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33 Walking %, yit Zion t y Bishop J. S. Caldwell. t Editor of the Star of Zion: This letter finds me on the wing. I’ve been making visitations a mong the brethren for the past 10 days. Rev. C. L. Alexander of Pe tersburg, Va. invited us to spend Sunday, Sept. 15th with him in his rally, which we did to ofir de light and edification. This pastor and people seem to be well match ed and the work going on by leaps and bounds. A second installment of a $3000 rally resulted in thej membership laying on the table a little over $500.00. r j From this point our next stop.1 Youngstown, Ohio, from was there to Columbus. Here I found the outlook for a strong churchy good. We have something like- 10Q members worshiping in a hall. It is our purpose to secure a church for them. This is one of the Strongest churches in the Ohio conference. If Dr. Foote’s plan, carries in securing the beautiful j -stone church which he has in view) "'Zion will easily rank first in this! respect, in that great city. j We are now in attendance of the Kentucky Conference. Bishop; Oeo. C. Clement presiding. Con-1 ference is well attended, round. • reports are being-- made. Bishop f Clement has thehmiifidence of the men 'of his conference and the ! \ business 'moves forward!. without i on . ' , . . :. THOUGHTS | ' WAS] iis terrible war it so many changes! ley come! There was a the story goes, “Laugh the world Lughs with you, reep and you weep alone,” but iis terrible war: has changed; yea, inverted that story; for to day it is weep and the world weeps with you, laugh and you laugh- alone! Look where you may aild you will find only the barren women whose eyes are not dim med with te irs. ’ Ask the mother what ’s the trouble! and you will invariably get the sad answer: my son, 0 my son has been taken away from me and today he is ‘ ‘ over there ’’ somewhere in France. This sort of parting is a parting next to death itself. But only those who have felt it knows. It’s a parting that disturbs your rest at night and brings before you' the sad thought: “Where O where is my wandering boy to night.” In your mind’s eye you can see him on the firing line in far away France. Then comes the sad thought, will I ever see my son. -Will I see and shake hands with him here again, or must I wait h uht5J the resurrection morn? ’Tis If a sad thought, ’tis heart rending! :r And there comes to my mind H ; that there is no sadder word in it. the english language then the vrord 4 ‘ good-%e. ” Oh, how pierc ing to the heart it was when you said ‘ ‘ good-bye ” to that dear hoy when he left home in amover to ^ the call of the ooh-rv in Washington it is heart r""'vng to see mothers and wives vwng to the stet mn to bid 1’ eh- son O' them husbands or their sweet hearts good-bye. It is-no wonder that the good 0<id Fellows sing: “ When we asunder part. heart. Y_ And hope to meet again.” etc Yes weep now if you please, ahu Dr. Walls, the successful pastor and builder of Broadway Tempie. Walls seems to grow-in populari ty in the great eity of Louisville. Ojd historical Jacob St.,■■pastor-, ed by the Rev H. T Medford is forging ahead, every claim met. Revs. R B. Hepdricks and T. 0. Stoner are the Presiding Elders in this conference, and they are both making good in every re spect. Bishop Clement will raise every cent of the - Debt-Paying Rally money in each of his con ferences. We are now receiving reports from the field which indi cate that the bishops are all. ju bilant over the fact that they wHl raise their full quota, I am heap ing from several of tlie Presiding Elders informing me that they are raising most of the Debt-Pay nig Rally money in their district conferences. This is a splendid idea because it makes the work easier.for the annual conference. Conference shall have due credit, for every cent raised. Not a single cent of the Debt-Paying Rally money shall be expended until the rally is over. It is our plan to have a-jubilee at the next Bishop’s meeting in January. - member the second report -on t is to ipii lie worm \yeeps witn you. Aer bjily is the/colored mother' weep ing, but there too is the white mother. Away.back yonder in the dark days of human slavery, the col lored mother’s children were put upon the auction block and sold to the highest bidder. Some times the son was sold to a planter in Georgia, the daughter to a plant er in Louisiana; the husband to a planter in Alabama; while the mother herself went to a family in Mississippi. All separated never to see each other again, as they could not read or write to each other it had to be left'till the res urection morn. They, with