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WASHINGTON (N. C.) DI 3= TRICT. BY REV. W. .T. MOORE, I’. E My whole district is on a boom. Greenville, Rev. L. B. Williams^ pastor, needs no booming at the hands ofanyjone, for he is a God called man, j and loyal to the Church of his choice, lie prjach es Holy Ghojd religion, aml prac tices what h| preaches; hence his work is prospering all along. A Washington, Rev. G. H. Miles, A. M., pastor, an untiring mes senger of tile Cross, is carrying everything before him, and has brought peace out of confusion, and the church is in good) Condi tion s}*iritidily and teinpora ly. AVashingtjon circuit. Rev. Stan ley Bovd. the energetic gospel trumpeter, is leaving no store un turned in his eilort to perfonn his whole duty] Kinstop, iltev. E. D. Jones, pas ter. . In tfiis Brother we have another L.j B. Williams, ji man who pfeachjes and lives the Holy Ghost religion. He has been sore ly.tried, but he has conquered eve ry time, and his church is in goxl condition every way. Dover circuit. Rev. J. T. Tar boro, a young hero in the gospel, met a warm reception on h s new field of labbr, and he has every thing his own way. His work is in a good condition. Aurora circuit. The well-known, loyal, irrepressible messenger of the cross, Rev. A. F. Moore, stands on guard at this place, and he is putting forth every effort in the faithful performance of his duty. He has secured another church site and is arranging to build a ney church oil his district. Bay boro circuit, Rev. A. F. Mitchell, pastor. This is a very small work but very good people, and Rev. Mitchell is an industrious man. He is used to having some thing, and he cannot depend on that small body of people for his support; so he is running a large farm, but he is taking care of his lit tie flock just the same. Smith Creek circuit, Rev. J. W. L. Council, pastor. Oh, if that good brother could have kept his health he would hare car ried that work .this year be fore. He has been down for the last five months, yet that good people are doing all they can for his support. I ask the prayers of our great Church for his recovery. Adams Creek circuit, Rev. F. B. House, the old veterjan gospel messenger, is laboring assiduous ly as in days past to build up this work, j Piney Grove circuit. Rev. A. R. Roberts, a young rising star of Zion, is doing a great work at this point. He has made the greatest improvement on that church that has ever been made since it was built: ili fact it was an old church rebuilt^ land the members and min ister arb united, and eveiything is moving on lovely. Griffon circuit, Rev. W. A. Keys, pastor. This it a very small work for a man of Elder Keys' long and faithful standing, yet as a^loyal minister of Zion he went to work and has greatly im proved the whole circuit and has made Foreman’s chapel almost a new church. He has a C. E. so ciety in all his churches, and the spiritual condition of the circuit is just gijand, and the people say there is no man like Elder Keys. Bath circuit, Rev. E. B. Wil liams, pastor. This good Chris tian brother was sent in good time to save to us our church at Bath. He being a mechanic, and Mr. Brooks wanting to settle up our church matter, the Elder took the whole church debt on himself and paid the bill by building a house top-Mr, Brooks, and now. our church at Bath is safe to the Con nection. Brother Williams is also a good preacher, and his circuit is in a first-class condition. He has | built a recess to the church at : Bath, and is now repairing a ; church at Leachville. Oh, for more E. B. Williams. U Aiid what must i] say for our 8 : ’page Star of Zion in its new ! dress i Well, in short, three cheers for Dr. |Smith, three • cheers for I)r. Blackwell, and : three cheers for the Star of Zion. ! Dr. Smith, please publish this in j full, and I will not trouble you | again*in a long time, li tlson. A. C. J 0 H N S O N=T H OM A S. V.Y 1IEV. E. D. WJ JONES, A. M I The marriage of Prof. B. A. i' Johnson and Al iss Amanda Thomas, i was celebrated in Fifth-sf. Baptist iehurch. of which the bride was a prominent and useful member, Tuesday eve.. JunepSth, Rev. John Frank, the talented, liberal, ener getic pastor, and Bishops G. W. Clinton and Alexander Walters, officiating. Long before the hour, the beautiful and spacious edifice was crowded with admiring friends anxious to witness the nuptials of the two Avell-liked and popular contracting parties; and when the great organ, presided over by Mrs. M. E. Steward, of recognized musical ability, rolled off the wed ding march, composed by Mendels sohn Bartholdy, a sea of upturned faces scanned the doors to catch a first glimpse of the bridal party, led by well-drilled ushers up the long aisle. Two handsome little ones carrying large bouquets of flowers followed. Then came the maid of honor, Miss Lucy Steward, the accomplished daughter of Hon. W. H. Steward, Editor of the American Baptist, and last of 11 came the bride leaning upon ; • arm of Prof. Daniel Lawson, me - ing at the