, 50 Miss Margaret Maxwell, sub, 50 Miss Jane Graves, sub, 50 Rev L J Scurlock, sub, 1 50 Rev N B Robertson, sub, 50 Rev G W Rummage, sub, 1 50 Rev W Jones, sub, 80 J A Booth, sub, 80 Miss A A Beaty, sub, 1 50 Rev F Gibbs, papers sold, 1 48 Rev M K Harris, sub, 80 Rev J W Alstork, papers sold, 1 45— Mr Stephen Barrett, su^>, 50 Butsantify the Lofrd God in |our hearts and be ready always to give sa answer to every man that asketh yon a reason of the hope that is in yon, with meekness and fear. Your Humble Servantjin Christ, p. L. WASHINGTON. Rector of Mm A. M. E, MofCH. •Corner of Fourth and Dickinson Sts. fcfPABTOK's ei SII1EKCK, 750 E. 5th st, Elmi ra, N. Y. SERVICE ON SUNDAY. Preaching at 10:30 a m: Class Meeting at 12 m, Sabbath School at 1:45 p m. Prayer meeting at 6 p m.Freachingat 7:30 pm. Sacrament of the Lord, 1st Sunday in every month at 2:55 p m. jjgPrayer meetingJWednesday evening at 7:40pm. SEATS FREE, ALL ARE WELCOME, Honrs at Home, 10 a m, to 1:30 p m, 4 to 6:10 p m. / _ Visiting days, Tuesday and Wednesday. We note that the Bishops recoin mend no change to be made in the mode and manner of raising the pre siding elders salary, other than the usual way of agreement between the pastors and people of the P E dis trict. Please take notice—don’t send us TEN-CUNT STAMPS in payment of subscription or other wise. We can’t use them for money. Will take all the ones and two dents stamps may rend. But please send money orders or postal notes. Don’t forget three little words—“if . you please.” Life is made up not , of great sacrifices or duties, but of ’ little things, of which smiles and kind ness and small obligations, given hah . itually, are what win and preserve the heart, wwi Sccuru wmiiuit