ORGAN OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH IN AMERICA.
VOL. XIV.
SALISBURY, N. C„ THURSDAY MARCH 6, 18W,
NUMBER 10.,
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REST.
What rest is there for him who knows
no labor!
Hands idly folded all the livelong
day,
. Never a thought to give a friend or
neighbor,
No toil to share, no load to lift
away.
How can rest come to him who 1
no sorrow!
Life drifting smoothly and serenely
by.
Each bright day followed by a bright
to morrow,
And not a cloud within his sun lit
sky.
What rest for sinews that are never
weary !
For life that falters not beneath
the strain ;
For eyes that weep not in the dark
ness dreary;
Heart that goes not alone in smoth
ered pain !
But rest, at length, how sweet to
them who under
The heavy burden, tremulous and
faint,
Can neither pause nor turn, and yet
who wonder
If ever peace will soften sorrow’s
plaint !
And rest, how passing sweet, when to
love’s waiting,
Weary and 6ore, forever is given
Love’s fair fond treasure, its lorig
paiu aoating, ' .. V
Once and eternally, in the glad
heaven. •- v
When toil worn feet, the last lone
reaches making,
Up to the Father’s door of life
have come;
And out of lips the fai *esl, dearest
breaking,'
Welcome forever greets the weary
home.
At rest at. home, in Paradise
Jesus,
Could weary heart be more supreme
ly blest!
— A. R. Thompson, D. D, in Sun
day School Times
BRIEFS.
The Saxton ballot reform bill
passed the Kew York senate. •
Secretary Tracy has offered to sell,
his Washington houee for $30,000
less than it cost him
The senate of tb£ State of Washing
ton passed the bill establishing the
Australian ballot system.
Efforts are made to induce t
Pope to arbitrate differences between
Portugal England.
It is rumored that the result of
Thursday’s German elections may
hasten Prince Bismark’s retirement
from office.
Dom Pedro will formally abdicate
the Brazilian throne, and disclaim
all right to rule. He waots to return
to his country and die among bis
people.
A bill to prevent persons from be
ing forced to labor on Sunday in the
District of Columbia is now before
Congress. It is said that the Presi
dent favors its passage.
Emerson, a very terse writer, said
of newspapers that that they “have
done much to abbreviate expression
and so to improve style.” He said
this twenty five yeais since. It is
true.
In a short time three biographies
will be published: Froude’s Life of
Beaconsfield, Wemyss Reid's Life of
Lord Houghton, and Andrew Long’s
Life of Sir Stafford Nortbcote, raised
to the peerage as Lord iddesleigh.
Tbe Jiew York Herald says that
"Speaker Reed is not a dictator, nor
a revolutionist, nor a i zar,” but "a
man of brains and foresight, and
courage, who believes that some things
can be .done as well as
others.” Speaker Reed comp rt
hcnded the.annoyance of filibustering
Democracy. He knew just what be
meant, and meant what he did.—lade
pe.ide.it.
Carslisle, of Kentucky, is a gallant
man A Chicago correspondent says.
“I rode with Mr. Carlisle from tbe
capitol in a street car. When we
reached the Avenpe a young Negro
girl entered . the car. There was
no seat for her and she grasped the
strap as she looked up and down tbe
benches on both sides. I was sur
prised to see Mr. Carlisle half rise ■
to give her his place. A moment la
ter he saw that be could make room
for her beside him, and be crowded
tbe rest of us up against the end and
motioned her to sit down Good lor
Carlisle A splendid example for bis
whole rate.
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SELECTED
It is faith’s work to claim and chal
lenge loving kindness out of all the
roughest strokes of God.—L. Itulher
ford.
The Bible Christ is an object of
thought, aod a basis of hope to their
extremest limit, alike in respect to
time and eternity. The knowledge
of him is man’s highest knowledge.
A'l other knowledge, compared with
this, dwindles into insignificance.—
IEx
Religion m its puritv is not so.
much a pursuit as a temper; or,
rather, it is a temper leading to the
pursuit fall that is high aud holy.
Its foundation is faith; its action
works; its temper holiness; its aim.
obedience'to God in improvt-meut "f
self and benevolence/to men Ed
ward*.
