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e----.«,, «».- sp— ««- »wid .. »J- . ·««» ' V ORGAN OF THE AFRICAN MET fc-. 4*Mrr (if MS !/' . * ii& i I v^T’ : • • * | OPAL ZION CHURCH IN AMERICA. ■fj y-A TOL XIX; »5*. i■' ■' " ’ •'* - 4 *■>'•;’' i-, v <;•*•' • .>« •« .->• - ;*j • ■ '}' * *' •'• r,■ ts>-- •<» si,;ft ns* •.A «.m m . ■< THURSDAY, JUNE 27,1895. ■ • . -v- ; ' ixij.ii-vhmdi,. NUMBER 24 KNOXVILLE DISTRICT NOTES AND OTHER COMMENTS. BY BEY. A. G. KE8LEB, P. E. Our work is in a prosperous con dition, all the brethren are moving along nicely and everything harmo niously. Rev. E. D. W. Jones it folding everything grandly at Logan’e Chapel Temple, and up to the second quarter the church was square or pastor’s salary. ■Rev. F. A. Molden is moving on nicely at East Port. Rev. G. P. Barnes is having good success on Logan’s Chape) circuit. Rev. J. D. Rogers is doing well on Rockford circuit and we hope he will be able to rebuild the church at Rockford that was destroy d by fire last year. Rev. J. H. Starling is doing well «t Mitchells Chapel. The rest of the circuit is not doing so well) but l hope to have thh gs working alright very soon. Revs. J. B, KiJgo and J. W. Mur phy have charge at Oaklin and Oak Grove respectively. 1 hope they, will have success. * Rev, j. F. Houston is doing well on his work and is working hard for a bright future. Rev: W. M. Lyons is greatly im proving h^s circuit. He thinks he will be able to stall two new churches thbydfcy. He is still No. 1 on pre siding cider’s salary op the second quarterly round and also on general fund. Rev, W. ft Anderson is doing well succesful revival at Daodridge with several converts and additions to the church. 'He W8S assisted by Revs Houston, Barnes and myaelf. We bad a grand time. Rev. A 8. ^enry is atf Morristown fighting against wind an&tide. He is doing well and has had a good revival with eight additions to the church. He »Misted by Rev. Chambers Rev. J. M, Barnes, at Mooresburg, is doing well. He had a good revival about the first oi the year with four teen converts and reclamations. \^e ^redoing iLe beet we can. We shall trp to press all general claims from ptf'w o« qp* ccmfrrencej we hope t-o improve over last year, and we will do it ^9. OOHNECTIONAL MATTERS. I noticed in The Star of February 28th an article written by Bey. H. P, Walktr in regard to the presiding, eider Bjstem in Zion chnrch. He pays it jpust be changed j the people ere tired pf it. What people are. complaining so graph about it? I have been among the people a great deal and have heard nothing as our friend Walker says, He says we must look alter the young people. Who has looked after the yoyrag peo ple for the last thirty years? Have the so called Young people done it ? | answer, no. Who built the churches, school houses and colleges that have ^jade ?be young men and women ? I answer, the so called old men. And who Is doing it today ? I answer, the recalled old fogies. I , think ray young friepd is mistaken. J think fhoyodog people ought to try and take care of thexhselves. Pear young friend, we have been taking care of you toy thirty years. Will you try pod takp carp pf yourself? Put brothpr Walker says we mpst ubottsh the presiding elder system. TheM. B. Church and the M. E* Church South have the presiding eld er System, in fact, all the great Methodist churches have it and we hear Ho % complaint. I assure you fbat therp ape «s preachers in the aibre*mentioned churches, with as many titles as Zion' Church has However, the will of the general con ference will suit me. J&ufcl am hap py kauw that ttiljfho are acquaint ed Ifith the bisfory of ibe A. M. £ ftioir church for the last thirty yean 4M? ihht undo the presiding eider sjatem that four—yes; five times as much money hss bdsn raised ami preaobem bettei Brother Walter says W'-j&iSii ha Vi "/T T . f to • ” ' fifteen new bishops. Ob, whist i j amp! If he mabwunother tfne lik< that he jwill find