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Q Rev. W. R. Douglass, of Atlanta, Ga., says tbe outlook for his church to grow is brighter than ever. His members are much interested in the Star and buy them like hot cakes. Rev. H P. Shuford writes that Pre siding Elder A. J. Roge rs is quite sick on his circuit near Burnt Corn, Ala., and \ ^that his friends are taking special care If of him. We pray for hin recovery, for 11 he is a grand worker for 15ion. The Philadelphia Christian Banner says that Rev. W. H. Davenport renders assistance to every good work in Cam den, N. J , and is unselfish in his minis trations. He is an active member of the Colored JCitizens’ Relief Commit tee. The Star of Zion has put on a new ress. Always bright, it now twinkles ith renewed brilliancy. Brothers Smith and Blackwell are publishing a paper that is a credit to the race, aid an honor to the denomination it represents. May it live long and prosper-—1 he Georgia Bap tist. Among the printers of the &<ar of Zton whose cuts were displayed in last week’s issue, we noticed several of our old friends such as H. A. Kelsey and E. D. Hagler, who gave us our 5rst instruction ^in the printing business. The Star con tinues it onward march.—New York Daily Magnet. Wednesday, July 26th 1898, at 8:30 p. m , !Mj.r. Samuel Joyner, if Washington, N. Ct, and Miss Mary E Patrick, of Greeflville, N. C., were married in the A. M. E. Zion church, Rov. G. H. Miles, assisted by Rev. L. B. Williams and Dr. W. J. Moore, officiating. The affair .was brilliant and presents costly. Mr. H. C. Preston, of Selma, Alabama, f rites: Sister Susie Oliver, a strong aughter of Zion, died t tie 3rd instant. She lived at the post of duty uncom plaining, and her death is a great blow to the church. The solace that softens our grief is we know t.iat heaven has gained what we lost. We shall greet her again. Bishop G, W. Clinton has made sev i eraliyisits in the West Tennessee and *\lissij3sippi Conference and attended ‘foe district conference and finds the work in better condition than it has been in for several years. Zion is growing stronger and more popular. He has six churches in building,and has the promise of two students from Mississippi for Livingstone College. Rev. A. Mclver, of ITewton, N. C., writes: I am greatly pleased with the 8 j«P®ge ^tak. I am not su-prised, know ing you have been my ct oice for editor [for many years. Manage:- Blackwell de leaves great credit for the grand im o/ovements made on our Publishing louse. God bless you both. It is said “The way to measure what a man is, is by what he does.” I donate one dollar to help the Star. d Out Zion brethren seem to be troubled very much of late about women preach ers and women choirs, a ad the discus sion goes on with animation and con siderable interest on both sides, with *Jie result seemingly as f ir off as when pe controversy began. It is certainly an interesting discussion and, sometimes we are on one side and scmetimeson the other, but it will take stronger argu ment? and more Scriptural authority than has yet been advanc ed, to place us on the side of the female preachers.— Loumilie (Ky.) American Baptist. A ! he district conferenci ool convention of tl district of the North C: cfce will meet at Whites station, the fourth' Tuesi ber and continue three tendance and good repor Bishop and Editor are present.—W. J. Moore, N G. i and Sabbath te Washington irolina Confer ’ chapel, Dover lay in Septem days. Full at is desired. Our invited to be P. E., Wilson, A white daily of Cha rlotte compli ^jfoffctarily says: “Ft illy two thou T^nd people attended the services * at Latta Park camp grounds last night. Bishop Lomax preached in the afternoon to a large crowd, and Pr. Smith, Editor of the Star of Zion, preached at night. The 41 sermon of Dr. Smilh last night was one of the ablest ever heard in Charlotte from a colored di me. ”—The Evening News. ri nen v f Varick Day—4th Sunday In August. $1,400 [Needed For The 3rd Payment, With Interest On Two Notes. Dear Officials and Pastors: The fourth Sunday in August of . every year is Varick Day—a day set apart by the General Confer- 1 ence of our Church on which every pastor in the Connection is to lift * a collection in the interest of Varick Building, located at Charlotte, N. C. You will remember that the Varick Building was purchased three years ago for $6,000. We have been successful in making ^ the second payment of $1,000. The third payment which was due i March 16, 1898, has not been made in full. We now owe interest 1 on two notes atad nearly all the third note, which together amounts 1 to about $i,400.