Divine grace, even in the hearts of
weak an i sinful men, is invincible.
Drown it in the waters of adversity,
it rises more beautiful, as «ot being
drowned indeed, but only washed;
throw it iu the furnace of fiery trial,
it comes out purer and loses nothing
but the dross.—Archdishop LeUjhion
Speaker Reed is of the opinion,
when a member of the House of
Representatives howls out “Mr
Speaker,” and he sees him with his
own eyes aud hears him with his own
ears, that he is not absent from the
Hou«e, but is then and there present
”¥£(8 seems to be very good common
sense.—$. Y. Independent.
God remembers his own promises,
and can and will keep them. This
ought to be sufficient to establish in
the heart of every believer the most
implicit confidence in tbe promises of
God There is nothing 8 comforting
to the soul as these very promises,
when fully trusted.—N. Y. Inde
pendent. ^
time fior the United States, and a
great time for the Methodist Edison
pal church. Then both were young,
both have grown together, and both
to day are prosperous. .The Constitu
tion guaranteed religious freedom;
the church has made m< >st of its op
portunities. »Vith a free pulpit, free
pms and free schools, a free peop e
may be trusted, ^hackle toe pulpit,
muzzle ilie press, sectarianize the
schools, and the liberties of tW people
are imperilled. Methodism can be
relied njon to contend earnestly for
religious and political freedom, to
antagonize intemperance, insidious
efforts to destroy the public schools,
and all attemp s to enslave or corrupt
the people, whether by fraud, fanatic
ism inr force.—Christian Advocate.
FAITHFUL TO THE LAST.
In the heart of Afiica, native
Christians exhibit the same heroic
spirit as the first Christians manifest
ed in Judex and. Samaria and Home.
The Gospel is the same to dav as it
was in the beginning, and its effects
on men are the same in all parts of
i he world. Henry M. Stanley, in a
letter to the son in law of Dr. Livirig
stone, bears this testimony to the stiff
cess of missionary operations in the
Dark Continent, and the genuineness
• >f the faith of the native converts:
I take this powerful body of nati ve
Christians in the heart of Africa—•
who prefer exile for the sake of their
faith to serving a monarch indifferent
or hostile to their faith—as more
substantial evidence of the work than
any number . of imposing structures
clustered together and called a mis
t-ion station would be. The native
Africans bave endured the most dead
l.v persecutions—the stake and the
fire, the cord and chib, the sharp
knife and the rifle bullet, have all
been tried, to cause them to reject the
teachings they have absorbed. Stanch
in their beliefs, firm in their conver
sione, they bave held together stoutly
and resolutely —Christian Advocate
GIVE TO DAY A CHAWE
In winter there are do r*>ses bloom
iiig in tne de*eried, wide swept, snow
covered garden. Norm summer d t
crystal snow flv lair Each season has
its own work, its own beauty, and by
bands of another season th«s work, can
not be done; and beauty ca nnot be
breathed And an of man's life. Each
season has its otyn beauties and its
own Joys, and if they are not laid
bold of, no other season can make up
the loss ; they are gone down the dim
untraversed river of Forever.’ Each
day, indeed, has its duty, its own
smile, its own tear, its own hear, throb
If only it be lived in for itself, life
would be fuller and richer in every
thing, and the clusters of blessedness
han iug from the houghs of each day
.would proclaim life e ery season to
have wrought .well and to des rve
well 'fur Wtiat fees bef .re Alas? th 't
we let the burdening tomorrows
crush the energy and strength out of
today a chance, my brother. Give it
only its <>wn work to do, and faithfhl
ness that smiles up to you from the
welldone duties ; apd the eternal to
morrow will meet you with kisses of
tenderness, not with wounding blows
—Thought Etchings.
ANOTHER* GONE.
ELDER E. WASHINGTON W0 MORE.
Mr. Editor:
Another has • escaped to the skies.
On Saturday, morning, January 11th,
between the hours of 4 and 5 o’clock,
a m, the pale horse and his rider
passed through and took away one of
the members of the Gennetee confer*
euce, Eider Elias Washington.
