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OF THE-AFRICAN: ‘METHODIST-E aa CHURCH.
VOLUME xXC.—NO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS
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THE RELIGION OF JESUS 5 % THE BISHOPS IN CUNCIL
CHRIST THE SAME TODAY AS | : pec)
IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF JE- | A letter irom J. H. Devereaux, Dep-
sUS CHRIST UPON EARTH? : : | uty Supreme Chancellor of the Knights %
‘ epee tea pax of Pythias of Havana Cuba, asking Gs
Be that representatives of the Council be
Ms sent to survey the field of Cuba for '
possible future operations, was read.
ry Yhe Council approved the survey, and
if Bishops R. C. Ransom, H. Y. Tookes,
= b. H. Sims, E. J). Howard and J. A
ee | Gregg were appointed for the purpose.
Bey This Commission will probably go to
= Cuba in December or January.
— The Council decided to meet with
= the Philadelphia Conference.in June oi
== R 1939 and at Atlanta, Ga., in February
ina BISHOP J. S. FLIPPER oi 1940. The February meeting oi
= x 1939 had previously been decided upon
f DR. S. S. MORRIS, 6 Kittrell Convocation Address tor Dallas Texas.
+ Ems \When I consider man in his creation The Bishops decided to create a
i" ALLEN C. E. LEAGUE LITER-| Rev. C. T. H. Watkins, B.D., A.M., Ba am a Dichotomist that is he is com iund among themselves for any arising
: ATURE—WHERE AND HOW] Springfield, Ohio; Rev U.S. Rob: sosed np parts soul, or ae oe aes ane needs, such as giving the
} d y rE he to ody. The scriptures say “an e Church proper representation at tne
i TO ORDER. inson, D.D., Detroit, Mich., and on formed oe of the dust of the World, ea and Federal
t — Rey. Frederick Divers, B.D., A.M., ound and breathed into his nostrils | Council of Church movements. Bish
+ Che A. C. E. League literature is} Jackson, Miss. the breath of life and man became a op W. A. Fountain was made treas-
t printed by the A. M. E. Book Con- If your order for quarterlies is ving soul.” When the body was urer of the fund, a beginning of which
t € 716 South 19th St., Philadel-| not filled promptly notify me at made from the dust of the earth it had was made by the personal contributions
p 4 New feature now appears | once-and my i di 5 1o functions of the various organs but of the Bishops.
; i y immediate attention when God breathed into the body the The Committee on proposed union
i in. the ¢ rrent quarterly intended | will be given the order. breath of life every organ of the body of the various Methodist bodies was
t o make the topic discussions Fill out this blank at once and performed its functions, He could see, continued, alter a meeting was held
f “ interesting than ever. The | send for your supply. DS ve could hear, he could smell, he could BURKS CHAPEL in PADUCAH FOUNDED BY FORMER SLAVE with the representatives of ‘otter’ de:
| taff of associate Editors includes can (ea and his mind could think and rea- a ce nominations present had met with
r a on, In fact he became a human being é . them.
ay with all the possibilities and poten- Church Now Represents One oe. The identity of the Central Okla
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Rev. S. S. Morris, General- Secretary
716 So. 19th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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ualities peculiar to man. The three
reat faculties of the soul or spirit are
intellect, sensibility and will. The in-
iellect is the power of knowing, reason-
ing discriminating from the power to
feel, or will and in the conversion of
man God appeals to hs reason or in-
iellect the first faculty of the mind or
soul for thus it is expressed by Isaiah
to the children of Israel” Come now
Largest Colored Congregations In
The City.
In 1871, eight years after Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation had de-
clared him to be “then, thenceforward
and forever after free,” Moses Burks,
who had spent his life in slavery near
Lexington, Ky., journeyed westward
across the state seeking a permanent
place in his. new life of freedom.
homa Conference, which was lost in
the General Conierence of 1932, was
restored.
The Committee on “CREED OF
THE CHURCH,” composed oi Bish
| ops Ransom, Gregg and Sims, was
authorized to have its report published
and distributed to the Church.
The Publication and Religious Edu-
cation Departments both reported, and
Name and let us reason together saith the| On reaching Paducah, Burks decided the Council empowered the Boards oi
r Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet] to continue the work he had engaged these two Departments to adjudicate
they shall be as white as snow, though] in to some extent long before he was and settle any matters of difference
Number: .. .« yscséugu OOS Es tui ayia eee ee they be red like crimson they shall be| freed—bringing the Gospel to his peo- arising in their respective _ Depart-
toecevee as wool.” And because God endowed | ple. Soon after his arrival he con- ments.
Post Office State inan with reason he proceeds on that| ducted the first meeting, attended by : The Bishops were loud in their praise
SURE fh rad So ye tae seeeee line to convince man of the error of.his | five persons, of the congregation that of the entertainment of the Council
A. C. E. L. Quarterlies N “a way and because man has this faculty | has since become one of the two largest | by Bishop Davis and his staft of
Qui s No. of Copies. ... Amt. Sent $.
OUR NEW ADDRESS
716 S. 19th Street
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Philadelphia, Pa.
he can better understand God and see
the wisdom of God in seeking for him
the best in this world as well as the
life to come. This faculty after seeing
the things which God has prepared for
those that love him the sensibility or
emotion will be aroused and there will
be aroused and there will be a feeling
to accept the! way of God, and so the
will, the third faculty of the soul or
spirit which is the discriminating pow-
er to choose between what is right and
what is wrong brings man in attitude
with his God and so directs his life to
the attainment of what is most bene-
ficial to him and shuns that which
brings him to everlasting ruin.
(Continued on page 8)
colored denominations in the city.
Today the Burks’ Chapel Methodist
Church, housed in a handsome brick
structure at the northeast corner of 7th
and Ohio Sts., has a membership ex-
ceeding 400 persons.. The church’s
modern plant stands as an example of
what may be accomplished by deter-
mined work on the part of a congrega-
tion. When the need for a larger
building arose shortly after the turn of
the century every member of the con-
gregation contributed both money and
effort to make a success of the popular
subscription drive that ended in con-
struction of the new plant.
But without the years of untiring
work by Rev, Burks and his five ex:
REV. A. L. MURRAY
Pastor Burks Chapel, Paducah, Ky.
slaye charter members, the church
would never have gained its present
prominence. After conducting services
at various places, Rev. Burks finally
secured a permanent meeting place at
901 Tennessee St. in the late 70's. This
| workers, This was, by far, one of the
most harmonious sessions of the Coun-
cil in many years. Bishop Flipper was
commended for his wise, judicious and
impartial manner of presiding ovér the
sessions.
J. A. Gregg, Sec.
Council of Bishops
quarters at 812 Tennessee. Here the
congregation remained until 1911, when
arrangements for financing the new
building were completed.
Early in 1910 announcement was
made of an intensive drive to obtain
location was kept until a growing con-
gregation caused him to take new
.
funds for a new plant, Wholeheartedly
the congregation entered into the
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By Rev. Carlyle F. Stewart
HYMNS THAT LIVE
CONFESSION
done for thee.”—Mark 5:9.
One of the most genial and polite
men I haye known proyed to be a
veritable devil at home. His seeming :
civility stopped with his entrance across ‘
his own threshold where he unmasked] Things I used to now, I don’t kno
and treated his family with an un-| no more (Repeat three times)
couthness and disregard beyond their} There’s a great change since I’ve ie
endurance. born. >
The first place for us to witness “the 2
great things” done for us is in our}Things I used to do, I don’t do nq
oe a
mat
i
Minneapolis, Mina. homes and around the family fireside. more
Read Mark 5:1-19. There’s a great change since I’ve beeg
Pa Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer: born.
‘ % 3
The Lord is nigh unto all them that| ish but have everlasting life —John -|Things I used to see, I don’t see yg
call upon him, to all that call upon him | 3:16 more’
im truth, He will fulfill the desire of| Mark Hopkins, once President, of Thursday, September 15 There's a great change since I’ve bee
them that fear him; he also will hear} Williams College had an occasion to THE SIN OF INDOLENCE _ born.
their ery, and will save them—Amen.|make the following utterance to a 4
althy but obnoxious student; who People I used to see, I don’t see ng
PES et sted that his money would pay: baeih
No student can pay for what he “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; con- There’s a great change since I’ye bee,
Saturday, Septernber 10,
gets in Williams College. Can any stu- sider her ways, and be wise.”—Prov. born.
UP TO SAMPLE dent pay for the sacrifice of Colonel} :6- : 5
Williams and our other benefactors?] Zimmermann spoke wisely thus: “If]Places I used to go, I don’t go nof
os ——-|For the heroic sacrifice of half paid /¥0U ask me which is the real hereditary more
professors who have given their lives
sin of human nature, do you imagine} There’s a great change since I’ve been
what-| that y I shall answer pride, or luxury, or am-] born.
oung men might have at smallest
cost
1 liberal education? Every man|Dition, or egotism? No; I shall say —Sung by Dr. Herman F. Tyree
is a rity student indolence. Who conquers indolence St. Matthew A.M.E. Church
te onder that Psalmist cries out: | Will conquer all the rest. Indeed all
Sunday, August 14, 1938
What shall I render to God for all}$00d principles must stagnate without ,
iis benefits toward me?” : mental activity.” ==
Read Psalm 98
The spirit of the age.is to get by.
When we do or give less than our
best we lose our self-respect.
Read Matthew 20:1-7.
Prayer; Father, Master Workman,
we pray today that we may be up
and about thy business. Forgive our
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laziness and slothful spirit and quicken
S {1 w
us now for the glorious task of help- ‘ e
ing thee to usher in the kingdom of |B
God among men. In Jesus name.—
Amen.
Prayer: Our Father, thou hast given
us so much! How can
enough
we ever be
grateful
Quicken within us,
appreciate
Though we
oO repay thee, we dedicate
y service.-
we -pray, the capacity to
The Christian
our salvatiqn
Amen.
y The Rev. Samuel W. Purvis, D.D
Tuesday, September 13
THE LADDER LDER
THE HAND TO THE PLOUGH Tee
‘Text: Behold a ladder set up on the
: earth, and the top of it reached to
Friday, September 16
as oe heaven. Genesis 28:12.
tan haying put his hand to the}4S WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS] ‘Hereafter ye shall see heaven open
s ‘ P looking back, is fit for d th i
junday, September 21 he in of God Lee gies hd ef a an e angels of God ascending and
$0 DIFFERENT FROM. cuateT ek: i “62 descending upon the Son of ~Man
ce By) met a man who has PASE John 1:51.
succe ssiul in making a failure And forgive us our debts, as we Strange to say, some objecs familiar
Ka of his life because ten years ago forgive our debtors.”—Matt, 6:12. to us are not mentioned in the Bible
Sys kiisk Mend dd h ia he had a wonderful opportunity There is a member of my congre-| For instance, bridges are not mention-
iy Lee “ do ? progress in a line of endeavor for gation who making himself utterly}ed at all, and a ladder but once—and
ten uke} which he was fitted eminently, he fet |™iserable and ruining the peace of}that here Yet a bridge and a ladder
go o , ow i f i i i ; y
ie go f the plow and looked backward, | ™ind of his wife and children because] are not unlike in their frequent need
¥ oOrted to } ye y a f ¢ 2 . “3 y
a ep have re ay he is full of regrets. His fife| h¢ has not learned the simpie funda-} fulness, forming as they do a mean
4 seen reading Gosoe ca ‘ . RR ok s
ae sh ore — ¢ illed to my mind the words of Oxen-]mentals of forgiving others. Wrongs, }of communication ‘between two place
ru ealee ben did Chris. | ham ei 2 i i eeais ;
en te rn eo . Oe either real or Imaginary, committedJnot otherwise connected. A ladder,
rom hs © answers Christ's insistent cal! |#8ainst him are the main topic of his|like a bridge, is a means 40 an end
ust give himself, b ife, his conversati p i 4 3
read the Gospel.sccord lis life, his all, sation and the bane of his ex-}It helps us ascend wher
Without one backward look.
discover Christ} Who sets his hand unto the plow
disillusioned \nd glances back with anxious brow
It was the keen witted | His calling hath mistook ;
astence.
an , e we could not
en 4 _Persecution complex” is}by our own height‘or reach. It joins
driving his friends from him. His life where we are,
jwould become radiant and his joys un-} be.
away sadly and with where we would
who said: “None” preaches) Chelst dtsiniaarfel ; limited, could he learn to forgive. The story connected with this ladder
etter than the ant. and sheen ee aims whol ly for his own, Who is it of us but has not been} vision is like all Bible stories, full of
8a load here says noth Do be Christ's and Christ’s alone,” | ™streated or maligned or wretchedly | intense human interest Jacob the
r: Gracious Father God Rea. iL be 007 gobi tree sour Hie net tah Murse a grudge,] son of Isaac, has robbed his brother
is sod, we ak Luke 9:57-62 free your life of th i i ‘
are ashamed that w bina of the poison of hate and| Esau of a spirit i
ie Che cb are 30 different Prayer Through the long hard days | ™0cor and forgive, said to Esau ens sit Side ea
' orgive our 1 al
fae Rage! Sgt te bea — and oii nights, Heavenly Father Read Matt. 5:15. , euilaeniana ems ss aa
i : Brace to so live that} We need strength and grace ‘| Prayer: Y eee
lle ve apparent in us at all times|on until our peas tee a ae Saat sigue
dene journey's end: Wilt thou
cause us to be mindful that Thou art
; with us unto the end of the world, In
PP no. 2 the name of Jesus —Amen. We do thank Thee, O Saviour
Paving paar Senter ae ES: AY: these blessings and pr fi
OU GET? Wednesda ; Pray to Thee that| {from the presence of the Lord,” What
OR y, Sept Thou wil i i :
‘win Wednmdey, rember ¥ Te at help us to resist the temp-|a lash sin has! It drives out! Judas
h javed the world, that he |-————— ME Ma ns t * pron: us at times for sin, | “went out” and hanged Himself, Peter
Pi MushetmioloDonrk, — — vay we do better in the future and| “went out” into th i
seever believeth in him should aero, PR be: 'o thy friends, and tell ive thanks to Thee for the mereies|bitterly. So Jacob “wet eon
nen, OW great things the Lord heck constantly shown us, Amen, » his home in Beersheba on i -oldeus
Esau watches his
chance for revenge. Under the scour-
age of fear Jacob flees! We read, “And
Jacob went out.” The same words were
for| written of Cain, “And Cain “went out
~ His sake, Our Saviour
attire cages
GRACE AT THE TABLE
Amen
Por God ae |
of 450 miles toward Padan-
yam. ‘There will be hard going,
scanty fare, bad weather, exposure
murderous men and- wild beasts;
plenty enough to remind this prodigal
shat there's no place like home. But
there is @ worse thing than all these:
\ secret whisper at each step, pal need
not have been.” |
The day is far spent. The night’s
coming on. Night’s the time for heart-
ache. There are more tears shed at
night than in day.. Jacob had traveled
4g miles since daybreak. East going!
rear drives like Jehu. The runaway
boy has come to his first ‘night from
homes The darkness in his heart is
deeper than the shadows of night. He
lies down to rest. The sky for a roof,
cand fora mattress, stones for a pillow.
| is easy to sin—it is not easy to lie
on sin’s pillow. “The way of the trans-
cressor is hard.” Sin says, “You made
your bed—lie in it!” There's no soft-
yess in sand, and rocky pillows are not
feathery, ’
Jacob lies down to sleep. Soon the
oot of an owl in a tree, the cry of a
jackel in the desert, the howl of a
lone wolf on the moor, lull him to sleep.
in that cloudless Syrian sky Heaven
quickly lights her evening lamps. Jac-
ob's spirit is now in the hands of God.
