fHE STAR OF ZION.
REV. G. W. ^CLINTON ,Editoi
Thursday, May 17,1894.
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G. W. CLINTON,
Editor of Stab of Zion,
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Geo. W. Clinton,
Editor and Manager
The Tariff matter still engages the
attention of the United States Sena'
tors. Four hundred new amendment*
are |the lattest accessions to the al
ready voluminous bill and the speecb
of Senator Quay which began on the
15th of April is still a part oi the un
finished business of the Senate. Nc
one seems to know how or when th<
Tariff question will be settled. The
democrats are getting more and more
complicated and the breach between
the conflicting factionTof the party
on this question seems to be widening.
The republicans are not doing any
thing to assist in settling the questione
since they are committed to a policy
directly opposite to that advocated by
the democrats.
SEPARATE COACH LAW.
General Agent Mitchell of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad says he
has received no orders from the direct
ory of this thoroughfare relative to
the matter of providing separate
coaches for white and colored pas
sengers on the road as required by the
new car law of Kentucky. The Ches
apeake and Ohio is patronized large
ly by colored as well as white people,
and its management. If the report is
credible, have decided to make no
provision whatever for separate or
partitioned coaches. This action of
the road will doubtless precipitate an
early action in the courts involvig the
constitutionality of the separate car
law.—Ex.
BISHOP HOOD’S RECEPTION.
The Young People’s Society of
Christian Endeavor of the Pearl
Street A. M E Zion church, Hartford,
gave a reception to Bishop James W.
Hood, D. D., LL. D., the senior
bishop of the A. M. E. Zion church
in the United States, last evening.
There was a large attendance at the
entertainment. Following a piano
by J. Randolph, the Rev. Louis H.
Taylor, of the Pearl-st., church,
made an address of welcome to the
bishop, Mrs. J. Bell sang, a recita
tion was given by Miss Lou James, F
Fuller played a comet solo, W. Con
over sang, and there were songs by
the Hickman Quartet. Another ad
dress was made by the Rev. Robert
Wheeler and Bishop Hood made re
ple. He complimented the society
on the excellent entertainment that
had been given and spoke of the great
advance made by the colored race
since it had obtained liberty and
freedom. Other speeches were made
by the Rev. George W. Clinton, edi
tor of the Star or Zion, the Rev. Dr,
Kirk, of Boston, and the Rev. Robert
Wheeler. 'J&s}
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THE NEW ENGLAND CONFER
ENCE.
We have spent four days in attend*
ance upon the New England confer
ence now is session at Derby; Conn.
, This conference is composed ot about
thirty-four members all of whom are
men whose character and work are
(f the best quality. The younger ele
1 ment is largely in the majority. Dr.
’ Jehu Holliday, Revs. John A.. Evans
l and J. 8. Johnson are the oldest men
in the conference. Presiding Elder
i Birchmore is a middle aged man
^ whc§e services in the New York, New
* England and Florida conferences an
B records that give him a plaoe among
- Zion’s leaders. Conference steward
Rev. G. H. S. Bell another middle
) aged man is the business man and fi
^ nancier of the conference. During
the past year he was bereft of his be
loved ^consort, with whom, he had
lived more than thirty years. Rev. J
F. Waters is the sweet sioger in tht
* conference. His -administration at
j Worcester, Mass, has been crowned
with success. Revs. W. B. Fender
r son, J. B. Colbert, <X Fairfax and E.
George Biddle have attended the fol
[ lowing institution, Livingstone Col
* lege, Boston University, Howard Uni
I versity, and Yale College respectively
) They show the training received at
} these schools in their sermons and
speecnes.
Rev. W, B. Bowen who was great
- ly aided by the Daughters of confer
5 ence at Boston years ago also attend
ed and as a result he is one of the
best informed men and ablest preach
ers in the conference. Rev. C. D.
Hazel of Attleboro, Mass., is one of
the most successful youug men in the
conference both as a .preacher and
pastor. He and wife as well as the
Daughters of conference committees
| with his church placed The Stab
under lasting obligations to them by
special favors bestowed upon it. Rev
T. H. Johnson of the North Russell
street church Boston, Mass., has prov
. en himself a werthy successor to Prof.