He has suffered for some time, bui
his suffering only wrought for him
great glory. He lived a man of God
and died the same. He left this
world shooting, “victory over death
I would not stay here. Glory, glor>
to God.” Our loss is heaven’s gain
He leaves two sons and two daugh
tors. His funeral took place at Zion
church at 9 o’clock, Sunday. Toe
body was carried to Troy, N. Y,n
for interment. -s
Yours for Ziou,
C. D. Hazel
VIRGINIA NOTES.
BY REV A. MCIVEB.
Mr Editor:
Please permit me through the
columns of the Star to give some
account of oyr^first quarterly meetiuu
that was held at Zion Station on the
of the Petersburg District, called the
conference to order. The religious
exercises were conducted by the
brethren of the conference, after
which the Presiding Elder delivered
bis address and it was heartilv en
dorsed by the members and all who
heard him. tie certainly enforces
tbe law. Af er having a lovely coo
conference we adjourned with glad
hearts. The weather was rainy and
cold and yet we were 'blessed with a
good fine congregation. On Sunday
at 11 o’clock Rev. Fisher chose for
his text. “Look unto me and be saved
all the end of the ea„h*” tie
preached to a large crowd and made
a splendid impression. Elder Fisher
is certainly a fine .preacher.'
Now Mr Editor, I am pleased to
note that I am moving on splendidly
on my new charge. The people are
just as kind as they can be. Allow
me, to gi ve my thanks to the brethren
and si»teis oi Zion for t .6 box they
8eat.to..my wife at New Berne, N. 0.
Ypa will please send me 6 or « conies
tar of Zion weekly. The
patois , here appear not to know
t&ifeibout it
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[FVihe Star.
BISHOP MOORE EXPLAINS.—
' SICKNESS COMPELS HIS
ABSENCE.
To the members of the New Jersey
Conference : Beloved brethren, I
had Intended at the closh of the Cen
tral <"<North Carolina conference, in
last November to make an Episcopal
visit to the churches of the New
Jersey conference. But a few days
after it closed I was taken severely
ill, whicb has kept me confined for
nearly three months. The attack
was brought on by overwork I per
formed during the summer and fell,
in traveHbigvver the Central North
Carolina district I travelled from
10,000 to 11,000 miles, exposed day
and night to loog. buggy rides, exces
sive preaching and subject to many
irregularities in eating and siee piling,
all of which tended to sdbjeet me t<?
the severe attack I had. Bo you see
at once I had a heavy task to perform
to meet the necessities of that conier
enoe.
Dear brethren, I feel assured that
my long absence from you is not from
a want of interest in the New Jersev
con erence, or indifference to Zion’s
welfare in that part of the connection.
I shall hope to he with you the last
of March or first of April. I hope
Zion’s interests have not suffered from
my enforced absence I shall notify
you by piivate letters when I make
my appointments.
May God blem the. New Jersey
conference Fray for me that God
may bless me with restoration ot
heahb, so I may meet you again,
which is my desire. Please inform
the people from the ytalpit the cause
of my absence.
Yours sincerely,
J. J. Moore.
MAMARONUK *(N. * A.) NOTES.
BY REV. H 8., HICKS.
Mr Editor:
Please allow me spice to say a few
words concerning the work of the
Lord in this place; Last Sabbath
we closed our protracted meeting with
communion, the Lo <4% Supper being a
administered by RewTE G Thomas
who preached one ojf the most bee,
sermons it has ever tuna our privilege
to listen to for a long time, using as
his text the second verse of the four
teenth chapter of St. John: “In my
Father's house are many mansions.”
The sermon was alt that could be
wished for aud was greatly apprecia
ted by the congregation present
.t here has heeu considerable interest
manifested and a good number have
been converted and added to the
church and still the; goodjvork goes
on as we hear of some ethers who
have professed faith in Christ since the
revival closed. MayHhe Lord hasten
the time when righteousness shall
cover the earth as tbs waters Cover
the sea r. mk;- .
We have just commenced oar Sun
day School prayer meeting. We are
looking forward to the Oofivension of
our children, n9t hthT
uureery or lutigxe church, bat because
our heavenly- Blaster said: “Suffer
the little children (io come unto and
forbid them not for of such is the
-kingdom of God,” and1 we should
strive to take the world for Christ.
