THE OrriClAl ORGAN or THE AFRICAN METHOPISTEPISCOPAL ZiOM CHURCH
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NUMBER FOUR.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1921.
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VOLUME FORTY-FIVE
Robt. E. Lee Vs.
Ku Klux Klan
The Rev. Russell Bowie, D. D-,
rector of St. Paul’s church, Rich
mond, Va., where Gen. Lee used to
worship, recently appealed to his
congregation to deal witSh race re
lations in that great leader’s spirit
rather than by the pernicious meth
ods of the revived Ku-Klux Klan,
against which, the rector said, a
Christian community should set its
face like a flint.
Dr. Bowie referred to the release
of savage instincts a® an aftermath
of the great war, and the increased
need for patience and- justice Ibe
tween the races. He declared the
public appeal of the Klan was an
appeal to mob passion and the spirit
of lynch law. If in the reconstruction
days the order had had “the relative
justification of a terrible emergen
cy” at the present time it was ‘,‘an
insult to. the forces of orderly gov
ernment.”
Race integrity must be assured,
not for one race, but for iboth; but
equally necessary fa a determina
tion to secure for the Negro jus
tice, sympathy, and cooperation in
the attainment of his legitimate de
sires for 'betterment, which no vio
elnce, and mo secret organization,
can be allowed to endanger. The
great Lee, the speaker said, “be
lieved that the needs of the South
with patience, with eelf-controi, and
with the power of Christian charity
set themselves to build the new
civilization. On no lesser foundation
can the civilization of today rest.
We want no violence. We want no
secrecy. With truth and candor,
and with the chivalry that makes
the strong race responsible for wise,
unselfish helpfulness toward the
weaker one, must we build if what
we build today be worthy to en
dure.”
It will be recalled that when this
organization, which has been so ar
raigned as subversive of American
idealjs, first sought, a few years ago,
to gain a foothold in Tennessee, one
of the Chattanooga papers outspok
enly opposed its methods and prin
ciples, and unified law-abiding pub
lic sentiment against it in that city.
The Southern pres® and the South
ern pulpit can together solidify the
overwhelming majority of Southern
people against this “insult to the
forces of orderly government,” and
prove beyond question that the spir
it of Lee is still honored in the land
he loved so much.—Southern Pub
licity Committee.
NEWS FROM NEWTON, N. G.
Dr. W. L. Hamblin, the popular
Presiding Elder of the Mobile dis
trict, while en route back to hi#
home in Alabama, after attending
tile Bishops’ meeting in Salisbury,
•topped in Newton to pay a brief
▼isit to his son and daughter, Rev.
and Mrs. R. T. Hunter.
On Sunday. Dr, Hamblin filled, the
pulpit of Snow Hill A. M. B. Zion
church, at both morning and even*
lag services. At both services the
congregations were large and appre
ciative. The speaker ’delivered
strong and logical discourses. The
People at Newton place IDr. Hamblin
In the royal family of pulpiteers, ac
counting him a prince among them.
On Monday night, the following
newly-elected officers of the Toung
Men’s Service club were installed:
O. J. Mullin, Pres.; Ed. M. Ramseur,
l»t Vice Pres.; James Rudisill, 2nd
Vice Pres.; Maceo Bess, Sect.; E. A.
Wilson, Asst. Sect.; (Pinkney Bailey,
Chaplain; Lon Ramseur, Robert
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CALL TO PRAYER
THE BISHOPS OP THE
AFRICAN METHODIST EPIS
COPAL ZION CHURCH; ISSUED
FROM THE SALISBURY MEET
ING, JANUARY 14TH, 1921.
