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THIRTY-TWO YEARS A BISHOP. Bishop J. Walker Hood FLATTERING TRIBUTE. To the Right Rev. J. Walker Hood, senior bishop of the A. M. E. Zion Church, who for eighteen years has been the presidhig bish op of the New York diocese of the A. M. E. Zion Church and thirty two years a bishop, was tendered a fitting testimonial in the form of a reception last evening. The re ception was held in the First A. M. E. Zion Church, Fleet street, of which the Rev. Dr. Frederick M. Jacobs is pastor. The church was appropriately decorated with flowers, plants and the American colors, and on the platform were ministers representing nearly all denominations and the gathering was presided over by a Presbyter ian clergyman, the Rev. W. R. Lawton. The congregation sang “Crown Him Lord of all.” The Rev. S. S. Sevier offered prayer, which was followed by Dr. Lawton’ who made the opening address, in which he paid tribute to Bishop Hood and commented on the im portance of an optimistic, fearless and aggressive leadership for his race. Miss Lossie Colling sang “Rest,” and was warmly applaud ed. Robert E. Waddell, Jr., followed with the welcome address, representing the Christian En deavor Society. Mrs. Daisy Jeffer son and Professor W. B. Berry rendered a duet. Dr. Willims T. Dixon spoke eulogistically of Bish op Hood. The Rountree Quartet sang “Praise the Lord.” Miss Mary Seyhus read an interesting paper which was followed by the “Japanese Love Song,” by Miss Elizabeth Treadwell, who respon ded to an encore. George E. Wibecan, Jr., presi dent of the Garnet Republican Club, representing the laymen, said that, although he was a Cath olic, he rejoiced to pay tribute to the honored bishop and could testi fy to the liberality of the A. M. E. Zion Church. Mme Robinson and her daughter, Mrs. Georgie Berry, sang “Tranquil Night,” and alter continued applause, re sponded to an encore. Dr. Morris C. Brooks made the concluding speech and among other things said that Bishop Hood was an able man along all lines. Bishop Hood responded briefly andthaked the andiencs for its generous com pliment. o. r. xiicKs reaa resolutions commending the bishop and hop ing for his return after the close of this quadrennium as the presid ing bishop, which were unani mously adopted. Among tnose on the platform were Bishop J. Wal ker Hood, Rev. W. A. Fitch of Tarrytown, Dr. J. Sulla Cooper, Manhattan; Dr. WilliamT. Dixon, Concord Baptist Church of Christ; Dr. W. A. Alexander, Siloam Presbyterian Church; Dr. Morris G. Brooks, Cridge Street; the Rev. A. J. Henry of the Nazarene Con gregational Church; the Rev. J. F. Waters of the Union A. M. E. Z, Church; Presiding Elder J. Harris Accoe, George E. Wibecan, Jr., and the Rev. S. S. Sevier of Greensboro, North Carolina. At the conclusion of the pro grame a banquet in courses was served by a company of ladies dressed in pure white. The Bish op seemed cheerful and intensely delighted. The vimand sprightli ness of younger days seemed to repossess him. The whole affair was brilliant from the beginning to end.—Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle. New Zion Church. The Fourth street African M. E. Zion Church is to erect a new house of worship on the south west corner of Fou rth street and Ruth avenue. It will have a front age of fifty five feet on Fourth St. and 100 feet on Ruth avenue. { The church will be an artistic building, to-cost $25,000 and will be of pressed brick with metal tile roof. The seating capacity will be about 1000. The plans have been prepared by architects Smith and Starr. The main auditorium will have beamed and elliptical curved ceil ings curved pews and spacious bal conies. It will be divided in the center by large sliding doors, ar ranged so that one-half of the door may be slid up into the ceiling and the other down into the basement. On the main floor will also be lo cated the pastor’s study and the choir room,which will be provided with the latest modern appliances and conveniencies. The basement will contain lec ture rooms, class rooms, library, committee rooms, social hall and kitchen, rooms for heating and ventilating plants and toilets. The main entrance to the basement will be'on Ruth avenue. Opening off the balcony will be the trustees’ room in the main corner tower, and in the smaller square tower on Fourth street is to be located a room to be known as the mothers’ room, to which mothers may retire when their infants are restless and so hear the sermon without disturb ing the congregation. Across the south end of the sec ond story will be the pastors’s apartments of five rooms and a re ception room for use at private weddings, etc. A tower eighty-nine feet high will stand at the corner of the edi fice and in it the principal entrance to the building will be located. Stairways to the pastor’s apart ments and balconies and similar entrances to the auditorium will be provided in the towers. Ornamen tal cathedral glass will be used in the windows of both frontage to the building. All of the interior woodwork will be of selected slash grain Oregon pine stained. Rev. J. W. Wright, pastor of the church, is sanguine that with the help of 150 members and other friends of tne church the new building will be commenced at an early date He is ably seconded in his efforts by the board of trus tees.