We can truly say for our beloved
Ziun here that she is coming rapidly
to the front and is said now to be in a
more prosperous condition than at
any other time tor a period of 12
years. May works- greater be done
than what has been accomplished
ere long here and everywhere Zion's
banner has been unfurled.
Rev. M. A. Bradley is sweeping
things before him in Port (fester and
his new chcreb is' rtqndly 't^ing'fiHed
with the best people ot the place. He
has been successful in every thing,
including his protracted meetings.
THE MISSISSIPPI WORK.
BY BBV. V. D. SLEDGE.
Mr. Editor:—At the last ssesion of
the West Tennessee and Mississippi
annual conference, I was chosen as
corresponding editor to the Star op
Zioh. I would have written ere this
but I have been waiting for some of the
brethren to send me a message for the
Stab. However I can say that I ar
rived on my work the 1st day of Jan
and found the solid part of all my
churches (four) i» good spirit. There
were a few weak ores who
seemed to want to follow Baal, but by
the stronger part of the church follow
ing the true God and tbe law, the
weaker ones were soPn brought back
to serve the true God. Everything is
moving on very nicely now. My P
E. Rev. L. J. Scurlook, came to my
work on the 1st inst, but befcg in tbe
clutches of an angry disease like that
of the vieniogetishe was forced to take
bis bed for 7 or 8 days ; however by
close attention and tbe power of an
omnipotent God the dreaded disease
suocombed and he marched on to Me
ridian to hokj Rev. Wm. C. Pearson’s
quarterly ountarenoa on the 8th inst.
On the whole! think the people of
Cookeville are vmy glorious and bo>
pHal. They have mated a very com
fortabie dwelling for a parsonage and
from tbe signs of the times t^ey will
have a bouse built of th*dr own for
a, parsonage. My people here arc
very anxious to see our much beloved
Bishop Rt Rev. C R. Harris as be is
so muok spoken of and worthy is be of
all that is said ofbim ^ v
Rev. W J«MW, who has Salem cir
cult, which joins pay «o»k, is doing
remarkably well, considering the con
dition in which he found his work
We feel a little fearful for oar breth
ren who were sent to the Mississippi
delta. They are in a fine country,
but from now on to the last of June
the snows from the North and North
west will begin to melt and mingle
themselves with waters of the great
Mississippi river and cause a general
inundation in nearly all counties ly
ing within 40 or 50 miles of the river.
We would like to say to all of the
brethren of the West Tennessee and
Mississippi conference to send me the
important news from their work.
N«iw Mr Editor, I hope I have not
taken up too much of your valuable
tpaee. I will try to get up a club of
five, if not more, for the Star by the
next writing. Please send me five
copies of the Star.
Cooksviile, Miss.
WHY NOT PASS* THE BLAIR
BILL?
BY BISHOP C. R. HARRIS.
intelligence
is thereby ren
and prosperous,
Is not education the "cheap de
fense of nation*” and has not Congress
the sane right to provide for the gen
eral welfare of the Nation by a Nat
ipoal system of education as it has to
provide a navy or pass river and
Barbor appropiation bills?
Does not a proper system of ed
ucation tend to the increase of moral
ity and a more general, respect for the
rights of property, and henoe it is not
good policy as well as wisdom for the
rich to assist the poor to o* tain that
education which must otherwise be
lacking?
Is it not A fact that some states are
so burdened -with illiteracy as to be
absolutely” Ufikbie? -without national
aid) to provide such a system of pub
lic schools as will reduce the number
Of illiterates, and give its youth white
and black the education which is
needed ?
Does not a system of good common
schools diffuse so much
that the community
dered more thrifty
and thus enhance the general welfare
of the people ?
Will not the provisions of the Blair
Bill, fairly administered, secure the
above patriotic ends ? If so, why not
passit?
Is it because the North is so selfish
as to begrudge the South the greater
portion of the money granted by the
Bill, when she knows that the intelli:
gence thereby diffused would make
the entire Nation without regard to
section, more prosperous and peace
ful?
