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VOL. XVIIL
SALISBURY, N.CJ. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1804.
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NUMBER 44
A RUNNING FIRE GO It ME NT
ON PERSONS AND THINGS.
BY *KV. J. W. SMITH.
By special request I spent the seoond
Sabbath In OotoSerwith Her. J 8.(Md
weUL the able pastor of Mother Zion. If
was a JohObe sad grand tally day; a day
of gospel faast had ee*toe of eoag. It
opened at 7:90 a. a^, eitii experlenoe
meeting, led by Brother Am Robbins,
and others, of Jersey City The first
gospel gnn was fired at 9 a. by Bee.
j. H. Mason, of Newark, K. J. He use
to be a ntetnber of my ohnreh la Wash#
ington. He is osaaait yovng meh To
glee yon an Idea of hie earmoa I will
quote the words of the editor of As,
Christian Recorder who era* present and*
■aid: “Brother Mason that was a grand
m—iw- Ton are on the order of Bishop j
Simpson, as a preacher.”
debater, sharp writer, and able preaoher,
the Bar W T Biddle of the New Jersey
oonfbccnoe. He 1mm been preeohing for
years and is an old ohamuiloa of Son.
***
Hr J H Manley, with Blind Tom No.
3, and little Bessie, was in NY. He says
he feels mace encouraged, and that la
spite of orittoism and discouragement*,
he will oome oat all right at the general
oanfsmnoe fat 18g0
*** ' l
I met Bishop Waiters at oar Book Con
earn. Be, Caldwell, Manley, J H An
demon and myself spent several hoars
talking of the fntare good of Zton. Ike
bishop to Ml of bright Ideas and is des
tined te be of great serrioe Se bis ohurob.
He Is growing more popular daily be
cause he has the magnetism of wrapping
young and old men around hint. The
election of Bishops Petto? and Walters
memos that y mag Seen oaa make jaat ae
g<*od bishops as old men.
▲111 ft m, /
H * Johmcn, D
D, Editor of to*
Christian Beooid
er, of tbft AMI
Cburob, levelled
bis gospel oan
non and fl ed ft
ball on ibeiortof
bell fiom 8 Cor.
8:9 Tbrnti
♦‘The Believer’s
Blob Inbeii»»Bce
through oor
Lord Joftftl
Christ” Brail
scholarly, exe»«l
tlossliy
gent, srgtiBtt-oy
tlve, Ulastift'lvt,
as full of go*p*l
troths as fto egg ‘
Is full of
* *
While la IT 7, f
met BerFd Hilt
tee popular
young pastor of
the Metropolitan
Zion ohoreh iu
Washington, D C.
He, Cardwell and
I went on Satur
day ni«<ht to tb«
great mass meet
ing in Coupe
Union of the Re
pnbtioans. Out
boar before ttou
doors opened tea.
tnousaud people
stood outaldt*
When the door*
opened they
r u a had like m*d
lions for seats
hJtV. A 5 CA.il) * JELL, B. D.
Dr Johnson, who to the Author of the
Divine Logos, is a theologies of the first
order h|s swmb ttat morning wttl
stay a long time In the minds of think
ing people.
Atlpm, Rev E George Biddle, of Jo?
sey City, prenosed a stirring end practi
cal sermon on “Mmtual Help.1* Text,
Gal. 3:13
At 8 p m, Rev E Lyon, of fit Harks
ohnroh, N T, preached a lively sera m
on “Take up thy bed and walk
At 4:80 p m, the Rev J If Henderso”,
M D, of Bethel oh arc n N T. preached.
The hinges upon whioh he swung the
door of his text wan 3 Tim. 4:7. It wan a
plain, thoughtful sermon, highly appre
ciated After the sermon, Editor John
son introduced me to Brother Hender
son, calling him the J Wfimitb, of Bethel
church, and me the J If Henderson, of
the Zion ohnroh That Is to My, we
write alike. Tkoee who know mv style
as n writer In n ooutroversy, or when I
get warm on the subject, will get an Idea
of Brother Henderson as n writer. H* Is
more sarcastic and sensational than i am
At 7 £1) p m, Big Zion was pecked with
a large audience, white and ooiored. All
np in the •alleries and down stales the
people crowded in. Bishop Walters, D
D, wm present. The writer preached.
