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CORE E8PQNDMNT8: :!h _ its with mk and netra arefuhwss on one t/u sheet only: do net abbreviate; ovoid ■ties; deni with Nm a sstions end ffb* -vteibie, exceed WO teordi. Wh* i vrritinp about re timU, anniversaries, dedication r, donatton\mar ri&M. receptions. death qfe\un l members, meter Sk ■■■ publication to the JBditor; eenc all subscriptions; all changes and all bueineee matt tr " 'reh'e Day. and the lilt, write on postal V you imi* kmy-vind# t articles, the Bdi~ will *Sboil themdown." Bnd all articles fir Mr*. Bishop 0. Woman's Oolni t Bey. G.W. Offley, D. u m*y.: <BT. J Bey- J. H. Anderson, Bey. W. H.Marahall, %▼, IT. G. B. Adams,DD, Bar. B.) >. W. Jones, A. 1 IT. F. H. Hill, Prof. B. i U Johnson, A. M it. J. H. McMullen, Bot. 1A. WesthlnAto: ol.E.L. Thornton. A.M-Bot. f.H. Manley, 0.1 __ f.E.L. Thornto; Prof.D.W.Parker,A.B., Bey. J Prof. W.F.Fonyenie, A.B.Rev. C H.O.Weeden,XsQ., Prof.W Bar. H. W. smith, Bet t_PP_. W. A^BlMktreU, >. W. Jones, A. B., u Johnson, A. M. '. A. Weathlngton, f.H. Manley, O.D., A.D.Blolce, A.M., . W. Winfield,DJ>. M.Pro Tinder, A.B. . D. 0. Covington. The doings of the Binhops’ Meeting will be reported by Dr B. F. Wheel er. The 5American eagle is screaming for joy because Uncle 3am is letting of war or Spain. he ate gm A*, ^altei ,s, D. D., will baccalaureite sermon to tes of the Virginia Normal Institute in Peters he 8 th of Ma^-. He is p of any denomination by this school. on hand about eight esiiing elders’ reports running this week, time ,asl: our southern to ho] d up their re run! those from the rthem conferences eel E says that he pboi old Spain and hurcSies all over it pie to a faith in civil school; i, freedom of all tha t we have, and would be no horrors and ing to death oi nearly p, half million souls. / The New York Age says such men as Bishop Daniel A. Payne, J. 0. Price, Prof. William J. Simmonsj Frederick Douglass, B shop J. C. E& John M.l Langston, Norris Cunev and B. K; Bruce can fall by the way Bide withdut se crippling the leadership of race to which the; belonged, and that they have no successors among the younger men of the race. The Board of Bisho ps unanimously elected Rev. J. S. Caldwell agent of the Book Room. Bishop Walters re mains chairman. Dr, B. F. Wheeler and Rev. J. B. Colbert did not care the agency as they could not give ntion to it. The conviction in ■Rishops’ meeting vas that it was, good of the Connection Room to remain in New effort will be made now it self-supporting. D. D. N ooee is arrang a silver anniversary for Jones and asks the South onference to help honor father. Rev. R. J. —t;1 , N. Y., says he honor “Fathsr” soon. This is a on. Do not entioned a [0] rifice,—I Saul did not was too late dawned ended in darj days are prospect, was the 1: He _ Israel. is better than sac 5:22. rn this fact until it Many days have bright and have and storm. Such [orae lives, bright in b in fruition. Such .til. Iiilar young man of was/a daring and dash ing soldier, bfitallke many persons, he failed to appra iate the importance of obedience. had been sent to completely destroy the Amalekites. He bears or high; commission to ad minister God’s I justice—a bloody work—but justice is sometimes a bloody work. This high commission is to take human life, but he must not take their property for his own use. He willingly slew the hated enemies but could not willingly fore go the pleasure of taking the best of the sheep and the cattle home to smoke on the altars and to proclaim the prowess and glory of king Saul. Saul met the old prophet Samuel on the road. Samuel accosted and reprimanded him for not obeying the voice of the Lord. After attempting to evade the blame, Saul confessed his guilt and was filled with remorse. But his repentance was shallow. He repented because he had failed). Saul had lost by the transaction. He had lost his Iringdom. The feeling that this was sin and a ein against Jeho vah seems to have been unknown to him. The victim of his own weak ness, folly and disobedience, he be came utterly despondent and com mitted suicide. Many important lessons .can be learned from the life of Saul, but the chief are obedience and disobedience. Had king Saul obeyed the voice of the Lord he might have left behind him a glorious record of great deeds such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln left in this country. Saul’s only record was failure and disgrace. The great test that God has always applied to men is obedi ence. That was the test of Adam. God says: “Thou shalt not.” Man says: “I will.” The great lesson for us to learn is to subject our will to God’s will. This was the greatest test of Saul’s life, and his mistake was his half-hearted obedience. The op portunity comes to us as Christians to turn aside from the commission which God has imposed on us and use it to glorify ourselves. Woe unto him who does this. Let us put our feet in the path and, as little children, let us put our hands in His and say, Lord God, lead us and we will follow Thee. Let us cheerfully obey God. “Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.” SHOOTING STARS. lev. O. L. W. Smith, Minister Resi st to Liberia, lias left his son Jesse A. Lare of Prof. S. G. Atkins. He Mtend Slater Academy in Winston, ister services at St. Paul A. IChnroh.fine music was ren Hchestra under the leader ■). Sebastian.