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THE MAN OF THE HOUR
A WORTHY MAN

J. W. Hair, D.D.
Since the last General Conference
May 1936, the Great Ship of the Church
. has set its sails toward the forth com-
ing General Conference, 1940.

Many have been the changes, and
many changes may yet come, among
the prelates, itinerary, and laity of the
Great Ship, the A. M. E. Church, The
Fighth Episcopal District, and Mis-
sissippi particularly are proud of the
work of the powerful Episcopal Com-
mittee, and are now marching with
the flag of the Lord Jesus, and the
banner of the A. M. E. Church, un-
furled to the breeze. Seeing and know-
ing better now. the wisdom and guid-

ance of our own Bishop S. L. Greene,
“The Sun of the Soil.” Though elevated
from the great State of Arkansas. But
since the days of Edward W. Lampton,
Mississippi has longed and waited
patiently for the elevation of another
man, Many have been oifered, we be-
lieve perfectly fit for the office, the
highest gift of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church. Such men as honor-
ed, S. P, Felder, John J. Morrant, F.
RC Durden, John W. Poe, W. M, =]

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respect. of those who know, and are
looking for a man to place in a place
a man worthy of the place. Mississippi
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Little John,” “The Silver Tongue
Orator.” and the “Pulpiterian,” is now
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leader of the head we any Episcopal!
District that may be named by the
Church, whether the District be in
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As we sat in the last annual con-
ference in Mound Bayou, Bishop
Greene, who knows Mississippi so well,
made an assertion very pleasing to
the men of the Bute geenauienh Con-
ference. ;

“While making reference to the candi-
dates of the State, asked that he would
not be put on the spot, but was ready
to get behind the man chosen by the
people of the State, as 2 andidate for

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mizes that the news is nearly always a-

bout whites—as though for all the world

7 ithere were no Negroes. Memphis,

emmessee, has 100,000 Negroes, but

"One must read the Negro press to be

aware of it.

One goes among the shanties in the
colored slums of Southern cities and
feven smal! towns One sees the inade-
quate schools. One sees a few hundred
Pooks in the corner of a Negro settle-
Hment house as the only public library
for a hundred thousand colored citizens.
Ine reads of the beating up of Negro
suspects by the police on almost every
Poccasion; of the shooting of Negroes
whenever they do not stop on the|

Ss as

even in
the first igelel of fhe present cen-
tury, In 1860 there were no public
schools for Negroes. Today the South
is dotted with colored schools running
from the grades up through senior col-
lege. Indeed, there is a better public
education system for Negroes in the
South today than there was for whites
after the Civil War, The lynching fig-
ures haye fallen off considerably, and
there are many organizations of whites
to reduce the evil still farther.

As for the colored workers, it is
charged by the white laborers that the
Negroes work while the
whites get work sporadically. Just
recently a carpenter told me the Ne-
groes were getting the jobs because
they were unorganized. and worked
for lower wages. I asked him the solu-
tion, He said the Negroes must be tak-
en into the unions and their wage scale
made equal to the white man’s.

There is even a change in the atti-
tude of Southerners toward
Southerners which indicates some
slight change in the attitude toward the
Negro. It is true the South is predomi-
nantly agricultural, but so is the West.
Yet a farmer Nebraska
“Yankee” jn the South as a
worker Manchester

me Hope for Remaining
Unique is the Negro

hn Clarence Petrie

is true, but the South does

instance, take the colored ques-
To: any one coming into the old
h from any other section of the
intry, the first thing that stands out
is the Jim Crow system. One is literally
ulled at what it means. Here are

regularly

To

non-

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South is Jim Crow. When I first en-

The colored laborer is still badly tered a small church college in Ala-

JANUARY 20, 1938
But there are still living some preachers
who can resent the fact that, under Dr.
Kirkland, Vanderbilt became more and
more non-Methodist, until today it is
about as closely related to religion as
are Yale, Harvard. and Columbia.

Southern Methodism was once a
rural religion—perhaps the religion of
the Southern countryside, Today Meth-
odism with its young ministers emerg-
ing from Vanderbilt, Emory, Chicago,
Union, and Yale has become almost
as intellectualistic as Episcopalianism,
leaving the bulk of the Southern rural
religion to the hew-to-the-line Baptists.

The change may be illustrated by the
experience of Unitarian
the South. It is only

ministers in
ten years since
there was not a single Unitarian minis-
ter anywhere south of the Mason and
Dixon line who was a member of a
Protestant Pastors’ Association. In 1929
aged to slide into the Memphis
ation

at the time when the sec-
retary was a liberal Episco) He
had asked for any new ministers pres-

alian

ent to sign slips, hand in’ their half-
dollar, their name and address. I obey-
ed. It was some time before the news
feaked out that the Unitarian’ minister
had been admitted to membership. One
parson, a stanch Southern Presbyterian
of the old school, resigned in a huff.
s he was’ again back at
sefore he left Memphis he
was my good friend and was wondering
if Unitarians might not find a way to
sneak into heayen as I had sneaked in-

After two ye:

meetings, |

underpaid.
But the visitor to the South does not
See these phenomena in the light of

bama in 1910, my greeting on my first
ain't

night at the’ supper: table was,
Mist from the North,
you? a nigger ‘Mister’ where
you come don’t th Well, we |
treat them like dogs in M ppi. We|
shove a nigger off the sidewalk if he]
doesn’t get off, If he doesn’t take off
his hat, we shoot him.” All this in the}
drawlingest of drawls. That same M
sissippian has been practising medicine |
in Bay City, Michigan, for twenty
years and has learned to get along
beautiful , in my native state where |
they call a nigger “Mister.” The last
quarter-century has caused stich modi-
fications that I doubt if the same re-
marks today would be made to a non-
Southern student in any college in the

r, you're
They call

from,

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eminent clergyman said,
fit for the top, until it has do
work on the ground floor.”
Being- jealous of the success
races will not lift our race to
We must cease to balk at
of advancement, and to bra) «
mile-post of progress.
Praises N. A. A.C. P
Dr. Cooper paid a maryclol q
“pute to the NAACP for
dog tenacity in contending for f
passage of the anti- lynchir vill)
‘said, “The NAACP. is the
civic force in America toda)

Conference, There was no one en-
dorsed by the way of 2 motion, but by
emotion it could be read as_ clearly i
in the faces of both ministers and lay-
men. Give us Hair, He is the man of
the hour. We do not ‘know who will
be elected to the General Conference,
but will speak to the church as a whole.
And from my pen comes the voice of
Mississippi. Give us Hair on the bénch
of Bishops, and we will be satisfied.
‘ REV. W. L. JONES
Cleveland. Mississippi
ie, oes es

“NO RACE IS FIT FOR THE TOP

PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS

The First Quarterly Conference of
Ward's Chapel A. M. E. Church was
held, Sunday and Monday, December
26-27,

- Sunday School at 9:30 in regular or-
der, with Mr. T. C. Muldrow superin-
tendent. Promptly at 11 o'clock the
ervices began with’ Rey. P. B. Burton
conducting devotionals. The Presiding
Elder was introduced, who brought to
tis the word of God. The speaker se-
lected for his text Luke 2:26: Glory to
he highest and on earth peace

of of

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: wi South. : |
UNTIL IT HAS DONE WELL ITS| we may obtain for our race will toward men. BI oath ivehaneibs heaibateellys
WORK ON THE GROUND hood rights. and deserves | C. E. League at Ke anes hi ‘ Sh so long ridiculed by
FLOOR.” abt ALBANY | of every member of the 10" t 7:30 the Presiding Elder) This CONT. Bible Belt and the
PASTOR © } world.” “God has given ¥s nd nother sermon. As he talk- 4 eae cote. antl

y Aaice nesis Zone, ie
cae ¢ i dom,” the minister concluded, 2" learts were made to rcjoice to Sian oT one eet chanel

‘our soul Salvation.

egular business session of the
¢ was Monday night. $28.02
he Presiding Elder on Sal-

up to us to. cultivate our ag
extent that we can keep a

Vanderbilt
him great
and more

BY ts H Jamison, aikely; Gua’
Dr. Allen R, ‘Cooper, the pastor of |

lor Kirkland resigned at
and the newspapers paid
his forty

for
compliments ;
years of service at the tniversity, it

was almost forgotten that Vanderbilt
was begun as 4 stronghold of peas
Methodism, home of the strict old-
time orthodoxy of the bettie
Jigion that was good enough for father,

aking candidate that we will be able to do

ter work this year, with
jent Presiding Elder and

id aquest’ Emanci. 4

f ‘NOW READY
ever heard od g id

‘2 PRICE $1.00, Postre’
. E. BOOK concer
“26 So. ‘19th Street

MATURIA MULDROW

to the Pastors’
Some time later the pastors sought

Association,
to destroy the effect of my member-

ship, which seemed to imply that they

had decided a Unitarian could be a
Christian. So they changed their name
from the Protestant Pasto socia-

tion to the Memphis Ministerial As-|

and invited the
But to no ayail. I
ago one of the leading

sociation Jewish rabbi
into membership.
eard not long
association refer to
“one of ‘the best

Christians in. Memphis.”

members of the

that same rabbi as
The best proof of the changes in the

ng made by a

South is the attempt be
small. group of Southern intellectuals
to make Southern insularity intellect-
ually respectable. But they shout
yain, The process of standardization is
Radio, cifema,
newspaper, public
transportation—all
the old Southern
isolation The South
but one hope for remaining unique,
and that is the Negro, Without him
this section would already be as much
a province of Hollywood atid Broad-
way as are Scottsbluff. Nebraska, and

Kokomo, Indiana,

in

too well under. way,

magazine rack,
school, automobile

these are ‘making

impossible has

—Zion Herald
Ed.—Dr. Petrie is pastor of the First
Unitarian Church, Memphis, Tenn,

erly

NOTES

2
awe “AFRICAN: HETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
SAN OUR BROTHER?

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BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH

Installation of New

Heating

Rey, I
known

continued to line
made by

year as

progress.

tdward James
as Father

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Mount Union, Pa.

Streamline ..
System Now
Complete

Jones, generally
vine, the second,
up to the standard
the farmer, Starting his 5th
pastor, he s made great

First, he paid the church out of debt

which

parsona

Third,

system ir

This

$1200,
and the

ed to $1000.

built a modern equipped
han $1500.
a am heating
the church at a cost nearing

hich co

more

I

eats both the parsonage

church combined. At present

a drive is on to cover the expenditures,

The men of the chu
pay $15.00 eac

which

with an ample

Rey,

There isn’t
that.be.doesn't
Since coming to Mt. L

will com

Jone

irch have agreed to
The women $10.00 each,
letely

cover the cost
ver,

d-sent man
tempts ta do,
success-of

ha its

nion, his mem-

bership has incre sreatly, owing
| to the fact, the t he preaches,

We wish t Jones
and his splendid cong his
splendid success cere hope
he will continue uture as he
did in the

Irene Dubois

BRR EAR REE EEE

In This Issue

a a ee

Carlyle F

EDITORIALS

A Means of Grace Renee

Bishop Greene And Union 4

Our Membership . one

Editor J.\G. Robinson Against

The AntisLynching Bill..... 4

Pointed Point ‘
Churchman Afield Rig one $
Birthday Greetings 5
Young People’s Page—“

day”—Rev, Rufus E. Cobb.... 6
Allen Christian Endeavor League.. 6
The Christian’ Recorder Pulpit x
From Other Papers . 10
Women's Page—“Studies in Mis-

sions’—Mrs, R. A. Grant lL
Transitions ee ctie 24
The Senior ‘Bisho, The Miracle-

Man—Reyvy. J. E. Thomas....., 4
Notices ....05 15

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By Rev. Carlyle F. Stewart
Minneapolis, Minn.