We had a good time. All the choirs, ex
oept Editor Johnson’s and mine, were
present during the day and rendered de
lightful songs. Bishop Walters dosed
the great meeting with the Lard's Sup
per. The ooheotloii, daring the day, wm
$518.00.
Monday evening at 8 delook, Rev J H
Anderson, of Paterson, N J, preaobe I a
flowery sermon on the "Upper and nether
millstone.”
-We present to the readers the llkene •
of the wide-awake pastor of our Mother
Zion. Ho to a North Carolinian by birth,
and a graduate of Living*cone College
He served very euoo-aefaiiy *mr ohurche*
nt Elisabeth City, N C, and Petersburg.
Va. This to hi* third year la New York,
and if things move on ns they are now
moving, the prophecy which Bishop
Hood uttered the night of the reception
when he introduced him to this ohnroh
ns taelr pastor for the next four yean,
will be fulfilled. Caldwell Is a hustler
Heto always on the go, and always study
ing (dans to bettor the condition of hie
church. It to a heavy pastorate, and the
monthly expenses ate greet
Rev J S Caldwell, B D. to affable, un
assuming, jolly and friendly. Hto house,
seems to be the home of ministers. He to
a close student of the Bibin, of thaolo
gy, and of human nature. He gives prom
toe of years of usefulness to oar great
and the mum of train—a
1 in whatever position ho maybe pur,
ho will do hto part
•**
I mot la Nor Task the Rev E G OUf
too, who is peapartag to haild as a
ohoroh la H totem, it it to be 55x100
and to cost $85,000. He has promised to
eater part of the lumber and
_m Ua wisrii
suing w ssus CO MW
■ 7’?: : i e t
CMf sqaees«& os terribly end poshed o»
forward at a 3.40 gait. [ aerdr want to
***** Mdiher New York mass mse'log
^hj this mighty throng t Why the btg
hralny Pom Beady who belongs not only
to Maine bat <o the Nation, end upon
whom has fallen the mantle of Blaine,
was to speak. It was a neat speeoh,
fall of saroasm and genntne humor. The
battle-axe of his tremendous logio again
and agam oat the thiok armor of specious
reasoning with which Clereland's ad
mtnlstraMoa has sought to elothe its fee
ble measures His avalanche of reasons
for DemoeraMo overthrow and Bepubll
can triumph will make thousands of
rotes.
**
00 my way home i stopped at the Pub
lication Bouse of the AMI ohuroh In
Philadelphia. I met the erudite theolo
gian and forceful writer, Dr J 0 Embry,
the bool nets manager. , It la largely due
to his brains and buainnas tact that his
ohor jh has such a fine building. He has
a splendid bastness mind.
1 called on the young editor of the
Christian Beoorder, Ber H T Johnson,
D D, whom orery one says looks like mo
and found him busy writing learned and
soorohlng editorials. As an editor, he Is
equally as sbls ss Ms predecessors, Bish
ops Tanner and Lea • He has a remarka
ble purity of diction anl n telling rerse
tlllty of expression. There la nothing
dullabouthis writings. When aroused,
he is 'earless and sarcastic, taking and
giving hard blows - He showed me ail
through his depar ment and told ms to
write for his paper whenever I felt like
it/
I met In the same building Dr 0 T
Shofler, corresponding secretary and
treasurer of the Cuuroh Extension Socie
ty of the ▲ M E oouroh. This depart
ment has been estshilsued by tbs Board
of Bishops si nos their last general a*n
feronoe and has bean a decided suoabas
The total oesh reoMpts for the year end
ing M«y 8.1898, was $4 8AO95, while the
ttsoal year ending May 8,1894, was m m
than d mole that amuuuc, rescuing $11,
896.66 In ord- r to oaitd new oharoues
la unooonpted plaoca, loan money to
strugg Ing ohnrohes, snob as ws bays In
Chicago and In Washington, aad stop so
many fruitless appeals In IfeiSwtnf r
this aud that chureh, I hare- always con
tended that Zion should hnve sChuroh
Exteasion Society, a Secretary at Its
head. 1 do not want and would not*
hues toe position. 1 know tome Is a
testing la oertain quarters not to eleot
these champions. Hiss Wells spoke ax
hour and a half; telling of the numeroui
cruelties to her race, and the andlenoc
expressed Its Indignation In many ways.
