VOL. XXXIX.
CHARLOTTE, N. €., THURSDA
NOTES BY
THE WAY
By Bishop Alexander Walters.
VABICK, TH1LA. PA.
I resumed my tour of the spring
conferences Sunday March 28th, at
great Varlcik Church, Philadelphia*
Pa., where i>r. S. L. Cororthers is
pastor.
Several days prior to my visit,
there, 1 had noticed in the daily
press of Philadelphia, and other
ciwties, reports of a great revival
that was toeing conducted in Variok
church, toy Rev. Alexander Wilt
banks, the great evangelist, known
as the black Billy Sunday, of Wash
ington, D. 0. ills sermons and say
ings were reported daily in leading
papers, -Indeed, columns a ft err
columns were given to him, and the
church was unable to accommodate
the thouasnds that assembled night
after fright to hear this wonderful
evangelist. Rev-. Wilttoanks is cer
tainly a unique character, and
knows ho-w to handle colored peo
ple he sways them by his eolquent
and forcible appeals. His pleasing
personality and ready flow of lan
guage make him easily one of the
foremost evangelists of the day, he
possesses a far greater Intelligence
than the ministers are wont to give
him credit for.
Kever since we have occupied
Varlck Church has there been such
a crowd to gather there, as since
Rev. Wiltbanks has been preaching
there. It is marvelous ho»w he
handles the crowds. “Striking the
pike,” is Rev. Wiltganks’ equivalent
to Bally Sundays “Hitting the trail,’
md hundreds have 'been converted,
or in other words, have strucik the
pike.
-Palm Sunday, the day of my
visit, I preached at 11 a. m., to a
full houes, while he (Rev. Wilt
hanks) was preaching the funeral
one of his pfHCials at Washing
I>. C. He arrived in time to
. e night service, at which
time ^ delivered a sermon, entitled
“Daniel in the lion’s den,” which was
Anderson'
of the foremost muscial con
tors in this country, and his ex
tional ability is evidenced by the
high’ standard to which he has
devedjoped this organization of
skilled musicians.
ly Un my way to Philadelphia, Palm
IpSunday, and while sitting reading
Bay Biible, as is my custom, a young
White gentleman stopped beside my
and said, "l see you are read
ing a very good book,” 1 replied
“Yes,” and he asked me where 1
was going, “To Philadelphia,” 1 re
f piled. And during our convarsa
tion, I told him of the great revival
? being carried on at Varick, and th^
.since he was going to Philadelphia,
I would lilke him to visit the chuich
. and hear Rev. Wiltibanks. I did
| not particularly expect him, and
gerat was my surprise when I saiw
I him come in the church before the
I morning sermon. Upon seeing him
gfenter the churcn I directed one of
the ushers to conduct him forward.
When the collection was called for
at the close of the sermon, he gave
$50. (M) and informed us that for
5 every $>5.00 the congregation gave,
I he would give an equal amount, or
I-in other words, dollar for dollar.
||This he continued to do, until he
'had given $150.00. He returned to
^the evening services and made the
same proposition, and became so
>. enthused that he said he would give
$20,000 to the church, if the cohgre
gation would raise a similar amount
within a year. I await with great
• anxiety the outcome of the affair.
’Twas a great day in Zion. iDr.
Corrothers shed tears of joy, and
he deserves great credit for securing
the services of Rev. Wiltibanks, and
making such a success of the re
vival, which demonstrates his ability
1 to handle things cn a lagre scale.
UNION WESLEY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Thursday night April 1st, I was
persent at the great organ recital
at Union Wesley Church, Washing
ton, D. €. Besides the new organ
which cost $3000, Mr. Andrew
, Carnegie giving 11250 of that
amount, the church has been re
modeled from top to bottom, and
from front to rear. It is now one
: of the most beautiful auditoriums of
, our connection. The church was
1 packed from pit to ’ dome, and, 1
. was told, hundreds were turned
away, notwithstanding the price of
'^admission was 25 cents. A most
excellent program was rendered.
.: A youpng white man whose name I
do not now rcraemtbe^^Kts the
soloist, and Prof. Rabbin the cele
brated organist of Baltimore pre
sided at the organ. Rev. Oliver
has achieved a great work at this
point. He is a splendid man and
fine preacher.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Friday April 2nd was spent at
New Haven, Conn., Rev. T. E. Roach
is pastor. The subject of our lec
ture for the evening was, “The re
sult of Emancipation.” We had a
splendid audience, a. fine supper,
and a very enjoyable time. Riev.
