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| Viewing tfye Si<db 9 in .Action* THE PROGRESS OP HARRIS A. M. E. ZION CHURCH By Wyman Soyington. Under the pastorate of Her. A. B. Duncan, B. D., Harris A .M. E. Zion church is in a live condition. It has , made wonderful progress this year and is moving forward. Rev. Duncan came to this church on 'the 26th of May, 1922, and has served the church creditably one year. We are very proud of him and as our pastor we truly love him, and feel that he is the right man here. The members have voted unanimous ly for his return. The church has made great pro gress on all lines. The membership has been greatly increased and ev erybody is working together. Every department has been thor oughly organized according to the discipline. In four months after Rev. Duncan came to us he had raised $250 Tercentenary money, $125 gen eral claims and paid $112.00 on the furnace and kept all the general ex penses of the church > up. Rev. Dun can knows how to do things. Everything is so systematically ar ranged by this good leader that we can now say he has put Harris church on the map. - We hope and pray that our good Bishop J. S. Caldwell will take a backward glance at Harris church one year ago, and then look and com pare it with the present. We have no doubt of Rev. Duncan’s return. There has not been a dollar raised or spent that is not made known and recorded in the official board, and this encourages us to try to make Zion what it ought to be in this part of Harrisburg, Pa., and for the sake of Zion Rev. Duncan ought to be re turned to Harris church, for this is our banner year. We are indeed very sorry to say that our presiding elder, Rev. S. Q • Swann, D. D., is indisposed, and has been for the past few weeks. We are praying that he will soon be on the work again. He is a fine man and knows his business aJnd attends to the same. Mrs. Swann has our heartfelt sym pathy. \ Harrisburg, Pa. ECHO FROM SOUTH BEND, IND. Miss Mary E. Blair. Grace A. M. E. Zion church. in South Bend, Ind., has made a rapid progress since last August .—For when our beloved Rev. A. L. Pierce came to this field he found the chubch com pletely gone down. The brother could have been justified in retreating. But he knew that be had given him self in God’s hands, and now trusting in Jesus, he has put his whole heart and mind in the work, and now has a nice membership added to this church and still taking them in. A grand revival has just closed with much success. I must speak of the fine Easter success and the Easter exercises. Easter morning at 4 o’clock many gathered for prayer meeting. At 11 o’clock Easter sermon, and the Lord’s f Supper was administered. At 3 P. | M. Easter program was rendered by some of the best talent of the city and was said by some of the older citizens to be the best ever known in the history of South Bend. At 7 P. M., Easter exercises ended with our dear little tots. The collection was $111.02. May Grace church keep climbing toward the topmost round. JEFFERSON, ALA , NEWS. Jefferson station, Smalls chapel, is fn/bing on new life. The Sunday School is a gem, led by that most efficient Sun. School superintendent, 19. J. Campton. He has his pupils well in hand. He stands tb the law of v -our Zion. The faculty of the Sunday i School is a brilliant one. The V. C. 33. Union is moving on to success and will report to Prof. Aaron Brown in the month of flowers. ' ' • >. The W. H. and F. M. work is near to the standard of real missionary work looking after the poor of our local church and helping the pastor raise money for church Indebtedness. The president, Mrs. A. M. Lewis, is very loving and kind to her follow ers. We casnnot say too much about her. > The Y’s and the Buds of Promise are climbing Jacob’s ladder. The trustees, stewards, class lead ers and stewardesses are working to help the pastor bring up a round re port this year with the church clear of debt. We have other clubs that are work ing just as hard. You will hear more auout them later. , Thie good members of Small chapel closed a three weeks’ rally the sec ond Sunday in March for the indebt edness of the church. Rev. T. P. An derson and Rev. S. B. Holt were with us and rendered good service. We raised $250. The Lord gave us good weather and the people came out in good ■numbers. The . second quarterly conference was held on the 17th and 18th of March. We raised very near the full amount of quarterly dues on Satur day. Sunday was rainy and we had only one service. However, the Lord blessed us as never before. We real ized in round figures $355.74 for the entire quarter. Rev. F. R. Blakey is a jolly yet sincere man. He preached a soul stirring sermon Sun day to the delight of all. The district is taking on new life since his return from the annual con ference. He is a safe leader aind the general church may depend on him for real work and safe leadership. The district is proud of Mm. SPRING REVIVAL AT MOBILE. Rev. J. T. Wynn, pastor of Hope chap^TA. M . E. Zion church, Mobile^ Ala.,' planned for a great meeting which ’.