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______ -y -fqlgtogte''*'.*-'... VOL. XIV. ft «fvif_ JMaswSi j P|p»f Xf* '. J .v • JJA . »*, j . I A^ni;: ,-V; *#♦' fK#K& SHARED. x I said it in the meadow path, I sav it on the mountain stairs— The beet things any mortal hath Are those which every mortal shares The air we breathe, the sky, the tireeae, The light without us and within. Life with its unlocked treasuries, Ghid’s riches are for all to sun. The grass is softer to my tread, > For rest it yields unnumbered feet: Sweeter to roe he wild t «e red, Because she m*k<« the whole world sweet. Into your heavenly loneliness. Ye welcome, O solemn peaks! And me in every guest you blew W ho reverently your mystery seeks And no the radiant peopled way That opens into worlds unknown, It will be life’s delight to say, oeaven is not neaven lot me alone. Rich by my brethren’s poverty! Such wealth were hideous I am blesi Ouly in what they share frith me, In what I share with all the rest MAKING PROGRESS IN LOUIS of the Star what is going on in this conference toward educating our chil dren. The last annual conference, through its ommittee on ediica tioD, paised resolutions to a high school at Amite City, La. A b -ard of commissioners was elected by the conference.to negotiate for a site. The c unmissioners met on the 18th of June at Amite City Fhe m eting was called to order at 12 m, by the chairman, Rev J W Eason, PE, apd —Lucy Lareonx. IAN A. BY REV L. W. OLDFIELD. .Mr. Editor: I wish to inform the many readers Daar Editor: I will now and the many readens of I The nil wa* called. The " miynyHii-H era reported whkt (he/ hpd /dtyg The report was discussed pro and con Tho comniunuers negotiate^ will Col Wm H Garland, ot uine acres of land in Amite City The meetiag accepted the oblhaal^M ere’ work, and arraagcnM^hnwh^ made to make the first paymeatwhicfc is two hundred dollars. Mr Editor, the site is a fine one. Tne nine acres cost sis hundred dollars. The people are interested in the matter. The board will meet again in July to make the first payment. r .; A SU .OES-.FUu CONCERT AX SOMERVILLE, N J. ‘ BY KY£ WITKE88. The great later ”*tate Coronal Cot test for the beuefit of the Somervil K A. M E. Zion church cieeed last . Wednesday oignt in one the large* halls in the town. 42 young ladies each representing ono 'of the states o: the union, and 7 young ladies, each "epresenti g one of the territories were supplied with yokes a TO. cents a vote. For two weeks these young ladies were busy selling their votes And on the night above . mentioned June 25th all met in the large dotner 86' hall to see who would be erewnsd queen of the contest. The hall was crowded. The music was sweet. The first congress of states and. territories, when ail these ladies marched un the stage wearing long beautiful tubes made up of the national colors, anri carrying the banners of their sespee live states. Th 24 little miid^of honor then filed, taking their plates in front of the stage. Each of these little maids wore white dresses, a long sash of red, white and blue, and beau titul little maid’s caps. AM then sang the new “Hail Columbia,” as tsagfcc by our talented school teacher, Mm Lizzie E. Lane. - The roil of states wae called alphi beticaily, each 8tatecomi»g fbrwan with her Votes. Maryland . had tlu crown, it was thought, until akin West Viiwiniavras called and police at least 35 votes more than any otbei state. Shewascrowaedwithabeanii ful crown by Rev W C Jason, ol Orange, N J. People in WwfcMj they never ssw an entortaimcneotJikt it, wascleared. tae “worIT'at ~po£lar BLUFF, ARK, ohgrek bat no ahattq% agsh without * deed, though out of debt Zion Hill not ia such good shape, it being without a deed and a little debt hanging over it Walnut Grove h a very nice and comhwtabW church but being one (f 