MISSOURI CONF ERENCE.
_
BY REV. E. D. W. JONES, A. M.
Rev. J. C. Temple, fraternal
.delegate from the New Jersey
Conference, rendered valuable as
sistance to the sessions by inspir
ing and eloquent faddresses and
masterly delivered s 3rmons. It is
remarkable how the people of St.
Louis love the man, and though he
had been away from them for
sometime still they followed him
from place to place to hear his
powerful gospel sermons.
the Mayor of the. city and pop
ular city pastors paid the Confer
ence visits and seemed to be high
ly pleased with the) character of
the work our Church is doing.
The W. H. and F. Missionary So
ciety held their meeting at the
Metropolitan chuireh, Mrs. A.
Wakeneici, president, xmo unk
ing and truly devoted worker
in local and foreign mission work,
did herself great credit in the de
livery of a well prepared paper on
missions. She has been the leader
of this organization in that Con
ference for a number of years,
and so well pleased were the breth
ren with her past work that they
again elected her vice-president.
Mrs. C. C. Pettey read a care
fully written paper on “The Mis
sion of Zion Church,” and every
thought was- clothed in the choic
est and most elegant language. It
was delivered with that force and
swaying eloquence that captivated
her many attentive hearers. She
thinks for herself, and her public
spirit, her intelligence and inter
est in every question of Church
arid problems of race easily rank
her among the leading Afro-Amer
ican women of this day.
* Mrs. G. W. Clinton, who grad
uated with high honors from Liv
ingstone College, sustained hei
former record as a composer of
ability, in an address on “Phases
of Our Missionary Work.” She
reasons well when she says that
Zion must cultivate a missionary
spirit in its ministry so that its
borders will be extended and en
larged. Being well trained in a
college where the art of oratory is
taught to women as to men, she
was at home on the stage and ac
quitted nerseu «cn.
other ladies who should receive
special mention, several young
lady graduates of the public
schools of St. Louis, and I shall
ask Bishop Clinton to supply the
Star with their names. On be
half of Dr. Moreland and his
church, Dr. Warner presented
Mrs. G. W. Cliiton a beautiful
salver pitcher.
Bishop C. C. Pettey associated
Bishop Clinton ill presiding over
the Conference as a return compli
ment for similar service he ren
' dered Bishop Pettey in Kentucky.
The Bishop was not well but this
did not hinder him in the perform
ance of his duty. The ministers
were proud to seethe bond of fra
■ ternal union, love and interest be
tween these two aminent prelates
They were together on all vita
« questions of Chu.’ch; each under
stood how to expedite business
and arm in arm \ they handled the
interests of Zion without fear oi
trembling. Bishop Pettey preachec
a sermon on “Hame” at the ear
nest request of the Conference
that shall never be forgotten, ane
the truths were so impressed, the
fire of the Holy Ghost was so evi
dent, until it appeared that Goe
had veiled Himself and come dowi
to talk with men. Men wept to
whom tears are strangers; others
shouted and rejoiced who were
never known to do the like before,
and the man himself was caught
up to the sublimest heights of im
agination and thought and deliv
ered a sermon that places him in
the foremost rank of notable
preachers of his day.
The Conference was held in a
beautiful brick edifice, built by
Ret. W. F. Jones, the present pas
tor, and too much cannot be said
of him and his good people who
enjoyably entertained the Confer
ence. The minutes will give the
deliberations in detail, but I might
add that there was an increase
along all lines over that of last
year. Conference adjourned to
meet in Jones Tabernacle, Indian
apolis, the second Wednesday in
September, 1899.
Bishop Clinton will supply you
with appointments.
Allegheny City, Pa.
MISSOURI CONFERENCE AP
POINTMENTS.
BY BISHOP GEO. W. CLINTON, D. D.
St. Louis district, J. M. Wash
ington, P. E. The Metropolitan
church, Morgan street, John F.
Moreland; Jones chapel, Lexing
ton avenue, W. T. Jones; St. John
chapel, Rock Road, E. St. Louis,
D. J. Donohoo; St. Mark, Lucas
avenue, St. Louis, A. W. Rice;
St. John, South St. Louis, W. E.
Jackson; Webster Grove, A. D.
Howard; Chain Rock, Mo., and
Moscow Mills, Lewis Nunly; Troy
and Flint Hill, C. L. Lucas; Dun
avant chapel, Jefferson City, Mo.,
Clement Peters; Lidia mission,
Kansas City, Mo., L. R. Brown;
East Bottom, Kansas City, Mo.,
I. H. Johnson; Rosedale, Kan., W.
J. Rodgers; West Bottom, Kan
sas City, Mo., G. W. Donaldson;
Kankakee, 111., L. N. Slaughter;
Walters chapel, State street, Chi
cago, 111., R. P. Christian; Center
avenue church, P. H. Wright;
Porty-seventh street mission, G.
B. Lane; Fifth avenue, to be sup
plied; West avenue, to be sup
plied; St. Joseph, to be supplied;
French mission, to be supplied;
East St. Louis mission, to be sup
plied; St. Charles mission, Morris
Grant; East Carondelet and Bell
ville, O. H. Banks; Basket sta
tion, Kansas, L. N. Norton.
