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THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
PROVIDENCE, R. lL.
General Conference} ««:
Minutes
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in our system of Church work.
Church should strive to make the
pastors desirable thath the
would be perfectly willing to
storate not all of them
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NEW BRUNSWRICK DISTRICT
PREACHERS MEETING
r monthly meeting of the
wick District of the N. J.
convened in Bethel, Asbury
July 12th.
her one of those unique
characterize these
At this meeting the
Sex Education”, presented
a Belle Calwalader, of the
of Health as guest speak-
Conference
Monday
tings.
eting was under the special
f the wives of the men of
Mrs. Vanderhorst, the
with
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the guest speaker.
ives of the pas-
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» most instructive and gripp-
of t guest speaker the
ed a program as
fiss Brown of Rahway.
Victor Trick, accompained
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son of Freehold, both read very com-
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mendable papers
Rev. J. S. Brown the pastor of Bethel
Asbury Park with his good people al-
though called upon to ente:
ain a very
much larger number than scarcely ever
come to a Preachers meeting gave us
a splendid dinner, very satisfactorily
served
about
Anyone who knows anything
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Bethel, Asbury Park, is aware
of the heavy financial burden any pas-
tor holding that charge has to assume.
The man who goes there and holds it
up as Rev, Brown has done merits com-
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etter. Give us a trial.
The Sesqui-Centennial (150th Anni-
versary) of the founding of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church will be
observed in Allen Chapel A. M. E.
Church, August 17th to August 22nd
under the auspices of the Fort Worth
District of which Reverend J. H. Smith
is Presiding Elder. All Religious, Edu-
cational, Fraternal, Civic and Business
organizations will be invited to partici-
Pate.
Some of the high spots of the big
Program; The opening sermon, The
Big Parade, Leadership Training
Classes, Daily Vacation Bible School,
Ken-note Address, All Star Musical,
"REV. J. H. SMITH, P. E.
Ft. Worth, Texas
Women’s Hour, Young People’s Hour,
Special Addresses by outstanding
Church Leaders, Sesqui-Centennial Ser-
mon, Sesqui-Centennial Drama, Greet-
ing from other denominations, and the
Big Anniversary dinner.
PRELIMINARY TO OXFORD AND
EDINBURGH CONFERENCE
Bishop S. L. Greene and Party
We are five days out at sea on board
the S. S. Berengaria, one of the largest
passenger ships of His Majesty en
route to two World Conferences viz.,
Life and Work and Faith and Order,
convening at Oxford and Edinburgh re-
spectively.
In our immediate party are the fol-
lowing delegates and visitors; Drs,
(Continued from page 9)
In This Issue
The Daily Altar—Rev. Carlyle
PB. Stewart .......--++-200+- : z
Sunday School Lesson.....-. / 3
Editorials :
“Presente” 4
The Religious Census....--+.-+ 4
Too Old To Work.....-.--+-+ 4
Secretary, Church Extension.. 4
Pointed Poir 3
Churchman A 5
Letters to the Editor. -....-..-.+++ 5
Young People’s Page. . 6
From Other Papers. ... 10
Women’s Page—M
T. Washington.,...-...---5+++ ll
“Sink Jonah—Lukewarmne
Rev. J. H. Smith 14
Contemporary Thoughts—Rey.
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THE CHRIST
The Daily
Altar.
By
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Rev. Carlyle F. Stewart
Minneapolis, Minn.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that
call upon him, to all that call upon him
He will fulfill the desire of
them that fear him; he also will hear
im truth,
their ery, and will save them.—Amen.
Saturday, July 31
USE WHAT YOU HAVE
ee ee ee
exploit personality but honors it. Ma:
tation.”
Read I Pet. 2:13-17.
Prayer = Words fall so easily from ou
lops, Our Heayenly Father, while ow
thee, grant us abiding love fo
the brethren. In Jesus name. Amen.
we stand against every form of exploi-
deeds often belie our conversation. We
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bosom fly, ae
While the nearer waters roll, While th
tempest still is high;
13:58.
Our stubbornness and pettiness may
not only limit us from doing what the
Lord wants us to do for Him, but also
we limit God from doing what he wants
to do for us.
Where there is failure of faith, there
is failure. Mighty works God would
do with and thru us, First, however, we
must have the will to let go and let
God.
Read Matt. 14:22-33. Ee
Prayer: Dear God, break down the
walls of partition that separate us from
a close relationship with Thee and hin-| Cover my defenseless head, With the
der Thy will in our lives. In Jesus name. shadow of Thy wings.
y | Amen. 3
Thou, O Christ, art all I want, More
storm of life be past;
Safe into the haven guide, O receive
my soul at last. gab
2
Other refuge have I none, Hangs my
helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Stil,
support and comfort me.
