1E OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH Vo! XXVI Charlotte, M. C., Thursday, January 35, 1903. N o. 3 FACTS V ERSUS FsCTfON Of the Missionary Secretary. ; TUSIIOI* a. W. HOOD, D. D., IX D This letter is not celled forth by Uivthina i have seen in ttie S'JBAu .Hr by a private remark of a vouny ,r;n who loves his Ohurch: a very .,1-io-ht and .promising you no; man wi.w would not kaowingly or -iii umtiouallv favor anything which was- not for the good of the (jhuroh. W e shah have not hi tig to fear for the future, ii this Foss of young men can .yet correct views of our situation and needs. The remark referred to was this: "Zion is he hen d all mt her den* ntu natioi*-, in that sne has-no Niission :try Scare;ary Mav I not ask, is it-not wet i to behind in ‘•one i hinge? For in an e. it may he saiii’that Zioeis ion g wavs behind some others? in hr- amount of her Uoirneetiona! r ihs; hut F this to l*e depioi wK Photv never bar been a time in which her Publication Mouse was, ia danger of being sold for debts. The iv/tef- have keen lifter' as they crate due; and there reissuing on t v ; ne to be lifted in Janwary 3004;' I her. we cart have scinortgage burn ! insessurent of five i cent-' a member for missions His | work is n<>t the tributaries which I pour supplies into thegeneral twi-s ! sum ary treasury., but with the : bur semen ts of the funds, and with ! the field in which they ate dis bursed; to gather and record ever y : posdbie scrap of information re Upectino- the mission 'fields, their i needs, and how to meet them. He. shotidl prepare a«d send to those who a.e raisin,/ funds printed stair meets calculated toeneourage their efforts; and should be ready at all times to give anys-grtatistic&l | information desired Some years ago a le, and the redo lence of our culinary efforts still liDger in the atmosphere of the cuisine. May God bless and reward cur kind friends, crowning them with a halo of eternal glory whose ef fulgence exceeds that of the meri dian sun. Berkley, Fa, Hi’ | SOME THOUGH TS. ! - j ^Strengthen the Things ihat Re main ’ I nr bishop c. u. iia^ms, a. m., d d i While thrae days are sufficient to boom candidates for the episco pal office and van be done after the opening of - the General Conrer | ence, vet one year is hastily enough j time in which to di-cuss in the I Staoi such subjects a*) will be j brought b e f o r e the General j Conference for a c t i o n, a n d j adoption or rejection, as the case i may be This is demonstrated by i such article.s as the how fatuous I "‘Shaking the Plum Free,” and | others bv distinguished conrrihu I tors U: the Star of Zson. Meas | urers not men, is what we need Widely to discus* in the Star {’here are plenty of other Comiee tional papers that can do the ^'bo./nting'1 that in..■./ be necessary for any or a 1 of the officers to be eiecred.fct the Genn ad Gonlerence. Now. I would like to take my turn, not in bo -.in hit a candidate., but iu booming ZmiA by suggest ing some thoughts which, if wor thy, may lead to the ^ool of Zion after being put inti shape by those who mould public opinion, and shape the legislation of the G e ner a 1 Cch fere n ce, Two years of unexampled finan cial prosperity in the b’ tory of Zion Cun'eh [as shown by the rev ports of the General Steward and the Missionary and Church Exten sion Dopartmen s ] which have elapsed since the sitting: of our Conference and the publication :oi our new book of discipline that revealed the work which that Con ference had done, fuliy demon strates the wisdom of the conserva tive element in the Church, which said to the advocates of greatly increasing the number of episco pal offices, “Thus far shale thou come, and no farther,” The -vacancy on the Board of Bishops was filled., and men turned their attention to other de partments of Church work. The General Steward became a bishop of the financial department of the Church. Provision was made for the salary of the General Church Extension Secretary, and he soon became, as it were, bishop of that department. A Ministerial Broth erhood was established, which is practicaliy a Savings Bank for the entire active ministry of the Church and a Brother of Charity to the superannuated ministers. One of the defeated aspirants for a general office has started a “Be nevolent Savings Institution of the A. M. E, Zion Church,” which, under the care of the efficient busij| ness men, may prove of untold benefit to our Church Extension Department. The proper assess ment of General Fund, and the de tei ruination of Bishops and pastors to collect it even though at a sacri fice ot personal effort, has so swelled the sum total, that in a re cent issue of the Star, the General Steward ■‘’makes the astonishing announcement that “all the claim ants on the General Fund have been paid their salary for the year. ” Mimlile dictu. Now why not continue the same line of action? “Strengthen the things that Re main.” 1. The Bishopric. A vacancy has occurred. Fill it, and so be prepared should another occur. Providence taught us that eight active bishops can successfully su pern.tend the work, hut we neec ! another for emergency, j t - Increase the efficiency of the j bishopric by doubling the number ! a t. each a n n u a! Co n f e re nee. H > w j "ften have we heard in our small |«r ;ir,d missionary Conferences the cry, “Why dorCt some of onr bish o; s and tienera! Officers % >-it. us>” How it would stimulate Hie week! Prof B A Johnson’s visit to the South Florida Conference, and 1H-. Coffey’s visit to the Blue llidae Conference were certainly an inspiration to every*man and a welcome help to the presiding1 bishop. Let each annual Cmfei ence lie authorized to deduct lifev dollars of General Fund for the travelling expenses of any bishop or Genera.! Officer of ihe Connec tion who shail have been invited ih'Teto bv the presiding Bishop We have 36 annua! Conferences, licit would require less than the salary of one bishop and would greatly advance the cause. Bish op Hood raised $1400 missionary j money at the Central North Caro lina Conference I would like to J know how he did it, but his per sonal presence and counsel at one of our annual Conferences might give me a hint and enable me to do better, and the Conference to re solve to (io better than it had done. 3. Strengthen the Presiding El dership. Let $50 or less be set apart from the Contingent or oth er fund, tor the extra traveling expenses required of Bishop or P E. in attending to such matters as do not belong to their routine work, such as inotsdgating rumors that may or may not eventuate in trials,etc- This may increase peace and harmony by promptness, when a uelav till the regular meeting of j the quarterly conference might be j hurtful. 