the Montgomery district and a can
didate for the -bishopric, is known
throughout the General Church as
one of our Oe^eml Offl’cere and a
man who kriowstbe Church and its
needs . I am sure the Church will
make no mistake to elect him a* one
of our Bishops at the forthcoming
General Conference, as well aeDrs.
E. D. W. Jones, C, C. A&leyne, E.
L. Madison, W. W. Matthews and
'many others that space will not per
mit;' Dr. J . Wingfield, candidate
for Secretary of Education for our
great Ghttroh,. is a worthy man and
we are sure that he is fully prepared
and worthy of this position. He is
one of the leading educators of the
race and will bring results. Let us
not forget’his work at our Lomax
Hannon College at Greenville, Ala.
He IS not looking for salary, for his
salary is inuch more than this posi
tion pays. Neither does he desire the
position as a stepping stone to the
biShopTic' but only feels that he can
do a larger service for* God and the
Church of his choice;;
Mr. O. W. Adams, |!ditor'of the
Biminghom Reporter, o ne of the
leading Negro papers of the country,
is a worthy candidate for Church Ex
tension Secretary. Hon. O. W. Ad
ams is one of our laymen of broad
experience. He is big-hearted, ahd
is fully prepared to do large service
for the Church of his choice. Her has
spent all of his life in Ztyn Church.
Let us elect him at tile forthcoming
General Conference it will be a and
. Other Bright Stars.
ur. j. vj. Laramore, me tower ui
strength, and the successful presid
ing elder of the Opelika district, is
leader of the Alabama delegation.
Dr. Laramore IS not a candidate for
Anything, but worthy of any position
1 in the Church. “He stands for the
.best interest of tie Church and will
stand for that at' the next General
'Conference. '
"pr. J. V. Catiedge i® presiding el
der of thp Union Springs District,
ij is sairf that Zion Church rns not
jroduced a greater man than Cat
ledge. Whatever he says is true.
See him. s'
Dr- W. S. Dacon, the cyclone of
^ the Tuskegee District, is a presid
ing elder and preacher of no mean
.ability.
Dr. L. D. Workman, presiding
. elder of the Central district, is , a
candidate for Brotherhood. Talk
with him and Dr. Whitted. Then
see what Riley has tq say,
Dr. W. H. Finley is succeeding
fine on the Wetumpka district. He
has fought many hard babies for
Zion tod ta yet a great preacher.
“• Think of him.
Dra. Noah D. Crawford and W.
■’ D. Speight are looking toward the
Bench of Biflhops. Both are great
men.
Dr. C. ij Stinson is a great edu
cator. ■'
D*. *t-. A. Gains will be a* the
General COsference. He is on the
job.
Dr;: M. C. Qioyer Is contending
■ with'Dr. JacObs f6r General Secre
ttoyriip.
Space will not'permit farther, but
' ‘I srottld like to mention such stars
imp DrsBHolmes, Wm . > Bascom,
WmV Marshall. W. C. Price, W. F.
ifadteon, Aev. J. S. Chambliss, G.
'■"W. Henderson, M. M; LeakSi P. B.
GfiVen, Sv L; Stinson. L. S’.“Black*
ledge, C. M. Kirkpatrick, w. A.
Steward and a host of otherfe.
and built the patronage, and is i
living in it, and has the greater j
o£ it paid for. He has preached, *i
ed and sung his way into the he!
of the people. He is sweeping bn
charge.
Prof. U. S. Jones, principal
the city school, is standing by
side and is of much help to h
Prof.- Jokes has a deal of indue
and is to a preacher of no mean a
Birdtne station is paetored by
Kev. r. <j. tjoyian. in«s u
third year. He has things, well
hand. He is a great preacher
singer and kows how to pastor,
will succeed wherever sent. h
R. E. Boykin, his fine .wife, su]
intends the Buds of the district,
stands by her husband in his wo
She is a cultured woman and knows
how to inake it pleasant for stri
®ers.
Livingston station is paatgjgjiftjj
Rev,. Z. K. Jackson. This, is
first year and he is succeeding w«
Rev. Jackson has a bright futu
He is a young man of spiendid pa
and * vgood preacher* The Chu
will soiiie day hear of binr higher
in its ministry / •
Mary circuit is pastored by t]
war-horse of many hard fought bat
tles, the Rev. W - E. Johnson. He
knows no failure. Rev. Johnson will
succeed. His record for twenty-five
years has been class A.
The Hawkins circuit is pastored by
Rev. W. E. L. McCuilough. He is
one of the best pastors in the Church.
He is brotherly and is loved by his
congregation and will succeed any
where
Cook circuit is pastored
C. B. McAlpine a splendid pa
and always full of smiles. He one
of our best learned pastor?
succeed. He has hi» Church wo
hand and his work is sweeping on.
Lynch circuit ia pastored by Rev..
P- T, Wood. Jrtjtev
in doing things. wM
of work on his. chi^cn?e.
ence and the members' a
Mrs. M. B, Llftle, Di.
dent, is a great church w
local church as well as
trict. ] ' *
Her . home Is one of pleasant
ness - She loves .the church of her
choice> and is a delegate to the.
coming General Conference
Elmore, Ala / •* ■ l
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WHAT WILL ZION DO?