All my trust on Thee is stayed, All my
help from Thee I bring;
PO a se than all in Thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Hea}
: Thursday, August 5 the sick, and lead the blind ‘
;| MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | just and holy is Thy name, I am al
= unrighteousness; Z
e False and full of sin I am, Thou art full
“Peryerse disputings of men.” I Tim. of truth and grace.
6:5. 4
rs Monday, August 2
rand?” Exo
for a man to use
THAT GOOD PART
A man falls into a fatal blunder when Plenteous grace with Thee is found,
he makes the mistake of arguing with Grace to coyer all my sin;
people for whose opinions he can have Let the healing streams abound; Make
no respect. How much of our verbal and keep me pure within.
clashes are without profit either to our Thou of life the fountain art, Freely
minds or spirits. “A man convinced let me take of Thee;
God’s| “Mary hath chosen that good part |against his will, is of the same opinion Spring Thou up within my heart, Rise
« ilure. “Wish-| which shall not be taken away from ‘still’ runs the old saying. to all eternity. Amen.
place God's | her.” Luke 10:42. Discussion and debate are of great
iny more so than it How easy it is to be “careful and|help in shaping up our thinking and re- SIDON, MISS.
eligion. The ene-| troubled about many things.”” Living| modeling our opinions only when en-
and
ember ot
eral abili-
and fail-
what we
may
promotion of Thy
name, Amen.
Sunday, August 1
in a material world, we easily fall into
thinking and acting as though the world
of sight and sound is all that matters.
“The world is too much with us, late
and soon,
We lay waste our powers,
We have given our hearts away, a
sordid boon.” Wordsworth.
Read Matt. 6:19.
Prayer: Dear Lord, take out of us
the carnal mind, which is enmity against
thee and balance our thinking and ac-
tions. In Jesus name. Amen.
Tuesday, August 3
THE SECRET OF STRENGTH
“They that wait upon the Lord shall
renew their strength”. Is. 40:31.
“LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD” 6
rhood.” I Peter 2:17.
t [ was called upon to preach
4 sermon at a service for the promotion
of brotherhood in one of our sister
hurches, It may seem strange that the
Christian Church should have to set
\ spec
| day in which to empha-
e brotherly love
for brotherly love
is one of the fundamentals of Christi-
anity yet, how lacking we are in] Prayer: In the midst of our “busy- | hel i
3 a y-| help us to be faithful. In Jesus x )
that very essential! When a man be-| ess”, Blessed Lord, may we not forget | Amen. ‘ aes ILLE, MISSISSIPPI
lieves tremendously important; to|the king’s business which altho, it re-)° ee
have a high and noble creed is ideally|ireth haste yet demandeth rest
desirable ;
ereed with anes lips and deny its es-
In the midst of strenuous programs,|that money was made to
| and|the test comes with the
nerves becoming frazzled, let us not| for what we spend it.
when we find ourselves, _ tiring
forget that we have
of strength and power.
more needful are those moments of
quietness and meditation,
day with a tryst. Your reward will be
ample in the long hard hours of the
day.
Read Psalm 23.
nevertheless, to hold to a] Peace, and power. In Jesus name. Amen.
sense with the life is to resolve a creed
mo mere cant
When the Christian church compre-
hends and practices the brotherhood of
man, our petty jealonsies, ovr inordinate
ambitions, and our ungodly strivings
will cease.
“The religion of our Saviour does not | there because of their unbelief,” Mt.| Jesus, Lover of my soul, Let me to Thy
A
Wednesday, August 4
LIMITING GOD
“And he did not many mighty works
a marvelous source | spent entirely upon ourselves,
| : ‘ In one place| own what we share.
the psalmist said: “I waited patiently|in your
on the Lord.” The busier we are the] have given away.”
Begin the} wheels of the gospel.
Leland District and Rising Sun Cir-
cuit, St. Paul A. M. E, Church. The
second quarterly conference was held
May 22-23, Dr. W. L. Scott, presiding
elder; Rev. F. H. Haynes, pastor. Both
new for the ensuing year, 1937. The
meeting opened promptly 2:30 Saturday
with devotional service, after which the
Presiding Elder, Dr. W. L. Scott pro-
ceeded with the business of the confer-
ence, which was conducted in a peaceful
manner. W. M. Campbell was elected
secretary. Mike Charleston, marshal
Roll call, Memorial service, the links of
“Not that he cared for the poor, but coe ee pee en
because he was a thief.” John 12:6. praise God from whom all fhe id
It is alright for you to possess money Namely, Mamie Splong, Rae
but hazardous to allow mone
y to pos-} Ruth Alexa: i
sess you. The money test is a test of dee wets teamed received
gaged in with wisdom and love.
Read Phil. 2.
Prayer: Gracious Lord, give us due
concern and respect for our brother’s
opinion but may we not waste our time
in foolish conversation and vexatious
desputings. In Jesus name. Amen.
