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I THE Official ORGAN OF THE AfRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL Z ION CHURCHE?/ ! VOLUME FORTY-NINE. CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925 NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR I WALKING ABOUT ZION By Bishop J. S. Caldwell, D. D. Editor Star of Zion: We have had two notable meet ings in Philadelphia during the past week. The Board of Ministerial Bro therhood, Rev. C. S. Whitted, Secre tary, met here on October 14th, pre sided over by Bishop W. L. Lee, its Chairman. The meeting was largely attended by members representing several states. This was the largest meeting this board has held for several years. In fact, it is the first in its history of the kind. Dr. Whit ted placed at the Board’s disposal such information as enabled them to go into the business very thor oughly. If our Connectional Boards would meet oftener, giving the va rious secretaries help by suggestions, it would stabilize our business to the satisfaction of the whole Church. The Foreign Mission Board, Rev. W. W. Matthews, Secretary; Bishop G. L. Blackwell, Chairman, met on the 15th. Bishop C. C. Alleyne pre sented his recommendations in the interest of the Foreign Field which were discussed with great interest and enthusiasm and many of them anoroved and will be put into oper ation by the Mission Board as soon as practicable. The meeting was largely attended by the officers and ^embers of the Board. Prof. Aggrey Lad one of the chiefs from Africa, wlio is visiting this country, made splendid addresses' which were il luminating and encouraging, upon conditions obtaining as it relates to our work in the foreign field. Secre tary Matthews seemed pleased ft the outcome of the meeting. Bishops present were: G. L. Blackwell, E. D. W. Jones, C. C. Alleyne, W. L. Lee, and B. G. Shaw. Bishop Clement and Bishop Walls had to hurry througl^ the city on the day previous to take up their work in other fields. Bishop Blackwell not being very well, was ably assisted by Bishop B. G. Shaw, who presided most of the time in the stead of Bishop Blackwell. The report from the field was given by the Bo^rd members. Reports from Kentucky, Texas, Ala bama and other far off points as to uur work were very encouraging. We were pleased to hear the glowing ■eports of the good work being done ;or education by Bishop Clement, bishops Shaw and Walls, Bishop Shaw las Put Lomax-Hsnnon College on >afe footing by his courageous and >Vmpathetic interest already mani fested in the behalf of the school, ^iore than eight thousand dollars lave been raised in two efforts or dacational rallies in behalf of the ;chool. Bishop W. J. Walls has raised °mething like $2,500.00 for Warren ustitute in Arkansas. This is the argest amount that has been taken n a drive of this kind for that c o0l. The Bishop and his men are e congratulated upon this achieve ment. Bishop Clement is looking after dnson College and seeing that the p°rk there does not lag. With this 1,nd of leadership, our educational 7* derns will become less and our jmoois must develop. and take their "e as real educational centers. r' S. M. Dudley, Church Exten 011 Secretary, came into our office , e" days ago and got papers sign u ’ in the interest of our Church Tampa, Florida. He states that deal of eighty-five thousand dol lrs was in progress. whi~h if :t ^^r:iu8rh, would put our Zion in jj&v of Tampp, in a better po °n than ever before. Bishop E. J^nes, who presides over that uference and Rev. W. H. Frank ie nastor of that church and r- DudW must feel deservingly j£ud if this congregation comes in ffhe possession of eighty-five 'Usand dollars with which to build new church out of debt. -1-—— - It appears that this is a glorious day for our Zion in many parts of the country. New churches are be /ing b^ilt, old ones ^emo^eled all along the line. * We are praying for a spiritual awakening which will go far in fill ing these churches with devout, en thusiastic Christian workers. This is the hope of all the people, and es pecially so of our Zion. More anon. r INFORM THE WOMEN By J. M. Carson, D. D. I have watched the Missionary work of the A. M. E. Zion Church with a deal of interest during the last five years' and noted the earn estness manifested on the p?rt of a number of women who have been appointed to direct the work as presidents, superintendents and sec retaries. When we consider the fact that these gopd women are often, author ized to work and are willing to work, but as we see it, the most of them are compelled to face conditions that almost paralyze many of the efforts put forth by them. The most of them 2 re inexperienc ed in that kind of work and must start out so handicapped tnat it seems impossible for them to suc ceed, Simpiy because tney 00 not miow how to start. They mast often work under the direction of pastors wno 00 not possess the ability to give the needed advice and directions anu tnen tney are required to or ganize or assist in organizing local oUCiCci&S iil LlitJ VcvI*10U6 ClitUXxxCo xll their territory, Dut often times mere are no provisions made for their go a.g to tnese churches so they must go at a great sacnnee or nu. gu ai ail. Again they are without a mode of operation and having never Deeu; trained for the work tney must ex ► perience many failures in trying to do before tney learn how to uo. vv e admit that there are exceptions for there are some few women in the Church who are prepared and know what - to do and how to do it, but they are in the minority. The time has come when the rules regulating- tne Missionary wora o± the Church should carry a program and one that is plain and practical; one that does not only tell what