1ST EPISCOPAL Z ION CHURCH
1918.
VOLUME FORTY-TWO
Annual Convention.
New Jersey State Federation of
Clubs.
Dear Co.Worker
We are nearing the close of our'
third year of united work. On July j
25-2Q, 1818 we are to meet in Bor- :
■ " - • . f
den town im What,-will be • the most!
important convention in; . our his- j
tory. , ,>
The world's chaotic condition has
imposed new duties, larger respon
sibilities, and we must''increase 'our
efforts to impress upon our sisters j
in the state the urgent need of in-;
ereased service. Some one has said, I
ever it may come to an end, it is j
clear we are through with the old
order of things and a new one will-*
have to take its place.' “In that pe- \
“This wo rid-wide war has separat
ed the present from the past by a
heavy curtain. Vv'nenever and how
riod 6t readjustment the greater—t
the more delicate tasks—will fall i
. upon the world’s womanhood and":
Upon the weaker races will the hea
J Wiest burden fall. The thinking ele
ment must bear not only its • quota
■.but that of the indifferent. Let us
•prepare for that time by strength
ening our forces and increased ac
tivity.
Let Us jnake an effort to double
club ^membership*., 4U clubs en
fu
latmg
matters fe
memhership
A't the Executive Board meeting
it was unanimously voted to Ac
cept the “New Jersey Observer’’*as
our state organ, the editor offering
U3 a column for notes each week
and reducing subscription from
$1.50 to $1 per year to Federation
members in clubs of four. It is
earnestly desired that you assist in
securing the space and to send all
club matter for publication to Mrs.
Ella Barksdale Brown, 434 Halladay
St Jersey City head of the Press
Department or direct to the editor.
It was voted to have a record or
year-book printed every two years
;he first to be ready at the meeting
in Bordentown. The book will con
tain a history of the Federation auo
clubs, work done since its organiz
ation and cuts of officers. The 1918
year book will be sold for 25c per
Copy and any woman desiring one
is asked to pay at once the sum to
her club (president or the Federa
tion treausrer, Mrs Elia Rice, 110
Comstock St. New Brunswick. Heads
of departments are asked to raise
sufficient funds for postage for cor
respondence of their respective de
partments through their local clubs.
The National Association (has
been able through the financial help
of all clubs to raise the mortgage
on the Douglass Home in Washing
ton D. C. To complete the restora
tion and refurnishing of this home
■s the work of the coming year. We
■cannot fail to do our duty in con
tributing to this cause
The budget for the year will ap
prorimate $250.00. It apportioned
according to the present member
ship. four dollars from each club
would cover the sum. The payment
is not compulsory but we ask all
who can to contribute be the amount
ever so small.
The Gamp Dix matter has been
called off. Presidents are urged to
collect the money at once for the
minute book as the printer must
have at least $50 in advance. From
point of service and enthusiasm let
us make this the greatest conven
tion ever held by Negro women.
(Continued On page eight.)
Reasons f rid Things,
Four Nations andfc,Their Kings
At War.
By Ray Wm. I. Bley,
■; . K_^ . V
D>anier 7:&r—“Four - great -beasts
came up^from. the .sea.”
<1. Daniel saw lou? great beasts
come up out of <the capsion sea,
two thousand six 'hundred and fifty
one (2.G5-L) years ago.
(a) He saw Belshazzar and the
Cixai'aeahs of Babylon.
(b) Darius the first king of the
ilc'dbs and of tne Assyrians.
(c) Cyrus the kihg of Persia,
five hundred and thirty seven (537)
years befo uiirist unned Babylon
and Assyria. BC 537.
(d) Alexander the first, the son
of Phi lip the king of tne Medeans,
capturecj Medea and Persia three
hundred and thirty (33D) years be
fore Christ The rboVe named kings
were the four beasts that Daniel
saw in his vision. Alexander was
the he-igoat and the Leopard favor
ed,.-beast that Daniel saw was Cy
ljj|S, 7lwo hundred and seven years
oms in one, namely Media,
Syria .and Baby on and each of them
was' a rib control ed by him, that
Is Darius.
3. Daniel saw the antion of
days. This was Christ coming into
the world to set up His kingdom in
the hearts of men. Dan 7:9.
4. Daniel described Christ as • a
stone cut out of the mountain 'with
out hands, and he said that it roll
ed until i filled the whole earth.
t was Christ and iHis Gospel. His
garments were white as snow and
His hair like wool.
iSt John in the Revelation 1:14
gives a similar description of Jesus.
