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== STA REV. J. W. SMITH, D. D., Editok. REV. G. L. BLACKWELL, A. M., D. D., Business Manages. Published every Thursday at Charlotte, N. 0« t06S. College M. Ei&tred at the Post Office at Charlotte as geo tmcMass mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: fl.00 per annum; six months, 60 cents; no three month's subscrip tion. l TO CORRESPONDENTS: To insure publica - lion write with mk and extra carefulness on one side of the sheet only; do not abbreviate; avoid personalities; deal with live questions and give us items of church and race news; condense, so as to occupy a column or a half column: do not, if possible, exceed 660 worde. When writing about re vivals, anniversaries, dedications, donations, mar riages, receptions, death of “church members, Easter or Children’s Day, and the-like, write on postal cards. If you writs long-winded articles, the Edi tor will l,boil them down." Send all articles for publication to the Editor; send all subscriptions; all changes and all business matter to the Manager. STAFF CORRESPONDENTS. Mrs. Bishop 0. 0. Pettey, Editor ot Woman’s Column. Bev. G.W. Oflley, D. D., Bov. E. O. Biddle, B. D., Rev. J. B. Anderson, Bev. J. E. Mason. D. D., Bev. W. H. Marshall, Bev. W. A. Blackwell, Bev. d. 8. Adams,DD, Bev. E. D. W. Jones, A. B., Bev. F. H. Hill, Prof. B. A. Johnson, A. M., Bev. J. H. McMullen, Bev. T. A. Woathlngton, Prof.E.L. Thornton,A.M.,Ro'9.J.H. Manley, D.D., jProf.D.W.Parker,A.B., Bev. J.A.D.Blolce, A.M., Prof.W.F.Fonvellle,A.B,Bev.O.W WlnOeld,D.D. H.O.Weeden,Esq., Prol.W.M.Provluder,A.B. Rev. H. W. smith, Bev. D. C. Covington Thursday, July 15, 1897. EDITORIAL. Read Bishop Small’s letter. If some women were not “made up” so conspicuously they would look sweet and pretty. One hour'of good solid work is worth a month of pressing brick on the corner with your feet talking politics. Presiding Elder J. W. Thomas who is opposed to our bishops and ministers wearing robes will speak next week. We learn that Presiding Elder Jno. Hooper, the veteran pioneer, is very ill in Newbern, N. C. Next week we shall publish the literary program of the coming an niversary of Bishop Hood. Z;on is getting aroused on the subject. Brother pastor, "have you raised Children’s Day money so as to have your name and church appear in that great report which will be published about the middle of August ? There are some surprises in store. Some .churches have excelled New York and Philadelphia. „-x Prom what some of the conference stewards are saying about the bad handling of general fund by some brethren, would it not be wisdom for the Bishops and General Secretary to have Bishop Small’s amendment to the new financial plan printed imme diately and placed in the hands of each presiding^elder? The annual report made in the, last issue was, in spite of hard times, the best ever made by Dr. Hubert, Finan cial Secretary of Livingstone College. Of course some of the amounts are pledges which have not been col lected, but the balance due the Col lege—$400—he says will be sent in this month. Dr. Hubert is one of cur ablest young men. Qnless they are very poorly in formed or not at all, the few Wil rnlngtaEr-^N- C.) friends who them Belves \van^^®ifl .be Collector of Cus tbey cannot defeat 'so gtffai a-party worker as the Hon. J. 0. Dancy for tlie place. Read what the Maxton Blade, one of the ablest and newsiest papers of the State, says about him. The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, al ready the leading daily in the State, has e< lipsed even its,elf in its change .from a four to an eight-page paper. The Observer is nothing if not up-to date; and, although its former size was fully satisfying to its many pa trons. yet recognizing the aggressive Bpirit to be that characteristic of the journalism of to-day, it has made the change. Long live the Observer ! An incident of the Christian Endeav or meeting in Woodard Pavilion, which caused long-continued applause, was the reading of the following telegram from the President. Washington, D. C,, July 7,1897. John Willis Baer, San Francisco, Cal.: Best wishes for the success of the Con vention. Wm. McKinley, Jf the President of the United States could lay aside his many and great duties long enough to recognize and telegraph cheering greetings to this band of young Christians whose .Society is likened to the great cru sading army that Peter the Hermit led to the recovery of the Holy