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THE OmCIAL ORGAN OF THE Af RICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION (MRClt CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1921, VOLUME FORTY-FIVE NUMBER THIRTY, Extracts from the Address *^7 Evangelism. by bishop l. w. Ryles be fore THE WORLD’S CHRIS TIAN ENDEAVOR CONVEN TION, NRW YORK CITY. Evangelism Defined. On Saturday evening!, July 9th, Bishop L. W. Kyles, the Connectional Trustee, of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, conducted the devotional exercises at 8 o’clock and delivered a twenty minute address on “Evangelism.” The Severity-first Ar mory Hall at 34th and Park Avenue, where the convention was held, was packed to its utmost capacity. As the Bishop approached the speaker’s stand he was greeted with great ap plause by the fifteen thousand people who packed the hall. Bishop Kyles succeeds the late Bishop Alexander Walters as the A. M. E. Zion Church’s representative on the Board of Trustees of the National Society. Bishop Walters was for a number of years one of the most prominent fig ures in the Christian Endeavor Move ment and was on most friendly terms with Dr. Clark, the founder of the organization. Not having space in this issue of The Star to carry the Bishop’s illuminating report of the Convention and his entire address, we are just giving our readers a few ! extracts from the address. Speaking | of Evangelism Bishop Kyles said: “The fundamental facts of Evan- ! gelism are connected with the history of a person and that person is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Evangelism is the proclaiming of the good news of e'g&S0M: TfflftW'ri/bs.dft in the doctrine of the corruption of man’s nature by the fall, the atonement of Christ, the necessity of the new birth and redemption through faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Evan gelism is Christianity at work, over comifig the evils of the world, quick ening the consciences of men and fur nishing fresh stimulus for society.” Iem of deepening u.e religious life of the people, of bringing men every where into the consciousness of their relation to God and the responsibility of living the principles of the gospel in all the relations of life. We need a new interpretation of the gospel mes sage that will make the old doc trines live again in the light of the new experiences of these crucial days that have come upon us. We need a deeper conception of the church as the central fact of social Christianity, the instrument through which the Christian message is to be preached, and the agent by which the kingdom is to be permanently established in the world. The church is engaged in the work of renovating the world. She must carry the message to every land and to all peoples, for she was Present World Conditions a Chal lenge to Christianity. The present world conditions con stitute a mighty challenge to Chris tianity to prosecute the work of Evangelism with renewed energy. The world war is over; it touched every civilized nation and affected every phase of human society. It challenged our ideals and questioned our standards. It has produced a spir it of unrest in the world which threat ens our social order. Its awful effects are upon the world and the prob lems growing out of present world conditions are of tremendous impor tance to the Christian world. The great question facing the church to day is, what shall be her attitude toward present world conditions and what shall be her part in world re adjustment? In the great social cri sis which confronts Christianity to day the urgent need and imperative duty of the church is to develop an evangelism which recognizes the ne cessity of accomplishing the regen eration of society as well as individ uals. We live in a day when sociology has revealed the fact that the indi vidual, considered a part from his re lationships with others does not ex ist. We have developed a social con sciousness and we are aware of our relation to the organic world of hu manity. Christianity must in spme way affect the social conscience and the social will and direct the common efforts of mankind. Evangelism the Hope of the World. “Evangelism is the hope of thp world. Its major problem is the prob THE ECUMENICAL METHODIST. CONFERENCE. -4— By H. K# Carrof, IL. I).( Secretary of Western Section The Conference opens September 6th and closes September 16th. AH sessions except the first wil/1 be held in Central Hall Westminster. The first session for the opening sermon will assemble in Wesley’s Chapel, on ; City Road. The Central Hall is opposite West minister Abbey and the Parliament buildings. It was ejected at the be ginning of the century out of the Thanksgiving million fund of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. The offices of the 'Conference from August 3rd to September 3rd, will be at Westminster Training College, 130 Horseferry Road, Westminster, S. W. 1, London, where information as to hospitality and tickets of admis BISHOP L. W. KYLES, Trustee World’s Christian Endeavor Conven tion; Delegate of the A. M. E. Zion Church to the Ecumenical Conference. The address .of Bishop Kyles and notes on the convention by him are published in this issue. organized, commissioned and equip ped to save the world. Evangelism the Supreme Command. The great objectives of Evangelism are not the foolish boasts of idle dreamers. We have the great Com mission given by the Master Him self, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” “Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: And ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” This commission is the supreme command of the founder of Christianity; and with this com mand He thrusts .every Christian in to the work of saving lost men. It was the authority which He placed in the hands of the disciples for their mission and it is the warrant which He puts into our hands today to go forth and evangelize the world. No words can more adequately define the mission of the Christian. They are definite and plain. God’s program for Continued to page 8. 16th the offices of the Conference will be at Central Hall, hours of From September 5th to September Westminster Training College, 130 attendance 9 a. m, to 8 p. m. Tickets shou’d be secured prior to Septem ber 7 th. Ample facilities will be given for the free accommodation of visitors to the Conference in the galleries, the floor being reserved for the delegates only. American delegates may have their letters addressed at any time to sion to the Conference will be given. Horseferry Road, Westminster, bon ded, S. W. X. During the sessions of the Conference they should be ad dressed to Central Hall, Wesminis ter, London, S. W. l, where there is a poste restante. The Central Building is about ten minutes walk across St. James Park from Charing Cross and the great hotels, the Grand, Metropole, Vic toria, Cecil, etc. A dinner will be given to the Overseas delegates at Hotel Cecil, Continued, to page 8. 