himself in the Bap tut church, where all are bishops an< elders. Perhaps he has a friem whom he would like to get in, anc , out of that number he will be sure ti ' succeed. <, The ministers who will be dele i gates to the next general conferenci should give attention to the arrange ment for a better financial systen than is now in vogue. We will no be able to live at this poor, dyinj rate. The thing is too dne-sided anc needs to be changed. Two new offi ces were created in the last genefa! conference. The law governing the office of our educational and missionary secretaries should be go changed that these offi' cers will prove of some real benefit to the connection. Without such ’ a change they should be ttbolished. Ar rangements should ba made to give at least $3,000 to Greenville College, ^cheilffiWeriity and Atkinson Cob lege, n haye seen only one report from our -missionary secretary since the last general conference, and there was *»ore expense than profit attached to it. Another needed matter k an appropriation of four thousand dollars instead of one thousand dollars so &*t worhout preachets can get at least enongh to give thorn a decent burial when they are deed or a shelter to cofer them weary bodies when they have-worn themselves oil in the serv ice of tie church. Itietr shame for any great chuTcb to hfcr prwfrfa era out and allow shame to euldgiSe a minister from a county poorhouse or a hospital from a great church tha has not charity enough to prepare for war in time of peace. When a bishop becomes dis abled for active service he can sit down cn one thousand dollars a year. Ought not all the superannuated preachers who have worn theptselves out in the services of the church to sit down on the pro rata of four thousand dollars ? Have they not feelings like a bishop ? Have they not wives like a bishop? Do they not love their children like a bishop? Have they not worked bard, preached hard, gone through hot and uve a bishop? Some of them have been half paid and half care 4 for. Brother preacher®, will you hear me ? Let ns 9top going crassy about the bishopric and think a moment for ourselves for we will not all be bishops; and again, their fam ilies will be drawing a salary after they are in heaven but yours Will stop at death. I am in favo^ of paying our bigliops two thousand dollar* and let them arrange for tbg)r ojfin travel* ing expenses. If the present system is not changed, in the next twenty years we will owe the bishops fifty or seventy-five thousand dollars hack salary. I do not think we can go en at these rates and succeed The prerent law says each bishop shall have two thousand dollars a year and traveling expenses, hut it doe* not say to what that traveling expense shall amount. So at present rates each bishop .is costing the church from tweuty*five hundred to three thousand dollars a year and ty addition to that they draw on the church for hack sal* ary. I do not think the chnrch should be taxed for traveling expenses fpr the following reasonsWhen the bishop givefi a minister an appoint: ment he *ays move on your work. If that is good for a pastor the same rule holds goo<3hfor a bishop. I do not care" where" the bishop or any one else reside? if I am not bound to pay for it, but I do not like the idea of buying^ preparing f dinner and then send and haul the partfei to my house free of charge and pay them to eat after they come tbthe table. 