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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN Of Tilt AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH NUMBER TWENTY CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1923. VOLUME FORTY-SEVEN LIVINGSTONE COMMENCEMENT-MAY 30. Livingstone College closes May 30. Coming as it does on the day when large crowds gather in Salisbury for the usua’ May day celebration, the commencement of Livingstone prom ises to be one of more than ordinary importance. The graduating classes are all large, and added to this feat ure of interest some of the ablest speakers of the country have been se cured to make the annual addresses. On Sunday morning May 27th, Rev. W. C. Brown, pastor of the Fleet Street A. M. E. Zion church, Brook lyn, N. Y., will preach the annua * sermon to the joint Christian organ izations of the school. At three o’clock in the afternoon Bishop L. W. Kyles will preach the baccalau reate sermon to the graduating class es. The commencement address will be \ ' delivered on Wednesday morning, May 30 by the famous platform ora tor and able divine, Rev. S. Parks Cadman, D. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y. Interspersing these exercises there will be'-the usual numbers by the Bchool with such modifications as will make the commencement season one of sustained interest. On commence ment day the exercises will begin at ten o’clock instead of the usual eleven o’clock hour. Effort is being made to make" this a home coming season by the alumni and under graduates and large numbers of them are expected. All loya’, loving Livingstonians should strive to be present. The alumni meeting will be held Tuesday after noon, May 29th., followed by a grand Reception that night. The music for ail exercises will be up to the high standard. Note: All persons planning to attend the commencement exercises at Living stone College, May 27-30, wjll please notify President D. C. (Suggs at once in order that suitable arrange ments may be made for them.—D. C. Suggs, Pres. in Asheville and Atlanta. Zion, Liv ingstone and the race need Prof. I Trent as president of our o.dest and foremost .school. Hopkins chapel A. M. E. Zion church, Asheville, N. C., has taken on new life under the magnetic lead ership of the pastor, Dr. R. A. Mor risey. He is easily one of the fore i most preachers of Zion and our race , and the people are flocking from all parts of the city to hear his gospe sermons rich in intellectuality and spiritua'ly to cause the people to live (Continued to Page Eight) Men and Measures For the Next General Conference. By N. Murrough, Asheville, N. C. It is evident that if Zion would keep pace with other leading denomina \ tions in the educating and training of our young people as they should be for the most efficient service in life, we must wisely and judicially plan and put into execution a more pro gressive program to this end at the next General Conference. We have already been negligent in doing this too long. Many of our young people who ought to be receivng and com pleting their education at our own Livingstone are in other colleges and universities. Zion is lamentably the loser, and wi'l be as long as condi tions remain the same. To remedy this situation should be one of the big gest issues before the next Gen Con ference. I ask the general church, what shall we do about it? Shall we ^ continue to allow Livingstone to lag behind other race institutions of learning? Or will we by raising her curriculum take her out of the class? of col’eges and place her on the roll of universities so greatly needed to day in Zion and in the race? The question is being asked by J many who have given Livingstone ; College careful cosideration, who will be* its next president? Among those being prominently mentioned I know of none more able and efficient as an ■ educator, orator and outstanding race I leader than Prof. W. J. Trent, of1, Atlanta, Ga. His record of eminent ability and successful service for race welfare for many years in Asheville and at Atlanta, Ga., speaks for it self. As Y. M. C. A. secretary, he served successfully in Asheville for about 12 years and about the same ! time in Atlanta, thus rounding out I 24 years’ work. • He is the man to elect president of Livingstone College, for In turn he will raise the standard to that of the THE HUMILIATION OF THE SON OF GOD. Rev. G. W. Kincaid. i The humiliation of the Son of God is so marvelous, so wonderful, So sub lime that we stands amazed as i we ponder it. In truth, we cannot ful ly comprehend its magnitude, because i the distance between the throne of g ory, from which our blessed Lord stepped down, to the cross of shame, upon which he offered up His life, is .infinite, and the. finite mind cannot ,ful'.y comprehend the infinite. Yet God has brought even within ,the range i of our limited vision a picture of such , grandeur that we cannot gaze upon i it and remain unmoved. This picture ,is portrayed by St. Paul in his letter i to the Philippian church, chapter 2, i verses 6-8, “Who, existing in the form , of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasp ed but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the i likeness of mei; and being found in ST. LUKE A. M. E. ZION CHURC.H, BUFFALO, N. Y REV. H. DURHAM, PASTOR. It was constructed at a cost of $51,000.00 and has a debt of $2,500.00. < Rev. Durham has pastored here eight years. He found thie congregation in a store fromt building which they had begun to purchase under Rev. J. C. Tay or. He has taken advantage of one opportunity after another until what seemed to others an impossibility has become a realization. It has gome from a mission a decade ago unto the first place in the confer ence. Some of the most loyal and liberal people in Zion are found here. Rev. Durham has received thousands of help from the friend y whites. The church is finished and furnished, and after the Cleveland church, is the finest arid most ample church we have acquired in the central north this quadrennium. Dear heart, 'twill not he long E’re we again shall meet And there around Christ's blessed throne We’ll worship at his feet. His lonely widow, IN MEMORY OF BISHOP M. R. FRANKLIN. In loving memory of my dear hus band who entered into rest May 13, 1909. Gone but not forgotten. Entering into rest And with a loving smile He clasped his hands upon his breast and said: “We will meet again after awhile.’’ I miss the loving smile; Hushed is the tender voice But I am striving with all my soul To meet him after a while. fashion as a man, He humb’ed Him self, becoming obedient unto death, yea the death Of the cross.” In these words we have a record of, the most stupendous condescen sion that the universe has ever wit nessed. . Christ’s High PositionN i If we would understand in a limit ed way, the magnificence of His de scent, we must first of all get a glimpse of Him in His high and ex alted position before He began His descent; and thus He is portrayed to us in these words: “Who existing in the form of God.’’ By these words we understand that all that can be said concerning God the Father can also be said con cerning God the Son. John says of Him: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” The writer to the Hebrews says that “He was; the effulgence of His g’ory and the ex press Image of His person.” We WOMEN TRUSTEES METROPOLITAN A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. - # Mrs. Pauline H. Jackson. &.V. i Women tQday of all classes and in all walks of life are beginning to ap preciate their situation in the socia order, and when their rights are abridged or an issue is to the front where .right and justice should pre vail, they become vitally and absorb ingly interested to the point of ac tion . i A case in point that might prove of interest to the readers of Tbs Star of Zion follows: At Metropolitan A. \I. E. Zton i church, Birmingham, pas«.ored by Rev. F. W. Riley, at the beginning of the year 1923, there, was th..- usual elec tion of church trustees one Sunday morning when there was a capacity house. Three new members were duly elected as prescribed by law. P x of the old members were re-elected. Later developments, however, re vealed that these were not elected strictly according to the law. Thus in April, some little disturb ance arose in the Board that event ually reached the ears of tlie mem bership—a matter that some termed a “mole hill,’’ but took on mountain ous proportions after being discussed ro and con by the me: had been frustrated in their effort to get them, because of the disturb ance in their trusted body of trus tees. Various suggestions’ were made by interested members as to method oi regaining church equilibrium. The spirit of the membership was fine— the interest of the church was para* mount with the majority. This was demonstrated when women met in v prayer and conference on several oc casions . ** Biit what of women trustees? Well, just during this period of trying to harmonize matteijs :on the trustee board, trying to get at the real facts, nd trying to plan for the .future pro gress of the church in a succession of church meetings, the fact was re vealed that six men on the trustee board had not been elected in strict accordance with the law. A clamor then went up for the elec tion of trustees. Lo, woman’s chance. The women felt that the time for official recognition was at hand; that their interest could be better taken care of if they were directly repre sented; that they might he'p with their love, loyalty and efficiency in administering the business affairs of the church whose responsibility they share so largely. Mrs. Pauline Jackson led the movement and at a conference bf some of the leading women of the church the fol owing* petition was drawn up and circulated: tion the pastor, Dr. F. W. Riley, give the women of Metropolitan church one-third representation in nominating the trustees for the year 1923 to serve as trustees. Reasons: 1st. Because the great A. M. E. Zion denomination recognized tlie' worth of woman’s work in the gen eral church years ago, and gave her the ballot, thus placing her on an equal platform with men in official matters. , ,;>»$ 2nd. Because the majority of the members of Metropolitan Church are women. They are doing and have dont (Continued on page 8) Haitians Want Colored Americans ■To Visit Their Land, Which Has Vast Resources and Is Ripe for Develop ment Along All Lines of Endeavor. Has Become Winter Resort Port au Prince, Haiti, Apr. 23 — i , What of Haiti? Haiti has the greatest natural resources, and the greatest possibilities of all the sjnaller repub lics of the Western hemisphere. Hai ti is a Black republic—and that fact ^despite the prejudices, exploitations, and disadvantages which have kept her from advancing with the rest of ,the Western Hemisphere is an e;er nai source of pride to the Haitians, ilt (flight to be a source of pride to Colored America. It ought to be imore; it ought to afford an opportu nity for mutual cooperation between i the peoples of the two nations unlike (anything heretofore known. The time to act is now! i Haiti has arrived! The republic is ,ready for real material advancement. iWhat will Colored America do in the I premises? That is tlie big question. Jt is not being asked so generally by the white American occupation as it is by the Haitians themselves. Num bers of them have met numbers $f leading Colored Americans. This con tact has opened up a field of under standing unlike anything previously known. The progressive Haitians— and there are many of them—wish the progressive Colored Americans to unite with thefii in the forward march for progress. Tfte gate is opened; the is at hand. Haiti is going-to afford greatest outlet for Colored talent and foresight known in Jhistory of the hemisphere West There are some i made, were grabbed up by the lead , ’hig bankers, and they would take i many millions more if they could get i them. Colored American bankers had an opportunity to take a couple of million dol.ars in these bonds. Why did they sleep on their opportunity?. What is the matter with their big i insurance companies? The only way to know Haiti of to -ay is to come on down and look the country over. More than 60,000,000 i pounds of the finest coffee in the world were exported from here last year.. With government supervision and American • encouragement, the people of the interior are to be in formed in the most modern methods of farming. Prof. W. T. B. Williams, an expert of Tuskegee Institute, has beem dcvyn here several months, mak ing a survey for the Department of State, and his recommendations are to be acted upon. There are to be millions of dollars worth of farm machinery, seed, build ing material, road construction material, tractors, and other ne cessities of material progress brought down to Haiti and put in use. Pros perity is abounding, and with the 4e velopment of the natural resourc will follow a great demand for other things, including luxuries, which the duties of Import areg small. What is Colored America going do about it? That, indeed, is the question. Will they let the minds of the white financiers off all the opportunities, while Haitians are
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