\ This amount must be raised at once or the whole property will be jeopardized. We cannot afford to see this property go out of our hands after ( it has been so magnificently fixed up by Manager Blackwell. It is 1 well worth the closest and best atteution of the whole Church. We believe that the loyal and interested pastors will come to the im- ' mediate reliei oi tne Building. ' The law sets apart the fourth Sunday in Aug. hs a day on which every pastor is to lift a collection for this Building and in order to help you in this matter, the Manager has arranged a program for the day and also punch cards. These he will begin to send out this week to the various churches. We want every pastor to drop the Manager a card as soon as he sees this notice and tell him the num ber of programs and punch cards he needs for that day. Don’t fail to write the Manager at once for programs and cards so there will be no delay. Let every pastor work up a good collection. Call the people together; have them commit their parts; place a dozen or more cards in their hands and then on Sunday have every card brought in with the money. Forward the money on the following Monday. Bishop T. H. Lomax and the Manage* have agreed to offer just three prizes : PRIZES. First. The pastor sending in the very highest amount, a set of Mat* thew Henry's Commentaries, or a copy of the Standard Dictionary, 1897 edition, by Funk & Wagnalls; or if he prefers, a dozen of our Church hym nals, with music. Second. The pastor sending in the next high estamount, a set of Jamie son, Fausset and Brown’s Commentaries, or Young’s Complete Bible Con cordance; or if he prefers, a dozen of our Hymn Books without music. Third. The pastor sending in the third highest amount, a copy of Bishop Hood’s History of African Methodism, or a copy of Wakefield’s The ology; or if he prefers, a half dozen of our Hymn Books without music. Let there be one strong and earnest effort made for Varick Building by every pastor in our Church on the fourth Sunday in August. “Let Ziou’s watclimeD all awake. And take the alarm they give.” Let every pastor show to his own Connection, and to the world that he has a part in the great Publication House of the Negro race located at Charlotte, N. C. Send a card at once to the Manager for program and punch cards. Both free of charge. Very respectfully your servants, (Bishop) T. H. LOMAX, Chairman of Board and Committee. *G. L. BLACKWELL, flanager, Charlotte, N. C. Not since Latta park camp-meet ing was organized has any preach er had such drawing powers, preached such powerful sermons, and sung such sweet songs as did Dr. A. J. Warner, the “Swamp Angel,” yesterday. As far as the eye could see last night the camp ground was densely packed with white and colored people. The noted colored preacher could be heard easily all over the ground. All who were present yesterday think that “Black Sam Jones,” who is surely coming, will find it difficult to eclipse “Swamp An gel.” This colored preacher from Alabama is a “warm member” as one of the communicants remarked to a News reporter. He certainly has the power of stirring up his congregation. After the sermon the exhortation came and the sin ners crowded up to the mourners1 bench. One song after another was sung and the shouts of the emotional church workers could be heard for a long distance. Ne groes can out sing any other peo ple on the face of the earth, and no vested choir or bespangled cho rus ever sang such stirring melo dies as we heard at this camp-meet ing. There were thousands ol people present last night, packed together so thick that at one time miiN n \ J it was impossible to get near the ! big arbor. One man called atten tion to the fact that there were more white people present than were in any Sunday night congre gation in the 1 city. The camp meeting is certainly a great draw ing card.— Charlotte {N. C.) Eve ning News. LITERARY NOTE. “The Quick or the Dead,” the master piece of all the books Amelie Rives has written, is one wh ich furnishes food for the most profound thought. To quote the author’s own words, it is “an honest study of a sensitive and morbid woman who feels that she is being disloyal to her dead husband in loving a living man.” All the different phases of the subject are portrayed in a most charm ing manner, and thousands of grateful testimonials—letters from thosewho have been comforted by the truths advanced therein—have bee u showered upon the author. Some ht.ve attributed impure motives to the aut hor in the writing of “The Quick or t!je Dead,” and others have even characterized it as being smutty ; but far f rom her were any such thought in its production. However we should like foi all our readers to read the book for themselves. Sent on re ceipt of $1.00 by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Rev. T. M. Stitt, Yander, N.C., writes: Mr. Daniel, a white man, says the Stab in its new dress is the best Negro paper in the world. Boys, let’s stick to the Edi tor and Manager. , THEY CAN’T SCARE ME. EDITORS J. W. SMITH AND J. C. DANCY ANSWERED. BY REV. A. MCIVER. Somebody seems to be hurt. It s a usual thing for women and shildren to cry, but very unusual or men, and when they do, we mow they are hurt. I wrote an article to the Star a ew weeks ago touching upon four general principles: the worn-out ninisters, the importance of pas-j ors or ministers being better pro dded for, my opposition to Gen eral Offi cers holdiLg charges iqual to other ministers and re viving a salary (fet of the office which they hold as General Offi 3ers, and the necessity of the general fu nd being collected quar terly so as to pay our bishops and to run all of our institutions. I believe yet that any