REV. 8. A. 8NUGGS.—BISHOP’S
TIMBER.— LIVINGSTONE COL
LEGE.—WORNOUT MINISTERS.
- By Rev. H‘. R. Hawkins.
I find that after a minister has
been in the pastorate for twenty*
years, and built ten churches, served
in five states, holding certificates and
diplomas from some of our own
schools, that he can scarcely be
known in‘’the Church in which he has
been laboring. And tor that reason,
I ask permission to state that the
writr served five years in Mississip
j pi, ten yeans in Alabama, eight years
tar North Carolina, six months m Vir
ginia and is now in Rhode Island.
We have just closed out a very
successmul revival meeting at the
Winter St: A. Ms B. Zion church,
of which I am the humble pastor.
Too much praise cannot be gfven
the evangelist. Rev. S. A. Snuggs,
of Newport News, Va. He is a real
preacher, and can help any ehmrclr
that needs reviving. I think he would
be a good man to succeed the Rev.
B. G- Shaw as connectional evange
list. I gladly commend his service to
the busy pastors who have not the
time, or the adaptation to this kind
of church work. ,v '
I have read The Star with increas
ing interest, for six months and am
made to believe that men throughout
the connection are wide awake to the
things that so much concern our
Zion . They seem o realise that it is
every Zionite’s duty to help make a
higher and better Church. Hfence
thdy are speaking out as never be
fore, as to their convictions of men
and measures.
To my mind we have more strong
and better Cualifledmen from which
fort of material for
roud of them all.
■ ■■■
L bishops ia, just one
Irish to call
.dvingstone
preachers?
p chief in
hoiuld have
oleohurch,
than ever
> eliminate
s that ate I
I believe I
ranectional 1
th Carolina
I Adequate
jfcState of
4 thru this
| with an
side from
eady been,
, our dear !
; of which ;
not be aehdiMP; -It is heart
to hear some^oT pur leading
ministers talk of the short-comings
of our College. I really think it is
time to find less fault, and wake up :
to the sense of our duty, in! trying ^
DR. J. W. CARTER
Editor of The Zion Observer, Dermott, Ark.
to make Livingstone what it should
bo. I also believe it is our duty to
send our own boys and girls to our
own schools,- that they may have the
proper respect tor them- I mean
where it can conveniently be done.
Some of the best prepared men we
have in the Church today were train
ed in Livingstne College, and why
scron it? If it has don© in days past
it can do in days to come. Why not
stand by It?
What * will 2iion do for the worn
but miisters? Who is in active sen
vie© today that can tell of their hard
ships in the ministry, as the once
active preachers, who ar© now lean
ing on their canes, unable to hold a
steady head on their shoulders,
trembling in their voices, faking fee
ble andfiihoft steps; some time de
nied the pfipilege of addressing an
assembly fn the Church that he help
ed to makev possible for us to have
today? How many among us who
had to walk twenty-five and thirty
miles to our, appointments, on Sat
urdays^ ail day^on Sundays,
with not enough money to have Our
worn out' shoes mended? Is it fair
to turn them out without any sup
port, because the people do not want
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aua successful pastors are *
trying to, get put of the pastorate,
because it seems to be only the ones
who are high up in the Church that
adeqcate provisions are ’ inade tor,
when they are old. The church Is in
the hands Of the young men of to
day, aud it is their duty to 'provide
better support for the old fathers.
Some say we hard up for money.
That may he true, but tell me whose
salary has not been increased, in toe
last eight years? From the humblest
pasotr, to the bishop’s salary, includ- 1
ing the general officers all have had
an increase: Beside having an in
srehse in salaryt we all sometime get
onations; from 'our congregations
ad from our conferences. These
anmatryaywa
encing the church or file conference
to give them anything. I do not lay
the charge at any one’s door, but it
is a-matter that should, concern the
whole Chuhrch, and we must look
after It in this conference, if we
would be free from a very grave neg
lect.-: -
* “Therefore all things whatsoever
ye would that men should do to you,
do ye even so to them; for this-is the
law an dthe (prophets.” Matt. 7:12.
A VOICE FROM YEOPIM.
•- By .W, B. Hathaway.
I wish to say a few words concern
ing the important issue that is con
fronting our great Zion today. I
have read carefully and thoughtfully
many of the recommendations of
some of our best prepared men in
our' Church. I find some differ on
many points of reason. But every
one seems to have a clear vision <yf
the work that should bq done in opr
next coming General Conference.
the day has come when great men
are needed, to accomplish great work.
We have those men in our Church,
everybody regardles# to right or
wrong. We want able and prepared
men and thank God,, we have got
them 4f we only look around we will
see them. ;
for the high and exalted office of a
If all the men who are aspiring
bishop, were elected, we would be in
a »po*or fix. I may be wrong. But
I think if none of the men announced
themselves as candidates for the of
fice' of bishop, and each one went to
the General Conference depending on
God, then He would have something
to do for us. But we seem to try tcf
do it all ourselves. Wfe tried our
selves in Charlotte, but God blocked
the game.
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