C&ABLOTTB, NOBTR OAROUNA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 VOLUME ITY-EIQHT \ OIL OF GLADNESS IN AFRICA By Henrietta Petos, Missionary After five consecutive years in West Africa, the duration of my last trip to our motherland, 1 returned to this country to attend General Con ference, “faint yet pursuing.” Por over seven consecutive years my husband had been On the field and although our fUritmighv were loniH overdue when he came home, because of our love for our Chosen work, I remained at my post two years alone except for the time when Rev. Flor ence Randolph was with me. We went to General Conference and mingled oUr voices with those of the residents of Africa and their representatives in crying out for closer supervision and more funds for our expanding territory. With what joy we accepted the gift from their hands of a resident Bishop in Africa and assurance of better sup port. Immediate plans were made for the $25,000 Drive to culminate in October. It may interest you to know that the idea of the Drive originated in Africa, and we had a wonderful cel ebration of our Twenty fifth anniver sary there, for we would not have you think that we are forgetful* or unappreciative of the sacrifices and services of the pioneers and path finders of our work in Quittah. I or ganized our people and w© started there a financial campaign which has encouraged our dear friends in this country to und^tak© more for us, again proving the adage , that God helps those who help themselves. Where we can give dimes you can give dollars, but all -mingled together as a thank-offering to God we believe will help immeasurably to gain for us the redempton of Africa- If ever? donation made is accompanied by a prayer kow soon should we be able to gain the day for Christ! £an we not carry upon our lip? the earnest whisper and entreaty, “My b eart- j desire and prayer to God for Africa is that they might be saved." Many times JLn that far away lane I have wept and remained awake al night praying for a spirit, meek ant submissive, to endure the various hardships we have had to* suffer jus' because of. the lack of intelligent in tcrest in the work. In my solitude cou’d feel that our people 5n ,Amer fica loved the work but did not under stand its pressing needs. Our spirit burned to ashes and our souls bowe< in mourning cripd out but n°t vain until we have received “beaut; for ashes mourning. Deep in my soul’s recesses, burie< «n the mine of my heart, arev th pleadings of our people in Afric that we should return to them wit: a bishop, and although, it itfas somewhat difficult decision to. mak< we have reconsecrated and reded: cated qur lives upon the'altar, belies ing that the majority of our coi stituency will help us to carry oi the task. You cannot go but will yo assist us who are willing to go? There is need for . haste in th King’s busdness for today, as we ai in thds country, our East Gold Coai Conference, is 'left a8, sheep havii no shepherd . No missionary is wji them and there are dozens waitli to be received into full connectioi having filled their probation peitt< and hundreds awaiting baptism, i Christmas time we try to make it time of rejoicing for .all the peop in the community. Our schools clo: In December for one month, ami 4t needful that we should be on t] ground to make preparations for t] reopening, in1 January . There- a books and school equipment to ordered, in fact they should be c dered in England eu route and soi carried with u- from ’ America that they can be there on time. It , imperative ti^at we do this becas when we keep our schools up to t standard the English Government pleased to render ns financial dssi since commensurate witti our o1 efforts for the maintenance and up 'keep of our Educational Institu tions- Tfien there are some schools there that have not sufficient appar atus to merit them receiving Govern ment aid and it is our hope -to so equip them that they shall be deserv ing of help also'. %As far as Quittah District is con cerned, Bishop Alieyne is going to a Conference that k alive, eager and expectant for any inspiration he has tS give them. They have sent mes saged to this country thanking the Church tdr this assignment, and praying that we may all go to them speedily. As your humble missionary, I therefore pray that you will send him in time and not allow him to go emp ty handed. He will need more mis sionaries to occupy the waiting ter ritory, more native workers to man the stations waiting his arrival tor further development, funds to en large the Girl’s Boarding Depart ment, farming tools and acces sories for Liberia, a residence and furniture for himself and family, with special clothes, boots and outfit for bush traveling and some mean3 of conveyance (a boat for Liberia and an auto tor the Gold Coast.) When we ask for money, I believe people give with more Willingness if they know what we want it for and believe we will expend it upon the object for which.it is solicited. - Bearing this in mind, we pledge ourselves to keep faith with you and it you will give the heeded help we j ^m go forth to occupy our field of labor- The fare for each person going to Africa will be at least five hun dred dollars one Why. It takes not less than one month to .reach there by the fastest route and even more when there are delays tin making con nections, hence you can understand v.:hy we are requesting everybody to report in October at tfie Coavoca tion. We are depending upon you and surely you will not fail us. You do not have to