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VOLUME FORTT-EIQHT
Crusading For African
Redemption.
By Bishop C. C. Alleyne.
AFRICA—the-little understood and
. much misrepresented land. Africa
—the. home Of the Cyrenian, Nearer
of Christ’* cross, and of the world’s
burdens. Africa—prdud producer of
Saint Augustine and Saint Benedict,
the Moor. Africa—builder of an an
cient civilization, country ^of the
Sphinx, and Sphinx-like in a silence
golden and unbroken. Africa—horde
of our forefathers, when my feet
touch thy soil, I shall, feel like a
child returning to the bosom of its
mother. Africa—the paradise of my
dreams, I salute thee as resident
Bishop of the Zion Church on the
West Coast.. I adore thee/love theeK
and glory in the opportunity to serve
thee and thy sons.
Zion, whose I am and serve, I take
the commission and make Africa my
parish at thy command .f I know thy
will, love, thy walls and understand
thy spirit. I go to do thy will, to
huild up the walls that are broken
down in the far off mission stations,
to interpret thy spirit to those -who
w ill regard me as Zion. incarnate.
Difficulties will not daunt me; prob
lems may baffle, but will pot defeat
me; trials will but spur me on to
harder striving. I am not sufficient,
but I feel that I can do all things
through Christ who strengthened
me.
Jesus Christ, who bought me; called
and ordained me that I should feed
His sheep of ebony hue in the land
that succored him in infancy. Christ,
who loves and carries me in His
bosom. Christ hear my prayer, receive
the homage I offer Thee and the
least I do for thy little ones in Thy
much-loved Africa, may it be precious
to Thy sight._ #
Africa, Zion, Christ, for thee my
tears shall fall. I count not my life'
dear unto myself, so that I finish my
course with joy, and prove in thy
service*;to be a shepherd not a wolf.
My brethren, who -elected me, the
Episcopal Committee that assigned
me; the heroines of the W. H, and
Y. M. Society who are associated
with mat 1116 Church that is net
ashamed to call me its representa
tive, stand by; keep the home fires
burning; Demand the supply and I
shall supply the Demand.
Our immortal "dead look down upon
us. Fellow-laborers, we are com-*
passed about with a great cloud-of
witnesses; therefore < let us to the
task. We have hard work to do and
loads to lift. Let us face the strug
gle regarding it- as God’s gift. Afri
can redemption challenges bur besjt
thought and calls fbr the last meas
ure of our devotion.
Today we Tecall the heroism op
Cartwright, the daring of Bishop
Small, the courage of Bishop Wal
ters, the 'one thing I do' spirit of
Annie Blackwell- Bishop Small hurls
the challenge, ‘‘Don’t let my African
work fail! ” Mrs. Blackwell passes
the torch from across the great di
vide. We take it from her now life
less hand, and aiiswer; “Oh, it's
dreary work 2nd its jieeary work.
But none of us will fall or shirk.'”
The General -Conferences took high
ground in many ways. It was in re
ality a Missionary General Confer
ence. The call to occupy the waste
places at home was heard and heed
ed by the earnest men and far
sighted women. Hence some of our
young Episcopates were sent to the
far-flung lines of - Zion Methodism
Tf oung men were chosen because, they
are strong. It was in reality a young
man’s year. And SO
“They are gone, one and all, at duty's
can, j ' * ;/?
*To the camp, to ' the' trench, to the
sea. ■*
They have left thteir homes, they have
left their all,
And now in-ways heroical,—
, They are making history.”
It also
In Africa
did and
last man elected to resident super
vision of thet African conferences. It
was am expressed preference of mine,
but wiien the Church spoke, I was'
left no choice. "I must work the
work of Him who sent me, while it is,
day.” *
I stopped the writing of this arti
cle to say goodbye to my aged moth-"
er who left me today to make her
home with another son. Her stoicism
and fortitude will be inspiraton to
me, and in the far off African field I
{hall labor the more ardently in the
knowledge that my success will be
her joy and crown.
