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mm - 4t ORGAN OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH IN AMERICA. VOLUME XXL CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2U1897. NUMBER 21 MOST NOBLE WOMAN, Her Influence and Work Reach to th< Ends of the World. BY MBS. H. W. SMITH. What1 is woman ? The female o: the human race. It is said to be i woman in the truest and higheei sense of the word, “Is to be the besl thing beneath the skies. ” It is alsc said that woman is at the bottom o: everything, good or bad, that is done in the world. Woman helps mar attain to greatness. Look back at “Woman’s Influence and Work.” Woman by her influence makes or mars life. A man may rot or murder to gratify a woman. Every woman has great influence. What ie influence ? It is moral or physical power to lead or direct. Watch the kind of influence that you are con stantly exerting. Giving a man an invitation to take a glass of wine or to indulge in a game of cards may kindle the fires of intemperance or oi gambling, which may burn forever. Woman should rival man in all that is good, refined, ennobling. Wher ever a woman is she should be a har monizing influence of purity and ot truth. Her influence toward man should be to soften his manners, to teach him a needful lesson of order, sobriety and goodness. A woman’s worth is determined by the real goodness of her heart, the greatness of her soul and the purity ana sweetness or ner cnaraoter. Her influence should be armed with exec utive power. She should strive to live above suspicion, being ever true to God and duty. Come what may, a constant, consistent Christian wo man’s influence and power are untold. In most cases the average home de pends much upon the woman at the head of it. Whether sunshine shall enter the rooms, whether the table shall be invitingly spread, whether bright lights shall appear, whether it shall be agreeable or disagreeable, depends upon the woman. Influence before a child should be such that he or she might never be ashamed to imitate if. A mother’s influence is worth as much to a child as silver or gold. If they are influenced in the right way they may always find some way to earn silver and gold. They learn the sweet lessons of politeness, purity and that highest gentlemanli ness and religion from mother. Her influence is never forgotten. I thank heaven for my mother’s influence which has ever guided and kept me froin many evils. Woman is the mo ther of the earth; she is one of “ God’s last and best crowning creations.’’ Work, is to labor, operate, to move, to stir and mix, manufacture, manual Jabor, employment, occupation, pro duction, achievement, and other things. Woman’s work is never fin ished until she ceases to be. Look at the home; see how unselfishly she la bors for the happiness of the other members of the family, forgetting self and putting aside that which would cause her joy for the sake of loved ones ^mending, cooking and doing anything that comes to her hand. Woman should cultivate and develop the thinking power so as to aid and guide and train the children; also that she may be capable, in the intellectual world, of inspiring men by her thought and work, never giv ing them opportunity to depreciate her mental capacity in measuring it with their own. Woman’s mind is ol as much consequence as man’s, and in her peculiar sphere she mqst educate herself, and educate her hands also. We have heard that Paul Baid: “ Wives submit yourselves to your husbands.” It is not because we are inferior to him nor because we are his servant, but because in every bus ness there must be But one authority, In the divine law of the household the man is the head. To submit is the submission of love, not as a serv ant nor as an inferior being. Man is for strength, woman for love. It is submission 1o the selfish, careless and indifferent husband that breaks the ^ heart and stifles the life of a woman. Woman has made it her work to go missionaries to far countries. In Temperance Union woman is known. In the prayer meet tan is at work. In the school Drives with all her might to tones in the right way of won an, when her influence and work are 'fleasing to God, is one of Hu windlasses which is twined around a silv< r thread that others may be guid ed by it. , W omen can engage in various purs aits with no loss of womanly grace. The neatness, accuracy, pa tient e, and the faithfulness of woman are crowding men out of Btores and , fact< ries. Being temperate, she can be t: usted. Woman ought to know ever ything that she can £bout busi ness. Women have begun business alon}, employed others, acquired wealth, supported orphan asylums, and bequeathed large sums to charity. Eliz ibeth-Fry preached in the jails of G reat Britain and worked for the success of schools. Lady Huntington was i great worker. Clara Barton, and Amanda Smith* of the colored race are doing great work of which we c in be proud. Queen Esther was a de iverer of her people. How many grea; and good men in life have said, “ If I have gained anything I owe it to my wife or mother?” Woman’s work seems to be in the sick room. How