Is it the fear of “pauperizingh'tbe
people, when the ignorance and illiter
acy can only be removed thereby will
certainly keep large numbers on the
verge, if not within the brink of pan
perdom ?
Or is it that some party has an ax
to grind which it will Bail to sharpen
if the beneficent Blair Bill should
pass ?
Should the Congress for any such
unworthy reasons, refuse to pass the
Blair Bill, it will deliberately throw
away the best opportunity it .has yet
possessed to ameliorate the condition
of the poor, and to enhance the pros
perity of the rich. It will fail to provide
what is justly due the Negro, to say
the least, for the inadequate toil of
26 years of bondage for the nnequal
loyalty and devotion wise which he
stood by the Union when its existence
was imperilled, for his quietness and
docility amid the clamors of a war,
which threatened to fasten still tighter
the fetters which bound him.
Like the Levite, in the parable of
the good Samaritan, it will pass by
the poor white man equally with the
illiterate Negro, and say, "plead on,
the Coogrem of this country cares
nothing for your welfkre.”
Gentlemen of the Congress, we be
seech yen to pass the Blair Bill io
such a shape as shall pot a good
school b jsb and teacher within reach
of every boy and girl in the land.
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Mr. Wanamaker was again before
posndficH committee ex
plaining his postal telegraph project,
/*■ The Virginia,Legislature has lev
ied a heavy tag on building and loan
OUR vVAOHiiNOiOiS LEIJL'JSK
TOPICAL TALK ABOUT rEBONS AND
THINGS.
BY BEY. 3. W. SMITH.
ThaWashingtou public since the adop
tion of the Boles seems to have taken
it for granted that the parlimentary
straggle in the House Representatives
is practically over, and that the dis
graceful, exciting and turbulent scenes
of a few days ago are not to be Kept
up, because the galleries do net pre
sent the jammed appeareMC6B; and
there is no more pressure and “surging
through the corridors/' The rebellion
is over, and the democratic sore*heads
who in are ia the minority and who
stormed across the floor with blood in
their eyes, gritting their teeth, shaking
their heads, pointing their index fin*
gers and calling Speaker Reed a “Ty
rant,” “Czar,” “Buffoon” and other
abusive names, have been driven by
the republicans into the last ditch.
The majority rules in this country
even in* the House of Representatives,
as the Southern brigadiers will soon
be made to understand. The Demo
crats came to this Congress to either
“rule or ruin,” and if the Republicans
have backbone and sense they wiiLal
low them to do neither.
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I attended Congress during the. ex
citing scenes and I noticed another
feature of tactics. It was the "physi
cal force” which is often applied to
enable a angle individual or a body
of men to mak* a point in a parliamen
tary body. There are bullies in both
branches of Congress Samuel J Ran
dall was considered the “bulldozer” of
the House for almost a quarter of a
century. A number of times in the
lower House of Congress men have
walked fmm one side of the great hall,
(during debate,) to the other side, and
clenching their fists tightly, have push
ed thtir antagonists under the nose
and threatened phsical injury. Mr.
Randall during his days of robust phy
sique, often cowered his adversaries,
and made a business of frightening
timid men on the other side by stnd
ing on his tiptoes and looking down
from his six feet one height shaking
his head and fist, looking pugnacious,
and speaking words of direful threat.
Men who did not know Mr. Randall
personally, but had an inkling of
his pugnacious inclinations were fright
ened by his warlike appearance and,
in a majority of instances, he had
his own way by simply looking danger
ous.
There are a good many bulldozers
and bullies now in Congress. They are
principally from the Southern States.
These men talk loud, sling their die
hoveled locks, look pugnacious and
shake their fists. Men of this charac
ter do not make themselves powerfu
in debate by knowledge of the subjects
they discuss, nor their natural power;
but try to frighten their adversaries
and carry Congress by storm.
It is fortunate for the Republican
party, as well as the country, that a
man of Mr. Reed’s character is in the
Speakers chair. He is not a timid
man, and the country sees he is not a
Reed to be shaken by democratic
wind. He is one of the beet mar-dri
vers in the country. He knows how
to crack the whip and stand on his
tip-toe at height of six feet three and
make men take their seats in debate.