Indianapolis district, Y. Carr,
P. E. Jones chapel, Blackford
street, Indianapolis, Indiana, A.
Wakefield; Walters chapel, Saun
ders street, J. W. Zelender; Penix
chapel, Norwood, Ind., K. Cur
ruthers; Mulberry street mission,
Alexander Averitt; Hood’s chap
el, Evansville, Ind., C. N. Payne;
HilPsand Terre Haute, Ind., C.
H. Green; Elizabeth mission, L.
B. Butts; Manson chapel, Hen
derson, Ky., P. W. Dunavant;
i Corydon, Ky., A. H. Dorsey;
Smith Mills and South Henderson,
S. S. Green; Sebre, Ky., D. Y.
Young; Slaughtersville, Pleasant
[ Valley and Roberts, D. A. Shel
ton; Duqouin, 111., to be supplied:
, Centralia and Walnut Hill, J. J.
s Kennedy; Cairo mission, W. B.
• Clark.
Rev. Biner, of Los Angeles, arrived
) on tne 8th and took charge of the A. M
L E. Zion church. He preached an excel
> lent sermon last Sunday and was wel
- received. We hope that the church wil
l be under his administration.—Caltfomit
k Wutorn Outlook.
PROCLAMATION.
Dear Friends and Lovers of the
Cause of Jeeus Christ and the
Spread of tho Borders of Zion :
Greetings—T;ae General Secre
taryship of Missions in the A. M.
E. Zion Church, by an act of the
Board of Bishops at its recent
session at Asbury Park, N. J.,
was intrusted to our hands. After
a prayerful consideration of the
grave and important responsibility
involved in this act we have de
cided to assume it under God,
trusting to have the financial and
moral support of the entire Con
I1CUUUU.
Brethren find friends, there is
much land to be possessed; there
is not a department in the Church
that requires more serious and
vital consideration by all who are
lovers of the blessed cause of
Christ than that of missions. No
denomination1 or Connection is
entitled to a respectable standing
in the body politic of the religious
world that has not a full-fledged
and effective Missionary Depart
ment. We are in the field to win
by God’s help.
After a careful and reasonable
survey of the* needs, we have made
what we regard as a moderate
estimate of what we hope to real
ize for the benefit of the Mission
ary cause of our Church between
now and the dawn of the Twentieth
Century—January, 1901. Our
estimate is $5,000. This is to be
known as the Twentieth Century
Fund. This estimate is not over
drawn; it is in the ability and the
capacity of the Church to produce.
Just let every pastor in the entire
Connection work in conjunction
with us to reach that mark. This
done, we can have reasons to# re
joice in that we have just begun to
do a work which is so much
needed and one which necessarily
concerns us; all. How much will
you, as an individual, contribute
of your earthly substance towards
the amount. Remember the field
—Africa, Cuba, Porto Rico and
Hawaii, are ripe for the harvest.
“The world for Christ, and as
much of it as possible for Zion.”
Don’t say it can’t be done; only
try.
Send names and amount you can
give or su bscribe to the Fund to
Jesse B. Colbert,
1114 6th St., N. W., Washing
ton, D. C* J
GIVING CLEAR RECEIPTS.
BY R1V. S. M. MORGAN.
I wish fo say in our sunlighl
paper, thatj Killarney chapel has
her sails hoisted and , is gliding
along smoothly over the billows.
I am the fourth pastor appointed
here since the annual Conference—
came here Idarch 3d. This mem
bership is principally from old
North Carolina, round about Kin
ston and Newbern, and they be
lieve in the right man in the righl
place. Th£ church is temporally
and spiritually alive. We pay the
presiding elder up every quarter
and get a dear receipt.
I have given nearly all the mem
bers clear receipts on general tax,
and am now giving them clear
receipts on pastor’s salary. W<
have some jloyal members at this
church, not because duty says so
but because they love the churcl
. and God. Sister L. J. Williams
1 the efficient superintendent of tin
i Sunday-school, does her whol<
duty, and tit is second to none ii
the district. We pray that the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
will continue to bless us.
Willow Bayou is my next loyal
church. It is in a prosperous con
dition and mostly made up of
North Carolina members. Like
Killarney, it pays up all dues.
She is out on general tax and al
most up on pastor’s salary.
Our appetite craves for the Star
every day. Please don’t let me
miss an issue. If so, we will
starve t or her dainties. Please send
me eight or ten copies with my
article.
Tallulah, La.
SOUND TALK.
BY REV. M. RANKINS.
The annual Conference of the
Greenville district will meet Nov
ember 17th. 6 Brethren, we 'must
come up on all lines, especially
general fund. The indebtedness
of the Connection must be paid
off. The Bishops and Gener
al Officers paid.
The Star of Zion is the great
est Negro paper printed, the best
religious journal, up-to-date, full
of religious knowledge. It is the
best in this country, a burning
and sh ining light throughout this
grand old Connection, edited and
managed by two of the greatest
Negro 38 of the Southland. It
must be kept alive.