—Los Angeles Herald. Bishop With Us BY MISS ELSIE M. JOHNSON. Bishop G. VV. Clinton, D. D., visited Rockville, on April 1, 1904, and preached a most excellent sermon from Numbers 14th chapter on the life of Caleb and his strong determination to make a true report to the children of Israel. He showed more of the life of Caleb than had ever been heard in Rockville before; which were held at the Jerusalem M.. E. church. There 1 were 200 people to listen at the grand : sermon preached, and he was also ac- ' companied by Dr. S. L. Corrothers and * Rev A. B. Dorsey, pastor of the said church. Tne congregation was filled 1 with great enthusiasm and said Zion ought to be proud of their great Bish- : op. At the close of his great sermon, | Rev. A. B. Dorsey prayed a most lovely 1 prayer. Then one of the sweet hymns were sung by the choir. Our pastor, ■ Rev. E. B. Bailey, asked for a liberal 1 collection assisted by Dr. Corrothers of I Washington who took up $15.90. The i Bishop then spoke of the grand work i being done by the pastor and people of Rockville and said it was due to their 1 excellent leader. I He then went to the hall where we i had prepared a grand reception for him. | After which, he addressed the Clinton 1 club, and in his remarks said the pas- 1 tor was looking better than he had 1 been looking for some time, and asked * the clnb to send him to Conference looking even better. We are indeed i proud of our Bishop, and truly hope he 1 will have the opportunity of coming to { preach in the name of the Bishop again, f We are still rallying to the standard. 1 Within three weeks wa have raised 1 $186.19, and are still going on with our great work. We will push till we get 1 to the end. f Our Sibbath school is growing to i great proportion through the pastoral i care of Rey. E. S. Bailey who is one of the greatest men that has ever pastored * in Rockville. We trnly hope he will be t returned not for one year, but as long t as pastor and members and God can t work together. Rockville, Md. t Driven To Desperation. j Living at an out of the way place, re- \ mote from civilization, a family Is s often driven to desperation in case of c iccident, resulting in Burns, Cuts, s Wounds, Dicers, etc. Lay in a supply c of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It’s the p best on earth. 25c, at all druggists. MLTCHELL--TRENT WEDDING. A Beautiful aad Tasty Wedding Witnessed by Some of Raleigh’s (N. C ) Elite BY J. E. KWEGYIR AGGREY. Raleigh, N. C., no doubt, may have witnessed more magnificent, heavily expensive andgaudv weddings attended with eclat, but a lovelier-dressed, a more beautiful and really pretty one than the Mitchell-Trent wedding the silver pages of the history of the State capital do not contain. To depict it the pen need not be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow nor the ink be dried with the dust that can be gathered on the wings of a butterfly, and yet it was tasty—simply lovely—that Raster tide wedding—that wedding of April the 6th 1904. Nine o’clock p. m. was the time ap pointed. Four minute* to nine the soft treading landaus had wheeled the bridal party to the Fir*t Congregational church at whose altar the knot was to be tied. The sanctuary was already crowded; standing room was at a pre mium ; and fully fifty stood outside although a gentle shower was telling the story that the very clouds—‘nubes’ —smiled upon the “nuptials.” Two minutes to nine the ushers were in place and by ten seconds to the scheduled hour the warrior-groom at home on the gridiron-but nervous at that peculiar place was standing beside his maiden fair—and oh ! such a winsome smile 6he wore. tutjy an stu m — but? luur usuhis, her former classmates, Messrs. Chari s Wood, Hunter Fisher, Heter Roberts and H S. Moore, two on each side. Then ranging from right to left as one entered next came Miss Rose R. Doug lass another classmate and an efficient graded school teacher at Portsmouth, Va., whence she had come to serve as bridesmaid dressed in dainty white organdie trimmed with applique and ribbon and carrying pink carnation. She stood opposite to the bridesman Aggrey. Dr. John W. Walker came next—for nearly ten years the classmate of the groom, graduating together in the class of 1898 from Livingstone, and now en joying a friendship rivalling almost that of Damon and Pythias, of Orestes and Pylades. He was “bestman.” Then the groom, Prof. W. J. Trent, the brilliant and scholarly Secretary of