\lan’s helplessness is God’s opportuni-
“And he dreamed.” The barren
aountain side becomes jasper. Its
ocky tiers become gold. He’s at
Heaven’s front door. A ladder set
ni earth is reaching to Heaven. Ang-
els are descending and ascending. At
the top is God, “I am with thee and
will keep thee in all places whither
hou goest.” What! God the God of
Jacob, the sinner? True! God often
peaks, not to the man that is, but
to the man that is to be. We some-
times think God is far off when He
is only a ladder length away!
journey
to
The Labor of Ladder-Climbing
Climbing is hard work, but it is
worth it-if you are going up!
In these days of air-mindedness we
give much thought to flying machines,
and not much to ladders. We talk in
terms of wings and motors when often
laithful climbing is far more to the pur-
pose. Autos and“ airplanes suggests
speed—a ladder slow, painful progress.
You do not fly up a ladder, but climb,
step by step—only that each rung
brings you one round nearer the top.
It is tiresome work. Every muscle is
called into play. Hands must grasp
the-side, feet must be securely planted,
legs must bear the weight of the body,
the head must meantain its steadiness.
It is no place for pranks. Foolishness
may cause a fall.
And there's a tragedy! Once you
start to climb, one misstep, one loose
grasp, and you fall, possibly, one loose
rise_again. The higher one ascends
the more caution is necessary—and
that’s true to life! At first-rungs a
Hhis foot on the lowest round.
began as sinners. To go up a ladder
one begins at the bottom. He puts
And
that must be the beginning in earth’s
tasks, too. Whether with a music
book or a reading primer. I say
books, because books are ladders to the
heights of literature and learning. We
have to climb to reach all earthly
heights ; do we not speak of “the ladder
of fame” and “the ladder of success?”
And what if we do not reach those
heights here? At the. grave of a
mountain guide in the Alps, a humble
gravestone simply says, “He died
climbing.” Fine! And, at last, is not
death itself an ascent—an
ment?
achieve-
The Ladder Builders
I cannot help thinking of the forces
that lift;men up—the ways and means
of our rising in the world. The top
limb of a tree is highest, but it did not
lift itself up to there!
Can we count the number of forces
or person whose combined efforts re-
sulted in so commonplace a thing as
the making and placing of a loaf of
bread on our breakfast table? When
you and I came upon the scene of life
the alphabet was formed figures fash-
ioned, multiplication table composed.
When we came forests had been level-
ed, rivers bridged, mountains tunneled;
not only were these rocks and rills,
these woods and templed hills, that we
sing about, made accessible by real
and road, but their liberties and laws
were secured at Valley Forge and Get-
tysburg. The bottom of these ladders
are placed not only at Arlington
Heights, but on many another known
and unknown patroit’s grave. Our
churches were built, our hymns com-
posed, our creeds inscribed in, the blood
of martyrs. Who were these ancient
ladder-builders for the race which now
is, were, and are to come?
Many of us are ladder folks—others
are rising on our shoulders. Humble
parents toil that their children may go
to school. As the life of the window
clearner may depend on the helper be-
neath holding faithfully, so the future
of many a professional man-has been
maintained by.the faithfulness of some
humble one at home.
Life’s Longest Ladder
“And he dreamed, and behold a
ladder.” It coyldn’t be stated) more
truly or more beautifully!
Every road in the Roman Empire
led to Rome. Any Roman lad could
step out his door and strike the high-
way with certainty of reaching the
palace of Caesar. Any sunbeam, fol-
lowed to the end, leads to its effulgent
source. The foot of the ladder on the
spot on which you stand can lead
straight to heaven and God. You do
not have to go to Jerusalem, Rome or
Mecca to find the first round. of it.
Try this just now. Close your eyes to
concentrate your thoughts. Now lift
fall may .not be serious—a bump Or that thought to God. Straight as the
bruise. But from the heights falls
are nearly always fatal.
We must set the pect of our life
Plans on the earth, wel
our work-a-day world.
ing desires, like shining angels, will
climb the mystic staircase. What is
based on
a/staircase but a covered ladder. We!
do not begin our career as radiant
angels, but as fallen mortals, We are
all alike in this:
Then upris- :
The holiest saints’
sunbeam’s tracks, swifter than its
flight, you are in Divine presence. God
has a telephone receiver and sender in
the heart of everyone.| How like the
angels going back and forth are our
thoughts and His!
Jacob’s ladder
represented com-
munication between earth and heaven.
,The ladder must, of course, touch
earth or no mortal could rise to it; it
must touch heaven or no angel can de>
scend upon it. However high heaven|that Tiberias is the only city now on
may be, the ladder of prayer reaches|the shores of Gillilee that was there
It is not like the Tower of Babel,| when Jesus was on earth. All the
a human construction, and so failing} cities of New Testament times such s
as Capernaum, Bethsaida, Chorazin and
Magdala are in ruins and the ruins
it.
of heaven’s heights. God’s ladder
reaches! No matter the depth of hu-
man guilt, it is not too low for the|covered with the sands and debris of
Saviour’s reach. The Carpenter of
Nazareth constructed a saving ladder—| time of Jesus.
that ladder was a sacrificial Cross.
of Jacob’s ladder is stated in the words.
top! Man at the bottom!
“In the gusty hall of life, s
Doors slamming, windows rattling,
Looking up, and affirming God;
He is sunely there.”
Isn't the order somehow reversed?
Shouldn’t they have to descend be-
fore they could ascend?
what are these angels, anyhow? I
wonder if they might not be’ the an-
gels of our better natures, our high-
er aspirations—repentance, humility,
of the ladder and going upward? And
the gifts of pardon, healing, assurance,
grace, comfort, strength—be angels
coming down the ladder from heaven?
The angels of Jacob’s prayer were ris-
ing, and the answers were returning—
“Iam with thee, and will keep thee in
all the places-thou goest.”
Make sure your life’s ladder reaches!
Remember the old-time illustration ?—
Said-a younger man to his college pro-
fessor, “When I finish school I have
brilliant prospects before me. I ought
to become rich and famous,”
then?” “I shall marry and
much.” “And then?” “I shall settle
down and enjoy life.”
“I shall grow old and take things
easy.” “And then?” “Oh, I suppose
like other people, I must die.”
then?” He stopped. before that
“and then.”
to heaven.
last
In every place where there is a lone-
ly life there is a ladder, especially for
the sin-weary and the prodigal who is
an exile from his Father’s house.
Prayer is life’s longest ladder. Have
one end on earth—the other in heaven.
When* both ends are on earth, it is
only a step-ladder, you have to come
down without reaching heaven’s
heights. If the earth’s end rests on
prayer it doesn’t matter where it, is
placed’ It may be in the field where
Isaac went to meditate at even-tide,
or in the lions’ den where Daniel was
thrown, or by the Brook Jabbock
where Jacob wrestled, or in the prison
where Joseph served, or in the jail
where Paul and Silas prayed at mid-
night. Some, like the early martyrs,
make ladders out of their crosses.
Jesus, the Son of God, is the stair-
case by which we bring the distance
between earth and heaven. He said:
“Hereafter ye shall see heayen open,
and the angels of God ascending and
descending upon: the Son of Man.”
Christ is the ladder of our salvation.
The foot of the ladder is at the foot
of the Cross—its summit is at the
throne of God.
—Phila. Evening Bulletin
a
“BELATED PRAISE”
—
Bishop Noah W. Williams states
faith, prayer—all starting at the foot |tians in the Coloseum.
“And then?” | Went
called fire down from:heayen to con-
sume the sacrifice.
these hundreds of years simce the
But the Archeologists
have taken hundreds of men and dug
The crowning factor in the vision]much of-the dirt away and unearthed
the ruins of several
“The Lord stood above it.” God at the|This, is the way we have determined
the size of Jerico during the time
when Joshua led all the Children of
Israel around it seven times on that
I stand in the dark on the lowest stair|seventh day.
old buildings.
He just walked two
miles and a quarter in all seven times.
Bishop Williams stated that one of the
most beautiful scenes to him was four
Angels “ascending and descending.” | heathen temples in Baal Beck. up in
Syria, which temples were in use be-
fore the days of Jesus.
Who and|in ruins but the ruins are wonderfully
beautiful, says Bishop Williams, if one
has the eye of an artist.
beautiful than the Coloseum,
for the history of martyrdom of Chris-
They are now
Much more
except
The Lebanon
Mts. are very attractive and beautiful.
In the valleys there will be flowers and
gardens and snow on the mountains.
Many streams, springs and much snow
in these
river Jordan and keeps it with water
all the year round and in the spring
the snows melt you have, “The swelling
of the Jordan.”
las in these mountains where the rich
people go in the summer to kéep cool
Bishop Williams states that he
his guide drove through these moun-
“And tains to Beirout and then skirted the
seca Mediterranean Sea through Sidon and
Tyree to Haifa from which. place he
mountains which feed
the
Many beautiful vil-
and
to Mount Carmel, where Elijah
One of the most
“And thrilling {scenes aside. from. visiting
Jerusalem, the Kidron valley, Mount
sei fader did alot canct: of Olives, Bethany and Bethlehem was
the visit to the Cave of Machpelah and
the Oak of,.Mamre. A. fine Mohami-
dan Mosque is, built .overthe Cave of
Machpeleh.
and Christians all believe in the Old
Testament Scriptures and guard sac-
redly,all Bible places.
into the cave of. Machpelah but a
The Mohamidans, Jews
No one may go
lighted buckey is let down through an
open that ohe may. get a glimpse of
this cave where Abraham and Sarah
were buried, where Isaac and Rebeccah
were buried and Jacob. and Leah were
intombed. The Oak of Mamre is an
old-oak tree, more than a thousand
years old, all plastered and proped up
and evidently came from the tree under
which Abraham stood and talked to
the Lord about the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah. You may
read all about this in the Book of
Genesis. When Bishop Williams
crossed the yalley of Elah where
David picked up a few rocks and with
one of them slew Goliath, the Bishop
picked up a rock as a souvenir. By
the way he picked up small rocks all
over Bible Lands in important places
and says he will haye.an aquarium built
to represent those lands when he can
have the time to draw a picture of these
lands.
At this time Bishop Williams is
very busy and will not be able to talk
any more until later when he will take
up the discussion of his fourth article,
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n the Prince f Light
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mild
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AN RECORDER
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*Makers of Christianity, Vol. 3} religion in terms of presei
From John Cotton to Lyman
Abbott, $2
Henry Holt
New York
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BELIEF IN GOD
“Almighty God, in every age
In every clime adored.
A THRILLING STORY
In a superb manner William
Warren Sweet tells the story of
| Christianity in terms of its great
leaders from John Cotton to Ly-
man Abbott. The book is the last
in a series on “Makers of Chris-
tianity.”* In the first volume
Shirley Jackson Case begins the
narrative with Jesus and ends
with Charlemagne. John Mc-
| Neil, in yolume 2, begins with Al-
fred the Great and ends with
Schleiermacher. In volume 3
the author traces American Chris-
tianity from its source in England
to these schores thru the colonial
period and the formation of the
| union,
As the frontiersmen leap-frog
the west and
thru welnigh
the church
their
tl
way into
ead their way
venetrable forests
in the wilderness accompanies
them. Successive waves of re-
vivalism sweep up from Jonathan
Edwards’ New England, from the
“Log College” thru the middle
colonies into Virginia and the
Carolinas The — evangelical
churches reap a ich harvest.
Pre
»f. Sweet, who is more impres-
ive as a writer of history than
best in his
treatment of “Colonial Awaken-
ers,” chapter 3, “Trans-Allegheny
chapter 5, and “Mis-
sionary Heroes” in chapter 6. To
be sure the author was at liberty
to his characters, but it
would seem that any treatise on
“Makers of Christianity” in
i teacher is at his
pioneers,”
select
Heaven’s deep
organ blow;
id, with your ninefold harmony,
Make full
phony.
up ‘oneert to
angelic sym
For, if such holy song,
Enwrap our fancy long,
Fime will run back and fetch the age
of gold;
And speckled Vanity
Will sicken soon and die,
And leprous Sin will melt from earthy
mould
And Hell itself will pass away
And leave her dolorous mansions to
the peering day
Yea, Truth and Justice then
Will down return to men
Orbed in a rainbow: and, like glories
wearing,
Mercy will sit between,
Throned in crystal sheen,
America would include Richard
Allen. His religious manhood re-
fused to permit him to accept the
color bar even in the church. His
motto: “God our Father, Christ
our Redeemer and man our Bro-
ther” is universal, and is a new
emphasis in American Christian-
ity.
But the omission of Allen,
Quinn or Payne does not detract
from the throbbing interest of
the story. It is plainly and simply
written in a style that is crystal
clear. The clergyman, student or
layman will find himself amply
rewarded who reads this book.
The pages about Judson, Finney,
Moody are at once gripping, dis-
trubing, moving.
By saint, by savage, and by sage
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord.”
The ancient Apostles Creed be-
gins, “I believe in God.” What
does the statement mean to you
and to millions of Christians? In
the early centuries of the church
there was much word splitting
and logic chopping. Men be-
lieved in God but how? The idea
crass and
crude One has
only to glance over a few pages
of the early history of man to get
a glimpse of him emerging thru
the gray dawn shadows clinging
to belief is some spirit, power or
force outside of an external to
himself, satisfying- his demands
meeting his needs and answering
prayer.
had been exprest in
material forms.