The Yarick Memorial Building
is not paid for. Remember that
quite a number promised to send
Bishop Lomax money on or before
the first of March last which many
have tailed to do. You will please
bring it to the front.
Our old wornout men must
have better care. As times seem
to grow harder we must study
bettei plans to raise money to run
the Connection. Bring Children’s
Day £,nd mission money to the an
nual Conference. It will be need
ed there; and all our subscriptions
will bave to be renewed for' the
Star of Zion. This Connection
must live. ■
Brethren, the bishops and pre
siding elders can’t do all. We
must join in heart, hand and mon
ey. The Greenville High School
is now in operation. , Stick to
your bush, boys. It will require
money to keep things moving on.
I met Rev. J. W. Alstork’s district
conference at Benton, Ala., on Sep
tember 5th. It was all 1 could ex
pect. Dr. Alstork is one of the
ablesb Negro leaders of his day—
a fine man, and a Christian in eve
ry sense of the word. I had the
pleasure of meeting nearly all of
his g ood men, among whom were
Revs! F. W. Ward, of Greenville,
Ala., the general fund man, Hale,
Finley, Meadows, Baker, Lewis,
Samuel, Dr. Manley and others
wh®m I have not in mind at this
Cm..
The Greenville district intends to
stanc. up on every line if possible.
Rev. T. A. Weathington, D. D.,
presiding elder, who knows no
failure, is at the head. He is a
good leader, a profound gospel
preacher; in fact he is the “Black
Eagle” in Zion. Revs. R. L. Boyd,
A. L. Watkins, M. Jackson, J. J.
Taylor, J. G. Gully, A. L. Trim
ble, S. M. Washington, Me Glover,
J. C. Thompson,' H. C. White and
N. H. Dacus are all doing nicely
on tieir work and have had suc
cessful revivals; many souls have
been converted and added to Zion,
the Church of their choice.
* I have had a successful revival;
» including children, 72 have been
, added to Mt. Olive circuit this
\ year. This is my fourth year
here and things are still moving
’ on nicely. We have paid our
5 presiding elder and intend to come
5 up < n all financial lines. Send me
l ' 20 copies of this issue to sell.
THE HONORED JAMES HALE.
THE DEDICATORIAL OF THE HALE
MEMORIAL WINDOW.
BY OBSERVER.
Sunday September 18th was a
Very conspicuous day at the new
Old Ship church, the occasion be
ing the memorial services held in
honor of the late James Hale, who
stepped out of time into eternity
June 16, 1888. Tt
e public is too
familiar with the passing away of
this good and usefr 1 man to need
any details from this brother of
Montgomery/ I - „
He was to Montgomery what
that celebrated Booker T. Wash
ington is to the race—an impor
tant factor. His work will live as
long as our old historic city stands.
The Hale Infirmary is a monu
ment to the citizens of Montgom
ery, and a blessing to the race for
whom it is designed. It is con
spicuous because it is one among
the few in the Southland owned
by the Negroes. Let us hope that
the school boy and girl of Mont
gomery will forever bear in mind,
as they pass and repass the above
named monument, that the. foun
dation was arranged by the man
of whom we speifck. Mr. Hale
was a consistent Christian and a
devoted member of the Old Ship
church. In his death the mem
bers lost a good man and a safe
leader.
Messrs. H. A. Loveless, S. H.
Phillip and Mrs. and Dr. J. H.
Manley paid globing tributes to
him. All of the speeches were
spirited and full of facts. The
papers read by Misses Mary A.
Wood and Fannie Pope capped
the climax. They were short but
noticeable"for the thought, lan
guage, history and the effective
manner in which they were read.
Dr. Manley made some very touch
ing remarks that will live a mighty
long time in the memory of our
people. Prof. Booker T. Wash
ington doubts if Montgomery has
produced a man to takes Mr. Hale’s
place. With this opinion mine
accords. Give us more James
Hales.
Montgomery, Ala.
HARVEST HOME JUBILEE.
BY MISS A. M. POLLITT.
The annual grajnd rally of Wes
ley Zion came off October 23rd
wi*th grand success. Bishop C. C.
Pettey was expected but on ac
count of illness was unable to put
in appearance. Our pastor, Rev.
J. S. Caldwell, preached morning
and evening to a crowded house.
Rev. G. H. Cole, of the New Jer
sey Conference, preached a soul
stirring sermon at 3 p. m.
The “harvest home jubilee,”
conducted by the ladies of the
church, opened on Monday eve
ning. Among those who added in
terest to the entertainment were
Madam A. W. Lyons and Rev. J.
H. McMullen of Harrisburg, Pa.
The 10th cavalry, the black heroes
of Santiago, and the 9th Ohio bat
talion attended our entertainment
and were royally received. Re>v.
F. M. Jacobs, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
preached us a powerful sermon
Sunday evening, October 30th.
Rev. W. H. Davenport, of Cam
den, that Sunday morning
preached and swept everything
i (before him as by storm. Whole
amount collected up to date $1,500,
with more to follow.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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