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WOMAN’S COLUMN. WEDDING BELLS AND ORANGE BLOSSOMS. THE SOCIAL EVENT OF TH i SEASON. BY MRS. C. C. PETT EY. [Presents given the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morten, whose happy marriage was reported in this column in the last issue of the Star of Zion.] Mr. Ghas. Case, 1 parlor lamp; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gr sen, water bucket;! Mrs. Dallas Lorg, broom; Mr. Isaac Webb, useful present; Mr. C. p. Roach, useful present; Mr. B. B. Mitchell, cranberry bowl and milk pitcher; Mrs. Sophia Jacksop, handsome cake; Mrs. Laura Taylor, toilet set; Mr. E. R. Dudley’s family, half iozen ice cream plates, half dozen cut glasses, cups, saucers, plates and dish pan; Mr. Ananias Fonvielle, handsome fire screen; Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Lassiter, half dozen cut glasses; Mrs. Sj J. Robinson, china pitcher; Mr. arid Mrs. Emanvel Fisher, bowl and pitcher; Mr. £. N. Moore cellabuib set; Mr. and Mrs. York Jones, molasses pitcher; Mr. W. E. Rosenthal, window s iades; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hollo well, lovely rocking chair; Mr. John Suter, handsome wall picture; Mr. Isaac Simmpns, hat rack; Mi s. Caroline Fisher; silver nut cracker and pickers; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sim mons, milk pitcher and half dozen napkins; Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Holt, foot mat; Mr. J. E. O’Hara and family, linen cloth with napkins; Miss Mamie B. Jones, one dozen napkins, Mr. E. E. IVioye, set of towels; Mr. Handy Mitchell, dish pan; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barfield, rug; Mr. Nathan Brock’s family, handsome wall picture Miss Lou isa Wiggins, halt dozen wine glasses; Rev. and Mi’s. W. A. Byrd, half dozen linen doylies; Mr. J. B. Robinson, one ham; Miss Rachel Williams, china bowl; Mr. and Mrs. Amos Jores, pair of flowet stands; Mr. Janies Holt, $2; Bishop and Mrs. Pe;tey,, check, bridal handkerchief and cake; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnson, smoking gownf; Mrs. Fannie kelson, table cloth; Mrs. Martha Richardson, handsome gilded chair; Mr. Robt. White, silver sugar dish, spoon and tea-pot; Mr. W. F. Scott, sil ver cream ladle; Miss Julia Locke, cake plate; Mrs. Ale?:. Davis, half dozen glasses and n set of tea spoons; Mr. Win. Poole, hall lamp; Messrs. Marks and Land, chair; Mr. Henry Simmons, bread tray and dusting brush; Mr. J. W. Harrell, castor; Mr. C. D. Brad ham, beautiful bottle of cologne; Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Kincaid, Pittsburg, Pa., handsome gold lined silver ladle; Miss Minnie Jackson, crumb 'pan, brush and two cake stands; Miss Lillian Smith, butter dish and picture; Mr. Ed. Short, oie rug; Mrs. Tamer Robinson, a glass pitcher; Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, one butter dish; Miss E. A. V. Dudley, dish of bridal flowers and hand painted plate; Miss Mamie Pettey, em broidered pin cushion; Mr. Albert McFowlin, half dozen tea plates, butter dish and spool holder; Mrs. Margaret Barham, two rice dishes and pepper cruet; Miss Lucy Bry ant; vinegar cruet; Miss Mamie D. Willis, half dozen desert plates; Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Kennedy, chamber set; Mr. Amos Jones, $10; Mrs. AdelaideWhitley, hand paint ed sugar dish; Miss Annie D. Wright, silver pitcher and card receiver; Mr. Frank Vail, couple of flower, vases; Miss Betsey Spar row, vinegar cruet; Mr. Wm. Sparrow, china butter dish; Miss Millie Sparrow, banana stand; Mr. Jas. Paris, $3; Miss Janie E. Dud ley, bridal fan and orange blos soms; Miss Mattie Dixon, fruit dish; Mrs. Richard Sawyer, pair of irons; Mrs. J. A. Boon, fruit dish; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Davis, pickle dish and spittoon; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Burton, half dozen dinner plates; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whitford, pickle dish and pitcher; Mrs. O. Marks, bridal cake; Miss Mamie James, half dozen napkins; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sparrow, half dozen plates; Mr. Samuel Holloway, one ham; Messrs. O'. Marks & Son, lovely side-board; Rev. E. Morten and family, tin water set; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. York, half dozen napkins; Mrs. Bettie Richards, half dozen doylies and waiter of jessamines; Mrs. Samuel Chadick, cake; young ladies at Mr. Mark’s store, one dozen linen doy lies; Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Daven port, lovely bed spread; Mr. I. H. Smith, brass mounted clock; Mrs. Adeline Dawson, bread bowl; Mrs. Martha Hargett, half dozen nap kins; Mrs. Jonas Daniels, cake pan and tea-pot; Mrs. Dennis Bar row, bowd and pitcher; Miss Lau ra Richardson, milk pitcher; Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Spruill, flower stand; Mrs. Eliza Biddle, half dozen goblets and wine glasses; Mr. I. N. Eubanks and mother, towels; Miss Abbie Battle, half dozen tea plates; Misses F. and M. Jocelyn, silver butter knife and sugar spoon; Mrs. Phyllis Bryant, table cloth and napkins; Mr. T. J. Turner, rocking chair; Miss Mamie