100) hundred dollar* i# debt itijaaid that the'i-eaaon the churches are it? debt now la because the preachers' alt come in and take hold of the Work not to build up and 1 relieve the churches of Whatever but <ien they, may be utfdir. but they moadj cafi; for 1 their® f»ck«k' r*«y works to get alt the money«tbey can from the people and don’t seem to care what the thttrcfc* shall do Brother Daney ft may be tree of eomtr preachere hut rftiftfciHp'*! eottldeay a good deal more' Wl-knlf wiah to »uue nets mat lithe leaden am! iBeffi bets would attend the class *u j prayer *P**®e« meet rSZOxg, iteresu ot the church, add_ influence «« irnwg the people by inviting them to oomeoot to eburcb next Suodsfr, or ^efcaufrgiiefc * and provide means f aijd Ini1' ^ IW^PMd ask the peop.^1TSW> they would get it; bnt no, every uha. stands and depends «i ile pa*>», not considering that all iuve-dtfUtya* perform a*d should dg*> at —rfwseri doit See Discipline pegat ittaa 141. If theefficeriwouttsfetethn* have been ofcstrrtbtedp and.^aind fc gether in the Work inf tba'abdtd d*£ have less carwof the ivoeidj aod wsere oi the mind of Ohrist- Within itma*. and attend , to their aindes these Would Bwamnim uce being uii my work I have £*»■ i« 12 members and S pnabwi^ Presiding JEidtr^ 4»36 •m Churches purposes • fSAW! •* • *■ >-i JW, '*SW16 riierre tins been mare collected but noi m yet reported. —- — Tibe 5tfc Sanday ia tbis month, (dun*) u rally day atWalnfct GfVov* A M, E ffioif eharehjt^fWleve-tbaf church aa much w ff&ii&t* ef^Us indebtedness. I ^nttt to>Wftftftv«l»j good time and a big><jllectiia 1^1 tin j doing what I can to gat the oba4>cbe* on «yr charge eat of thbirpnUeat .condition. I met EidOr & >(I 8i^ bam at the poet office. He u>4d*ii» df bis hardships though he waaifl good apiriti. Wafta*oodmanmuatw W for righteousnessG*Hl with bim aod bis bumble and pie^sjuit; ■wife. Morp alub^ V . * ** rtf' tm TENffnMdfiM ^NSWtf J££tfd^, } Editor Daneys • -•*'(* , uuk-Hifi XotwttMtttfditfk tin oppressive tittf «nd umamant travel '«* UrntbuHmm moment totfsej* tbKp«ti«f.th*untry.,o^ajiiie^ f'SS'fr* ask, and we will sol ve the Negro quee rion once and for always. . Among the colored men ofwealth in GastTeanesT^ Mr John Lovel, of Obattanooga, represents $65,000, H » Mafias. .fi0?)6(j I Anderttn Bry^ W&o t>&. ? William Lewis, #6,000; j Ji frvia, $i0j000;. ftklvm Johnson, of Knoxville. $30.. 0QS« A Beai?; $68,000; Ed Maple, $25,000. gfor-Z : Thie’city of Chattanooga , is blessed; witri beautiful churches 1st. Baptist Sfeurch of which ftw & 4>« Alden is ^Ator c.«t $4\006; SI £ church, 26.OOO; A. St E chu tvh now iu our*e of erecti m, #tll cost l p: ' Street Baptist church, 9.000; pri^uratious a^&idg to begin j£bftl&ogthe 1st A M ;Zi« chuireh \ which- will a at $25 vs >13 - - :%.-T Wtfi'tmMr- im* is oaa among mwMvmv 1 20th i ffee church* W&, ttc wfilfaiw^Uofhis^ane iM E«a4'Ch» ^e*r.i Tue psopleof Sioj^on are ver/ kin l an l liberal. 1‘ba be^. offiling' exists herh among L ttnkx is a nr agROM ^ SOUTH; FLORIDA CONFERENCE. bV RE\h- :JOSEPH SEXTON,' Pi It, ,ft1lMr.^Eclfibr : Please me to A^aVord about the South Florida conference. We have only'nine el ders, seyen deacons and six preach-: crs j, .whole number of ministers 2*, two of,them to houses of worship the Jand has* bear paid forandiho houses buifc since the last conference htym ©. ©4 last February has doae^a.grand tuork on las circuit dtir year. He haTbdilt a spfcndid little ^thrch it Center Hill, < Hi., where I fed (he Measure of holding my fed* JondF quarterly * meeti ng last Sunday, ^M^rjthf' He qniy has 2 members ail&ii'pdini;: he is thfe right man ih t$/i£ht plaice. !a£ thisvpolnt he $£&T3fl§Mir : At Leesburgh he'has finished paying for a lot and tep the deed fop* it tfc- following named • ladies : Mrs. Knowles, Af Em»; f Ever Rehoe, Castranen ; Misses