1 A Little Talk About Africa. By Miss Kathleen Easmon. Miss Eas m6n is One of the Two Native Afri can Women Now Touring This Coun try In Interest of a Girl’s School at Sierra Leone, West Africa, Many of you who read The Brown ie’s Book have already heard stories from many parts of Africa. I am bringing you a greeting from the Brownies on the West Coast. If they knew how, they would write you a letter, but as very few of them have an opportunity of going to school, it is customary when they want to tell any one of what is happening in their par ticular village for them to send a greet ing by someone who is travelling. This greeting is sometimes a very long one telling all about what is hap pening in the village, how many chil dren have been born, how many old people have died , how many strangers have visited them and then many other things which you no doubt would leave out in writing a letter, such as how the cattle are, sheep, goats and even chickens. They also would tell of the rainfall and how the crops are. One wonders how the messenger remem bers everything that he is told, but as it is a custom of the people to take . a very keen personal interest in every thing that is going on, no doubt the messenger supplements from his own knowledge the greetings which have been given to him. So I take this prvijege of the messenger and tell you somethings^ particular^^g?''1 mfght not know. I am going, to tell you of things that happen in various parts of the West Coast of Africa.But while we are talk ing about messengers I think you might be interested in some of the ways messages are sent. Travellers often are astonished at the rapidity with which news of their arrival is passed from one village on to another. Of course as you may have read there are few horses in West Africa and in this particular part I am going to tell you about, Sierra Leone, horses do not live at all. Sometimes messages are sent by a runner, but often the distance from one village to another is so great that it would be impossible for any man to run there as quickly as the news flies. How then is it done? By a system of beating the tom-tom. Now when I first heard the tappings of a wire less machine I was puzzled to know how the operator could make head or tail of the messages and you no doubt would feel the same thing if you heard the beat of the “news tom-tom.” You would also be astonished at our people being able to hear such long distances but you must remember that all their senses are developed to a much higher extent than in civilized (countries, be cause they have no artificial means of assisting them. For instance, in the “bush” as we call it, by which we mean the interior of the country dis tricts, there are no electric lights, or gas, or even lamps, and people have to depend upon their eyes to guide them not only in the daytime but at night. There is no way of warning anyone of the approach of danger except by hearing, and so as much for self-preservation as for any other reason, our people are able ’to dis tinguish between sounds that to a European or a foreigner would be identical. In the same way their sense of smell is highly developed. I remem | ber once while walking in the “bush” that a small native boy was able to tell me what kind of animal was pass^ ing by, though neither of us could see it, and as far as I was concerned the perfume of one of our large flower Continued to page 5. Zion Celebrates in New Yor k Native . African Women Astonish Hearers’ at Missionary Meeting With Intelligent Message. This week there is a triple meeting in New York Cjty of the leaders of the A. M. E Zion Church. The reg ular meeting of the Connectional Council, Aug. 2-3, has been reinforced by the Centenary of the New York Annual Conference, August 4-7. All Zion turns to New York at this time. The executive committee meeting of the Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society closed Monday night. The sessions are being held at Mother Zion church, 151-153 West 136 St., New York City. The occasion pro mises to be the big event of the year among the colored people of New York. The New York conference, was or ganized June 21, 1821 in the Mother Zion church. The church had been operating by congregations- for twen ty-six years, up the Hudson Valley and in Pennsylvania. It then became necessary to form an organization that would unify them to polity and pur pose. This was the birth of our de finite Connectionalism. Monday evening the meeting was raised to the highest pitch of interest by the appearance of two native African ladies. Their culture and graceful speech, their depth of pioua thought and humanitarian vision, and their wide range of information made an everlasting impression. Mrs. Hayford was the first speak ot her people She emphasized the great need of Christian civilization* Miss Easmon also captivated the large congregation with her charm ing personality end address. Both la dies were attired in native costume; bracelets, earrings, chains and brooches made of gold by native gen ius and primitive tools were also worn. Miss Easmon finished her education in England. She was the first native African woman to receive an honora ry college degree abroad, and is a graduate of the London Royal Arts College. Mrs. Hayford who is an aunt of Miss Easmon received her training in Germany. Of their visit to Philadelphia last week the following appeared in the Philadelphia Tribune: African Women Show Better Side of The country has as its distinguished guests Mrs. Casely Hayford and Miss Kathleen Easmon* two of the most re fined and cultured African women it has ever been the pleasure of Ameri cans to meet. i« These two women who were edu cated in England, have the backing of the English government, in their efforts to build an industrial training school for girls in Sierra Leone, their native home in the West of Africa. The proposed industrial training school will cost approximately eighty thousand dollars. The English govern ment has volunteered to provide one half of this amount—forty thousand dollars, provided the other half is raised by the friends of the proposed school. Mrs. Hayford and Miss Easmon have come to this country for assist ance in raising the forty thousand that has fallen to their lot to raise. Everywhere they have appeared and presented their cause, they have been graciously received and their appeals have aroused an unusual degree of enthusiasm and brought them spien did financial support. It would be to secure them a week to talk in the churches. African life. profitable for any city in the country
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