5. Daniel heard the fo'ur winds
and .the fourth beast became strong
and stamped upon and destroyed
the residue with its iron' teeth of
netore unrist, ana Alexander was
the he-goat coining from the west.
1. These kings fought in the
valley of Chap'an and Alexander
untied all of the above named king
doms. In one after Gtrd had given
the Chaldeans and Babylonians to,
the Medes and Persians under Da-4
rius and Cyrus, five hundred
seven years (507) befo
•ruelty.
6. Belshazar died five hundred
land thirty-eight (538) years before
Christ.
j 7 Daniel’s prophesy ends in this
| narrative and it has no reference to
I any war since the year of our Lord
j- 33.
! 1. Read the following scrip
tures: Numbers 21:14. Wherefore it
is said in the book of wars of the
Lord, what lie did in the Red Sea,
and in the book of Aaron. This was
1452 years before Christ, and they
Vv3"e miracles wrought cf God for
the upright in heart.
2. The following are the dates
of the Kings spoken of B C 424; B
C 404; B C 338.
Notice' what Jesus said of the
wars that should be after Him.
1. His disciples wanted to know
of him hew they should know of
his second coming and of the end
of time or of the world.
2. Jesus spoke thus to them and
said “ye shall hear of wars and ru
mors of wavs, see that ye be not
troubled for all thhse things must
come to pass but the end is not yet,
for nations shall rise against- na
tion and kingdom against kingdom
and there shall be famine and pesti
lences and earthquakes in divers
places.
8. All these are the beginning
of sorrows. They shall deliver you
up to be efflicted and shall kill you
and -ye shall
fefons for-^as*|j|
they would b
other. Rea|tl|
St Mark 13:fJ
James 4:1-4^ '
words oil J es$
You,can sei
fourth chapte
James that tp
phesy of Josui
1. Where; I
that of Jesus'
of wars since:
and on.
read the
Epitsle oi
to the pro
ifter Christ.
jL.hesy ends
-the subject
6 A D 1915
,. 2. Hasidf?
tween' the 4
their kings**
Chaldeans,d
deans an'c||l
the PenajOT
first
1. Dan^fj
enee to any!
.war
“Am I a soldier of the cross,
4 follower of the Ha mb, -
And shall I fear to] own His cause
Or blush to speak His name?
§;e
Sure I .must fight 11
Increase my eoura
I’ll bear the toil,
supported hv thy
I would reign,
Lord,
imdure the train.
word.
and kingdom
ng these waters
ie of the many
en the above
1. The river Eupl .rates and Baby
lon. I *
2 The river Tigris -and Nineveh
and the Assyrians.
3 Tile gulf ana t! e river Nile.
TWO—STAR
4 The kingdom
spoken of above, ah
are historical becar
events of war betw
named Kings.
1. St John in the Revelation spoke
of the wars and of the happenings
to and around aba t Babylon 2,561
years .before Christ Tl|us yoU'Can
see that St. John se n the past tense
as we’I as the f'ufcu: e tense. He had
a vision f^om God the year of our
Lord 96 v / [■
2. This was one tundred and el
even (111) years ai ter Daniel’s last
vision and 2,555 y ars from the
time that Daniel ha
on the above subje
3. The apoc’-alps
heir expression, in
J his first vision
't or subjects,
ire figurative in
jpart at least.
1. Be it rememl ©red that the
aook of Daniel is apcra’yptical al
2 It ends wi
f you will
\ry’s booklet *1
The Bible*;
Its OK and We
he subject, ?#
• tb 3 event of Jesus.
Daniel S Greg
Primers.
e® with him on
page-’eight).
Livingstone Commencement.
PREPARATIONS FOR BIG COMMENCEMENT-SPEAKERS OF
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION
INVITED—ALL WELCOME TO EXERCISES,
By J. E. Kwegyr Aggrcy.
Reparations are being
a big commencement at Livi
College which will start Friday M
Ail day Tuesday the Trustees .will
be in executive session, and several
topics of interest and moment wil
ae discussed.
Tuesday night the High Schc:.
17th and this will wind up on Thurs
day May 23rd.
The Choral Union is practicing
regularly and excellent music k
promised all lov ”3 of music .who at
tend the exercises. Livingstone Com
mencement has always meant ora
tory and musis, delightful and
spiring, aild this year will fol'ow
suite’.
Among the speakers invited are
such persons as Rev. W A Lambert
pastor of the First Methodist Church
of Salisbury, a speaker whom the
great Theodore Rooseve’t delights
to hear and pays fine co mi aliment.