altar the groom, who was accompanied by his pastor and school mate. While Mrs. Lucre tia Knox, of Indianapolis, softly and sweetly sang, the solemn cere mony was performed, and Prof. B. A. Johnson and Miss Amanda Thomas were declared husband and wife, together in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. After congratulations, the bridal party moved to the strains of another beautiful march down the aisles, and were hurried to the home of the bride, where a grand reception was held in their honor. Both parties were very popular in the city; this fact being evi denced by the large gathering of distinguished friends, in and out of the city. They received many valuable and useful presents from all parts of the country which at tested their prominence and stand ing. They will reside here until Sep tember, when they will go to Salis bury, N. C., to permanently live. We hope for them happiness and peace and pray “That as Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together, so these persons may perform and keep the vow and covenant be tween them made, and may ever remain in perfect love and peace.” Louisville, Ky. CAPE FEAR DISTRICT. REV. S. B. HUNTER. P. E. A few words about mv men and their work might as you will see from figures below inspire them to do better this year than last. Mount Olive circuit, Rev. H. W. Farrior, pastor. This good brother had a fine start off until he was bothered by one of our minis ters preaching and organizing a society in one of his churches known as the ^National Protec tive Association,” which divided his members. Warsaw circuit. Rev. G. L. Clark, pastor. He has had trouble with the same minister at Faison’s church, but as he did not effect an organization his trouble was not so great as Rev. Farrier’s. Magnolia, Rev. W. H. Wilder. I pastor. lie is doing well under | the circumstances and has raised l money to have the church at Mag nolia painted. I shipped the paint to him this week. Parkersburg, Rev. C. R. Cow ard, pastor. He is a. young man, but a scholar and is trying to bring this circuit to the front. He tells me he expects to raise more money on Children’s Day this year than ever has been raised on this work before. Garland, Rev. E. A. Carroll, pastor. This is that soft and easy Christian minister and I think sometimes too easy for his own good, for some people and church members take advantage of such. He is among a people that claim sanctification and holiness; so this in itself will give him success this year. Tomahawk, Rev. I. B. Williams, pastor. He is one of our old min isters, but to have him speak and see him act ary one would think he was a young man. He and his people are getting along fine. Carver Creek, Rev. T. H. Lovick, pastor. He has things moving on nicely, although he had it rough the first of the year on account of some members’ split off attempting to organize into a Bap tist church because he pressed them to pay their church dues. Only seven left, and as the church is in a better condition than ever, it would be well for our churches to get rid of more .of such mem i :*s. He has raised this year, Ea ter collection, $£'.57; last year, $4; an increase of $5.57. Lisbon, Rev. T. H. Herring, pastor. I said so much last year about this brother being a hustler that one of our presiding elders tried to slip him on his district. He is still making improvements on the circuit. White Oak, Rev. E. S*. Burney, pastor. He is having quite a suc cess on this work. This circuit is in a better condition^ than ever known before; pence reigns be tween pastor and people, there fore I expect a good report this year. j Elizabethtown, Rev. W. J. F. Moore, pastor. With his ability as a scholar he seems to have the people with him, and if he can just hold them, wa will expect a good report from that work this year. He has made some im provements in church property. Clarkton, Rev. S. M. Lloyd, pastor. This work: is not what it was last year this time under Rev. Carroll. Brother Lloyd has been sick and unable to attend to it, but we hope for a good report as we have arranged for the cir cuit to he attended to while Rev. Lloyd is sick. Abbottsburg, Rev. T. S. Maultsr by, pastor. He is a young man, but a hustler and has made some improvements cn this work in adding one church and raising money to pay oil' church debts—a debt of $50 was due on the church. Rev. Carroll elected at Bladen boro and Rev. Maultsby raised $30 of this in a rally. These figures will show what my district did last year without a station and no report to me from one circuit, namely Garland, on Easter, nor Children's Day! As we failed to 1 ave any infinites I printed this year, 1 give theip as 1 wish to encourage my men. A new work laid i tf. new men, and a I new presiding elder with 2,335 members in all: fori made it a i rule to urge my pastors to bring (every member to the front whose ' name was on the church book, j matters not whether they were in ; Georgia or in the North; if those ! names are on the book, report ! them. We expect to do better (this year. FIN A N Cl A L IIE FORT. Widows and orphans, & 2 05 Children's Day, 57 70 Easter, 38 44 W. H. and F. M. Society, 16 33 General Conf. delegate, 1 26 Subscriptions to Star, 22 00 Annual Conf. collections, 4 10 Local mission, 1 95 African mission school, 1 35 Varick Building, 1]05 Church extension, 5 40 Donated to Star, 5 00 Presiding Elder’s salary, 545 00 Pastors1 salary, 2,140 50 General fund, 643 00 Building purposes, 475 00 Grand total, $3,960 19 Members, 2,335 We mean to better this in every respect. Wilmington, JS. C. WEARING ROBES. The Richmond Advocate says “the Bishops of the African Meth odist Episcopal Zion Church have decided to wear robes on special occasions when the ritual is used." The Holston Methodist commenting on the above, observes: “ Like the Negro, this is a backward move ment. It is a revival of sacerdota ism, a return to Judaism and Pa ganism. Why should a bishop wear robes rather than any other preacher ? ” We are as much op posed to bishops wearing robes as the Methodist; but, we enter our unqualified protest against that paper for slurring on the Negro. The Negro is not a back number, neither can this movement of our Zion brethren be considered as a peculiar idiosyncrasy of the race. — Ch ristian lndex. NOTICE. The meeting of the Michigan and C auada Conference has been changed from the 4th Wednesday in August to the 5th Wednesday in August. Ministers and dele gates please govern themselves accordingly. Place of meeting, Detroit, Mich. [Signed:] A. Walters, Bishop. jcj sey City, JV. J., July 16, '98. NEW HAVEN (CONN.) NOTES. _ BY REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. lit. Rev. J. W. Hood, I). D., LL. D., presiding Bishop of the New England Conference of*the A. M. E. Zion Church, accompa nied by his estimable wife, arrived in our city Saturday evening the Dth inst.. and were entertained by Mrs. F. H. Hill, 24 Foote Street. At 10 : 45 a. m. and 7 : 45 p. in. on Sunday the Bishop occupied the pulpit of the Foote-St. A. M. E. Zion church, preaching two most excellent sermons to im mense congregations. Two per sons were’received into the church during the morning service. Rev. Francis H. Hi!!;, the new pastor at the Foote-st. A. M. E. Zion church, delivered an eloquent and impressive address! before a large audience at •> o'clock'. The services were heid in observance of President McKinley's proclama tion. The church was tastefully decorated with our national colors. The music was both patriotic and inspiring. The following newly elected of ficers. of the V. C. E. Society were installed last Sunday evening at 6:30: president. Miss Josephine Scott; vice-president, Mr. A. Fish er; secretary, Miss Lizzie Birch more; corresponding secretary, Miss Esther Gray; treasurer, Mrs. Susie Spencer: pianist, Miss Bes sie Spencer. Chairmen of,the sev eral committees were appc follows: Look-out, Miss in ted as Emma Williams; Prayer-meeting, Rev. J. A. Hall; Flowers, Airs. Hattie Fisher; Calling, Miss Carrie Stev ens; Social, Airs. Lizzie AYilmore; Sunday-school, Aliss Annie Pick ett. Addresses were delivered by Bishop Hood and by Mrs. K. P. Hood, the president of the V. C. E. Society of Fayetteville), N. C. GRAND RECEPTION AND. WlELCOME. The members of the Foote-st. A. M. E. Zion church ancf the cit izens of New Haven in general turned out in large numbers on Alonday evening, the 11th inst., to accord their newly-appoipted pas tor of the church, Rev. Francis H. Hill, and his family a welcome reception and to manifest their high regard for Bishop J. W. Hood and his most refined and lovable wife who accompanies him on his Episcopal visitation* through the New England Conference. The exercises began with an an them by the choir. Rev. W.1 H. Singleton, master of ceremonies, called on Rev. S. S. Jolley of the M. E. Church wrho offered prayer. Another selection by the choir, “ The Pastor's Welcome, was fol-T lowed by an address of welcome on behalf of the church by Mr. Frederick D. Meyers, a promising young man of the chuich. Ad dresses on behalf of thq various churches of the city were delivered by the following pastors! Rev. A. C. Powell, of Immanuel Baptist church; Rev. S. S. Jolley, of the M. E. church; Rev. T. Nelson Baker, of the Congregational church. A letter from nandess, of the U. AI. E was read expressing his not being able to be Bishop Hood was introc Rev. Fer church, regrets in present, uced and made a response in which some very interesting historical events connected with this church and her ministry were recounted. Rev. Hill followed in a brief address in which he expressed his pleasure in so cordial a greeting arnji welcome to the churches and city and homes of the people of New Ha ven. An elaborate banquet in the lecture room followed the exercises in which all present participated. Rev. Singleton provided an exten sive trolley ride for the Bishop and his wife and Rev. Hill and family on Tuesday. The Bishop departed for Bridgeport, Conn., in the afternoon.
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