the Young Men’s Institute of Asheville, N. C , a gift to our people from Mr. G. W. Van derbilt, came next, dressed in conven tional suit. Next to him was the sub ject and object of the occasion, for whose sake miles of land had been anni hilated—Miss Annabel Mitchell. She had come in leaning on the bosom of her father, Mr. William Mitchell, a sweet maiden at her sweetest in a beactiful white silR bridal dress trimmed with applique satin and ribbon, wearing a bridal veil and a bunch of lovely aza lia. She had on a brooch of amethyst her birth-stone—the only jewel she wore. And as we looked from the bridal veil, the beaming countenance, the pretty dress and beautiful flowers to the Cinderella white shoes we dreamed our selves into the golden days of the ‘nvmphg.” But I must I must put a period here with simply thi9 addition that she is also a college graduate, one of Shaw University’s fair daughters, and that she came in to the measured steps, as lid all the others too, inspired by the sweet strains of Mendelssohn’s Wed ling March played by Miss Mamie Rob orts with violin accompaniment by Mr. ikrchlba'd Fisher both also classmates of the bride. The maid of honor was Vliss Sarah Williams—3till another class nate—also dressed in dainty white or gandie trimme 1 with applique and rib* oon and carrying pink carnations, before them all stood the good old man —the venerable Rev. Dr. E. W. Curtis, be former pastor of the bride, who oaptized her and under whose preach ng she professed saving faith in the Javiour of all. jlno uuuruu was tasueiuiiy ueuuratea vith geraniums and other pot flawers— )alms, ferns, magnolia and the poetic ose; and the prevailing colors were jreen and white all arranged and worked )eautifully to ttie artistic taste of Miss Sleanora Mitchell the bride’s sister, in the audience were the faculty of lhaw University, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. foung from Charlotte, Dr. James Shep ird and Dr, Charles Shepard from Durham, Mr. Miller the uncle of the ;room, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell (father ,nd mother of the bride), the bride’s u-other Mr. James Mitchell and Miss Eleanor Mitchell with Miss Kate Davis. The matrimonial prayer was offered »y Dr. Charles Meserve, president of Icaw University. The knot wa8~tied vith a gold ring by Dr. Curtis and all vas over by 9:15, The reception at home was an enjoy ble one. Cream and cake were served o music played by Miss Williams music eacher for Shaw as Dr. Walker filled he house with liquid melody. Thence to the station on the 7th and hence to Asheville where a sumptuous lanquet was tendered the happy couple, 'he presents of silver, glass, china, and inen of all description were various and aried, useful and ornamental, One tore in Asheville sole over $100 worth i f china alone in presents. Others have ( ince arrived from different parts of the onntry which in toto swell the cost of , resents to nearly $500 at least. We join with the friends at Method, ] near Raleigb, who met the party and showered us all a# we stood on the plat form with riee—symbol of peace and plenty, in wishing the bride and groom a safe voyage on life's connubial stream. May peace and concord reign in the bark and propitious breezes waft it to “the haven of eternal calms.’’ Salisbury N, C. A Letter. TO THE PRESIDENT. non. aneoaore noose veil, r res ident of the United States. Sir: As an American citizen and a representative of the true and loyal American of the United States, I would like to ask through you why the administration has not considered the Constitution of the United States, and en forced them in the States that sought to disfranchise the male citizens that were born in the States under the Constitution of the United States? I never saw anarchism under a black skin, in my life, and the administration should not look upon the milk be cause it is a white cow’s milk, or a black cow’s milk, but because it is milk, and should look upon its subjects alike. I would like to quote a few words of the Constitu tion of the United States. (Art. 14, Sec. 1.) “All persons born pr naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ju risdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, with out due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction, the equal protection of the laws.” (Sec. 2) “Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States, according to their respective numbers, counting the whole numbar of persons in each State, including Indians not taxed; but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, representatives in Con gress, the executi/e and judicial officers of a State or members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male in hab tants of such State, being twenty one years of age, and citizans of the United States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the propor tion which the number of such