Sffiain, A* fos ter, S Foster, M Gibson; M Wallade*, R. Banely, E. Rale; Mrs. Sauces, f^B. Lightburn and,, D. Thomas, Rev. W. C. Vesta a^ Keflfest is doing better there thato^ever. J. B. Harris at. Sanford i» tot doing so well there yet. We intmkkto double the amount on ge&0 Atnds this year compared/ with last. We are W ,. f Jder W, 4,-1 been .cry; *ucc having got glass el and had it i: like him v&y I Zion’s best preac in the fla. conft apdChristian ge we had more $ Spin, Sims, Free and others. - THE WAY TO Cissimee has • his work, in his chap His people Mi is one of p was raised a good man and is now ment in the ould to God 1 as Maise, V J Sander* ,tf’S MIND. x D* we fully .undevpaod tjbe art j rf and by mean*;/of ^skillful teaching, leading tbe» up Wj^rgrthy^tohtiod and womanhood? It is wise to begin bur the natron nod powers of the ^ being that weintead to teach apd train. Mind indwwtoeaareiwwonderfully blended to to#n,;that we can* t tell where the me begins and tin other ends This we do know, that' by citefil training he two blend into, one harmonious i Tie way to a ohtUFs tmo<L .u one of 4fe moat difficult travels known] >* U|» teacher tr parent / By it ■ w u ideratood a knowledge .of its work i»8K#>. pecaljaritiep, £ and how to deal with each so as to develop all thejBafers of .which it capable and to nwdpce the bast results in life to iftpoaeasor. In order to develop the mental ca pacities of the child it id absolute!? necessary first, to pay much attention to physical development, dir sound mind in a sound body inspired by a good heart is the idea! mao.” A weakajcklj, puny ebiid* cannot have a strong vigorous intellect V ' •* It is too often the ease -that the -mind of the youngis overtaxed, with study, tod care and * this taxation proves detrimental to health. First, develop ,*he. physical then at the proper tin** the mind will do its worfe. Sayf Rosaeau, moat critical interval of human life is between the ihpIV of hirth mid twelve years of *mX theaction of the mind inseparable from that of the bodily pagans, so ace the mental and physi cal parts of education inseparable. The earliest years of the child should > filled . with euuihlne. VA school superintendent recentlyrelated, in a school room the falling little *tory: “A little girl of fienyeets was one dav; seated by hor mother near a window. ari%a piece „*f bread and aj bowl of-milki : The beautiful sunshine I streaming into the window acress the] fttowl and igto |b« milkdelighted the lit tfe girl who- after lookiegat it intently, for a few seconds, seemed all at. once inspired with* new thought, and dip Ping a spoonful ^ mUk. swallowed it quickly, then exclaimed in tones of delight, *0 mamma, I swallowed * re marks of cremator Ot ill-treatment UsupHy, hk capacities are stunned, and have be come bo dormant that we fjod it diffi cult to aronse them or even to find j§*SMJ- sfi*S -ft -n accepted those principles that were designed to bring instruc tion into harmony with nature, and be set about devising means by w$fdf .Be confined fan method, largely to voiwg children,, eod for thoir •ion he tkvieed methods now £fnpwn *» the Kindergarten system. The word Kindergarten meaning place where children are - cultivated. t. When the child enters school h& has new experiences and ibe art* skillful teacher realizas that here '5s a mind-to be reached, to be under stood and developed. Cbd wh ^ink than of a more responsible that of the teacher, surround day to day with young wh cent re ceptlvc minds looking to her for di TOctloa? .We must not in our eagerness t» advance our little beginner, fwt that education requires time. Upon the manner in which we present the little things n> the first few yeafe de veloping we not Him whisked said* ;nwspwp» >«• * little things rightly done, that tl river of eternal life springs from little