brok en hearts bade each other good bye never to meet again on eart]i. But the white mothers and fa thers are drinking from the same bitter cup of sorrow today. On. the street cars, on the streets, in the stores you can hear the white mother crying,s Oh, my son is gone Then here comes the fulfillment o4 God’s blessed word, “ Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he alsc reap.” etc. All ha:I! President Wilson bar at la^t sounded the death knell on lynching and the lynchers. This is a duty that the Republi-r can President refused to do, not withstanding the lynching of col ored men and women was going from bad to worse under all oi them. Now that President Wilson has spo’ken out against this damn able lynching the colored race owes him a debt <*f gratitude tha will ever keep green in the mem ory of this people and we shall en deavor to settle with him in due season. President Wilson, live forever' It seems that God has brought about this war as a sort of bouse cleaning, for it appears’ that we, a1! have sinned and come, short of the glory of God. And not only does, this apply to the white 'pee ph, but it applies to the colored at well, for the colored1 people are Paving God as did their fore | fathers and mothers. The preach j cm to'day awe not interested in soul-saving as they were in the is a thing of t] today it "is. e< ‘‘ What preach days gone by. Xc question as to wl gospel preacher. ‘ m acliej^ getter,’ nnaneier ? ’ ’ . The officials of tl ment Have .issued watchmen, but ored brother it is fa only. When'the between this count i ny, the Secretary - ing in the footstej chief, the Pi arid tried friends to guard tlie brid places entering *r conclusion was the colored man whom there was no ? and he? was plach watch. Why was men oldy placed - as gf&t iieqi that for you to have nia« The colored r dden# another b "the’s-dbudl went and kilt Vardanian Golwh. Please The, President at one shot.” Star galley no. There, are ters in thed whose wc proven detjt try. thirty d by % l\ lioi killed by lions in ay \vuor I smiply •enatW J graves, signs tha: like this: John Fer&s* ion, Jack Coombs kill eel and Stephen so-and-so a lion.’, So bad werb the Africa! But I shall not of the lions'in Africa, say that to say this of S. Vardanian and want- <5-be-Sen ator Cole L. Ble'ase. Nflnv these two gentleman, (praise* ed by the President an by President Wilson, ar any of you gentle rea< through the grave yarc politicians, yon shall pleasure of reading a the following on the t in the said grave yard K. Vardaman, “kilt by dent, then go to the m jt grave and read1 which will weep for joy: Cole L. Pi by the President.V Ha! President Wilson sho’ aft a marksman !” Shoot a President! Right there bushes, crack him t and his type—for they have do us much harm. ic name should should ers past of dead tave the ign like mbstohe; Jame?; Presi r ike yoi ise ‘kilt a! Tha' good (Cm .Mr in the hers o: iraght ti The great and trenchaft writer the Rev. S. A. Chambers-w may a! ways be depended uponfco star' some thing. In a recent s' ter, (and mark you lie 6 fore the world in the “Facts upon Facts*’), there are a few big chure pay a living salary, but these arc always for sale to the highest bid der, and. that all such bids arc made in sealed envelopes anc who knows what the ot bid, ’ ’ etc, etc. 'And no facts ? yes, ‘ ‘ facts u consulting Websters find the following rhl_ ‘ ‘ Any thing done or that < omes tc pass; reality; truth; tltc. etc. Nov this charge, this startling 'charge this unchristian charge, by f that fellow: iat art cfacts’ oriary, j tiv< to fae Christian gentleman, is mless refuted by and local ministers of 'km Church, places o nation in a class hy of a de vith the otbe What! selling vitside of the hi power or perro that* hobv I Bishop Lee Increases Subscribe to Star of Zion by Fine Plan. At the recent District Confer ence which convened at Leroy St Attleboro, Masjk Jlishop W. L Lee called the pas jors of the-New England confer ence and- pointed out in a few statements that while the minis ters and pastors of the A M. E. Z. Church were subscribing for the 3tarsof Zion, that there were a ter-y few lay members of the church -.subscribing- for opr con nection a 1 organ. |wAgainhe.showed that there ,'ir huh way to educate the.masses of Zion’s family, to acquaint them With the progress, activities and. achievements, that way is, every Vy member must be persuaded to ibscribe for the %est paper in connection' - any complain that they • eanv get the . Rtar after paying subscription, , Tir -answer to the pastors of the yariOtfs ms were urged to employ * ’ ’ " and to iee' f the* charge-* which 'is both damaging to on;' church and our bishops is found to be made untrue then the Rev Mr. Chambers should suffer fo; having made the damaging false ■charge before the world which calls for an immediate investiga tidri. And silence on the part oi the bishops means a plea of guilt as charged. And thinking of sack of the ‘ * old ship of Zion ’ ’•—such as Varick, Moore, Clinton, Jones, a charge, I can but exclaim: My God! can it be that the captain? Walters,’ Smith, Harris and Dr J. C. Price—have left her in the hands of such a grafting crew a? this?