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HE STAR OF ZION. REV. G. W. CLINTON , Editor Thursday, November 8, 1894* Tnu: fl^1 Ps* Annum. tHnotiy U Aiwms. But months,80 ots,throe months 60 C'f Mr NOTICE I-Mi QlsflrWhen yon see this paragraph marked take notice that your sub eaription has expired, and without re newal at once we shall be compelled to discontinue your paper.-tim ■We particularly call the attention ot all our subscribers to the fact that whenever they see <wo blub marks opposite our paragraph reltivc to time, it is the last paper that will be mailed until the subscription is rw v aewed Mail Subscribers are requested to remit by check, Poet Office Money Order,Postal Note or Registered-:Xef ter. iNOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS The Stab or Zxosr will be glad to is stirs wsll-writtss wunmtotoi turn all partawf tbs country on subsets of gw •rsl interest and giving items sf eews. t understood,bowovsr, “t Thntthssditaris not responsible 1« the views expressed by correspondents, t. Th-t in all cases tbs real asms sf tb« This is desired not for publication, but m of good frith. Thit articles for be written on one side of the riieet enly.ii as plain a baud as possible. 4. That tbs editor reserves tbs right * reject such matter as hisj determine is Improper for ] 6, Thatte insure pnM s tumid bs pointed, expressed IndeoeutEs glish, free from personal abuse, sad dealini with live questions. G. W. CLINTON, Edito* of Stab or Ziov, The report of the Blue Ridge Tenn., conference has just been re ceived. It and our editorial obeervi tiona will appear later. At his grand rally during Iasi month 3ev. E. E. Wilson, of Cincit nati, Ohio, raised about $260. H< is pushing the work on all lines anc meeting with success. News comes from Salem and Ak ron, Ohio, bringing information thal Revs. Cypress and Strother the neu pastors at these points were cordial ly received and started off grandly, Ministers of the Central Nortl Carolina conference will do well t< keep a dose watch on'Rer. T. B. M< Cain, of the Lillington circuit. H< is besting the record on Genera Fund. The man who is a failure in J smallfcharge should never be entrus ed with a larger one. Only thoei who are faithful in small things art worthy of being placed over large: things. Dru Shall wishes us to say that hi has only received $7 of the Genera Fund reported in Presiding Elde: Daniel’s sratement. Is it possibli that the brethren collect and fail ti send injthe General Fund ? We are pleased to note that Bev 8. J. Clemens, late of the Missour conference, has taken charge of Mt - Pisgah church, Washington, D. C He is pleased with his new chargi and feels hopeful of success. Whebeveb the life, teachings anc example of our preachers and teach Ors are of a high character, the tom and social life of the people become correspondingly elevated. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. P We acknowledge with gratitude thejreceipt of the $6 sent us to aid in the purchase of a printing outfil by the Daughters of Conference ol Worcester, Mass., through Elder Bowens. We will say more about it later. Evert member of the church should feel doty bound to pay all the claims of his church and pastor. No loud profession of piety can convince one that you are an exemplary chris tian if you refuse to pay your just debts. Wx visited the North Georgia con* ference last week and put in a short time both pleasantly and profitably. The work shows much improvement A report also of Bishop Clinton’s terse and pointed address will appear in a subsequent issue. Wx take this opportunity to thank Dr. G. W. Offley and the members of the Philadelphia District conference and Sunday-school convention for the sum of $6 donated at their Dis trict conference. The report will appear in next issue. Had the notice of aakl District conference reached us in time we would have gladly pub lished it. It ‘ was miscarried by ; some means and only Evert pastor should see that a c true neotd of the work and the con $ dition of the church is left for " successor as well as for thebene: the chnrch people* Gflfjfit' £#■ even the safety of the jiroperty and the perpetuation of the ehuron some times depend upon the records. On account of it having t era sent to Ctoerlotte, N. <1, we have just re* esiwdtho reprn of the New Jersey District Cool *rer.ce aid Funds* school Convention accompanied by 1375# which yet remain at Charlotte* We with to thank the Presiding Elder and hie Conference and Coeyentio The report will appear next week. Ire general officers and fnstitutibns of opr church dependent upon the General Fond have received less than one^nrth salaries since June. It the people foil to pay the General Fund now Ihey will have nothing to pay the f* de’ti they have contracted or provide themselves the necessaries «t life for the winter that has ahead* set in/ We spent Friday night of ast week with ifev. S. M. Pltarr at Ma^r on and Sunday with Rev. S. D. Wat kins [at Rutherfordton and found both of these, energetic and exempla ry-pastors keeping Zion's banner