Friday, August 6
THE MONEY TEST 2
ess ; with c i t
discipleship. When as a lad I complain- | was AN Ae, ae bari “Eide:
ed to my father about the rapidity with] jn full at St on ee Sete a
which money slipped away, he remarked | Dr, W. L, Scott meeached a nil
ody ‘ uth
spend. But Chapel, taking in two members, also
: manner and] 8:30 Sunday night. Dr. W. L. Scott
t is to is preached at St. Paul. Dr. W. L. Scott
ware ie e rat also Rey. F. H. Haynes spoke encourag-
tes a Me n hold | ing words that should keep the member-
; ands, is that you] ship spiritually alive. Dr. W. L. Scott
‘An old friend of | seems at his be Rev. F ayn
: is at his best. H..Hi
man used to say that money was the]is a man from God. e a he ire
| H wire
in our community. Dr. W. L,
Read Matt. 6 :19-34, ii z wee
i closed with high éc i a
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, help | successful tell Soe Be,
us to meet the money test by commitin; edi
i | presiding elder; i
our all to thee. We are stewards, please | tor ig elder; Rev. F. H. Haynes, pas-
GRACE AT THE TABLE The second
Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee} A. M. E. Chieti ede tie Tae
for all Thy mercies, Give the sancti- | we were pleased to note that duri: as
fied use of this food and forgive our| quarter more than $365 was ‘att :
sins we ask through Christ our Saviour.] On Sunday, June 27th at the attire.
Aiden. service, Rev. M. R. Dixon of East St
Louis, Tll.,. delivered a stirring message
and the night message was delivered
by our Presiding Elder, Rev. A. T.
Hall, Rev. S. L. Jones, pastor.
MRS, M. I. TOLER,
HYMNS THAT LIVE
JESUS LOVER OF MY SOUL
Hide me, O my Saviour hide, Till thy
- | custom of older people today to say that
Lesson
From the 20th Century Quarterly
August 8.
Lesson VI. ms
GOD FEEDS A PEOPLE
Exodus 16:11-20; 17:3-6.
Lesson Text:
16:11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses,
saying, 12 I have heard the murmur-
ings of the children of Israel: speak unto
them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh,
and in the morning ye shall be filled
with bread; and ye shall know that I
im Jehovah your God.
13. And it came to pass at even, that
the quails came up, and covered the
camp: and in the morning the dew
lay round about the camp. 14 And
when the dew that lay was gone up,
behold, upon the face of the wilderness
| small round thing, small as the hoar-
frost on the ground. 15 And when the
children of Israel saw it, they said one
to another, What is it? for they knew
not what it was. And Moses said unto
them, It is the bread which Jehovah
hath given you to eat. 16 This is the
thing which Jehovah hath commanded.
Gather ye of it every man according to
his eating; ah omer a head, according
to the number of your persons, shall
ye take it, every man for them that are
in his tent. 17 And the children of
Israel did so, and gathered some more,
some less. 18 And when they measured
it with an omer, he that gathered much
had nothing over, and he that gathered
little had no lack; they gathered every
man according to his eating. 19 And
Moses said unto them, Let no man leave
of it till the morning. 20 Notwith-
standing they hearkened not unto Mo-
ses; but some of them left of it until the
morning, and it bred worms, and became
foul; and Moses was wroth with them.
17:3. And the people thirsted there
for water; and‘ the people murmured
against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast
thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill
usand our children and our cattle with
thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto Je-
hoyah, saying, What shall I do unto this
people? they are almost ready to stone
me. 5 And Jehovah said unto Moses,
Pass on before the people, and take
with thee of the elders of Israel; and
thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the
river, take in thy hand, and go. 6 Be-
hold, I will stand before thee there upon
the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite
the rock, and there shall come water
out of it, that the people may drink.
And Moses did so in the sight of the
elders of Israel.
GOLDEN TEXT: Every good gift
and every perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father—James
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By Albert Buckner Coe
that material desire loomed larger in
their consciousness.
Our own fathers who read the Bible
more carefully than we do use the lang-
“|uage of the Bible generally. It is the
_|God is good to them—a beautiful ex-
pression. There is frequently one fail-
ing, if it can be called a failing, in this
phrase.
the agency through which God has
shown his kindness—a son a daughter,
a church, a welfare agency. Frequently
a daughter remains unmarried to care
for a parent; a married daughter breaks
her health for an invalid mother; a son
sacrificially sends money to care for
say however that God through a son or a
children to Moses, God’s representative.
Quickly they spoke of the good old days
when they ate from the fleshpots of-
Egypt—the pots in which their meats
were prepared. It is said that the Egyp-
tians did provide wellfor their slaves.