Sep ulchre in' Jerusalem, certainly every Zion pastor ought to see that there is something in this movement and, if he hae not a V'. C. E Society, should go to work immediately and organize one. Write to President J, B. Col bert, 1114-6th St., N. W., Washing wby this time that (ton, D. C. The Liberian Mission, which usual ly; goes to the colored brother, and ps ys a salary of $4,000 a year, is the nt xt fat plum in sight. There are sc reral worthy applicants for it; but tl e two men who have been most ts Iked of for it the past week are R )v. F. M. Jacpbs and Rev. A. J. Y arner. Read the clippings which Wi ^ publish in this issue. Rev. F. M. Jacobs is able and progressive and one of the best edu cated young men of the race. He is ai> erudite theologian and a brilliant political speaker, having been in g: eat demand on the stump in Ten n issee for the last few years. His a] ipointment would be a fitting recog n lion of the younger element of the party. He has strong endorsements. R%v. A. J. Warner, of Birmingham, .Ala., is an old war-horse of the Re publican party. For years he has b Jen one of the leading campaigners, having stumped the leading States of tl e Union for the G. 0. P. After liitening to one of his thrilling and telling speeches-one night in a great p ditical meeting in New York, at its close Senator Platt remarked that he w as one of the ablest Negroes in the llnited States. He is also strongly backed. We wish both ' gentlemen success. May the best man win. ===== Do Von Know What Short Means ? Nearly aU religious papers, like t; le Star, are complaining of long ar ticles. .Some preachers when they g;t to writing never consider the hngth of their articles nor realize tie fact that fifty or seventy-five irjore persons are writing at the same t ine for the same paper. Notwith s anding the Editor has one or two hundred articles ahead of their’s, t*ey will send their’s with the com ruand to “publish it in the next is sie.” If their articles are delayed tiaey will setfd an abusive letter or dering them returned. All such im patient fellows are full of the devil snd should be provided with front sjats at a revival meeting. If all vould observe the rules we have laid i;own to correspondents in the first column at the top on second page they would get a quick hearing in the Star. Read and heed when you Urite again. / The Southwestern Christian Ad* locate, of the M. E. Church, a 16-page t/eekly, says it has articles enough to last: six months, and that it thinks it ’/ill print them in a book and call it ‘.The Acts of Elders.” We ave pub lishing weekly nearly twice the mat ter that our predecessors published; f nd if that 16-page paper complains, '/hat ought the little 4-page Star spy ? Seeing the great pile of ar iicles on hand Ihe Manager and Editor in order to try to catch up have dropped out several advertise ments this week and crowded in arti cles and issued a supplement. We Hope the rest of the presiding’elders, vho have failed to do so, will send :n brief reports immediately, for we ‘•ntend to soon open the columns for ;!he disscusion of great race and Church 'Questions. Unless something of spe cial interest to the entire Church lappens we shall not be able, in view >f the many articles on hand, to pub lish reports from Sabbath-school con tentions and district conferences. Do ve not need a larger paper ? ■■ - The Christian Endeavor Society. fChe great International Christian Endeavor Convention which closed ihis week in San Francisco, Cal.— international in character because ‘all nations, kindred, tongues and people” had representative delegates ihere—is another proof to the gain iayer that the power and influence of the Church of Jesus Christ is not waningv The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor had. its birth in iWilliston Congregational church in Portland, Maine, February 2, 1881, the pastor, Rev. Frajacis E. Clark, being its founder. Its growth has been marve.ons, In 1881, it was an Insignificant society; to-day, it is a mighty Christian army, numbering ^3,000,000, working for “Christ and the Church”—the one, holy, Chris tian Church. ’ There are no fees to join and no taxes nor dues to keep up after you join. The whole expense of con ducting the society is made up by voluntary contributions. This society gathers in everybody, old and young, converted and unconverted, finds something for them to do build up every department of the church, forms them into different committees