—May God forbid it!; All of the city pastors /are or. their summer vacation bgt the de vil thought it best to remain on the job, so the Sunday theaters, Sunday base ball games, and the near-beer saloons—all faithfully pastured by the devil—are kept open for the destruction of. young men and women in defiance of the fact that the Master says “be ye also ready, .for"! am com ing at a’time when you may least expect me.” Onr pastor, the Rev. W. D. Bat tie and his wife, who are very, highly respected and loved by the; hi embers of Galbraith Church are now on their second honey-moon trip some where in the South. May their second honey-moon trip be full of joy and happiness to them. Our good friend the Rev. Logan Jofinmn. (and we trust to greel him as one of the great bishops in jion) and his talented wife and laughter are Still in the city. Per ■aps they mean to spend their va ation and take a trip “over here. ” In my next letter, I may say a w thinys about “politicks”— ’hat it has done, and may yet dr 'm us. In the meantitne put this i your hat: “Not, every white an who Doses' as a Br^Nyor v„ v~ ’’oon as a friend of St. enured race, r'pn n i n <?h a r”, 1812—5th Cashing ion, D. C. Each pastor is revested to re port ttfce progress of the enterprise promptly. ' .• subscribers get their paper week ly. The excellent plan which met the very enthusiastic, approval of the pastors is in substance ; f‘We must give people' somehing for something. ’ ’ If vfe want to raise funds or pay Connectional debts, we must find a plan 'that will win the people to it. Each pastor .was requested to secure a certain proportion of subscribers and; forward the mo ney and addresses of .subscriber? to J. W. Croeket^ty(General Man ager A. M. E 5Son Publication House, Charlettte, N C. ,. 330 subscribers will be. gotten before J919 from the several churches as follows: Boston 50. Hartford 30. Providence 25, New. Haven 25y-Waterpury 20, Bridge port 20, Worcester .30, Oam brigde 15, New lapjdon JP, Port land, Maine 15, Derby" 15, Dan bury- IQ, , Providence. ' Second Church JO; ^ < ire at Barrington ,5: WiliiamaniicsS,. Hayden Station 5 Torrington, WinCeor 5; Amherst " Norwi 5; MISSIONS. 1 occupy a place wnicn miglit have been supplied by brighter minds, assigned to speak on mis sions or the field of missions' . I take this assignment with the hope that all defects of unity of thought and elevation of style^ be, excused. This mission is matchless, un like all others, it is not an ordina ry note to the Imperial kingdom of Germany, but a sublime mis-_ sion from the Eternal Throne of God to a rebel planet detached from thfe universe of planets. The illustrious Missionary is known as the Lord Jesus Christ and every missionary is a worker to gether with God. Christian missions are largely approved by different parties, e ven those unfriendly. Philan thropists regard Christian mis sions as the handmaid of litera ure.. They have given sums of money to the Home and Foreign Missions. They ' observe that the nissionary in foreign lands redu ces unheard of languages to the alphabetic order, hands them over to the press for broad distribution that large contributions are made to philologists, those skilled in the scientific study of languages their structure and mutual relations. Ethnology is largely improved from this same source. It pro nounces missions the true and tried friend cf man; judging P at, whatever vanquishes beastly Cv '^adation<rrmd rekindles the light of ]ong-e'-.tinguished reason, must be an everlasting good. The etlr no! agist casts an admiring eve a : , the elevating processes of the dry school. the press, and the good news of fhp yn.ip.sion on the yrvr'n wind and declares unhesitatingly that it is worthy of support. ; , So eh foots ore richly d'wjltnned. so much so. that the free-thThkeir? of Brig1 and have* prononneed eu lo.rr’^s on Twjpsions. The V/estpiin ster Review, that medirnn fop RngHsh deism declaring the ex istence of God hnt denying re vealed religion, ignores the living (Continued on cage eight). •
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