: G. L. Blackwell. He is a quiet, dig
nified and well-balanced man who
\ impresses all who meet him that he is
. a man of more than ordinary ability.
. Revs. C. C. Ringgold, J. H. Young,
G. M. Payne and W. P. Kins have
done excellent work during the past
’ year and are asked fer by their con
congregations for the ensuing year.
Rev. Rioggold has organized a new
■ jociety which sent in a petition ask
ing his appointment as their pastor
-Rev. Young's delegate made a most
urgent appeal to the bishop to have
him returned.
Rev. Allred Day is another of th3
strong men of the conference some
what advanced in aje. As a pastor,
worker and financier in this and oth
er conferences he stands first among
his equals. His efforts in behalf of the
Barber Memorial Home are earnest
and will secure to Zion an institution
that has long been needed.
Rev. S. E. Robinson has put in the
past year at Portland, Maine, where
he held the fort f >r Zion against great
odds, and put the young society there
in a situation which will enable Zion
to soon have a strong and flourishing
church if he is properly supported.
We shall make mention of others in
our next. The conferenesJs favored
with the presence and services of Rev
R. F. Wheeler of the New Jersey,
Rev. J. 8. Caldwell of the New York
and Rev. A. A. Crooke of the Central
North Carolina conferences, also Edi
tors Dancy and Clinton.
The Ansonia Daily Sentinel (is fur
nishing a reporter who gives his entire
ime to the conference. The Sentinel
gives from one and a half to two col
umns to the conference proceedings.
Rev. Bowen and his good people are
entertaining the conference grandly.
PERSONAL MENTION.
liev. K E. Wilson recently ol
Johnstown, Pa., has taken charge of
the George Street A. M. E. Zion
church, Cincinnati, O. A grand re*
ception was accorded him on his ar
rival and a large congregation greeted
him the first Sunday he took charge.
Two persons were added to the church
and the pastor and Lis congregation
seemed equally pleased.
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Rev. L. H. Taylor, the progressive
young pastor of Pearl Street A. M. E
Zion church, Hartford, Conn, has one
of the finest congregations in the New
England conference. The Young
People’s Society of Christian Endeav
or connected with this church has in
it some of the best talent of the oity
regardless of race. The past year
has been one of marked success under
Eider Taylor and a unanimous petu
tion came to conference for h& return
Miss Lou James of Hartford, Corn!., I
is an elocutionist of rare gifts. Her
roice, gestures, beautiful form, usif
possession and graceful movements on <
he stage hold her audience entranced I
from the beginning to the end of her <
recitations. She only neels to enter j
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the roll el public readers to claim a
place among the foremost elocutionists
of the race
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The Massachusetts Legislature
showed fitting honor to one uf Ameri
ca’s most distinguished citizsns when
upon motion of H >n. R. T. Teamoh,
its only Afro-American member it ad
journed to allow the members of that
honorable and distinguished body to
greet and shaae hands with Hon.
Frederick Douglass on the 10th inst
Mr. Teamoh seems to be mahirg a
record for himself and the race in the
Bay State Legislature.
In the death of the late William E.
Matthews of Washington, D. 0., the
race loses of itim st worthy and en
terprising men. His success as a real
estate nan and banker at the Capitol
of the nation showed him to be a man
of sterling qualities, eminent ability
and high character.
Rev. Jehu Hoi id ay, D D General
Agent of the Book Concern, is one of
Zion’s foremost, ablest and nrnst exem
plary men. Endowed with great
natural ability, having acquire ! a
mint of information by extensive
reading and years of practical experi
ence and being a man of fine physique,
eloquent in speech and genial in man
ners he makes a lasting impre&im
upon all who meet and hear him He
never murmurs or roroplauis when
duty is assigned whether iu a high or
low sphere; but g ;ea about it cheer
fully ard generally succeeds. He
preach d the opening sermon at the
New Eogland conference and made
an impression that will live when he
has passed from labor to reward. His
speeches are models of healthy sug
gestions and brilliant ideas so fittingly
illustrated that one never forgets them.
He may be fittingly called the old
man eloquent of the Zion connection.