Frederick Douglass dosed the meeting
with an eloquent and burning speeob
and a permanent Anti-Lynching Commit
tee was formed, whose duty It will be to
solicit every one, black and white, to
eupport the movement
***
Bev B H Stitt, the brilllint sucoessor
Dr G W Offley, had a grand rally for his
shurch a week before I got to his dty,
and be raised In one day over $1,812 00.
The members say that beats the record
Stitt Is growing stronger every day.
***
Leaving Philadelphia I brought up at
York, October 17th, to meet the 8tate
Christian Endeavor Convention. Over
4,000 delegates were there. I had three
from my ohuroh. It was a grand meet
log of three days gathering. Grand
prehefaing, grand singing, grand speak
ing. Every known subject of interest to
•he T. P. S C. E. was discussed with
ability and interest. When £ got to York
«nd found no oolored delegate on the
program to speak or oonduot a Free Par
liament, I got indignant and made up my
alnl to strike at the Co oven don when I
got a o hence. The ohanoo. came. I
struok, and struck effectively.-The presi
dent got up and tried to weaken my blow
by saying he did not omit the colored
delegates intentional ly; that be wea not
well acquainted with our people to know
of their ability; that after this he wonld
wears us hat leading colored me:i and
women would be on the programs. The
president was given to understand that
we had a plenty of able men and women,
,nd that 1 he w raid consult us, the
names would be forthcoming. He said
He would As uaual, a weak-kneed col
ored Presbyterian' minister arose and
laid he waa sorry the attack had hem
made; that the colored delegates general
ly did not fes^ sligh ted by not Mag on
r.he program O her o rioted delegates
trots and said be was mistaken. That
large convention endorsed my attaok,
»nd what was the result f Why, Bev J
tf Small, D D, at its oloee, waa elected
one of lte vioe-presidenta. I believe be
is the first oolored man to occupy this
position in this State Convention. When
the Convention meets in Erie, Pa., next
year £ expect to see oolored delegatee on
the program. I am going to write to
both the State and National Committees
sod see if they will take up the subject
of Lynching when arranging their into
grams. We mast agitate. I like the
Christian Endeavor Society and I think
Zionooght to adopt it in preferenoeto
those others nnder names. If our minis
ters want to know how to organisa one
in their ohnmhes let them write for
particulars to tho United Sooiety of
Christian Endeavor, 646 Washington
street, Boston, Moss.
CETOENNIAL APPEAL OF THE
AFRICAN METHODIST EPIS
COPAL ZION CHURCH.
TO ALL EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE METHODIST
BODIES 07 CANADA AND
THB BRITISH ISLES.
the great mer
rioan Methodist
h, have been
b of theeloseof
Grkbting Througl
8)« of God, we, the i
Episoopal Zion Cha
brought within two yea
tie firstone hundredth—,—,
jto irj as a separate and distlnot organi
zed n
In 1706 James Varlok and others be
oanse of the existence of proscription
end. other oonditions whloh hindered
tbetr intelleo net development and re
ligt me growth, and prevented them from
eagagiag la the work spreading the oanse
of Christ and uplifting their fellows ao
oording as they felt themaelTSS moved by
the Spirit of God, withdrew from the
Mother Church and formed a separate
anddlstinot organization, out of which
has grown the great A frioan Methodist
Bplsoopal Zion Ohnrch.