He is a splendid match for Mr. Ran*
dall or any of his pugnacious follow
ers. If a timid er small man were in
the Speaker’s chair, there would be
many time's, on occasions like those
which seized the House a few days
ago, when that body, would, indeed be
aubc r garden,” a bedlam Tom Reed
of Maine is equal to any emergency,
and he intends to show the democrat
ic legislative bullies that they have
theia Match once.
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I have before m e three or four
letters from brother ministers who are
aware of the fact that my Conforenoe
is drawing near, and they want to
know how I am getting along, how
how long I have been in Washington
and how much longer I am likely to
remain here. -
These brethren are fixing a way
former as those democraticbullies, to
stand on my tiptoe when I.meet them
and look pugnacious and dangerous,
and If necceseary touch "the end cf
their nose to see if they are breathing.
In answer to their first question I
will say I am getting along as usual
on my feet and on the ground. I
have been here as long as eafcPresi
dent Cleveland. I will stay here in
this church, unless lam sick, dead or
in jail, nntil my Bishop sees fit to
remove me. Like yon, I am preach
ing the old Gospel, 1800 yedrs old,
the"Gospel 6000 years old, and my
peopl^^eem to be satisfied. Why
shonld I be in a hurry to take up my
bed and walk ? Keep cool brethren.
Some things come to him who waits.
We have four fine brick churches
here and in membership, .we lead as
Methodists. Inquire of the other three
Zion ministers whe you can step
your feet in their shoes.
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Bishop Jones, D. D., the venera
ble warrior of Zion, continues to gain
health and strength as the days fleet
by. Although his severe spell still
tells on him yet the cheerful smile,
laugh and flashes of wisdom, wit and
sarcasm are rapidly returning to him.
Although the Bishop’s brow is fur
rowed and bis face is battle scarred
like tLe Christian's flag, yet his eyes
flash fire and there is still fighting
blood in him j and while he is at
present, calm in the serenity of a
green old age, and is partly resting on
bis oars; we pray God that he will
soob again take his place at the head
of the army and campaign and battle
again for the upbuilding of our. Zion.
Bishop A. W. Way man, of the A. M.
E church, and brother John H.
Butler, a * wealthy member ot Zion
church in Baltimore, came down on
the train last week to see the Bishop
They'had a long, profitable and inter
ing talk about Zion’s great men of
the past They compared and con
trasted them as preachers of Zion.
How nice it is to see distingiuished
Bishops of these two great African
Methodist bodies meet and sympa
thize with each other in affliction. It
is another instance of fraternal
union. God bless our Bishops.
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Revs. R. H. G. Dyson, J. P Thomp.
son and J. 8. Cowles want the Phila
delphia and Baltimore conference
divided. They think it will grow
faster. I' am' teeth and-toenail op
posed to a division. It was divided
once and it went back instead of
coming forward, and the leaders had
to unite the two conferences Breth
ren, the old saying is, “History re
peats itself.”
A PLEASANT OCCASION.
On Friday evening, Febuary 14th,
the Board of Stewardesses of the First
A. M. E. Zion church gave Rev. P. J.
McIntosh and family a gand surprise
party. A part of the ceremonies con
sistea in placing at the disposition of
the hosts a handsome supply ofgroce
ties and other valuable presents.
Many ladies and gentlemen, friends of
the Board, joined with its members in
this agreeable surprise; and Messrs.
Joseph Campbell and Wellington Sul
livan rendered some choice selections
upon their guitars.
The Beard of Stewardesses consists
of the following ladies:
Mrs. Julia Harris, President; Mrs.
C. Greenlee, Vice President; Mis.
Josephine Hunter, Secretary; Mrs
Anderson, T : surer; and Mesdames
M. L. Ford, Susan Warren, Sarah
J:nkios, Mary V. Scott, Mary An
derson, Phoebe Miller, Rebecca B.
Godfrey* Martha Tolbert, Katie Lee,
Ella Campbell, Louisa Jackson, Char
lotto Jones.-—dan Francisco Vindica
tor.