— J’ren ton Rev. G. W. Gains is flying in Pensa cola, Fla. Each service is packed witll White and colored people. Rev. B. M.g^udger, of Tuskegee, Ala., is having success in his church work. He says Le is looking* for war every day. Zion pastored by the brainy Dr. W. H.'.Goffey in New Haven, Conn., is on top. He is the pulpit giant among our people there. Rev. J. R. Sheppard, of Beaufort, N. C., and Miss Mary Matthewson, a graduate of Livingstone College, were married the 19th inst. * Rev. J. J. Green, of Camden, S. C., writes: Tha'STAB of Zion is my friend and should be to all who read it. Those who haven’t it should getjt. Prof. S. G. Atkins, Winston, N. 0., writes: We all are agreed that the Stab isjgrowing in character and influ ince. I wish you abundant success. 25 i, Jof Middlesboro, here a week before ihi was and had eks on account toijrn. who is guard am, Ala., Lhas had accessions. lie is raise $1,000 on by the fifth Sun view 'declares lhat lay representation we are retrograde tfce that whereas we used to have two places, we now have hut one, and he holds that. True ’tie; pity ’tis true. Rev. J. W. Thomas is, in ma ny respects, a grand man. He preached and gave general satisfaction to one of the most cultured white audiences six years ago at Pittsburg, Pa. He is one of the most acceptable presid ing elders fn our Church, and !ias helped materially in mating the Central frorth Carolina Con fere: ice the great Conference that it is. Rut he is “dead agin” the wearing of robes all the Same. It is a pleasure to know that the strong men in Zion are heartily in favor of giving the laity proper lec ognition in the Church. * * * * * Do you remember a little psra graph I wrote in my last contribu tion respecting the matter of putting laymen on the trustee board of' Liv ingstone College ? Well, that little squib was loaded ?ind set with a t me fuse. It has exploded just as I an ticipated it would. I am told tha t I do not know what I am talking about, and the inference is that if I would look at a catalogue, I would soon know that Prof. B. A. Johniton, Secretary of the Board, and E'on. Jno. C. Dancy are both prominent lay trustees of the Board. Let me see. Jno. C. Dancy, Jno. Dancy,— pears to me I’ve heard that name before. Yes, he is a trustee. I am one of the those persona who never destroys a good newspaper or me.ga zine. Mr. Dancy was appointed a trus tee of Livingstone College after lie had written the following: “We think that in the future, regard should be had, in the selection of Trus tees of Livingstone College, not merely to the character and influence the indi vidual may possess, but his selection should be base d largely and chiefly on the amount of real interest he has in the success and. financial wellbeing of the school. A man who has a half hearted, don’t-care interest in its fu ture, has no business occupying a place among those who are to guide its co arse and who seek to make its destiny credi table and glorious.”—Editorial in Tan nary, 1892, Quarterly Review, page 231. * * * * * Now as to the citation respecting the other lay member, I have to say that I have the highest possible re gard for him. I was associated with him in several capacities in days that will nek more return; but if I mistake not, Prof. Johnson is a teach er in Livingstone College, and it does not argue well for the future of the school when the same persons are teachers in and trustees of the Eame institution. When the student has a case, where will he appeal, to Caesar or to Pharaoh? This then, is the first case on record where the Judge and Solicitor are both “Your Honor” Che “State” and the jury. I repeat, that in this trustee business . there has been some ugly railroading done. The State rests here; and the jury may take the case. Prof. W. M. Provinder, in his “Lights and Shadows” writes intelli gently and well of two young men who have come from the depths, and are now doiDg well upon Life’s broad field of battle. Thore is a pathetic note in the music, a id tt complete story between the :.ines. You may not see them, but they are there. Prof. Provinder is, himself, a splendid example of what a young man without means may do, if he wills to do. With a determination to win or die in the attempt, he sur mounted every obstacle/ and in to day, one of the best-equipped y oung men in the school-room in the State. He is a positive force, and a success in a number of things which require brains., Certay^Bfobers of '93 a^^^^fill hold SalisoQ^during the la May. They have not in a long time. No doul heard of them. Fearing have forgotten them I' write