to do, but it should include instructions i s to how it is to be done. This pro gram should include a course of study arranged for the specific pur pose of training th'e members of the A. M. E. Zion Church for Mis sionary work, both local and general, home and foreign. We believe that those who are to do the Missionary work in our great Church should be especially prepar ed for that work, notwithstanding the fact that many of them are do ing a great work and they need to be commended for their work, but the work needs to be revived and so toned up and stimulated that every mass-meeting held, every missionary convention attended and every mis sionary meeting in the local church or community wall be a place to get information along the line of mis sionary work as well as a place to get money. We are not getting enough money, but we should give more in the way of information to the members of the Church than we are giving at prti ert. Prof. Eichelberger, Prof. Brown, and Dr. J. Francis Lee, are all doing splendid work through their re i spective departments in the way of i training the young people of the Church and race. But none of these have as yet been able to meet the demands of the Missionary workers of our church at this time. Why no^ hold Missionary Institutes quarterly in correction -with the mass meetings when ever they are held? This of course, might require some one with, thq ability to teach, but (Continued on Page 5) ST. LUKE ANNIVER SARY AND JUBILEE 1865-1925 By C. L. Bryant Under the divine guidance of our Heavenly Father, and the unbroken devotional interest of our many pas tors, we have been successful through constant prayers to surmount every difficulty and to achieve a much coveted standing, all to which we pride ourselves but give thanks to Him who hath led and kept us to this present time; and in the words of our motto inscribed in our beauti ful edifice, we can but exclaim “Hitherto Hath The Lord Helped Us,” which very fittingly describes the grounds upon which we are now relying our future hopes. Each of our former pastors have wrought well, many of whom have left visible specimens of their work, both spiritually and temporally. In spite of the many disadvantages un der which we are now laboring be cause of the scarcity of work among our people, we have beefi successful under the leadership and supervision of our present pastor, Rev. M. Franklin Gregory, D. D., to eclipse all previous records, comparing the present spending value of a dollar. Dr. Gregory’s ability to plan, and then put a programme over has been thoroughly demonstrated that he knows how and what to do, having impressed our people with the im portance end power of cooperation and the results that can be ajbtain ed by all of us pulling together and at the same time in the same di vection. We have been convinced be yond a reasonable doubt that Dr. Gregory is in every way master of the situation, and is destined to even expand Zion until there will be no further doubt of St. Luke’s leader ship in Wilmington irrespective of denomination. During our Anniversary and Jubi lee Celebration, we were favored with the presence and enjoyed two sermons each from two of our lead ing and most popular Bishops. On Sunday September 20th. we were favored with two sermons delivered by Bishop W. J. Walls. D. D., who easily and most effectually electri-. fied us and left us feeling greatly helped by the message he delivered. During the following week, we were highly favored with sermons e?ch night by the pastors of the various City churches, and from the four Sounds on Friday night, on which night we received reports from our Croup Workers. On Sunday, Septem ber 27th, we were honored with the presence and enjoyed two sermons delivered by Bishop L. W. Kyles, D. D. He too inspired and encouraged us along our pilgrimage to a better land. St. Luke always delights to have and hear Bishop Kyles. He is very pleasantly remembered here,' having served us about four months during the pastorate of the Rev. J. Francis Lee. From then to the pres ent time, we have entertained a very warm feeling and consider ourselves as having as our guest, one of our former pastors whenever the good Bishop is with us. We have raised more money during the ten days’ celebration than on any previous effort within the same time siAce our organizrtion, the amount raised exceeding $1300, with several of our Group Leaders yet to report. If Dr. Gregory continues to tone things up with continued interest according to the way he has started. We can only wonder with great ex pectancy, what will the harvest be :n the near future with a real man with a vision marsh? lling an eager set of enthusiastic Christian follow^ ers. We feel safe in predicting, un der the leadership and supervision of Dr. Gregory, the erection of one of the most beautiful and modernly eauipped Sunday School Annex’s to be found anywhere in the South. I We feel very grateful to our Heav enly Father for having spared one of the original members of our grand old church when organized by the late Rt. Rev. James Walker Hood, our first Bishop, in the person of that venerable Sire Jno. W. Moore, a man who has proven to be a 100 j per cent churchman for the past sixty years, a Christian gentleman | who has lived above reproach, says | that it has been the dreams of his ' ambition to see St. Luke build an I annex before he goes to Heaven.! Therefore since St. Luke has a man ! of vision as its pastor and an ac-1 tive officer (Chairman of Trustee j Board) who started with the or-! ganization, we should, as an act of j appreciation and thanks to Almighty God, satiate his ambition. We believe without a doubt, that Dr. Gregory has. the ability to put this much-; needed