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The Lord is nigh unto all them that
call upon him, to all that call upon him
in truth, He will fulfill the desire of
them that fear him; he also will hear
their cry, and will save them.—Amen.

Monday, January 24
WHAT PRICE PROSPERITY?

“Thou fool, this night thy soul shall

se Sa eS ee Da - ¢ » z
be required of thee.”—Luke 12:20.

Read Luke 12:13-21.

Roger Bacon once said: “If money
be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
The covetous man cannot so properly
be said to possess wealth, as that may
be said to possess him.”
as he that doth A well meaning friend once said to
Read Luke 22:24-] ™e, “Reverend, if I had the money, I

would build you a new church.” Know-

“And there was also a strife among ing how little he did for the church
them, which of them should be ac-| With what he had, I did not gain much
counted the greatest.” Luke 22:24] encouragement by his assertion. 3
reads like a comment on some of our| he peril of prosperity is that it is
so-called leading men and nations of| @Pt to become an end rather than a
means. Spiritual enrichment is the
greatest wealth any man can gain,

Saturday, January 22

SPIRITUAL GREATNESS

—S

“Let bunt bess...
Luke 22 :26.

serve.”
26.

today. He fails miserably indeed who
does not realize that spiritual greatness
is not determined by the number of Prayer: Our Heavenly Father, thou
votes “obtained; stor by thewsize vot who dost give strength to those who
dae's position. or celia or rank,| have no might, and enrichment of soul
Humility and service ever remain the] f° those who have met with frustration
badge greatness in
realm.

3 for spiritual wealth in the name of
Jesus—Amen,

“Lord, might I be but as a saw,

A plane, a chisel in Thy hand,

No, Lord—I take it back in awe,

Such prayer for me is far too grand.

I pray Thee, rather, let me lie,

As on Thy bench the favored wood.

Thy saw, Thy plane, Thy chisel ply,

And work me into something good.”

— MacDonald.

Tuesday, January 25

“Who walk not thy disciples arco
ing to the tradition of the elders?”—
Mark 7:5.

Jesus set himself squarly against tra-
ditionism when it ‘became a means of
hollow form and mockey against sin-

Sunday, January 23
AN EYE FOR AN EYE

the spiritual] 24 failure, give us a consuming desire

First things firs

st! There c:
but one “first.” The kingd

than raiment?”—Matthew 6:25.

starve so dreamlessly;

Not that they sow, but that they seldom
reap; es

Not that they serve, but that they have
no Gods to serve;

Not that they die but that they die like
sheep.”—V. Lindsay.

The strongest argument for the Chris-
‘tian way of living is the life of ‘the
people who live it.

Prayer: Christ of Calvary, help us
to evaluate our-lives that we may put
first things first, Deepen our faith in
thee, in each other, and in thy kingdom.
|In thy sweet name ‘we pray—Amen.

Thursday, January 27.
“ “YE HAVE HEARD”

“Ye have heard that it hath been
said.”—Matt. 5:43.

Read Matt. 5:43-48, .

Too long we haye listened to the way
of living that is not Christ’s way. Look
about you in state and church and you
will become convinced, if you are honest
and discerning, that our methods bear
too much of the way of doing that
will not meet the approval of Him
who said: “Love your enemies, bless

THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS | them that curse you, do good to them

that hate you.” ,

A young king went to a throne with
the avowed declaration that he would
get rid of all of his enemies. To the
surprise of his friends and supporters,
he proceeded to tréat his opposers with
the greatest of kindness and considera-
tion until they felt ashamed of their
unfriendliness, When the _ king’s

cerety. Ceremonies and customs have {riendSeremonetratede with s hin tand

their place but can never be substituted

“Ye have heard that it hath been
said, An eye for an eye,’—Matt. 5:38.
Read Matt. 5:38-42.

The Christ-version of the old law:
“An eye for an eye” was glowingly ex-
hibited the other day in New Orleans,
Louisiana when an old man, John Amos
gave up his eye so that the cornea could
be transplanted to a young man who
had his burned severely by splashing
lime. The older man reasoned that at
the hest he had but a short time to live
and that the young man had a long
life before him, Out of such stuff
Christains are truly made!

We surely need in our day more men
and women who are willing to put
the teaching of Jesus into their lives
by concrete action,

Prayer; Heavenly Father, grant
that we may have strength for our
* tasks and manifest thy love to the
c world, In Jesus name—Amen.

comes from the heart.
One has truthfully said:
bigoted to any custom as to worship
it at the expense of truth.” Religion
that comes from the heart strips us of

than “the tradition of the elders.”

Prayer: “We pray, our Father, that
Thou wilt give to us Thy Holy Spirit
and that He will change our spirits
into likeness with Thine own, Let us
be unselfish, pure and kind, even as He
was,”

Wednesday, January 26
FIRST THINGS FIRST

ts

reminded him of his promise to destroy

for real passion for righteousness that his enemies: he smiled: “I have de-

stroyed my enemies; I made friends out

“Be not so] of them.”

Prayer: Spirit of the living God,
open our blinded eyes to the challenge
of thy call that we may follow thee in

can't and vain forms so that we be- th : ;
} : y way of love, friendship of good
come obedient to the will of God rather | wit) toward all me . E

my Int Jesus name. _

Friday, January 28
THE GOLDEN RULE

“And as ye would that men should
do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”
—Luke 6:31,, Read Luke 6:31-35. _

The Golden Rule is not optional but
a requirement of the spiritual life. We
cannot ‘hate others without destroying

: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God,|our own spiritual life. Booker ‘T. Wash-
and his righteousness.”—Matthew 6:33, ington used to say that he would never

has priority right in the life of the}
Christian. The world is half-starved,
half clothed, and half-sheltered; surely
the satisfaction of these primal needs
is important, Yes, but not the most
important. “Therefore I say unto you,
Take. no thought for your life, what
we shall drink; nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on. Is not your life
more than meat, and the body more

“Not that they starve, but that they

| hate any man. a

“T know a life that is lost to God

_ Bound down by. things of cart;

_ But I know a name, A Name
Name a

That can bring that soul new birth»

The converted heart, the new birth
will inevitably give expression th
love, consideration, and concer) a
others and above afl doing unto ,
as we would that they would do to tw

Prayer: Father above, may «|i a
die out in us! Fill our hearts wit
love for all mankind. Give us the ming
and spirit of Christ, In His name.
Amen.

GRACE AT THE TABLE

O God let all the world bless The:
for there is none without the token
Thy favor. We, the children of
love, rejoice to acknowledge Thy ¢
ness. Grant that we may oi T;
mercy inherit the eternal blessedne:
of Heaven—Amen.

HYMNS THAT LIVE

Some Day

Beams of heaven as I go
Thro’ this wilderness below

‘| Guide my feet in peaceful ways

Turn my midnight into day.

When in the darkness I would gr

Faith always sees a Star of Hope

And soon from all life’s. grief
danger d

I shall be free some day..

Oftentimes my sky is clear,

Joy abounds without a tear

Though a day so bright begun
Clouds may hide tomorrow’s sun
There'll be-a day that’s always brci!
A day that never yields to night,

And in its light the streets of Glor

I shall behold some day.

Harder yet may be the fight,
Right may often yield to might,
Wickedness awhile may reign,
Satan’s cause may seem to gain
There is a God that rules above
With hand of power and heart of |
If I am right He'll fight my battle
I shall have peace some day.

Burdens now may crush me dow!
Disappointments all around
Troubles speak in mournful sigh
Sorrows through a tear-stained eye
There is a world where pleasure reigns
No mourning soul shall roam to plains
And to that land of peace and glory
I want to go home some day. 2
river mn rip es
CHORUS .

I do not know how long "twill be
Nor what the future holds for me
But this I know, if Jesus leads me
I shall get héme some day.

—Dedicated to Dr. Hodson Wat’

Pastor of Mt, Olive, Philadelph"

Leader’ of the Philadelphia Con-
ference. ae

Lesson

January 23
TERING TO PHYSICAL

NEEDS

sson Text: Mark 1:29-45

id straightway, when they were
‘out of the synagogue, they came
he home of Simon and Andrew,
james and John. 30 Now Simon’s
mother lay sick of a fever; and
htway they tell him of her. 31
| he came and took her by the hand,
raised her up; and the fever left
nd she ministered unto them,

_ And at even, when the sun did
they brought unto him all that
€ sick, and them that were pos-
ed with demons. 33 And all the
ty was gathered together at the door.
| And he healed many that were sick
ith divers diseases, and cast out many
smons; and he suffered not the de-
is to speak, because they knew him.
35 And in the morning
fore day, he rose up and went out,
id departed into a desert place, and
there prayed. 36
iat were with him followed after him;
87 and they found him, and say unto
im, All are s g 38 and he
aith unto them, Let us go elsewhere
into the next towns, that I may preach
ere also; for to this end came I forth.
9 And he went into their synagogues
foughout all Galilee, preaching and
asting out demons.

M40 And there cometh to him a leper,
feseechine him, and knecling down to
, and saying unto him, [f thou wilt,
thou canst make me clean. 41 And
beilig moved with compassion, he
Fetched forth his hand, and touched
him, and saith unto him, I will; be
fou made clean, 42 And straightway
the leprosy departed from him, and he
Was made clean. 43 And he strictly
charged him. and straightway sent him
ou , 44 and saith unto him, See thou
fay nothing to any man; but go show
hyself to the priest, and offer for thy
ansing the things which Moses com-
ded, for a testimony unto them. 45
Mt he went out, and began to publish
much, and to spread abroad the mat-
S insomuch that Jesus could no more
nly enter into a city, but was with-
inidesert places: and they came to
from every quarter.

great while

And Simon and they

thee.

SOEDEN TEXT: And he healed
any that were sick.—Mark 1:34.

IPS WITH THE LESSON
‘Albert Buckner Coe

SSTANTISM has neglected its
“ministry. Christian Science
into being because of that
Tt is a source of satisfaction
¢ have today within Protestant-
emphasis upon healing. Psy -
gists and psychiatrists are being

of healing, so did Jesus,
nique was not as elaborate
tor’s of today,

straightway became
and at the sound of his voice the leper
@rose,

w “T

Worries due
being con-
ceptions, so
to mental derange-

Theological miscon

ment, are being cleared up. The doc-
tor and the minister are working hand
in hand to bring
the many who ar
of insanity,

mental normalcy to
€ on the borderland

If the doctor of today has a technique
Jesus’ tech-
as the doc-
But it was teachnique

nonetheless. He used his hands, his
eyes, his voice,

with telling effect.
Sometimes he took the patient by the
hand and lifted him up. At other times
he looked _ upon the sick one who
well. He spoke

Of ‘course it was something
within Jesus that healed His was a
magnetic, irresistible personality, He
was God-intoxicated. His very pres-
ence was compelling.

Jesus found Peter's
sick of the fever.

mother-in-law
One who has. had
fever knows how slowly it passes. away
over weeks of time. Pneumonia and
influenza leave one weak, irritable and
inadequate We remember to our
shame our own attitudes during such a
fever. In the case of Peter’s mother-
in-law Jesus healed her at once. So
soundly was she cured that she arose
at once and ministered to the assembled
people, As far as we know, no man
since Jesus has revealed such power.
It will help us to understand the power
of Jesus. however, when we note how
strong men of today exert power over

the sick. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman was a

yery strong personality.

him. It is said that his pray

bedside of the sick were so spiritual

er was a source of his strength

y and went to the desert for prayer

ue,
was in the presence of God.

beings who are spiritually strong.

