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vol xm. NUMBER 2& YORK, (PA.) NOTES. BT BEV. R. J. DANIEL. c Mr. Editor:—In accordance with your request I will not send you a long report of our exercise on Children’s Day. Suffice it to say the day was appropriately observed by the Sabbath School of the A. M. E. Zion church York, Pa. The church presuited a beautiful appearance being deoorated with pure white drapery, ferns and flowers. At the alter, the base of which appeared to be a solid bank of flowers, was erec ted, a pure white throne, which was decorated with beautiful flowers, the silent evidence of God’s love, whose eloquence and grandeur preached ser mons of warning to the blind, deaf and dumb. The exercises were open ed at 10 a. nu, with singing and reading the holy scriptures fbl lowed with a sermon to the parents, guardians and teachers by your hum ble servant, Subject, “Education” text, Prov. 22 8. At 1: 30 o’clock p. m., the exercise was opened- with singing by the school and prayer by the pastor, after which Master Johnnie Jackson delivered in grand style the introductory address. The.“Six steps to the throne” was a very interesting exercise, being ad mirably performed by seven little girls, who with scriptural selections followed the pilgrim from repentence to the saints rest The whole exer cise in the afternoon and evening it is said was the grandest ever witness ed in this church. The collection amounted to eleven dollars. CHILDREN’S DAY AT HAMIL TON, AND OTHER NOTES. BY W. S. WILLIAMS. Children’s Day was held at the i Methodist church here Sunday 24th iost. A few remarks concerting wan- , dering boys and'' girls were made by ■ the superintendent W. S. Williams, , after which singing was conducted by , W. M. Johnson, our singing school ] teacher and great solo songster. i In the next few minutes we were entertained by the reading of an essay _ on the bible by Mias M. A. Newbury, : of Elizabeth City. Then came an j essay on Temperance by Miss Annie \ Simms, one of our Sunday school , teachers. An essay on Heathenism , by Miss Lizzie Pugh, was very worhy j of her. * -I Next in order was a speech by Mr. i L. S. Andrews on the "Christianizing i of Africa,” which was warmly received. While the collection was bang taken - up the 120th No. in Gospel Hymns i was sung by Simmons and her i class; amount of collection $2.87. i The brightness of the day combined : with other causes made the meeting i one of the most pleasant of its kind I ever attended, and I hope that they i may continue to grow more and more i interesting each year. In conclusion I will mention the j deaths of two of our prominent white friends of this town, Mrs. Linda Law- i rence, wife of Rev. M. T. Lawrence, who departed this life Sunday the 17, : of consumption Also Mr. R E. Salsbury, one of the most respected citizens of Martin Co., died Monday the 18th inst, of con sumption. I can say that although not without some faults, yet be was one of the best men I ever bad the pleasure of knowing. He was a strict member of the Baptist church and always contributed very largely to all religious purposes regardless of sect or oolor. On Tuesday he was buried in ibe public cemetery at this plaoe. His funeral was attended by a larger num ber of people than any other that ever was known in this place. With good wishes for the future prosperity of yourself and the Stab, I remain its steadfast friend and sup porter. ■ . NOTICE. ' ' Owing to the ricknem «t Gibson Station, the tion will be held TUSCALOOSA NOTES.: BY BEY. J. C. 8 AU N DEBS. Mr. Editor: >, A few lines from the City of Oa fcs, I hope, may interest yon and oar many readers. Our Easter servioes were good every way, and everybody was well pleased with all It was said that our Sun day School services were the best in the city, also our church choir is the same—city and ^ State. Prof Jere miah Barnes is superintendent and faithful leader. Mrs Harriet Washington qnd the young ladies of our church, Miss Ada L. Morphey, Lula Ballard, Rebecca Burke and Mary Ballard have placed a new carpet in the church. They styled themselves as “Cheerful workers of Zion,” and well they may—for they are. May the Allwise bless them, and his spiritual benediction rest upon them, and give them life everlasting. Them was a grand time in Zion Sunday, May the 26th. The Bishop, the Rt. Bev. C. C. Pettey