1 am in favor of electing at lead three more bishops In selecting you put to eq-e (o get tie Mud ot men tie eburoh needs tor tW isuiph a thing #» having too much of anything: Of course, we do nol want a dead did mait, *BU» do we mwm af want good that kno something about the itinerant wor and know how to care as much fc his popr work and poor men as b would for his rich churches and hi preaobers. Now as to quality, suppose that Zion has any kind c man you want. I read some tim ago where ail candidates for bisho would send in their letters of a< ceptance to The Stab. Well, will not vote for any man who i an applicant, but for the man fo whom the church is calling. Now there are a few men about in place who we do not want for bishop? We do not want a dude. We do no want a spendthrift. We do toot wen anyone with two living w^e* W< do lift want anyone who has hem suspended at any time for immora conduct. We do not neat any ec clesiastical tramps like Ravi, Haines A. Hill and others. %bey will give trouble in the future Brethren, as we see they have brought nothin! into Zion, let as see that they take no thing ouU Knoxville, Teop. IK 18 THERE A 8P®CI'$j^*LI. TO THE BJ8H«vnCT ' BY BBV. W. TWIDDLE, D. D. • 'isjbcv _ Mr. KditfrWill you kiodly al low ike to intrude on your; patience enough to speak a word upon * the grav# question relaii v&stpthe call k the bishopric. I ask, is it meant that til a special call to ihjs great and Ible plaetljj; ' jjsstsuat ceivOd such a call. My humble and short sighted opin.on is that God calls « main, or men, to the ministry tc preaph the gospel ai d oversee the flock of Christ and that is all so far at the call goes. Then if tbefi.e so called of God improve thfiiu«fclv*g. in the ey< of th& church, aided by divine grace, and become qualified to fill rmy place for which the church may need.them they are elected* and not called again Altho I have had self for a tegpkei and the other follow (or a scholar, 1 suppose, ! h^ve been wonderfully aid; ■ed and guided by the Hord for more •than thirty-five years. During tb|l tim9 ! have seeq mqch of the mioistry and, 1h]thet$#>rf conclude that fh< gospel way pf making bishops i« ih< most successful^ and excellent way Tbdreare hut two ordinations se forth in the scripture; and the ronlj proper calling ,to the bishopric, wa bestowed at ot%e, that ftoc ferred hy the church upon such a those m whom erudition and dec piety seemed manifest. They wer chosen with an earnest plea for G_od’« approval and not by fhe likes, dis likes or favoritism: t$ wen, Nor were they'always chosen for their long standing in the ministry or other’ wise, bat by the selection of their brethren with a desire to bevy thy ap proval of Cjod in the selection. There was ho political display oi methods then. The matter was' of too grave a vtare iUapcimethod bat, a prayerful gelecj^pn ,w*« made I oontend farther that those so elected have been and are today the strongest and most useful p^en or our bench, I dp not wish tc fe^lt or |ompla$ 3jwlth A| ch^V methods, yet * fpr* tot the strongest op our bench today aw those in * whose selection ft appfean that the ok&rofa was guSSed Oft** God’s direction. One is said to be by our brethren—or someof torn— the strongest Negro bishop, J y\\) not disfept, bpt gp farther and m he is as »tron*!■-■• -#W Wm W where, I do? not mean by this, how ever, that he is as fine in oratory or ar weU educated #s so»e, >ut j a id -icn v, lection may ham tk was the not douhl r iri! the matter,, but by th< e grace iof God he prefixed hjjSjj 5 and stood in die way/where God could jaw him for 'HMahnmh and [[the1 church caUhimtetadwr service, *11 do pot wowdse thatnmafcretbren r | hesitate to answer llm ijasninii “Do , * you feel that you have bew called The^ only call, in my fctimhfa judg ment, jp to tbe miniiKhy* This call, HA^NEVli&B, ^ la ) NOTE9i padfe to shy a t ew ’aJtWi{j^<*choo] on EMter and tbewor oastor, Rev. L. D.r1 late iuty demands its On astnrday lMtbafi ing hjau charge of the tion, I instructed the cl me ailbe cborch for . decoiatirg it for SHinJ ter pteptera^; pen to mett purpose of it Me* appeal gf 1 fPfiWT'-i ana visitors. lar exercises of the school, the school was instructed lo re-aesemble at. 2 oWofajt p. m , iopr the purpose of ar ranging themselves lor tbe Easter ex ercises. At the appoin ed hour all flledjiii with cheerful faces and plea* ant smiles, ready and^ prepared to nfiCeti tbe puh'ic. At 2.;3Q Z'oq's hall tolled to the public that it wan time to proceed to the plaster services. , ]' A* % o’clock the exercises hegan After a brief statement from the writer we took up. the program, $Ktt *e ha$: aniptraduotery mg recited by. Mise Min pie OottreUt put organist, apd the chorus was sung hy ftp’School which waa erediwj rei4«w& : ,;!»