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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