preached a grand sermon from these words: ‘Godliness with contentment is great gain.” The church was inadequate for the occasion. The Bishop, truly, is a grand man. On Monday night the Bishop ielivered a grand lecture at the Masonic Hall to a large audience. Afterwards Elder Smyer spoke a few vordn Then refreshments were lerved. / It cannot be but ja mattgr of gene ral regret that so profound a thinker, io accomplished scholar and such an tble preacher as Bishop Pettey is, to leave any city, community or coun ary; for no man, surely is better fitted x> grapple with great questions of the lay, and mingle with great men in ;his country than he. It must not be sonsideied that the orations and ad Iresses of Bishop Pettey are ephe neral; on the Contrary, his discourses , ire most elaborate in style,.and most veignty in maieer He treats of the , relations of he soul to the Infinite, and the nfiaenoe of the saperoatual on haraoter and otviliiation; to this md he traces the elements of the nipernatural in history and literature, n poetry, painting sculpture and irchitectdre, and at length draws his nighty conclusions, swaying the ninds of his congregations. Mr. Editor: In the last article irritten by the Bishop of his travels md work on the Bigbee River, he laid that he wbad nioahundred.page# >f dots, which he would publish it requested.” We think with ntaiiy hat the publishing of these dots irould be of gnat addition to the itrength of the oonneetion and minis tj. Print them Bishop. Next Sunday is Children’s Day, md expects to do what we can for Uvingstone College, God be willing md give us a good bright day. I have failed to send your money for May and Jane and part of April. [ gave the Bishop my best works as Hibecriben, hence I have not sold the papers, bat will do what I can for the muse. Don’t give me out, for if there Im any chance they will be sold and paid for. Tusoaloosa, Ala. GENERAL FUND REPORT. The following is my report lor June; F. Killingsworth, S C confer, 9 30 00 J B Small, NC . ** 30 00 7 P Thompson, Phil & Balt conference, 7 P Meacham, Ark confer, T HDarley, Fla “ JWAlstork, Ala “ 7 B Johnson, Ky “ IMHiil, CNC" ]H S Bell, NE « JM White, NJ ■ 24 60 660 26 00 4176 ,12-25 52 34 fciOfiO .M 00 L C. Cuxtok, • c. N.'a ¥0- iri 'i, iyS - ir “ALABAMA POINTERS—MANt THINGS TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSSED.” v BT REV. J. W. AL8TOBK, PV-E. (Concluded.) T Cemetary Hill school, Prof. E. J. Lewis principal. This is also a citj school, and is doing a lasting work. Prof. Lewis knows bis business as an an ednoator, and is discharging his full doty; as has Prof Bibb. The .Montgomery Industrial school for girls, min Alice L. White and H. Margarett Beard principal and they are doing untold good in the homes and otherwise. I fear that we don't appreciate this work as we should; it is an indispensable work among us. The homes must be bettered; this the Industrial school is endeavoring to do. The Langrage High School for girls, Mrs. Langrage principal is doing a good work among our people. Last but not least, I will mention the work of the State Normal School at Mont gomery, Prof W. B. Paterson Presi dent. This is the school that has caused the law governing public schools in the State to be tested by the Supreme Court, which court de clared the bill creating the school unconstitutional, and therefore the school had to be run on tuition and donations. But having a shrewd thrifty, indomitable, and wide awake president who knows no such thing as give up or fail, did not rest day nor night until he had accomplished the desired end; and seeing the good that liad been done m. the school, die legislature when it met in January , passed a bill ore&ting the school, and made apnropriations for building pur poses and leaders salaries. The board of Trustees located the school near or at Montgomery The plan for the maw building lull been drawn and the contract let to Messrs. Phil lips and Watkins, and will be ready by Oct. 1st The school is located in the Southern suburb of the city on a beautiful eminence, in a healthy lo cality. Prof. W. B. Paterson with his splendid corps ot teachers will doubt less do jet a grander work than here tofore, when once in the new building. We hare just finished our seoond round on our District as P. E. The work is in good trim. There is an increase