3ut thru the ages men
found no perfect or complete for-
mulation of the God idea.
As man develops and evolves
to. higher levels of mentality he
sets forth his belief in God in
more ethjcal and more moral
The highest thot of God
is that given by Jesus. God is
Father the one hand and
Christlike on the other. Jesus
incarnated God and brot Him
Men beheld his glory, full
of grace and truth. God is lov-
ing, kind, sympathetic and deeply
concerned about the children of
men. He is the God of the work-
ing man, the disfranchised, the
exploited. God of relief, the
Lord of all. This God is not cap-
ricious but a God of law and or-
der. He is a God of purpose
whose will becomes concrete in
human personality and the world
of nature. God is not only in
heaven he is in the earth directing
events, inspiring men and raising
up leaders. We-must not stop
with belief in God but cooperate
with Him in building the good so-
ciety.
andi e ype ae
OUR RURAL CHURCHES
terms.
on
near.
The future advance of the
church must’ be along the rural
church frontier. Most of our
church societies and property
are in the country. The hundreds
of thousands of our people out
there are in need of an enlighten-
ed program of sanitation, hygiene,
and Company,
social life. .
Thru the years these churches
have been-more or less neglected,
The time has come, the hour has
struct when a man with a pro.
gram is needed. The man of the
hour is Chaplain Harry V. Rich.
ardson, of Tuskegee. He is very
finely trained, and is in a class b
himself. He is a vertitable ay-
thority on our rural church prob.
lem. The Christian Recorder
suggests that the next Genera]
Conference set up a Department
of Rural Church Work. The min-
isters and people in the rural
areas must be helped along edu-
cational, moral, economic and re-
ligious lines. The ministers must
also be helped. Such work as we
contemplate is not being done
by any department or agency to-
day. It is a veritable Macedonian
call, a great need. Let us heed
and answer it. DISCUSSION
IS INVITED.
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Pointed Points
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PROFESSOR W. R. WOOD,
member of St. John African M.
E. Church, Birmingham, Alabama
and teacher of a Bible Class in
the Sunday School has been a
school prnicipal in the state for
45 years. For 29 years he has been
a principal in Birmingham. He
is an instructor in the Alabama
State Teachers College Summer
School. Principal Wood is an
alumnus of the A. and M. College
of Normal, Alabama and studied
at the University of Chicago.
IN CONNECTION WITH
the Religious Education Institute
of the 8th Episcopal District
recognition was taken of the 35th
Anniversary of Bishop S. L.
Greene in the gospel ministry
The Christian Recorder joins
with the Mississippi, and Louis-
jana African Methodists in con
gratulating their episcopal. head.
BISHOP G, B. SHAW, OF
the A.M.E. Zion Church was a
very dynamic speaker at the
Leadership Training Institute of
the 9th Episcopal District at
Birmingham. He left immediate-
ly for Natchez, Miss. to preach
the 35th Anniversary sermon for
Bishop S. L. Greene.
GOVERNOD CLYDE HOEY,
of North Carolina, delivered a
most splendid address at Kittrell
economic self-sufficiency and a College during the Council of
~day
HURSDAY, SEPTEMBER & 1838
pishops meeting ‘and Religious
Education Convocation. He
teaches @ Bible Class every Sun-
day morning in a Methodist
Church.
st. JOSEPH AFRICAN M. E.
church at Durham, N. C. is plan-
ning to erect an annex and mod-
ern building which will include a
parsonage. Several thousands of
dollars already been collected.
The pastor is the Rev. Dr. J. A.
Valentine who is also Dean of
Theology at Kittrell College.
ALBERTA HORTON IS A
member of St. Paul, Raleigh, N.
c. She is an artist and a painter
of no mean ability, and friend of
Mrs. T. Le Scote.
THE MISSIONARIES IN
\labama met during the Leader-
ship Training Institute in Birm-
ingham and reported $819.60
Last year they reported $265.
Mrs. D. H. Sims is Supervisor,
Mrs. Mary Pyles, President.
IN 1812 THE PASTOR OF
the “First African Methodist
Church” in Baltimore was Daniel
Coker, first Bishop elected in the
African M. E. Church. The first
trustees were: Jacob Gilliard,
Don Carlos Hall, Stephen Hill,
George Douglas, Daniel Brister,
Caleb Guilly, and Nicholas Gil-
lard. o:
te
The Churchman ye
Afield
Having motored frofn Kittrell Col-
lege in North Carolina the Churchman
and Prof. E. A. Selby arrived in
Greenville, S. C. and spent the night
with Dr. J. W. Witherspoon and
family in the beautiful parsonage built
by Dr. W. F. Rice now of Detroit,
Michigan, It was a genuine pleasure
to see again’ Allen Temple built by
Dr. A. C. Sumpter, pastor ‘of Allen
Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio.
atin
Allen Temple, Greenvillé, is historic
in the life of the Churchman. It was
there that the Piedmont Annual Con-
ference indorst him. On the plat-
form Bishop David H. Sims, then
President of Allen University and in
front of the Churchman, sfts the Rev.
J. S. Benn, Jr., who spoke to the mo-
tion.
A great meeting is being held here in
Birmingham. Many visitors: Bishops
G. B. Shaw of the A. M. E. Zion
Church, W. A. Fountain, Sr., E. J.
Howard, Drs. S. S. Morris, C. W.
Abington, L. H. Hemingway A. J.
THE CHRISTIA
Allen, Lucy M. Hughes, E. A. Selby,
T. J. Miles, E. F. G. Dent, C. A.
Gibbs, L. M. Moore, Chaplain Harry
V. Richardson of Tuskegee, D. Ward
Nichols and wife, M. W. Dawkins,
son and daughter. F
On Thursday night the Churchman
attended a unique garden party on the
lawn of the beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward M. Colbert. Fully 200
guests were present: Bishop and Mrs.
D. H. Sims, Prof. E. A. Selby,
President W. A. Fountain, Jr., Drs.
T. J. Miles, E. F. G. Dent, and others.
Back of the lawn was a rock garden.
Flowers were in profusion. Electric
lights illuminated the scene. The pro-
gram of the evening was broadcast over
station West Alabama Broadcasting
Station. Radio music came from with-
Bishop Sims was the speaker of
the evening.
in,
The Churchman came thru Atlanta
where he called to see Dr. D. T. Bab-
cock, pastor of Big Bethel. In Char-
lotte he called Dr. H. M. Moore, pas-
tor of the leading Baptist Church in
the city.
Dr. A. J. Allen accompanied the
motoring party on the return trip as
far as Atlanta. A brief stop was again
made in Greenville. At night the
group was in Durham, N. C. guests
of Miss Hattie M. Jenkins, teacher in
the city schools and member of St.
Joseph.
* Next morning the trip was continued
via Richmond, Va. to Washington, D.
C. The group spent the night with
Dr. John R. Hawkins at the Financial
Department. For many years he has
been the outstanding host in African
Methodism. He was on the lawn
awaiting our arrival and looking fine.
- BURKS CHAPEL IN PADUCAH
(Continued from page 1)
campaign giving money and staging
bazaars, socials, and other church en-
tertainments until, late in the year, the
sum of $18,837 was turned over to the
church building committee. In the
spring of 1911 Monroe Utterback, con-
tractor, completed the building and
first services were held.
Once more, however, the congrega-
tion was called on to participate in a
drive—this time to save the church (thirty-five cents) which includes the|
they had worked for. The passing of] dinner and the YOUTH CONGRESS |
the depression in 1936 found the build-
ing in the hands of the bank with a
| munity welfare, and the second floor
N RECORDER PAGE FIVE
Rev. George Burks, son. of the}... rea?
founder, followed his father as pastor a fi 2
for a number of years. After the lat-| ; B rthd H { g
ter Burks the following are among i l ay ree in $
those serving as pastor of Burks’ | ; 3 eee og aed
Chapel: A. H. Ross, O. P. Ross,
Jerry Reed, Sam, Reed, G. W. W.
Robertson, P. A. Nicholas, J. Ww.
Hill, Dixie Carter, D. S. Ransaw,
T. D. Scott E. H. Harding, W. F.
Ball and A. L. Murray, present pas-
tor.
Rev. Murray, who is serving his
third year, was educated in the public!
school of Chicago, Moody Bible Insti-
tute, and Wilberforce University, Wil-
berforce, O. His religious experience
includes the charges in Illinois, Iowa,
Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Plans are now being laid for build-
ing a two-story community center ad-
joining the church. One floor will be
devoted to social activities and com-
will be reserved for physical disabled
members.
—Sun Democrat
HARRISBURG DISTRICT YOUTH
CONGRESS
* 264 W. King St.,
York, Pa.
August 12, 1938
My dear Pastor:
As an outgrowth of the Harrisburg
District Sunday School Convention at
Yor, Pa. the YOUTH CONGRESS
was organized at the request of the
Presiding Elder, Dr. Napper.
The YOUTH CONGRESS shall have
its first meeting at Bethel A.M.E.
Church at- Downingtown, Pa. on Sep-
tember the seventh.
DR. U. S. ROBINSON
Evangelist
Detroit, Michigan
MRS. ISABELLE DUFF
Evangelist
Pittsburgh Conference
Donora, Penna.
PROF. C. G. GARRETT
Allen University
Columbia, S. C.
REV. R. L. POPE
Mt. Pisgah
Sumter, S. C.
Each pastor is asked to put on a
membership drive in his church urging
the YOUTH between the ages of six-
teen and twenty-five to join this
YOUTH CONGRESS. The MEM-
BERSHIP FEE for one year is $.25
which must be sent in before the day
of the Congress to Mrs. Grace Kyle,
264 W. King St., York, Pa. so that
each member may receive his member-
ship card. Those sent in before the
day of the CONGRESS shall be
CHARTER MEMBERS.
We are looking for a large repre-
sentation from your church. The
Church with the largest representation
will be presented with a banned. Bish-
op D. H. Sims and Editor George A.
Singleton will be present and speak.
REGISTRATION will be Wednes-
dal, September the seventh’ at 9 a.m.
REGISTRATION FEE will be $.35
BUTTON.
Hoping. to hear from your church
$1,950 mortgage/against it. A second promptly and to receive the results of
seige of popular solicitations and as-| your membership drive.
sessments, this time under the direction
of the present pastor, Rev. A. L. Mur-
Yours in Christ,
Grace Kyle, Secretary
ray, resulted in regaining of the church} pr, R. O. Napper, Presiding Elder
property. Numerous white
subscribed to this drive.
Now the church, financially sound,
engages in numerous extra-church ac-
tivities, chief among these being its
annual pledges of $500 to missionaries
in foreign fields, education of Colored
youth, and for superannuated pastors] M. E. Conference
ing delegates to represent the state
and their widows and orphans.
persons! Mrs. Mable Groves, Chairman
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The Electoral College of the Va. A.
MRS. NANCY PORTER
St. Paul
Springfield, Illinois
MISS ALBERTA DRAPER
St. Paul
Springfield, Illinois
MASTER J. WINSMORE MASON,
JR.
Allen A. M. E. Church
Philadelphia, Penna
General Conference, Detroit, Mich.,
1940.
Mr. Wm. H. Thorogood, the veter-
an member of St John A.M.E
Church, Norfolk, Va. and chairman of
the College was elected by 29 votes
on first ballot. Prof. C. W. Trayn-
ham, of Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church,
Roanoke, Va. received 25 votes on
first ballot; and Attorney Thomas H
Reid, of Emanuel A.M.E. Church,
Portsmouth, Va. polled 22 votes the
third highest number.
With well’ chosen words, Mrs
Georgia Roberts, President of the Va
Conf. Branch of W.M.M.S.. pre-
sented the credentials to the elected
delegates who in turn responded in
fitting terms for the honor conferred
upon them and expressed themselves
as being in readiness to serve the best
elected the follow-| interest of the church.
C. W. TRAYNHAM, Roanoke, Va
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often that someone asked hi
and service.
Every activity of the
Evangelistic at its bases.
to prove it,” he re- church
plied
don’t have
I adtnit it.”
- — recreations sponsored by the Church
is for but one basic purpose—to tie in
allegiance with God, people whom you
represent.
All operations in the Church are
| to tie up the people with Jesus Christ.
A We then discussed: “The Program
Evangelism
vho |B. Modern Methods in Presiding El-}of the Church.” Forms, types and
dership ways of worship.
h Bishop David H. Sims, Instructor Fifth Question asked was: “What
should’ be a worship program?”
- Which provoked the question: “What
ee is Worship?”
July 27 Answers:
Cla angelism was called to} ~1. A process of spiritual refining.
fer a.m., by the instructor,| (Rev. Shaw)
f p who stated purpose of /2. A communion with God. (Rey.
7 nted the question: | Johnson)
ss)
and or
After
various
after her
have a
want how my &
hen
He Admitted It
trombenise repeatedly claimed he
the greatest in fhe world. He said
so slow to}* 3. Praising the Lord by song, pray-
r in inspiration Jer and scripture reading. (Rev. Jeltz)
are for future| 4. An inward unfolding or reaching
c fe asked the class to give|out of the individual after his God.
(Rey. Dorsey)
5. An outward expression of the
inward feeling of an individual for his
onded as follows
at ! he hurch divorces itself from
I take ut of harmony |God. (Rev. King)
da activities (Rev 6. Communion with God through
prayer. (Rev. Owens)
i f ching Mission 7. Rev. D. Ward Nichols ,gave the
: e lethargy on part of religious |amswer as given’ by the Council of
s ev. Pottinger) Federation of Churches in America
f am. (Rev. Owens) | held in New York City recently as
de of life has to do| follows: Worship is an act of realizing
preparedness and that]Or recognizing the presence of God by
from within that|Teverent communion with him in spirit.
se satisfied (Rev. Forms of Worship:
Ans: Worship should be prepared
A 5. Lack of program of interest and|for different occasions. This prepar-
neratior Mrs. Robinson) ation should be stimulated to give the
| , f Mental vision for pre-] Proper stimulus for worship.
= oss Rey. Hill) It was moved and seconded and car-
i consciousness of the|Tied that we create orders of worship
eressiveness in which we|t© commensurate’ occasions such as
Crayton)
Morning *Worship—vesper, young peo-
conomic side and social|Ple’s, prayer, patriotic and memorial
fficiency and prepared- | Services, etc.