tenderly she admin ister i to the unfortunate ! It is one of hi r most difficult duties to attend the sick and dying. It calls forth tenderness, sympathy, prayerfulness and fidelity. She cannot attend to the sick without thinking of the grea ; responsibility. It requires care ful preparation of mind, heart and spirit. Her influence and work are al way! needed at the hospital. Wo man s work cannot be overestimated and tier influence reaches to the ends of tb e earth. Go on, noble woman, exerting a good influence, working for God and hum mity, remembering that a shin ing < rown awaits you in that heaven ly land. St. Louis, Mo. CHARLESTON DISTRICT. BY REV. R. Kt KEARNS, P. E. Zion is prospering in the the eastorn part of South Carolina. My worl: is known arf Charleston District of tl e Palmetto Conference, and be gins with Paradise circuit. R»v. McClenan, a very bright youi g minister, is getting on very well He raised the Presiding Eld< r’s salary and had a surplus. At Nebo circuit we met the in telligent Rev. Hendrick, who is pus! ing the work smoothly along. Notwithstanding the very cold weai her, we raised over $15.. At Gladden Grove Rev. Miller had every thing in readiness. He is one of Z on’s young heroes. Rev. Laken, of Ebenezer circuit, was very late in reaching his work on a icount of the b&d weather. From all appearances we are satisfied we hav<i the right man in the right plac s. Rev. Green, of Beaver Creek cir uuiw , xa uui uuiug bu wen, uut tut; chuich seems to like him. V e had a dull time at Zion. Hill circuit, Rev. Gregory having sickness in his family. By the help of the Eternal One we hope to do better on our next round. R av. Jeter, pf Antioch circuit, was visil ed next. He has the Sabbath schcol nicely worked up; but the chui ch is far behind. Otherwise we had a good time. Next we boarded the S. C. and G. R. R. for Summerville. Here we met Mrs. Brown, the donor of our chui ch at this place. This is a small wore, but Rev. Brown, the pastor, loves Zion and is pushing along. List, but not least, we are in the grai d old City-by-the-Sea—Charles ton. We were cordially received by Rev Hinton, pastor of Shiloh station. We were informed that Shiloh had beer on the dead list, but is taken off s ince he has taken charge of the woric. He is an experienced war hore e and will bring her to the front. Rsv. Washington, of Tabernacle circ lit, and Rev. Gibbes, of Virgin chapel, are doing very well with thei f small works. B aving completed our first round, we < urned our face homeward, stop ping over at Columbia as the guest of Mrs. C. M. Wallace of the C. M. E. (Jhurch, Rev. Williams, pastor of Zioi, and Mr. L. M. Rice, U. S. Mail MISSIONARY WORK. Mention Of A Few Of Zion’s Untiring Working Women. BY A. E. JOHNSON. It has been our privilege since ’92 to serve this Conference as the Vice President of the W. H. and F. M. So ciety. It was ours to take up the work where Mrs. Bishop 0. C. Pet tey had already laid a “sure founda tion” with such pure-hearted ma terial as Mother Bridges of State-st., whose memory still lives among us; also Sisters Sommie Banks, Withers, Stolenworth, M. C. Johnson, Mairy Clinton, Butler and others who doubtless have been mentioned often before the Conference. We shall speak of the officers of to day and a number of leading workers of some of our churches. Sister Som mie Banks, of Mobile, has the honor of being the Vice-President of the first district of the W. H. and F. M. Society. She indeed has her heart in the work. Miss L. L. A. Singleton, of Walker Spring, is the Vice-President of the Second district. She is a young wom an and her report at the last Confer ence convinced us that we had made the proper selection. Mrs. f. H. Leavens, President of the Sons and Daughters of Conference, has but few equals as a real church worker. Mrs. Mary Barner, her district assistant, is an earnest worker. Mrs. J. D. Jackson is'President of Jones Univer sity Auxiliary rsoard. we nna in ner a model minister’s wifc*and No. one conference worker. Miss Rosena Temple, Vice-President of the first district of said Society ; also a mem ber of Big Zion, Mobile ; also a teach er in the city school, is one of the few young ladies of her ability that de lights to work for her church. All of our good women cannot be long to the conference; hetice we mention a few who assist largely with the local work: Mesdames Allen C. Crooms, Qracea M. Scott, Bank, are among the many lady workers of State-st.; Mesdames Mary Washing ton, F. Nelson, H. Beavers and K. Myers are active workers of Big Zion, and at Hope Chapel we find Mes dames F. Bryant, P. W. Goode and A. King leading in each department of the church. -The different Boards of the ladies were successful in presenting on their night to the Conference, for all pur poses, $110.25; of this amount $24.50 was sent to the Treasurer of the W. H. and F. M. Society. V£e have al ready started to work for a grand re port this conference year. The W. H. and F. M. Society Constitution gives us the authority to organize auxiliary societies; therefore, we have appointed Mrs. Gussie E. Mims of Mobile, (with her consent) as Ju venile