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t VOL. XIX. ■ ■ I II ■ I du'jM =8= SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 25,1895. Hi NUMBER\S •‘NEW ZION.” . &Y L. Z. JOHNSON. 0 Lord, in mercy ever keep Thy serontnear to Thee; And when thou aeeet all my heeds, O Lord remember me. /■ Ho, not lor what I am, O Lord, Nor what Fee done for Thee; But (Or Thy Son’s—for Jesus’ sake— O Lord, remember me. When dark the way my feet must tread, Nor msrtal eye can see The light of thlno eternal day, OLosd, remember me. r Whoa strong temptations try my soul, And lead me far from Thee, Oh, leave me not, nor pass me by 1 Dear Lord, remembr me. Sin4aden, weak and wretohed, Prom sin I would be free; But weak the power of mortal man, O Lord, remember me. The laden and the weary ones Thou biddest come to thee: 1 come, 0 Lord, and oomiug know Thou wilt remember me. Harrisburg, Penn. ♦ ![The above hymn was sung at the; opening service of tbe A. M. E. Zion i church atiHarriaburg, Pa., an acoount of which appeared in our last issue.] | A RUNNING FIRE COMMENT ON PERSONS AND THING& 4 JBT REV J. W. SMITH. Our bitimps are doing heavy work which keeps them from their families two-thirds of the time. Zioa does not feel lifet over-working them, and that is another reason why the BfeXl gmrerat conference will elect three more men for the episcopal bench. Age is an other consideration. We only havt two young bishops and they are get ting gray from overwork. Three or four conferences are as much as any bishop can justly superintend. Bishop Arnett, after weeks of silence, has never publicly explained whv h* devoted two long columns blowing about the superiority of his denomina tion, in the New York Independent, and two inches telling inoohereoth about Zion. Let us forget this, ano as soon as we get to general confer ence jump up an move that we have organio union. By the way, a great deal of criticism has been made ecause Editor Clin ton ie pastor of a church* I with U nay that Bishop Tanner has made tbe editor of the Christian Recorder the pastor of the Bethel church in Har risburg to fill out the unexpired term of Rev. Heard who was appointed by President Cleveland a Minister Resi dent to Liberia. So our editor has oopapsny. “And we know that ait things work together for good to them that love God." There is a talk of a good many be made next month in the Philadelphia and Baltimore confer ence which meets in York* Pa* 1 am told that nearly every minister in big and little ohnrcbes is on the anxion* bench with uplifted hands, eyes rolling heavenward, saying, “Lord is it I;.it it If Others are saying, “8peak, t bishop, for thy servant heareth ” The bishop is not going to speak until he, like Moses, goee op on the monnt and has an interview with Jehovah. Id the every man might as well eit in his tent door and now and then pet his ear to the ground and see if he can hear the bishop making in* ter cessions for him. a prominent Zkm {tot leng sgo minister said to a group of mifiisters, that he was not a candidate for any thing In Zion, bat that he was a can dtddIHtar heaven. Rev. J. H. Ander son said, “Brother, you ean have my vote first, last and all the timi”^*".V..' ■■ " <;1^. 'M hisbop and I spent a day With the mfollt-haired leader of this confer* After an extensive visit thro my conference the paft three r four weeks, Bishop Walters, whose popu larity is still on the increase; rounded out his labors on my charge Sabbath evening, the 7 th, mat., and was called borne suddenly by telegram to see his little boy who was severely ill with typtoid fever* The bishop reports this conference being in a prosperous, condition and saysr on the whole, the men are doing well, altho necessity will compel some important changes Riding in his episcopal chariot tbro the Conference, he was given an ova tion all alo jg the line, th* ministers aud churches vieing with each other in giving him grand receptions. The last Sabbath in Marob, Bishop Walters was in Harrisburg at the lea** ture room opening of our church on South-et, and the members told me on Monday, when J wax down to their receptten, that he preached two pow erful sermons to large audiences. , It will be remembered that Rev. J. F. Moreland and his people are building the finest brick church in this confer ence, at a cost of several thousand dollars. In the laetthtee months they have raised, by rallies and entertain ments, over #3;000. The basement is far from completion* and yet themem bers were so anxious to get hack into their church that they went in m its crude state- They will complete the basement by