But in the wilderness those former pots | YOu
tion they became larger and larger.
of those former days and now pictured
them as full of sunshine, not too hot,
with nothing but play and
Their desire for meat in the wilderness
was met by the coming of quail. Their
tridges, are said to be common in the
Sinaitic peninsula.
northward in great numbers, flying low,
ground can be easily caught.”
McLauglin.)
been suggested. Exuding from the trunk
and branches by night in summer, it
forms small round white grains which
partly adhere to the twigs of the trees
and partly drop to the ground. In the
early morning it is of the consistency
of wax, but the sun’s rays quickly melt
it.” (Driver).
son: “God feeds a people.” A book
has recently been written with a helpful
subject:
read our Bibles, including Psalm 23;
again:
act
and
ice
its
The elders too often forget
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broken father. God has been good
these dear people. It is only fair to | th
ughter, has been good. I wish some
edit had been given by the Hebrew] gi
The people complained of their food.
meat took on new luster. In imagina- |»
he people even forgot the hardship d
e
comfort.
f
esire for bread was met by the coming
f manna. God did provide for those
rumbling people. “Quails, or par-
In spring they move
nd when they drop exhausted to the
J. F:
Just what manna is we do not know.
The sweet juice of the Tarfa tree has
We return to the subject of the les-
We Are Not Alone. As we
John 14, etc., we may say again and
You are not alone. After all,
the most doubting Thomas, if he is in-
telligent, must be aware of a power that
moves with us in our journey. Some
of us call that power God.
THE LESSON BROUGHT DOWN TO
DATE
By John R. Ewers
There has been plenty of discussion as
to the nature of the heaven-sent food
which the Israelites gathered each day
in the desert. It seemed to be a diet of
quail and manna. Manna has been va-
riously explained; the leaves of a tree
blown by the wind. Many travelers have
given us their theories. The food came
Here is another gift of God. The silently in the night; the people had to
Hebrews made no distinction between
material gifts and spiritual gifts. “Every _
good and every perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father.”
Bread and courage were one and the
same thing to them, though it is true
gather it by their own efforts. Thus it
does not differ too must from the growth
of wheat. The farmer goes into his
granary and selects old, dry wheat from
his bins or sacks. He goes out upon
his plowed and harrowed field and casts
ly waits—in faith. At long last spring
comes, The’grass and wheat spring up
in new health.
birds sing. The sun comes out and in
new and more beautiful existence. It
truition.
by, storms come, bugs and worms. gath-
the ripened grain turns’ a golden color.
The harvest time has arrived and the
men come with binders to gather in
and man may water, but only God can
morning—every head
of excitement an autumn field of gold-
get the divine part.
our eyes get so close to the earth tha
Wwe overlook the part which is God's.
Who sends the quiet, refreshing rain?
Have you ever been in the country dur-
when
that grain into the ground—an heroic | the weak, grasping quickly the best por-
tions? I do not doubt it.
all men have plenty of good food today?
of faith. A few tiny sprouts appear
then cold, dismal winter comes with
and snow. But the farmer patient-| We
Blossoms appear and
warmth coaxes all vegetation into a
easy then to believe; faith nears
But still months must roll] the
Th
tio
many evils threaten. Summer comes
full force, now the sun is hot-and
¢ grain in rich abundance.
Is it not a miracle? Man may plant
ve the increase. God sends the sun,
God sends the rain, God puts the strange convince some
germinal quality into the seeds, Man's
part is but little, God really does it all.
Say what we will, itis God who feeds
his children; his processes, however we law.
may understand and anticipate them,
are
nevertheless miraculous. Can} G'
look, unmoyed, -upon a —field
f wheat rippling on a summer’s|a
crowned with
swer that question in America very
soon.
answers above. Some men are lazy and
want the government ta take care of
them. Some men are weak and the
strong run over them. Some men are
greedy and take more than belongs to
greed—there yau haye your answer.
We can always be sure of the mur-
murings of the people.
The “good old days”
bad while we were living through them.
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Why do not
are going to be compelled to an-
I have indicated some of the
m. Laziness, wrong use of power,
cy are all wrong and it is our func-
n to correct them.
POINTERS
By Roy L Smith
Even an abundance of bread does not
people.
seemed pretty
Even God’s mercies are subject to
Some people are always expecting
od to make exceptions in their case.
No man has ever been able to drive
sharp bargain with God.
Some people pray, “Give us this day
ew? Can you behold without a quiver | the bread for tomorrow sé
n corn, rustling in the gentle breeze?
God is at_work—feeding his children.
He is the giver of every good and per-
ect gift. The trouble is that we get in
PRAYER THOUGHT
By William Chalmers Covert
From Thee, O God, cometh every per-
the way of God. We count our own fect gift and in Thy bounty we rejoice
work of such significance that we for- and give thanks.
In tilling the soil} are fresh every morning and new every
Thy mercies, O Lord
t | evening; we have never seen an end of
Thy goodness!