be fearful of us as "To whether we can do the work when we get thete and also we have^ prov en that we are willing to remain in Africa after we get there. I trust that Zion will Have the same vision, if not a greater- one for foreign work that our other denom inations have. Bishop Brooks has built in Africa, upon the ages of a dead past, a school which stands in Monrovia, a thing of beauty and a jey to the community there. Rev. J, E. East, Secretary of the National Baptist Convention Foreigr Mission Department, accompanied tt Africa this year, seven missionaries and placed them in the interior o: Liberia. We came home on the sam< i steamer and since that time he hai raised 'thousands of dollars througl his own efforts in the Baptisb church es and elsewhere and has two mor missionaries rea<Jy to go out. v Will you allow your bishop to kee] up and forge ahead if capable, o shall we keep the place that we hav today in the forefront of misslonar activity. Other Boards are awakenin and working, and X believe the. tim has almost, come when we can orgai ize' a Foreign Mis&on Council of N< gro Churches in America that sha work intelligently and systematical] with enthusiasm and prayer, an thus allow the colored folk in Ame: ica to become known international] as a people that believe i the fatherhood of (Sod and brothe hood of man. As we climbs let ns li jg our brethren in Africa, giving the it. “beauty for ashes and the oil of j< nt for mourning.*” * . - > Misunderstood As Usual—The RoUtjcai Horizon. By E. M. Argyte. My good Brother Abbott of Arkan iai, in hie very pungent and compll • mentary article at a to# Weeks ago, referring to thia write*, avers that my writing smaclcs* of heaviness; gad infers that beneatd the surface there lurks a germ of dissatisfaction. writer got all he asked for at the last General Conference; that wee e right about face on dUr financial eytf tem; and we expeeted no more at this time- That was what' we had contended for the past twenty-five years. W.e could not' make ourselve3 understood; but we kept hammering away amid the Jeers and anathemas' of those higher up in the> Church. They misunderstood usfj .we have never been disloyal to the Church. We could not be / disloyal to tho Church of our grandmother. who BISHOP W. L LEB^ D. D. Fourth Episcopal 'District. gave her a l to the spread of Zaon, when many of those whoaow enjoy the fruits-Of her labor and sa'crlfices were in their swaddling clothes. We never were more happy in an ticipation of a more glorious pros pect for Zion. And we thank* God tha^ our lives have been spared to see the change. We have no sm-e toe, as a certain bishop wrote us; we have no chip on our shoulder. We were grossly misunderstood. ' We take no second place with any pas tor, presiding elder, general officer or Bishop, in doing every thing possible to put over the new program, and bring the Church up to a highe: standard of excellency. _ It is indeed hurting to be so flagrantly misun. derstood. ./ When a man’s whole heart ant soul is wrapped up in a project, an* his whole life yearns for ceftaii change that will redound to the goto* of all. it hurts to b^ misundersood There is no heaviness in our heart The sun seines as never before W< did think we ha^ been mistreated b: some; but If they can make it to th1 city of. eternal rest, we shall hold n< grudge, nor interpose their entrance All’s well that ends well The Political Horizon. The political horizon U tatter be clouded for our • race group in thi year of campaigning for ascendenc in government of these United State* There is a class that do not and wi not of their own volition accord th members of our group any reeogn: tion, other than that of “hewers c wood and drawers of water." The howl about race superiority, as Nordic supremacy. They harp upo the hateful adage that one race : predestined to rule, etc. And withot regard to political affiliation the s< called superior race have practical) eliminated t^e Negroes from tl arena of political activities. There are a few, however, who ai struggling hard to keep in the Hm light, and court fayors with thoi who stand for recogniton of the rac The crux of the whole summed up in a nutshell. Once up< a time race leadership was soug! Utical powers, nut it unauy proveu Unworthy and treacherous to ^ the race’s interest, and Anally dropped in to innocuous desuetude, and became worthless as a factor with the pow ers, and we lost out. So today we have no political leaders of the race. Sordid greed for place and power has left, us upon the rock of desola tion and despair politically. ' Of the three pasties in,the field we can only expect just a crumb of com fort from the Republicans, because ’t is the party that first advocated the principles of "all men up and none down*.” This Rooseyeltian idea waa re affy t^^ilo^n-ftiat^Bcuraged our people; but of late years it has be come very obsolete and a mockery in politics. Our humble advice is to stay out of politics and get closer to 1 God! He will see to ft that our ene mies come to confusion and nought ■ 'He has taken care of us as a Church. He hds taken care of us as Individ uals. He has taken care of ;us as a race, and He will direct our politi cal future to our best ihterest if we tut trust Him. Ood will never go back on those who trust Him. Hickory, N. C. HAYNES ON INTER RACIAL CO-OPERA TION. * Nashville,'Tenn-, Sept. 12, 1924.