To the Presiding Elders. Pastors,
Officers and Members of the African
Methodifet Episcopal ’Zion Church*
(be grace mercy and peace, from God
our Father and from the Lord Jesu$
Christ:
We your Chief Pastors assembled
in semi-annual session in the Sol
diers» Memorial African Methodist
Episcopal Zion church in Salisbury,
North Carolina,, December (12 th
15th, 1921, view with deep interest
aqd vigorous concern the great
world upheaval growing out of the
recent World War and the new reve
lation of the moral and spiritual
needs of the people. Believing in th<
Church and the principles for which
it stands a& a solvent for all human
problems, we issue the following
proclamation, summoning the pas
tors and members of our Commun
ion, in North America, South Ameri
ca, Africa and the Isles of the Sea,
to a season of prayer, beginning on
Palm Sunday and ending on Easter
Sunday for the following objects, to
wit:
1. Palm Sundaj| March 20:
For a rerviva| of religion in all
the churches iof our Communion
Monday, Mawfch 21st:
For an inti|eased number of
fkers in persona^
Sunday School re
Christian w
soul-winning,
cruiting, horc } and foreign Mis
sion work, ah
minds of an
3.
4. Wednesday,, March 23rd:
For the Aj
Relief from
opening of
for racial
growth on
Christianity
5. Thursday,
For the Na?
I (a) For
the nation,
adjustment
tions wh
today, and
tion olrU
civic life.
6. Friday,
For the uni
the turning of th<
idequate number of
promising yotgig men to the min
of Christianit ,
Tuesday, Mi rch 22nd:
For a great i? gathering of the un.
saved.
lean Negro: (a)
preseion. (b) The
iors of opportunity
elopment along all
lines, and (c$ that there may be
part in the graced
24th:
ihief' Magistrate of
for an equitable
e economic ques
tie tJhe nation
renewed applica
h principles to
th:
stian Church
es in religion* activities at borne
and abroad.
7. Saturday, March 26th:
For the spirit of systematic tith
ing and the acknowledgement of
personal stewardship-on the part
of the members of our local
churches*
8. Easter Sunday. March 27th:
For world evangelism, with spe
cial emphaJsis on Africa.
We urge:
1. That all the Presiding Elders
and pastors begin at once to make
preparation for this special effort.
2. That all who have special gifts
and graces for evangelistic work,
bo brought into service in this sea
son of prayer*
3. That all the members of our
Communion be called to fast on
Good Friday.
4. And finally, that Easter Sun
day be made the great Decision
Day '
Signed: '
G. W. Clinton, ;
' J. S. Caldwell,
& G. L. Blackwell,
L. W. Kyles,
W. L. Lee,
G, C. Clement,
J. W. Wood.
P. A. Wallace.
Bishops A. M. E. Zion Church.
Our New Church at Laurinb urg, N. C. Built by Rev. Henry D. Tillman, D. P.
A VISION.
By Robert D. Crawley.
Thru the misty leagues ot distance
Far beyond the present's sight.
Sailed I to my Bark ot Fancy
On the Sea of Years one night:
And I saw a fleet a sailing
From a far off unknown clime*
Up the Stmny Bay of Promise,
Toward the busy Wharf of Time.
>Twas the Fleet of Ethiopia:
And I knew her ships by name;
Glory, Honor, Right and Justice,
Staunch old ships of Ancient Fame.
Are they coming? Yes, they're com
ing
With their pennons floating wide,
And at good speed they are moving
The being tossed by wind and tide.
Tho the white waives ot oppression
'Gainst their hulls are fiercely^
hurled, _
Soon they’ll safely ride at anchor
In the Harbor of the World.
Oh, ye ships of Ethiopia!
Quickly dash the waves apart,
For a joyous watch I’m keeping
From the Look-out of my heart.
Richmond, Va. ,
Delegates to Ecumenical Conference.
DELEGATES; AFRICAN M E T B
OD1ST EPISCOPAL ZION
CHURCH TO ECUMENICAL
CONFERENCE.
The following have been chosen
delegates to the. World’s Methodist
Conference which meets in London.
England, September 1921, They will
•ail after the Cbunectional Council,
July 27th, and the celebration of the
Centenary of the New York Annual
Conference in New York City. The
date of sailing is August 6th.
DELEGATES.
Bishops G. W. Clinton. J. S. Cald
well, L. W. Kyles, G. C. Clement, J.
W, Wood, P. A. Wallace.
Ministers: J. W. Brown, T. J. Mop
pins, W. J. Walls, W. A. Blackwell,
W. W. Matthews.
ALTERNATES.