We bless Thee for daily bread. May
every loaf be to us a visible token of
ing the hot, dry days of early August Thy love and care, as seen in the sun
it seemed
ceased?
no sign of rain—just dust and more dust.
Bright, hot sunshine until you actually
tire of it—until you pray for rain. And
then some night the rain comes—cool,
sweet, gentle—the land responding with
the smell of thirsty earth, newly catisfied
The very corn sings and next morning
trees, flowers, fields rejoice in new life
God sends the rain. Or, on the other
hand, at other times and places the sun
is needed. The farmer is anxious to
get his grain cut or threshed, but there
seems to be too much wet weather. He
gets tired of it. He complains like the
children of Israel. And then the sun
comes out. It is warm and gracious.
The grain dries. Now there will be
food. The harvest will not be lost. God
sends the sunshine. And those strange
elements in the soil—who put them
there, but God? Well may we pray
“Give us this day our daily bread” be-
cause God does feed his people. We
depend entirely upon him.
Why, then, do not all of God’s child-
ren have plenty of bread? Why in-
deed? Do you suppose that some of
the children of Israel went hungry be-
cause they were too lazy to go out and
gather the manna? That might have
happened if people were then as some
are now. Do you suppose that some
tried to get more than their share of
the food? It would not keep— but
neither will our fortunes. If those an-
cient people were like some that we
know now—they tried to get more than
belonged to them, thus depriving others.
Do you suppose the strong crowded out
that all rains had]and shower and the endless unfolding
Morning after morning and of Thy gracious laws of growth. Keep
from the sin of ingratitude those who
already have, and may those who weary
in waiting for the means of food be sa
ed from bitterness by the prompt inter-
vention of unselfish love in our own
hearts.
May we more and more recognize
Thy purpose ever to cooperate with us
May we
not rest in idleness and. inertia, expect-
to do
things for us when every means for our
in providing for our Avants.
ing Thy goodness miraculous
own helping has been put within bur
reach. In the benign laws of life and
faith may we rejoice, and with prayer
and thanksgiving may we fully give
ourselves to working with thee to the
satisfying
And may our souls
of Life. Through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen.
of the hunger of all men.
be fed by the Bread
DAILY BIBLE READINGS
F. Mark 6:35-44
S. Psalm 37 :16-25
5 232-40
M. Exodus 16:11-20
T. Exodus 17 :1-6
W. Psalm 78
T. Deuteronomy
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Weekly Thought
SN ee ee ee tee ee
I rega “ag only in my struggles:
to the Ff s of my opponents I am
ndifferent, bitterly as they have at-
tacked and slandered my own person,
ERNST HAECKEL
Setettetetete eet his body in a carved oak casketjence to retire bishodiaé mie what the department stands for.
er-
Weekly Poem
IN REALMS ABOVE
In the twingling of an eye
Wondrous works are wrought on high,| with the Uni ates govern
. a & t
ited St. -| member of the group, and should i
t b placed strategically.
In the welkin of the night,
When the atara are out of sight,
And the heavens, dark'’ning soon,
On the setting of the moon,
Ev'r increasing midnight wear,
Black’ning regions everywhere.
Then the elves come out to play
Contributors write op
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937
To
LAR MONEY MEMBERS. If] Provision has been made under
we fail to cooperate and give the] the law for retirement of Bishops
exact information needed the] ]t would not be amiss to provide
church will suffer when figures}for the retirement of ineffective
= ees bead Saag WelGeneral Officers. When minis-
that we have a million or|ters are retired they participa
more members. Now is the time} i, the Pension Fondeeten is a
to prove it. rb tained by 25 per cent of the Dollar
— a Money, and ten cents per member
: earings TOO OLD TO WORK to be reported by each pastor at
anothe; iday. i
GEORGE B. THORNTON “Following complaints filed by i aut ‘| a
Orangeburg, S. C.|his ministers and laymen, the A. Hesendeeed P th Ser ane
; M. E. Bishops’ Council, last weck, es ey ive SS eeceins dad
2 e retired the venerable Bishop Wil- seer: 2 fi 2 Pee ie
Edit 0 rials liam H: Heard, of Philadelphia. eens mh a ‘ ee a hat
The complaint was that Bishop}. 4, tas rs oe
ppt tetntetetetetntntnietniitteet | Heard had become too old, physi- mt Soe eee mulls ears
report” for pensioners? He is
a so cally and mentally, to administer | |
PRESENTE She oie DEIN cae given a loud hand when he reports
Franklin D. Roosevelt has filed ee last YEOr eee
similar charges against members : eae put ae He MOEN
of the U. S. Supreme Court, but ves ae tSnste Fine: Bone
he is having a hard time to get would eS te 8-Beins oe a
Congress to do something about or Imiake “Sa pout os kya
& dure.”