He has already charmed Salisbury
and will deliver the Y M C A ad
dress Friday night, May 17th.
Sunday morning the 19th, the 1
M C A Annual sermon will be deiiv
ered by Bishop George C. Clement,
one of Zion’s' ablest pulpiteers^ Ir
'the afternoon the Baccalau'eati:
sermm' will be delivered by Bishop
J G Rilgo of Charlotte, N. C. one
;t; eluyuent preachers ir.
“ will b.e a high
(formerly Normal) Commencement
will take p'ace. ' *
Wednesday (morning the Fresh
man Trent-Walker Geld Medal Con
i; st. Wednesday afternoon the 22nd
Junior Pi ice Gold Medal' Contest.
This year for special reasons, the
Anniversary of the Hood and Garri
son Literary Societies will take place
Wednesday night, at which time
Dr WEB DuBois, Editor of the
Crisis will deliver the principal ad
dress. The Alumni Reunion will al
so take place
Thursday morning the 23rd, the
principal and Annual Oration will
be delivered this year by the great
Rev Dr Cadman of Brooklyn, N Y,
a preacher and orator of interna
tional and Chautauqua renown. The
College has been very fortunate
again this year in securing excell
ent speakers.
The Theological graduation takes
place Thursday morning. At 1 pm, ,
will be the dedication of the Price
Tomb, Dr J C Dancy being the ora
tor who will deliver the eulogy and
dedicatory address. ".
At 3 pm. Thursday S
23
make this
mencementi
stitution. Teachers and
moving rapidly toward th:
BIRDSEYE
Observations.
Rev. Dr. G. L. Mason’s 25tli Min
isterial Anniversary—Nine
Years Presiding Elder—A
Testimonial Suggested—
Poughkeepsie Taking
The Initiative.
By Rev C. VanBuren
The flev Dr Louis G Mason is
now rounding out his twenty-fifth
year in the active ministry and Ills
ninth year as Presiding Elder c.i
•lie Hudson River District,' New
York Conference. Dr Mason ' was
licensed to breach by the Rev 11 J
White of the N J Conference in
1891. He has pastored the fol'ow
ing points with marked success:
Englewood, N J; Oyster Bay N Y;
Bethlehem, Pa; Brooklyn E B;
Hudson, Sparkhill and Newburgh
N Y. At Sparkhiil he led the Cos.
nection in raising the largest am
ount of money (according to mem
bership)- for the Price Memorial j
Fund. The good Reverend is in- ;
deed a man of many admirable ;
'traits of .character—strong and con
scientious in his devotion to duty,
a clqar and [convincing ipreacber
and of an unsullified disposition
that / endears him to those oyer
whom he presides and with a’l with
'whom he comes in contact. - As Pie
siding Elder he is doing perma
nent constructive work. At the re
cent fourth quarterly Conference
held here the unanimous jpetition
was that he be returned to the
District for the tenth year. This
speaks well for Dr Mason and the
prosperous condition of his work
proves him to be a workman that
“needeth not to be ashamed.” As
an evidence of the high esteem in
which he is held by the people of
Poughkeepsie and of the Smith St.
A M E Zion C'huich in particular
; and on the occasion of his twenty
, fifth anniversary in the active min
i istry a Committee has been ap
pointed with Mrs, Lena Anderson,
President, to raise a tpurse to be
presented Dr Mason at the Annual
Conference. If all the Churches of
the Conference or even of the Hud
son River District would fa’l in
line, we have no doubt bub what an
hour at the Conference would he
set aside for a presentation qf these
testimonials to our beloved Presid
ing Elder. On’y a suggestion, as we
believe in giving honor to whom
honor is due and in taking the inh
tiative. Poughkeepsie is confident
that at least every Church in tms
District will do its part in making
the 25th anniversary of Dr Mason’s
active service a memorable occasion.
This is our fourth year as" £ aster
here in this, the queen city of the
Hudson of cough-drop fame. At the
fourth quarterly conference held
Monday evening April 8th, the
unanimous petit’on was that we be
returned to the Smith Street Church
for. the fifth year. We most sincere
ly appreciate this whole-souled en
dorsement of our four years pasto
rate here. We 'have accomplished
considerable good and will leave
much tangible work- as evidence
that we have passed this way. This
is one of the leading appointments
of the Conference with property
valued at $55,000.
Trying to contradict a scandal is
like trying to bail out a lake with
a skimmer.
The men of the N Y Conference
are all doing well. The Rev P W
Cruse of Mamaroneck, though not
(Continued on page eight).