. WH'V THE Of f ICIAl ORGAN Of THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH NUMBER THIRTEEN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROUNA. THURSDAY* MARCH 27, 1924. VOLUME FORTY-BIOH’] . ■' . . WALKING ABOUT ZION. BISHOP J. S. CALDWELL EMPHASIZES EDUCATION and MISSIONS. Someone asked a few days ago which was the greatest of the four Departments of our Church, namely, Financial, Educational, Missionary and Benevolent Departments. When you come to think about the question you must conclude that you' cannot use the superlative comparison in reference to their greatness at all These departments were each or ganized for a distinctive and definite purpose, and each is great in the pro portion that it serves well the pur pose for which it was brought into existence. > The Financial Department is the oldest; in fact, all the others grew out of it. We are accustomed to think of the Financial Department as being first for the following reasons: The Financial Department ever since the organization of the Church has been the salary-paying Department* although the Department has . not been always organized as now, it has been through it that the General Offi cial family all through the years, has received their compensation. It is the ostentation Department,, and I think should remain so. We would do well if we would relieve this Department of any and all responsibility of hand ling funds which mi^t be probably taken over by other Departments. For a long time the Educational, Missionary and the Benevolent De partments’ interest were all handled through the Financial Department, tut, as the Church grew, it was appar ent’that other Departments should be organized to do special work peculiar to them. The Educational Department is im portant from many angles, first, be cause of the emphasis which it places upon the Church’s determination and purpose to educate its constituency. “We must educate or die,” said Prof . Atkins on one occasion, who was then our Educational Secretary. As we turn our faces toward Indianapolis, t much larger place in our prop-am budget should be given to education, if we as a Church would keep our face toward the rising sun.' I agree with the editor of The Star of Zion, who a few weeks ago said editorially, “That we as a Church become ex ceedingly poor when the subject of increased appropriations are broach I ed in connection with our educational f program.” We can no longer wink at the fact that larger provision for all our educational institutions, and especially Livingstone College must be made. The last five years have seen us in the most strenuous effort in our history almost entirely for ^.Church Extension, and unless we turn our attention to education, we will wake up to find our Church beyond our ability to mann; for we at this time are far short of enough men to supply the pulpits that we already have. The Churcih Extension Department was organized as the necessity of a business department was apparent to the leaders of the Church. The Church, as we all know, has a busi ness side that must be looked after and developed. So we have attempted to ignore the business interest of the Church. I have heard it sam Dy ought to know better, “ that those who control the business affairs of our various denominations are ineffi" I cient when it comes to business.' L The facts in the case prove^ to the i contrary. Very rarely you hear of the loss of a Churdh or a religious insti tution in5 any of our denominations. We do hear c^f banks and other race institutions and enterprises failing, although they are conducted or man f a *”ed by many who do /not give the Church any credit for much business sense. The. Church Extension Depart ; ment controls all of our purely bon nectional property, and dispenses the funds going into the Department for purely Church Extension work. The Missionary efforts of the A. M. i E. Zion Church are quite as old as t|ie organization itself, for we find among the early records that the ministers were required to raise a small amount annually and report the same to their annual conference. As the years passed, the spirit pervaded in a larger degree the whole Church. As a result, a Missionary Department was organized; not just as we have it now^ but of sufficient formation to be called a Department. / In 1912, the General Conference convening in Charlotte, N. C., set off the Department of foreign M’ssions, with a Foreign Mission Secretary working unden a Foreign Mission Board. This was made possible large ly because of the splendid financial showing that the Woman’s Home and