Again, the Sunday before
The truth seems to be that the Christ echt b
} 7 Ey
been said of Franklin that he pavers eae Deed go con ner we Pee 3 ; : He eee
jas’ well aa he Gould ae 4 to receive special gifts and of-
| caught the lightning fron e sky i i
- out of the air and enabled as the eee selves. Th eae le ial me
man to whisper around the earth Church and See ne it : Bie inclu eae
He annihilated space and mad ia Pree What shall ve do? "Take
2 isters. What shall we do? “Take
the world a common family. The what we have and make what we
work of this mechanical, inventive want.” This is one of the most
serious problems which the church
ann .
after a lifetime of service, should ees
On a nocturne holiday;
Fays and fairies all are there,
And the other nymphs of air.
In a circling winging ring,
Every elfin ‘gins to sing;
An’ so gentle is the winging,
An’ so gentle is the singing
That but dwellers of the air
the liquid music hear.
In the twinkling of an eye
Troops of fairies flit the sky,
ft returning from their play
Ca
Guglielmo Marconi, great
J dead. He
servant of God is
was a servant of God because
he served his fellowman. In
a realistic and literal sense his
works do follow him in wireless
telegraphy and the radio, It has
| wa
solve it—by fixing a compulsory
age to which workers and execu-
tives must retire.
It isa reflection upon African
genius will be appraised by the .
scientists of the future, but the Methodists 3h a ae
popolani and most far distant ru- Soa ee ———
SEES ; be forced: out und I i oo
ral dwellers will use tl SS eee eae
, pi rags res results. | stead of retiring under the 1 SECRE ae
mmortality is like an eclipse es eats EXTENSION
If this church has wi
thot : wise and Gat oRah
of in terms of the now, and the yb poe: Pokies) Lis VA Sia Wilson, a ee Be pel
hevenbioc Mesgoces é 33 that their denomination adopt at|,; Bie SURE ee
a Oh: oni achieved 1m-| once an adequate pension and re- tion of the board leave the office
mortality in the midst of time. He}tirement plan under which both of the secretaryship vacant. It
a ,
be = eo into the shin-] clergy and Bishopsyean' rege aa will be filled at the next: April
ng ra s > cus, N peer i
g ranks of Copernicus, Newton, | dignity and decency.” meeting. The department is one
Spinozoa, Shakespeare, Kant, Al- of the most important in the
From the ab Sees
len, and Edis T Le ove editorial the] .
ison. Truly the world] Afro-American alleges that the gee ae on Sioa
ontrovert the fact that it has not
is never the same after a great]retiring of Bist «
ee eee ig shop Heard “under :
: pager i - © nee charges instead ot retitiay aaaer 8 ace fairly thru the years.
spirit has departed to be with the aa git: z eae ae paeie religi We ba oS
God who is back of the Bae i Oe ee SHU borrow e h ete
process, but increasingly the hu- rd ne Le act f eedoeecn ae
ie baneens aie th rom the department, and
e have consistently failed to re-
common }
pay. If we refuse to pa 1
proposal | whom then shall rane ae
with two focii. It may be
ay Re jf has be i
man family will be conscious of | sympathy ‘Ga Ta cat ;
: , i
the full blown meaning of the knowledge that the
chanting of the priests and the|of
; 1 President
cries of the mourners as:they bore | in
DE EOLeew
dive tae alker} We know from the very name
General Confer-
to its final resting place: “Pre-| tai Aside from donati
: es g place: -|tain age failed of ey eae
sente!” May the other i see of passage by a| societi i ate
ity likewise tea immortal-|very slight margin, Next time| to extend ou ee fa vee
on? ey measure, in all probability,| where our peels aca ee
T
THE RELIGIOUS CENSUS [it 10 herself, she owes it to tell he ae Men i
, She owes it to her] what: peat te :
leaders. atsoever districts or confer-
Cet Sicha! dea taleveratag aah ‘ he welfare of the group|ences, who have organisational
ting e ever kept above that of a]ability ought be sought out be
ment in igi i
as ‘oat nea a It is| apply to aut Bishop Heard has|department should su en tae
connection fill out hie blonle with pea We Heeler sntucinn ores DME ee tome ison
gp co th |an episcopate in regular satnding| work. Th i
exact number of members in) with full salary so far as the rae: does not pone dices ae
his char; i is (iti
i on pe ton ae of the treasury will war-|Church Extension Depart a
: me
bishop. the number of DOL-| rant. ‘ =A ees should be the spearhead of i
oe wa ee Tee
:
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937 j THE CHR
ISTIAN RECORDER
DB ee eS : ee
advance. It is our hope and pray-
er that those directly concerned
will take hold of the situation with
frm and just hands and do the
thing needful.