The church is wise that
looks into the influences that are abo
Happy homes are essential

its youth.
\ssociations must be selected with care

There must be no fear.

the chu
bringing tl

ness.

TO DATE
By John R. Ewers

The gospel begins with the physical

but moves swiftly on to the &
the soul

$ n great
burgh has beer
the past three months by having Dr.
Douglas of China, living among us

nore and more and with telling
Nervous tensions due to our

Fifteen years he

THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
hurried i FF

to misfit occupations are
trolled.

frequently leading

I have sat by
him, talked with him as our arms touch-
ed, and found a strengthening power in
s at the

his handclasp so firm and his eyes so

Strength departed from him through
and returned to him when he
The God-
filled personality is the strong person-

ality. We cannot explain the power
of. Jesus. We are helped in’ under-
standi him by reference to humar

ntifically
about

More and more
rch is to lead the parent in| institutions,

ie child to its greatest happi-

THE LESSON BROUGHT DOWN

ealm of

Our church here in Pitts-
ly blessed during

has served as a Chris-

tian physician in that country, Last
Sunday night he showed us moving
Pictures of his hospital. He has been
observing, at one of our leading hos-
pitals here, and he tells me that he
has witnessed only five operations
which he has not performed in China.
What wonder that he has a Sunday
School with four hundred children, that
scores of fine young men and women
are being trained by him, that swarms
of little children fill his kindergarten
and that the church prospers!

We, who are used to advanced medi-
cme and sc.ent‘fic research, have no
conception of what a modern hospital
means to the Chinese.
the whole of medical missions.
Countless people are won to Christi-
anity by these primary ministrations to
the human body. Then there is entire
work of prevention. Fevers are avoid-
ed by controlling the water supplies.
Starvation is prevented by flood con-
trol and scientific agriculture.

Christianity has the motive of loving

Here one faces
idea

helpfulness toward all, as no other relig-

ion on earth. Guatama Buddha, if we

believe the records,

may began his
ministry with a deep devotion to
human need, with an almost pas-
sionate desire to help the poor, the

sick and those who faced death. But
long since that passion has cooled and
dead formality has taken place
Buddhism is like a embalmed.

And Christianity, also, we must con-

its

thing

Increasingly there are Christian scien-
tists.

ployment of faith, prayer,

Beyond all this there is the em+
communion
in the healing art. God is still the lord
of life; prayer still puts us in touch
With the infinite. Every good pastor
can bear witness to the healing quality
of the church

POINTERS
By Roy L. Smith

It is well to note the fact that Simon’s
mother-in-law’ began doing a common-
place duty as soon as she was healed.~
She ‘did not go on the radio, or sell
her name to some cigarette adyertiser.

It is a tragic day in the life of the
church when the poor and needy cease
knocking at its door.

The
door of any church where life is being
healed.

whole city will gather at the

Even in the midst of doing a good
work we are in the need of some quiet
time in which to recruit our spiritual
resources

If Jesus had been like some churches,

he would have -referred the leper to
the community chest.
No Christian is really Christian who

on.

cannot be moved with compas
It is hard to keep a healed man quict

PRAYER THOUGHT
By William Chalmers Covert

cede, has lost much of its missionary
in the
The far to
Christianity has been cursed by

motive, last two or three de-
cades.
seek
divisive denominationalism and it has
damaging relationship

with certain of the worst features of

reasons! are not

maintained a

Western life notably the use of intoxi-
cating liquors, war and certain sharp
practices in commercialism. These al-
sufficient to cool

But

,| liances haye been

foreign missions. we must re-

penetrating that a new light shone in} member that the missionary motive is
the sick room when he departed and} sound and it must not be allowed to
health came very soon. The strong} become corrupted.

personality of Jesus in a similar and As J write, our city is girding its
grander way brought health to the | loins for the annual Community Chest
stricken. drive, seeking for two and one-half

.| millions of dollars. Eighty-two institu-

many people he arose] tions are listed as beneficiaries of this

Here in, we see Christianity
ministering to human, physical needs

Why Be-

cause this is preeminently a Christian

| fund

do we say “Christianity”?
community, in the sense that our better
ideals have been derived from Christ
Not for
n| district as a1 outstanding example of

moment do we hold up this

our faith, but we may insist that all of
our finer ideals are rooted directly in
Chrisianity, or in its antecedent, Juda-
ism. Many as
we may be removed from our Savior,

are our faults, far as
divided as we may be in our religious

yet what good behavior
patterns we possess derive from re-
ligion. In the name and motive of re-
ligion we add these dollars to this un-
selffish fund,

I maintain that among all the sons
of men there is no finer creation than a
I have worked with

admiration

Christian doctor
many them,
knows no bounds
the medical profession and brings its

and my
Christianity enters

of

holy spirit into the hearts of doctors
The church also can lay hold of every
good scientific discovery and may em-

ploy it in the healing of human bodies

We thank Thee, O God, that Thou

didst reveal the fathomless depths of
divine love and pity through Jesus
Christ our Lord. For the power of
this holy passion of divine love for our
fellow men that has swept down the

years, we e Thee hearty thanks

Touch all onr lives as today we read

ssed ministry of Jesus

again of the bl

at the bedside of suffering men. May
\e y

we be led to more definite service in
our homes and hospitals where there
are those who suffer, May we have
Christ’s own gift in se

minds of those in pain

eties and distresses of conscious sin, and
the memories of moral de May
there come to them a sense of Thy

presence so real and inspiring that their

bonds may become lighter and their
sense of loss keen they accept the
higher trophies of self-conquest through
conscious nearness to Thee. In the
name of our great Physician we pray

Amen.

DAILY BIBLE READINGS

M. Mark 1:29-39. F. Acts 9:32-41
T. Mark 1:40-45. S. Luke 9510-17,
W. Matt, 9:1-8 S. Isaiah 61 :1-6
T. Matt. 10;1-8.

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

To the Bishop, Rt. Rey, John A
Gregg and Wife, Ministers and Friends
of.the Illinois Annual Conference: We
wish to extend to you our most cordial
New Year's Greeting. Wishing yau all

good health and happiness and a suc-

cessful year in your labor
Rev, and Mrs. Edward King.
P. O. Box 244
Carrier Mills, Il,


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“There was a Way men used to know,
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A MEANS OF GRACE —

One night a week ago the
writer attended Love Feast. Last
night he attended Class Meeting.
A brother while giving his testi-
mony said: “The Class Meeting
is a means of grace.” It is also an
aid to faith. A church that has a
pastor who attends the class, and
leaders who lead their members
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dent. He must not talk it to death
but skilfully direct and guide it.
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up the work of his leaders and as-
certain why certain members do
not attend and apply the remedy.
People get a little careless and
neglectful, .The proper approach
will bring results. Come, and if
you have no sins to confess, then
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BISHOP GREEN AND UNION

Bishop S. L, Greene, who was
a delegate last year to the World
Conference on Faith.and Order,
and Life and Work in Oxford,
England and Edinburgh, Scotland
has a passion for “closer

unity
and federation” among the
churches. He held an all-day in-
terdenominational meeting on

January 4 in St. Peter A. M. E.
Church, New Orleans. On the
program were Bishops A. P,
Shaw, of the M. E. Church, B. G.
Shaw, A. M. E. Zion Church, J. H.
Moore of the C.'M. E. Church and
John M. Moore of the M. E,
Church South, The Baptists
were represented by Reverends
Luke Allen, President State Bap-
tist Convention, and C. H. Rivers,
6th Street Baptist Church. Presi-
dent W. S, Nelson of Dillard Uni-
versity spoke, Mrs, L. M. Hughes
addrest the gathering at the clos-
ing session, Several Louisiana

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Noah Wellington Williams. Too
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The time has come for a full ac-
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EDITOR J. G. ROBINSON A-
GAINST THE ANTI-LYNCH-
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In the current number of the
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mourners’ bench before we come
thru. Union is much desired, but
while we await its coming sup-
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PIGMY WIDOWS IN THI
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dead husbands by wearing his
bleacht skull or jawbone suspend
ed by a string about their neck:
Strange custom.

BISHOP R, R. WRIGHT, JR
episcopal supervisor of Sout!
Africa is sick with the Africa
fever, according to the lette
written on November 29 to friend
in this country.

PASTOR Wm. McKINLE‘
Dawkins has been at Macedonia,
Flushing, New York for nin
years. He has remodeled and
made modern the parsonage. The
church has been practically re
built to meet the needs of present
day religious education. Sixty or
seventy-five members of the
church tithe weekly.

JAMES WELDON JOHN
son’s “Along This Way,” “Amer
ican Negro Poetry,” and “Select:
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Musketeers? and “Count of
Monte Cristo,” by Alexandre Du-
mas, “Up from Slavery” by Book-
Ler T. Washington, and “Mules

and Men” by Zora Neal Thurston -

are included in the 200 books re"
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ce of St. Paul, Arkadel-
. Revs. S. E, Kolen, pas-
‘A. O. Wilson, P. E. The
as a imembership of 293.
2 new membets were added
ing the quarter, which was
J five weeks from the annuai

REV. W. H. PRINCE, jr or
yainsboro, Ga. sends a report
f the ministerial council held by
residing Elder W. H. Moses, and
; contributed article: “Is the
church losing its grip on the
youth; if so, why?
MAMIE WATTS REPORTS
hat the Rev. James A. Jarvis has
been returned as pastor of Bethel,
Johnstown for the fifth consecu-
tive year, There have been four
' conversions. Membership is one
hundred two.

THE CHRISTIAN RECORD-
er congratulates Bishop Edwin H.
Hughes of Washington, D. C. up-
on the fiftieth anniversary of his
entrance into the ministry. He
is the Senior Bishop in the Metho-
| dist Episcopal Church.

GOV. HOFFMAN OF NEW
Jersey has made the award of $22,-
Q00 to those persons responsible
for having found the kidnapper
of the Lindbergh baby. Mr. Wil-
liam Allen, a Negro, who actually
found the murdered infant was a-
warded $5,000. The rest was di-
vided among others who contri-

buted in solving the crime
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The Churchman

oe McKinley Dawkins at
fag nia, This is one of the most
He _Songregations in the church,
; at isa “Prayer Room’ which is ac-
pet used. It is a Praying church,
ee he Close of worship the prayer
ane remained for an after-service,
Holy Ni y
choirs in different Palle ia tive
i Cross down the nave and before
the chancel. They sang facing the
audience. The last verse was sung fac-
ing the chancel, The house was darken-
ed save fora lighted stained glass win-
dow back of the minister's seat, por-
traying the birth of Jesus. ainally the
last verse was played on the organ
chimes without singing. And the
Saal hurried back to Philadel-
phia.

While singing

In the Flushing congregation were
Leola Carr-Jennings, one-time Allen
schoolmate. Thelma Baumgardner of
Columbra, Mr. John Gaines, formerly
of Boston and member of the Church-
man’s first church, and Evangelist Mary
Watson.

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December 31st, 1937
Dear Mr. Singleton:

We are. happy to inform you that The
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EST starting January 9th the
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Very truly yours,
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Ed—The. outlet. will be. WGAR,
Cleveland, O. On Dec. 3 at the assigned
hour Bishop D. H, Sims was the speak-
er,

under

Back to Philadelphia. Christmas Day

Was spent at home and with Bishop
D. H. Sims and family, friends thru
the years. Many greetings came
" from all sections of the church.