— Speaking here today before the Na tional Baptist Convention, Dr. George E. Haynes, Secretary of the Com mission on the Church an$ Race Relations, Federal Council of Churches, said in parU “The practice of the principles of Christian brotherhood between the races <jomes as a special challenge to the Churches. The Federal Council recognized the force of this challenge 'and Negro churchmen have had a share in its organizatoin. and work of Evangelism, of Social Service and of other phases of applied brotherhood. Especially has the work of the Com mission Oh the Chuich and Race Re lations appealed to the Churches'. “During jthe, past three years the campaign to array the churches against the lynching evil has been' one of several important forces in reducing the number of. such atroc ities last year, to 28, the lowest ip the records of the evil, and during the first Six months of 1924 there were only 5 cases recorded. We are bending every effort so to marphal the forces of justice through the Churches that another year or two will see this black blot wiped off our enire land- There are other evils which have long challenged the Chris. tianity we profess which the organ ized forces of the Churchy must also attack and abolish. The Christian conscience of this land will no long er tolerate these evils when the Churches attack them with convic tion and power.” *. Continuing further the speaker de scribed interracial conferences which have been held In Northern and Southern cities with the assistance or under the auspices of the Race Relations Commflssion of/the Federal Council and the interracial commit tees that have been started by this means dn such Northern cities as Toledo, Ohio; Wichita, Kan., and Chicago^ He said: “After an intensive study in thous ands or clashes in Churches aill over the nation in 1922 and 1923, white and colored Christian men and women are facing squarely the facts of rac® relations in America and propose to do something about the situation. They have taken note of the misnn destandings, prejudices, friction and suspicion that are all too widespread. The Churches are slowly but surely tackling the task of removing these ill feelings and replacing them with cooperation and good will in the everyday relations of life. On each 2nd Sunday in February the past twt years in ; hundreds of Churches,' Y. M. C. A’*,, and Y. W. C. A’s, hai been observed. Race Relations Sun. day_.«-****/■ w **,_ ' ' cil’s t mm V j what has been known as the Macon Industrial High sidfe- held In the chapel of the school^Sept. 20tk, with Bishop B. D. Wi Jones- presiding; ft was decided that the name of Uri school should hereafter be “Price Memorial Institute.’' It Is In honor of the great Immortal president, of Livingstone CoB^A life to Negro education, wltmu confines of his oVra Church and Is the only school in our Connection named to perpetuate his memory; The girl’s dormitory will hereafter also be known as Bridges* Half In honor of Prof . J • B. Bridges whq organized the school, gave us on« of \he finest campuses and spacious o£ thirty-two acres and then turned it over to Zion to be used'tor the edu cation of young jwomen and men of our racial group. V{ - ' Prof. J. H. Hammonds, Bachelor cf Arts from Maryville College in ^Tennessee, is the principal. He in ably assisted his wife, who teaches^ and is matron foi*'the girls "and others wh6 have prepared ' themselves for 1 the work. j A local conference board' of tru»* tees representing the', patronizing conferences was’ eledted and have been duly qualified according’To the laws of the State. The schpol open ed September 15ths and the prospect* are bright for a fine year . Classen are being heard and the appearance of the surroundings presents a pleas ing and encouraging scholastic alar. Board and lodging on sflhool gvcmnds* """Among some of the trustee#: elect* ed were Bishops E- D. W. Jone»* E. A. Wal’ace, Prof. W/ J. Trent, J. B. Bridges' key. J. B- Campbell, Revs. S. Goodwin, Charies Tucker, B r D. Mclver, S.; H- Marian, R. B. Williams, S; B. ! BrUtheip, A* L. McEntyre, J. D. Caines, A. B. Roax. Laymen, S. E. frhomas, of Rayle, Ga.; J. W. Walker of Gough; T. J. Allen, Harlem, Ga.; W. J. Walker. Atlanta. Ga.; Revs. A^H. Hatweod, J. M. Cornell, W. H. Smith; of Key West; C. Campbell., and Dr. R. A. Carroll. Zion Church in Georgia is looking up alid moving forward. for $10.00 a month, sideration for morefh earn;, family. i I have been informed of Bjsnop W. L. Lee, D^-D., N* Y., that the Beard of BishOfifc./rpted that I should take out of th^ ^tftlief Department $200.00 to pay the fuiferdl expenses of a certain minisVaaf, who passed from' labor tojflewftrd ,ft few weeks ago. I haye donated toward the expens es $10.00, and I am willing $o debate $10 00 or ,$15.00" more,<but be it kpown to Zion^ Church . that C. S» Whitted will not take pne penny of . the money sent to this office for su perannuated ministers, widows and orphans of tpe A. M. E. Zion Church, for any other purpose. I wouldn’t be «true to my bondsman, wouldn’t be true to my Church, and wouldn’t be true to my God nor to myself. We‘have letters coming ttrfMs of fice daily from claimants of the De partment asking for aid.- I 6m sorry to say that we cannot comply with |their wishes. I wish we_ eduld. Th* ’ greatest amount' the; Department has had to distribute- among the ctaim iante since my election wae $S,140.US> 4wdth the exception of 1920 when ‘treasurer of the Tercentenary Fund ■paid me a$ the close of thes General leonference at Knoxville. Thnn., ■$1,266 .00 and in Salisbury, IT. ©-» *» 1921 $1,500.00. • *$400,000.00 ii Tercentenary: ,_c

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