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infli ftRf.&M OFTHF AFRICAN MtHlUpIST EPISCOPALZwWCHIRCH^ THURSDAY AUGUST 8, 1918, jVTY-EIGHT Active Senior '2nd Episcopal Generalissimo Bishop George AVv District, Pres, ox of the Connection. inton, A. M., D. D., LL. D Boafd of Bishops. Episcopal SHAKING THE PLOT THE BE- W. J. WALLS BEFORE TE M. E. GENERAL OONFERENC ?2ATTrPW 1 SOUTH By Br. E. D. W. Jones For twenty-five years |g been writing of ox jlas 10 the. others and before the church- for officii vice, I would prefer not to the. office, if my candidacy b* me from helping others to realiz^ their ambitions or bars me from an honest and manly expression of my conviction's. If being a candidate means that one ceases t j be what one really is, in heart and soul, and that he must ('lose his eyes ears and mouth to the achieve ments of his fellows; then away with the candidacy and give me the highest joy and pride of my life, to assist in developing and honoring those men in Zion, who are contributing to the church, real substantial revenues of ser vice and accomplishments, which makes the church indebted to these, its illustrious sons. Making Bishops, is just a part of the obligations of the general church, making men is its whole auty. We sent Dr. W. J. Walls to At lanta as fraternal messenger to the General conference of the South ern Methodist Episcopal church. We sent him there not out of any mere personal trashy sentiment of 'favoritism, but we sent him because he was able and qualified j to represent our great church be fore a body of men of surpassing greatness because of its superior advantages- We sent him there be cause his hour had come to be put to the test of those larger and gra ver duties for which he had given years of preparation. We sent him hecaues he was a real product of Zion churchmanship, Zion’s educa tional Institution and the exalted, standard of Zion’s mould of char acter and manhood. J ; e & 1 '$j|l of ,us are proud of Zion-made and those also who are im bresed with our church and those potentialities for usefulness and £ht as to become sons~ by adop for we are all one in our se and aims. ; < l&k.’ that.” :bl presents jbhe ('highest our developing Wstem, is the dividened returned tc fathers of all the past, who our foundation for just such ,an as Dr. Walls to stand upon : man whose conduct and conso led energies justifies the ac oi Thompson, Varick, Rush. Peter Williams in establishing istinct branch of Negro Metho and puts the seal of approval the idealism of Price in build livingstone for higher educa te cannot hold our peace at rowess and it would be a re al of human nature to not sho npon our own, living attesta tjfh of our capabilities; the praise so justly merit Walls is what Livingstone sge does with a man who ;s to shine ; and as Prof- S. G. ins said of another graduate : -‘I the College had turned out but 011(lmaii in a quarter of a century ?n'| that man was Walls; it would Wjty Zion for its establish We love all men under our standards for those who were not i in Zion were born some re for Zion and are giving tc rase their ripest experience. . best, thought and most pro ive labors. 1 fvv. f).Walls went to Atlanta was met by that fine speci af character, Prof- W. J. ,t|: who stands in that South j&teway city, as a prominent iGus worker, a fearless defen )f his race, and an active meft ier 0f Zion- church. He drove 01*r. lelegate to" the auditorium e the conference was in ses sion Lnd the young Dr. found him se^ ip the presence of a veritable sea of uptv rned faces, whose de ■Rev. J. Harvey Andersoi Ph. D. Versatile, Able an less Editor of the Star ol D. D. I Fear Zion. rents, rr* ii difficul lv days, velopmem, and aehievei • i* t.uiiTlines 01 ar|i2iiigj n: fliienees. He did not jalter; ’ lie was prepared and read}] to lift bis eloquent v iee for his ejuireh and race. There he stood vJAh the en tii*e bench of Bilhtyps sjUTaunding him on either side, lie foldlof Zi on’s rise ancl-progres ties confronting her iiow she had surmoui and. had run suece century and a quari He spoke*'-of her e: Missionary interest gan to prophesy ; of Methodism in ti under a new h oujnof a world sdpibiy of Sor on.theii* ed them all illy for a feet VVi atidiial and id as he be the future New World sting forth the vast as hites, stood the rafters ..shouts of :/nent as the cfpl inspired him, High) of speech and thougj audience until the reached; when agai host arose and tre beneath their pi and all that a master w When Dr Walls c was about to leave the great Bishop H Kansas City seizfc(. and standing there in|4lu^ual ad niration the great RP^°P said: ‘You have given u^a^-f andino ole address and we t! a$1'\ y°lV” Bishop James Atkin : ‘ ‘ Br Walls you have helpe ^ lls-” The entire college F Bishops '■rasped his hands anc dm for his address lid occasion fter flight swayed ids eeps were the mighty ing