fountains of purity and love, that all human, greatness and success are the result of little deeds well done/’ should we not remember the*in: tiqn ot the Ureat Tea«l*rjr7T‘m tWP is fkitbful in that which 'Jev least is faithful also in much.” - > If this work of mantel training must be gradual and of alow.grpwtb it requires patience on part,Of the trainer. It is important that the lessons assigned are not too long nor the subject matter too > heavy lo 'be Btrnction and explanation should be clear, and so simplified as tp bfefmt I derstood An eager, • anxtou*. child With bright mind is often thought doll end stupid because be dose not aeecleerlyand . readily-'some lesson Which has been presented. But & in* oftenfeund, to be, thejjktflt/the teacher who baa felled to simplify and illustrate in such * way;..,J#at the teaching may be grasped by the young mind. Mach attention should be paidtto. the questions, i of the youth. We notice in children' em eagerness to exercise their opening faculties and to learn all they can about the world into which they are ushered. The 0$ are anawwij shows decided intelligence ortftr the one who is put off with, “Don’t ask so many questions ” Those who aid and sympathize with the in their childish feeling, they will love and reverence and* die conduct of sttch fioundlew and that Bate explored* only mBbS m; ilgittrff&fd pH -jd> r. JBditfyrmx* id; • *» Ybunig^e *law ***>« steward m ksRG, the fi taembfeatJp 'vp'4- 4 J-l? (TTfllieitUH will iiritol rd$g more informs he *8ond^ «eheol Ocn pK|WtHW H iw'**,|wajw ! b.a mm*”' BISHOP HOOD’S APPOINT MENTS. 6th. Fleet St., Brooklyn, £ Tuesday 8th> OysterBay, IT.; Thursday 10th, fifenp L, N. Y<; Sunday 13th, kt Thursday, 17th, ielle, N Y.; Sunday 20th, *>N;Y.; Tuesday 32nd, [N Y ; Wednesday 23rd, L N. Y.; Sunday 27th, Troy, Sunday 31st, New Paltz, J^J^pton, N* Y. »thf Middletown, ft. Y. y6tb, Haverstraw, N. Y.; th, Poughkeepsie, N Y. 7 13tb, Bridgeport, Conn, rth, Net rnren, Conn.; 9th, Middletown, Conn.; ffli 1/erby, Conn, NOTICE! Subscribers for the Sunday School ®oo helps, . Lesson Leaves, and ■mm^Mtlute^t ure requested to rwaxd;t^r(orden with tile money #*f*W*I§ June,Mr the third quar whroh are 3 <**■ P« Wt Umm, Leaves 1 half cts. per fewn NOTICE. totfie minwten aad members of the A. M. R ©on church Jacob Thomas having ten j urn* untiifiirther ail moneys due Book for Discip with literature, ’ the exception of Hymnals, and Sou day School mutfer, be wnt to Bex. A. Walter? 66 Grove St. New York City. ! Orders for new church Hymnals to bejgut direct to the Bishop of the , Episcopal District, from whence the ^dt&eiopmes. By order of Book Committee of r, £ P, Thompson. Preedit. Rev. A. Walters, Treasurer. Rev. J. H. Whits l' . .Secretary XiEARN TO WRITE WELL.. \ Send two silver dimes for two kinds of fine capital, fresh from my. pen, WiH give lessons by mall. Begin at Address . ■rt Rhv.H. W. SMi’ra. B. D., Bon 80. Clark ville, Term. A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY r -Mr. Editor: ... r •■.'J-boughtope of Griffith’s ma chine? for plating, with gold, silver , or nickle, ,and it works to perfection. No sooner did people hear Wit than t had more spoons,knives, forks and jewelry than I could plate in a month. The first week I cleared £31.30, the first month >167.85, and I think by July first I will have >1,000 cash and giye.tny farm considerable attention, too.j My daughter made >27.40 in four days. Any person can get one of these machines by sending >3.00 to W. H. Griffiji & Co., Zanesville) €WUi>) or can obtain circulars by ad dressing them, Yoweun learn tp use the machine in one hSfir. As this is W^fif* tacky streak, I give my expe« rience, hoping others may be benfit ed os much si I have been. **•' py. Yours truly, •' M. O. Moreheau.
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