In the peison of Mies Eliza Gard
ner the A. M. E. Zion church has one
of the ablest woman representatives
we know ol to-day. She is well edu
cated, possessed of a full share of New
England culture and gifted with the
power of excellent speech. She listens
to all of the conference proceedings
with an attentive ear, speaks whenever
she sees a chance to make a happv hit
and always carries the audience with
her as she utters her rich thoughts
clothed iu chaste and beautiful Eng
lish. As vice-president of the Wo
man's Home and ForeiguJlissionary
Socitty she has done a work which
deserves the highest praise and places
the New Eogland conference in the
lead of all in this important depart
ment of our church wurk.
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Among the nob’e Christian women
who contribute toward the w>rk of
building up Zion in New Eogland
and gladdening the hearts of the noble
ministers who compose that mod’l
conference none stand higher and do
more work than Mrs. M. E Anderson
of Worcester, Mass. She is a loyal
membe**, a zealous worker and a true
leader of her sex in Zion. The Stab
can never forget her or the noble band
of women of whom she is the able
bead.
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Rev. 8. C. Biichmore, P. E., of the
New England conference is one of
those graad men who succeeds in
whatever sphere he is placed, Hb re
port as a presiding elder showed that
he has been a painstaking, zealous and
progressiv e worker, familiar wiih every
part of the work. A*1 the men of the
conference love an honor him Mrs.
Birchmore is ona^f the best looking
and most exemplary wives ^e have
ever met. She contributes mueh to
her husband’s success.
Rev. N. J. Watsoa, £he formerly
efficient presiding elder of the Alle
gheny conference, has been appointed
to Cambria chapel, Johnstown, Pa., to
succeed Rev. R. E. Wilson. We saw
a letter from a prominent member of
the Allegheny conference urging Bish
op J. W. flood to appoint Rev. Smith
Claiborne to fill the vacancy caused
by Rev. Watson's appointment to the
pastorate. We do not fhipk Jhe
bishop could make a hotter choice f r
that positun. The appointment of
Rev. Claiborne will not only insure to
the district an efficient and experi
enced presiding elder, but we believe
it will do more to bring about harmo
ny and good will among the congre
gations in Pfttebgrg than agy thing
that could be done at tha time. We
hope the bishop may make the ap
pointment and pray that the moat
gracious results may grow out of it
All is well that ends well, is an old
saying, and if the onto'me of this pat* 1
ter to which $$ J$ve hitherto refeirod ]
Luma out as we believe it grill, we I
shall believe the saying to be a proverb1 (
)f truth. - 1
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We sympathize with Dr. Talmags t
in4 his congregation in the low of 1
Heir magnificent tabernacle last Pun- I
lay. This is the third time th^ con- v
{rogation has sustained a like loss. *
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ANTHONY* NQTE8 AND COM
MENTS.
. ■
The question reeolvee itself into this,
What do you consider, Bro. Smith,
the qualifications for WD. D. ? ” The
fact that other denominations have
their “degree men by the hundreds’
doesn’t argue the necessity of oui
making a lot of D. D’s, just to be h
the denominational “swim.” Bro
Smith says “such talk means tha
Zion has a lot, of ignoiant jack lef
preachers.” Your statement is ai
false as your logic. It doesn’t meat
anything of the kind. But we wil
say this, that we have discovered that
the 'brainiest men of onr church art
those who care the less about the de
pree, aud have never indicated ii
any way that they would like to hav<
it. We will say further that ther<
are those who don’t want it and som<
of thfsa are men of good Theologica
trainiog. The fact is Bro. Smith tha
our bed man are not losing any slee]
at all over the degree, tor they knov
what it means to sustain it. Anothei
reason is, that there are so many mei
in all the churches who are cal ec
‘Doctor” who have such little clain
to the title that the truly competen
man feels that he is better off with
out it.
One other thing and we are througi
witn the argument. That is this
That it is very much regretted thai
there is a class of ministers who wan
to make the college a “Degree Mill.’
That is the way it strikes us. Th<
trustees and faculty of the Institution
will do as they think best, we pre
sume We have simply expressed oui
personal convictions and we are un
changeable in them in regards to thi
wholesale and indiscriminate confer
ring of degrees.