B. Arnett) Bishop Sims is to appoint a com-
|
|
| econd question presented by|Mittee for this purpose.
|
im to}selves together for worship, fellowship | Bishop Sims:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER &, i:
Presiding Elders should have a pro-
is] gram for a year; they should be good
men, honest men, not vindictive, sym-
Even a picnic or any of the various pathetic, with their pastors.
They should have vision of the
work of the Church and the district—
they should have executive ability.
They should take charge of the pas-
tors, elders, evangelists and mission.
aries of their: districts and acquaint
them with the Bishop's program and
win them over that he might get the
greatest co-operation.
He should assist the pastors in put-
ting the program over to the people in-
cluding old and young.
He should thoroughly acquaint him-
self with thé condition of the charges
in his district, both spiritually and fin-
ancially.
He should strive to get the greatest
number of people, old and young to
accept the Christ way of living or
Christ's psychology of life, in order
that they may enjoy to the full all the
tructor wast “What is relig-| We then discussed: “How to Im-
proye Worship.”
wae Following suggestions were offered:
\n attempt to adjust ourselves} !. Improve decorum in Church
,| harmoniously with the will of God and | Services.
ronment, (Rey. Link) 2. Discourage ushers bringing. dis-
s answer was developed by our| tinguished visitors to front during
tructor; This adjustment is thréee- | Preaching service.
é ld iritual, physical and mental 3. Do away with lengthly an.
eu) cligion is his conception of his |uncements; use church bulletins.
ironment spiritually, physically} 4: Do not indulge in unnecessary
vid’ rental talk among ministers in pulpit.
1. Ans. Religion is what a man| 5- Adjast offerings and collections
ne ieves Rev. Kinzer) So as not to disturb worship effect. :
} This study was continted) 6. In our churches the sermon is
Thursday, July 28] ¢™Phasized instead of the worship lay
Third Question: “What is
Chrig-|80Me stress on the worship.
3 7. Study your scripture lessons,
Christianity is Christ's way of ead earnestly with knowledge, tnder-
ychology of life, which brings|St@"ding and preparedness.
t's conception of God 8. Observe opening and losin
‘ our Father and we are his | time :
“a? Summary by Bishop: If these sug-
| The chief objective of God in rela-|&¢stions were put to Practice our
Har His family is to have a family | Worship in all of our churches would
‘ll men live as brethren and|be revolutionized. In Africa Church
acknowledge God as Father Services
tianity
where
prio s open close on time. In
: , + 1 Question; “What is the| Scotland, doors are closed on the hour
Church?" i i
a " : worship begins; late worshipers do
as he Church is a group of | not get in.
people who love and follow God
The B. Modern Meth i
[armas Jesus Christ and band petit ethods in Pre-
siding Eldership was Presented by
.
benefit of ‘worship, fellowship and
service, that the church has to offer
by precept and example.
He should be the stimulus in en-
couraging our pastors to PREACH
the GOSPEL and live the life of Je-
sus Christ as the most effective
means of soul saving and kingdom
building.
He should make recommendations to
the Bishop according to his Godly
judgement.
Friday, July 29
Committee reports on Ideas of what
Presiding Elders should do and be.
Reports were read and given by:
Revs. J. L. Johnson, J. Ri John-
son, Geo. N. Dayis, J. L. Link, J. L.
Vanderhorst, Geo. Crayton, Wm. A.
Dorsey.
Classes adjourned.
Bishop D. H. Sims, Instructor
Wm. A. Dorsey, Assigned to
present the summary.
Class Registration
Revs. R. O. Napper, D. B, Barton,
Preston D. Shaw, M. M. Ward Jas.
Manning, D. L. Davis, Y. L. ‘Sra:
J. Leo Pottinger, B. W. Arnett, I. N.
Patterson, R. B. Smith, J. L. Link,
J. L. Johnson, Geo. N. Davis, S. H.
Barker, J. L. Russ, H. H. Thomas,
Geo. Crayton, W. H. King, D. “M.
Owens, J. F. Vanderhorst, C. W.
Walton, Daniel D. Davis, D. Ward
Nichols, Mrs. Lulu B. Stanford, Revs.
N.H. Jeltz, G. W. Rothwell, J. G.
Drake, Mrs. J. McDaniel, Mrs. Ma-
mie L. Wright, Revs. E. D, New.
som, Wm. A. Dorsey, E. L. ‘Kinzer,
j R. Graves, J. W. Mason, E. K.
Nichols, R. C. Cone, H. A. Garcia,
W. C. Cook, D. M. Franklin, G. A,
Mitchell, J. L. Mims.
Average attendance 38.
General Conference
ARE NOW READY
ON $ALE AT THE
FINANCIAL. DEPARTMENT
and will be mailed out to any one
sending $1.10 to
JOHN R. HAWKINS,
1541 14th Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. Cc.
jwrSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 9 THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
— es i
W., Sept. 7. Working together.
1 Cor. 3:6-8.
ALLEN CHRISTIAN
“ENDEAVOR LEAGUE T., Sept. 8. Building a living temple.
lt Cor. 3:16, 17.
Editor and Mrs. George A. Singleton,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Chicago” Ministers
Alliance, Chicago; and Chicago Annual
Conference.
! F., Sept. 9. Organizing for» work, In addition to these were glowing
Topic for September 11 : Neh. 2:12-18.] resolutions and beautiful floral tri-
Our Society on a Journey S., Sept. 10., How to help others, butes from every board, department,
2. Setting Our Course Heb. 12:12-15.] auxiliary and club in the St. Paul
Sun., Sept. 11. Topic—Setting Our| Church.
Course. 1 Cor. 9:24-27. Among the relatives present from
—Christian Endeavor out of the city were Comrade Brown, a
Civil War Veteran, who is step father
to Rev. Hackley and Miss Mae God-
frey, Principal of the Opportunity
School, of Kansas City, Mo., who is
the niece of Mrs. Hackley.
ford, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Jos. F. At the unanimous request of the
Nelson, Champaign, Ill.; Rev. P. H.] Official Board of the church Bishop
Thomas, pastor, Champaign, Ill.; Rev. | Gregg announced that he was placing
and Mrs. H. C. Boyd, Ottuwa, Ia.;|St. Paul Church under the supervision
Rev. J. W. Collins, Davenport, Ia.;|of Presiding Elder, W. H. Ogleton
St. John A. M. E. Church, India-|until the sitting of the Annual Con-
1 Cor. 9:24-27
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Introducing the Topic k
The leader may explain how this
topic differs from the one last week.
It is one thing to set some goals, but
quite another to devise methods to
reach them. Then we talked of devo-
tional goals, organizational goals, so-
cial service goals, reading goals, and
many others.
It is now our task to see whether we
have the ability to go ahead to reach
these goals. We are in the position
World
TRANSITION
(Continued from page 15)
now of the captain of a vessel who has} napolis, Ind.; Mrs. Mary Cobb, Indi-| ference, which is just two weeks
received sailing orders. He knows where anapolis, Ind.; E. H. Dansby, Treas. | hence.
he is to go, he wants to go there, but St. Peters A.M.E. Church, Deca-}] Bishop Gregg, left Des Moines by
he will not set out, if he is wise, until] tur, Ill.; Decatur Branch N.A.C.P.,} airplane in order that he might be
Decatur, Ill.; Rev. Russell Brown,|present and open his Annual Confer-
Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. A, J.|ence in Windsor, Ontario, Wednesday
Slaughter, Decatur, Ill.; Rev. and] morning.
Mrs. K. J. Siddall, Springfield, Ill. ;
will make the trip a success. Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Henderson,
The Juniors will discover and supply| Indianapolis, Ind.; Rey. and Mrs.
various means of equipping themselves}T. B. Stovall, Minneapolis, Minn. ;
, the journey and striving to reach
the goals.
he has examined his ship to find out if
it is seaworthy, checked up on his crew
to determine its size and experience,
and found all the other details that
DEATH
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The funeral of Mrs. T. Ivy was
The Juniors Taking Part
With guidance from the superin-
tendent and the leader, the boys and
ls may prepare in advance a great
many helpful comments on the society
accomplishments, the following being
samples :) é
|. The organization of our society
is like the crew on a vessel. We can-
not get anywhere if we do not have a
captain (president), a first mate (vice-
president), and other persons on whom
may depend. _ Committees, too, are
necessary, each to take a share in some
art of the goals to be reached.
2, No society can ever reach any
vorth-while goals without prayer. All
church work and all Christian Endea-
vor interesting partnership in
spiritual things.
3. Another important part in reach-
ing our goals is that we all work to-
gether. When we are trying to in-
crease church. attendance we must all
work at it, and not only some of us
Taise missionary money and some pro-
mote peace reading. Our trying for
goals must be otderly and must claim
all of us at once, each member doin
his share. i
4. Tt will help us if,we can see some
Signs of progress. A chart on the wall,
or a diagram on the blackboard, with
Some sort of mark made to show each
Week’s growth or record, will be an
encouragement to us.
Questions to Be Answered
|. Patl said that he was not the
kind of fighter that would beat the
“lr. How would you apply that to
activity in a Junior society?
2. What is the value of working to
reach a goal?
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held at St. Paul A.M.E. Church,
Sandersville, Ga., June 25. Sister Ivy’s
death was unexpected, she died from
a stroke of paralysis.
Wednesday, June 22nd about 9 p.m.,
and died within “4 hours,
was a great church worker.
her church and devotion to God first
in all things.
who knew her.
of St. Paul, Sandersville, Ga. preached
the funeral sermon.
She was stricken
Sister Ivy
She put
She was loved by all
Dr. Lee, the pastor
to mourn their loss, one sister
and her husband, Rev. T. T. Ivy and
a host of friends.
laid to’ rest at Macon, Ga.
Her remains were
Rev. H. J. Hunter
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PAGE EIGHT
1S THE RELIGION OF JESUS of his oracles,
CHRIST THE SAME TODAY AS were carried into Egyp
IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF JESUS were to be evilly treated for four hun-
dred and fifty years after which time
he appointed Moses and Aaron to be
fter| phasized godly sorrow for sin turning
his wonderful | away from the deeds of the old man,
CHRIST UPON EARTH?
Continued from page 1)
the Leaders of his people who a
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
commendments they |of his sins and t
t where they] Jesus Christ and the
don of his sins and his adoption into
the heavenly family, repentance em-
—- God had manifested :
Luke 12:19-20 record: this truth powers in the Land of Egypt brought | mortified and crucified and becoming
{1 will to my soul, soul thou them out and after leading them for|conscious of being a new creature in
ast laid up for many forty years in the wilderness until all} Christ Jeius, and when Christ began
e ake thine ease, drink and be who came out of Egypt except Caleb| his ministry his text also was “Repent
er and Joshua died because of their dis-} ¥¢ for the kingdom of heaven is at
ee him, thou fool obedience, brought them into the] hand,” reemphasizing the doctrine of
be required of of Canaan land flowing with] repentance as preached by John, show-
a those things and honey, God informed Moses| ing the only way to the Father was in
= vided “here ac- how to build the tabernacle and the|and through by him and not through
both quota~ Ark of the Covenant and through cere-|any form of eternal sacrifices, Christ's
Suke” which mor laws to worship their God. |coming was the rehabilitation of the
se va) soul, prin- These © peace offerings, sin offer-| Jewish Church on a higher, broader
. ings, tresspass offerings, all of which|and sounder basis rendering salvation
10 “Ane went down and when properly observed kept the peo-}| a personal affair, no earthly Priest to.
+ and embracing him said ple in harmony with their God and| intercede to God for any one but opened
urselves for his life is in thus God blessed them, but these}? way whereby every creature could
modes of worship were external only,| approach his God, pleading the merits
f my servant such worship as was visible to their}of the blood of Jesus and have his
m ave che beloved in eyes, so much so that God on one oc-| name written upon the Lamb’s book
. well pleased asion said “These people honoreth me | Of life.
1 put rit upon him and with their lips but their hearts are far| There are too many to-day laying
1 1 rent Gen- me.” The Apostle Paul in his} stress on belief only and yet belief to
fere we ha yor Si to the Hebrews said “For the] Obtain salvation is necessary because
euma 1 3 oul and g a shadow of the good things | the scriptures tell us He that cometh
rit > and not the very image of the} to God must believe that he is and that
innamon, and
rankincense
er nad
horses
ouls of
and
Kes ysed for
where
e sound
omett
and
me born
ve have Pneuma
nenumatos
meaning
he wind n
the
0 “Fea when he had
Ided up the
s Pneuma
f man, life
ns and compar-|
Preuma have the
are
nterchangeably
used
at the Paul who used the expres-
ssaloniang
peace sanc-
nally and | pray God your
and be pre
ed blameless unto the coming of
either used
the influence of
wecian learning in the schools of
ir Lord Jeans Christ” was
emphasis. or wa
with those sacrifices
can ney
ffered year by
year con-
the comers thereunto
ally make
| perfect?
1 those sacrifices there is a re-
membrance again made of sins every
year.