-egatn immediately after Eas ter and the good members joined in and made it a success. Rev. Wynn holds the reins in his hands and di rects all the departments of the , church. As a pastor he has the confi dence of his people and they look^ to him as a father. He is a pastor in ev ery sense of the word, fcfr he touches every member In his flock. When they are ill he does not fail to call and give a cheering word of comfort, a scripture reading, a word of pray er and a little donation to help the one in distress. He has a beautiful and cultured wife in the person of Mrs. Wynn. She is kind and helpful and makes a fine companion for him. Too much cannot be said about this good wo man. She is a true Zionite and Chris tian of the first water. Miss Pearl Wynn, their daughter, was ill at the time of my stay there, and I trust she is recovering. She is her father’s private secretary and nothing pleases her more than to serve her mother and father. The Lord was with us in our meet ing and about 20 were converted. Rev. S. C. Byrd, of Jefferson, Ala., assisted Rev. Wynn in the-ten day’s revival. ! Bishop J. W. Wood spent four days in the city looking after the in terest of the general church. He was at the Monday night meeting, April 16th, which proved to be a blessing to the service and all present. The general church may depend on Rev. Wynn for all that it may put in his hands . He ils well able to take care of anything the Church may. en trust to his care. God bless the good people of Hope chapel and the good friends that made it possible for the success of the meeting. Jefferson, Ala. The farm women of Vance County are selling about $200 worth of pro ducts per week at the curb market in Henderson, according to reports from the home demonstration agent, Mamy women are kept filling other orders that were taken on the mar ket day. , . .. BISHOPS J. $. CALDWELL, D. D., AND P. A. WALLACE, D. D., IN ALABAMA. Rev. W. E. Stanton, Bishop J. S. Caldwell, D. D., made a pleasant and profitable visit to Ala bama a few weeks ag*o. His visit was in the interest of the missionary work visiting the missionary convo cation which convened at Mo bile and on his return paid visits to several of the mis sion points. Bishop Caldwell’s visit blessed the following mission church es: Old Ship, Wooillawn, Rev. S. L. Laird, pastor, Thompson’s chapel, Fairfield, Rev. J. H. Sanders, pastor, the new church at Fairfield, Rev. J. W. Banks, pastor, Madison, where Rev. J. P. Thweatte built a new church last year, Rev. T. S. G. Speights, pastor, Trinity at Ensley, Rev. G. S. Hill, pastor. It is said that the bishop was much impressed with these smaller church es, and their outlook. At Ensley Rev. Hill hopes to build if possible this year. The bishop preached at many of these churches. Bishop Wood passed through Bir mingham enroute to South Alabama, where he is doing a great work for God and Zion. Bishop P. A. Wallace also touched the state, during the missionary con vocation. It is said that all of these great men preached profound ser mons at the convocation. The General Conference is fast ap proaching and the church with its great searchlight is looking for men, many men and the best men. We must not look at one section of the country po select our chief pastors and general officers, but should do like the C. M. Es., and look our church over and select from all parts. I suggest that we select one bishop from Alabama, one from the west, one from the east, one from the n'orth and one from the central states. It is unwise to elect all bish ops and general officers from North Carolina and expect them to live in Africa, South America, Florida and St. Louis or any other section of the country. I suggest further that a list be sent in from each section of the country giving the names of real men who are qualified for the various offices in our church . ' For Alabama we suggest for the bishopric, W. L. Hamblin, F. W. Riley and Dr. C. J. Steverson, who as a scholar and Christian gentleman will grace any office in the A..M. E. Zion church. As general officers. Brotherhood, T. R. Gaines, general Secretary, M. C. Glover, or N. . D. Crawford, Secretary of Education, Dr. C. J. Steverson. All of these men are well known in the