in. finance, a'so - numer ically, 110 members added this quar ter. Getting along better on Gener al Fund. Hope to get better towards the Stab. I think that it would be of great advantage to the paper if Bro. Dancy could go through the East Ala conference in its interest We are preparing to make a pull altogether on Children’s Day. Rev. McDuffy Sharp is holding things in che*k on the Tallaasee cir cuit : he is doing his fhU duty. God bless him. Bev. J. Goode‘of Shorter circuit is doing very well and a splendid peo pie. Verbena circuit, Bev. B, F. Free, man pastor, is doing very well He has just married a new wife and there fore will do better ia the fktore. St. Clair station, Bev D. ^fright pastor. He has , a splendid -people and is doing well with them | they love him and will do. whatever he says. Mt. Zion station, •Elmore Co., Bev. T Crenshaw pastor. He is doing very well and thinks that he will be able to make a good report on general fondi. Wetumpka station, Bev. B. F. Ste phens pastor. He seems to be carry ing everything before him; he has an intelligent congregation of which we aU are proud, and they know how to care for their preacher:. and when a stewardess board that work like bees* The Lord bless them in their labors. Benton circuit, Rev. A. L, Triable pastor. He is just the man for the place. This work has increased fifty percent. He is about to build two new churches od his work He is one of the coaling sons of Zion and has a bright future before him. Stone circuit, Rev. A. S. Watkins pastor. He has a splendid people and is getting along lovely with them. His circuit always comes up to the duty imposed upon it. He says that he intends to lead the way on gene ral funds this year; I believe he can do k, so boys look out for him. Clinton Chapei, Dr. R. R. Morris pastor. He is preparing to make some improvements on his church, which will add greatly to its beauty. He is getting along very nicely with his charge, and he is also taking up the general fund as he goes. He has been somewhat divided ever since cohftr ence-^-one half of himself being in Salisbury while tbe other half was in Montgomery ; But the better half ar rived last month and now be is pre pared tp work with renewed energy Success to him in bis work. He is succeeding nicely with the Sunday Sohool department. I hope that the entire connection will encourage him by their prayers and with iheir mon ey. I was very much surprised at some of the ministers in our best, churches who paid no attention to the, Easter offering as ordered by the board of Bishops. Come to tftpev brethren. Zion -Star station, iter.' ~€*oinez pastor. He is doing mnch better with bis charge than one could expect every thing considered, .lie has paid off some of the debt, and tJ^e last qnar terly report showed improvement. His people, as a general thing love him He is doing them a good service and will lift them up. God help and bless him, and family. Hilliard chapel, Rev C C Allison, pastor. He is not doing so well financially as his charge is a very small one and therefore is not able to support him and family ; notwithstanding the few good members he has who are. doing all that is in their power to take care of him. I hope that he will be able to stay until conference, but I am afraid that, as he has a family depen dent upon him and therefore will have to look out for them, he may have to go. Ebenezer circuit, Rev S. Derry pastor. This is the best organized circuit in my work. Tbe pastor is one of the old battle axes and is doing splendid work on bis circuit. Tbe people seem to love him and he is bound to succeed. He says that none shall do better than be with their work. God bless him. Well, I have been trying to find a plaoetoputa period and here it is at last. for some time OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. TOPICAL TALK ABOUT PERSONS AMD " THINGS—RED HOT SHOT AFTER A LONG 8ILEMCE. Mon than three months have flitted away since I penned anything to the Star Mylast article upon ,,rHie law less element of the church” was such a stinger until some places, and particula ry hero, commenced (so to speak) to spitfire. They felt that my article was a Nathan thunderously saying* “Thou art the mao,” (the'Jwbman) While they raged, shook their fists and carried the papers aroUnd ftr people to read the terrible truths I to express themselves freely and un gentlemanly. I took these brethren to. be level-beaded , gentlemen with <Rscr*tion and intelligence. In.