/ Following were 3ible selections on Chips* and his resurrection recited by the member* of the several claisee of $ij school From % f«£fwe&ts byaofce ol the he*tiba|kittg ablest visitors they rendered piwes quite well. : | eit watm aong “Gad is calling prodigal, com*,” by Miss Beles , follow in | after which ado<J»~ kwmm patented and suitable ations by several little girls wait ly rendered and a ^goodly number er reciteUons, dedasft%t|qM aad spoken and read by the school. On th4 whole I. must say ea othershave •sidihat the children came up to &4 requirement of tb&lge. 2k# played her part In Its Sabbath-school work on Easter. '■ Among the visitors f wawEi&tf H» J. B*ayboy, of the Christian church, w^io yrkeo «*Ued ant gave some oheeringand Wilrotive kwgrha 9{>o« ov exercises and how w^ll plamadbc was adth^thilt** i hoai J. W« Jones expressed binssslf ofbe ing ao? well pleased with the entire exercises that he felt that we decreed a j liberal donatiow frombfr fflrtwfct •Thishe gave, \ angled \o say that the UMtei saliva wmyvf JwiwUf attended, met a alngle vaeae t plefft oouldk&Jfqiiitd..^. L'* j. After theelese of these huroisa* the school, ohiwth end vastest' 1* assembled at 7 p. m* to lht^n tp, the i sod fllfwiitt of tho j Barter hUr devQted,rfei$WW, m* 1 ilMlamiiil naslft>--!lau- !■ EJfrr FilWtfff OCQt futore obligation , , , h Be* Workmen's ayes are ever open to Zion's caoae and anoone as am eagle that she upon a diff watching ice. Hie heart, ham and iJWr engaged in preparing the church for the of the coming Alabama, &reenviil* district conference which hi Intake place some time in August Unices he /alb shertia the plans he bto laid success b bis. I am glad to sayv at this writing that we have been more ably, in structively and successfully presided over bf Rev. J. W. Abtork, D. D., .than ever in otlr history. He has ever proven a lecturer, an d a teacher aa well as a preacher; he has ia all ifrhb founds and occasions visited oar Sabbath-school when he taught and lectured to tile same; hb ecnhasl to tile young has ever been instructive and impressive, Such teachings will be fob and followed when Elder Ai stov* shall have been sailed to fill and enjoy* more higher, loftier and position than the one drift be now filb. We feel that the «S*M church will be honored. ‘ r 7* May Elder Workman remain with 4s tooerry us to the success he b destined to do; and if we are to be deprived of Eev. J. W. Abtork, D D., as a presiding elder wepray that he may be promoted to the . .... gift at the bauds of thb our beiOved A. M & Zion connection, of which ! believe he iatMVtbyaad abb to fill* "Thb day barercises are due great If fo! hb teaching,*nd Elder Work arri w ■ ■ • ' t m At ttoa wnttig Elder Workman n hard at Work in repairing and beauti fy in z the church for the reception of die district confereece. The Sabbath-school b preparing to put In new chandilicrs all dub to Elder Workman’s leadership. Zion isaw*ke, ■ Jftskop T. H. Lomax, D. D„ while hi* way to » viaife It the ehurobw ». Tenteseee, Hopped- orer with oft and on Friday night, Hay Slat, he de» llyered a lecture to a good deed audi §nce. HI* theme "The dqty of member* to the chf£&* AH teemed fcsea well pleated with the fifchbph remark*. After the lecture a collection wan taken up. By re qaeatj the Bishop contented to rapahl over dttring Sunday ftftd preach at 11 rfeloclfi Saturday morning the Biah> ap; with tha writer, went driving. Alter yuHtingtomenoree ana too King erpand we called oh Father Murdock, da# o* the oldftt »«i :AlBiAen in parte. Wa are plea*ed to say we fhuhd the oM aoldier and fhmifydeH and fUll of something :Hbf‘ say. * freely about the good of th* commo tion. Hewitt ihow to tnyone, who may chance tattlh with him, that he Imp fre work of tha eonneetiW at (MW DOyOlWIIMMuw OOOH wM WW .thorn.. The t iftwMowUNyi.vwi-, .