and puts them to work. The meam ing of the Christian Endeavor Socie ty is “the church and Sabbath-school at worjk.” ff we should leave the editorial chair and fet,urn to tor»tev om 9f $e first .: ■'***■*? did before, to which we woqld give our attention in order to draw and hold the young people .would be the V. C. E. Society. The pastor is throwing away a golden opportunity for Zion to get and hold the young people who fails to organize this so ciety, or who finding one already or ganized in his church, pays but little or no attention to it. The simplicity of its organization is the center secret of its success. There are no doctrinal mottoes over the door forbidding entrance to all who cannot subscribe to certain be liefs. The unconverted joins on the promise that he or she will pray and read the Bible daily, attend the meet ings of the Society and seek to be a Christian. They are called “associate" members. The Christian who joins promises • not only to pray and read the Bible daily, but to lead a Chris tian life, attend, when possible, the prayer and consecration meetings and take an active part in the same and to loyally and honorably support his or her church. The Christians are called “active” members. The re ligious meetings, when properly con ducted, reading and reciting short passages from t.h« Bible, telling in one minute our religious experiences, singing good lively Gospel and Chris tian Endeavor songs, backed up with short—very short—stirring prayers, are of a Pentecostal power. The above, in a nutshell, are the chief principles of and the way to conduct the spiritual meetings of this Society. We are jubilant over the tact that while our last General Conference rec ognized and endorsed' this unsecta rian Y. P. S. C. E., which is one of the most developec^agences for Chris tian culture, it, in keeping with other denominations, established a denomi national society to be known as Var ick Christian Endeavor which is to teach our young people that while, they must love all denfiminations they must love the A. M. E. Zion Church— our mother—the best. The election j of the Rev. J. B. Colbert, A.'M., to! be its general president is a happy J one. Brother Colbert having passed through Livingstone College and Bos ton University is cultured, thoughtful, aggressive. Zion must encourage and cheer him in the discharge of his duty if it desires this Department built up. Knowing the ability of this young divine, his special fitness for the work, and the value of this Society to the Church, we allow him to chat with Zionites weekly through theV'STAR with the hope that he may fttin^plate every pastor to organize a Varibk Christian Endeavor Society in his church so that our great Zion which is hustling more now than ever before may march bravely and triumphantly down the twentieth century with greater faith; having brilliantly inscribed on the floating banner of the gallant Varick the ringing watchword, “The world for Christ and as much of that as possi ble for Zion.” Shooting Stars. Rev. L. T. Freeman, of Pleasant Hill,Ga., has purchased new pulpit chairs. He is doing well. 'The sensational Rev. A. McLeefc has had 16 conversions and 105 ac cessions at Mooresville, N. C.. Re.vi James W. Eichelberger, of Sedalia, S. C., raised $50 in his rally lately. His work is prospering. Rev. S. D. Watkins, of Lincolnton, N. C., raised $49 in his last quarter ly meeting. He is popular with his people. Rev. J. S. Settle, of Concord, N. C., who has been sick with fever is up again and walking about and build ing up Zion. Mrs. J. S. Caldwell, after a long visit South to see relatives and friends, has returned to her home in Philadelphia. Rev. G. G. Musgrave, who built Little Rock church in Charlotte, is preparing to build a fine brick church in Statesville, N. C. Rev. J. F. Adams, of Winnsboro, S. C., called the mocking bird of the Palmetto Conference, is cheerful be cause God is blessing his work. Rev. J, J. Parks, Editor of the Head-Light, is intelligent and pro gressive, and our church at Spring Hill, Ga., is blooming under his watch-pajre,. President David W. Parker, of Jones University in Tuscaloosa, Ala., is indeed a fine thinker, forceful writer and polished orator. He is a big layman. Brother Samuel Sehone, of Pensa cola, Fla., sends his love to Bishop Lomax and Dr. Blackwell and Dr. J. H. Manley, Revet S. and Gaines are great revivalists. they set therproper value on a cent! 0. Coleman/treasurer of the great Coleman