The women of the Church are ask
ing for twenty; five thousand dollars
for missionary purposes. Let'the re
sponse be cheerful ahd adequate. It
to time that aH cftir foreign lines were
advanced— Bishop Jones .from the
West Indian Islands, Bishop Martin
from South America, and the writer'
from West Africa, must all come to
the next session of the General Con-'
ference with rejoicing bringing our
sheaves. - :w;
New Rochelle, N. Y.
KLAN IN NEW YORK
STATE.
The notorious aggregation of mid
night marauders, knqwn as the Ku
Klux Klan, made a demonstration in
the upper part of New York State,
selecting Independence DUy as an
appropriate date for a public parade
I at Binghamton. WhiJo it had been
! announced that fifty thousand klans
men would march on this occasion,
j ‘here were only 1,540 in line,' accord
ing to"a special correspondent of th^
, kfew York Tribune JHerald/ It was
, stated that the Tine of t^ie * parade
' was heavily policed and there Was
no disorder. We qudte the report:
One feature of the parade met
with vociferous disapproval. This
was a float on which .Were seven
Klansmen. The eight man on the
platform was made up to represent
a Negro who had been tarred and
feathered. From windows lining the
‘Shame! You
streetv women call
men should be arrested!” A.crowd in
front of the Arlington Hotel howled
denunciations*
“That’s the sort of gang you are!’’
shouted an old man who began to
harangue, but stopped when threat
ened with arrest. \ Half a dozen
mounted men* dispersed a band of
rough looking characters that appear
ed, bent on causing disturbances/
Members of this party hurled epi
thets at the marchers, attempte<T
no physical demonstration. . m \
Judging from the tenor of the re
port, this demonstration of the Klan
did not win them many converts in
Binghamtbn or its vicinity* But in
view of the fact that there is a law on
the statute books of New York pur
porting to regulate the operations of
che Klan and to restrain its unlawful
activities, it is hard to conceive upon
wbat ground the authorities of Bing
hamton
itted such a demopetra
su<
lion, especially with such an exhibit
of lawlessness. On the other hand
this exhibit gave ample proof of the
lawless character of the organization
and the hind of outrages that might
he expected, if a free hand was given
it. -
The parade was the only public
feature of th^ “klorero,” as the meet
ing of fte klan was termed, the re-,
training ceremonies taking pldce be
hind locked gates in the encampment,
which was pitched in tento on the
banks of the Susquehanna river . It
has been announced thalt the imperial
wizard, Hiram W- Evans, would pre
side, but bis failure to appear, to
gether with a tail of rain,,'dampened
the enthusiasm of the klansmen.
It Is time that aH decent and law
abiding people recognize that the
is an un-American organization
on racial and religious intol
and the incitement of Class
It should have no legal right
Mi
Methodist
Union
Honors Bishop W,
The Methodist Ministerial Union
closed for the^ummer; last Thursday'
with exercises at Grace church with
the following program from 4 to 8
To say the least it was A.tMtftfefc af
fair on the part of the tfut<jn— not
in the matter of program, but in the
time set: when the masses of the
admirers of the Bishop.could not be
present. Again: if was only incited!
guest. The ministers seem to think
that only a selected few had a right
to be present. These ministers are
the pastors of all the people and they
set a BAD precedent when they, as
a whole, selected the ‘‘tJfcjpr-Ten’’
of their congregations to what "should
have been a public affair. If In the
course of4 things they | im
possible to Provide refreshUMWts for
c. church full, then they coild have
left refreshments off altogether. As
to their closing they had a .right to
make it public or private &|peliding
altogether what they had in store,
but to bring Bishop Walls info a close
communion affair, and fixing*' the time
as fijtar to the masses was a GRAVE
error on the part of the Union. The
people of Charlotte, wanted* to be'
present and hondr the Bishop and''
had it been known that the mfhisters
were going to mob up the affair
ethers could have taken it in hand
and given a reception as would have
been in keeping with* the ' and
BISHOP W. J. WALLS, D. D.
dignity of the occasion.