Superintendent, whose duty will be to gather up all the children through the Western Alabama Con ference and organize them into Aux llary Missionary Societies. We be speak for her a great success. We also take this opportunity to notify those to whom it may concern. We hope the day is not far off when each State will organize a Zion Woman’s Missionary Convention,^as great good could be accomplished for both our Home and Foreign Mission interests. The ladies down this way are en joying the Stab these days and es pecially the “Woman’s Column.” We are proud of its Editor; yea, we love her. We rarely find a woman of any race who can deal so largely with any subject as she deals with the Nation’s affairs, Church interests, domestic circles and the leading fashions of the day . Indeed, she is great and we honor her. Sorry to note her ill ness; we pray for her speedy recovery. We have certainly enjoyed some of the discussions since January in the Stab; but we regret very much that some have attempted to criticise our Bishop—Bishop J. B. Small. We see no cause for such criticism. We hope the ladies of the Conference will work as willingly under Bishop Small as did. they for beloved. Bishop Pettey. We must do more this year than ever before. - Scranton, Miss. dead here. Rev. G. W. Hampton, our pastor, the mah for the place, loved by the peopler is doing a great work here atljplintrm Ohapel. At this writing we are having a revival— over 17 converts. Rev. Frazier from Harlam, Ky., Rev. S. M. Charles, from Oak Grove, and Rev. Keeler, all earnest, good workers, are assisting our pastor. Our superintendent, Sifter Lena Murrell,' is doing good work in the Mabhsth-Bchool. The board [of stewardesses is wide-awake, as are also the stewards and trustees. Ourmembersaie grand Zion workers. The Bible eaye, "“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be com forted.” We have mourned quite awhile, but wo rejoice under the leadership of Rjv. 0. W. Hampton. God be praised. ' Lucinda Lyons. PALMETT3 CONFERENCE. BY REV. S. T. MEEK, P. E. The Palmetto Conference is known as the daughter of the South Carolina Conference. She has run well. Some time daughtere grow larger than mothers. We ware separated in Spar tanburg in 189!l to climb the West ern hills of Sorth Carolina. It was said by some that she could not suc ceed with the material Bhe had. It was said her presiding elders are too slow and her ministers are not up with the times. But I see what they meant, as they could not see far, and their judgment being very aha low. it reminds me of what Goliati said to David when he stood on lhe trembling battle field. Goliath said he was too little and young. David said, “I come in defense of my people and God is with me.” So David succeeded as a con queror. Was lie up with the times? By age and size, no. But by faith in his God, he was. So you see what you sometimes saTf'-up^is generally called “down” with God. What God wants in his vineyard is faithful min isters. And oa! if we could have them, we woulc know no failure. Looking over the Palmetto Con ference five yes rs ago, she only had a few members and poor churches.. She was short on finance. Her gen eral fund was short; support to pas tors barely nothing. She had only two small districts paying presiding elders from $3(0 to $400. Now she has three districts paying presiding elders from $4(0 to $600 a year. Do you call this coming? Yes, indeed. We sing in thii Conference “March ing must be done,” and we act ac? cordingly. A pastor over here in one of the cities of refuge can stay five or six years; well, until the Bish op moves him. The Palmetto Conference also has her Industrial High School in the city of Union. It is growing very rap idly under the well trained and scholarly Prof. W. A. Walker, A. B., Winter and Su ing to furnish ! ters. Mr. Edi write a lengthj ana our strong ana aDie uero, xvev. F: M. Archie, General Traveling Agent, of whom we are proud be cause of his ability and success this last year. He has raised over one thousand dolla rs for this school. He is the man we need, because he is the people’s man. If you will let his dancing eyes p ay on you, and listen to his swift talking mouth, you will certainly oper. your pocket-books and hand five or ten dollars for our school. Our Cc nference wants him to tour the North this year in interest of our school. God bless him. Union, 8. C. The members of the White Oak church are fuily satisfied with our wbrthy and competent minister, Rev H. F. Martin. When he came he preached from 3t. John 12:33. The sermon was powerful enough to make Angels rejoice and Satan tremble. We- have t|»e best pastor in the Conference. Ia regards to our Pre siding Elder, be hasn't a superior in this Oonferenc 3. Although we are among the claj hills of South Caro lina, we do not hybernate nor go into lethargy in tbo Winter. We bloom imer. . We are striv ion some good minis I would like to s ■to'the Stab, MOTES FROM GEORGIA. ng Wrong.—What About Mia utcs ?