afloat and every interest is receiving deserving attention. The High school at Rutherfordton of which Prof. E L. Watkins is principal has a most promising outlook. A LET ANDES III, CzST Of JBu8Sia, died last. Thursday at the age of 49, after a protracted and painful illness. While he was honored among the nations of the earth for his peace loving qualities in regard.to other na tions, the treatment received at his hands by the Jews and many Catho lies will cause an unenviable taint to cling to Us name. He has been succeeded by his son Nicholas II. Subscribers whe owe up for one year or more will please hand the money to their pastors before they leave for conference, and we will send you a receipt. If you cannot pay the foil amount pay at least the larger part of it, and thereby show that you are honest and willing to pay for that which is of benefit to you. Positively we dull cut off every subscriber whether layman or preacher after the dose of the present year. The leas subscribers we have the less expenses will rest open us. Pfe most ,b*va more money or lem subscribers Evert preacher who finds on his work young men or women of prom ising talents shonld urge upon their i parents the necessity of placing them t in school, and if possible our own ' school where they can receive that ‘ training which will qualify them for r any4yocation in life they may desire to pursue. Urge upon the people the importance and value of educa tion and talk up our schools. Repre sentativee -of other schools come r among our people and secure etu* 5 dents for their schools because our } preachers sometimes manifest such little interest in talking, working and presenting the claims of our I schools. | The unanimous and earnest voice ’ which rang out from the New York and Brooklyn pulpits last 8unday against Tammany and Hill shows that the ministers of those two cities are | fully awake to the duty , of the hour and determined to i carry on the crusade started by Dr. Jkrkhurst against the most villian* ou8 system of government ever un* covered in a civilized land. Ho right thinking person will doubt the wisdom of the carnse taken by these ministers. We hope that it is the dawn of an era in which the pulpit of the city, town, village and tow$ ship throughout the earth will lie found ringing out in no unoertain manner against all form* of crime whether corruption in the City gov ernment, crime in the form of un bridled lusts, and lawlessness, such as lynching ov robbery in the shape of election frauds. All oi these are crimes against God and man an< should be handled with ungloved hands by ministem in their pulpits and all other good citizens. -Unless they are handled and checked sooner or later they will destroy the beet government known to the mvilised world. Wb believe that each annual con ference should organize a historical and literuy society among its mem* berglf: .The should h* devoted to the ooUaofcion and compiled connect from its o j organization, appointed to gather his torical matter for the benefit of the society eod*d not fail to obtain much that would be of both value and in terest to the conference and general! church. The literary department should provide a program that could bo rendered one evening during the conference to the great edification of its members and the good of all who might be favored to witness snch ex ercises. A friendly criticism of the language, 'style and method of pre senting one’s self before an audienoo would be Of much benefit to any preacher anxious to become well equipped for pulpit and platform work. The reading' of a well pre pared paper on some timely and ap propriate theme would be both in structive and stimulating. What conference will organize the first one ? Please report to us. WHO WILL VOTE FOB IT? , It is our desire to get at least 35C pounds of ne e primer type on or be January 1st, 1895, so that when w< begin the publication of The Stas in the} Varick Memorial Public^tior House, Charlotte, N. C., we can turn off our paper in a new chess. We an satisfied that the income from sub script ions and the - meagre amount coming to os through advertise men ti win he inadequate to pay up our debti and keep up current expenses mud less purchase One Hundred and lhi*ty*Five Dollars worth of type That a new outfit of tvpe ii needed every reader of our papa is fully aware. Since the repnta don of our great church is linked with the character and quality of om institutions and their productions w< appeal to our bishops, ministers, lay men and friends to vote for a new out fit of fype for The Stab oa or before January 1st, 1895. One Hundred and Thirty-hive Dollars will get ui three hundred and fifty pounds ot nee type. * Every one who wishes to se« The Stab have a dean, bold face ap pearance may manifest that wish b] casting a vote in favor of th9 abov< much needed outfit, provided ead vote is accompanied by One Dollar Ewry one casting a vote will se< his name published in these columns and the money sent will be deposited until $135 have been secured. Dew brethren; show your love and intotes