White, glass ship imitating the Maine. MARCHING ON. BY REV. W. M,'-ANDERSON. Zion is marching on. The peo ple are loyal and have an attentive ear to the cry of Zion’s needs, and are responding according to their several abilities. The Lord has blessed us with a glorious revival throughout our work this year and many souls have been happily con verted and Zion’s borders have been enlarged. Since we have taken charge of the Waynesville circuit, 70 souls have been con verted, 68 of whom joined , the Zion church. You see we haven’t been losing anything nor leaving any stones unturned. We led the district on general fund last year and propose to lead again this year. ' Rev. A; G. Kesler, P. E., spares no pains in presenting the Connectional claims before the people. He is the right man in the right place. We raised $26.30 in our quarterly meeting. Shine on, thou Star of Zion, until the whole world is illumi nated by thy rays. J. W. Smith, D. D., is the right man in the right place. Wayneville, JV* C NOTICE. Brethren of the Michigan and Canada Conference: Our Confer ence will meet in Detroit, August 24th. Only die brother has re ported general fund. Excuses will not run the machinery of our great Zion, neither will they satis fy the Conference Steward. Take timely warning. Rev. J. R. Alexander, ^ Conference Steward, Ontario, Canada. ORGANIZE MITE SOCIETIES. STILL STANDING BY MY GUNS. BY KEY. A. J. WARNER, D. D. Some time has .elapsed since I have had anything to say about my work. It is progressing nice ly and the future is bright. Having noticed the appeal by Bishop G. W. C’inton detailing the awful condition of our church in St. Louis and Jefferson City, Missouri, I thought I would call attention to the importance of the loyal brethren organizing at once Church extension: mite societies where they are not already organ ized and report at once to me. Brethren, this is the only way that immediate relief can be had. Sure ly we have 3,000 loyal pastors who will heed the call. Surely you will not stand by and see those and other churches pass out of our hands when one c ollar per month from each mite society for 12 month would save these churches and leave a surplus on hand to help other churches that are in like condition. Let us either wake up and or ganize or cease talking about our love for Zion. If you have not time to do the work, just appoint a good, loyal, Zion-loving woman and place her in communication with me at once so I can send her a constitution and let her go to work. Yes, let :he women loose and they will save Zion. Just think of our Church boasting and bragging about her intelligence and ability, and about her age and wealth, and see our sister Church raise over $>10,000 mis sionary money on Easter, and over $10,000 Church extension money last year, and we doing in a manner nothing along these lines. For God sake, brethren, go to work or quit talking and take a back seat. However, I shall stand by my guns and;continue to bom bard the castle until you either awake from sleep or allow me to place you in an attitude of ridicule before the world. You told me to give you a plan and you would work up to it. •< I have given you the plan and it has been endorsed by the Board of Bishops, and there are hundreds of our big men, some who would like to be Bish ops, who have not even as much as thought of acting. Shame! shame !! shame !!! on a minister of Zion who can hear these appeals and yet seem unmoved. If we were asking you for some large collection that would interfere with your salary it would be some cause for your indifference, but we do not ask for that. We only ask you for your mites, and from what I have seen in my travels for the five months, I am convinced that if the preichers will simply explain to the people and stand aside we shall have an income that will in a few years place Zion in the front ranks along the line of Church extension work. Brethren, I have made fearful sacrifices in the last six months for the great cause., but I am not dis couraged, for I know that the cause is a just one, and sooner or later a just God will see to it that it succeeds even though, a lot of these big-heaced, jealous-hearted preachers and big Ikes may have to be sent to their long home out of the way of the progress of the Church. Th*.nk God, however, that throughout the East there is a spirit of aggressiveness which I hope will kindle throughout the Connection; and I feel that with the co-operation of the leaders, such will be the case. However I shall stand by my guns. Now I wish to make this propo sition in view of an immediate need of money to meet the de mands of t tie appeal by Bishop Clinton and other like cases: I, Andrew J. Warner, General Secre tary of the Church Extension Board of'the A. M. E. Zion Church, do hereby pledge to the president of the mite society who will send in the largest amount within the next sixty days (said amount being over five dollars,) a fine double case ladies’ gold watch. Re member this must be done through the mite society. Send for con stitutions at once. You may send all at once or just as you get it. I will keep a record and receipt you for same. Now let me