conference. Brother Moreland and bis members are dicing a grand work and the people are Still charmed with his fine sermons. Rev. C. H, Pockett has done s good work at Cfaambmburg; and fan church wants the o mferenc j to meet kfeb'-iV^TWj! *HWiWtv:jbad->w r mfrr euce for fourteen years and they feel, able now to entertain one. Bishop TP<ers assured them that he would make an effort to have it meet there next year. Bishop Walters spent four days with me and was well pleased with my eburoh work. On Saturday afternoon be% visited the Junior Christian Endeavor of my < hurch and said it was the first of the kind he had seen in Zion He was pleased with it and said you are doing big «-ork, doing what the Catholics are doing, getting bold of the children everywhere and bringing them into the church. The Bishop joioed the dttle Juniors. He was delighted with my Y, P. 8. C. E, which meets an hour Sabbdth evening before preaching. It crowded and they made the Christian Endeavor music ring out for God and Zion. The BisLop told my people that the church was too small to accommodate the rap;dly growing congregation and that he was unwilling to satisfy them by returning me a fourth year unless they would agree to makejthe churob 15 feet longer and boil J a finer front The congregation said, “We are will ing to do so.” Both morning and evening the Biehop preached to large audiences cf colored and white; in fact, nearly one half of the white stu dents of Dickinson College were pres ent at both services.The Bishop, in the m retag, preached a classical serthon, freighted with illustrations from the Bible, history, nature and experience, and it so enraptured them that they crowded the church early in the evening. I have heard the Bishop several times, but I confess, that I never before heard h;m to bet ter advantage. He broke his record At night he fairly let himself go and my people went wild with shouts. The Bishop said I had the best apiritr uai church he had found on his dis trict. The foliovriog item from the daily Herald tere will fittingly eloee this article; j “The services In the Wesi-st, A. It E. Zion ohttroh yesterday were unusually interesting. Tn the morning Bishop Alexander Walters, of Hew York, preached a brilliant sermon on “Thy Kingdom Come.” In the evening the hinges upon which hehwung the door of his text were “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet ap pear what we shall be; but we that when He shall appear we ' like Him ; tor we shall see ™%acultyc strikingly tad* . _ ,**of the M. the afternoon, preached a ■ermon on “Have Faith in God.” A lax go audience of floored and white were present all day, and in the evening over one hundred persons were turned away from the ohnroh for want of room. The ooUeettan was over $60. *OUR CHURCH MISSION.’ DRESS DELIVERED BT R. H WILLIAMS ON MISSION SUNDAY AT EVANS METROPOLITAN CHURCH, PATBTTEVILLE, N. 0. „ it Ladies and GentlemenIn the short time granted me to-night, I shall offer a brief appeal in behalf of our ohnroh mission. ■; My limited research does cot permit me to enter npon an elaborate discourse, but were time and research granted, I would point your sublfmeduty as I now behold it. MissionUay is the natural outgrowth of a progressive denomination and is observed as a means to raise funds both to support and to extend the mis sion of our beloved Zion. Adverse __ jbave hitherto combined Evans Metropolitan church; wing of conference, from her quota to Home and ;ons. ^me, the wonderful scene shifter, along with other things, has changed the condition of the church. The spell cast upon her congregation by the hideous nightmare of lethargy has been broken, and the mists that over aba lowed her, dispelled. Along with this wonderful transformation comes a calf on our worthy pastor, to raise sixty dollars or report to conference >Vessonwby. the ^ much neglected cause of Home and! Foreign Missions. This noble work has depended mainly upon the church for support, and to h« r immor ta) honor be it said, she has always proved true to her trast. lie work of Christianity has steadi ty advanced but still the same aolieit cus eyes m Africa are turned towardf America, the mecea of their deliver-^ »nce. All the churched directing their united energies toward this grand end have achieved much for humanity* They are still doing great work alonja this essential line of duty and deserves assistance, especially from, ‘‘We, whqee souk are lighted by wisdom from on high.” T Home and Foreign Mission! What a< glorious theme for boundless thought! What a sublime opportunity for nobl$( action! Let us hail with delight witi^ this happy da^ that offers the oppor tunity of doing for an enslaved hrother what he can not himself do. sf “From many an ancient river, ^ From many a palmy plain, They call n» to deliver. Their land from error’* chain.” J Shall this summons, waited by every venal bifeeze, longer pass unheeded ? “forbid it heaven! Forbid if Al mighty God i!’ This work of deliver ance now lie* before you. Let us take it up and “do with our might what our hand* find to douLL The divine declaration, Freeley ye have received freely also give, now appeal* as di rectly a* ever. 1 I am forcibly impressed with the! great need of money and interest andi therefore urge a quarter interest inf home missions that more may be done! for foreign missions. Only let con science, the correct moral guide, pur* sue its unruffled coarse and it will quicken yonr hearts with the healthy fire of interest and cause the purse to grow heavier as it grows ge Thus will you be enabled to Zion’s bqeden, haI Anl« ««i A murine not omy m America w Africa. The geniM rtf Metlh fat capable of self-control and re sponsible for his actions. In man only, mind is great and this sn^rior faculty Causes him fQ realize tbfftjbe greatest happiness is secured only in making others happy. The highest form of education and religion, is doing self duty from a sense of right and neither through hope of rewand nor fear of punishment. In their prestine gleryfboth are price less pearls, well worth your greatest sacrifice in theer attainment 'Even life and happiness dwindle into in iese greijt motive powers. Regardless of the superior jatelli gence. characteristic of the present age, many demand—why should we be interested in mission work? You should because it is the greatest-work in life; because you thereby support the poor and establish inission churches. / True Christianity requires t&S ex arouse of missionary spirit in all our actions; to destroy selfishness’ and [rear where it stood* the turagftres. (love of man and God. Oar-being jfree mid having progressive Iphools and "churches are living evidences of incipient missionary spirit. It wages {war both against ignorance and idolatry and compels her soldiers to assume the aggressive and not defen sive style of warfare. In shift* it is an American war and if yen . would gain the mastery, must carry’Hover jin Africa. Realize then tfa necessity Jaf volunteering your ^ rviee for it is now a question, W Jm pf SS*th, a%b doubt would falter Would be d< tally every duty you must .not >k from this responsibility. Both America and Africa have filed yonr mission claims and how well you fut il them let coming generations de clare. With the Afro-American, the twin Children, freedom and progress con tinue to keep pace. The march of freedom and progress! What a mul titude of hallcwed memories bunt t hrough the flood , gates of the mind ^s this magic utterance touches the (strings of the soul and sets it on file! I What a boundless field for huzhan ^peculation and what sublime avenues true manhood these words open to he Negro. These are the happieet ntemplations of my life and never ose their sweetness. The master of ord painting here miserably foils to reproduce nature. I Renew now a covenant between you and Almighty God; and in gratitude Ljfor His beneficence, erect an everlast ing memorial trhicb always water with Tears and hallow with prayers.' In this appeal ^desire to reach Oar parse through the medium of your generous hearts for I have bat to remind you that countless souls are now at stake. The momentous qaes-, tions are, will you act well your parts upon the stage of human action? Shall Zion, the greatest branch of the ^Methodist denomination, be permitted Jo fall below the record made by *>tber churches? Let us resolve at Beast, that whoever follows we Wijl 'lead the way. The world knows her history ard in breathless suspense ‘‘es your actions, ready to criti if she can and praise if she must fall persuasion of the excellencies this church and people of Fayette ||jB»y you respond liberally for can and—must be equal to the te church has been persecuted tin e immemorial and her work oeased but sh* was only touched by master hands that shall follow* In. conclusion—When the church triitmphant shall join the church mili tant hard hy the eternal throne of grace ; in chanting the sweet hallelu iahs of the redeemed, may the King of glory declare: Peace he within thy walls, O, Jerusalem and prosperity within thy palaces 0 Zion. RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions were adop ted by the A. M. E, Ministers Union of the city of