Manufacturing Company. Mrs. Stitt, widow of our lamented Rev. R. Haywood Stitt, who could peculiarly sing as n'o one else could “The Haven of Rest,” left Concord, N. C., last week to spend awhile en joying country air, food, water and milk. Miss Minerva, the pretty and ac complished daughter of Rev. J. H. Anderson, fl. D., will be married July 28th uo Mr. Louis Miller, -a well-to-do caterer of Paterson, N. J. Bishop Walters will perform the cere mony. The Rev. ft. A. Alexander, pastor in Brooklyn/New York, received the honorary degree of D. D., from Wil berforce University, Ohio, at the re cent Commencement. Those who know Dr. Alexander consider him well worthy of the recognition. Rev. J. A:(Miner, of Holly Grove, Ark., who is suffering with palpita tion of the'vheart and dropsy, has been advised by his physician to stop preaching for six months. Friends desiring to write him will address him *it 2217 Morgan Street, St. Louis, Mo. Rev. R. Es Bruce, who was edu cated in Petersburg, VaT, for an Episcopal minister, but preferred to be with Zio!| that gave him and his relatives spiritual birth, is raising money to build a cozy brick church for Grace congregation in Charlotte, N. C. He is assistant editor of the Suffday School Gleaner and is study ing law. He is a fme debater and an able sermonfzer. Hon. Johr S. Durham, of Phila delphia, ExVUnited States Minister to Hayti, marked Miss Constance Mc Kenzie, (whjte), July 1st. Notwith standing sh^is intellectual and comes from an aristocratic family of that city, being the president of the Inter national Kindergarten Union, a good many blacky and white people are severely criticising them for this amalgamation. If they are satisfied why should^other people kick? A man has the right to marry whom he pleases.. ^ The brave Rev. J. R. Blake, Box 218, Spartahburg, S. C-, .conference steward of the Palmetto Conference; is hunting v ith our law those breth ren who th)*tee months ago collected general fund but have failed to send it to him. Hunt ’em, Brother Con ference Steward. May the other conference fitewards, when they hear of such cas|s, track ’em like a dog tracking a, rabbit; and when you have treed, ’em, "bjirk and let us know youft, location, and we will either climb for them or cut down the tree. The handwriting is on the wall for all ministers who collect and hold or spef d general fund. It pays to do right/ <#n The Ocean. PLEASANT .VOYAGE—PASSENGERS IN SIST ON BISHOP SMALL PREACHING. Dear Dr. ;SmithI left my Lome, accompanied by my wife, at 7:30 a. m., on Saturday, June 19th, enroute to New Y6rk, ' preparatory to my leaving for ; Africa. , We arrived in New York ;at about 10 o’clock and went directly to our stopping place— Miss Fisherfs. I went to our Book Room and met Bishop Walters, and he not merely offered himself to be at my service in preparing me for my extensive £rip, but conducted me to different pltces and so enabled me to make necessary preparation for my long journsy. Dr. Franklin called and was ready to render me any services needed. According to arrangement on Sab bath morn*ng, I preached on the "Stirring Sagle” to an interested and excellent congregation, and myself and -wife addressed the Sunday-school I was to have at ahout 2^30 o’clock preached „n the evening also, but Rev. A. At Crooke was present, and I was quito willing to be relieved; he preached excellent sermon to a large gathering. Monday^lst. Wife and I went to Book Room before noon, and Bish op Walters .dropped every thing, and was at our "services again. We went to the officf of Cunard Steam Ship Company, jpaid remainder (Bishop Walters had paid $50 before,) and obtained my ticket, New York to Liverpool, ; and purchased railroad ticket, Liverpool to London; and having male a number of purchases, preparatory to my journey, we re turned to * the parsonage and ate lunch witS Dr. and Mrs. Franklin; we retired to our stopping place and my faithful, wife packed her husband’s trunk, valises, etc, MondaySvening a grand “send off” was accorded me in the auditorium of Mother $ion, and more than $25 was lifted ip interest of the work. I will not ifiention the names of the noble speakers as you have had re port of that '’rand meeting while I im on the heaving boBom of the mighty Atlantic nearing the shore of Queenstown, our first landing—we hope to be there to-morrow, D. .V. To the present voting—Monday, June 28th—we have had an. exceed ingly pleasant voyage; the —I-—"c—- ■ ----— which WMj*&mewbat