—Money Wanted, BT REV: B. J. JONES. . want to say something about our da: ling Zion in this part of the Mas* tei s vineyard. It was acknowledged by some of the oldest,, and best in foi med elders th at the annual con ference held at Girard, Ga., was the bein the history of the South Geor gia Oonflrence. Bishop I. C. Clin toil, D. D., presided. i’he conference laid ofl a new presiding elder district, known as the Savannah Distrijt, with Rev. 8. H. H; lyes as Presiding Elder. Rev. L. G. Hemphill wan re-elected Presiding Elder of the Athens District. He is ving his fifth year on this district, s men, as a whole, are not doing well now ar before conference, taethfng seem? to be dead in Den rk. There is a great wrangle throughout the entire conference, e Presiding Elder held his second T! 2( qi arter at Wyn i’s chapter February 21. sed. The amount of $20.75 was The witer is serving his tb Ird year at th s point. Up to date is well. Mr?. M. A, Jones, S. A. radlin, E. M. Ardister, Miss L. E. Cifrter, L. M. Carter, and H. P. Pet tub, are truly Ziomtes, ever ready to mike their pastor and Presiding Eld er glad. What about ru inutes ? The confer ertee secretary has written each Pre si ling Elder that the minutes have gene to press ana as soon as ten aol lats are raised the minutes will be oi |t. Brethren, we raised fifteen dol lars in the conference and turned it oVer to the Bislnp, to have the min ules printed it our Publication House, with tho understanding that tile Presiding Elders raise the bal ai ce as soon t s the Bishop made -ki own the amount for printing, w tich he has done; and it is only .33$ to each Presiding Elder dis trict. I have written and written arid there hasn t a single man re sponded. Look out, boys! TheBish oj1 sees you. Remember, “po obey is b(tter-than sacrifice.” Each Presid Elder and preacher promised to astist in raising the balance. They oipht to keep their word. This is thfe first yeaf in the second hundred. We ought to gc through without a a plunder. Hands in your pockets aril out with yo lr money. My fifty cehts is waiting. BACKWOOI) PHILOSOPHY. BY EEV. T. H. MEBBIWEATHEB. Elevation brings out the true char ac er of man.' Efe is a moral coward that won’t pa t his debts. Meditation, not reading, is the re su t of original houghts. me loua-vcice minister stands mi ghty first-rato with oar people yet. Dae may ha vs a library of books an 1 not have a library of knowledge. Dastor oil, like advice, is easy to gi’ e; bat we nil do not like to take it. i . The money you have in yourpock et is not your own if you owe it to sdi le one else. vVe have seen men who appeared po wise that we were sorry when they op tned their mouth. There may tx a short cut across th< field of flowsrs, but pone across th* field of leaning. The latest wr inkle in lying is for liar to stop abruptly, and say: "I t to tell it straight.” 'avorkism often stands in the way th; but truth recognized is of ten I the death ol favoritism. . Vhen reason takes flight to a more genial clime, ignorance holds high nival in the hearts of men. le who says there is no true vir in woman sf.ys to the intellectual Id, am at t a gentleman.” reek rand Latin are the 'a bi<Je without the lion, but a “ better There is such a thing as doing al you can to get rid of your preachei and shedding pole-cat tears at his de parture. , * Some people’s water-gauge of s newspaper is regulated by the amount of news it contains from their imme diate vicinity. The minister who preaches you tc heaven when you are on your way tc hell may expect your frown in the hour of death. True greatnees is contented that virtue is enough and that virtue will be fossilized in the dim future; thal good and great men may excavate foi emulation. Preacher: “Dear Bishop, I have been on poor work for two years and bad to meet some bad ‘pints.’ ” Bishop: “Yes, brother, you are a bad preacher.” You may cross the bridge of tears or the bridge of boats'to reach earth ly glory, but on the throne of cool reflection you will behold thousands whom you have outstripped; and in the transition from joy to sorrow yon can say like Xerxes: “In a hundred years from now not a soul will be liv ing-” ' f Noah preached -120 years without a convert; Elijah called fire from heav en and consumed many soldiers that came out to arrest him. He called fire from heaven that burnt up the sacrifice; prayed for rain after three years and received it; defied the mighty host of Ah&b, but hed from his wife Jezebel. St. Peter denied Christ three times, but it was not long after that 3,000 souls were con verted by hearing one of his sermons. Jude, the brother of Christ, wrote one book—one chapter with only 25 verses; and yet it will live as long as sacred truth, and be the guide .book to the house not made with bands. Earlington, Ky. Young men who feel divinely moved to enlist in Christ’s army as a gospel banner-bearer should fully equip themselves for the work. Do so morally and religiously. Rev. B. L. Stanton, though young, is a power. He is doing a great work and has erected at Middleton Grove one of the nicest country churches in the country. A. S. Horton, P. M. Way, Miss. —o— Presiding Elder F. K. Bird of the Raleigh (N. C.) district is a grand man. We had a glorious time at our quarterly meeting which he held