For
8 not possible that the blood
ulls and of goats should take away
or
ins
All of this was the figure for the time
en present that could not make him
that did the perfect as per-
the conscience, these extern-
service
taining
al sa
he is a rewarder of them that diligently
seek him, also believe on the Lord Je-
suse Christ and thou shalt be saved,
but belief perse is not sufficient. There
For then would they not have ceased] is more involved than mere belief it-
ffered because that the wor-| self, because you cannot repent of
once purged should have had| your sins unless you believe that some
© conscience of sins one exists to whom you must repent
and in this is involved the necessity of
prayer that we may approach a throne
of grace and lay our sins at the feet
of Jesus and plead for his mercy and
as a result we become conscious of the
power of prayer and realize that our
sins are forgiven. Read the prayer
of Solomon at the dedication of the
temple and see its power when the peo-
ple of God wherever they were, turned
hrough the blood of} who shall turn it. ie
mercy of God] The power of prayer’ is evident in
come into a full realization of the par-| the wrestling of Jacob with the ange!
the rational soul] #s to
s did not reach the heart so| their faces toward Jerusalem. Read the
make a new creature out of the| Prayer of Daniel for the sins of his
oid man but the law saith Paul was the| People which caused them to go into
$ hoolmaster of the people to bring captivity for seventy years, read the
them to Christ whose atoning blood| Prayer of Hannah at Shiloh when the
was sufficient to purge the heart of its] High Priest thought that she
A was
sins
of
of man therefore according to prop-| son that she lent to the Lord in the
hecy and the will of God Jesus Christ] Person of Samuel the prophet and last
sent into the world that man might | but not least read the prayer of Jesus
not only know how to approach God’s| Christ in the seventeenth chapter of
throne of grace but also how to be say-| John especially the words, “That they
ed frm his sins and become an heir| all may be one as thou Father art in
with Jesus Christ me and I in thee that they also may be
Under: the new dispensation there} one in us that the world may believe
was
wi
arsus which he carried over into his
fate af conversion
Paw 4 th
aul used the word spirit in
the
Romans, the Greek
The itself
onr spirit that we
eighth chapter of
word is Prewma spirit
heareth witnesa with
are the children
chapter
vf God” and in this
the
ried whether it refers
entire word Pheuma is
to the spirit of
God of man so we come to the cone
‘ston since Paul osed both words in
only one verse of all his writings that
he himself was a Dichotamist beleving |
the two parts ef man body and
spirit so that when the spirit or soul is|
converted the body becomes a fit teme|
ple for the indwelling of the Holy |
trheoat
Crew
chose Abraham the progenitor |
of a race who was to
j for his own sins and the sing of the | Isaiah saith.”
a radical change from the old man| that thou hast sent me.” It has been
with his old needs. A man was born] tineteen hundred and thirty eight
who was named John who became the| years since our Lord uttered this
forerunner of Jesus Christ, Preparing a, Prayer but behold its power working
people for the coming of Jesus Christ] and permeating the hearts of men until
who would take away the sins of the| to-day we see the unification of the
world and as he went forth to preach| Methodist Episcopal Church, the
his text was “repent ye for the king-| Methodist Episcopal Church, South
dom of heavew is at hand.” This doc-| and the Protestant Methodist Church
trine was peculiar and directly the op-| and the Bishops Council will assemble
posite of what the people had been| here with the Bishops of the A.M.E.
be It fell with strangeness upon Zion Church and others for the pur-
© cars of those who heard it and yet| pose of the unification of all Negro
mit accepted it and looked for the| Methodist. How wonderful how trans-
a of the saviour of the world, | cending, how sublime is the power of
No longer outward sacrifices, the slay-| Prayer even though the fulfillment is
on of lambs and bullocks and the High | delayed for many years and this pray-
riest making a tonement once a year|til all Christians shall be one, as
For the Lor
People. no mass harmony with God hut | hath purposed and who alt simaesa
be the repository
rach and every individual must repent! it and his hand is stretched out and
THURSDAY, SEPTEMB
of God and well has the sacred poe
expressed it:
As Jacob did in days of old
So will my soul do now;
Wrestle and on my Jesus hold,
Nor will I let the go. : ©
I come encouraged by thy word
That mercy thou wilt show;
Except thou bless me blessed Lord
I will not let thee go.
si &
I come to ask forgiveness free
Though I have been thy foe;
Except thou grant it Lord to me
I will not let thee go.
I come to open all my wounds
My sorrows and my woe;
Except thy healing grace abounds
T ‘will not let thee go.
I come to tell thee all my fears
And conflicts here below;
Except thy mercy Lord appears
I will not let thee go.
I come to ask for all thy love
And all thou’ canst bestow;
Except these blessings Lord I prove
I will not let thee go.
Belief, repentance and prayer stand
out as momentous requirements in the
life of both saints and sinners. Look
at our condition without sufficient
power to save ourselves and we can
see that God’s great love from Cal-
vary’s heights transcends the highest
and sublimest human thought and in
its light appears our helpless state and
the sacred poet lifts his voice and sings:
Plunged in a gulf of dark despair
We wretched sinners lay;
Without one cheering beam of hope
Or spark of glimmering day.
With pitying eyes the Prince of grace
Beheld our helpless grief;
He saw and O, amazing love
He ran to our relief.
through repentance on the part| drunk and its power in the gifts of a].
Down from the shining courts above
With joyful haste he fled:
Entered the grave in mortal flesh
And dwelt among the dead.
O for this love let rocks and hills
There lasting silence break;
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour’s praises speak.
All the cardinal points of religion
are embraced in the value and virtue
of faith, the Apostle Paul says, That
faith is the substance of things hoped
for and the evidence of things not
seen, the word substance means the
gist, the reality of a thing but this is
the derived meaning and does not give
the true significance of the expression
of St. Paul. The Greek for substance
is Hupostasis composed of two words
Hupo which means under and histemi
which means to place, so originally the
word substance means placed under,
that is a basis or a foundation. The
Latin word for substance is Sunstantia.
sub with the accusative or ablative
meaning under the statuo meaning to
build or place so that from either
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THE CHRISTIA
Greek oF Latin the idea is the same a} it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It
or foundation. Therefore I con-|is a mine of wealth, a paradise of
hat faith is the basis or foun-] glory, a river of pleasure. It is given
on which we stand and appro-} you in life, will be opened in judge-
o ourselves the grandeur and | ment, and be remembered forever. It
of the unseen world and in involves the highest responsibility, will
wnis. appropriation lives the evidence} record the greatest labors and will
of things mot seen, condemn, all who. trifle with its sacred
In St. Mark tenth chapter, we have] contents.”
the case of a young man who came} From this book comes repentance
running to Jesus, he seemed to have| with a clarion yoice and he who fails
been anxious to meet Jesus, doubtless] to preach Tepentance fails to show
had heard Jesus before this’ time} what the religion of Jesus Christ de-
mands from all mankind. Is the relig-
jay and as he came to Jesus the recog-}ion of Jesus Christ the same to-day
nize him as Lord and Master by kneel-] as it was when Christ was upon earth?
to him and said “Good Master| There is no difference. Its doctrines
what shall I do that I may inherit and requirements are the same for],
sternal life?. and Jesus said unto him] while we are in a changing world, the
why callest thou me good, there is religion and its doctrines as taught
none good but one that is God? Thou} by Jesus Christ are unchangeable and
:nowest the commandments do not|yet this question must ever meet us
kill, do not steal, do not bear false wit-| when we consider the innovations that
ness, defraud not, honor thy father}are being brought into the gospel to
ind thy mother, the young man an- suit the ideas of people who believe
vered and said unto him, Mastor all] there is no God and who believe that
these have I kept my youth,” Jesus] their education, wealth and position in
did not ask the young man how rich] society do not warrent that they
he was for he had great wealth, he did| should surrender their desires and re-
not ask him about his position in so-] pent for what they do that is wrong
cicty or what exalted office he filled| but that the gospel must bend to fit
but looking at him Jesus loved him and| their condition.
basis
clude t
dation
priate t
peauly
he
ind his anxiety caused him not to de-
ing
ak z Th is in. thi Ha 9:30 A. M. . Church School
aid unto him “One thing thou lackest, ere is in this country to-day two} 1) 4) su. Morning Worship
xo thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast | schools of religious science patterned 6:45 P. M ; Allen League
ind give to’ the poor and thou shalt after the-two schools of secular science. 2-00 P.M. ening Worship
ave treasure in heaven and come, take| That is one school believes that there |
1p thy cross and follow me. Now|is no such thing as repentance but |
Jesus did not mean for the young man| that a person is all sufficient of him-
to dispose of all his wealth and become | self to save himself and that by con-
a poor man so far as this world’s| stant watch over himself he can grow
goods were concerned but Jesus saw] and develop a spiritual life, this doc-
that his heart was upon his wealth and| trine discards the Bible in its entirety
worldly things. These he must sell|and does not depend on God to work
and get-rid of the world and worldly] his will and pleasuge in our lives. If
things. In other words what both|man of himself can accomplish this
john and Jesus had preached, repent,|then Jesus Christ came into the world
forsake the world and its enticements| in vain and all his teachings, his death
and in so doing this as a Christian he| and resurrection were to no purpose
vould give to the poor, take up his cross | but on the other hand the other school
and follow Jesus Christ. There can be| teaches there can be no spiritual life
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To Church
Rey. Herman F. Tyree, Pastor
Friday Evening at 830 P. M.
Rev. E. K. Nichols, Pastor
Locust St. above 40th
de
00 A.M.—Prayer Band
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evening prayer
and class me€ting.
Rey. M. W. Thornton, Pastor
WARD A. M. E. CHURCH
46th & Aspen Streets
Philadelphia, Pa.
. 6:30 A. M—Early Prayer Service
MT. ZION A. M. E. CHURCH 11:00 A. M.—Morning Service
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Norristown, Pa. 8:00 P.. M—Evening Service
8:00 P. M—Every Friday—Class and
ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH
New York and Arctic Avenues }
Atlantic City,N J.
REV. M. M. WARD, Pastor
100. SA ee Mies cas sae it ac Preaching
1:30 P. M . Sunday School
30 Ey. DA ceils A. C. E. League
8:15 P. M. . Preaching
METROPOLITAN A.M.E. CHURCH
20th and Fitzwater Streets
Rev. J. H. Slade, Pastor
no Christian religion without repent- without the touch of antecedent spir-| 9.39 4 \f,.—Sunday School
ance and this applies to the high and|itual life and this conforms to the}1).99 A. M.- -Morning Servite
the low, the learned and the unlearned,| teaching of St. John “That he that} ¢.39 p. \{.—A. C. E. League
the king and the President in short—| hath the son hath life and he that] g\99 p. M.—Evening Service
every creature that breathes the breath| hath not the son hath not life.”
of life. i
There was a time when men wor-| guard to withstand any doctrine other-
shiped idols, the sun, moon and stars wise than that taught by Jesus Christ.
but the Apostle Paul said “and the | What we need is what has been called
times of this ignorance God winked|the old fashioned religion when men
at but now commandeth all men every-| 2gonized over their sins and came
where to repent.” : into a full and real knowledge of a
The gospel is not hard to preach, the | Change from the old man with his old of thine eyes which thou shalt see
Bible says “All we like sheep have gone deeds to the new creature in Christ
astray,” what is the remedy? “Behold | Jesus. We sometime laugh at
the Lamb of God that taketh away the|0ld people in telling their experience | Jesus Christ upon earth. ;
in getting religion, when they said their] a changing world but the gospel is the
sins were so heavy when it was day|one and only thing that can stabilize
One writer says, “The Bible con-| they wished it was night and when it human life amid its persecutions, hard-
sins of the world.” The Bible con-
tains this simple message.
fains the mind of God, the state of | Was night they wished it was day, not
man, the way oe salvation, the doom only was this real to them and it was
of sinners and the happiness of be-| not a mere expression to describe their
lievers, its doctrines are holy, its pre-| feelings but they are the words of the
cepts are binding, its histories are true,| Holy Bible to sustain them in telling
ands its decisions are immutable, thad their sinful condition. Turn to Deute-
it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and|ronomy 28:66-67, God told the Jews
Practice it to be holy, it contains ‘Tight when scattered among the nations of
'o direct, food to support you, it is|the earth that their life shall hang in
the travelers map, the’ pilgrims staff,| doubt before thee and thou shalt fear
the soldier’s sword, and the Christian day and night and shall have none as-
charter. Here paradise is restored,| Sutance of their life.
heaven opened, and the gates of hell In the morning thou shalt say
disclosed, Christ is its grand subject,| Would God it were even and at even
ur good its design, and the glory of thpu shalt say would God it were morn-
God its end. Tt should fill the memory, ing for the fear of thine heart wherc-
tule the heart, and rule the feet. Read with thou shalt fear and for the sight!
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As ministers we must be on our! sy. MATTHEWS A. M. E. CHURCH
57th & Summer Streets
Philadelphia, Pa.
Prayer Meeting.
BETHEL A. M. E, CHURCH
Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr. Pa.
Rey. J. L. Brown, Pastor
1:00 A. M—Morning Service
1:30 P. M.—Sunday School
6:30 P. M.—Allen Christian Endeavor
8:00 P. M.—Evening Service
8:30 P. M—Prayer and Class Meeting
Every Wednesday Evening.
BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH
Wood St., Bristol, Pa.
Services:
9:45 A. M.—Sunday School—
11:00 A. M.—Morning Worship
7:00 P. M—Christian Endeavor
8:00 P. M—Evening Worship
Union Quarterly meetings every first
Sunday of July, Octoher, January and
April.
Official Board meeting every Monday
night.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night
Rey. A. Norman Clark. Pastor
the} day to repent as it did in the days of
The gospel of Jesus requires men to-
We are in
ships and trials. The gospel must be
preached with the same power that
Peter preached it upon the day of
Pentecost when the people picked in
their hearts said unto Peter and the
rest of the Apostle “Men and brethren
what shall we do?” And Peter said
unto them, “Repent and be baptized
eyery one of you in the name of Je-
suse Christ for the remission of sins
and ye shall receive the gift of the
Holy Ghost.” Such gospel and such
only will save the world and lift men
and ask for the old paths where is
the good way, and walk therein and ye
shall find rest for your souls.”
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The Electorial College of Virginia
A.M.E. Conference elected the fol-
lowing delegates to represent at the
General Conference 1940, Detroit,
Mich:
Mr. William Thorogood, veteran
member of St. John A.M.E. Church,
Norfolk, Va.; C. W. Traynham, of
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, Roanoke,
Va.; and Atty. Thomas H. Reid, of
to the fullness of the stature of Jesus
Christ. I conclude in the words of
Jeremiah the Prophet: “Thus saith
the Lord stand ye in the ways and see,
Emanuel A.M.E. Church, Ports-
mouth,
Cc. W. Traynham
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. —— cally. (“Most of the current ills
H : of democracy are due to the in-
PHILADELPHIA—(C)—In an edi- ability of its citizens to think prob.
torial, “The Divine’s Movement,” The lematically on social conditions.”)
Christian Recorder, oldest Negro pub-13 The ability to organize intellecual
lication America, Dr. George A. materials. (“No mind, not even
' | Singleton, editor, said on Thursday: that of a college sophomore, enjoys
| | “Within two consecutive days the in- running in circles.”)
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techniques of teaching. (“Teach-
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job.”)
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Christian denominations their, sins...”17. Evidence of a capacity for citizen-
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teach the realistic failures about
American democracy as well as its
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Possession of a critical attitude to
discern social and _ professional
needs and the courage to state
them. (“No college president who
merely receives the reports of com-
mittees and counsels with heads of
departments * * * can preen him-
EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP 8.
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hours of sleep every night. The body
accumulates poisonous waste’ products
during its waking hours which only self on the practice of demo-
during sleep can be eliminated more cracy.”)
rapidly than they are produced. More
sleep is needed in winter than in sum+
mer because the body gets less sun-
shine, less outdoor air and exercise. | WHAT MAKES A LYNCHING?
Many cases of tuberculosis, pneumonia | MAGAZINE AUTHOR TELLS HOW
and nervous exhaustion are caused by
insufficient sleep.