drizzly and oh il ly. We ate breakfast at 8/30 o’clock and about 10:30 o’clock the. Ship Surgeon, Di. Charles ’ Boorland, -a man my supsrior in physique, con ducted the Ritualistic services of the Established Church of England; but the passengeis urged that the colored Bishop must be heard. There were two bishops and six clergymen on board. The other Bishop was Rt. Rev. Wm.Foid Nichols, of the Episco pal Church, California. According to the wish of the passengers, I preached at about 7:30 o’clock, and by my re quest Bishop Nichols read the Scrip ture lesson. ” preached from the sub ject : “The Triune and the Triple Witnesses.” I John 5:7,8. “There are three tha; bear reqord in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one,” etc. Fare is excellent. Breakfast at 8:30 o’clock, lunch at 1 o’clock, din ner at 7 o’clock, and supper, if needed, later. . All needed conveniences. I felt a tinge of colorphobia at the etirt, but it soon went to the winds. This morning several ladies were try ing to take my picture—a gentleman tried also. All treat me very cordi ally indeed—I am the only person of color on boaid the steamer. We ex pect to arrive at Queenstown to night, thence to Liverpool, and from Liverpool I shall take train to Lon don to see Rev. J. H. Hector. I will leave London for Africa at my earliest convenience. Love to all the brethren—God bless you all. v B. Small. Steam Snip Aurania, Atlantic Ocean, nearing Queenstown, England. The Christian Endeavor Excursion. LETTER NUMBER TWO. BY MISS E. V. BIRD. I closed my last letter while near ing Chicago, 111., thinking at the time we would have an opportunity, to see something of the city; but we were doomed to disappointment. Our “special” die not reach the outskirts qf the city u itil 8:20 p. m., Tuesday 29th ult., then because of the large number of “specials” ahead of us, we could not ge; up to the station until 12 o’clock, midnight—27 or 28 trains, containing 7,000 or 8,000 persons, were in advance of us at that point, causing a delay of several hours. Finding tha', we could not take in the “Windy City,” we retired for the night. On cur return trip, however, we expect to stop over at Chicago, at which time 7 will write it up. Wednesday morning we crossed the Mississippi river, the “Father of Waters,” and entered the State of Iowa. This is a beautiful section of country; the landscape varies con stantly as ws speed along; hill and valley, thickly wooded districts, and mile after mile of land are in a high state of cu tivatioD. The loam is black-and rich, most favorable to agriculture, and this is pre-eminently an agricultural section. At Cedar Rapids we stopped 40 minutes for breakfast. It is a typical Western city, with a crispness and breeziness that is positively refresh ing. The c itizens came up to wel come the “Easterners,” .as they do all along the line, and cordial greetings were exchar ged. ' After taking in as ,much of the surroundings as possible in the limited time, we again em-‘ barked. Passing rapidly over an other stretch of vale and rolling ta ble land, wo saw herds of sheep and kine, bran led with their owners’ names. JL ilC 11CAL lUWI' WCDLiUUtt. WttB i/UU* lap. Here we were given a royal re ception by the 0. E. Societies of the town. One striking feature of the reception was the beautiful decora tion of the depot with bunting and C. E. emblems. Another feature was the enthus astic singing. After a number of 0. E. hymns they struck up, “The old time religion is good enough for me”; and added: “Tt is good enough for Boston, It is g >od enough for me; It is goo 3 enough for ’Frisco, It is giod enough for me.” To the New Yorkers and Boston ians of our party an object of interest was a tame raccoon which proceeded to climb a telegraph pole and take in the situatio 1 while the trustees deliv ered short addresses from the steps of the car. At the familiar cry, “All aboard I” we rushed to our respective coaches and resumed our journey. A most interesting study was that of the Indian reservations where small bands of “Red men," with their ( squaws and papooses are all that can be seen of the aborigines of thiB great country. Passing through the State of Nebraska, the home o£ the silver candidate for the Presidency, . the scenery continues grand and pic- ( turesque. This is h mining district ) and all along the route are stores for assaying the precious metals. At a 1 town named Julesburg the cow-boys < ' J V\ yl '.ij r. •_ I' . _m the fiery