Dr. John Harmon writes: “Why
not transfer the Church Extension
Department to the Financial De-
partment, operate it through that
department, and sell the Exten-
sion building, since there is plen-
ty of room for it in the Financial
Department?” Such action per-
haps would have to be taken by
the General Conference, and will
ple of African descent are sup- RMR RRR EEE EET
porting the Rebels. Our sympa- The Churchman ‘
thies are with the beleagured and
Meld
hard opprest Loyalists, Russia,
and England.
eRRREEEEEEREERE EEE EEE EEE EEE
Baptist leader and scholar, threw “Everytime I feel the spirit. .-- “How
the choir is singing at the St. Louis-
ae me ae International Booneville District Conference, St.
P ass meeting in London, Louis, Mo. The house is crowded. On
England ‘after white Southern] the platform are Presiding Elders W.
Baptists had spoken in glowing|H. Burnette, and R. L. Phillips, and
terms of religious conditions the speaker of the hour, Dr. Frank
throughout the South, when he Madison Reid, pastor of historic St.
Preeer ihe dominant question ae Paul, whose guest the churchman is.
not give the relief desired at pres- the 20th Century is the question] ‘The church is named Gregg Chapel.
ent. The board will fill the va- of the color line;” and proceeded The head of the district is Bishop
cancy ‘next April. Among the|to tell the Christians assembled |Noah W. Williams who is out of the
many whose names have been|about lynching and burning of |°'¥; “What a day of victory that will
mentioned for the office are: The | Negroes in the South. Deja How canzone wae when hear-
zs 7 ing such stirring singing? The church
Reverends L. H. Hemingway, and is girded for the task of overthrowing
W. B2L. Clark of South Carolina ; THE GOOD DEAN IS COR-|the works of satan. “Amens” are heard
). L. Witherspoon, and W. L.|rect. Creed, doctrine, dogma and from all sections of the house.
Powell of Memphis, Tenn., M. W. | pragmatic Christianity balk at the 4
trazier, of New Jersey, J. P. Q.|mere thot of a Bronze follower he cat ee shoud Beas ghee
Wallace of Indiana, J. A. Alexan- of Jesus. Incidentally nearly a MS One es Sa fia
Reus meee z i life to me.” Praise His glorious name!
der and George W. Williams of| thousand religious leaders, but no| A church on fire with the Holy Spirit
llinois, L. V. Starkey of Alabama, Roman Catholics are at Oxford|will take the world.
_H. Smith of Texas, V. M. Town- considering “Faith and Order”. .
send of Arkansas, P. W. Rogers of Several representatives of <oUur The churchman listened to an pape
New Orleans, La., formidable as- church and sister denominations poor couse 2 De Betdsonyetbe
. : power of the gospel.” It was a splen-
pirant in New York, W. H. Burn-|are in attendance. Weremember|did effort. Among the resolutions
ette of St. Louis, Mo:, E. E. Tyler however, that the official attitude |adopted was one favoring and praying
of New York and Dr. P. F. Lytes of these affiliating groups is to the election of Dr. W. H. Burnette to
of Arkansas. There’ may be|regard Negro Christians as Juris- the office of Secretary of Church Ex-
others. May the spirit of the dictionalists. Hundreds of years ae next April when the board
Lord direct the choice. We need hence the breach between preach- e
a competent Secretary, and the|ment and practice will be elimi-
extension of the church. nated.
———00o
THE ROMAN CATHOLICS RE Stewardess Board No. 2 of St. Paul,
Pointed Points not participating officially which eae EEN
FERRER EERE EE EE EEE EEE
DEAN H. M. SMITH. FINE
While in Springfield, Ill, the church-
man was entertained by Mrs. Iffa F.
Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Single-
Mesdames_ Carrie
certain centers. Quite a number
THE F THE LATE! have left the path of racial self-|_" : :
oun Pe Boaeaid ie es esteem, and self-help and walk no Eileen Smith and Louise Perry.
kansas has passed to the great be-| more with Allen, Varrick, Lane,
yond. He was one-of the main and George Liele.
supports of President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and was ex-
pected to render great service in cour aes Beeaa® ee laboring in his usual methodical and
the Supreme Court reform. eeu eS Norris one of the Scottsboro efficient way. The churchman spoke
was also expected that the Sena- boys, has been sentenced to die (on Friday night. Other ministers pres-
tof would have been appointed for the third time. The Judge|ent: Reverends I. M. D. Washington,
to the Supreme Court bench. told the jurors that “where the|G. T. Shaw, T. H. Stoner, Wiley, aa
While we have no objections to complaining witness was a white Stone, ee peta Sav
the: court reforms program We Roman and the xdetendint 3 aS pe ue: back to Springfield.
were against the appointment of gro, they could put out of their mes 2 ee eee
the late Senator. But the case is minds all questions of consent, LETTERS TO EDITOR
closed néw, and around him let that even though they did not —
us draw the mantle of charity. believe some parts of Mrs. Price’s CENTREVILLE, MD.
story, they need not discard her | Dear Dr. Singleton:
whole testimony, and that tar Ose On as I have been planning
to write you a letter expressing my
Alabama law her
ON UNSUP-| .qmiration for the fine job you are
ported word was sufficient to war-| doing as editor of our official church
This is Judge | publication The CHRISTIAN RECOR-
From Springfield, the churchman went
to Peoria and visited the Springfield
District Conference, George L. Pierson,
IN JUDGE CALLAHAN’S Supt, C. E. Brooks, presiding elder. Was
great to be back home. Dr. Brooks is
WAR CLOUDS HANG LOW.