project over. MAIDS MADE ‘LEAP YEAR PROPOSALS’ / IN KING TUT’S TIME Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 27—(A. N. P.) That “leap year proposals” were in vogue about 1350 B. C. is reveal ed in a little tablet just translated by Dr. Ephriam A. Spelser, Harri son Research Fellow in Semetics at the University in Pennsylvania. The translation contains an odd marriage proposal made by Deham unpatun, widow of Tut-ankh-Amen and the Queen of Egypt. In a sec ond letter, the queen declared her resentment of the fact that the scandal of her proposal had been made public. The widow of King Tut-ankh Amen was anxious - to, have a second husband, the tablet says. She wrote to the King of the Hittites and ask ed him to give her one of his sons. The literal translation of her letter. is as follows: “My husband is dead. “There is no son unto me. To thee (there are) many sons. j “They say, if unto me “Thou wouldst give one of thy sons, then he could become my hus band. “I cannot simply take a slave of mine “And make him my husband. That I dread.” “The king of the Hittites was not altogether convinced of the sincerity of the unique proposal,” said Dr. Speiser. “Suspecting some. hidden purpose, he decided thoroughly to investigate the matter before making any decision. “He sent a messenger into Egypt to make the necessary inquiries. The Queen apparently felt slighted by the distrustfulness of the Hittites’ ruler and dispatched a second letter to him by her own messenger.” The “follow-up” letter,, translated, said: “Why hast thou spoken, saying: “They are trying to double-cross me ^ if only “I had a son would I have written about my own “Troubles and those of my country “to another land? “Now thou hast straightway dis credited me “and has even spoken thus unto me. “He who was my husband died. “A son I have not. As for a slave of mine, shall I take “him and make him my husband “To another country I have never written. “only to thee I have written. “Thou, they say, hast many sons. “Therefore, give one son to me “and he shall be my husband “but in the land of Egypt he shall be king.” The- tablet, which was written by Murshitish, one of the sons of the Hittite ruler ended by saying that the king was convinced by the second letter and heeded the word of the woman and took| the matter np with THE ART OF LIVING TOGETHER Archdeacon Fotheringham Unless the world learns the art of living together, the world is not going to get anywhere either in its thinking or in its doing. We have learned the art of fighting together, i either along with each other or fight- ■ | ing against each other, and we have I learned the art of dying together. | That was done and done remarkably | well recently, but the art of living j together is much more difficult, and j we have not yet learned that art, but we must, or there is no possibili ty of the world’s reaching any goal whatsoever. Where there is the will to dominate on the part of the in dividual or the nation, it is impos sible for people to live together in the right way. Similarly, there is the spirit of self-determination, than^ which there is no more destructive agent. When each people or each nation takes unto itself the power to live as an isolated self-determined unit—in that way lies madness; it is but the wedge that will split asun der and destroy the whole world. Unless the different colors and races learn the art of living together, there is a grave possibility of war, far more terrific than the threat War. ^ If we are to have one goal for one | world, then we must have that goal sufeh that every psrt of the world will be working toward it. When we talk of +be white race and all Its great achievements, we must re member what the rest of the world done, that there was a great Chinese nation before we had clothes, that Japan wps a power long before there ever was the Christian religion. We must try to see the best in each other, and not the worst; we must discover the plan of open diplomacy and of meeting together to discuss (tour differences. There I will be sharp differences at first, of j course, but out of those will come the art of living together. When we see ; that in making a world we need the ! idpa of this race, the note of thst race, the colon of another race, and the civilization of still another race, that we need all fo make up the pic ture, then., and then only, shall w& , have learned the art, the divine art, 1 of living together. / —“The Advertiser,’ London, Ont. N. C. TEACHERS NOTICE To the Negro Public School Teachers in North Carolina: The Association of Negro Teach ers in North Carolina has been of great service in improving the con ditions under which instruction in , the Negro Public Schools has been given. A large number of patriotic and earnest teachers have been at tending this association fear many years. >' , Whether a teacher is able to at tend the meetings of the Association ' or not, she should become a member I and thereby lend her influence and j strength to the professional improve j ment of all the Negro teachers* ins the State. Membership in this- A& j sociation might be considered a fair i test of one s loyalty to the cause of | public education. A wrong attitude on the part of one teacher reflects | upon the whole body cf teachers and weakens, to some extent, the power . and influence of all the others. It appears to me, therefore, that (Continued to page eight.): his sons. ^ \ Hittite has been conceded by schol ars to be the oldest language of the Indo-European group of which many written records have been found, Dr. Spelser said. On November 12, Dr. Spelser will give his findings after his Hittite translation before the
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