* this instance they allowed their tongues ‘to rhn away wi t b them. Their criticisms of my syle of writing are miscarriages unworthy of their pre - tended seriousness and seeming sancti ty, because void of love and respect» and it proceeds from a spirit . that will be better known'to them in the day of God when their evil surmises of my design will be published' upon the house tops. If I should also say. (as I can without lying), that several people have wished that these critic^ articles and sermons ' wore “burnt'’ before they came to light, I guess.they would feel disgusted again—at these people. So far as my articles are concered> criticise them ; but do it public' Ty. Rip them to pieces, but don’t sneak around among a lot. of people who don’t know what they are talking about and pour your hypocritical sym* pathy and devilish criticism into their ears. I don’t care if they are your friends. Ministers can’t afford to sit down among members and criticise their brother ministers. You will get no thanks for it in the long fun. AH good'-bearted men agree that if you have anything to say, say it while arm Voice and foot are competent for retort. Then, again, please don't interfere with my charge, for the Dis cipline forbids it. Those who do so again will receive an introduction from me which they will in no wise ireciate. The above is the cause ofiny long silence in the Stab. But since I have taken a seoond thought I will write what I please as long as I am a correspondent. No man shall boss my business. The thumb-scfeW and. the gibbet shall not be fastened around my honest convictions. I. be long to no one hut J. 'W. Smith. I have received a paper from the able presiding elder of the New Eng land conference announcing the with drawal from that conference and from Zion Revs. J. Francis Robinson and P. F. Mathews. I have been asked by several brethren of that conference. to express an opinion. I will do so. Both of these ministers came to us a short while ago from other denomi nations, and it was their right to leave when they frit, that their usefulness in Zion was gone. Zion is too pro gressive and powerful to miss them. Rev Robinson has joined the Baptist church, and two or three Sundays ago was soused, head, neck and ears under the water. He came- straightwav out of the water saying : “Praise ti*e Lord,” while the congregation cho rused, “Amen.” His late presiding elder informs me that he has also been re-ordained. All this goes to show that Robinson did not regard his for mer baptism and former ordination as valid. If the Baptists do not re gard the ordination of the Methodist as legal, neither ought we to regard theirs. While the Bap tist holds such di v i d i n g sent i ments and so rigidly maintain them, all their pretentions to union with other denominations are very incon r stop grabbing after these restless A. M. E. preachers. The' majority of them only come to us for the “loaves and fishes.” Just as soon as the bish op takes them out of our prominent churches they wheel and go back to Bethel; We are always glad to get good ministers- from Bethel or any oljher denomination. I haven’t an unkind word to say against them. Then, again, when these fellows come to us, put them in the woods. . If they can work themselves up into the city, well and good. If not, then let them live and die in the. woods. That is the way other connections treat any of our ministers who ate foolish enough to leave us. They never stick them in their beet churches over the heads of their ministers who have la bored and suffered all their lives to build up their church. Brethren, | in the future, let us hot be so test in grabbing after ministers, and particu larly from Bethel, if their object in coming to us into get our best church es. If we haven’t enough itinerant mininisters, let us ask our Bishops to fill our vacant pulpits (if we ever have any), with exhOrters and local preach ers. A lot of brethren in Son are growling because our bishops give these preachers from other denomina tions some of oar best churches. Stop receiving them into your conferences and the bishops can’t get hold of them. I expect, hereafter, to make it warm for all who (coming from other churches) knock at the doors of my conference for