Foreign" Missionary Society made at that time. The funds collected (Continued to page 5) Delegate To National Repub lican Convention. * • * %j> Rev. J. W. Brown, A. M., D. D. Rev. J. W. Brown, pastor Mother Zion Church selected by Republicans of New York delegate at large to' National Convention at Cleveland iii June. Dr. Brown is the only man of color in the New York delegation. It is a tribute to the leadership of the great preacher who Jhas made the most distinguished record of Mother Zion’s pastors in 127 years of our history. O’NeilPa Play Again. By William Pickens. For the Associated Negro Press. “All God’s chillun got wings,’' but it seems that , many of thdtos have not enough penetrating, discriminating sense to live in this wingless human world. Most of the Negro writers contnue to harp on the incidents that this ‘ vicipus pl^y shows a white woman “in love” w'th a Negro, marrying him and “kissing his hand.” That is not the phase of this, play for American Negroes to consider. It is the play's insiduous attack upon the common public school and its direct or indirect support of the devilish sentiment to put Negro children out of the public schools, while every other human an imal from every other Quarter of the world is permitted to stay in. Colored men, we think, are betrayed intp a defense of this play because white men, some white men, are at tacking iti And the Negroes have not stopped to consider that the whites attack It from other grounds, different and opposite from the grounds on which sensible Negroes should bte opposed to it. No Negro need agree with Arthur Brisbane that the play is vicious because it shows a white, and a poor specimen (of white woman at that “kissing the hand of a black man.” That’s nqih (Conthraed to page g) 'V . ..^i****» - - n. THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF LIBERIA. PRESIDENT C. D. B, KING* Outstanding Features. (Special to The Star of Zion.) '"’Monrovia, Liberia, Jan. 7th, 1924. 1. With unusual brilliancy .Phoebus Apollo emerged from the rosy bed of Aurora to dispel the sable shade of the night before and fill the heart of every descendant of Ham with inexpressible joy/on that memorablet day in Negro History in the “Lone Star” Republic—Liberia on the mo mentous occasion of the Presidential inauguration. The importance of the occasion is inestimable, both interna tionally and intranationally. Not only was the heart of every citizen iru. Li beria filled with the loudest jubilation and the deepest awe, but the expres sions of the various representatives of foreign powers present were indic ative of the respective interests of the nations of the world in this sin gular inauguration of a president of Liberia. The occasion was indeed aus picious. For in consideration of the ' many crucial moments that the Re public has come through, one really I finds justifiable - grounds for magnifi i cent demonstration of patriotism and j loyalty by that surging host of liberty I loving people. I 2. Prior to the day of inaugura tion, Monrovia, the historic capital of the nation, was crowded top its capac ity with foreign visitors^Jrepisesenta tives of the leatfifig 'dswtes jof'tlS®' world (The United' States, Eng land, Franco, ■Holland, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and the Re public of Panama), leading citizens of the Republic and chiefs and. natives from the remotest quarters -Of the hinterland—all looking forward to the dawning of a new administration. In the midst of this feverish preparation, the'anxiety of all was" greatly accel erated the day before the inaugura tion when two Men-of War were observed on the Liberian Seaboard —English and French—.The most notable interest attached to the men nf-war was that, they had been dispatched hither bjf their respective governments with the unalterable or der to pay due homage and respect to the Liberian Government, and the second inauguration of His Excellen cy Charles Dunbar Burgess King. President of Liberia. This movement of two outstanding nations of the world is significant. 3 . The display of pomp on the day of the Inauguration was elaborate and momentous- The procession that left the Executive Mansion for the sacred and hallowed grounds of the previous inaugurations. The Government’s Square, was indeed one of impressive beauty, with its long winding line composed of the Presidential party (In Automobiles), tihe Diplomatic Corps, the Legislature and other dignitaries of the State, the Frontier Companies, the Militia, etc., and an innumerable host of followers all moving in jubi lant stride to the immortal strains of, “All Hail, Liberia Hail-” The splen didly designed and decorated plaza was artfully in harmony with the sublimity of the occasion, with its countless banners dancing amid the geate zephyrs of that January mom. Much credit should be given those who made the occasion presentable and especially to Dr. T. Elwood Da vis, the Chief Usher for the Inaugu ration in bfc tactful management of that vast concourse of variagated personages. 