down the list of tl be present. Rev. William] port, A. B., pastor Zion Church, Camden, N. J., Fuller, A. B., M. D., Rev. Edv oo W«J1, yes, ' Goldsboro; tTG AGING CHURCHES. DEAWN OUT BY THE GLAEINGLT FALSE STATEM^IT PUBLISHED Ifl TICE TEUMPET. Lt f \ BY EEV. G. W. OFFLEY, D. Mr. Editor: Not long ago, as I did not wish to have even the appear ance of reflecting upon any one, li v ing or dead, but desired simply to administer a check to what I cone d ered a-growing evil, I wrote an arti cle under the nom de plume of Felfoy, in which I promised that my next pa per would be upon the needless mo ri gaging of our churches, and some of the causes leading thereto, I have not fulfilled my promise hitherto, partly for the reason that having been asked whether or not I wrote the article in question, I could not deny it, and hence stood its Bemi confessed author. The authorship of that article being known, I knew that whatever else I might write would be misconstrued, and I deter mined to write no more. But, wheth er intentionally or not, the presiding elder of the New York "annual C<m ference has drawn me out by his glar ingly false statement of the condit: on of the finances of the Tarrytown church, published in the Trumpet for March. In his report of the finances of Tir rytown church, he says, “There iB a floatjng debt of about $750 00.” With respect to this statement, I shall sim ply place in contrast a copy of :he trustees’ report made to the presidi ng elder at the quarterly conference, and let them both speak for them selves. Trustees’ report: Present indebtedness, by mortgage on the church, $700.00; to Mr. Cm'tis balance due for putting water in the church, and a sewer under it, $34 30. Total indebtedness, $734 00. Cash in hand, $72. All the current ex penses, such as pastor’s salary, coal, gas, sexton, organist and other inci dental bills, had been fully paid, and against a floating debt of $34 00, we had in hand as above stated $72 00. In view of |hp trustees’ repoid; I most respectfully ask, Does the state ment of the presiding elder—“there is a floating debt of about $750 60 ’— do the Tarrytown phurch justice ? If the presiding elder were an ignorant man, I should suppose that he did not know the difference between a bonded and a floating debt ; if he were a just man and had simply made a mistake, he would have correcte I it in the Trumpet for April; if thro ugh want of attention he failed to per ceive the falsity of his statement, then I humbly submit that it was this very carelessness and perversion of the truth which Felfoy reprehsnd ed in the Stab of Zion in the issue of Jan. 6th, 1898. Bat now aboat this mortgage of seven hundred dollars. It was plt.ced upon the church at the close of the administration of my predecessor. Three hundred dollars of it wer t to pay bills which had been accumulat ing, some of them for years, -while two hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty-eight cents went to pay the salary of my predecessor. Of that seven hundred dollars we did not have more than ninety dol lars with- which to commence work upon the church, the condition of which was truly deplorable. Aid to add to the embarrassment of the sit uation, when the present pastor took charge, the members of the church were scattered and discouraged, and some of them angry, because the mortgage of seven hundred dollars had been placed upon the church ^without their knowledge or consent. When I say without their know! edge or consent, I mean that no mem bers’ meeting was called for the pur pose and that not even all of the trustees knew about the mortgage un til it was almost an accomplished fact." And so ignorant was the presi ding elder of the true financial status of chnrch, that notwithstandirg its idated condition every way, at meeting in which there esentative of the cb ireb, assessment raised forty dollars and d from forty e has admit* in brought to ,t the ansess and, ,to oar in tne future, may be avert* let connection with this Is would have my brethren read Felfoy’s arti cle again, and judge whether such an not £imely and much artiele was needed. I cannot close this saying a word article without in commendation of the members and friends of our Zion in Tarrytown; a commendation which by the way, they have failed to prop erly receive from the presiding elder ia his several reports. A more loyal people I have never met. To cell of the sacrifices they have made, and the work they have done this year would be too much like indirectly blowing my own trumpet, and, there fore,I refrain. Suffice it to say .that if I were going to take a charge at the coming annual conference, there is no church in Zion that I would prefer to it. May God bless them for their sympathy with me in my afflictions, and for the cordial support they have given me in my work. Tarrytown, N. Y, PROVIDENCE (R. I.) NOTES. prograi good irdeesea oi our, irtha A. TayloJ 1 which our J re seated ancM ae intensely^ full of prai^| rs there is another