pillars convinced at his task, luded and platform :hdricks of . his hand thanking ^)ad<| him Tod’s speed. The Gene "§-'Conf.er nee Daily, in an edited ‘The address of Dr. ■eceived with great ions of approval.” On lay when they were dis panic Union with tfM ■hurch North, Dr. Wall?' vas quoted from twice im merit'' clergymen. Here is what the Atla1 )endept says of Dr. Wa1 peech: 1 said: alls was nifesta te next ssing Or M. E. address y very ta Inde great A STRONG AND TIflLE,JjI MESSAGE Elsewhere in xhis papeij *PPear;s the a hie and manlv addrJ s vered by Rev W. J. WaliH- -B-» s T. B., pastor of Broadway Temple A. M. E.Zion church, IJ uisville Ky., who spoke as a man Ln^ not as a tool or bootlicker. an dress as he delivered will' Tood than all the thousand tie two-by-fours in this an1 states. And we are told f Avas liberally applauded General Conference of tJw church South, which is lcti.*ed Senior 1> age of Fayetteville, ,N.' -r: /I. D. -D-. LL. D. Venerable. ?r'de ci Zion Methodism. , iii tins.city, vLcro it took .strong nnvictions and moral courage tc| hand up and speak the sentimental uttered by Rev. Wail. t He has set a high pace for men of Ids calling to follow. Iris was the true -message that came down from heaven. He carried out the true. Biblical injunction, “We should obey God rather than man;” or that other teaching of the Holy Book: “You cannot serve God ancl mammon. The Independent regrets- tc state that there are too many me*: of the cloth attempting to serve two masters— tri^ir own race Wm ' man to understand that they' ate pleased with the way the race is treated. The^ know when they say this, that They are lying and the truth is not in tnem. There is not a-sensible Negro in the South who is satisfied with the treat ment he receives—civilly, politi cally or industrially j and those who are, are either fools, or naives No sensible Negro man or woman could be satisfied with this treat ment The white man does not think the Negro is content with the treatment he receives here. Yet, the average Negro preacher, as well as the Negro leader in other walks of life> tries to pretend to his race that they °re their best friends, and at the same time go to the white man and try to make him think that the whitfe man is right and is giving the Negro a square deal. What an inconsisten cy ! It is false leadership, and the I race can never go forward follow-i ing such leaders. The truth of the 1 matter is, they are leaders for re venue only; they try to curry fav ors of the white man at the ex pense of their own race. This has :lone more harm* than all other things combined OFFICIAL ORDER AND AU rHORITVE APPEAL FROM WHITE HOUSE- PRESIDENT WILSON SPEAKS OUT A. GAINST MOB VIOLENCE. ALL CITIZENS ASKED TO HELP KILL OUT LYNCHING. July 26 1918. ' The President today issued the oil owing statement: My fellow Countrymen : I take the liberty of addressing x mane j you upon a subject which so vital ly affects the honour of the na tion and the very character and integrety of our institutions that I trust you will think me justified in speaiang very pianny about p- .. . • \ I allude to the mob spirit which lias recently here and tiiare very ^frequently shown its head Unognst us, not in any single re k'ion, but in many and widely sep ;^ated parts of the country.There e been mauy lyuchings, „ and fame and honour her institutions, can jus b action while tlie courts ffice aer opeir and the gov iWts of the States and the tion are ready and able to do ah* duty. We are at this very ment fighting lawless passion, rmany has outlawed herself ong the nations because she disregarded the sacred obliga tions of law and has made lynch ers of her armies- Lynchers em ulate her disgraceful example. I, every community in America rise above that level, with pride and a fixed resolution which no man or set of me cnan affor d or set of men can afford to de despise. I We .proudly claim to be the champions of democracy. If we really are, in deed and in truth, let us see to it that we do not dis credit our .own. I say plainly that every American who takes part in the action of a mob or gives it any sort of countenance is ho true son of this great de-‘ piodracy, but its betrayer, and Smore to discredit her* by that le disloyalty to her standards w and of right that the words of h(er statesmen or the sacrifices ;r heroic boys in the trenches lo to make suffering {peoples shall we commend democra the acceptance of other peo if we disgrace our own May of h can How ey t pies, proving that it is, after all, no prot) mo*b mosf upoi pan cept law etion1 to the weak? Every contributes to German \ies aboijt the United States, what her gifted liars cannot improve by way of eaulumy. They at least say that such things cam ot happen in Germany ex in times of revolution, when is swept away. (C mtinued on page 8),
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