4. strengthen the Pastorate. Here is where we need most at tention How can we increase the number of holy, hustling and intelligent pastors? To do this let us perfect our Educational Sys tem Let $5,000 a \ ear he appro priated trom the General Fund for a Theological Seminary of which the Educational Secretary shall he I ex-officio President and four pro fessors as deans, who shall he ex officio presidents of four of our Normal Schools or Coliog-ss. Each of these deacons can teach two classes, one in a higher course and the other in a preparatory course in the same line of studies Let $2,500 he appropriated from the General Fund for Scholarships in each of the said Normal schools, for as many students as there are annual conferences. For this scholarship, let one active pastor be elected in every conference each year, as a reward of merit for ac tual work done, and given to a preacher who has not yet reached the diaconate. In this way the best material tor the ministry throughout the Connection will b9 encouraged to go to school; and even one year spent in such a school as Livingstone, might im part such a stimulus to theological thought, not to say religious cult ure, as would lie of most benefit to the churches in general. “All of which is most respect fully submitted.” TVest Bairn Beach, Bla. He—“Cnrn't. I believe you think I’m a fool.” sLe—‘And yet you say I’m always in the wrong.” Bigg—“Yes, sir. Sad case! Man who built this house of mine just got it fin ished, when be died.” “Wigg—“Well, it might have been worse. He might have had to live in it.” WilLUA/Vl H. LEWIS, j A iNegro Of iciai fur Boston, Mass, APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT. I _ ; t 11*" 8 'U hern up \ .pap. r? an 1 a few J Northern papers ore j* < 1 Ii >t a' d ahus I >og President Roosevelt f«*r appointiftg ! Negroe» :o i tfice in the South, and they j nave d ciared that lie da e not appoint j anv to office in the Ninth. Toe Presi ! dent is a man of back.bone.and the best i friend that the Negro has had in the j White House since the days of Pr'esi j dent Grant. To show his consistency he i iist Monday nominitel William H, ! Lewis, a Negro, to h * assistant United i *5cates disciict attorney at Boston. Im mediat.-iy fuilo viug tne announcement of t a is nomination, one of the corres pondents r guiarly stationed at the i White House was given this apparently iasp’red i uformation: ridfi REASON FOR THE NOMINA TION. “Since the Negro question has been so prominently discussed recently on account of several appointments made by the President in the S nth, and-oft account of the IndianoJa incident,manv suggestions have been made that the President show his friendship for the Negro bv making some appointments of men of that color in Tie North. This is the first stop iu that direction, and. Boston, the heart of the country where* ihe President’s official acts in connec tion with the Negro are approved, is se lecte t b cau«e of art opening there. The intimation is conveyed that the President will make similar anpoint meuts elsewhere in the North, bestow ing upon the Negro positions somewhat in proportion numerically to his popu lation in each State. “In do cussing tWs matter recently the President mentioned the fact, that the Negro population of Massachusetts is comparatively small, and because of that, the proportion of offices g >ing to the race in hat State would be exceed ingly small shou d the question of ap pointments be looked atsolely from the standpoint of a eivision of appoint ments.aceor ling to relative population. In South Carolina the President sug gested that he had appointed one Negro to a good position, yet more than half the population of the State was com posed of Negroes,” Doing Well. BV KEY. H. H. WELLS. W e held, uur first quarter Satur day and Sunday widen was a high day in Z on. We are giad to say that we are moving along niceiy. Rev. L V\. Taylor knows his bus iness ns presiding eider. He preached a powerful sermon on Sunday and is, was full of thought, ibis is the 7th year for him to preside over these people and they sail love him. We have some loy al people here who are willing to do all tney can for their church and pastor. We are working to finish up the church here as Con ference will be at this place. We nave a line set of stewardesses On last Friday while wife and I were 3n 1 y fixing to take our rest, be hold a band of strange fr ends were at the door singing, “Did Uhrist o'er sinners weep.” The crowd was led by Sisters Emma Price, Id Dixon, Anna Elcholes, Allis Knox, A. Johnson, Minnie Peer, L. Peer, Mag Sisley, E. Grice.J. McGill, Jack Keith, J. J. Johnson, M Bittings, E. Renton, W. Hamilton and D Avne. They just brought us all the good things und we are looking for them to come some more Brother Smith. /Summerviile, Ga. Platt’s Saddest Chapter. It is the irony of fate that the saddest 3bapter iD Piatt’s book—“The Sorrows :>f a Boss ’—is entitled not ‘Roosevelt’* but ‘ Odell.” It is the irony of fate that Platt’s plot to make an end of ‘Teddy” resulted in making him the twenty-sixth President of the United States.—Everybody's Magazine.