Roach is a perfect lit at New Haven
and is sweeping everything before
.him. He possesses a magnetic per
sonality, is a line preacher, and a
very capable young man. He has
.built up a splendid congregation,
the largest the church has had m
years. .His first rally resulted in
raising $500.00, and he is nojw plan
ning to raise $1,000.00 to pay. -o' 3
the mortgage, if he continues hfs
good work and remains oheerfiui;
he will do wonders in New Haven
tor our Zion.
BOSTON, MASS.
Boston, the intellectual hub of
the nation, was reached Saturday
.April 3rd 6 p. m. All was fair
when I left New Haven early Satur
day morning, 'but ere I reached
Boston in the evening, the blizzard
had blocked the wheels of our train
with snow, and delayed us two and
a half hours. When I awoke Sun
day morning and peeped out of the
window, it looked more like Christ
mas tnan Easter morning. We
were all down in the mouth, and
didn’t have much to say to each
other. We arrived at the church at
10:30 a. m. and found but few pres
ent and the mercury in our barom
eter of hope for a glorious Easter
i>ay was it its lowest point; at 11
d. m., it commenced to creep up;
11:30 it showed signs of a fair day,
the church was tilled, and my, what
a change came over the face of _
for Swain. The., tausl’d. for
' r was excellent All'I
m. The (program was an excellent
one; songs and recitations by the
children were most beautiful; aha
the anthems by the whole school,
were certainly inspiring.
The evening services were con
ducted by Dr. Taylor, the Chorister
,of the great Columbus Avenue
Choir. He was at his best, and they
astonished Boston with their Eas
ter music. My, but it was great!
I cannot remember of ever hearing
anything like it. First came “The
Arisen Savior; this was followed
iby “The Victorious Christ;” and
iiinaily the "Bihouts of Angels” was
rendered, il can see the lighted
.face or the chorister, and hear the
music of the great choir again as
J. write. iWihat a day, what a day.
Rec. iswain, the a/ble eloquent
and enthusiastic pastor,, returned
home in a far different frame of
mind, than wnat he had when he
entered the church in the morning.
He was happy tc the tips of his
fingers. Collection $1(M).0U.
The reception given in our honor
on Monday night, by the pastor,
trustees, and stewardesses of the
church, was a beautiful affair. I
have never, since 1 have 'been in
charge of the district, had a more
delightful time than on this occa
sion. The fellowship was most
toeauitifful, and the (sympathy *was
all that any one could wish. Miss
Swain, the loving sister of Rev.
Swain, and the toys, made my stay
an their home exceedingly pleasant.
Rev. Swain is monarch of all he
surveys and no minister in Boston
.is more highly esteemed than he;
indeed; he has made an enviable
record in Boston of which any man
might well be proud.
ATTLESBOPO, MASS.
Attleslboro, Mass., Rev. D. R. Over
ton, Pastor, was visited Tuesday
night Ajpirii 6th. I was surprised to
find the church remodeled new
(windows—painted within and with
out. It is a beauty. The improve
ments were made under the au
spics of the Citizens’ Club, an or
ganization outside of the church.
Rev. Overton is very proud of this
achievement. We had an inter
esting service at night, seven came
fonward for prayer, four professed
religion and three Joined the church.
In” reporting my last visit to Attle
boro, I stated that sister Overton
! was not at home, and that I missed
pegs five
Continued os
TESTIMONIALS TO THJB
LIGHT SCENES COR
ENT—WHAT THE A. 5
MINISTERS S A V.—W
PERIODICALS PUBLISH
By Rev, J. Harvey Anderi
Or. Anderson, i want to
Close your ministerial car
the honor of being editor
Star. Your chances are
ter than otherwise.
Dr, J. Francis Lee*
Wilmington,
REV.J,. HARVEY ANDER!
With
ipces
church, nad disseminating much
valua/ble information.
VV. K. Shaw, Middleshoro. Ky.
I write to you for this informa
tion for 1 believe if there is any
man in the Zion Church that is able
to give me the desired information
it is J. Harvey Anderson, for what
he does not know about Zion Church
is not (worth knowing.
J. B. Colbert, cbuisville, Ky.
You put your men in tte lime
light by your powerful Searchlight,
machine and tney all should appre
ciate it, ior no set of men in thS
wohle Church are given so splendid
portrayal of their of their vork as
yours.
j. W. MacDonald,
Waterbury, Com
As to your candidacy, y
depend upon your friends
can wield the pen as few
race can.
i>r. J. S. Jaoksor,
Birmingham,
c u
can ’
You1
n the
I write you my appreciation of
the Searchlight Scenes, in tl
rent issues of the Stab. I
you will stand fpr the Stab
ship in 1916, if so count on
any encouragement I can gi'
B. W. Swain, D. D., Boston
You should be elected in
editor of the Stab of Zion
friends will stand by you.
son can edit the Stab as g
any.