Washington, D. C.: Whereas the publication of a his tory of the A. M. E. Zion churoh in America, or the centennial of African Methodism by Rt. Rev. J. W. Hood, D. D., LL. D, marks another great step in book-making in Zion’s work which is bound to set forth the achievements of our church in a prop er light ^against the unreliable and misleading accounts heretofore given concerning us. And Whereas for superior excellence in preparation and skill in arrange ment of matter of vital interest to the church and race, he has prepared a work that easily outranks any ether publication of its kind extant, thereby showing the exceptionability of the publisher. And Whereas our people h<ve gieat need of just such a book in order that they may become better acquainted with the work accomplished by the fathers in the early days of the chureh ia order that their pride for their church may be stimulated. Ac d ■ Wins® Ear the ministry of the 'chugeb, have in Hood, a view of information concern ing the history of the church, which will serve to atimulate them and also enable them to properly place before their people these valuable aids. Therefore, be it Resolved, That this Union here as sembled, extend to Bishop Hood our congratulations lor having so suc cessfully completed the volume which reflects great credit upon him and up on the church he loves and in which he is a most exemplary chief shep herd. Resolved, That we give thanks to God for having so graciously Spared his life- to complete the work, and earnestly pray that the Bishop he spared to the church and the race lor years to come in the noble service he gives. Resolved, That this excellent work be represented to the members of our churches and Sunday-school libraries as an ’Indispensable possession and that wc exert our utmost influence to have the members of our churches and Sunday-schools supply themselves with it. Resolved, That each member of this Union purchase a copy for his own personal and femily’s use. fur ther be it j- Resolved, That in token of our high I regard for Bishop Hood and the'esti mation in which wc hold him and this noble work of his, a copy of these res** oiutlons be sent bim. | [Signed]: Committee. j® iis pu the young mer, l byRisbep ATHENS DI8TBICT. BY BBY. T. J. MJLNS05, P. E. Mr. Editor; X have been silent for some time. Knowing that onr paper is always crowded with important matter, I re frained from writing.* However, God has blessed me and I am still working ut the Master1* vineyard. At tfo last annual conference held in Ctey* land, Tenn* our worthy and beloved Bishop, T. H. Lomaxr D. B, saw fit to reappoint me as .Residing Elder oi the Athens District. Aeusttallhaye always tried to obey orders. I met the brethren of the district, though seme of them were new men, but we a resolution to make a grand this year than lash Qnac of the weathei retarded to aom the unfit &c; A the outlook for future success bids fair. ’ ? Rev. B. F. Tipton, of Athens ata tion, has about completed the im provement already begun on the church, and is moving on nicely. Rev. H. F. Martin, of Maryville station, seems to have bis people in hand and the outlook is encouraging. Rev J D Gaither, of the Concord cir cuit, as usael, is master ofthe situa tion, I recently visited him in a pro* trusted meeting aft Concord, and it was said to be the grandest meeting that was ever carried on in the town. Rev A B MirroW, pastor of Friend ville circuit, is pushing forward with an encouraging hope for success. Louisville station, Rev P A Wallis pastor, is succeeding grandly. This is his first year and wi&out doubt, he is on# of the coming young men of the connection. He will graduate from Maryville College next May. Rey M M Morris, of the Charleston cir cuit, is succeeding very nicely. He has had quite a success in bringing souls to Christ this winter. Rev Wil liam Walton, of the Rhea Sprung? circuit, has surpassed his predecessors in the way of a* revival and he seems to be succeeding grandly. Rev J M Cornell, of the Kingston circuit, is mtich beloved by his people, and the outlook -bids fair for a successful year. Rev T P Molden, of the Oliver Springs circuit, anticipates build ing a new church at this point and he is moving on nicely. London circuit is composed of-good, earnest people; the pastor that was appointed there failed to go, which hindered the work on the circuit considerably, but I have succeeded w getting a man there and L think we will hays no further tote Newcomb circuit, Rev L G Brook ins pastor, lies in the heart of the coal regions, remote from any other, near the Kentucky line, surrounded