«■*> J* Bishop appear to better ad van tare sEai^ssStKSS haltt to the jtontain tarigoikn yvtag Max»bb* who, with bis good lady bed accompanied ua. I *m race that a# who heard theBwhpp'sj spawn «* joyod it. The Bishop sad writer cpent the night si the residents of Bevj fh> Corkel. We are ferry K|o w that Mrs. BCeCorkel is net k» Ike best of health at this time* hut we pay she may soon regain, her good health. We *>£*.*■<* #«».$£» health has notbeengood for tome time. The Bishop stopped with |lr^ and M s. Nat Smith a few days while hew. They know, how to make, Tt pleasant for anyone who may ehan^e to stop with them. JPe all say come again Bishop THE AIM OF LIFE. BY BET. a B. COWARD. It is the aim that awfase the {nan, and without Una he it nothing as £ss he the utter destftufcian nf fbcee, weight add eyeir individuality among men oaf reduce him to nonstoty. j; ' The strong gnats and: oturiamd the world sweep him this way and that, without stream or miLto impel, or helm to guide him. v If' helm Boh speedily, wrecked or run to grand, it is more his gdod fohanr ilma grid management-: We hare netfefc heard a more touching oonfce km of^ otter weakness and miaeSy than thcsi Words from one singularly hlsesedwith the endowments of nature and of Proyi? denoe: “My life i* aimless.” Take h&d, young man, of «*n eimlff* Ifr Hiken^hoo, <#* ^rn^mm dm. A wsl arntmtaiaed pnd gpocf perseverance to all man’s cfiorts. Whatever f ;ma»>teJents vantages may fce»W*k.PpI to*. * j low one, be is weak and deepfcjable and he own* be otherwiaq than re speotaole and induoeUal witha-hlgl one. Withou^ apme defioi$eotyec before us, some standard cw]bKh w are earnestlw: > mob, > cannot expect to attemto anyjprea height, either meotfdiyer morally Placing for oumelrea. Mgb standafd| and wishing torcfch them withou any further iforteueur part, is . p# Jn fny grta degree. Some oo« , has suid »at«n holds; for each of jog:%U that to make us wM M koppy3*Ifeptifc requires us |o labor for allthft :gi get. God giv<*99ikk*tff; ToJufun to man unmatched by need of laboi and we cm expert to QTt«ee»edp culties only by strong fmd domrmine. elforts. Hero is a great and nebl w«wk lying just More us»Jush.:f to blue ocean limawtb&Md $ rocks which Moo to shorn/ Ever tok ol the shllFMto^n.imtono With nautical law keep her steadil; uearing to port, ;Vv;>:= v, h«flh itwkeet to ehWbrmgl^ marWsmtoa torsi UktifPjQ # U«k1 . .. 'fit,. . . , r. i*ri»** ippMrttaft* jMtxfgjm ittWtfoik idtbmsmm Hat that Miiii nf hof wi lt—l. of "Iff'.. Ml*WTfr w«r* tmaritiw fMfcLMfeiift '#«**«• 4rfWt Qftjfc* iS^: * which they IM^ilvMtRW their thooghhi idik:)4M9lMjt **&*■'-It kmmtr. ifefe? «itf rfw»mo^A(ii Wtfc mA** *ln#»lq Wfcijtfj oft* mitat oi ih«r fiituit idniiiaiBti M v.R-W HP- WdHPI rails; M A W»tOf*K Mfei iiiwmtaHi^pi,:, ,90-tSt * i ^JSgiwa si iiMii fe •. oSJl I r^ij vRjB fflL -\jLj jWCVjJPl^f r :; |<»l • 48ft*H: Mitt ¥f!w’ton ’ tfiv h t i* ^ iii‘>j 1«i5 Zi&r&l t-tiilitkA '& W&JfiSi ’••>& •1® *, I bat*not btenabirto do who *m tor ib*r«gh*' the? mm-rnmm meal; sugar, iardaad b*conM to in weight over one hnadn twwily pounds, t hut * fetl tbit charch which feted ** *f7v, B«t bibr w«ao io ihi ebaiscfb Krttraad*. ~I wfj iwtf#ob*wt Mt BetkfclW }T- 1 ew/ri Mi } ’ u «> Ilf iARLOW (AJUC.; worn, waA fc&gftfw; Zionb ooatotto tfe frontat tbit point. God tt» dtei ble paator Bat. J. A. Miner. imr ^ ging Zion to «h* front at tbftr jifea. MayGbcFbifeourpgferand r^|y n fean «.-> 57jk? iVt ad WW% Tepy lMj. Ie*(fcy^ «# mu^gm. tiniijojMwwhw Son.' ‘Prdy'for bec^afew91 *" to® Wi&fjoa .*r.y .eookr 1007 ,i«Jrr',' ■ • S77 VaxtuAB mw dally *>rtn bj ^iecditti^bl * WNlN*n»ft Jjiroii and earth; md ra be it /_.eUrtu Banlvaj. Thai irr the am. eermit m\\tJ • WUIlrl •*» 'twfj m
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