As to the program, it was well
rendered. /T(je sextette rendered
Xhoice selections. The solos by Revs.
Norment and Mitchell were excel*
lent. ‘The paper by Pr. T. H. Jones
was illuminating and Dr. H. L.
Simmons, speaking of the Bishop,
said: “I knew him as a boy preacher,
I knew him as a pastor and as he
pastured some of our largest charg
ees; I knew him as Editor of The Star
of Zion and in all these positions of
honor and trust I found an unfailing*
•power for God. 1 will know him as a
bishop, and predict no wV that if he
lives to serve the Church as-a bishop
for fifty years, he "will still possess
the love an^ care for men as is char
acteristic of himself,^ etc.
Then Bishop < Walls was applauded
as his name was called, and slowly
walking down the aisle, dressed 4n a
Prince Albert with white vest and
his gold medal dangling from his
watch chain all ^combined, did not
hide, the emotions .of his soul which
had begun td feel 'the weight of being
a bishop in the great A. M. E. Zion
Church. He w&s not unmindful of
his frfends who had gathered to do
• him honor nor did he fail to express
his gratitude to all far and near, who
had at anytime favored him by word
or deed. He then began to relate
—-■T" . .. . "-. • ■. ■ .
the story of his lif e with, all the T®’
thos of his soul while his ^mother set
quietly among the FEW who were
present. This speech should have
been delivered before all- the Meth
odists of the city* printed and put in
hook .form -tbit tfl$e encouragement
and inspiration of the youth’. Born of
poor parents, he the oldest of four
children, started out qe hundreds
and thousands of other-hoys to aid in
supporting the home and worked for
13.60 a month on the farm when he
was. not able to get upon a mule only
by the aid of a stump.* All that year
he did not get $1.00 in cash and tBt it
go to feed the family. Xfter his con
version he felt, the - call to preach
audj entered into a rock qriarry or
cave. One day he had a few pennies
in his pocket and entered into a covr
^nant with the Lord and placed the.y
money under a rock in the cave. Me
repeated this for some time although
someone would, come and take the
money. He kept ufr the sacrifice for
an indefinite time. He applied for li
cense to preach but Was refused on
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(Continued to page 5)
AN OBSERVER’S
VIEWS.
A Rushed General Conference—
New Bishops Start Well.—
Closed the Roads.—=The Bud
get/System’s “Life Saver.”
By Rev. H. T. Medford.
Our New Situation.
Having served ybut about three
Feats in the pastorate of Logan Tem
our friends we find ourselves' loca
at the historic John Wesley A. M.
E. Zion ciutrcb, 14th and Corcoran
Sts., Northwest Washington, D.^G.
We have been enthusiastically re
ceived and all move off at a merry
gait. ‘'Every prospect pleases.” To
those who have not beheld the same,
»t should be paid that John Wesley
is a mammoth, yet modern and mag
nificent church edifice. > \ ‘‘Beautiful
for situation” and holds a very com
manding position among churches of
the\race in the nation's capital. The
church has an official family that
outranks the average in point of in
telligence and a large and growing
membership that appears loyal, in
terested and aggressive. Qur schol
arly and/ companionable predecessor,
Dr. W. O., Carrington has given us
every measures of co-operation in
getting, started off. Bishop E. D. W.
Jones, who resides here in his re
cently ipurchased palatial home
in the exclusive “S” Street neighbor
hood, has spared ho pains in intro-1
ducing ua_to Washington, its cus
toms, its leading race personalities,
etc., and to John Wesley chUroh also.