*
It may be necessary to say onci
more that “Anthony” is the mouth
piece of no one but “Anthony” an<
what he says, he alone is responsible
for. If he possesses information or
certain facts and gives it in this col
umn or expresses his views on certaii
points affecting the church, race o
country, he speaks for himself anc
not the college or The Stab.
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The Weekly Sentinel of Mobile, Ala
is the paper we criticised in our com
meets of April 26th. We know tha
typographical errors will occu^, bu
then for such mistakes as those w
pointet out there is no excuse. Th
Sent in d makes the mistake that s
many ovhera. make in thinking tha
Mr. Clinton is the writer of these ai
tides. We would not reproduce th
article in full and especially tha
which is so personal, but for the fac
that Editor Washington asks us t
pick out his mistakes and we cheer
fully comply. If we have overlooke<
any please to inform us. Here is th
SentineTa reply-—it speaks for itself
THE “STAR OF ZION” SAYS A THIN<
AND GETS LEFT,
“ We note a frivilous common t in th
“Star of Zion of the 26th unit., where
in the editor tried to fiad foult of ai
editorial which appeared in this pape
some issues passed, relative to a hors
race which was runned (we say again
on the principal streets of this city
The article closed by saying the write
of the article should be “runned” ou
of “the country.”
“Well mistakes are so visable w
might ask what country should we b
forced to leave as tKe writer the country
^Mistakes are liable to occur Bro
Clinton and you are much adapted t<
making them $ your name is mor
th&u your acurate knowledge of lan
guage. Soap bubbles held up to th<
sun will display various colors, so als<
is it with some of our would-be prom
inent editors.
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“To expose the suppose! err rs o:
our neighbor®, y^en it comes to beinj
tunned out of the country, jbe “Stai
of Zion” nor its little state corps *aa
not cause us to even choose the routs
by which we will travel. We arc
here to y and my brother can nol
see the mote In our eyes while the bean
is in bis own It would be good to#
the “Star” if its backers could wipe
the cotton fr91c ‘heir eyes see a thing
or two.
“They may try to sweep down on
but we are aware of one stubborn fact:
that a dog is priviledge to bark and
growell, bat he is innccent since he
doep’nt bite.
. George F. Washington, Editor.
“N. B.—The winds blow and we
know not from whence# comes, nclth
er am we disturbed. Just so . in the
future will we regard the winds which
blow against the breast of the ^Senti
nel” coining from the point above men*
tioned.
for Children's pay on Supply, Jpnp
!4tfa. Prof. Atkin* has displayed hi#
»ual good taste in getting ap this
>rogram. It is especially attractive
md we might My daa'rablo because it
•optics an excellent oat ot Dr; J. C
?rioe »ad n£o* miniature gird’s eye
iew of Livingstone College apd
;roumU Prof, Jukics writee os that
e is aiming to make the collections
5,000 this year end we see no reason
rfay they jfiuhld not be. Last year
an iucieaae of about #1,20# over me
year previous, and no one doubts the
ability of the church to raise #5,000
this jear.
The troth is that the amount raised
last year was #500 more than reporteo
i if not #1,000. We can give ^tbe
names of several men who raised mon*
’ ey 'and have never cent it in. Buch
men ought not to be allowed to go on
in the ministry. But we h#pe tc see the
; amount augmented this year and the
; deserving work of our very efficient
i educational secretary commended.
.“Anthony.”
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
OUR MINISTERS AND LAYMEN AS
EDUCATORS.
8. G. ATKINS, CONTRIBUTOR.
I la our previous communication we
t gave short notes on “Our Bishops as
i Educators.” It is not our purpose to
r flatter or boast anybody. That is a
• kind of business in which we do not
i care to take any part. It is our effort
only, as intimated in the last cotnrnu
i nication, to study our history and
t status in conuec’ion with what we
■ have done and are doing for educa
tion. to the end that we may take
i counsel and encouragement there
, from. Of course we must do more
; than we have ever done for education,
; not only because we can not afford to
’ take any steps backward on this great
i subject, but also because we would, by
any indifference or want of activity
. in reference to education, be false to
our own history on the subject and
. false to the men living and dead who
; have made and are making this his
. tory.