general church. Dr. Steverson as an educator, and pastor, has but I few equals in the state if any. His clean life, his quiet disposition, his fine manners and scholarly bearing fit him for any p'ace in the church. Tuscaloosa, Ala. A VOICE FROM THE EAST TEN NESSEE AND VIRGINIA CON FERENCE. I have been a reader of The Star for 25 years and I have never read The Star to better advantage than under the present editor,-Dr. Walls. Truly the mantle of the late Dr. Smith (bishop), and< Dr. Clement^ (bishop), has fallen upon the pres i ent editor. As to who will fill his place when he is made bishop is a question today with ail of Zion Church. The Lord/has called DT. Walls upon the mountain of the Church and he must go. I have l watched his career from boyhood un til now, and he hias a chain of suc cess. \ N Now as to how many bishops will be made in the coming General Con ference one can not say, but every sane person in Zion Church knows that we need six new bishops. Let us reason together. We need to elect six bishops and any less than this number will be a^great mistake upon the law-making body of our Church. ^Remember the electing of the right : men to the office of a bishop is one of the greatest investments the Church can make. We should elect a sufficient num ber of bishops so. the entire church can have its share of episcopal visi tation. For a bishop to visit the church is worth more than all the ministerial visits in the district. The!1 bishop should be compelled to livq i io^^sc. district. sb mack to our connection. We should have two bishops on the Pa cific Coast and we must have one there by all means; The Church should have a bishop living in Little Rock, Ark., one in Richmond, Va., one in. South Carolina, and one in Boston, Mass. A bishop should be elected for the foreign fields, Africa and So. America. Remember Bishop Blackwell will not be able to do the work that he has done, and the Church should take care of him and help him fo conserve his health. Bishop Qaldwell* senior bishop, should not be expect ed to travel much at his advancing age, and the Church must take care of him. By so doing he will stay with us for many more years. At the rate some of our younger bish ops are going they will soon break down. Let the Church elect six more (and let them not be old. Rogersville, Tenn. i CORNERSTONE LAYING OF PET I TY’S CHAPEL A. M. E. ZION , CHURCH, NEW ORLEANS, La. i v; Rev. H. M. Reed, Pastor. { On the second Sunday in May, the pastor, members and friends of Pet ty’s chapel A. M. E. Zion church, New Orleans, La., laid the corner stone for our new church which is I located on Sixth and Clara Streets. ^The public interest for Zion has awakened as never before, and she now stands in the first class. On\bhe above mentioned date, we marched into our new church to hold our first services. The ceremony was witness ed by more than 2,500 people of both races and we raised in cash on the building more thap $500. Rev. Reed was appointed to this church about a year and a half ago and found a discouraged people who had toiled 27 years to erect a greater church and now we are glad to re port that his service of one year and a half has reaped the fruit of their labor. On the following Sunday, April 15th, our beloved Bishop P. A. Wal lace, D. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., preached one of the greatest sermons of his life to a large congregation. He was enroute to the seat of our Mid-year conference which was held in Ponchatoula, La. The bishop spent several days here viewing the situa tion and interesting himself in the work and giving a helping :hand and advice wherever needed. He left happy over the great work accom plished here for Zion. He is loved here by all the ministers and friends in this conference. The big new church now being completed in New Orleans, has drop ped the word chapel and inserted the word “Metropolitan.” Thus it reads, Petty’s Metropolitan A. M; E. Zion church. The new church will cost when completed ?50,0Q0 and ranks with the best churches in the south west^. This great accomplishment is led on with that wPty and wide awake builder and preacher, Rev. H. M. Reed, who is pastor. It was found out, during Bishop Wallace’s stay in this city, that his birthday womd. roll around while on his official tour here. Having been de tained here several days among a set of lo^al -Zionites and a big hearted pastor^he was greatly surprised when the pastor and his choir, together with a number of the members of Petty’s Metropolitan chturch, gave him a birthday reception at. tbe par sonage Tuesday night, April 17th. A very enjoyable evening was spent by all. Bishop