in Zion’s welfare by votiog as abovi directed. Send all votes and mone] to Geo. W. Clinton, Editor and Man eger on or before Dec ^20,1895 THE SOLID SOUTH BROKEN The election of Tuesday, the 6tl inst., was the most interesting am hotly contested campaign ever wit nessed in this country outside of « national campaign. Elections wer< neld in forty-one States. The figb in New York and the contest in con gressional districts formed tin theater of national interest At thii writing the returns show that th< election has shown an overwhelming Republican gain throughout th< North and great gains hi the Wesi and South. The Democrats concede that the Republicans have overturn ed the unmanageable Democratic ma jority of 88 in Congress and given i Republican majority of iQJ, redueec the divided North and West anc broke the solid /South. The defeat of Congressman Wilson, of tariff re form fame, the noted /Springer, oi 111, the probable capture of Nortl Carolina and Tennessee, strong gains in Kentucky, Louisiana and some other points in the South are sur prises which astonish the most san gerine Republicans. It is safe tc predict that there will npt be more than three Democrats from North Carolina in the neat house after March 4, and if the legislature has beeen captured by the coalitionists as now seems almost certain both senators from this state will be re placed by one Republican and one Populist after March 4. The gallant and earnest worker Congressman Henderson, of out city was caught in Tuesday’s Republican “31uwp” and borne down before the united tide of coalition in favor cf Mr Rbuford. The brainy and brilliant Settle, the gentlemany P* arson and possibly our own Cheatham, in the second will go to Washington in stead of Democrats, Congressman Settle to succeed himself. While we r*joiceover the viciory gained throughout the natisn, we ar« especially pleased at the gains made in the South. We will give our readers a more minute and aocurate account in onr next Tom Reed for speaker and an able Republican for president in 1896 will be the outcome of this great victory, and the safety of American institution* a return to " all over the country are to indications all point " Hate for the DR. 8MALL ANSWERED. ! In his “Agendum to Break tut Table Talk,” in our last issue Dr. J. B. Small doe* the editor of The «tab an injustice w^johhe feels called upon to answer. We wish to state that since the 31st of August when we left home to at tend the Fall Conferences and fill some lectuie engagements, we have not spent one week at home counting all the time. Those who know the financial condition of the paper and are acquainted with the fact that most of the subscription money is raised at the conferences and by the personal canvasses of the editor need not be told of the necessity of our absence from the office at this season tf ihe year. The constant travel and frequent change of place cause us to miss our mail for weeks, and we are thereby (invented from answering letters that should and-would be promptly an swered. Again our neoessary absence prevents us from giving our personal 1 oversight to communications and thereby matters of little importance and sometime of less > interest fiod place in our columns when other mat 1 ter should 'ft! published. As long ac the editor htforced to do thribble duty : this condition of affairs must continue. 1 After an absence of two weeks in ; Tennessee and Georgia we returned home on the 1st inst, remained one f night and left the next)morning to fill other engagements . in the interest oi 1 The Star. ^Bo much as has been said ' aboved is published for the benefit o: Dr. Small, agd others who have com plaint against ns on the above score What follows is intended as a reply 1 to Dr. Snail’s “Breakfast Table Ad dendum.” ^ j. lie RMHUueui tuai mere are urc iu ren who complain that The Stai pabiiihes articles and references t( certain brethren and excludes those o others”—cannot apply to Dr. Smal since we have published every com muniention that has come from him or his friends concerning himsell oi his work except one which went t< Salisbury, Md , and remained foui months. We wi-h to fay furtbei tbm* so far as the editor is c ncernt d be never excludes my article concern ing any brother <r his w »rk that i worthy < Cja^place in these c- limit's We acknowledge that some artio'e •are detained and bomelim a retnaii unpublished? Tuj must ever be so a: long U3 there are m ore articles comin| to the office than there is space fa them in the! paper. While we are wil ling to admit that Dr. Small is connec tional, we are not unmindful tha there are others equally connectiona and thereforeentitled to space in Thi Stab in their turn regaiftless of thi character of another brother’s article We had heard the rumor about th< so-called “split” in the church ai York, and had published two strong articles respecting it from t*o of Dr Sma'l’s personal friends, and made editorial comment designed to coun< teraot whatever evil influence th< rum >r would create and at the same time sustain Dr. Small whom we be lieved to be in the right. We are noi responsible for wbat others thoughi or sold* concerning the matter or tht Dr since they neither said it to us noi through these columns. All we evei heard about the matter was eithei from Dr. Small or his friends. If the Dr. had read The Stab which con tttined the articles from Elders Smith and Hill and the editorial oommenfc on the matter and his Children’*! Day c Election he would have seen teat any further comment from him or El der Smith £Qn)d accomplish no other purpose than advertise a matter which had f from the thooghls oi every person except the Dr., those direct!