by a chain of mountains; the valley below is thronged with people and Rev L G Brookins is certainly king of the en tire valley. I held his quart* rly meeting recently, which wa* attended with a grand success, both spiritually and financially, with one conversion. Collection $4855. Eleven dollars was gen ral fund, and in addition thereto, I succeeded in securing six cash subscribers to The Stab of Zion. ' ^ I have formed a new circuit, known as the Offolla circuit, with Rev A J Payne as pastor. This circuit is des tined to be one of the grandest on the district and with this son of thuider at the head of the circuit^ I think we are bound for sneoess. You can see from the above that I have not lost right of our eonnoetioaal interests I never hold a meeting without pre senting and urging the connections} claims. The brethren seem to be determined to; bring up every connec tions! claim, man to man. I urn try ing, as nest I know how, to lift up fall en humanity, raise the people to a higher standard, educationally, moral ly and financially. At times, it seemed to me too hard, bat God has led me thro snow, etc., and I have hitched up the gospel hone and am on my second round. I hope yon will bear in mind that I am always seek ing to spread the borders of Zion and to enlarge its territory, ’i _. _ ._ OYSTER BAY, L I. BT ELBXBT J. MOTH. Gratitude Is the noblest attribute of the soul. Throned in the affections ofman.it never found » truer ex* preasion than in the beautiful custom ^rmrrial sere iof. Our late belpv ' .» itt. Rev. Joseph P Thnmnana af ■forded the ocoa evening, March Oyster Bay, servio.. Rev* John W< orator of the t\ odious hymn, * done, etc ,* went r< which Rev Bishop. He ha^drh* W& iikSS—f*& fallen in bra , marks wefe of #P> logical and eloquent As the was ncazing the Western horlson one Winter’s day the witter flat net tfc» distinguished gentleman who had none to fill n vacancy of Zion in QpfterBaj. Bev. B. Hmood 8titt having recommended him irsm the oapadty of a local preacher ttthe Pro siding Elder, Be*. M. A. Bn<dty,]» was pastorated to oar draw*, fie wm. by nomHUlm tf tb. H«w York annual conference elected a do.com b»™g bM. duly the Bt Bev. J.W. Hood, fttlhfiuili a comparatively young man it goee to show what may be aeoempIttlMdHty done study and natural intellectual ability. A mind to plan and a — to do will be crowned with sag habbob (n. y.) notes. BY BEV. T, W. JOBNIOH. Mb. Editob:—Please allow me space for an extract from a sermon on temperance. Theme—'"Ddformi from evil.” Intemperance is a gnat evil and a cone to any institution, chunk or society. Its effects an felt, both morally end socially, hat brought corruption and disaster in tbb land, crippled and jkilled the iatellcot, and intimidated some -f ilm hist issflsl in the church and state. It Hadiss a firs to ignorance and sets* ihos • to superstition* It has oapdemnsd the innoesnt and lsssensd the ttargy and spirit of progress. also tends to bjsethe minds ai m wwmatoh darken tAectaoenta of injhgpdol roocess, Jt 4m WA alonw consist in the use of the apdtt much stroys the beauty and disinherits wealth of an in^yfiual, man the eflhet of the gospel and lower*! dignity of the messenger of Ged or anyone elm connected with society. It Sets the precedent for dhp^Mtion and death, leaving the person a sub ject for insanity and a premature grave. I speak from experience and observation and would recommend that we, as advocates for God and the right, would place before the people the neoesnty of destroying. them two gigantic evils. By1 the urn of the weed the brain is affeqted in snob a way, sT to cap^ IptyijNr 8titmn and jealousy to miq^prsent and censure the good moridspf an energetic man or woman. We would further recommend that, during the centenniaTannivensury the subject be agitated and efforts be made1 to establish a prohibition society* to be connected with every church, to* curtail the onward march of these two evils. GREENVILLE COLLEGE NOTES. BT J. H. BBA2TOEB. R. A. Morriaey. A. B„ ia cut soliciting aid for the aotfege. We areexpecting him home aodn.—We have had a ypry aucoeas Sj, which will tain nlm^ the tat. of tibia beta ask^ to preach tha'aaWlser-. ^•n* 01lltou» Afj Mff. will deliver the annual addrenoa Tuesday night, April 30th—We are arranging a program for Friday an,d Monday nighte,^2«th apd^9th, to be carried out by the pupils. This fill ha the first commencement exercises of this college and we are preparing -Oar charoh hut.. m > good eradi tkm spiritually. We/hav*'Added seventeen to the mwbership of our
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