New York, Aug. 12.—What makes
a lynching possible? The question is
answered effectively by George. Leigh-
ton in the second and final installment
of his story of an American city, Oma-
ha, Nebraska, appearing in the current
issue of Harpers magazine.
AVOID TOOTHACHE
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'
Many persons believe that there is
no sense in going to the dentist if the} In a straightforward and moving
teeth do’ not hurt. account of the forces behind the. rise
If a tooth aches it usually means and fall and later lame attempt at a
that decay has petietrated far into the| comeback of this mid-western rail-
tooth and that the acid formed by bac-| road center since the eighteen-nine-
terial fermentation is causing a chem- ties, Leighton includes an account of
ical irritation of the netve. In such the lynching of Will Brown a packing-
cases more skill is reqttired to place| house worker in Omaha snes the
a filling and thé filling is less perma-j latter part of ‘September, 1919, for an
nent than if the cavity had been dis- alleged attack on Agnes Lobeck, a
covered earlier. n !
Periodic visits to the dentist will
forestall many a toothaché. It’ is poor
policy to wait for an aching tooth ‘to
drive one to the dentist. Prevention
is by far the wisest plan to adopt.—
Hygeia.
white woman.
Carefully, He builds up the back-
ground of this case, showing the po-
litical corruption that included control
of organized vice, the part played by
SESAAARER EEBIAIBABABA Sod
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SAYS GOOD TEACHER —
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Dr. Baker Calls This Essential ‘eo
Success in College Field
: Qualities of a good college teacher f
listed last week by President Baker of vee TTs
<o-called respectable” business men of
the town, railroad jbarons, the giant
ytilities with _ their headquarters in
the East, the monopolistic: meatpack-
ors, With their imal offices in Chieage.
\ll these forces, aided by the Ottiaha
BEE pushed a press campaign of
dander. against Negroes, acctising
them Of attacking whites, that, culmi-
nated in the lynching of Brown and
the Mayor of the town, Leighton says
in his article, { t *
Leighton takes it cleat that it is
not racial hatred, but the desire fot
fat profits, built up on the backs of
prostitutes and sweat-shop labor, and
the crushing of organized labor through
organized corrupt politicians that ac-
counted for the lynching of Will Brown
back in 1919,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
HONORS J, W. JOHNSON
New York, Aug. 12.—Arthur B.
ingatn, vicé president of the Na-
tional Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People, was the prin-
cipal speaker at a memorial service in
of James Weldon Johnson,
famed poet and onetime secretary of
the Association, held in Columbia Uni-
versity’s Horace Mann Auditorium,
Sp
honor
here, August 3,
Others on the program were: Dr.
\elville Charlton, organist? Jessie
Fauset Harris, Dorothy Mainor, the
singer; and the Rev. William Lloyd
‘ames. The memorial program was
sponsored by the Summer students
and faculty of Columbia.
ALEXANDRIA, LA.
The Third ‘Quarterly Conference of
Bethel A.M.E. Church, was held
luly 24-25 with the Presiding Elder,
Rev. P. W. Baptiste presiding. The
Presiding. Elder preached two inspir-
ing sermons. At 11:00 oclock from
‘cach all nations baptising them in the
name of the Father and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.” Subject:
“Christian Doctrine of. the gospel of
Jesus Christ or the method of carrying
‘ut the principles and teachings of
Jesus Christ.” At 7:30 P. M. Acts
'26 “And when Herod would have
brought him forth, the same night
‘ers, bound with chains, and the keep-
‘ts before the door kept the prison,”
bject, “An unrealized power.”
At 8:00 o'clock Monday evening a
large number of officers and members
‘ere present at the business session of
the Conference, each auxiliary read its
‘eport, which was very good. Since
the last Quarterly Conference death
has visited our ranks and took our
Pastor, Rev, J. E. Crowe. Rev. E.
» Foreman appointed pastor, played
his part in the quarterly conference.
© are pleased to have. Rey. Fore-
™an and feel that under his leadership
‘ve are assured of success. At the
Matt. 28:19-20, “Go ye therefore, and}
Peter was sleeping between two sold-|
t t
‘
close of the quarterly conference, we
were able to pay our P. E. in full
$40, which made the pasto- feel en-
couraged; total finance raised for this
quarter $461.83.
i ? Migs Attia V. Veal
ALLEN CHAPEL A M E CHURCH
‘ Woodville, Mississippi
‘= sy
The third quarterly conference of
Allen. Chapel, was held Sunday, July
31, with Dr. S. S. Stephen, Presiding
Elder, and Rev. W. R. F. Potter,
Bastor:
The devotional exeteises were con-
ducted by the pastor, Rev. W. R.
F. Potter. The Presidiig Elder, Rev.
S. S. Stephen preached a soul stirring
sermon to a large and appreciative audi-
encé with a large number of visitors
from out sistet churches in the com-
imiinity presetit. Music was furnished
by the Allen Chapel Church choir.
The Pastor and mettibers were de-
lighted to have Rev. Saunders, of
Washington, Mississippi with us, who
assisted our Presiding Elder, Rev. S-
S. Stephen wth the services.
The reports of the quarterly confer-
ence showed that 13 members had been
received into full membership, one
baptized. Stewards—$111.99, Sunday
School $34.41, Trustees $52.00, Mis-
sionaty Society $1.30, Stewardess $1.55,
A.C. E. League $4.99: Total $206.24
and the Presiding Elder was paid in
full, $25.00. :
The Conference was very successful,
and closed in a blaze of joy, looking
forward to the Sunday School Conven-
tion, which will convene with Hope-
well A. M. E. Church at Hopewell,
Mississippi, August 17-21, and the Mam-
moth Home-Coming-Week and Pil-
grimage of Mississippi and Louisiana
African Methodist, which is to be held
in Historic Zion Chapel A. M. E.
Church, Natchez, Mississippi, August
23-28.
DR. S. S. STEPHEN, Presiding Elder
REV. W. R. F. ROTTER, Pastor
I. M. SWEENEY
CLARKSDALE, MISS.
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and faithful
All the pastors of the Greater Clarks-
dale District were present, with good
reports, quite un increase over fast
year.
The Holy Communion was given to
a large crowd. The spiritual tide ran
very high. The finance was good. We
have 4 loyal set of ministers on this
Distriet. They all seemed to have
tartied at Jeriisalem until they were
endorsed with the Holy Spirit, All
the sermons were fine. The Mission-
ary ladies also had a very profitable
and pleasant meeting on Saturday.
Mrs, J. E. Williams, District Presi-
detit; presiding. 5
The entertainment of the Confer-
ence was all that could have been ex-
pected! Too much praise and com-
mendation cannot be giyen the Rey.
F. R. C. Durden for his consecrated
leadership and untiring
labor in building up this. great Dist.
(Mrs.) L, E. A. Watson
WHITE SPRINGS, FLA.
New Bethel A.M.E. Church
\
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society, of the Lake City
District met at New Bethel A.M.E.
Church Thursday, at 12:00, with Dr.
T. D. Tyson in chair. Sermon deliver-
ed by Rey. E. J. Madison, the P. E.
then presented Mrs. Tyson, who pre-
sided in a very dignified manner, At
4:00 service conducted by Rev. D. E.
Am
PAGE ELEVEN
Rev. J. McClain, pastor of Atox A.
M. E. Church, Dawson, Ga. was also
present, who preached Thursday nite,
which was enjoyed by all. The ser-
mon was full of sourid reason and
wholesome advice to all who heard it.
The convention had the honor of hay-
ing our beloved Bishop present, the
Rev. W. A, Fountain, Sr. as he/
came in all stood asid sang “Praise God
From Whom All Blessings _ Flow.”
Then the P. E.’of Donalsonville Dis-
trict presented him as speaker of the
hour,
During fis masterly address, the
bishop touched upon the vital issues
affecting they church and race. This
message was quite essential to both
ministers and laymen. He gave facts
and figures showing the condition of
Morris Brown when he came hese and
how if now stands. May say,
“Long five our beloved Bishop.”
The spiritual and financial condi-
tions. were good. We as coworkers
on the Donalsonville District can know
no failure while under the leadership
of our beloyed P. E
Dr. DD.) W
Fannie Powell
we
sie De
Morman
eS ee ee
THE NEW TESTAMENT |
A Translation in the Language of
% the People
By Charles B. Williams, Ph.D.
Professor of Greek, Union
University
Anderson. At 8:30 the choir led. in,
singing “Holy,” service conducted by
the pastor, Rev. J, A. Porter. The
P. E. presented: Rev. D. Maynor to
preach. Rey. Maynor preached a soul
stirring sermon, which was enjoyed by
all. The spirit ran very high at. this
service.
At the close of the Missionary meet-
ing the Presiding Elder held his third
quarterly conference, the pastor had
everything so well arranged that the
quarter was held in 15 minutes. $168.00
was raised during quarter. The P. E.
was very much pleased
with same
—success of New Bethel, under the
leadership of Rev. J. A. Porter. A
very nice dinner was served at the
home of Mrs. L.“B. Jackson, the P.
E. and -wife were the dinner guests
of Mrs. Ollie Whitehurst. Rev. E. Jt
Madison reported a very fine dinner at
The Greater Clarksdale District] Mt- and Mrs. King Williams.
Conference, of the Northwest Missis- Mrs. Mary Lee
sippi Conference convened with the
Mitchell - Chapel A.M.E. Church, = eR
Clarksdale, Mississippi, April 21-24.
The session of the District Confer-
ence just held was one of the most
harmonious and constructive assem-
blies of many years.
The Conference took a forward step
in its plans to do better work. And
SAFFOLD, GA.
Bethel A.M.E. Church, of the Don-
alsonyille District, just closed its S. S.
Convention. Rey. D. W. Morman, our
splendid P. E., presided; hymn lined
under No. 113 C.M. Prayer was of-
also the resolution to concentrate its
educational effort in its one outstanding
school, Campbell College. The high
notes of the Conference was the ad-
dress of Dr. F. R. C. Durden.
The BISHOPS YET UNCROWNED
H. Man whom men are anxious to fol-
low his lead, he is known as a leader
of men. Dr. Durden has few equals,
he helps the people in all walks of
life, -
es ae
a 28
fered by Bro. Clinton Moses. Rev.
Brazel led in singing “No Not One.”
The P. E. then gave the convention
some very interesting instruction, ex-
cellent reports from all departments
of the church were received, had as
visitors: Rev. A. H. Edge, P. E. of
Rome District; Mrs. Macie D. Moore
of South Fla.; Rev. Powell, Ala:
Bro. W. F. Powell, Bro. A. C. Long,
Sister A. Wheeler, Miss A. White,
This translator brings to the
worthy task of translating the
New Testament into the ordinary
language of contemporary Amer-
ica, a. thorough scholarship and
rich experience in his subject. A
professor of Greek for over thirty
years, he has spent twenty years
in the completion of this work.
This translation is based on the
Westcott and Hort Greek Text,
which is recognized as the au-
thoritative text throughout the
English speaking world. Where
there have been conflicts in the
Greek texts, the Vatican Manu-
script, generally conceded to be
the oldest and best, has been fol-
lowed.
Attempting to convey the ex-
act thought of the Greeks, rather
than to translate its single
words. Dr. Williams has also
added explanatory notes at the
beginning of each book, and foot-
notes, to ‘further clarify the
meaning.
In reading this book it brings
the event before you so plainly
until it seems like you were pres-
ent at the very happening itself.
It makes the Scriptures more
clearly understood.
This book is recommended for
the Study Course of the ministers
who are applying for membership
in the Annual Conference.
It may be bought at the A. M.
E. Book Concern, 716 South 19th
' Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The
’ price is $2.50 post paid.
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Notices
ARR HH
WILLIAMS
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CALENDAR
Sept. 7—Northwestern Conference—
Davenport, Iowa, Rev. J. W-
Collins, 11th and Ripley Streets
Bishop John A. Gregg
7 — California Conference—
Sanfrancisco, Calif. 1207 Powell
Rev. X. C. Runyon, pas-
tor. Bishop Noah W. Williams.
14—Southern California Confer-
Street
ence—Los Angeles, Calif. 1277
West 25th Street, Rev. H. M.
Collins, pastor. Bishop Noah
W. Williams.
14—West Virginia Confer-
ence—Williamson, West. Va- Rev.
Irvy Gary, Pastor. Bishop R. (ed
Ransom, Bishop M. H. Davis, As-
Of Annual Conferences of the Sth sociate
Episcopal District 21—Colorado Conference—Colo-
Bishop Nosh W. Williams. Presiding rado Springs, Colo., 230 So. Wah-
catch Street. Rev. M. C. Knight,
Sept. 7—Californin Conference — San pastor. Bishop Noah Wy. Wit-
Franciseo, Calif 1207 Powell tems
Street. Rev. X. C. Runyon, pas- 21—Chicago Conference—Chi-
tor. Bishop Noah W. Williams cago, Illinois, Rev. B. H. Lucas,
Sept. 14—Southern California Confer- 3825 Dearborn Street, 4211 Calu-
ence—Los Angeles. Calif., 1277 met Street. Bishop John A
West 25th Street, Rev. H. M Gregg
Collins, pastor, Bishop Noah W. | October $—Illinois Conference—Spring-
Williams. field, Ill., Rev. K. J. Siddall, 415
Sept. 21—Colorado Conference — Col | North 14th Street. Bishop John
orado Springs, Colo. 230 S. A. Gregg
Washatch Street, Rev, M. C!| 13—Palmetto Conference— Char-
Knight, pastor. Bishop Noah W. leston, S. C., Morris Brown
Williams Church, RK. I. Lemon, Pastor,
Oct. S—Nebraska Conference—Leven- 194 St. Phillips St. Bishop J. S.
worth, Kansas, 409 Kiown Street, Flipper
Rev. G. W. Reid, pastor, Bishop 21—Pittsburg Conference —
Noah W. Williams shington, Penna. Rev. E. L.
Oct. 12-—Kansas Conference Fort Liggins, Pastor, Bishop R. C
Sott, Kansas, 416 West 3rd Ransom, Bishop \M. H. Davis, As-
Street, Rev. R. S. Everett, pas- sociate.
tor, Bishop Noah W. Williams 26—Mississippi Conference —
Oct. 26 North Missouri Conference— Hattiesburg, Miss., Rev. J. A
Glascow, Mo., 600 Commerce Thornton, 621 New Orleans Street
Street, Rey. J. H. Ward, pastor, Bishop S. L. Greene.