* ooncem.d qr some evil detiguing in dividual who WiH oontinue to agitate and circulate th« ‘bumor’* despite any thing that the Dr, or his friends an do or say. We do not djubt the “singular cofocidence of Elder Stnitlt happening’'at York at the time re ferred to by Dr. 8ma!!, b-t we remem ber that he *,wa'§ there on a previous occasion not “by a singular coinci dence,” bat by the pastor’s invitation, in connection with this same matter. He was not only there, but, subse quently he wrote an article which we supposed presented the case in all ns phases in a correct light. We were absent when the article of Bro. Smith o«me, and if we bad been home we doubt whether it would have appeared as early, since there were many others, and some more urgent, such as notices which have never appeared b cause out of date, ahead df his article. Id view of the previous publications re spectlng the matter, we cannot agree grith the Dr. that the article in ques tion should have had the right of way. Wp have thanked Dr. Small bypri vat# communication and throng" these columns for his deep interest nod kindly aid tous and the paper. White we shall ever diold his kindness in fondest rememberanos we shall not to be remiss in believe that the Dr. would be bo selfish ias to require that of xu. We have told our many readers aitesnt the 146 raised on Children’s Day and would have given the whole financial report o! the church had the Dr. sent it or bad his friends do so for him The Dr. should be the last man -to join with those who claim that Th* 8tab has treated them unfairly. Few men ia Zion church, whether bishops or ministers can say that all of their articles have been published and what others have written about them ; hot The Stab can say this oncoming Dr. 8mall without fear oi successful contradiction, one case excepted. There a e men in Zion who are and naye been just as loyal, men who have labored as bard, loved the insti tutions of our church as well and done asmiicbfor them, be ped the editor and The Stab and not a word has been said about their help. By this the Dr. can see thqt we have not been partiai in his case. We fear that the Dr. has become frightened at a staedow. If there has been any harm done to the rfputation of the Doctor outside of his own conference and by those who would fl d some other cause to injure him, he and bis friends are responsi ble for the hurt, since they have not ceased to bit z in the matter abroad. 8ince the Doctor has taken it upon himself to criticise us, we think turn i about is fair play. It is our opinion that Dr. Small has allowed himself ' and others to make too much ado, especially in pnbiic print, about the - whole affair. To our way of thinking, the fact that he had the consciousntss of having done bia du*y in upholding the law of the church, and tfce further fact that all which had been said was in his favor should have satisfied him or . any other mao not over-sensitive and ; uninfluenced by a cause oth*i than i that involved in the above case. No [ brave man, especial y a godly man, ! should allow himself to be!excited or ■ agitated by persons who are too cowardly to express themselves open • ly. We think that when Dr Small t closely examines the matter and weighs all the facts Jbe will find tba* ■ he has not treated the editor justly , However, we have become so a ecu;* ■ tomed to persons, including our i friends, criticising us that we only turn aside once and a while, and use i precious space that could terve a far i better purpose, to notice such. We > bave answered Dr. Small because we r expected better ot him under the cir r cumstarcee. However, it he is M'ls* t. fled we a»e ROCKINGHAM NOTES, i Dear EditorThe foo - th quarter . ly meeting of this conference year, > embraced the second Sunday of 0<s > tober, and was a grand success. ; , Indeed, in some respects, it was perhaps the grandest quarterly • meeting ever held h-re in the histo. ■ ry of the ohurch. Amount collected • for all purposes $42.70, 1 Rt. .Rev. J W Hood, D. D., Zion’s o'd wheel horse, who can always at tract a large congregation wherever it is announced that he will speak. • was with u , and preached at 11 ’ o’clock, a. m., and at T;30 p. m. Truly the Bish- p was at his best. The whole congregation was eleotri 1 fied; and the verdict is, that Bishop Hood has *ery few equals, and no superiors in the pulpit. May he live long to blow the trumpet in Zion. 3 p m., our belovbd presiding elderr Rev J IT