We congratulate ourselves on haying
had a man of soph unselfish motives,
starling qualities end pronounced aMUtj
as an organics? and leader, to head thii
grant religions movement; he was tbs
first man of the raoe to grasp the- great
idea of a purely religions Xhgro organ!
srtng (Us hnhdred years oni
s grown from a handful tc
000 com ftyi** stay embrsolDj
on of the United States,
1 of Afrloa and some of th<
the Sen. It has taken a fore
moat payttaatlmovaaMBtseOBatlagt*
«a ..i spiritual welfaa
(our first established church of the oon
nectlon,) now situated on the corner o
West 10th and Bieertker streets, Net
York City, N Y.
We take this medinm through whicl
to Inform yea of oar Intention, rad tc
earnestly ask yoar sympathy and co-opei
ationto make this Centennial effort a
success in advancing the Bedceaer’i
Kingdom and in the elevation of the race.
It Is ear purpose td hold a Ten Bay
Cente nnial Qonfereno^two sessions each
djy, at which time, papers will be road
rad suoh subjects discussed as maybe
agreed upon. J?
Every denomination or religions organ
tnattoa la cordially invited to participate
with os. W^especiallj invite all Hetiio
diet organizations to take part with ua.
Ea jh denomination Weiring represen
tation will please oomumnioate with
Bishop A. Waltsbs, I> D, Chairman
Centennial Committee? So 358 Bleeoker
St, New York City. *T.
Executive ' ommittee:
Bishop J W Hopd, DD, LL D; Bishop
J P Thompson, D D, Bishop T H Lomax,
D D, Bishop C C PatteW A 1C, D D, Blah
op C R Harris, D D, Bishop I 0 Clinton,
DD, Bishop A Walters, D D, Rev Wm
Howard Day, D D, Bke J W Alstork, D
D, Rev E Deo Biddle, B D, Rev W H
Chambers, Rev J S Q&dwell,BP, Rev
G W Clinton, A M, BevTW H Goler, D O,
Rev R S Rive*, D D, Rev H Blake, Rev J
P Thompson, D D. r
Hun J C Daooy, General Manager.
A VOICE FROM FLORIDA.
BY BEV , B F STKVJ5YS.
It has baen tiffa^iaaa I bavi
g*en anything in the col am as of oar
behoved STAB tsoacaraiag oar war k io
the Land of Flowers Wi bad a
uuioa camp meeting vf all the Metho
dist charcbes ia «od tiftrand the city
of Pensaoia, at Lire Oak with Dr E
J Carter manager That energetic,
intelligeat, deep thiuke*, scholar,
preacher and race leader, who is in
charge of Big Zion, -md-u* to victory
There'were seven souls c Averted to
God; three joined Big Zion and
three joined the A. M E church,
Dr. A W- Watson pastor. We want
the several readers of the Star to be
informed respecting Big Zion. When
this son of Zion took charge he found
the church ve»ydeep in debt—about
$850, a mortgage given to the Build
ing and Loan Aw ciation on tb<
church for $450. With a member
ship of 651 this debt was made in *92
during Rev. W. H Smith's adminis
tration who was p stor here two years
and with that hoat of members and a
concourse of followers $40 was paid
on the debt. The bishop in his godly
judgment saw fit to move Rev. Smith
and make him presiding elder.
Notwithstanding this has been ions
he wanted to pastor the church and
told (he people he woold build them
a brick church if he was their pastor.
The wonderful work that is being
done by our pastor, Rev. Carter,
shows the wisdom of oar highly es
teemed Bishop Lomax in appointing
him to this work. Money has been
tcarce but despite the hard times be
has paid $90 on the debt and is only
wai'ing for the time to cotne to call in
the dubs to liquidate the whole of it
This is the man for Big Zion. Rev.