Let it go forth to the world that we
are an educational church, that we
5 propose a higher standard of inte li
gence ior the pulpit and pew, that we
[ propose to relegate to the rear, and
i finally practically excommunicate,
the opponents, or their abettors, of
. education and all educational i. e ns,
i and Zion stock will at once go up in
r the market of respect and good will
I throughout the civilized and Christian
world.
But now we are already sending out
to the world such a pronunciamento
may be seen from the following :
t OUR MINISTERS AND. LAYMEN AS
t MINISTERS.
Our attention must first be given to
two educators in Zion who have joined
the great majority—the one a minis
ter and the other a layman
A hundred readers of The Star
will guess at once that we mean Dr
J. C. Price and Prop. Robt. Har
ris. These two men in ZioD,
while perhaps not the earliest of
our effective educational workers,
it will be granted without question,
touched the high-wat6r mark of
our educational endeavor, and thus
furnish'd a point of reckoning
from which all the rest of us will
calculate the efficiencv of our own
labors in this field. When we remem
ber that we are one of the regular
contributors who should keep within
the column limit we are reminded that
we must desist from anything like a
full discussion of these two men.
Enough has been said in numerous
recent tributes to Dr. Price to have
informed all concerning him an 1 his
work. Prof. Harris was a much raier
man, perhaps, than the church will
ever know, and only in making some
special study have we fairly found out
the depth and breadth ot his work for
higher education among the colored
people in North Carolina during the
first decade end a half of our eman
cipation than any Qian in the State.
He was not professedly, and we say
"professedly” significantly, a man of
eminent scholarship from a university
point of view; but considering the
work ho did in Fayetteville as princi
pal of the Howard school there and
as the first normal school principal
North Carolina evec had of any race,
fie did a work for academic education
that was not- Overmatched during the
same period by the labors'of aoyfm»n
in the entire South working among the
colored people
Now* l^t ft be remembered that
Prof. Harris was a 'i£ion man of the
whole cloth, sitting in OUr church
councils, attending our annual anc:
general co#i*rence<3 and representing
us wherever ana whenever talent, ed
ucatjon and sterling manhood 'were
called for. There are others of our
men who haye passed to the great be
yond that deserve a place in these
potes as part proof of the loyalty and
devotion of cup connection to intelli
;ence and education! We would not
i lave it thought that we sjiall mention
all of the pjen ^rbo have done sorqe
educational work in the church nor
would we have it understood that these
notes should include reference only to
men who have sat in the saute school
room: for some of our most ardent
advocates of education as wpfl as ablest
defenders and“ most proficient pro
moters of the oanae were not teachers
Styicjtly sneaking. Let me mention
three such men, now dead, who warp
ministers in the obursh ao<| two i
them trustees of Livingstons College,
viz; Rev. W. H Thurber, Rev. N. J
Green, D. D., and Rev. J. A, Tyler,
p. D. Think of Rev. Thurber,
a' plain hluqtipan of little education,
who penfe dpwp to tfs Iron) tfia “dark
days ’ before the wajr. Think 0f such
a man being virtually the found jr of
a great college. But such is really
the oase in Rev. Thurber’s relation to
Ha?
ti
Mow well do we remember Dr.
Green’s ardor and concern for the wel*
fare of the college and the interest! of
eduoation as testified to during his an*
nual visits to the oolite on commence
ment occasions.
Referring to Dr. Tyler we are
brought to consider one of a large
class of men who have taught the con*
nection the ways of intelligence in
other spheres then in the school-room;
sod we shall claim large admiration
especially for those who did this by
consecrating their pens to the cause of
education and a cultivated Christian
manhood in the ohurch and in the
race. Dr. Tyler was the first editor
of The Stab of Ziosr and according
to Dr. R. H. Simmons, wrote its first
salutatory. I should tike very much
to have that salutatory before me now.
It would be an interesting piece of
reading if that salutatory could be
reproduced in The Stab.
But the point is that Dr. Tyler al
ways stood for intelligence, being him
self a student; and, although the best
years for training had passed, he still
struggled for an education. We shall
have to defer the mention cf our liv
ing ministers and laymen who are
giving our Zion an educational repu
ation until aaother contribution.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
BY BROOKLYN ZIONITE.