man journey. Rev. W. A. Blackwell ire raising money to ah arch in Lancaster, S. ( Clinton’s wife is captain slabs ijnd she is saccessJ nto it the bishops, gene] ninisters of Zion. -i “Clio,” the writer dfl ‘Bishop Walters’ Re^ MISS MA&Y E. CHASE. Editor Smith: Since short ar ticles for publication are the order of the day I shall try to make thiB brief. God has wonderfully blessed us, not only during the year, but es pecially in the revival services here during the two weeks that Rev. R. Alonzo Scott was with us. Our church on Winter Street has not had such an outpouring of the Holy Spir it for many a day, as was experi enced during the past two weeks; and we are still feeling the blessed influences of those meetings. The preaching of our Evangelist was sim ply marvelous in power and direct ness; so thoroughly convincing and yet radiant with hope. There is a peculiar power and sweetness in the music he composes and sings, such as cannot be described; you know it, and feel it; your soul is moved by it; but to describe it, never. We thank the Lord that He put it into the mind of our beloved pastor to have Rev. Scott with us at this time. Sin ners have been converted unto God; backsliders reclaimed, Ibelieyers built up in the faith; the churdh quick ened in her spiritual life, and a larg er faith in the efficacy of prayer in spired. 0, for more such men as Evangelist Scott. The earnestness of the man, the power of his faith, his reliance upon God, all make him an inspiration. Daring the twelve days he was here 54 bouIb were converted and 33 added to the church. The church was crowded each night. His labors ended with us on the 13th of March. Monday evening the 14th, the church was filled to its utmost capacity the occasion being a grand concert by Rev. Scott assisted by our local taleqt. At the close of the concert and by a signal from Rev. Scott the friends were told to bring forth the bundles and baskets that were in hiding, and the pulpit plat form assumed the appearance of the delivery department of some great grocery store. This was kept a se cret from Rev. Hill until the right moment when Rev. Scott made the presentation address. Our pastor is proverbially a ready and fluent speaker, but on this occasion he seemed bereft of his usually ready flow of language and his perturbation was more eloquent than his speech. The next day a wagon load of gro ceries were delivered at 99 Knight St. Tuesday evening a testimonial reception was tendered Rev. Scott Rev. Hill arranged the which was an exceptionally play of our home talent, clergymen were present, band of stewardesses of under Mrs. Martha A. a table, around which our friends were joyment becan Oar" pastor is Scott and eays Slinton ssue, wishes fragntft with 1 Th<s of/the choir tinder Prof. B. B. Purvis,^ Craigs, the celebrate... grand. The decorati any of former years bera and friends went ivil cy when they first Great praise must be floral committee, Mrs. Oordeli ell, president, and especially ' James Cha*se’s class fir tion of the palm trees throng kindness of Bro. T« K. 1 dent of trustee board.\ Love feast at 6 a. m. was led by Deacon W. A. Phillips, a fid even^ at ^that early service the vestry was I crowded, and the I^c rd visited His I people and prepared them for the rest of the services. Before the 11 a. m. services Rev. M. R. Franklin sent a carriage and brought to • the church six of the old mothers of Zion confined in the home in this city, so they • could • once more enjoy the Easter day at Mother Zion where they had labored years ago. God will bless Rev. Franklin for that act of charity, and indeed the mothers did rejoice ini the fact that they,were not forgotten. We are so apt to forget that these older ones paved way for ns to walk smoothly i Church- of our choice. Walters preached the resurrecti sermon which was uplifting to A large congregation greeted him his robe. The pastor read into. connection 25 probation members who had joined this Winter. After the close of the servic 3 the old moth ers and friends were invited to the vestry of the church where dinner was served by the pastor’s Christian' Union, Mrs. Jane R. Thomas, presi dent. At 1:30 p. m., the Sabbath school, Mr. E. V. C. Eato, superin tendent, acquitted themselves grand ly. At 3 p. m. sacrament of the Lord’s supper was celebrated. Rev., E. Geo. Biddle, P. E., preache an excellent sermon. There wen 295 communicants. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Ridley baptized. At 6:*40 p, m. the C tian Endeavor was opened, led Mr. Geo. E/ Washington 'Sn'cf Nettie Brown. It was a grand itual feast. \ At 8 p. :m., Rev. Warner preached a powerful and the spirit was fel: in a ful manner; even the self shouted. He impn members as a great light i: and I think the Connectio: fear with such a divine as ner in the field in hi Beautiful singing and a tion closed the day at. church, and ye wem home well day in Mi Th* trust® eveni The Thos
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