Thomas, preached . the fqneral of Brother Charlie Leak and wife Emma, who in their life time we e very faithful memhexs of our church, and whose dying words were very encouraging) and again at this servioe also, the standing room was well nigh taken up. Elder Thomas is a power in the pulpit to say the least. The mention of his name is the signal for a large gath ering. JRev. C W Simmons, our pastor, is growing in favor with the people, and especially with the members of our church. He is ackn wledged by some to be in some respects, more t*>an unequal for any of our former pastor; he is especially strict in his adherence to the law of .our ohurch He is out late tryi g to collect general fund, and thinks th prospect bright, i The Hon. J 6. Danoy delivered i the bestpolitiotl speech of his life in the court h use last Tuesday, t 15th, to a very enthusiastic crowd I of both sex. He was accompanied < by W. H. Quick and others and also 1 to another oounty point where he > spoke again that night; it is sai4 there were over twq hundred present He brought out so' e very gland poi< ts. He -ays that in many places the most notable Democratic speak* era can't get a crowd to .attend their speaking. He reports the ro itioal condition of things unusually good every where. We are indeed proud of OBTw Stm agalSr. ffl£ PREACHER’S CO I UMN. ' WHY THE STAR IS EOT SELFeUPPOBI IHG—OUR 1>U*T. EDITED BT Pi-OF. Q. L, BLACKWELL. I atn often asked by both cleray men and laymen Wby is it The 5t4r is not seli-supporting ? 8ome times I attempt to give an answer and again I tv ir ad A neutral The fact is teat muny wh » are curious to know why Tee Stas cannot support itself are in fact doing but verv little to help make it seli^ustaioiog. Yet there are others who are its staunch supporters wh are ana! >us to know the same thing* A great mtny of os read newspapers bat very few of as know anything about the work involved in publishing a newspa/oer To the casual observer it appears that thee dicing and publishing ot a newspaper; is one of the easiest jobs :d the cono+< tion and be. imagines that if he oou Id get in p wse.*sion of tbe “qqiU” he could tuu it to perfection. But ft iftnd rou never dreamed a dream so eonfers.ry to what is actually the fact. Pets persons possess th > coveted gift and ability of knowing h»>w to run a newspaper succts fully. That, is why so many newspapers c*»me into existenct aud pass away unknown, “unwept and uoeung.” Bit in the case <f The Star we have an edit >r who is capable of making eur connec tions! organ an ideal rejigi<>ua pa per were it not that he is hampered otherwise. Perhaps be is net as ehrewd as the dutiei of the < ffice do mauds in the business department, bat whatever may be said in that di rection it must be conceded that Edi tor Clinton otherwise gives us a good paper. There is one dis*dvantage which a editor of a denominational paper h to suffer that the editor ot a steals paper escapes. The dfsinciustion o the part of persons of a diff rent fail to subscribe f>r this journal Peopl are very sensitive aud uncharitsb e o this point. They may be ignorant! so, nevertheless they are stubbo.nl so, and neither editor nor his friend can help it The editor may plead not: sectarianism bat they are ironehfo* their notions ab rnt denoqti|^> fellowship especially when / helping advance the othei church. ; comet cats of Of oour» ^ tfu evaDgapca) * ? , aiination woj mind subsc^b . i;g to a denomin fP" otb' r tbau tb-ir „w„ .ui ughl juj ja tbi. ptmionfar few compared with th<ee .»bo to bo untnoughtful. Iu tbe case of The Star o. it has always had too mum n It has been crawling for 19 yet is not yet able to walk. 1 bo * the policy from its incipieucy bad have been different, notwithstanding 1 the tenderness and weakness of its birth, it would have been in a better cotdiuou to-day. But tbe main thing that baa crippled The Star aurii.g da whole exigence is-the sl.ihnts with which its lushiess department css bean eoLduoted Aii over the burob kbe Peopi© are i md .,f tue p*. per and want it sent to them and ihey «*ou d pay for it, but for its irregulan v,Ao. But this ard other imprd m--> ts would be rem ived pro* idetl The .^tak man could ge; a unanimous sun port from the ministry of the church While all our preachers and certainly all our pastors sb.-utd he paying subscribers it is surprising to find the large number who either de pend on borrowing it from another or fail to read it at a L The editor was once heard to aay that there were men in our church high up in the ranks *bo had not paid for The ^tar since be has been editor, at such a * p. or j d.ingrate” we o*n acatceiy ext e nt a man to send the paper out r.gu«ar y. If the rule wou d obtain .,<» mane I rbe subscriptions to The 8tar and! Quarterly one ofth*i requirements for | eligibility to membership. iu oar o >» ferencea and the continusnee of mecu berehip dependent on tbe c minua'ice of subsoription to The Htar ai.d Quarte~ly these oonnectional org#i*s would soon beooon se'tTustamiog Unlit we adopt tome tuch uie h d these organs will cont one to tuff