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TilL OFFICIAL ORGAN OFTHE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH WmF
NUMBER SIX CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924. VOLUME FORTY-EIGHT
• PRESIDENT COOL
idge invited to
ZION CONFERENCE.
The Board of Bishops at Winston
Salem appointed a Committee to in
cite President Calvin Coolidge to ad
dress the General Conference at In
(iiahapolis. The Committee visited
the White House Monday, January
14. The fallowing constituted the
commitee: Bishop J. S. Caldwell,
Bishop G. L». Blackwell, Bishop G.
C. Clement, Bishop P. A. Wallace,
Rev. S- Q- Swann. Rev. E. D. W.
Jones. Rev. W. O. Camington, Rev.
jl j. Callis, Rev. W. D. Battle,
Rev. F. R. Killingsworth.
The invitation which was presented
through its Secretary, Bishop Clem
ent, was substantially as follows:
“To the President Greeting:
The General Conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
i church will convene in Indianapolis,
4 Ind., May 7, 1924. It is the desire
of the Bishops; General Officers and
delegates that we have the distin
guished honor of the presence of the
President at this 24th Quadrennial
session. As a Committee appointed
by the Board of Bishops/ January
10th at Winston-Salem, N. C., we
most respectfully present this invi
tation . ”
Mr. Coolidge, who was surround
ed by a number of the White Houses'
attaches made a felicitous statement
in response. His speech which was
taken by lawyer dudley in part stat
, ed:
} «I want to thank you for the invi
\ tation. I do not think it will be pos
sible for me to accept- I have been
asked to go out to some educational
institutions the first of May- I 'have
not been able to.give them an affir
mative answer, and cannot give you
an affirmative answer. I will take
the matter under consideration, but
I do not want you to take th’.s as an
encouragement that I can accept.. I
want to thank you for the work in
which you are engaged and its influ
ence. If you succeed, the things
which concern us all around here,
will be easier, but if you fail I see
JOSEPH C. PRICE* A: M., D. D.
Minister, statesman, orator, educator, race .advocate and founder of
Livingstone College. Born February 10th, 1854 at Elizabeth City, N. C.
Died 1893 at Salisbury, N. C. Famous on two hemispheres and dubbed
the world’s orator by British papers.
PRICE, NOT DEAD
EDUCATION AND
LOMAX-HANNON
COLLEGE.
By Rev. J. T. McMillan,
Ex-Secretary V. C. E. Union.
Education must be closely related >
to the actual life of those wio have
to be taught. It must take account
of their instinct, experiences and
nterests, as distinct from those of
people living in quite different con
ditions .
Its aims must be to equip them
or the life which they are to liye.
Hence the main emphasis must be
put not on a purely literary curricu
lum, such as still prevail in many
schools, but on training in such ne
cessities of actual life as health, hy
giene, the making and keeping of a
home, the earning of a livelihood
and civic knowledge and spirit.
Successful leadership requires the
best lessons of economics, sociology
and education. Really skilled and *
educated Negro physici ans, clergy
men and teachers are needed, with
an adequate background to deal with
the conflicting problems and many
misunderstandings caused by racet
friction in America. Without such
leaders, both white and colored, race
problems will increase and multiply
in menace to the nation.
In the schools of the middle ages
subjects were introduced such as
would meet the needs of one or more
classes of people of that time have
been retained for culture value. But
chese are not sufficient ijn this age
of the world to meet the needs of
he people in thfft^^mfTtKde""?T&e
,old curriculum must give room for
the new. Democracy in the content
of education demands that the new’
curriculum shall impart culture
through knowledge and practice re
lated to the farm, the shop, the of
tce, and above all the home, :Among
our schools are some which have
achieved international fame for pi
oneer service in the great religious
and industrial fields of education.
But the majority of the schools are .>
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By R. W. Sherrill.
in lowly connnes, tnus, tne eastern piain aia grace,
i', A son in meager youth, and yet a leader race,
Who bore in faith, the eager purpose of his breast;
A Race cast down, a Race cast out to bless.
In solemn vows, he oft his purpose did attend,
That wisdom’s ways, his mind and soul would fondly lend,
As thus did smile, through gracious hearts a gift of Heaven,
And wisdom, speech, in mighty power to him was given.
Went he the world to face, a noble purpose bold,
\ As did the Hoary Seers, the gifted Saints of old;
Dispels tKe cloud of sin, and wisdom set in place,
Disdains relentless foes, of this an humble ■ Race.
In far off land, though faint, resounds the matchless voice,
That fills anew, as wisdom’s hope, a heart rejoice.
With what results do greet this ever-longing heart ?
What untried vict’ries won, what undimmed glories part?