Outer is highly respected by white as
well as colored. He has a loving
wife and five children.
Your humble Servant is working np
a club for the Star. : We have not
had a pay day here in three months,
so my people are without money, bat
we ere coming. All the minister!
seem to be doing well on their work,
Dr. AJstork was in our city on tbs
4th of last month o meet the Board
of Bishops which laiied to meet Dr.
Alstorkisa grand man and ii mj
mind he will be elected Bishop in '96
Loot opt for n% we are coming
What is there to keep bim back? Hi
has the ability both spiritually ami
intellectually.
A8BURY PARK SPRAYS.
by mbs. juli i o joensoar.
• TEE
^oraeav^
PASTOR
TI0N8 OP A
DURING HIS OUT
ING*
BY HSfV.^. % HILL
Having been granted a leave of ab
sence by the members ot my church I
packed ray satchel and made" ray way
to the Oth-st depot, Washington, Hr
C, October 9, for the purpose of
taling a trip to New York and Phila
delphia. On arriving at the station
we met Rev. Geo. W. Clinton the
genial edit or of the Stab who had
been attending conference at Ithica,
N. Y He certainly must have had a
pleasant reception for his face was all
smiles as Le made mention oi his
ir‘>p aid the hospitable friends he
had met. While titoa engaged the
train criar called passengers for the
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York express. We spoke a hastj
got d bye and joined in the mad rush
for the gate leading to the train. Af*
tei some lively scrambling we sc
| cu el a comfortable seat and settled
| down f <r the trip promptly at 10*80
|th«l ng t ain pulled out and we wese
i f i t speedi.g over the rai’a toward
BrV'tiui* r -, from whence, alter a
*.b rt etop, we pruccadtd to Phila
tie phi*. Fr ra this point tha char
aa'er of the pai-euger* se med to un
dergo a el:*r!g*/«“d ng*e&d of their
app trai.ee iudicstittg pleasure, they
secon d le be atiritly set on buBinese.
The landscape of the eurrounding
country is be utjfu) ■> liaycnd disetip
tion The mixture tf green and gold
11 p n which the sun cists 1 s; ra^s was"
a ectne no* boo i. to be forgotten for
its beauty. A^ong ia the afternoon
about 4:30 we sighted Jersey City
and knew then we we*e nearing the
great Metropolis -In ten minutes we
wore on board the ferry boat and
headi ng for Deabiosacs 8 r*t. Upon
<ur arrival tl>e wide-awake cabmen
seemed determined on taling our bag
gage from us at any rate; but having
knowledge of the pait'cular line of
cars wueh carried us near to our
stopping place we proceeded on onr
way and Had thestfisfacti>n of com
i g to the residence oi Rev. J. 8.
Caldwe-1 without any difficulty. On
learning that he had shortly before
onr ar.ival gone out with our beloved
Bishop Walters,we awaited his return,
in the book room. , He soon pot in
his appearance, however, and with a
cheerful greeting invited us into the
parsonage and established us so. com
fortably that the fatigue and dost of
the journey were soon forgotten in the
attention be and his dear family gave
us. The success ef many a minister is
largely due to the choice he makes of
a wife and *thoce who have had the
pi asure of meeting Mrs Caldwell are
immediately impressed with the
cbeeriul and easy manner in which
she relieves a stranger of any uneasi
nvss concerning a welcome to her
home. From the precise and studied
movements of Eider Caldwell we
knew that he was following up a well
arranged plan looking forward to
grand results in the rally in Mather
Zion on ®uaday. An elaborate pro
gramme had been arranged from
which we learned that the 14th would
be an all-pay Gospel feast and ser
vice of song; and thus it proved to bo.
At 7 3 a. ra. experience meeting
was conducted by Rev. Amos Rob*
bins and others fiom Jersey City. 1
At 9 a m Rev. J. H. Mason, of
Newark, N. J, preached a grand
sermon from Isaiah xxxv-10. Sub
ject:‘The return of the ransomed.”