' Brooklyn is known a? the City of
Churches. The pulpit of these church
es are filled by men of prominence in
the religious world, among whom are
Talmage, Abbott, Storm, Behrends
and others. The A fro-American
churches are not a whit behind in the
general make up of their pastors, in
the list of which occur such names as
W. T. Dixon, G F. Watkins, J. Pel
ham Williams, W. T. Lawton and R
Haywood Stitt A memb r of Zion,
a keen observer ot men and things, I
desire to say a few words concerning
the last named gentleman, and his
work for the past three years in the
Fleet-at., Zion church of this city.
It is a well known fact that Zion in
Brooklyn was not occupying the po
sition nor exerting the irfiuence that
it ought. With an eye to this, that
far-seeing, level headed bishop, Rt.
Rev. J. W. Hood, sent Rev. R. Hay
wood Stitt to lead the forces out of the
wilderness, and place Fleet-st., in the
front rank of churches. The wisdom
of this selection has been clearly dem
onstrated in the success that has at
tended > is efforts during the past
three years. ^
A general entbu-iasm has been
awakened in every department of
church work. The congregation has
so increased that the church edifice is
far too small for present exigencies.
Every year has witnessed gracious re
vivals of religion which have increased
the membership of his own and other
churches.
The financial interests have been
well looked after and much has been
done in this line. Many long stand
ing debts have been paid, the interest
on the principal debt promptly met
and the current expenses kept up
Much money has also been given by
this church for charitable purposes.
Believing in the theory that the sue
cess of the future church depends up
on the proper care and training of our
young people in methods of church
work, and that no organisation offers
greater possibilities to Christian youth
than the “Young People’s Society ot
Christian Endeavor” he organised one
here about a year ago, which society
is an important factor in the work ef
the church.
For the intellectual development of
the peop’e he organized the Progress
ive Literary Association which is com
posed of some of the best; biain of the
city, and whjch stands second to none
in the linp of literacy achievements.
These two societies together with the
Gone and Daughters of Zion are com
posed of the younger element of the
church. As a preacher Rev. Stitt
stands in the front rank. Calm and
deliberative at first, he sweeps along
carrying hjs audience with him and
holding tliem spell* 'ofiod py his elg
queued. .
iDe general vercnet is mat no net*
ter preaejuer in Bpofclyn, la fact
bis fame baa gone out far and near,
p ople (ften coming far and near
tq b qc thjs ablg expioeqt qf tbe gos
pel. Ho is to tbe Afrorr American pal.
pit of this olty, wYtt Dr. falajage is
;o tbe Anglo-S x >n.
He is a!so a singer of some aite,
intf tbif fftot ooipl-d w«fh hU preach
|jg' ability i ad Is hie popularity
n fq-ctj one qf tin ob'of a't-aC'.iom at
?ieet:st., is tbq aingJqj of jtq p^tor
md choir.
Rev. Stitt is beyond doubt a man
f the people, a true Zionite, yet his
briatianity is bounded bj no securi
n' lines, for the peopl j of all deaomi
atione claim him as the ya. No
hqrch gathering, no pqblio demon- ■
tratipn is oop$i4ere<i poqqp’g q ^i(,h j
i)t his preset}? j. 4 raoe men in ev* j
ry sense of the term, h's voice Is ever <
fted in the defence o hi-* people, in <
no advocacy of their rights, aud in
enqnci^iion of the wrongs imposed
pon* them. From hid pqfpit the op*
rested In ye been allowed to plead
leir cause when other avenues of ob- i
lining a hearing were cut off, the t
utjcdjr have found in him one ilviji
ready to lend a helping hand-; and no
worthy objeot, no matter how pressing
other demands may be, ever foils of a
hearing from him.
Thns to snm up, Fleet-*t, church
stands to-day the leading church in
Brooklyn, her congregations the larg
est, and her pastor the most popular.
What Bishop Hood intends t** dr for
Fieet-st, at the owning conference we
know not, but we are sore we voice
the sentiment of all classes ot persons
in the City of Churches when we|say
“Send us Rev. Stitt.for the fourth
year.”