admittance. I know they would make it warm for m& When I get crazy enough to leave Jam I wilt go te digging dirt. -These are my opinions whether any one likes them or not, based upon the withdrawal of thosetwo New England ministers. , r.. : Washington, D. C. NOTICE. ; , The branch Book Concern of the East Alabama conference of the AM, E Zion connection is to be established ind located in the citysf Montgom ery, Ala., under the control and super vision of Dr R R Morris and Rev T A Weathington, by order of the pre siding bishop of the fifth Episcopal District. Rt Rev T H Lomax. Pay your dues to the Stab. BISHOP HOOD’S APPOINT MENTS. JDLY: Fri 5, Moses Temple, “ Sat 6, Rebecca Church “ Sun 7, 11 o'clock, Whkeville Grove,* “ “ 7, night, Elisabeth City, Toes 9, GtakHtev - s " Wed 10, 11 o’clock, Mt. Zion “ “ “ 3 « Pitts Chapel,« Fri 12, Portsmouth, Va. Sun 14, Zion, South Hampton, County, “ Monlfi, Millfield, « Tues 16, Mt. Mori*, Wed 17, Mt. Olive, Fri 19, Suffolk, Sat 20, Whaley yille, « Sun 21, 11 o’clock, Bosely; “ “ ** night. St. John “ Mon 22, RedOak Grove, M Tues 23, Sycamore, Hill, ' " Wed 26, Walton’s Grove, Sun ra PineyGtov* -i Address.* June 1st, to 20th,Lock Bex, 160, Fayetteville, N,Ct; 22 to 26, Jamesville, Martin County, N. C. 27 to July jOtb, Elisabeth City, N C j July 11 to 15tb,- Courtland. South Hampton County, Ya; 16 to 20th, Sunebury, Gates County, NCj 21 to 27th, Wakefidd, Na. i.j #j. i Va, NOTICE To the members of ’.the North Geor ’ gb Conference j-Rev. N. J T. NOTICE. The Sunday School Convention of the Charlotte Diet, will convene in Grace Church on the 30th day of July at 10 o’clock A. M. Each School will be prompt in, collecting and sending in the usual assessments. It is hoped that every School in the District will be represented. - J. A. Tyler, P. E., . Chairman. 82 AND a'bOOK FREE ? LOOKING FOR ZION. Any pferson telling me where “Zion” first occurs in the bible and send 40 cts. with their answer, T will on July 1st give 82 to the 1st correct answer and 81 to the second person, 50 cts to the 3i and the next 5 persons a copy free. You must tell Chapter and verse. To spread the book oil* led a7” FACTS on the mode of bap tism. Every person answaring this adv.', will get a copy. Send money by Postal Note. Address Rev. H. W. Smith, Box 30, Clarkeville,Tenn.. Successful names will be published ‘ in the Stab. ' NOTICE. To the Preachers of the Arkansas. Conference: , “ Yoh will Vggfigmber, brethren that by an act of the ifoyd cbhference at IrcDlar Blufls, I was honored withr.the reelection as Conference Stewart, and therefore it becomes my duty to urge upon you to collect the general fund monthly, and forward the same as soon as collected. I warn you to be gin now and do your whole duty the whole year J&nd your report will be good next fell at Little Rock, Ark. Let us resolve to- raise 8500 general fend this conference year. We can and we must the Lord being our helper. J. P. M EACH AM, Conference Steward. , Little Rock j 515 East 20 Bt., Ark ^ NOTICE. ~ Teacher’s Assistant for teachers, am, and the Quarterly Lesson Leaves lrin be ready in a few days, send the money with’you* orders to R. R. Morris, Gen’l Sup't Montgomery, Ala. McCOY 10 Union St., • Danville, Va., —Dealer In— FINE GROCERIES, CIGARS. TOBACCO AND EVERY THING KEPT IN A FIRST CL AS8 GROCERY. A large stock ofDry Goods, Boots and Shoes on handy all of which will be sold at bottom prices. H^Don’t fail to call."gK Special attention given to country orders. mch281y NOTICE | To the East Tennessee Conferences : A gold head cane to be given to the Presiding Elder’s District who secure four hundred dollars on Gene eral Fund*, Yours Respectfully, T. H. Lomax, Bishop of the 5th E. District. NOTICE To the Kentucky Conference: A New and complete Bible Com mentary, critical, explanatory and practical. By .lames Jamison, FaUs set and Brown. GTSIr large 12mo volutiie of' about 1,000 pages, each to be given to the Presiding Elder’s dis trict that secures five hundred dollars on General Fund. M Toms in Gospel bonds, T. H, Lomax, Bishop of the 5th District. SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTER LY LESSON HELPS. Helps, « 12 o per copy a year.. Leman Leaves, 6 o per eopy a year. Chtedrisms, 5 c each. S S Supt Quarterly reports, 10 c per To be-had at the Sunday School
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