'In answered accents o’er the listening world has gone,
■ That near a path slave-trodden, marks a Livingstone.
- A brief career enthralled his purpose from above,
Yet, gifts to man are beauty, wisdom, power and love.
wnen mental toil ms mortal irame aia eager test,
Obeyed the brief command, laid down to quiet rest;
But still he lives, in deed, in word, in action wroughts, f
That gives the Negro Race a place for wisdom sought,
For Price, not dead but lives a countless ransom paid, )
To wisdom fondly seek, and service eager made.
Through him too we perceive, a youthful Race is born,
Not worthy more to praise, nor worthy more to own,
Yet, in the youthful soul, who knows what, slumbers there?
But that ’twill wake to give, a leader, gift more rare.
When one for all mankind, may face the mighty foes,
As nature in her course, one human family knows.
0 dark-complexion Race, ye happy souls must be,
Who wisdom fain would seek, the captive mind, set free;
Rejoice, the plan is laid, the path already trod,
The mind invites from sin and points the way to God.
Beneath the soil that bore, is laid the Peerless Will,
But in the hearts of men, his memory reigneth still.
For Price, not dead but lives a. countless ransom paid,
To wisdom foadly seek, and service eager made.
Salisbury, N. C.
REVOLUTIONIZING
HUMAN NATURE.
By Rev. W. W. Evans.
Jesus Christ, the Immaculate
Lamb, the Man without sin, stood up
In the streets of Jerusalem and'said:
“Why callest thou me good, there is
none good, save one, that is God.'’
He stood again and said to the Phar
isees who had brought to him the
adulteress woman: ‘‘He that is With
out sin let him cast the first stone.”
> This idea of searching up the rec
ords of a man’s career while it is a
I preservative measure exercised by
society, by moral agencies, and by
i world authorities as a safeguard to
protect the interest^ of all parties*
concerned, is not in conformity with
Christian doctrine. How cruel it is
to debar a good man from office be
i cauie as a boy of eleven years, years
of indiscretion and inexperience, he
was arrested fof playing a crap
game; to be punished in later years
for having committed in the morning
of his life an act for which he could
not be held responsible.
Again, was it consistent and Chris
tianity to pay a man a big salary in
one position of the church and still
debar ‘him in another because of
some gross immorality in the long
vears gone by? What is Christianity
at all if we cannot define it properly
and interpret it correctly? Shall we
bring the methods of the world into
the ranks of the Church and guage
our ideas 'of righteousness by our
desire to revolutionize human na
cure? Did not God bring his purposes
to r, consummation by • first passing
•his agents through a period of dis
tress, trouble and hardships. And the
only way to do it was to humiliate
and bring them tq a condition^ in
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THE KNOXVILLE
DISTRICT AND
ITS WORK.
By Rev. R. J. Buckner; P. E.
The Knoxville district has accom
plished much this year in conversion
of souls, church building and paying
of old debts. Bishop Clement has
been a source of great help to all on
the district with his fatherly advice
and careful episcopal supervision.
No bishop in the Church can boast
of ,a^ greater success along all lines
than our good bishop.
Every year of the quadrenniuin
has been marked with signal success.
The cry comes from the ministry arid
membership that Bishop Clement
should be returned to the Tennessee
conference.
The Kndxville district has been
blessed with the visitation this year
of Drs. E. D. W. Jones, C. C. Al
eyne, F. M. Jacobs, J. L. Black, J.
W- Martin, E. L. Madison, C. S
Whitted, H. B. Bennett, B. ,G.
Shaw and very recently by W. J.
' Walls who is preaching and speak
ng as never before, and bringing
forth such comment that those who
lesire the office of a bishop will have
to reckon with him.
Dr. Matthews is soon to be with
is with Africa on his heart and with
splendid plans for the redemption of
Africa if, given a chance as a bishop.
The announcement of Dr. J. L.
Black, our old true and tried friend,
s heard on every hand. “I wish I
could vote.”
This district has some of the best
men in the, church as pastors; such
as Dr* H. T. Medford, pastor of
,T.ogan Temple, Knoxville, who is a
graduate of Hood Theological Sem
nary, and one among the best pre
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THE SAD PLIGHT
OF THE PULPIT
IN OUR ZION.
WHAT OP THE FUTURE?
By Rev. J. H. McMullen.
Bishop George I* Blackwell has
aptly said, “Preaching seems to be
tbe minister’s vocation, the sermon
his greatest asset, and the pulpit his
greatest opportunity.” Every true
minister must realise the truthfulness
of this Vise statement. The good
bishop goes a step further when he
advises strong and successful young
men in the ministry 'to take post
graduate course in large pastorates,
and get the experience of'such con
tact and environment, so necessary
in the great task of the ministry.
Traveling as we did during the
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