Ala.
e cur
sluppose j
editor- |
ne for
e you.
Mass.
1916,
Your
Ander
)od as
J. W. Wood, D. D.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Dear Dr. Anderson:—The kindly
reference made concerning tye men
of our Pacific slope, in last two
issues of the Star in Searchlight
Scenes, are highly appreciate! by us
all. Rev. W. W. Matthews, P. E.,
San Francisco, Cal.
I read the Searchlight Scenjes with
no little interest, and will r^ad tihe
editorials, D. V. after 1916, ^ith the
same interest, because they are ex
pected to come from {he samej daunt- *
less and painstaking defender of the
truth, J. Harvey Anderson, D., D„
Ph.l>. |
R. Alexander Carroll, I>. D
Washington, D. C.
sL>r. Anderson:—I have taken the
ISberty to speak a word for yon in
the Sr a* tn connection the
Mitorship of tbo sttw£*. ,1 „
;ed your name at tfce iead of
^US HMBO. :;V||'
W. Lr. Lee, HrotOcjra* N. Y.
the writer’s pleasure to hear. It!
omitted nothing essential; every*
man was given credit for this suc
ces and for his faithfulness. We
would expe t nothing less than this
from Or. Anderson; for fye is in
some respects one of the best pre
pared' and efficient men of the
church; he is somewhat of a con-|
necting lin|k De^ween the /fathers
and the men of today; with the ex-j
ception of our own Bishop Hood |
whom God has spared to guide the j
ship of state, I know of no man
who is more familiar with the his- j
tory of our Zion Methodism as is(
Dr. Anderson. He makes an excel-j
lent presiding eider; he is always
kind and considerate; painstaking *
and faithful; aid he will go a long j
distance out of his own path to help j
his men and to develop his work, j
He knows how to dissipate ttie'
gloom by his outbursts of sunshine j
which he scatters in every direction; i
therefore he is always welcome to!
the homes of the pastors and peo
ple of the district.
Dr. J. Francis Lee, (Stab of Zion.)
The Searchlight? Who ini a?1
Zion has felt the fascinating effects
of its mellow rays? 'What corner
in all the church has it not searched?
Wihat subject pertaining to the inter
est of Zion; to the uplift of the lay
and ministerial work; the delicate
relations that exist between Zion
and the sister churches have the
rays of his searchlight not been
turned on to the lasting benefit of
all concerned? The man on the
most unpretentious circuit, digging
with might and main unknown to
honor and regardless of fame, do
ing a man’s part faithfully, and
loyallly thinking no one is giving
him any consideration in his strug
gle, is sought out and the lens of!
the Searchlight are flashed on him,
and he is astonished to find his;
arduous labors have been discover
ed and published throughout the
Xhurch. ..
The years of experience only
“ripen” his well balanced powers;
his broad and varied reading
coupled with his native ability gives
him a weapon which make© him
formidable in defense of any cause
he champions; hie deep grasp of
secular and ecclesiastical subjects
gives him the power to throw light
OobUmmI on Fifth Paws
awao/'SEDC
Now ilear ' Bfasthf^n: — In accord
ance with the action of last annual
conference the "Educational and
Missionary Convocation,” of our
Church will assemble at Maryville,
Tenn., on Wednesday May, 12ith,
1915 and will hold four days.
it is needless for ^s to urge upon
you the wisdom of putting forth
your best efforts to be present and
likewise to urge others of your
church to do the same. You are
fully aiware of the fact that for us
to reach the place we are fighting
for, we must be most strongly forti
fied along educational and mission
ary lines in this conference. Whjr
should not Zion with its strong min
isters and loyal members take first
place in raising means to help our
schools and local missionary work.
Tnen in tne name oi tne interest
which is dearer to us than life let
us marshal out our forces and he
present at the meeting with all the
means we can possibly raise. Oth
er Methodist Churches are raising
thousands of dollars through this
medium let us likewise do some
thing that will place us in front
and thereby help our cause geenral
ly.
Yours truly,
Dr. W. H. Tucker, Chairman,
Dr. B. J. Jones, Solicitor Gen.
Dr. J. Li. Blacfk, Treasurer,
Rev. W. H. Mitchell,
Rev. Wm. R. Riley,
Rev. J. H. Branner,
Rev. C. Li. Byers,
Refv A. S. Monroe,
Dr. C. C. Steward, Sec.
A. J. Warner, Bishosp.
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