1 4. In the midst of this host, at 1:00 P. M., or about 6:00 A. M., Central American time. Senator J. G. Rich ards, the President of the Senate, ad ministered the Oath of Office to the President. Following this the air was suddenly rent by the load and thun derous peals of the National Anthem, “All Hall Liberia Han,*’ played by the Frontier Force-iMEM, composed en tirely of unlettered natives, under the direction of the reputed band in structor, Mr. Nathaniel Critchlo-w, although these natives 6ould neither read nor write, yet so keen wereHhey in the manipulation of their respec tive instruments, as to jiave compelled ' unbounded admiration'from all pres ent. Ere the last echo of this -soul stirring anthem had ceased its re soundings over the hiils, the Presi dent arose in calm serenity amidst that august assembly, unveiling to even the most casual Observer , the native dignity of this princely port, (Continued to page 5)" Oscar W. Adams. EDITOR OF THE BIRMING HAM REPORTER. Endorsed by his Conference and State Delegation for Church Extension Secretary. The African Methodist Episcbpal Zion Church will no doubt have the most active and legislative meeting of its history when the General Con ference begins its work in Indianapo lis, Indiana, next May,” said Oscar W. Adams, prominent layman and candidate for the office of Secretary of the Church Extension Department. - “Our organization has relief upon its own resources for nearly an hun dred and twenty years and its hold ings and reputation is an expression of the Christian character of the Negro race Independent of outside help. * Whatever the race has in property, -school*, men and reputation in the" A. M. E. Zion Church, it is theirs and cams to them through the toiling and sacrifices of Negro people, It is not punctuated with apologies and Oscar Wl Adams, Endorsed fy Alabama Delegation. poverty-stricken appeals. “The race must have aa indepen- | dent organization in America if it hopes to have and maintain the re spect and encouragement of the leadership of the nation. This could better be & Christian organization: The A; M. E. Zion denomination is a good expression of such an institu tion, and being on the scene of the toilings and sacrifices of my own people^ I am delighted to be counted on the 4*oll as one of its humble members.’* The North Alabama conference of (Continued cn p?ge 5) -. J. H. White, student dfia. thinker, «b . the oldest member of ihe co&ference. in point of years end se?vfee. The da/shing Dr, M. O. Glover, of* Montgomery, Ala., has cast his hat into the ring for the General Secre-, taryship, and promises to be in the race until the last ballot is cast. '■ C** Dr. B. G. Shaw is "dosing the quadrennium in a blaze of glory as connections! evangelist. He has had wonderful success throughout the country and should be happy / They all don’t get their D.I 0.1 1 ..\w/^ PARAGRAPHIC PERS0NAL8 AND COMMENTS. By W. H.Davenport. -s ' Watching the Breakers expresses the hope that he will 1)6'able to be of assistance to the brethren at In dianapolis in the publication of any* thing that may be of assistance to them. See “Dav” first. the Western Star of Zion is re established t>ie Rev. Dr. J. W. Carter has a flying start on tb© 6dltbiaE(Mpw y Dr. Carter has kept ; the Observer going-for a number of years, and ia still strong. * Dr. J. R. White, of Mobile. Ala., says he is in the race for dHurch Extension Secretary until, the last ballot is cohnted. Drs. W. H. Finley, L. D. Work- • man, A. G. Alstork, J. C. Laramore, N. D. Crawford and J. H. McMullen, who are chairmen of delegations, as well as Dr. J! R. White, have Fong: been familiar figures in the Generali Conference, and as members of the'. Episcopal Committee, will have some thing to say. Bishop J. W. *Woodi is clos;’ng up the work of the SeVehlh Episcopal District with satisfaction. He has grown into the hearts of the brethren, and his influence has increase^ year 'by year. Rev. J. E. Rodgers, Burlington, N. J., is, with possibly one exception, the oldest active member of the New Jersey Conference. He is making a very successful presiding elder. Dr.

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