Bethel, N. Y., Dr. H. P. Anderson,
' Minister. This old ‘historic landmark
was a semblance of her former glory
on Christmas Sunday. The auditorium
has been remodeled, which includes a
" new pipe organ, chancel. pulpit, choir
stall and choir wall, Facing the pulpit

_ center above the choir wa

| K. Spearman, minister who gave
his spirit while pastor, of Bethel.
ve been a bishop had he lived.
the Word became flesh
‘service.

e evening the Churchmar

n wen

one beholds a beautiful scene. In the pai ean eaaisetlh Chiteeeann
Il is a rich} the vi SeeverReeMEnce 1912

“memorial window dedicated to Henry
) -
He

ushing, Long Island to be with

PROF JOHN R. HAWKINS
Financial Secretary ¢

of Education from

1996, Financia’

N RECORDER

REV. J. H. CLAYBORN
Editor Southern Christian Recorder

LOUISIANA COP HITS
A. M. E, DIGNITARY

-.. By Thomas J. Brown
QAKDALE, La—(ANP)—Thiis be-
the scene of
an outrage committed by a white city

nighted little city was

marshal upon a veteran minister and
editor last Wednesday, when Roland
marshal, assaulted Rev. J. H.
Clayborn of Little Rock. Rey. Clayborn
who is editor of the Southern Christian

Bass,

Recorder and a candidate for high offi-
ce in the church, was struck by the hill-
billy officer when the minister tried
to protect the dignity of the Central
Louisiana Annual Conference held at
Greater Hays Chapel.
The marshal entered the church ard
forcing his way through the 1200 church
and women present, stepped au-
thoratively near the entrance of the
crowded auditorium, defying Bishop
S. L. Greene, who was the’ presiding
prelate, the presiding elders, pastors,
and laymen, and yelled out without

any previous warning:
“Hyah, ef you all-don’t git dem kyars
offen dis highway, I’m goin’ to close dis

dive.”

“I beg your pardon, sir,” said Rey,
Clayborn, “but this is no dive
“What de h... you got to do wid it?”
demanded the ma
“T am a general officer and would

have you know, that this is an annual
conference of the A. M, E. Church and
Clayborn

who you are,”

id Rey

not a dive,

“T don't give a d..
said the white marshal as he struck
Rey. Clayborn over the head

Pandemonium reigned for a few mom-
ents and racial feeling mounted almost
to the point of mob violence as the
ministers milled about seemingly eager
to get their hands on the miscreant.
The mayor of.the city, Dr. D. B. Isles,
a white dentist, rushed up. He assured
the conference complete protection
and expressed deep regret because of
the incident. The mayor said that the
races lived together in Oakdale in com-

Celebrated his Fiftieth Anniversay
Jast June in Memphis. Prof. pier
is highly esteemed, honored, loved o
respected. His life is worthy, of emu .
tion, He has perfected plans See G
meeting of the bishops, and a He
eral Conference Commission at Mont-
Alabama, February 24-27,

t

gomery,

plete harmony and that nothing of the
sort had ever happened here before

1938 THROUGH THE SPY-GLASS

By Allen R. Cooper

REY, J. A. PORTLOCK

Pastor Buffalo, New York
REV. J. W

Pastor St

Memphis, Tenn

MR. W. E. WALKER

Missionary Department

New York City
EDWARD KING

Illinois

REV

Pastor Carrier Mills

for several months. but I have been
weighing the opinions of others who
have been releasing their ideas through
the columns of our Church periodicals

waged for
forth

A battle royal is being

the next meeting place of the
coming General Conference.

I am praying and working to be
elected, a delegate, because I am sure
that the General Conference will be

held some where. 1938 finds the war

clouds in Europe growing darker and
darker, but up to the present time the

United States have sense

seems tc

enough to yell, “peace!” Thank God!
The A. M. E. Church faces.a brighter
future than ever ore. The Bishops
of our Church are m a fine im-
pression upon the other denominations
of the world. Our General Officers

easily stand on a par with those of

other denominations.

Our Presiding Elders and pastors are
still standing in the thickest of the
fi , for Kingdom building, and crying

out with undecaying eloquence: “The
A, M, E. Church must prevail.”

We have an excellent group of candi
dates who are fit and ready for all
spots and crisis.

The Spy-Glass reveals that four or
five new Bishops will be elected. Some
will be elected from the larger church-
es and some will be elected from the
smaller churches, because the delegates
that will represent the church at the
1940 Conference — will have

sense enough to know, that there are

General

some men at smaller churches who are
just as efficient as those in the larger

churches. If you do not believe me,

I have been silent on Church matters

just wait and see.


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from

suffer,

hy, whi rote: ;
Son ters ji gon at the end of the road,
Is not -be the wi i
een ae conor © the wagon empty or full, he himself
Bier ie hae ae at we, will be as clean as a priest of the Lord;
Pinos, ica ied em to-us. nay, he is a priest of the Lord, clothed
eichegnt Bis e nowing what in linen pure and white, ministering
lsanoe ile cig it is the] at the altar of labor, on which there
micoane ence readiness to do} burns the fire divine. His fiery passion

man, good master Ridley, for we shall
light a candle this day which by God’s
grace shall never go out,” he joined
the ranks of the immortal fire-bringers.-
But what if other less conspicious souls
had treated the heritage of faith in.
reedom indifferently? How impoverish-
ed would a large section of the world be

great length of time.

Ii we then have enough sense to
adjust the quality and quanity of food
for our bodies why can we not use just

a little of that same common sense in
cone & Bey dishing up the Spiritual food for the
ee Ores Meare nourishment of our souls?

you grace to be:
on you.” We

heavy load at tim
for I am meek and
ye shall find rest
And when the

i let | weariness of th J Is any li is his defense, =
I heard a bird sing dust 3 HRS cee Tee vat Aceh : y David A. MacLennan pant ia Pagrae the assults of ‘But when our enthusiasm cools, the ara . i ahiewuites Ae
i theta os Dectiibed us, Suppose as i ] Pay f be. Peer tiskin, cd Ae nen av $ not the defensive] fire which Hide pied chlo eat a disquieting number of men
gee fe p of our High School steps into the The faithful NE the ot a noble enthusiasm? When ight and} and women today comes the question:

all ever be burning on the
i never go out.—Leviticus

ecting quiet, rest/

: cheer to others is endangered. When
in its appearance

J ical thin, ‘ y
A magic ing advice, and hitch] radiation ceases,

chemistry department and finds the] who drags hims Ul sang you obey Emerson’s “What are you doing to tend the altar

: And sweet to remember. b . e back, feet. ci : 2 and at. | your wagon to tl inyasion by subtle] fires of high religious faith in God and
: : joys and girls playing around the room | back, weary feet. ( often = ee’ . te ne star of a great pur-| enemies begins. O 4 gious faith in God an
WW, S in: : ss! - é €, something special sho, : Pose, the aah : s begins. On that October day 2 Iw wale hit th
‘ ceo aay niaed es = a s with: na teacher, in, sight, Paduiry de- | al Me ye Be ne today, A table in the tor bef fe Are de Triomphe in Paris| and prot star irradiates the wagoner| in 1555 when Hugh Latimer turned ie : ion et seek is ane
t ‘Thahy we were 1 September, velops the fact that the teacher had a} morning and gives t : : Of the Protects him by the ministry Sey ue uncapacitated hy alinces aaa

1 slab marking the tomb of the
jolydier of France. In the
y flame burns constantly.
al flame symbolizes the
devotion of the republic to AIDS DIGESTION

nory of the vast host who died BLOOD TONIC ’ 1 13
France and her ideals might live. Diz ore all S iscover y
out the ages the ever-burning ZINESS

to ‘his colleague jn martyrdom and] clining

‘oom, with a white covering. on wh
whi spoke the familiar words, “Play the

; sie may stand a gilded cross with a ca dle.”
God will add His blessing to ¢ |stick and candle on either Side wil
|easily be the center of attraction Or

fort for the help and guidanc
pupils. a framed picture of Christ may o cupy |

Now let us glance just : ; ositi
: u nce uh | prominent position, to be seen by
the preparation ee teach 's, Your Pro- Il eyes, and to eatinenee every ea
fessor of Chemistry spent four years] Flowers,—not too many, and tastefully
rt f ue - i” » S My
or more of hard study learning the | arranged,—will add to the Deanty 9

of sacred flame. As

I heard a bird sing slight headache that morning or a friend
In the dark of December.

* dropped in or maybe he just felt like
going on a picnic. At any rate the
teacher is absent and a lot of boys
and girls are waiting to be taught a
lesson in chemistry. So the principal
rushes out and the first person he runs
across is one of the janitors.

years, but I would speak
chalengingly to the able-bodied spirit-

him to his class will’ Jowett once

hibet PRE tepen +

a ‘ TO A DEAR FRIEND

Oh, to be able to give you advice,
Something tangible to do.
4 Yet to win or lose £

as been a symbol of those intangi- NERVOUSNESS

§ Depends eutige’s Se a “Qh, Mr. Janitor,” says the principal, principles of chemistry before he could] the Surroundings. If the church a b ings which the human heart in- SLEEPLESSNESS = 9
I could say, “Chin up. ph bah “We have a fine class of boys and girls| secure the job of teaching that sub-] a Junior choir ats esol es ‘’ ; should never be extinguished. In “6 : Ki rby Ss M M
x Life is what you make it. ; that have no teacher this morning.| ject to others. ‘How much time has available abe ietier eth the ancient directory of public worship POOR APPETITE - +,
vee ere , ee as he ogy Wontevautabe the Clascee yours Profeccompot Christianity spent | aay aa ens eT ‘for the Jews in Palestine—the Book SOUR STOMACH i { USED Y AND
ut isnt 1 ari o take it? =i .

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fe IRE SEPSIS A de hen ar Nd Bg il Sle Ne Se nh
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“Tt is about Chemistry.” . to show thyself approved unto God, a] be used in all the music chosen, eetegeee snail ever be burning on the DUE To—
SNAPPY STORIES SW F y Y Rate ahamed ee i By the Itar; it shall never go out.” The Book
Yell, I don’t know much about! workman that needeth not be ashamed, ! piano prel ff Pas | pine i le s BCn pers
SERMONS LIKE A FREIGHT {ina put I will try.” ciently dividing tee onder? aks ene ee! of Leviticus is perhaps the least ready | EXCESS ACIDITY y Thousands
° TRAIN We can at least thank God for folks| Now study entails effort and some Ribtcee Beck Pee veuehsald A : book in the Old Sean Eyen for GASSY FULNESS : KIRBY’S MINERAL PRODUCTS
3 ae ee who try, but how much chemistry do| folks are just too lazy to make ‘the | because it ae oh ae ere ot as have been a ¢ MINOR SCRATCHES 15 FIKE AVENUE UNION, s. C.
Ps Same _Jones said Ve sermons Were] you suppose those boys and girls will| effort. Some are not too lazy but just] jective of the meeting. sat ae iS Do ees dl ABRASIONS Christian Agents Wanted ie Write ‘or? Tecmis
yi like a freight train, “L can just Un-} teary on that particular morning? Not| don’t know how. eae aaa ss Siem ticus: provided the
A couple anywhere, tie on the caboose. hI fraid z me) UR. 38 shi a tubries for a form of worship which t BURNS HISTORY OF KIRBY'S NATURAL IRON TONIC, M. M.
1 that’s the end of it.” Eph RE rt eo eae ae hae ee ‘s De ec Ch Seupture. Thes is practically extinct Nevertheless, i . This remarkable mineral deposit was discovered by a colored
and that’s the end of it. Oh but you say, that is absurd! Yes} Classes in religion education ar prepare the program should ¢ ace ‘ne ee a Walp ge 4 . SCALDS un Tus digging a ditch. He ncticed a peculiar grayish color of clay.
sake isn’t it? Very very absurd’ indeed. And| ducted which yuri help yc re greatest Ree He read a g i oe Baap) Lace i. IEHOTEaTINGS meas Heeerdenamnae as combs in coat we air and water its
% 3 a 2 <= ay ¥- = i Ss oO ew: 5 sh. Ss his man worked severa days Kan be-
MAKE HIM FEEL SMALL just how Jong do you suppose that} to do the job you have sel do. | quotation of Bible verses from m« SMEG; always a fire prepared SKIN IRR{TATIONS came wet with reddish liquid in the ditch, minor sk'n irritations from
bese na rT, teacher will hold his job? Not very) You may learn new methods how The call to worship or the openin: iidieeady whenever any sacrifice had| + which he had been bothered for some time was noticeably helped
A wealthy man attended a missionary} long I hope. make your lessons ‘interesting to the} ences may be from one of the Ps. is Peeeneered. “Let a porhipes emie THROAT IRRITATIONS Fi The news vo On antl ee ee about what had occurred to him.
prYice 2 gave enny. I . 5 F 1 pag ee a hte. 4 ae. i eeaseen i hen people in the chk j xami and experiine
service and gaye a penny to the cause. Now let us suppose another situation. } pupils and how to study your | ible. eg., Psalm 100, “Make a joyful noise when he pleased, hie had not to wait NATURAL TONIC with this grayish Cay anligecn fourenat sk Shtainee radi Couate
On the way home he was caught in a] Did I say SUPPOSE? Unfortunately | If every teacher of sunday School lunto'the Lord,” etc. till the fire on the altar was kindled STOPS MINOR SUPERIICIAL ties. |