for me in February. He is a powerful preacher. He preached from Psalms 92:12. We raised $16.70 at the quarterly conference and $24 on quarterly meeting. The members are well pleased with him. Richmond, N. C. Rev. B. W. Turner. Presiding Elder F. K. Kuhngs worth of the Chester (S. C.) district is an able and loving divine. He held my quarterly conference in February a.t Mt. Zion church and found the reports all favorable. The people of this district are certainly pleased with him. On the Sabbath he preached from 2' Cor. 11:33. It was a great sermon. He certainly opened some of the richest treasures of the Scriptures. Collection, $14.01. Rev. R. A. McCreary. Bascomville, S. C. A few months ago things looked dark, but thank God we have climbed the mountain and see light. We have a live Sabbath-school and a Varick C. E. Society. Although Varick, the father of Zion, is dead, his name and influenee live with ns. Rev. R. R. Frederick who has been with us for two years is a wonderful church worker. He is now assigned to anoihAr field. May the Lord be with him and bless him. > v - >T I; S. Simmons. Plant City, Fla. Brethren of the Palmetto Conference Fon promised at our last conference held in Union, 8. €., to send me one dollar each by Christmas to aid me-.with the debt on this church. Bishop I. C. Clinton is this only one who has kepthis and he sent me five dollars. save'Zion in re SHOULD SEES OFFICE. The hegro A Factor Which Should Be Respected By All. BY BEV. MOSES S. SPBATT. The American Negro should seek public office at all times, in all places, and by all honorable methods. He should neither fear nor shrink from the disappointment, the vexation and the heart-burnings that must come to the many whose hopes and ambitions for office are never gratified. Public office carries with it power, tone and cha:*acter; and the tew men of color whc are fortunate enough to obtain the golden fruits of official recognition, secure for their race a place in the public esteem inseparably connected with dignity and honor. Such a compensation is worth, indeed, all the nervous force and energy ex pended in seeking the prize. The Negro occupies an anomalous position among the races of America. In-overy community he has his own peculiar social station—peculiar not only because of his separation from all other people in the higher and bet ter ibrms of life but also because he has not yet been able to fix for himself a social standard up to which he can live consistently and uniformly. To intensify the Negro’s distressing con dition his white fellow citizens see fit to shut him out from a participation in most of those occupations and bus iness connections which are every where classed as dignified vocations. lue negro 8 Dest ana easiest avenue, then, to honor, prosperity and the proper recognition of his talents, is his employment in the services of his town, city, state or country. Jr appreciate the fact that such doctrine as I am here preaching will be regarded by some as the rankest kind of heresy; and by others as the most dangerous kind of advice to our young men. I admit that there • would be some justice in such criti i cism if the young Negro, in the al most brutal competition of life, had an equal chance with the white boy, whom he has distanced in the insti tutions of learning, from the graded schools through the university; but, to quote Abraham Lincoln, "As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” There is such a vast difference between the opportunities of the white man and the black man in America that there <;an be no ade quate comparison. The Negro is a citizen and voter, and on these grounds he has as much right to seek office as any one else. Warren, Arkansas. The Evergreen district, ably pr<?> sided over by presiding elder A. J. Roc gers, is blooming. He held ^ quarterly conference .February 5th on Georgiana circuit, Rev. A. Gregory, pasior, and met with a hearty wel come. He was in Sunday-school on tim<3 Sunday, and at 11 a. m. preached a rich sermon from Psalms 10:51. At night he preached equally as welt from Ruth 1:16. 7 Collection, $25; General Funds, $2. He is a wide-awake P. E. T. H. Snow. Oeorgiana, Ala. Presiding Elder H. 0. Banks is an eloquent preacher. At my quarterly conference I paid him up. Tbe North Alabama conference loves Bishop Small. I am not a prophet, but mark my prediction, the North Alabama conference will raise at least $300 more general tax this year than she has ever raised. Bish op Small has his eyes on us hoys, and we boys have our eyes on him. Then we*will either hear “Come, ye blessed” or “Go ye.” Livingston, Ala. Rev. J. S. Jackson. We are glad to see the Star shin ing with increasing lustre. We con gratulate our ex-editor, G. W. Clin ton, upon his election to the bish opric, especially since he is assigned to this episcopal district. We wanted Bishop A. Walters first and Bishop G. W. Clintqn next. When he was the Star man we coold not see him away down here in Mississippi. Now we have seen him. We Missiwippians who are reading after hot Star man, Rev. J. W. i to catch a
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