J. W. Wood was crossing the old state of Mississippi looking after his. field, and notified us in New Orleans that he would cut through Louisiana, and while enroute to Ala • bama, Would get a glimpse of the new, church. Bishop Wood arrived in the city April 12th and viewed the work being dome here. After going up into the main auditorium and viewing the church up and down, he expressed himself as being well pleas ed with the progress and gave some encouraging remarks and passed to New Orleans, La. A total of 1434 rat tails /were turned jin by the. children of 11 school? in (Chowan County as a result of a “Kill the Rat” campaign put on by County igent N. K. Powell. By Riev. J. 8. Coin. 1 hare noted carefully the differ ent articles that have appeared week ly and many of tijem are timely and true. There seems to be a great rus tling among the men for a piece of bishop > timber. There axe quite a~ number of aspirants. It is natural for a real man to aspire and it is also* human for men to have likes and dis likes . Th^ mistake that I feel seme men. are making is they are boosting men. whom they have sized up from the-: wrong angle. This is not right in the/ sight of God to measure meta by whatr they have done. It wo\jlM be right ini the business or political world, but when it comes to God’s church, thi& way of botosting is spurious. The biggest man in Zion is the* man who will please God and bless the office he holds and the church* that he represents. He is the mam who has a clean life and lives daily' consecrated. • The next General Conference wilR mean a great deal to Zion Method— ism in this country, now especially' in the"south and west. I have been a.. member of the Zion church ever since August llthi, 1877, and I have giveni Zion all the best years of my life. I have seen Zion in her beauty an®. strength. It is not the Zion of Jones, Hood, Clinton, Lomax and other great : lights. Those men were moved by the Holy Ghost and they let God run the* Church. The Church stood then for1 the salvation of sinners first, andt money second. Then, one hardly heard of transfers. Now there seems-; to be a spirit of unrest running over the ministry. I wonder why we have* this unrest? The conference should be careful*, whom they send to the General Con ference. The delegates from each', conference should be eleeted with out dictation. The bishop is .only to» preside in the conference. I am just: < calling attention to the errors in the rank and file for Zion’s sake. I will! not hold my peace, for I love Zion. It is my church and I mean to stand by the old flag and do a soldiers’s; part. I mean to hold my place until* I die. The slogan for South Carolina is; • ‘A Home Bishop.’ We want a bishop* who will care for us and not forget: the men who made great sac rifices building up Zion in this state. We have men from this state who* can build and who have built some* of the finest churches. The finest: Zion church is in York, S. C., built by one of our men. Spartanburg, S. C. The unscreened home swarms withi danger of disease. . .a NOTES FROM THE WEST. By Rev. C. E. Baker. The most pressing problem in vil lage life today is how to make a liv ing. An education for practical life is absolutely essential for those who live in villages, towns and in the country, as well as in large cities. Tuskegee is probably the largest institution in the world for the train ing of colored youth. It has a mag nificent plant, educational, industri al, agricultural, a large endowment, and a generous annual income. The enrol ment is over 1,700 boarding students. Each class is divided into two sec tions. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays those in the first section at tend the academic classes^. On the other three days they go to the work shops or farms, and these in the sec ond section alternate with the first. By this arrangement classes, work shops and farms are kept going all the week.' A similar method is being worked out here in Luther, Oklahoma. Mr. J. T. Armstrong, of Alabama, who owns and controls the largest de partment store of color in the United States, is the prime mover. He re minds one of the late Lewis Adams Who gave his lifer for Tuskegee. Col. S. H. Hilton, Judge C. C. Russell, Dr. J. A. Cox, M . D., J. T. Vickers, J. M. Britton, J. S. Anderson, W. H. Anderson, John F. Moose and a host of others csome In for their share of honor. 1 Our school plant is- estimated at 175,000 all modern. It has 23 reefta* tton rooms, steam heated, electric plant and 15 teachers at a salary nuts, ing from $136 to $250 per month. The (Continued to page 7)
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