storm, He crawled into a hollow cotton-} we do not need to suppose this case.
wood tree for protection. The storm} It is altogether too common a fact.
lasted longer than he thought, the tree The Superintendent of our Sunday
began to swell from the moisture, and} School looks: around and finds a class
the man couldn't extricate himself.| without a teacher. You can name your
Thinking he was going to be squeezed] own excuse. There are many of them
to death he began thinking of all the] and all are familiar. Any Sunday School
mean sins he had committed. After a] Superintendent can supply you with a
while he thought of the measly penny] long list of them.

he had given to missions and he felt so] So Mr. Superintendent hustles about

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hungry you are going to open that
turkey up and get some of it. your
insides. Then you will feel stronger

“The fire shall ever be burning on the
altar; it shall never go out.”
Tn the first place, this ancient in-

4. The use of prayer. Hoy h BLEEDING

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ual invalids whose altar fires have
burned low, Do not let us fool ourselves
concerning the things we publicly in-
therit. With gratitude you may speak
appreciatively of the high traditions of
whe race, but remember that there are
trealms of experience which by no pos-
sibility can you inherit. In them, each
person as he arrives must feed ,the
altar fires. You can inherit real estate
but not friendship. You may purchase
an annuity but not home life. I cannot
delegate another to tend the fires
of inward personal character. “There
are wo proxies for the soul.” As an as-
tute Christian observer puts it: “Mul-
titades of people in Christiandom have
more Christianity than they can
outwardly inherit—its forms and cus-
toms. Yet, living in a world where the
spiritual life is available. it is a tragedy
not to have some of it for one’s own
and be’a of its inner faiths,
, its saving virtues,

no

le to s

its deep resource
“This is mine.’ "

(Continued in next issue)

DR. L. L. BERRY
Secretary of Missions

DR, BERRY—A HISTORY MAKING
MISSIONARY SECRETARY

HATS OFF to the Rev. .L. L.
3erry, D.D., our modern and progres-
sive Missionary Secretary. Recent acts
have proven him to be a man of vision.
He is seen thereby as cutting loose
from the apron-strings of favoritism
and political fears. And he is making
evident to all who are supporting the
Missionary set-up under his direction
with the cooperation of Mrs. Christine
Smith and Mrs, Hughes, that in all
he is attempting he sees only the wel-
fare of the connection both at home
and abroad.

Never in the history of the A, M. E,
Connection has a Missionary Secretary
had the wisdom and courage before to
make departmental inspection of the
West Indidn and South American work.
If this had been systematically done
from quadrennium to quadrennium, the
West Indian and South American work
would have been found in a legs pre-
carious state today, The only exception
in this sphere was when the Rev, Dr.

Rankins—my revered friend—went with] called to the Presbyterian Parish on
Bishop John Hurst, a self-sacrificing| the Essequibo Coast, when I met the
Missionary Bishop, to take ‘over the} Rev. Dr. Lucky and young Mr. Walker.
three mission points which were to| I had been called upon to be Chairman

The emphasis of the Home Mission-:

ary activity was for many long years
laid upon the work in West and South
Africa, and the late Dr, Rankins brave-
ly sailed to West Africa, in order to
get first-hand knowledge of the mis-
sionary problems in that Continent.

American Trade, Industry, and Poli-
tical maneuverings are drawing the
West Indies and South America?into
a strong protective hemisphere. And
the Coloured Peoples in North America
South America, and the West Indies
are destined to be drawn into closer
kinship than ever before. Labour con-
ditions will gradually improve in the
West Indies,and South America soon
after the United States have set the
world a profitable example in the, ad-
justment of. conditions affecting In-
dustry and Labour. As a result there
will be no influx of West Indians and
South Americans to this country.
Therefore, the American Church, un-
der Negro leadership that is able to
wisely administer through its Ministry
for the religious, social, and educational
needs of the a consistent
manner will receives the lasting grati-
tude and unstinted support of my peo-
ple in those areas

Knowing Dr as I do, and
because of his long connection with the
Missionary Board of our Church, and

masses in

Berry

because of the experienced leadership
of Bishop Young, the president of the
Board of Missions, im cooperation with
the stimulating energies of Mrs. Chris-
tine S. Smith, I again prophesy a re-
construction of our entire Missionary
set-up in the West Indies and ‘South
America under his management. I was
convinced of Dr. Berry’s preparedness.
and sincerity when he first broached
his candidacy to me for the office. He
now needs uniyersal confidence and
support in order to revamp for the
betterment of the Missionary activities
of our Connection. I was glad to
advocate his election in the first in-
stance. although I brought down on
my head the long existing enmity of
many high-places in the Church, And
what if I suffered because of jealous
detractors, if the General Church has
prospered thereby and has been help-
ful to my people! q

It will be a blessed day when a
system—which I have in mind—can
be so projected as to allow the Mis-
sionary points to reach that» self-sup-
porting status under missionaries who
are thoroughly committed to that sys-
tem,

And, seeing, that because of Dr,
Berry's visit, there is bound up there-
in assurances for development of the
West Indian and South American work
along constructive lines, there is one
individual who will be made thorough-
ly happy. The early self-sacrificing
labours of this modest individual has
not been made known before to the
General Church. And yet, he is the
very right-hand man of Rev. Dr, Berry.
I have reference to the Hon. Dr, Wal-
ker, the Assistant Editor of the VOICE
OF MISSIONS. I had just artived from
London, England, whence I had been

form the nucleus for the Jamaica Con-| of their meeting being held at the
ference in the Island of Jamaica, West | Anglican Church Guild, the which was

Indies, 3

their first public opportunity to pre-

sent the catise of the A. M.E: Church
in British Guiana among the better
element of the community. Their sched-
uled Chairman had failed thém, and
by general acclaim I was asked to fill
the breech, Thus was the nucleus: of
our Missionary work in the West In-
dies and South America begun after
the old roots under Rev. Daniels had
withered and decayed, and while Rev.
Talbot was at school in Morris Brown
College.

The Demerara work under Lucky and
Walker gave impetus to the work im-
mediately begun by Rey. Dr. Seeley at
Barbadoes. The Barbadoes work and
the South America work grew step by
step under the heroic and self-sacri-
ficing Lucky and Seeley. Out of the
Barbadoes work sprung the Trinidad
work which was financed by Rev. and
Mrs. Batson, Mrs. Batson being a
Portuguese b¥ race. But the difficulties
of the Trinidad work were too great
for them, and the Rev. Rankin heroical-
ly got hold of the loose strings and
turned’ the work over to the Rev. Dr.
Mahew, the dynamic Church. builder.

We are looking away from the ob-
scurity of the past to the light of an
advancing day as a result of this
timely visit of-the Rey. D. Berry, and
we now do him honour for the same,

Rey. Samuel E. Churchstone Lord
Bridgetown, Virginia
January 4, 1938.

tewal 1, Macon, Ge
was transferred by Bishop
tain to the Second Episc
and appointed by Bishop wy.
to the pastorate of Macedo,
E, Church, Suffolk, Virgin;
> Since coming to Suffolk
by his genial personality a
preaching has endeared hj
only to the members of his
to the people of the city at
though he has been with the
only three months the members|
increased considerably,
out-look -for the church
brighter,

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orium and galary of the

‘wife of our beloved pastor, Mrs,
Reese, A.B., Clark U., daughter
‘and Mrs, E. P, Waddell of At-
Ga., spent the Christmas holj-
with her husband and friends of
folk. She is now teaching science
mathematics in the High School
“McRae, Georgia. She is the former
resident of the W. H. and F. M.
iety of the Macon District and also
d of the Young People’s Depart-
t of Stewart Chapel, Macon, Ga.
he will join her husband in the local
rograin inthe spring.

Too much praise cannot be given
esteemed Bishop M. H. Davis, head
‘the Second Episcopal District for
ringing to us these two wide-awake !
aders, Many thanks to him for his!
imely. foresight.

AJOR WRIGHT GETS 1,000
CARDS, 7 CAKES FOR
CHRISTMAS

PHILADELPHIA—(C)—Major R.
R. Wright, Sr., president of the Citi-
ens & Southern Bank, 1849 South
Street, in an exclusive statement on
Monday, January 3, said: “I am still
eceiving Christmas cards, and very
beautiful ones. I have received over a
housand, and my house js literally
Packed with them. I never saw so
many Christmas cards before in my
life. I have received also seven large
Pound cakes, stockings, ties, and othér
inkets galore. I am so delighted to}
know that my friends have thought so |
Well of me. I judge it is a good thing |
fo have Christmas in order that you may
find out how many of your friends re-
member you. I haye directed that a list |
be made of all of the cards and other
Gifts that were sent ta me, so that next
year I shall attempt to answer them.
Major Wright, former college presi-
dent in Georgia for thirty years, found-
d and has headed his bank for the
t een years. The bank has $700,

sources, and many. white de-
and over, The

{ ous of showing the Connection the en-

\ been felt universally; to set it

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by the proper authorities that shall
meet in the Mid-Winter Session of the

Bishop’s Council, the Alliance is desir

tire picture. The great A. M. E

| Church is to be congratulated in having

such a grip on the minds of its consti-
tuency that it is compel to choose a-
mong the many applications that have
been offered a$ to just where she shall
go.

Especially are we to be congratulated
in having the far west to make, gener-
ous and flattering offers. We do not
believe that the voice of the west should
be indefinitely ignored. The great
Church of Allen, the most powerful
organization in the world organized by
Negroes, guided by the brains of Ne-
groes and supported almost entirely by
the earnings of Negroes should at a
more opportune time visit the far west,
but not now.

‘All of us, who haye our hand on the
pulse of the financial world know that
entering into another
the slump has
some-
National government has
retrenchment, In the
e are located,

we are definitely
depression. Already

what, the
recommended
Industrial centers where w:

RB Je

ce the unemployed walking the
Our great department
ng off help in an effort
The churches are
feeling it somewhat already, and 4 bis
days and weeks and months ol y
we shall feel it more so. We there-
fore contend that it is no time, nor
would it be wise on the part of the gen-

al church to g0 off on a needless ex-
he ht seeing trip. We there-
neral Conference to
first, because of her

we can s
streets again.
stores are lay
to stem the tide

cursion OF a SIS!

fore invite the Ge

‘is the father of Bishop R. R.