ZION IN PHILADELPHIA.
BY J 8. BOrOERH,
Mr. Editor—Zion in Philadelphia,
or as the is more commonly called
* Big Wesley/’ is programing notwith
standing the country’s unsettled con
dition. She can boast of the neatest
and brightest church in tbe city, and
is noted for her cheerfulness and
warmth, on the part of her members
as well as her appointment. Our
pastor, Or Q W OfH )j is about con
cluding bis sixth year as our minister
and has done a great work for Zion in
Philadelphia, for the c mnection at
large, and for the community in which
we live. He has certainly built up a
large membership and placed Zion,
with the assistance of his helpers in
the foremost rank of our colored
churches in the North, and particu
larly in this city. It is said we lead
them all. We pray that wherever he
may be aligned, at this coming con
ference, that his labors may continue
to be blessed as in the past. As Phila
delphia is a very large city, and we
have but one church, and a weak mis
sio , we some limes think* that the
conference makes a mistake in not
sending some of the strong men to the
missions in large cities, that they might
be more quickly bnilt up by their
Easter Bunday was a memorable
day with us. After an illness of several
days the pastor occupied the pulpit at
the morning service. The opening
services of praise and Scripture read
ing was conducted by Bro J E Rod
gers followed by prayer by Rev Webb,
after which the pastor preached a
practical, earnest and feeling sei mon
on the “Resurrection” from tbe 34th
chapter of St. Luke. The hearts of
the poople were deeply moved as was
manifested by their hearty attestation
of the divine presence. Fully 1500
persons packed the churoh from pul
pit to door at the evening service, at
which time the Sabbath-school held
theii service It was a wonderful
sight. About 400 scholars took part
in the service, which was conceded to.
he the very best ever _ given by the
school. When Bro J E Rodgers, who
oonduc ed the service, raised his baton
for the opening hymn, it seemed that
every heart had been iqspired for the
occa ion, as the entire audience j >ined
in singing “AH hail ihe power of Jesus
name.” The selection of Etster music
entitled “Christ Triumphant/1 was ex
ceedingly flue and was the best ever
rendered by the school. The rendi
tions of solos, duets, etc., aqd recita
lions by the scholars weye highly credr
itable. The grand pipe organ, the
Bunday school’s two large cabinet or?
gens, a cornet and violin accompanied
the singing. The fl viral decorations
we’e superb, over 100 plant) of all
descriptions being tastefully arranged
around the church.
Rev J MoH Farley of Petersburg,
agd family are visiting in our city.
West preached for us on tlje even jog
of April 1st, while gn yoifto to big
h* me, having just returned from th§
funeral of his wife’s mother,
experience and influence,
MRS. $ILLA JET EB DEAD.
BY W W H LL.
Mf. B Mori—l attendtd LuLe
ohuroh, Union, 8. 0M On Thurkdity
al*-» and I burd Elder S. T. Mcfeks
preach one of tie grandest aermms fro id
IM'sBpIstli to the l^hlUIppiana, ijai;
it has been my pritilege to h*r; 'the Mb
ieot wu “Longing forjjearen, ahd to <fl(e
gn|q or the ohrietlene reward after
death,” Bra Hooke in lee» than 20 min*
ntea heoaaie the maater of the situation,
for there was many hearty amena to be
heard through the oongregatlon. this
was the aeooqd time that I had the nleaa
™ 'fa,,* p^pi;;
and without a sha^qw of % dou^ ha
knew what hf was talkiqg aboqt. f am
not prepared to glee the details or teett
moay of Slater Sill* Jeter. But Bco.
Berry Tuoker has a right to say “I an
flad when It is said, let us go into the
iouae of the Lord” when hi« mind i« led
jjj**®* r *!*Hh to suite him and
shat dear family say be “Iq.taqt tq a*q.
k» gad oqt of season’' when he aqd hls
^Oftwtia thleht about that good man
seiife R. Tuoker, had the one that oame
o hie death hjr the falling of a tree, and
hen oomea Slater Sill* j«ter who wee
««hlaW away In her grate t> awilt the
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he last io» it aSd^mThei' ^'uld
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