Bishop Noah W. Williams 28—Indiana Conference—Evans-
Ney 2—South West Missouri Confer- ville, Ind. Rev. M. R. Dixon, Jr.
ence—Kanans City, Mo., Bethel 509 East Gum Street. Bishop
Church, 2446 Passeo Street, Rev. John A. Gregg.
T. H. Wiseman, pastor, Bishop 28—North Ohio Conference —
Noah W. Williams Piqua, Ohio, Rev. R. N. Nelson
Nev I16—Mussouri Conference — St Pastor, Bishop R. C. Ransom
Louis, Mo, Wayman Temple, Bishop M. H. Davis, Associate.
4309 Enright Ave, Rev. J. C Mexico and Rio Grade
Hicks, pastor, Bishop Nosh W Conference —’Corpus_ Christi,
Williams Texas. Rev. J. R. McGee, Pas-
tor, Box 774. Bishop George B
Ponca Young.
5S—Ohio Conference—Zanes-
All perser ontemplating attending ville, Ohio, Rev. J. Harrison Bry-
e th Ohio Annual Conference, ant, Pastor. Bishop R. C. Ran-
onvenes Sept 28th to Oct. 2nd Flipper.
will kindly notify the pastor of the
same, that ample provision can be, PEG PIE EEE
ninde tor your coiihdets Friday, August 26th at 12 o'clock noon,
REV. R. N. NELSON in the Mt. Vernon Avenue A. M. E.
114 College St. Piqua, Ohio. Church, Cor. Mt. Vernon Avenue and
Offic
Alternates of the Conference Branches
of the
eleties
A. M
burgh,
CALLED TO MEET
ora antares
Delegates and
Woman's Mite Missionary So-
of the Third Episcopal District
E. Church, including the Pitts-
the West Virginia, the Oho
2Ist Street, Columbus, Ohio
As to your coming, notify Mrs. Es-
sie Hamilton, Conference Branch Pres.
138 Davis Avenue, Columbus, Ohio;
or Dr. J. H. Arnold, Pastor, 382
Woodland Ave., Columbus, Ohio,
Faithfully yours,
+| SADIE B. (Mrs. J. C.) ANDERSON
1268 Montezuma St.
THE CHRISTIAN R
and the North Ohio Annual Confer-
ances;
you are hereby called to meet
, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Third Episcopal District President.
RT, KEV, Re C. Ransom,
Presiding Bishop
ECORDER
5—Nebraska Conference —
Leavenworth, Kansas, 409 Kiowa
Street, Rev. G. W. Ried. pastor.
Bishop Noah W. Williams.
12—Kansas Conference — Fort
Scott, Kansas, 416 West 3rd St..
Rey. R.S. Everett, pastor, Bishop
Noah W. Williams.
12—Southwest Georgia Confer-
ence— Fort Gaines, Ga., Chapel
A M. E. Church, J. R. Gardner,
Pastor, Bishop W. A. Fountain.
12—Northwest Texas Conference
—Brownwood, Texas. Rev. T. B.
Reece, Pastor. Bishop George B.
Young.
19—Americus Georgia Confer-
ence—Ellaville, Ga., ‘S. B.
Wright, Pastor; Bishop W. A-
Fountain.
12—Kentucky Conference—Mid-
way, Kentucky, Rev. S. A. Ly-
num, Pastor. Bishop R. C. Ran-
som, Bishop M. H. Davis, Asso-
ciate.
19—East Texas | Conference—
Marshall, Texas. Rev. A. I. Hen-
ley, 402 Boulevard Ave.
George B. Young.
19—West Kentucky Conference
—Bowling Green, Ky., Rev. E. R
Reid, Pastor. Bishop R. C. Ran-
som, Bishop M. H. Davis, Asso-
ciate.
20—North East Conference—
Bishopville, S. C., Rev. A. J.
Felix, Pastor, Box 422. Bishop
J. S. Flipper.
26—Augusta Georgia Conference
—Wrens, Ga., J. L. Shropshire,
Pastor. Bishop W. A. Foun-
tain.
Bishop
27 — Columbia Conference —|..
Winnsboro, S. C. Rev. V. A.
Janerette, Pastor. Bishop J. S.
Flipper.
East Tennessee Conference —
Knoxville, Tenn, Rev. T. E. West.
Pastor. Bishop Edward J. How-
ard.
26—Tennessee Conference—Saint
Luke, Nashville, Tenn., Rev. J. S.
Foxall, Pastor. Bishop Edward
J. Howard.
26—Southwest Texas Conference
—Wharton, Texas. Rev. W. E.
Thomas, Pastor. Bishop George
B. Young.
26—North Missouri Conference—Glas-
cow, Mo., 600 Commerce Street,
Rev. J. H. Ward, pastor. Bishop
Noah W. Williams.
26—South Alabama Conference
Enterprise, Alabama. Rev. R.
L. Upshaw, pastor, Bishop D.
H. Sims.
November 2—North Georgia Confer-
ence—Dalton, Ga., Bethel A. M.
E. Church, C. W. Peters, Pas-
tor. Bishop W. A. Fountain.
2—East Mississippi Confer-
ence—Laurel, Miss., Rev. Wm. A.
Redditte, 514 East 4th Street.
Bishop S. L. Greene.
2-Texas Conference—
Hantsville, Texas. Rev. B. F,
Grovey, Pastor. Bishop George
B. Young.
9%—Northeast Mississippi Confer-
ence—Columbus, Miss., Rev. .
W. Williams, 612 South 10th Street,
Bishop S, L, Greene,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
9—West Texas co
trop, Texas, Rev. T. H. Moore,
Pastor. Bishop George B, Young,
9—Atlanta Georgia Conference
Madison, Ga., St. Paul A.M.F
Church, C. K. Knight, Past,
Bishop W. A. Fountain.
—West Tennessee Con/-;
ence—Greater Bethel, Jac ;
Tenn. Rev. C. H. Harden, 1
tor. Bishop Edward J. Howara
10—South Carolina Conference—
Walterboro, S. C. Rev. Lee A.
Logan, Pastor, 5 Fishburn St,
Bishop J. S. Flipper.
16—Central Mississippi Conference
—Hollandale, Miss., Rev. T. W.
Wise. Bishop S. L. Greene.
23—North Mississippi Conference—
Shaw, Miss., Rev. G. F. Griffin.
Bishop S. L. Greene.
16—Macon Georgia Conference—
Milledgeville, Ga., Wesley Chap-
el, Rev. W. P. Carter, Pastor,
309 Liberty St. Bishop W. A.
Fountain.
16—Northeast Texas Conference
—Corsicana, Texas. Rev. H. I.
Cooper, Pastor, 105 N. ‘h Street
Bishop George B. You: -
17 — Piedmont Confe::--ce
Laurens, 7S. Cr Rewer a.
Thomas, Pastor, 234 Nort!
lina St.. Bishop J. S. Flip:
23—Georgia Conference—S #:: -1)-
ja, Ga., St. James, Rev. L 4
Land, Pastor. Bishop W. A.
Fountain. :
—Ohio Conference — 7. -:-
som, Bishop M. H. Davis, A=:
ciate.
ory
30—Northwest Mississippi Conference
..—Sunflower, Miss., Rev. A. Tay
lor. Bishop S. L. Greene.
2—South West Missouri
Conference—Kansas_ Ctiy, 1’o,
Bethel Church, 2446 Paseo Street.
Rev. T. H. Wiseman. pastor
Bishop Noah~W. Williams.
2—Alabama Conference—
Atmore, Alabama, Rev. W. M.
Bonner, pastor, P. O. Box 54,
Bishop D. H. Sims.
5—South Georgia Conference
Valdosta, Ga., St. Paul.A. M.
E. Church, Rev. H. D. Harde-
man, pastor, 415 Ashley Street,
Bishop W. A. Fountain.
December 7—North Louisiana Confer-
ence—Monroe, Louisiana, Rev. E.
D. Wilson, 515 South 10th Street.
Bishop S. L. Greene.
9—East Alabama Conference—
Hurtsboro, Alabama, Rev. J. B-
‘Alexander, pastor, Bishop D. H.
Sims.
14—Central Louisiana Conference
..—Thibodaux, Louisiana, Rev. J.
B. Villia, 608 Green Street. Bishop
S. L. Greene.
16—North Alabama Conference—
Birmingham, Alabama, St. Luke
Rev. C. D. Hayden, pastor, 2817
21st St. Bishop D. H. Sims.
16—Missouri Conference — St.
Louis, Mo., Wayman Temple,
4309 Enright Ave. Rey. J. C.
Hicks, pastor. Bishop Noah W.
Williams.
23—Central Alabama Conference
—Selma, Alabama, Ward Chapel,
Rev. A. W. Thomas, pastor, 1017
Lauderdale Street. Bishop D. H.
Ensley, Alabama, Mt. Zion, Rev.
J. C. Bonner, pastor, 1521 21st
Street, Bishop D. H. Sims.
23—North Texas Conference—
Dallas, Texas Rev. F. W. Grant,
Pastor, 2413 Metropolitan Street.
Bishop George B. Young.
24—Central Conference —Man-
ning, S. C.; Rev. D. J. Gadsden,
Pastor, 213 Rigsby St. Bishop
J. S. Flipper.
30—Central Texas onference—
Austin, Texas. Rey. \. W. Wil-
liams. Pastor 1105 E. ith Street.
Bishep George B. Young.
January 11—Louisiana Conference—
New Orleans, La., Union Bethel,
Rev. J. M. Brown, 1323 South
Liberty Street. Bishop S. L.
Greene.
BISHOP R. A. GRANT’S SWING
AROUND THE FLORIDA CIRCLE
By Dean W. G. Alexander
BISHOP R. A. GRANT
Passing hurriedly from Jacksonville
in his rapid moving charger to cover
conventions, leagues and church~dedi-
cations to bring before forty thousand
Alrican Methodists May-Day Balances,
State Convention Claims, and the se-
curing of bricks for a new $100,000.00
dormitory,
Bishop Grant hurried to
city-village-town.
Pathetic Scenes Touch Ocala & Tampa
Whatever was in his mind, the pale
horse and his rider halts us at Ocala,
the passing of Mrs.
Ruth Logan, wife
ot Presiding Elder R. B. Logan, re-
quired him to delivered the funeral ad-
dresses paying a most beautiful tribute
to one who had served at the head of
the young people for so many years, The address was
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sented this most beautiful life. At
Tampa, Bishop Grant paid his re-
spects to the late Mr. Cyrus T. Greene,
Executive Secretary of the Urban Lea-
gue for that city. The outpouring of
Tampa represented all Walks and all
races testifying to the loss which the
entire city sustained in the passing of
this leading colored man. One could
readily see in the beauty of the ad-
dresses where a colored leader has
vision, knowledge, initiative and nerve
he can readily make a way for his race
in any city of Amerca.
T. Greene accomplished.
At Bradenton
The Rey. Dr. Oates at Bradenton,
his Sunday School, League and Mis-
sionary Workers royally welcomed the
Bishop. After his talk about bricks,
new girls’ dormitory, Edward Waters
College debt, students for B. F. Lee
Seminary, donations
he proceeded to
This, Cyrus
for winter coal,
take up collection
which was royally responded to. In
few minutes $37.00 was laid on the
table. After the fine sermon by the
Presiding Elder and his thrilling clos-
ing address by the Bishop, he again
returned to Tampa.
Tampa Conventions
With Dr. C. S. Long, Sr., at Port
Tampa, Bishop Grant's presence was
hailed with unusual applause. After
a very fine introduction $43.00 was
collected and the Bishop delivered an
address on “Cooperation and Brother-
hood.” The address was well received
and it is thought that it was a very
!fine setting for one of the best meet-
ings held by Dr. Long at Port Tampa.
St. Petersburg District at Tampa
Rey. M. D. Potter, Presiding Elder
of this District, had things amply in
hand and when the Bishop entered they
were leading in several of the great
songs of the church. It was a joy to
see how the young people responded
to the old religious hymns of their
mothers and fathers. After remarks
by the Bishop, he took the usual col-
lection which amounted to $50.00, after
which he delivered a very fine and ap-
propriate address on “The Demand
Not For More Money For The Church
But Larger And Systematic Giving.”
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all went away planning to give much
more
M.
largely and more systematically.
m. for Stuart, Florida, to
Smith. As he entered
led by one of the good singers, sang,
“The
Church Is Moving On.”
address of the Bishop was timely—“The
Place of Young People and How They] very effective persons.
can Be More Influential as Represen-|say here that the music com., Miss
A hasty fare-|Paskins, and Miss Copper gave us life wag
well was said and the Bishop turned]and light in their songs and song lea-
tatives of the Church.”
his face toward Miami, Florida. dership.
At Miami, with the Rev. S. W. Rev. Mims, the pastor, Conf. Supt.
Adair, Presiding Elder of Miami Dis-|and Chr. of the devotions inspired
trict, Bethel Church, “Miami, never | everyone.
held a more enthusiastic, large and Dr. Sewell, an invited physician,
appreciative audience to receive a]gave us a thot which might never leave
Bishop than was given Bishop Grant]our minds.
upon
read,
and
this occasion.
songs rendered, competing choirs
agencies, Christian missions, held
the boards afternoon and evening. The
Bishop’s address on
tian
open:
“Efficient Chris-
was indeed an eye
department of this
Young People,”
er. Every
district was alive to the task required
and the reports were first class. This _
may be true of all the conventions
which the Bishop attended. Dean
Alexander delivered addresses in all
of the conventions associating the
Bishop.
Personal Courtesies
Miami, Ormond, Daytona Beach, St
Miami, Ormand, Daytona Beach, St.
Augustine, the courtesies extended by
Presiding Elders, Pastors and the
committee, were extra-ordinary. The
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Bishop Grant
with
congregation at
ander was with the Rev.
girls’
Presiding Elders and 42,000 more from |
the meeting was one of beauty, joy
The Bishop hied away next morning at }and Christian Fellowship.
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meet the Convention of the Rey. M.]|same zeal that the composers wrote it.
this] Being a great Christian meeting the
progressive town and church the people | devotionals were one step ahead of
were delighted with his presence and] everything.
The | gether with God.
Many papers were|proach to Sex.
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“Being held at Zion A:M.E. Church
The league music was sung with the
Our Motto: We are working to-
The committees that functioned were
Thus I might
Topic: The Christian Ap-
We must not forget the great lecture
that was presented by Rey. Slade
Three subjects were then presented at
various times during the convention
The (annual sermon delivered by
Rey. J. L. Brown, subject, “The Youth 5
and the Church.”. We must not for-
get the chorus of a Hundred voices
trained by Mrs. Paskins, rendered the
most welcome of music.