éome to Detroit;

OF DETROIT

— THE cHRIs i eee
TIAN RE Fasano :
losing night of the rally, OU eter oa co a ER 2 PAGE NINE

Peele ee

If it is historic back-ground and beau-
ty of scenery, it is here. One of the
main terminals of the under-ground
railroads which was operated by the
illustrious John Brown and the immor-
tal SoJourner Truth the last camping
Ground of the Sainted Bishop Henry
McNeal Turner, the resting place of
the scholarly Bishop Chas. Smith and
other historic yalues which time and
space will not allow us to enumerate.
As to beauty; what can compare with
the rolling hills, land-scape slopes and
extending planes of Canada, that lie
just across the river from us. The
grandeur of the great lakes upon whose
bosom great steam-boats make their
way to such points as Niagara Falls,
Montreal, Quebec and Halifax. As we
try to pen these words the panorama of
beauty that forms a living concept in
the mind, beggers description. We are
almost tempted in extending you our
niost sincere invitation to come to Dée-
troit to paraphrase a verse from Holy
Rit:

“EYES HAVE NOT SEEN. EARS
HAVE NOT HEARD, NOR HAS IT

ENTERED INTO THE MIND OF
THE MEMBERSHIP AND FRIENDS
WHAT DETROIT HAS IN STORE
FOR YOU IF YOU WILL COME
OUR WAY IN 1940.”
Signed on behalf of
The A.M.E. Ministerial Alliance,
J. D, Howell
5 Detroit, Michigan
OWELL i ARK: MI
BOs HIGHLAND PARK, MICH.
5 St. Luke A. M, E. Church
location. We have ascertained from a
little reseatch that the difference in en kee
4 : Our Second Quarterly Conference
railroad © per individual, including < oy
was held + December > 12th, “with ‘Dr.
meals and berth would be twenty dol- . f
3 a “f David A, Blake.
lars per person in favor of Detroit, On a .
Rey, Blake preached a i

the basis

tes, ¢

of tion including al-

At 3 p.m. Mrs. A, Hill was the spea

of n-hundred; and easily

1 by the preach-

which all were made g

i susand Joyal members who shall] . ri ‘ 5 ‘

nee re at ing of Mrs, Hill. The roll c each

follow us where-ever we shall go. the}. - A " 4

ea ij hundved-thous. | OMiEE Was present, One Ueath, little

church would save one hundred- S- s ‘ 3
Cabal Usp nlymegree criti Mary Bryant, 6 years old. We all

and dollars, ($100,000) this one item a- y :

, ful tee stood and remarks by stor, We

ne is worthy of careful consideration, ; i

lone SAG f all joined in Loves
We again invite the next session ie Little -Childre reports were

the General Conference to the city Of} a1 read and adopted. The presiding

Detroit, because of what we have to of- paid $24.00, Total, all monies
fer; first, physical assests; nine hun-} paiceg over $500.00 this rter. The
dred thousand dollars, ($900,000) worth} ranort of the Prayer Mee Come
of church property owned and controll- tmittee "shes of 40
ed by the A. M, E. Church, the con- persons Peary seo
nection’s finest edifice, Ebenezer} pe osent: Seven Persons had given
Church, the largest auditorium, Bethel shen lives vover ¢0).God: (St, Lukeras
Church; a great host of eight thousand} toying on with its New Pastor and
members marching under the banner of Sificers:

Allen answering every call, possessing} O, December 5, our bishop, J. A.
a rare degree of loyalty, speaking| Gregg who brought to St. Luke a
through their fourteen pastors, two great message, all were inspired as he
Presiding Elders and Great Bishop to reflected on the many tasks that con-
come this way that they might receive) (ont our church, yet great was. the

new inspiration and that they might
ore deeply from the intellect }

drink m
and geniv
it is com
ment, we
of one hi
sessing s¢
to be fou

open for

number of commendable hotels with
many fine eating places to supplement

any defic
local me
who are
have
General

therefore knowing how to ar

adequate

been through the experience of

\ spiritual awakening in the hearts of
the many who attended

Mrs. B. M. Sykes, Sec.
Mitchell, Pastor

is of African Methodism. If
fort and adequate entertain-
have it. A Negro population
undred twenty thousand pos-
yme of the most palatial homes
nd any-where, their doors are
your entertainment a large

Rey

General Conference

MINUTES

ARE NOW READY
ON SALE AT THE
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
and will be mailed out to any one

sending $1.10 to

JOHN R. HAWKINS,

1541 14th Street, N. Wy
Washington, D, C.

hve

iency that might occur in our
mbership. Fourteen pastors
connectionally known, several

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characters in the nat m for
tury. Their root stock grey

for the uplift of a People. They made
their mistakes but they did not for-

feit their place in the galaxy of human
improvement. ss

Their work for the last twenty or

thirty years shows the fallacy of the

retirement age in the A. M. E. Zion
economy. Why should a man be re-
tired because he has lived a certain
number of years? One man is old at
forty-five, another man is young at 72
years. What the church needs are
workers. We live in deeds, not years
or days. We hope the next General
Conference of Zion will do away with
a certain year of retirement, and let
us have a medical examination of the
members of the Board of Bishops in-
stead, which examination will test the
physical, mental, moral, and spiritual
fitness of the appointee. Let the Episco-
pal Committee be governed by this
fitness. What has seventy-two. years
to do with it? It simply gives an honest
Bishop. a complex after he becomes
sixty-eight years of age, and makes
him coward and crayen. and then
sensitive to every political whim of
demagogues. Away with the time limit
—and give us strength, wisdom, and

—The Star of Zion

ONLY 3 FRESHMEN, ii
COLLEGE MAY CLOSE :

NASHVILLE.—With only three stu-
dents enrolled in the freshman ‘class
of the Meharry Dental School, grave
fears are felt there that the depart-
ment’s doors will be eventually closed.

The school is one of the two’colored
Class A dental schools; the other is at
Howard University. Persons interested
in the college’s continuance are empha-
sizing the pressing need for colored
dentists; in Mississippi, for example,
there is but one for every 34,000. popu-
lation. z ; ce.

8 LYNCHED IN 1937 * cane
IN SOUTHERN STATES
_ Figure Same as in’ 1936, but ~
Less Than in Two Previous ....
TUSKEGEE, Ala., Dec. 27
Eight persons, all N egroe:
lynching at the ha
the Tuskegee Institut
‘The 1936 lynch toll also wa
Deaths by States this year: —
Florida, 3; Mississippi, 2; Tennes
1; Alabama, 1; Georgia, 1. Y
In 56 instances, the institute rep:
officers of the law prevented lync
‘the instances occurre

| ACCIDENT RE
eA VEALS

c ‘the fer-|
tile soil of the American Reconstruction
* They labored as best they knew

_ The giant lizard was
a fine 's
of what is believed to have

indicate

against },
s : Rape, 1
ture and robbery, |

nding of officer, 2

ESS Magnetic Cabing,

_ Successful in Venerea}
_ Maladies,

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2 (Al

successful “treatment

syphilis, Malta fever, and cert,

diseases, accidentally discovere,

sociation.

Dr. A. Buist Litterer and Dr.
neth Phillips, of Miami, claime
successfully treated syphilis y
treatments in an “air-conditione
tro-magnetic cabinet,” gonorrhe,
six treatments, and 12 out of 15
fever cases. .

The patient is placed on ay
the cabinet-like box and a
quency electric current of 3
oscillations per second is shot ‘|
humid air in the cabinet. This
artificial fever, raising the }
perature from normal to 107
The patient remains in the
to seven hours once a week
‘The fever, Dr. Phillips
kills the disease germs. T!
was discovered, Dr. Phillips
“men working in the high-in
ocillating rooms at Schenect:
‘plained of being hot. Searchi
Cause, it was discovered that
tric currents about which the

5 .
caused fever. Experimentatio

‘EX-SLAVE, 119, CELEBRATES

' With Her Is Daughter, Mor
3 Than 90 Years Old

ST, LOUIS, Dec, 25 (AP)—Nr

Flora Williams, former Neg
celebrated today what she
119th birthday, anniversary. \
was her daughter, Mrs. Am

who Mrs. Williams said was °
eighteen years when the C
started, which makes her over

| now.”

Mrs. Williams said trading
showed she was born on (

Day, 1818, on the plantation of 1

Tatums at Clinton, N. C.

JUST AN OLD FOSSIL
THIS LIZARD PROVES _
” CAVALIER, N. D. (UP).—"!

sil of a prehistoric sea lizard. @ 7"
; believed to have lived more th

qr
| 200,000,000 years ago, has bev

f here.
sant found bur
, 75 feet beneath the s!

I lagoon. Fossilized ferns an"
that the climate: the"

ates now classific

GE GIRLS TOLD
N

Jan. 3 (UP)—A

2 Vie
> crime eal
; Murder, :

for gonorty

high radio frequency rooms of Gen
Electric, was explained today tp

meeting of the Southern Medicg|

record

hed in the Pembina Mountai

been

and moist in that sect” “

‘0 EAT WITH FINGERS

foods should be
foods |

IN MISSIONS
A. Grant

he definition of the term

from what word is it
Z \

difference between
nd Evangelize?

Are. the two great divisions
issions ?

the aim of Foreign Mis-
¢ Missions?

id Christian Missions be-

t

).

in gf
in

the first book on Mis-

was the Mission field to
na 2

Lord pointed his Disciples?
[hat ‘was the preparation which
disciples had, and what further
parations were expected of the?
|) What was the first opportunity of
“spread of the Christian Church?
What time, in the history of the
rid was Christian Missions started?
id What was the state of civilization?
, Give the Missionary activities of
ie Apostles after Pentecost.

12. What basis do we find in the
lissionary work of the Apostles for
ir Modern work?

3. Why is Paul’s Life so important
the study of Christian Missions?

thy
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dele
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ith the fingers and whether white
are permissible on social occasions
fied a series of lectures at Hunter
pllege by Mrs. Bleecker
eigs.

After general discussion by the ‘stu-
Pits and Mrs. Meigs, it was decided
fit artichokes, lobster, olive hes,
ery, corn on the cob, canap nd
mit could and should be eaten with
le fingers.

Katherine

kel

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slaughter of 208 rattlesnakes by
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fed to make hat bands, belts. and
mp shades, while the verte brae fur-
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14. What Was the number

Ns when Paul Was convert:
I From what class of
they secured?
16. Why is P
aul called ¢
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ia of Christ-
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People Were

he first to go to the

is What Preparations did St. Paul
ets ieee g) work, and how

, etween his conversion
and his first journey?

The State Supervisor, Mesdames
R. A. Grant. A. E. Heath, State Presi-
dent, the State Superintendent of the
Young People’s Department, R, L,
Logan, the President Emeritus, Te iee
Brooks of Florida have planned a few
interesting features for the Conference
Branch Presidents, and Superintend-
ents in their meetings for 1938,

In the Senior Department they will
study Hymnology, Biblical History, Be-
ginning of Music in A, M. E. Church,
History and Origin of Spirituals, Mis-
sionary Study Course. Such questions
as will be discussed and answered in
the Missionary Study Course.

The Missionary Presidents and
Superintendents will urge each member
to be present in both departments. Well
trained instructors will conduct these
different courses.