r and tbe editors he camivd’ed to ue gleet their hungry work by runnintr 1 all over the connection to s care i enough ai l to keep th >ee j urua s1) alive. '. ' |,| Lfct Qk see to it ibat we pay ,,ur subscriptions and at th<- General Con* furooo® 1st ua make i obligatory on •vtry itinerant preaeber iu Zion oou. nection to sutO'ibe and pay -fo ad j vanod his i^baoriptfon t> th*e [inrnahi. COMMENDING THE STAR. * ax MR JAMES COOM. Dear Editor*—I want to say to i fern that m wife is one of th? ai* i •absoribers that Mrs. N J Rankins. afevafi \Jt h aitow, *r pastor, sent up to you, and I s-y thank Qod we are much pleased with the paper, and 1 hope to ne er do without this grand Stab iu our home again. Again I want to say that we have two worthy men to ad* minister the gospe; to us in the per* sonsJofRev. J. W A lstork, presiding elder, and Rev. M Rankins, pastor.. \ hey are worthy of the praise. • hey are the men for us. God bless those two men. May the Bishop1 send them to us again, as doubtless yon know that we need snch elevated men to lead these people in this part of the south TFe hope to send up more subscribers to help the con nection of Zion PORTLAND (AKK.) NOTES. BY REV. M. J. HARRISOY. The ct*r is a frequent visitor to my fireside which brings fresh news at every visit.. I read wit4 great de light the episcopal address of our versatile, loving and persevering Bishop Alexander Walters which he delivered to the Kentucky confer ence. Having had the pleasure of hearing him I can say without any successful contradiction that he pos sesses great power and is blessed with a winning sweetness of temper and a persuasive eloquence. Long may he live to do good for his God, his race and bis country. It is with no degree of pleasure that I nform he many readers of the 'tar that Zion has lost one of her ablest men in the Arkansas con ference. Rev. H. G. Harrison of Forrest City, has joined the A. M. E. church. He says that ' it seems as i£ the ministers are dead-lock e(j against me in Zion church.” was ordained a deacon by B* igj10 p j P. Thompson and last y ar he waa> ordained an e der. K # Mmained . member of the A? conference about ten year? the conferev him to a r' tear’ During thi* time ce has never appointed circuit ut kept him on very .iissions which caused him to Ak school to make a living for his ~amily H by has he been treated this way ? Is it because he was im moral ? No, I think that is not it. W<a can produce a certificate of good moral* wherever it has been his lot to sojourn, fs it because he was in competent? It cannot be that, be cause Bishop Harris, whom I recog nize as one of the most scholarly > i bishops it has been my privilege to i! meet, who, not having the opportun ■ I ity to hear him pr ach at any of his j conferences—it being reported that he was a sorry preacher—made it ! convenient on his last round to call on him to preach and the Bishop ’■ writes back to bev. A. F. Goslen that Re . Harrison was an able preacher He, going to ' arren on , 1 st year one day before the confer j ence convened, met Eld r Goslen there, was called on to p each that night. PFhen we arrived on the next night the air was still resonant with the voice of prais of the able s rmon which he had preached El der Goslen w ites immediately to his brother, G N Harrison, ‘*1 heard Rsv H G Harrison preach last night; in deed h« is a powerful preacher.” Or is it because there was no work to give him his hardly can be the oause. 1 here have been men trans ferred here to fill places that could have been filled by him. But don’t think I am opposed to them where they are needed and wheu they are needed. They have even taken men from other churches and given them some of the prominent places and left hm to grieve over a mission. Rev. W A. B ack well, an able pul pit orator, to d me that he joined the local ca acity five months before the annual coufe ence. met the ensuing con erence, was ordained deacon and put on a good woik, and the next year he was ordained elder a d still given a good work. fcro we will have to look for cause elsewhere The sainted Bishop S T. Jones, in hie address on reformation, said that Zion must treat her young men bet ter if I am mistake not or they would 8eek|tnore promising fields. In my opiuion too much prejudice *nd jealousy exist in the ministerial ranks in the Arkansas conference, Conspiracies are frequently formed tgainst one another This state is a promising one for Zion. One I thing needful for the Arkansas con* ference to do is to oonoentrate their forces and not to light against one another, but agai st the one common enemy, which is the devil. If this* is done Zion will soon hitch on the wings of progress and her influence* for goo * will b felt throughout this* state, but - not the tioid will be given to somebody who will build up* the waste places. I trust that the ensuing conference may 6olid fy itself in union and* start out with her banner floating to* the breeze, having inscribed thereon' hem Equity arid Union Noxsand For titre,
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