Hib choir oondocted the singing.
One v»ry notable feature oi this ser
vice was the beautiful solo iupg by ■*
little giri of about 10 years wbicn
»fleeted the entire congregation
The ooU'ction at this
Very good.
Alljt a m. >
hud assemble! to
Johnson, i). H
it ' tcV .«i
Strong preachers are generally good
editors, »• wpqbesrve in the editor of
oar St^b. The collection at this
service Was very gratifying to E'der
Caldwell,. Haring received a tele
gram from Rev. R Haywood Stitt,
B. D., pastor of Wea'ey Zion 15th
Lena bard, Philadelphia, to come
and preach for him at 8 o'clock Son
day evening, we took our leave of
Rev. Caldwell Vand our mends in
New York just about the time
(1 p. m.) that Rev. George Biddfo,
of Jersey CSy, if as introduced to the
congregation.
We have learned, with a great
deal of pleasure that the program
was carried, out with great effect.
Rev. J. W. Smith, of Carlisle, Pa.,
the versatile writer, the eloquent
speaker, and earnest go.-pel preacher
delivered a soul stirring sermon st
the eieuing service*
Ihe four days spent ia New
York and Brooklyn were full of in
terest. . We met two promioent-y< ung
men ia the medical proits-ion from
the “Old North State ” Dm E. P.
Roberta mid B. P*. RgM, who aucces - (
fuiiy adtdfnilter Electrical Treatment.
[The > hifctrtc.il bath which they recom
! mend and administer is a moat effect
ive remedy for rbewnatisu and gener
al debility. ' Their office ia located at
521 Sixb-a\e, New York.
' We met PVof. David Williams
Parker, president Jones University,
in Brooklyn ; be reports that he is do
ing well in b half of the school Rev
Caldwell is doing well in New Yo k.
Rev. Coffey, of the Fieet-at, church,
Brooklyn, is doing Well and preaches
totaegasmi aftaaffvw aadibhoes. IEU
has bepn quite sick* bat we are glad
to note the f ct that be is improving.
Leaving New. York at 1:10 p m,
we arrived in Philadelphia in due
season and went immediately to the
ratideoeeof Rev. R. Haywood Stitt,'
1533 Lombard-st. He and his con
gregation were attending services at
Bethel A. fii. E. church. Prior to
the regular services of the evening
the Christian Endeavor conducted a
very inte eating praise mee ing and
by 3 o’clock the gallery and tower
floor were packed and chairs were
place in the aisles. The congrega
tions that gather at this church are
simply amazing. The aisles, the steps,
and vestibule and even on the outside
of the church the people stand to lis
ten toth» stirring eermo s and sweet
singing of their pastor. A deep spir
ituality pervades all the servic s and
every department cf the church is
alive to the needs of the hoar. Ia a
rece t rally they realized nearly $1,
500. There is a peculiarly attractive
and unpiessive grace winch. Rev.
8titt possesses in his pulpit which car
ries with it a force which ia indiscrib
able. His manner of delivery is
pointed and by easy stages h * leads
his hearers to the conclusion of what
ever matter he is considering. He
has the spirit to make thoee, who arc
with him to enjoy every moment; and
eis estimable wifo is alive t > every in
terest for tbesuooeee of her husband.
They have two interesting children
We attended the lecture delivered by
Miss Ida B. Weila in the Y. M. 0. A.
Hall, corner Ohesnut and Fifteenth
streets, a d without exception she is
ths most eloquent lady we have ever
listened to. The lynchirgs of oolored
men in this country receive a just
oondemnatisn from this ptaoky little
woman* The audience was complete
ly swayed by her as she described the
horrible butcheries perpetrated in
Texas and Tamieaee. The audience
gave vent to their feelings in groans
and other expressions of condemna
tion. . -■*
I T ' feast was held in the church
ir*s i *iJay evening, at the close oi
which 19 whsco! looted to pay the ex
pauses of brother A L. kernel to
ffcftli** Mich, who had been tran*
ftrrtd to the Miehig* t and Oanadi
conference by Bishop Walters. Go
teg Oct from this church te the work
Of Me His he received a very earneat
and pht hstio charge iron his pastor,
Bar Stitt It was a touching
The »tab**of tth
filed part him, chokinghii
in tVfiSr SnntiZfZm
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they sang “Shall we meet beyond the
river.”