SATURDAY WILL BE KNOWN AS
“YOUTH’S DAY”

The Young People will come from
every part of the Conference to study
and ‘receive instructions in Bible Drills
Hymnology, History of Spirituals, Mis-

sionary Study Course, Story Telling
(Missionary, Musical Religious, Bibli-
cal, and Medical Missionary stories)
Poems, (Missionary, Religious, Bibli-

cal, Musical, etc.) Bible Games

All seniors are urged to bring their
Pathfinders, Hymnbooks
Juniors are asked to bring the same as

and Bibles
the Seniors, and in addition to these
bring your Young Women’s Aux., man-
uals for your devotions, as well as any
other literature pertaining to the pro-
gram. Come praying that God will
be one in our midst

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Students may enroll for the year
in the College of Liberal Arts for $250.00 and in the College of
Education or School of Vocations for $275.00. These amounts
must be paid in September and do not include key deposit, military

who are able to pay in advance.

deposit, or books.

Freshmen register on September 22nd, upper-classmen register on

September 27th.

For Further Information Address:
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college preparatory and general high schoo! work.

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Mark, Orlando, Florida. Rev. J
D. Jennings, Bishop R. A. Grant.

Bishop E. J. Howard.

E February 23—South Florida Conference

"4 —Cocoa, Florida, Rev. J. R. Rich-

+ ardson, Bishop R. A. Grant.

4 i : The General Conference Com-

; mission—St. John African M. E.
Church, Montgomery, Alabama.

: a F Bishop J. S. Flipper, President.

John
Montgomery, Alabama.

C. A. Wingfield, Secretary.

Liberia Conference—Grand Bassa

Liberia. Bishop E. J. Howard.

February 24-27—The Bishops’ Council—

St. John African M. E. Church,
Montgomery, Alabama. Bishop
J. S. Flipper, President; Bishop
J. A. Gregg, Secretary; Rev.
George T. Sims, Pastor.

March 9—Central Florida Conference—
Arcadia Station, Rey. L. J. Kincy,
Pastor, 256 Orange Street, Ar-
cadia, Fla., Bishop R. A. Grant.

March 23—Gold Coast Conference.—
Accra Gold Coast. Bishop E. J.
Howard. :

April 27—Delaware Conference.—Sea-
ford, Delaware, Rev. G, E. Mat-
thews, Pastor, 506 North Street.
Bishop David Henry Sims,

May 4—New Jersey Conference.—

Newark, N. J., Rev. A. C. Saun-

ders, Pastor, 95 Union Street.

Bishop David Henry Sims.

11—Philadelphia .Conference—

Harrisburg, Penna., Rev. P. C

May

Williams, Pastor, 622 Briggs
Street. Bishop David Henry
Sims.

May 18—New York Conference—Free-
port, L. L., Rev. G. W. Maybanks,
Pastor, 59 Helen Avenue. Bishop
David Henry Sims.

25—New England Conference—
New Haven, Conn., Rey. I., A,

May

McCoy, Pastor, 82 Dickerman
Street. Bishop’ David Henry
Sims.

JONES TABERNACLE REDUCES
MORTGAGE $12,200.00
Philadelphia, Pa.

Immediately after the close of the

Phila. Annual Conference last May

Jones Tabernacle launched a Mortgage

Fund Drive. With fervent prayers for

Divine Guidance and Help the pastor,

officers and members were undaunted

. by a Mortgage debt of $28,900.00.
Nothing had been paid on principal

since 1931, The task seemed herculean,

but “the people had a mind to work”

and fired with a great zeal, They

ns struggled heroically making unusual
sacrifices. Their prayers were answered
their faith rewarded and their labors
crowned with success. On December
7, a.committee of Trustees along with
the pastor met with the Consistory of
the Heidelberg Reformed Church
which holds the mortgage and offered
to pay three thousand fifty-three dol-
lars ($3,053.00) cash and thereby receive
credit for twelve thousand two hundred

January 26—Orlando Conference—St.

February 2—Sierra Leone Conference—

The Connectional Council — St.
African M. E. Church,
Rev. V.
M. Townsend, President; Rev.

debts approximating $1,500,00,

$56.00) current interest in full reducing
the mortgage debt from $28,000.00 te
$16,700.00, The plan which also includ-
ed reduction of the interest rate had
been worked out in detail by our pastor
and was graciously accepted by the
mortgage holder. This consideration
on the part of the Consistory of the
Heidelberg Reformed Church evidences
a spirit of good will and magnanimity
rarely equalled by creditors even in the

Church,

The Third Quarterly Conference of
Jones Tabernacle was held Monday
evening, December 19, by the P. E. the
Rey. I, N. Patterson All reports scored
an “all-time” high record.

‘Reports for thirty weeks, May 17-
December 13:

Conversions 23, Accessions 107, Re-
ceived into Full Membership 42, Pres-
ent Membership 618, Marriages 9, Bap-
tisms 13, Deaths 11. 2

Jones Tabernacle was organized by
a part of the old Morris Brown Con-
gregation under the leadership of Rev.
R.R. Wright, Jr. (now Bishop of South
Africa) in June 1930 and purchased the
present edifice, which is one of the most
commodious church buildings occupied
by Negroes in Philadelphia, for $35,-
000.00,

The Church is named for the late
Bishop Joshua H. Jones and his spirit
of Christian zeal, courage, hard work
and tenacity in Kingdom building lives
anew in the members. =

The present pastor, Rev. Wm. P.
Stevenson. ’32 degree assigned by the
late Bishop W. H. Heard July 1932, is a
graduate of the College and Theologi-
cal Seminary of Lincoln University
(Pa.) and received the Honorary de-
gree of D.D. from Wilberforce Univer-
sity (Ohio) in 1936. He is a conse-
‘crated Christian, powerful - preacher,
courageous leader and fearless liberal.

Coming to Jones Tabernacle, Dr.
Stevenson not only had the usual ad-
justments confronting him that face
every new minister but also the tur-
moil, disorganization and spiritual
dearth that result from strife. Then,
there was his youth. Our group has not
kept pace with the dominant group in
entrusting responsibility to the young
men. Dr. Stevenson had to prove him-
self. His inspiration must have been
those encouraging words of Paul, “Let
no man despise thy youth.” Without
fear or favor for any men he set out
and in six months affer coming here
waged one of the greatest revivals that
any A. M. E, Church has had for years.

One hundred and three souls were| A.

cleansed and made whole. The
effort was to clear the church of s

singing gro 3s
both ant
service,

for children to pans
entering their sixth

the example, ns
Of material s|

Not 4 pol

home in the pulpit as in

This success can be attribute
ly to the forethought and , Christial
leadership of Rev ‘Stevenson, He :
‘taught us to put God first and then set] “ft kno

He not only raises tnorey, but lie saves

neato

= Set

Fee ahe Bet
hould come the
next Bishop of*the A. M. E. Church.

ician, but an exc
great parliamentarian—not a dogmatist,
but a great theologian. Equally at

ceedingly

the classroom,

souls, Bishop R. R. Wright planted,

Dr. Wim. P. Stevenson

and prayerfully.

Rev. Wayman

FACTS ON THE BURNING OF
ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH

CLEVELAND,
: :
St. James A, <M. E.

totally destroyed by fire
ing, January 2, 1938.

a.m. and: apparently had bee!

way for several hours. ©

Firemen battled from

arte

7:00 a.m.

Much criticism has been made of] re

nourished, and God gave the increase,
Jones Tabernacle asks the church
leaders to consider this record seriously

Hewlett Bouldin

watered. and

OHIO.
> ee

“Church, 840

Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, was

Sunday morn-

‘ ie

A Bo Song

the poor equipment of the fire depart-
ment in Cleveland, which criticism
has been echoed from time to time for

Many years. ss

Though the men battled

long and

hard, they were hampered by inade-

quate equipment, >

‘The origin of the fire has not been
discovered. Damage estimated $100,000.
It is presumed that it started in the
basement of the church, The St, James
Church was bought from the Con-
gregational people about. eleven years

ago. . :

The structure was built in 1895 and
was considered one of the most beauti-

ful churches in Cleyelan

The church occupied the position
of a great influence in Cleveland and

by reason of its Si
was considered —
public opinion.

3

shi

| —a church which has weather:

d and fifty

Church after
"years? What
? These are
ie light of the
Ne do know that
as they should
th in the church,
“O church in Phila

_ “UNTO THE CHURCH jy

, ut the church ab
Is 3 tt above
Pee ADELPHIA has been paid for
+: ym, t
Px Vance. De Leon Shelta et

‘s, and toil has been
petuate the spirit and
all we not “hold that
we. “that no man
ni After one hundred
s we have gained tre-
‘things material, Un-
Piritual gains have
ice with our material ad-
ches, in the main, are
ng under heavy obligations,
id connectional. We need mem-
Statistics tell us that we have less
ers today than we had in 1900,
is the cause of this decline? I
M think we should weed out the
preacher, as the “Harvest truly
eat, but the laborers are few,”
do think that we should clip the |
"of those who ior self aggrandize-
oppose sensible economy. Ours |
his time forward must in a lar-
se be a crusade for souls.

‘¢

¥ I.
w thy works, behoid j he
set before thee an open door ang,
man can shut it, for thou hast 4 id
strength ind hast kept my word,
hast not denied itiy naitie,” “THo)4
fast which thoti hast that no tia,
thy crown.” — i
“And if thou wilt walk in my yg
to keep tiy statutes and my comma
ments as thy. fathet—did walk, th
will I lengthen thy days.’
From the four corners of Atria
| Methodism thousands of the sons ay
daughters of Allen gathered at Mend
phis to commemorate the one
and fiftieth anniversary of th
E. Church. It was one of
events in the annals of our Zio
S. S. Morris, originator of 1)
that gave rise to the first sextuple
clave ih otir history, desery:
commendation.

We were greatly impressed b
throngs that poured in from ail
tions to do honor to a gloriou

|
|
|
|

ist (we) be carried to the skies, |
flowery beds of case, |
ile others fought to win the prize,
H sailed through bloody seas?”

storm, within and without, on
‘has been tested over and «
in the crucible of trials.
One hundred and fifty years a
Me teas and _intoleranc
Wesley’s church, precipitate:
birth of spiritual freedom for
cans of color. One hundred a
years ago, a former slave. by
strength of faith, broke the
segregation and hate which pr
a full enjoyment of religious |!
our fathers. And, springing forth
iant with the Spirit of God, hx
a torch of Christian brotherhood
-has grown brighter through the
One hundred and fifty years aco
star, a star of the first magni
peared on the horizon of Me
| Traveling from darkest Afric:
}space: of countless years, t
star ushered in a new era. It was %
claimed by thousands, who wept i
joy, being made conscious 0°! the
own strength and powers. With
determination they left their ™
brethren and joined with Allen i" ®
relentless crusade against racial ant
‘thy and spiritual wickedness. Wh)
God looked upon them and smile¢, P
enemies wilted. They had not con")
d our father, Allen, but some of

fe—ye sons of Allen, Shake off
list of confusion—seek peace and
patter her, Remember thy father
Our father Allen gave us this
Art thou greater than our
Allen? Tf thou wilt walk in the
of thy father, prosperity will
s. The “Church in Philadelphia”
@ preserved. Are you faint? Are
lscouraged? Are you persecuted?
the words of thy father Allen:
We are striving to follow Christ
ould ‘recollect that persecution is
badge of discipleship, and
led to believe we have nothing to
While we follow that which is
Hear the words of the great
4 urch in Philadelphia:
meth will I make a

here is an urgent need for
ous young men and
by the church of Allen.
o not falter. Rally to
to be a Daniel. It
dig this well of African
ill take courage to de-
x Allen gave us this
; and mothers drank
ade glad. Daniel A.
s waters and became
benefactors. Henry
an apostle to the
e dread jungles of
from this refresh-
I not’ allow us to
but suffice it to say
conquering heroes
fountain.

of good repute,
crated to sit in
scan the Army of
aray ef young gen

erals, drille wll bil
d in

the “West
‘ of Experience, yet.

line, y:
and decorated wi » Victors already

d to va
Precisioy
Point” mn, tri

Prestige to the ben
Zion, Among’ the
Gomez, F
i. Clayborn, G. Ww.
Gibbs, and others.