male citi zens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.” I would like to ask the head of the administration if these laws are Constitutional, and its subjects are to live uuder a representative government, and these are legiti mate laws, governing those who you know, are your friends and are the patriarchs loyal to the flag and country. I write this letter hoping to receive a reply at your hand. Yours as an American citizen, G. H. W. Smith, D. D., 1818 30th Ave., Seattle, Wash. (Station D.) Dr. H. J. Callis. BY N. M. BUTT. It is thought that our good pas tor, Rev. H. J. Callis, will be the General Steward. We are glad of anything that will add to his wel fare, but we will miss his kind and fatherly advice and the daily exam ple of his Christian life. ! He came to us in May 1902, with 1 his face robed in pleasantness, and j intelligence beaming forth from bis forehead. We learned to love \ him, and our love is just the same ‘ to-day. He is one of the greatest leaders that the race ever knew and is always trying to lead his ' people to a higher standard in life. If he does not get the office that awaits him, please remember that Mt. Lebanon’s doors are standing apen wide for him another year. f Elizabeth City, N. C. On this coming Sabbath, 8 p.m, i Dr. W. D. Clinton, lay evangelist ( md missionary of the Allegheny- 1 Dhio conference, A. M. E. Zion 1 ;hurch. will lecture. Subject, ( ‘Young Men. ’’—Voice of the jPeo- } ale. 1 PARTING SHOTS. Sent To The General Conference BY J. C. CUNNINGHAM. I am quite aware of the fact that the Star office is taxed to its utmost capacity with articles from many of its interesting correspond dents; but I beg the indulgence of a short space to join with the many thousands of Zionites ia bidding a sad farewell to Dr. J. W. Smith and to tender him one of my warmest congratulates upon his success as an editor and one who has done much for the up building of Zion during the last eight years. I joined with the thousands in saying, “Well done thou good and faithful ser\ant.” Be it remembered, dear delegates to the General Conference, that Dr. Smith has merited the highest office within the gift of our great Church, and we feel sure that you are too true to a friend, and have too much of the grace of God in your heart to allow either malice or jealousy to lead you to rob this great and good man of what he so much deserves. Zion expects her delegates to carry out her wishes in that Pr. Smith be elected bishop. Again (we bid the good Dr. Smith a sad farewell, as editor,—and we beg to congratulate the delegates, in advance, for their wisdom in electing him to the bishopric. * * * Who is going to be editor of the Star? We are anxious to see a layman fill that position. But since that is next door to a matter of impossibility, we must yield to the preachers. The editor of the Star should be filled with the man who, in your judgment, is best qualified for the position. We have read after all of the would-like-to be editors of the Star, and, in our humble judg ment, Dr J. Harvey Anderson should be the man to succeed Dr. Smith—since, however, a layman can’t get it. Our choice (since a layman can’t get it) is Dr. J. H. Anderson. * * * The General Conference should, by all means, carry out the sug gestion made bv Bishops G. W. Clinton—that the bishop, should pass around. The church is anx ions to see all of her bishops, but we will never get to see and hear our bishops so long as they are allowed to remain on a district more than four or eight years. There should be a great changing among the bishops. The people get tired of one bishop remaining on the work so long, as well as they do a. preacher. This is no Baptist denomination. * Let the bishops pass around; we want to see them. * * * Dr. Snowden has requested Dr. J. W. Smith to inform him of what are the qualifications of a General Steward. Well, since aur candidate, Mrs. C, C. Bettey, will not be given this place (while she could fill the position just as ?ood as any of the preachers) I know of no man more befitting md deserving of the place than Dr. Snowden himself. * * * Dr. E. D, W. Jones can get any :hing within the gift of the dele gates, if he will only exercise a ittle patience and keep his dele gates well filled with Western )eef, chickens and pies (en) things. Capture a colored mans stomach, md you’ve got his sympathy. May God bless and crown the xeneral Conference with success. \_dieu. Washinqton^ D. C. My second quarterly conference vas held by that magnetic and itirnng gospel preacher Rev. W. Ray, P. E. He preached four iffective sermons and left us talk ng about them. He was very nuch encouraged over the work, (specially Hearne circuit in which le has a special interest. Collec ion $30, which has not been raised luring a quarter in three or four rears.—Rev. R. T. Mitchell, learne, Tex.
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