Intermediate yells and
heard for miles around.
educational facts accepted.
The welcome received by the Pre-
siding Elders of the various districts
were received on their merits.
Helpful classes were organized dur-
shouts were
Speeches and
were
thanks of the Bishop gots out to Mr.
Dorsey,
millionaire
real estate man,
Jenkins and Dr. and Mrs. Chapman,
for extra considerations. The palatial
residence of the Rey. Dr./R. B.
Brookins and his congenial wife was a
veritable home for the Bishop and his
part.
Great Sunday in West Palm Beach
spent the morning
Savage and his fine
The Bishop
at his best and challenged 20 men
Rey. Dr
Payne.
of the great audience to give $5.00
each to the Lord.
He closed a happy
Dean Alex-
A. W. Wil-
The service
high, spiritual and entertaining
from all appearances, African
hodism took on a new stride.
successful service.
s fat Allen 11 a.m.
Returning to Jacksonville and look-
ing back, the Bishop rightly feels that
he will
secure 2000 bricks for his
dormitory from each of his 29
individual friends and admirers
ughout the State; a full May- Day!
report on the balance of his $50,000.00; |
nearly 1000 people attending his state |
meeting; a full Endowment Day re-
and he will go-over to the Annual
ference in November with flying
colors.
THE ALLEN C E. LEAGUE
CONVENTION
Phila, Pa.
nother great and
ing the convention where discussions
were in order.
Temperance led by
Miss A. Wilson; Social & Recreation
by Mr. Glascow ‘Hughes; Working
with Juniors, Mrs. H. Batts; Rela-
tion of music of C. E. Work—Miss J
Cooper, Miss M. Paskins, Mrs. L
Gray.. Working with Seniors—Miss
E. Thomas
Mrs. _ Kaiser,
A General Officer was in our midst
He received a welcome applause
The morning the
ened the day with songs rounds
Godlike Ballards
next chorus op-
and
Many delegates were registered,
there being approximately 125 mem
bers.
There were many from out of town,
the fellowship was running high
The South Phila Dist.
largest quoto.
The standard that was hung around
the church gave us added life.
The food that was served was whole-
some and good and our appetites were
heartily appeased.
having the
The social and recreation com. was
;the largest of all the classes. Mr.
{Glasgow Hughes being the instructor.
All Com. offered fine reports.
Thus we neared the close of the con-
, vention.
The election of the district organizers
was in order.
A.C.E. Mizpah.
Officers of the convention; Bishop
D. H. Sims, Presiding; .Rev S. S.
Morris, Sec.-Treas. A.C.E. League.
Presiding Elders:. Revs. Johnson,
glorious conven- Napper, Patterson, Arnett.
Rev. J. L. Mims, pastor and Con-
has given us a taste of the goodness ference Supt.
of God,
Robert Williams, Jr,
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He was married to Miss Lucretia Ber-
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two sons and two daughters. The
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2. Devotion, Dr. T: T. Ivy, pastor
The sermon was indeed a masterpiece
shire, R, G. Flowers. »
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of the founders of the Philadelphi
Conference Branch. She suffered
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Her funeral was held from Union A,
M. E. Church, Tuesday, Aug. 9th, a
Chester, Pa. Remarks were made by
Revs. J. R. Fortune, of Devon, Pa.,
ji) her demise and her service to the
ed
anxiliary and- other boards of
BIRTH ;
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613 Rosedale avenue, Johnstown, Pa.,
the proud parents of their first
seven pounds and fifteen ounces.
Mrs. Jarvis will be remembered as
abeth: Jones, of this city, the
hter of Mr. Richard and Mrs.
Cora Williams Jones.
Reverend Jarvis is closing his fifth
Uniontown, Pa., and brother of Rev.
Milton Jarvis of New York City.
the | Windsor,
months had suddenly passed away.
Canada, on Wednesday
x amped in +| at an early age and began preaching at] The remains were laid to rest jy church. : i morning it was held at one o'clock on
y stamped the age of 12. under a bush harbor. | Wrens cemetery. Dr. E. Reese, P. &) Mrs. Willie B. Kinzer | Tuesday, the 23rd, with Presiding El-
10 e offered at these He was licensed to preach under the Rev. H. J. Hunte < der Ogleton, presiding and Bishop
Gregg delivering the sermon.
Music was furnished by the three
choirs of the church; senior, junior
and the gospel choir with special solo
were the Rev. Geo. W. Robinson,
Moderator, R. A. Broyles, J. W.
Tutt and W. M. Shaw, from the Iowa,
Minnesota and South Dakota’ Baptist
Association, which happened to be in
session in the city also Revs. Carlyle
Ogleton, Muscatine, Ia.; R. F. Boyd,
of Ottumwa, La.; W. R. Stewart, of
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- sons, Messrs]. Booker and Dayig to every Quadrennium of the Society. bishop of the area and to Rev. O. W. 716 S. 19th Street Philadelphia, Pa
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TI ee Bernice Evans, and two grandchildren, knew her, and her place will not easily district and plans were first made to Please enter my name for a new Subscription for One Year (_ ) Check
a) Rey. Walter Oscar Evans departed] The following ministers served a, be filled. A large circle of friends and hold his funeral on Wednesday, the NAME ce - Phi i aN
t| this life carly Monday morning, July | pallbearers: ‘ jeautiful flowers were a tribute. The | 24th; but upon receipt of information bahia Medes Udleak Cea RO MBS LE CaN en Lacie
+ new A.M.E Music lth, at 2:35 a.m., at Toombsboro, Ga. Drs. R.. Lee, H. J. Hunter, J. 4: philadelphia Conference Branch turn- from Bishop Greeg that he was plan- ADDRESS
t sy ‘ Flue Ellen, T. T. Ivy, J. L. Shrop, out in a body, as well as her local) ning to open his Ontario Conference in Sisk ier Uae
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Half Doz. mit $6.50 Bishop H. M. Turner. He recéived}of the Woman's Mite Missionary So The newcomer, Cora Elizabeth, ar-|the senior and Mrs. Nellie Darby for of our Lord’s Life. It proyides valuable and authentic material for the
his first pastoral appointment under | ciety has sustained a great loss in the rived Sunday morning, August 2lst,} the gospel choir. ' building of sermons and lectures. Especially helpful to the busy pastor
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4. Scripture reading, 90th Psalms,|lined by the pastor, Rey. Fountain, E. Church and Rey. J. A. Marshall,
aan by Dr. C. M. Hewton, pastor A.B.]and the second by” Rev. Slade, of of the A.M.E. Church, of Des Young Men and Women
Church, Sandersville, Ga. Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Phila. Moines. ‘
5: Dr. Evans as» a Citizen—Bro. |The first scripture was read by Rey. Messages of sympathy for the widow COO
tT. C. Freeman. N. A. Hylton, Paschal, and the sec- and praise for the noble services that
6. Dr. Evans as a minister—Rey. jond by, Rey. A. Q. Norton, of Darby, had been renderad by the deceased ae 2 i apne aL ee sa
J. H. Flue Ellen, pastor Norwood] Pa.» Music was furnished by the were read from: General Courses in the Arts and Science: Special Courses in
Station, Augusta Dist. Reading of}]Senior and Junior Choirs of Unien Bishop and Mrs. J. A. Gregg, Chi- ‘
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telegrams and condolences—Rev. J.
Miss Anna A. Grinnage and Miss Mi
cago; Mrs. Grace B. Potter, of Wa-
Social Administration, Journalism and Music, also Pre-Medical,
Pre-Dental, Pre-Law and Pre-Engineering.
L.. Shropshire, Obituary—Prof. Beas-|dred Gilbert rendered solos. T terloo, Ia. ; Corinthian Baptist Church,
ley grams, condolesces and_ resoluti Des Moines; Women’s Christian Tem- 4
| 8. Sermon—Dr. A. E,° Pearson, | were read by Rev. L. W. Stanford, perance Union and Interdenomination- THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION \
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1 selected his text from Psalms 16:11,
Thou wilt show me the path of life
in thy presence is fullness of joy: at
the right hand there are pleasures for-
jevermore.”” (subject) “Man’s Palace
From this subject, Dr.
or Prison.”
Pearson gave a beautiful description of of ber death.
tions from every department in the
church, testifying to her great activity
in the church work. Miss Payne was
a member of Union Church for -fift
two years, her half century of ac
service extending right up to the time
She was also consistent-
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Smith this week. Leaders and laymen
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Florida, west from Texas and north
from Kansas and Chicago.
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Roundtree, pastor of Quinn Chapel at
which the congress was held, was
host; Dr. G, Wayman Blakely, pre-
siding elder of Pine Bluff district, ser-
ved as dean of the congress; Dr. J. H.
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city, Dr. C. A, Abington, editor of
Sunday School Literature, Dr. S. S.
Morris, Secretary of the Allen League
Dept., Miss Myrtle Jones, Pine Bluff,
and J. W. Parker, Jr. were among
the official staff of the Congress.
Other general officers and denomi-
national workers present were Dr. A.
S. Jackson of Waco, commissioner of
education; Mrs. L. M. Hughes, Presi-
dent Woman’s Home and Foreign Mis-
ston Society; Dr. J. G.- Robinson,
cditor A.M.E. Review; Mrs. Garrett
Tookes Lamb, Shorter College, Rev.
C. A. Gibbs, Jacksonville, Fla., Dr.
JJ - Heath, St. Petersburg, Fla., Dr.
Archie Gregg, President Shorter Col-
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
ARKANSAS-OKLAHOMA METHO:- |iege, Dr. O. Sherman and D. W.
DISTS HOLD BIG RELIGIOUS | Miller, Little Rock, and Rev. E, C.
Hatcher, Dothan, Ala., Secretary to meeting. They
Leaders Gather to Study Methods of | Bishop David H. Sims.
BISHOP J. A. GREGG
Bishop Gregg preached ably at the
opening general assembly, he and Bish-
op Grant alternating with Bishop
Tookes in presiding at the various gen-
eral gatherings. Mayor J. K. Jordan
oi Fort Smith and C. P. Byrnes, editor
of the two local dailies delivered wel-
come addresses as did young women
representatives of every colored de-
nomination represented in the city. |
Particularly striking was the interest
manifésted and the warmth of wel-
come evidenced by the representatives
of white Fort Smith.
The Congress had a three-fold ob-
jective: first, to serve as an education
project in various phases of church,
Sunday School, Christian Endeavor
and Missionary work; second, as a
clinic where pastors might study mod-
ern methods and approaches toward
making the church more effective as
a social, economic and spiritual unit in
the community; and third, in integrat-
ing young people more definitely into
church activity.
It was a highly spiritual occasion and
served to direct attention upon the
growth of appreciation for the work
which Bishop Tookes is doing in the
area. The bishop now serving his sec-
ond year has demonstrated a vital in-
terest in his men, in the schools and
various auxiliaries as well as an un-
selfish interest in the welfare of the
church, which is binding the people
firmly to him.
It is probable, Editor J. H. Clay-
born said, “that no bishop who has
presided over this district has done
more in practical Christian stateman-
ship or striven harder for the church
than has Bishop Tookes,” That senti-
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ment was corroborated by numerous
pastors and workers throughout the
described Bishop
Tookes as a financier, scholar, great
preacher, statesman and leader, but
most of all as a dependable Christian
brother.
Built upon the most approved meth-
ods in religious education, the con-
gress under Dean Blakely attacked
such problems as “How to Teach in
the Church School,” “Planning a
Young People’s Society Program,”
“Improving the Adult Class,” “Guiding
Youth’s Approach to Religion,” while
for the ministers there were courses
in Bible, Pastoral Theology, Homiletics
and Administration. Under Mrs. L.
M. Hughes, who paused on her way
to study mission in Africa, the mission-
ary women studied more’ effective pro-
cedure.
BISHOP R. A. GRANT
“This has been a great gathering,”
said Bishop R. A. Grant.“ 1 am happy
to have come all the way from Florida,”
he continued, “just to participate.
Bishop Tookes’ success is close to my
heart, and I congratulate him.” Bish-
ops Tookes, Grant and Gregg had been
friends for 25 years, ever since they
all served together down in Florida,
and since that time have striven side
by side for the church and each other.
“J am grateful for this gathering,”
said Bishop Tookes, “because the spirit
has been with us. It has been a bless-
ed occasion and gives me strength to
go forward toward greater
achievement for African Methodism
and particularly in the 12th district.
The people of Arkansas and Oklahoma
are among the finest in all America.
We are engaged in Christ’s work and
are determined to carry on to a victory
which will help our people socially,
economically and as Christians.” The
congress closed Saturday night.
even
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
Second Episcopal District
The third quarterly conference of St.
James A. M. E. Church, Winston-
Salem, N. C., was held recently with
Rey. J. D. Cowan, Presiding Elder,
presiding. The work of this quarter
was a great success in every way.
However the leadership of the very
efficient pastor, Rey. H, B. Barkley
RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE GIVES
BISHOP TOOKES OVATION
Endorse J. H. Clayborn for Bishopric
FORT SMITH, Ark., Aug.—(ANP
A spark thrown from a speaker’s ad-
dress during the Youth Council session
of the Religious Congress in session
here Thursday led into a wild demon-
stration of appreciation and. approval
of Bishop H. Y. Tookes. In a spon-
taneous moyement, the delegates and
visitors rose to their feet and began
to sing and march about the church as
a tribute to the presiding bishop
The youth council’s band swung into
action and for an hour Bishops Grant
and Gregg, who were alternate pre-
siding officers, did not attempt to quell
te splendid demonstration which
greeted their fellow bishop. Flowers
were presented in the name of Bishop
and Mrs. Tookes, who was detained
at the bedside of her ill mother, and
were accepted by Mrs. Garrett Tookes
Lamb, his daughter. On petals of the
flowers were pinned dollar bills, one
for each year of the bishop’s life, 56.
DR. J. H. CLAYBORN
Equally unpremeditated was the in
troduction by a young woman of a
resolution endorsing Editor J. H
Clayborn of Arkansas for the bishop
ric in 1940. No native born Arkansan
las ever won a seat in the bishopric, and
the resolution was adopted with fervor
by the large assemblage.
and the loyal support of the members
we have raised this quarter $1175. We
can truthfully say the church is moy-
ing on,
REV. H. B, BARKLEY, Pastor
MRS, IRENE L. PANNELL
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