Prof, 0, M. Travis, of Kentucky, a

ati Pata competent business man,

choice to succeed Dr,
John R, Hawkins as financial secr 3
tary. Prof. Travis is. ripe in deocetiek
dependable, honest, and loyal. He Ps
the man of the hour to follow Dr.
Hawkins who Was appropriately feted
at Memphis “pon his fiftieth anni-
versary as a general officer in the A.
M. E, Church. In Mr. Travis, the im
M. E. Church will have a faithful and
fearless guardian of her funds. I will

have more to say in this connection
later,

Dr,

mM we see Joseph

son Reid, John
Baber, Carey A.

George A. Singleton, of
Allen’s most dependable sons, can be
counted upon to uphold the Church in
Philadelphia. The Christian Recorder
is all smiles these days, It goes to press
gladly each week to get
of thought, wit, news,

one

its new attire
and counsel, and
Bees out before the world with its

! head up and unashamed. It is‘all due

to the master’s touch, Dr, Singleton

Ss Tendering an invaluable service to
the church and will remain at. the
Editor’s desk of the Christian Record-
er until he is ready for a larger ser-
vice. Wh hat tim
will be

comes the church
with him. God bless the Church

University, Ohio,

Some Reasons Why The Next Session
of The General Conference Should
Be Held in Los Angeles, Cali-

In 1940,
By Rev. M. S. Smith

Many rez

fornia,

n stated with

familia ng words ¢€ ally
with re nee attr ons
that should be considered in selecting
the place for the next setting of the
General Conference in 1940. Some have
taken the attitude that the scenic
route, the sky-scrapin mountains, the
rolling hills, the flowers with their

with

perfumes

ed

plu
the never witl green herbs stud-
ded with diamond dew-drops, and the
clear streams teaming with the silver-
together with many
more charming beauties; are some of

ges pre

laced finy tribes;

the many reasons that the next session
of the General Conference should go

to Los Angeles. While all normal hu- |

man beings like beauty, and it has its
place in satisfying the sense of vision,
this of itself is no justifiable reason
that the conference should go to Cali-
fornia. Let us reason unbiasly and be
fair-minded regardless of our feelings.
or favoritism, or ulterior motives; but
for the best interest of the church as
a whole, with an eye single to the
glory of God, and the expansion of His
Kingdom, especially through the chan-
nel of the African Methodist Episcopal

Church in the great Wes _
Some have offered an, ex-

Second:

for wanting to go to Los

cuse not ;
Angeles, on account of the great dis-
enue the foreign delegation will have
to travel, and the cost. But isn’t it
true, that they can come around the
West Coast for just about the same,
as if they would come by Now pba
Aad ton, the reduced aumber of dele-

%

A

Sates that will attend this session would
make up more than the deficit if there
happens to be any, than we had last
General Conference. Or to have them
come ta New York, and then travel
several hundred miles to some other
place. It would eventually cost more
in the main. I do not think that would
be good reasoning. Now if we are
fair and have the best interest for
enlarging the* borders of our Metho-
dism in the West( with its great possi-
bilities, we should be willing to make a
sacrifice, as the Fathers gave their
lives for this church, that we claim to
love so well; and yet our actions do
not always prove ity I am sure the
expense if we go to Los Angeles, with
the seat of the conference donated,
will be several thousand dollars less
than what it cost us four years ago,
plus the untold good that will be ac-
complished.

Third: I do not think the Commis-
sion. should give much if

gregation.

annual conference
any credence
to the wishes of any delegate, or any
set of men that hope to be benefited
Personally in selecting a place to satis-
fy their ulterior motives; but the one
objective should be upper-most in the
minds of the Commission, to select a
place which will mean the greatest
good to the greatest number of people
I think, Los Angeles, will be found
to be the logical place, to satisfy the
starving millions thirsting for the true
knowledge of the principles, doctrines
and the great Motto, for which our
church stands; God our Father. Now
if accomplishments or big things are
y incentives for the bidding of the
ral Conference, the Fifth Episco-
pal District, has its share. It is the
1 st.in area and her pastors: have
f ahead, and’ now occupy a place

is our major objectives.

the people of that

1

of the A, M. E. Church, surely we are
telling the truth, or there must be some- Z
thing wrong. The Baptist know the
West is a fertile field and the Possi-
bilities are great for church activities.

and they are determined to take it;

but we don’t know that, or at least
some of us. You met in Kansas City,
Missouri in 1912, and since that time

for all of these years, we have been
dragging the Western delegation across

the country to the extreme East, with é
no consideration to that vast undevelop- ee
ed territory. I think a grood presiding

elder tries to select a place to hold

his district conferences, where it will

help his weakest church. The thought-

ful Bishop, will hold his annual confer- 8
ences where it will give strength and ‘
courage to some weak church and con-
Bishop Williams, at the last
setting of the North Missouri annual
conference consented to hold the next
with a Mission
churge instead of going to one of the
larger places by invitation. In select-
ing a place for the General Conference,
there should not be an exception to
this rule if the betterment of the church
I hope the
Commission will select a place where

community have
not had the opportunity of seeing the
great A. M. E. Church, expedite busi-
ness on a large scale, and I am sure, it
will be an inspiration to the members,
and encourage others to unite with our
church, Let us not be decoyed by
meaningless promieses, think

With the Bishop Noah W. Wililams,
ling the Fifth District with a world
ion, @ program technically outlined
and workable, interested in every phase
of his work with’ equal interest in all
of the pastors and churches alike; we

ight.

ling Elders, pastors
h Episce

pal

by themselves, Dr. Mansfield Collins,} the Bishop, P.
jof Eighth and Towne, Los Angeles,| @%d members of the F
leads the cor in Dollar Money. District of the A, M. E, Church invite

Dr. Brown, nyer, Colorado, has

rch of a hundred and

the ch
thousand dollar debt; these are

d

Los Angeles, California to
azeneral Conferenc

nes.

he only heroes, but many more one of the
done equally as well with their
id Think on these things,
Now if the B

famil
with the pri

efficiency ;

aptist people

an come from remote doctrines for which the A. M

Los Angeles, and say the cost of travel | than has ever be

nd other expens to: Los:Angeles

S are not exorbitant,
We boast
of how much money we raise, and that

why should we be afraid?
the most outstanding Negroes of the

race for the most part are members

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BERMUDA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE 1938

Bishop D, H. Sims, presiding bishop
‘of the First and Ninth Episcopal dis-
tricts sailed for Bérmuda, Saturday,
January 8, on the Monarch of Ber-
muda. Bishop Sims was accompanied
by Mrs, M. A. Sims, Bishopand Mrs.
J. A; Gregg, of the
District; Dr. G, E Curry, manager of
the A. M. E, Book Concern; Dr. and
Mrs, D, Ward Nichols. of Emanuel A
M. E. Church, New York City, and Dr.
W. P. Stevenson, pastor, Jones Chapel
A.M

\ large delegation of ministers, and

Fourth Episcopal

ig BAI BEEP TL AAS AAAS AA

. Church, Philadelphia

= present at Pier 95 to bid

yarty “bon voyage,”

t year the Bishop W. H.
Heard held this conference, assisted
by Bishop D, H. Sims, This year Bish-
op D. H. Sims, holds the conference at Bhave

Shelley Bay; -and-willbebassisted by} aie Rey, Bah anowat tere
hop J. A. Gregg and the other pre-]) Sees aul Church, th

a so far as colored
e concerned, He is also the | Ccnces
iding Elder of the Island. He has
ful success, spiritually and |
ally. He relieved St. Paul of
btedness. Mrs

The 53rd Session of the Bermuda Annual Conference

BISHOP D. H. SIMS, A.
Who is holding his conferences
muda.

ae of Ber
Ber-

party.
sionary work will receive
at inspiration from Mrs. M, A
ia’ Gregg, a
ves of Bishop Sims, Bishop
Dr, Nichols, respectively

wond

Kay

alloway is his very |

efficient wife, and Conference Branch | 01 the fact tt

s the first time in the aN vat ay
\ i t B Pr nt of Bermuda, has given | land are
muda Work when two wives ri i i ae
: e “S| a splendid Missionary Program to the} E, Ch
d Bermuda with their Chu
women, , Chu
y Rev. C. M. Morgan the secretary of | ©.
Our Church in Bermuda is 69 years] |, 2 4 P |
the Bermuda Annual Conference 41s

He
ast |

old pastor of dur Church in St. Geo

was host to the Annual Conference

year. Mrs. Morgan was most con-

spicious in her. hospitality. This: was English
the last Conference in Bermuda super- | ried with
vised: by Bishop Heard who ees Negroes. ( abitants,

bout 20,000 ar rliament

sisted byBishop Sims. }@
Dr. I. L.,Berry, secretary of Mis-

sions and. Wife, Mrs. Beulah Berry, Lk pehiac geche vali
bers of the A, M. &, Church,

bers, five of whom

of these are mem-

and Miss Valeria Caldwell were in the | N
bishop’s party last year. and Dr. Berry’s | Chronology of Bermuda Conference
x i | and of the A. M. E, Churches

work was epoch making during the}

sojourn in Bermuda In 1837 Bishop Nazarey of the P. M,

Rey. J. D..Smith, our very efficient Chu organized the Bermuda
pastor of Shelley Bay ts the. present | Annual Conference. 1885, Bishop Camp-
host of the 54th ‘session of the Ber- bell and Bishop Disney the move
muda Annual. Conference He is aj} Ment to unite the B. M. E. and A. M

Bermuda under the

Wilberforcian and is. ably assisted’ by’). Churches
| name of the A

. E, Church,

MRS. D. H. SIMS

his wife and daughter.

Rev, E. H. Stowe, pastor of Sommer- | 1888-92, Bishop B, T, Tanner

aciong ork
Missionary wor 1892-96, Bishop H, M. Turner

the president of the set isa graduate of! Wilberforce Uni- |

ete EHS poeta ane ei yersity and has made success Im the | 1896+1900, p Abram Grant

is attending her conference in DC j paitieh 1904-08, Bi . A, Handy

Mita, where she eae Oa Among the other ministers who are in 1908-12, Bishop W. B. Derrick

eee to the nae ok charge of our work in Bermuda are 1912-/ Bishop W. B, Derrick
ee cner, MISS. Reverends, W, A. Ratteray, and R 1913-16, Bishop John Hurst
COLDWATER, MISS: BISHOP JOHN A. GREGG, J, Stovel, J. W. DeShields, and among 1916-20, Bishop C, S, Smith

y D. H,| the prominent laymen members of our 1920-21, Bishop J. M. Conner

Bishop 1924-28, Bishop W, T, Vernon
1928-32, Bishop J. H. Jones
1932-37, Bishop W. H. Heard
1937— Bishop D, H, Sims

sending greet-| 1.9. js accompanying

y B.
hrough the aud his party to 26! a
ee also accompanying him, He
the Fourth District,

ermuda, Mrs. church is the honorable George A
and Mrs, H. W. Dill, Mrs. Matilda
Crawford, Miss Merle Smith,

“TI take this method of
's to my many friends t
s of your newspaper. I hope alll Gregg is
y friends had a merry Christmas] esidge over

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