- Having spent two weeks away from
our charge we boarded tin cars Bator
day after ood", October 21st. nod at
4 30 we were again in tin midst ot our
flock refreshed and in pi red t» no >ler
work with jm kind-hearted people aa
€?ver contribute \ to the c -inert of a
pastor.
ATKINSON COLLEGE
1IY MR. J CRENSHAW.
Iu its third session, the Msdieo'J*
ville High School opens U' dor the new
name cf Atkinson College. ibis in
dicates rapid growth, but in some re
spects the the iodieatim exceed* ihe
realities. To the two buiidiu^a that
formerly did duty as dormitory, din
ing d partment and recitation rooms
another uilding has been added con
tain Dg sixteen rooms' In this hold
ing-there are ten rooms (12sll) on
the second floor for the cccupamy ol
young men. O; the first floor ihero
io one larger roc m (15x50) to bs used
as a chapel, three recitation ro rcs
and two office rooms. \vhen tLo
rooms iu all these buildings have'beer,
properly fitted up, there will be suita
ble acctmuacdaiioua *’ r thirty five
boarding students
The new building is to be kne wu
as Baily Hall. It is eo n^nod in
honor of the benevolent spirited man
who came to ouy relief when there
was no other friend t) help, except
Mr. J* B. Atkins n in whose honor
the college has heen named.
The buiidiog is by no m^an3 a fine
ttroctarev -and, in fact* it fans fisr
short of wjiat the present age demands,
but, as it was not erected by raco
pride, it may as a gift from our-white
friends, meet the present demands of
uti ity. As soon ai raco pride can be
r llied to the support of ih i institu
tion, more spacious grounds will be
procured and better buildio^s erected.
But what is now demanded of the
Negro race is to equip the rooms of
the present buildings, fill them with
itudents and meet the remaining in
debtedness and current expanses cf
the institution. Until this is done,
neither the race in general nor the
connection in particular has aay part
in the school to boast of. No school
of a higher grade can be established
and maintained without money and a
great deal of it. Five and teu cents
contributions will not meet the de
mands. * It requires dollars by the
fives, tecs, twenty-fives, fi ties and
hundreds. Business must be conduct
ed on business principles and it re
quires businesslike contributions *o
do it. I dare say the school coud be
handsomely supported with the money
that is annually thrown away, even
by the members of the connection t
whisky, “beer and tobacco, if ihes
degrading habits were stopped and
the money thus spent were given to
help educate and elevate the taee.
As a race we have depended upon
the whites for aid so much that we
are becoming burdensome to them.
We need to help ourselves more an 1
not to beg si much. Let every man
or woman who read*, or hear* of ibis
give one day’s earniugs every year to
support this school Then the pres
ent condition of aff »irs will be greatly
changed ior the better.
GORDOllVILLE (KY ) NEWS.
BY BEV. J. J KENNEDY.
Mr. Editor—Will you please eay to
your many readers that I went to
Gordon villa on the same day the K« n*
tutky conference adjourned, in com
psny with Sisters A G Smite, Martha
Rush, Fannie Mason, Jane Gought,
and Bro Mason, members of my new
appointment. I, was bless* d to start
mv .meeting on Tuesday tig *r, Sept.
11th,"and we have had a crowded
house ever since God has smiled
upon Gordonville.. Wo have the
hurch crowded every night. * e had
three conversions and three additions
to the ehuroh. We had some aElec
tion for the church, and Zion U m«»v
on nicely. We moved oere but 1
! gof the' parsonage repaired