Bishops G. L. Blackwell, W, L.
Lee, Jas. E. Mason, P. R. Flack, C.
C. AUeyne, E. L. Madison,
Ministers: F. A. Pinanko, J. L.
Black, J. P. Foote, F. M, Jacobs, W.
L. Hamblin. ' v
Laymen: D. <C. Suggs, R. L. Bro*
kenburr, j. W. Young, S. M. (Dud’
ley.
ST. JOHN CHURCH.
By Rev.R. J. Simpson.
On January 2nd 1921, Rev. E. L.
Steward gave an inspiring sermon
at St. John church. Rev. Steward
was at himself. First hymn lined
was <‘A Charge to Keep I Hare.’*
Prayer by the writer. Second hymn,
"Father I Stretch my (bands to
Thee. Rev. Steward took his text
from-Acts 20: 32, "And now breth
ren, I commend you to God.*’ after
which the Lord’s Supper was ad*
ministered. PeoepJe went away
shouting and praising Rev. Steward.
NOTICE.
Rev. A. MeLees will run re"
vival meetings January, Feb
ruary and March. Any one
desiring an engagement with, bun
may reach him at 116 Bailey St..
Chester, S. C. ^
Educational Sec
retary's Report.
(Dr. J. W. Martin advises mak*
ing of men.—Extracts from the
report of Educational Secretary;
to the Bishops* Meeting.)
The Church has launched a mighty
drive for men and money to Hiring
near earth the kingdom of our Lord
-Jesus Christ. One million dollars
and a hundred thousand souls will
enhance the chances of a speedy
coming of the doctrines of the Prince
of Peace; and we shall be all smiled
when we sing, ‘‘Hallelujah ’tis
Done.” And yet I feel somehow
that we ought to go this just one
step better, and if we ought we can.
We ought to train, at least, one hun
dred men in the next three years
to lead on to some promised land
this lovely host we are about to cap*
ture from sin and Satan. To jar men
loose from their mooring and fail
to direct their channel may mean
for them to drift further from safety
than they were at first. We most
train these men; and here are some
of the reasons: In the first place
it is the psychological moment. On
account of our extra activities along
these lines, we can the easier get
the attention of the men capable of
taking the training we have in mind
and the assistance from the Church
to help us gfiye ifc Abe , eeoesf;
place, we must do this in self de
fense. We must furnish to many of
them we now have and" to most of
them we hope to get soon, trained
leaders who will be an inspiration
from any point you care to view
them, or all of us must gradually
decline in respect. Why is it that at
this very time our best trained
young men who are religiously in
clined do not enter the ministry?.
We have been wont to answer this
question by sayiig, that the salary
received was so small that these
yourg men did not care to run the
ri.-k of being unable to prjporly
b;:ng. up their families and have a
little to lay aside for the proverbial
i«'ny day. The^e is some truth in
this statement, hut it is not all of
the truth; nor yet even half of it as
you win find on close examination^
It is said that if you look in a small
puddle of water that at first glance
you see tbe bottom, but It you look
again you see the heavens reflected;*
and so it is with this question—we
must take the second look. It was
once upon a time so that we turned
to the ministry when we wanted the
hist word not only in .things usually
called holy, but in art, science or
literature. Now I do not claim that
we should attempt to master the
whole field, 'hut we should see to it
that those who represent our high
and holy calling have not only a
broad and liberal education, hut
that they have technical training
the equal of that required for mas*
tea-ship in any other profession* By
this .and this alone, may we regain
our old time standing, and as
strange as it may seem, this wear
ing our priestly garments so loosely
is a deterant to the best trained
minds. . •
I nave been discussing with many
oi the Bishops this Fall the affairs
of the conferences and invariably
they have ended something Mke
this: Yon see, Brother Martin, we
need men. They say this and at the
same time have a supernumerary
list, so that you can see they had
no reference to quantity, but tc
quality when they spoke. I agree
with them, for after all, the Church
depends upon the preacher. We
must select, prepare and put Into
our pulpits ministers competent to
do the kind and class of work we
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