Whatever may be the success or
joys here we haVdly expect to find a
more loyal or lovable people1 any
where than at Logan Temple, Knox
ville. CertaiMy none c&n give us
greater cooperation i Better educa
tional advantages for our childreirf
with whatever might come to a grow
ing pastor and family from the larger
contact of Washington accounts for
our accepting the change of fields.
New Bishops Get Good St^rt.
It is gratifying to read the reports,
in The Star and other papers, depict
ing the enthusiasm with which the
new bishops have been received on
the fields to which they were assign
ed. The reports of each so far have
It'that- they have declared that they
will handle no conference money,
either before, at, or after the confer
ter&kce. Then and there, thunder
dur applause, amens and shouts
broke out. ' v >•* / —
The neW bishops must be breaking
precedents on fhefr fields; precedents
that even a threat to\ break, gives
f to the con
The new sys
Occasionally we hear people talking
about spending too mufch lor the
church. The best calculation shows
that the Negroes are spending about -
Jt40,000,000 per year for their church
es., Some may thin^ this \ bitsSea
eggerated, but we prefer to accept
the maximum figure. It is also esti
mated that the Negroes make about -
>2,000,000,000 a year in wages. That
is to say that the Negroes give $2
out of every 2100 they make to their r
church, of 2c out Of every dollar.
That is the Negro gives 49 times as
much to other things as he does to : j
his church.
Take the 2C paid fdr the church,
we have 89c left, and you will be con
vinced if you. study that the Negro
makes good account of this money,
h we should judge from Philadelphia,
the Negro uses about 30c for hous
ing, about 45c for food, about 12c fbr
clothing, about 10c for amusements
and other things. '
Rather than receiving criticism for
the way it uses the 2e, we think Jhft.
church ought to be complimuiM»d‘~.
The Negro has done more propor
tionately with this 2c than any «fiher
tt-oney, it has spent. Lei us see w£i?*
the 2c has dfone. the Negro owns
8100,000,000 Worth of church prop?
orty acquired out ofthta 2c given the
church. The Negro pay's fifty thous
and preachers a year out of this 2c,
and they support 200,000 members
of their families. This two cents cer
tainly has had real constructive re
sults.
Noir the Negro afp^pds more mbnegr
ir. so called amusements he has built
thousands of saloons for White peo-'
pie, he has supported thousands, of
dance halls and theaters, but very
few of these for himself. The Negro
spends * a great deal * of money > for
clothing and shoes, much more than
for his church, bUt ^here ard the shoe
factories and. great manufacturing
Places? ‘ \
/ In other words those who look for
resultg see that pie biggest fgsults
tne Negroes have are in their church
es, and they imagine'atH> the Negro’s
money is given to the church- Vifhat
we ought to do is td' use the sdine
forethought and method of oganiza
tioA in other endeavors as We have
in churches. We have taken the 2c
and built tens of thousands of
churches, and we should take the
10c and build wholesome recreation
that ovtr people control. We should
take the 30c for, housing,and build
our real estate holdings, etc.—
Christian Recorder.
LIBERIA HAS HUMAN LEOPARD
SOCIETY.
New York, N. Y., July,-(By
The Associated Negro Press.) Ac
cording to Elwood Linsey Hainee,
head of St. John’s^ Academy and In
dustrial school, Cape Mount, Liberia,
the Ku Klux Klan has nothing on an
organiation among the *2,000,600 na
tives of Liberia known as “The Hu
man Leopard Society!” This body is
eupposed to deal ip magic and its
members upon joining take an oath,
railed the blood oath, to slayv a blood
relative. When this relative is slain,
the heart is cut out and combined ’
with other ingredients to make a
magic charm,to be used by the pow- '
erful men of the tribe. When the
members go out on their death mis
sions they Wear the. skip of a leop
ard. It is claimed that Garvey could
make no headway'hmoag them.
1
Frendship and loyalty are closely
Htkhi, and fterhap^ tfca nnit Jtfan*
> ship SB that towards 9* fallow ^
Ag^er up/* for envy and Jealousy