Aeedg,' hate, effi^ While the train was ta ing on water we stepped ont and in terviewed these sons of the “Wild and wooly West.” From the least to the greatest they sat on their horses like centaurs. At the solicitation of one of our party to give an exhibi tion of their speed a dozen of them dashed away at the word, “Go!” Talk about riding, those fellows fairly flew. At our next stopping place we saw the bronchos or bucking horses. It requires a great amount of skill to ride these animals. One was brought forward for exhibition who had never had a saddle onr (so they said). A man mounted him. The broncho reared and plunged, stood on his hind feet and pawed, then on his fore feet and kicked, placed his fore and hind feet together and “humped” himself, describing a complete curve with his back. The man hung on. The horse snorted and bellowed, try ing his best to shake his tormentor off. At last the situation became so warm that the man dismounted, prob ably thinking “discretion the better part of valor.” After this little diversion we again started Westward, reached Council Bluffs too late to see the famous bridge at that point, and so retired for the night. At 3:15 Thursday afternoon we caught our first glimpse of the Rocky Mountains. The grandeur of that stately range gnust be seen to be ap preciated. The snow-capped peaks tower above the clouds which nestle along their sides like a misty veil. Pike’s Peak stands out boldly above its fellows, its brow crowned with eternal snow. Reaching Denver at 6 p. m., we proceeded to take in the city. On our way to supper a man stopped us and said: “Won’t you step into my place right here and take supper ? I have always been a friend to your people!” The latter state ment so strengthened his argument that we entered and were served in at“ most satisfactory manner. After supper we took a trolley ride through some of the principal parts of this charming city and called upon Mrs. E. P. Ensley, corresponding sec retary of the Afro-American Woman’s League, (also a prominent suffragist,) and found her a very entertaining lady. In the evening we attended a reception tendered to the C.-E. del egates by the citizens of Denver at| the A. M. E. church. Bishop Arnett,, Dr. H. T. Johnson, Christian Recorder, Editor of the Dr. Ransom of Chicago, and other distinguished per sonages were present and addressed the audience. Shortly after we had seated ourselves it was insisted that we occupy seats upon the platform. Bishop Walters, Mrs. Matthews and Rev. Caldwell each made a short but stirring address on the “New Afro American Woman.” Women (be it known,) vote in Colorado, and hold the balance of political power. After meeting many of the prominent peo ple of our race and enjoying a most pleasurable evening we joined rest of our party at the depot, insr Denver at 1 a. m. the leav Friday morning we arrived at Col \ orado Springs right at the foot of the: Rockies, After breakfasting, every one who could secure any sort of a conveyance rode out to the Garden of; the gods, in the Rocky mountain range. The natural wonders of this spot are grand beyond description.' All sorts of weird and fantastic fig ures in stone loom up on every side, rising thousands of feet in the air.-i One figure is a well defined human' head of gigantic proportions; another striking boulder is that of two camels kissing each other ; turreted ca&tles,; huge shafts and colonades succeed each other in endless profusion; above our heads the snowy peaks rear their ever lasting heads in calm, silent grandeur.; Just think of it—10,000 feet above; sea level! After drinking in the.] beauty of the scenery and purchasing some of the curios of the mountain, we reluctantly drove back to our train and sped away over the plains, with; the mountain range still in view. The; Arkansas River has its source in the Rockies and for miles our train ran parallel with its waters. Friday afternoon late we entered the far-famed Royjd Gorge, a wild, deep canon, with high walls of rock on either side. For seven miles we tra-i rersed this mighty chasm, shut out :rom the rest of the world by walls of iiassive rock, 3,000 feet high and only SO feet aeross from "crag to crag. The -oar of the rushing waters of the Ar kansas river, tumbling and boiling :hrough the rocky channel added grandeur to the scene. We mortals •ealized in that hour our insignifi :ance in the presence of th$ great Cre ator, Saturday passed, away without any* hing of moment