member of cur Church would be willing to pay 25 cents every three months to support one of the grandest Churches in the world. If the members of Zion would adopt this 3ystem, our Church would be in a healthy condition. In my former article I asked the General, Officers to explain how was it that the average minister could live off of $250 a year and some car’t live off of $1,000. Neither of these Editors have an swered my question, but have dodged the issue and have attempt ed to go for me with hot bricks. I wonder what kind of meat have these two Caesars, as Editors, been eating? While they are deeply in terested about the General Offi cers getting their salaries, I am deeply interested about the gener al Church being cared for. The Bishops, General Officers, Presiding Elders, and pastors should receive the salary promised them, but they don7t always get it. Our Bishops are to be praised, and deserve great credit, for the sacrifices they are making for our beloved Zion; and they fail to get their salaries, and have no other advantages except the general fund, or no other resource from which tc draw and they are not asking fcr it. Dancy and Smith charge Rev. W. J. Benjamin and myself with making false impressions. Rev. Benjamin may take their slang, but I won’t. They can’t run me out of the field by threats; and yet I am as cheerful as an angel. If they want to get me out of the field, furnish me with their cash receipts through the columns ol the Star. Some of the best men of the Church have already in formed me that they have ap proved of my course of proceedure. I meait no discussion when 1 wrote my first article, but wrote just as I felt over the matter, anc I deny the charge of General Offi cers mating a fortune out of pas toring small charges. Yes, all oJ onr salaries are only promised, anc sometimes they are paid, and some times not. Rev. J. W. Smith, D. D., anc Hon. J. C. Dancy, A. M., ar< grand and good men, but thej must remember that we are al men. This is an age of fre< speech. My next will be on women be ing ordained. Newton, N C. The New England Sunday-school con vention and Varick O. E. societies wil convene at Cambridge, Mass., Wednes day, August 24th at 2 p. m. NOT IN FAVOR OF WOMEN ELDERS. BY REV. R. S. RIV15S, D. D. Bishop C. R. Harris dealt a mighty blow in favor of ordaining women Elders in our great Church. He is a ripe scholar, a deep think er, and a theologian of the first order; therefore the membership and clergy of the entire Church regard his' utterances as coming from authority. I do hold the Bishop and what ever he may say an on any subject in high favor; but I have some scruples with regards to this mat ter and, hence, I shall take the op posite side, and I believe my posi tion tenable. The text used by Bishop Har ris, Gal. 3:28, would be an unyield ing clincher if it were not for the facts we deduct therefrom. T3_1 _i. JL OiUl TTOO Uvt uiquuooiug lit" ness for office in the Church, but he was proving the universality and impartiality of Christ and His work of saving sinful man. Jesus saves any or all who may come unto Him without regard to sexes. But the choice of persons from whom to select the ministry seems to be quite another thing. So scrupulous Was the Almighty in selecting the priests that they were all taken from one tribe, viz.: the Levites, Lev. 8:24. It may be decided that no spe cial family or tribe is mentioned by Christ. It must be borne in mind, however, that Jesus con formed to all of the laws laid down for the government of Israel be fore His corping, etc. Then there are other texts, the import of which serves to bear on the subject of women officiating in the Church. In I Cor. 11, Paul speaks of certain ordinances 'or rules that had been laid down for the government of the Church. Among others He speaks as fol lows: “I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and that the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.” “Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesisth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head.” We see from the above scrip ture that women did speak and ' pray in public, but there were ^ such restrictions laid upon them that I feel justified in saying I be k lieve they have transcended their bounds when made Elders. ^ In I Cor. 14:34, Paul says “Let { the women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permitted for them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, j- as also saith the law.” Paul must have known what he was talking j about, fie knew the law. In the same chapter, 14:35, he further says, “And if they, (thewopaen), £ will learn any thing, let them ask j their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.” 6I repeat, Paul must r , have known what he was talking. Hear Paul again: I Tim. 2:11, j “Let the women learn in silence 1 with all subjection, ( verse 12), but e I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the men, " but to be in silence.” [concluded in next issue.] Bev. E. F. Rollins, who is having [1 success in church work, says that Scot i. land Neck, N. 0., has a colored post master.
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