hear from all at once. Let us raise $5,000 at once to save our churches that are in trouble. jBirmingham, Ala. FROM AMERICA TO AFRICA. I — A PLEAS AST JOURNEY FROM BE GINNING TO END. BY MRS. CARRIE E. CARTWRIGHT. [concluded from last issue.] Wednesday, March 10th, at 10 a. m. we boa ’ded the steamship Ben genla for the West Coast of Afri ca and we met one black man going to or e of the African islands, De Los, under Great Britain, an Episcopal minister. As we near the Bay of Biscay we dread it be cause it is generally stormy cross ing. But, thank God, it was calmer then I expected. After six days’ sail we landed at Madeira, March 15 ;h. Thursday we went to Teneriffe and on March 21st to Gore and Decka. We had services on the Sabbath, as they and the minister were of the Church of England. He conducted services and asked Elder to assist; but not being accustomed with their fprms Elder and I could not keep up with their prayers, for it kept us constantly looking for the prayers and turning over the leaves—this Psalm to chant and the other place to read. I found myself coming out behind the minister and the congregation; consequently I closed my prayer book and looked at the minister. It did me about as much good. Elder had long since closed his prayer book, but ne read ;he second lesson, Mark 14; 53-72. I cannot see that read ing a prayer is praying. I rather pray the way that does not require one to turn over leaves, but tell Jesus my soul’s desire. March 22nd we landed and went ashore at Bathurst which belongs to England. March 25th found us at Cronekey which belongs to France. We had no Sabbath serv ices. The French do not regard the Sabbath like the English and Libe rians. Madeira, Teneriffe, Goose and Dereka belong to different nationali ties. They call Africa “the white man’s grave,” but they don’t mind going to this grave. If one gets into this grave another will come and build on the very spot where he went in and then cry “ Africa, is this and Africa is that. ” Deride it as much as they may, still they come to it seeking pos session. The black man had better wake up, and you Afro-Americans had better wipe the sleep from your eyes. Some of you remem ber the expression that Jeff Davis made after the war closed. Seeing a black man sleeping on a bale of cotton, he said, “ What will the South do when the Negro wakes up?” March 28th we landed at Sierra Leone, Africa. March 29th at Sherbro, and April 2nd, at Mon rovia, once more the land of free dom. A pleasanter voyage I have never experienced. I said to Elder that the Christians at Elizabeth City must have been praying for for us during our voyage. Saturday we landed at Brewers ville, our home and place of work. We were asked to lecture at the Baptist church, also a welcome re ception in the form of a surprise1 was tendered us by the young class, former scholars and others, which plainly tells us that our work among them has done good and they appreciate it. The beau tiful welcome addresses were com posed and delivered by Mr. James Bowens, one of my scholars, and Mr. Moses Hardy. We were brushing up these two boys for Livingstone College when the General Conference of 1888 passed a resolution authorizing Elder Cartwright to get six African boys and girls. The Conference ap pointed a committee to see after it, but what did they do ? I went right about my post of business, and to-day these six might have been graduated and been here building up the work for our Zion. We have asked two or three times since then what disposition would be made of them, but no one gives us an answer.Mr. Howard Hayes, the organist, was one among the first scholars of the mission here. Space prevents me from mentioning the others. Let me impress it upon our Zion that Brewersville is coming, espe cially among the younger class, and the seed that we have sown for Zion has not fallen in stony ground. Brewersville, Africa. When our Bible leader, Rev. A. D. Dunlap came to our town we did not have a church. He went to work and built our church up. At Olanor Grove we have a good church 42x32. We built this church from the ground up at this point. We had 45 members, now we have 110. When Bishop Lomax preached for us not long ago we had a crowd of white and colored people out to hear him. They all said it was the ablest ser mon they had ever heard on that passage before. At the close the pastor opened the doors of the church and 15 young men joined. We had 30 converts. Our pastor had Revs. Lockhart and Hamil ton of Gastonia to help him. We have paid $100 for church building at Mount Zion where we had a split some years ago Before this we only had 22 members here; but when the Conference sent Rev. Dunlap here we got back all that we lost and more. We now have a fine set of, members. At Hen ry’s chapel we are preparing to build. We have over $500 in the treasury of building- funds. Rev. M. V. Marable is our able Presid ing Elder.—From a member, N. C. The Star of Zion glorifies itself with a new dress, which greatly improves its general appearance. “Shine on Star, we wonder what you are.”—Petersburg (Va.) National Pilot.
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