transpiring except inr stop at Glenwood Springs, cele U„oUUlUnn,ey U, UcW monotonous. Each car bad its owa particlar salute, •somewhat after the „; manner of the college y$JI. Gar oar {no. 5) had for its slogan the follow ing: “Car Five, ' ’ We’re alive; •j Cool as ice, Sweet and nice. C. E., jolly we, Bound for ’Frisco by the sea. Endeavor, ever, Car Five.” s We would visit the other cars shout ling the foregoing, then each car would visit all the others. It made things very lively. At night they waylaid the porter, captured all the sheets and Iparaded through the cars as spectres. Being the eve of the glorious Fourth the next thing in order was' marching from caff tb car, waving C. E.* flags and the Stars and Stripes, singing patriotic songs. Christian Endeavor ers do not go through the world with heads bowed down and doleful coun tenances. They are happy Christians. After watching the magnificent sunset and in our imagination catching a view of the heavenly Jerusalem, with its gold paved streets and mansions of glory, we retire to our berths. , When we awoke on Sabbath morning, July 4th, we were in the great Mormon stronghold, Salt Lake City. The next letter will contain a de scription of that city, how the day was spent, and the termination of our trip at San Francisco.. Slated for Liberia. THE FRIENDS OF BOTH REV. A. J. WAR NER, D. D., AND BEV. F. M. JACOBS, B. O., CONFIDENT THAT THEIR MAN IS THE MAN. * ' It was reported on the streets yes terday that A. J. Warner, coTbred a leading politician find pastor of the Zion Church of this city, is likely to .receive the appointment as minister to Liberia. Warner is rathe,r above the average colored man, both in nat ural ability and education, and has friends among the Democrats as well as the Republicans, who would like to see him get the place. The position is usally filled by a colored man, and pays a^ salary of $4,000 a year. In the recent city campaign, when there was- no regular Republican ticket in / the field, he expressed himself as free to make his own choice as between the candidates, and did some valiant work for Mayer Evans, and has never had cause as yet to regret his action. —Birmingham (Ala.) State Herald. —o— There came to the colored citizens of Brooklyn yesterday substantial in- - formation that the Rev. F. M. Jacobs, the pastor of the Fleet Street Afri can Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, will receive the appointment by Pres ident McKinley as United States Minister to the Republic of Liberia.' Dr. Jacobs is one of the most able and competent young men of the col ored race, and is a man of letters. He recently came here from Knoxville, Tenn., to assume the pastorate of the Fleet Street Church, and his appoint ment, if made, wilt be accredited to the State of Tennessee. ine iennessee Uongressional dele Gib gation, headed by Congressman son of the State, has been working to secure his appointment, and their efforts have been supplemented by Henry Clay Evhns, the United States Commissioner of Pensions, und the bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Rev. F. M. Jacobs, A.B., B.D., was educated in the State University of South Carolina, and received his de grees from Howard University at Washington. He is a linguist and He has proficient in the sciences, done ministerial work in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Tennes see. The Church at Knoxville which be so successfully pastored, is the largest colored church in the South. Commissioner Evans, who was count ed out of the gubernatorial election of Tennessee and Congressman Gib son of the Seoond district, accord to Dr. Jacobs great credit for the services of the party in that State. He is a powerful speaker, a shrewd politician md a fearless defender of his race. Since he arrived in this city he has succeeded in interesting Congressman Henley tfnd Chairman Lemuel ' El ^uigg of New York in his catfdidacy. While the colored citizens of Brook lyn are rejoicing over the news that Dr. Jacobs is to he thus honored, yet ;hey express themselves as regretful >f the loss of so worthy and substan ;ial a citizen and leader as his ap pointment will entail^upon the Afro American population of the City of Churches. Those who are* interested in the procurement of the appointment for Dr. Jacobs are bringing every influ ence to bear to have the information which they received to day mifta » jertainty.—New York “V9T.
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