There has been no improvement
in the Spanish situation. On the
‘Birthday Greetings
GPP PPP OOP PILLS OS PO
surface it appeared as if the rant conviction.”
Rebels would have won ere this
time, but not so. The stars in
their courses seem to be fighting
for thé Loyalists. The totalita-
rian states of Italy and Germany
which harbor no goodwill for peo-
Callahan’s way of directing the
jury to bring in a verdict of
“Guilty.” And the Judge is most-
ly a “Christian,” 2 prominent
member of the church. Selah!
DER. After secing this splendid Sesqui-
Amos: “Let justice roll down
~~ PAGE FIVE
POPPI POD]
ae
REV. M. M. LEWIS
Presiding Elder
Ardmore, Penna.
REV. J. R. REED
Middletown, Penna.
DR. R. E. WILSON
Presiding Elder
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
REV. W. F. RICE
Detroit, Michigan
MR. WILLIAM H. BURNETTE, Jr.
St. Louis, Mo.
ton, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Carpenter, and | Centennial number, I can hold my pratse
no longer.
When I received my copy I also re-
is sad. They are making a serious | Woods, Hessie D. Clem, Nancy Porter, | ceived a thrill. Here was a presenta-
bid for the American Negro in|Anna Bell, Patsy Young, Mattie Wal-|tion of which the Church could be
ker, and Ida Davis. Bros. George Bell,| proud. You have done yourself credit,
Harry Woods, little Misses Lena Moore, | bringing added honor to the illustrious
achievements of the past.
Dr. Singleton, you are giving us a
paper that measures up to the high
level that capable editorial and mechani
cal efficiency demand. It is no fantas
tic jugglery of words when I say, yours
is an epoch-making service.
I am looking forward to the time
when I shall be able to come to the
office, see the plant and have a talk
with you and Dr. Curry.
Yours for an even greater
CHRISTIAN RECORDER
REV. JOSEPH GARNER
(Formerly dean, Hood Theological
Seminary, Livingstone College
Salisbury, North Carolina.)
pS
THE FIRST EPISCOPAL
DISTRICT
Harrisburg, Pa.
The first quarterly conference of
Bethel A. M. E. Church, Harrisburg
District was held on Monday evening,
July 5, 1937, with the presiding elder,
Rey. Ollie Napper, D-D., presiding; Rev.
P. C. Williams, pastor. The Steward’s
report showed an increase of member-
like waters and righteousness as
THE VOICE OF ANCIENT |@ mighty stream.”
ship of 5; baptisms; deaths 3.
(Continued on page 16)
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THE CHRISTI
PAGE SIX
ceca A ee re ob
tt Seanemeraaael Georgia Pierson,
Young People’s
| Assistant,
|M
: Stone, Peoria; Mrs. Minnie King, De-| again: “If we are to build a strotiger
+ catur; Mrs. Jessie Allen, Jacksonville ; denomination, If we are to have a
+ Page V. Biglow, Champaign Lucille | stronger ministry to Support the doe=
+ | E Sec.-Treas.; Peoria. trines (and he nteans, ideals, traditions)
TERRE | onyention adjourned on Thurs-| of the great African Methodist Church.
y evening, to meet in Springfield, Illi- | we are going to be forced to use A.M.
THINK THIS ONE OVER | nois, in 1938.
d find- |PAYNE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
WILBERFORCE, OHIO
of the Southern Christian
ely trained for these times—today,
| he says: “i
jin ation, a stronger ministry to support
the doctrines of the African Methodist
und | Episcopal Church, we are going to be
| forced to use A. M. E. school in which
©| to train this new ministry” And further
lhe asks, “What would you think of the
4| Catholic Church sending one of their
ters to a Protestant Church to be
-d for the presthood?”
} ) snothe ust t
: - Here Editor Clayborn raises the most
SNAPPY STORIES important question facing our great
hurch today. In all of our meetings
NOT FAR FROM THE FACTS
nuch is being said about our need of
nd our need of that. Do we need
shops? Do we need Presiding
Do we need this or the other
All the our real
al need has not occurred to
we do need Bishops. We do
General Officers and Presiding
|! Iders, and there shall be no lack of
» who have heard the “call” for
© positions of trust and “power.”
| this fact must not be forgotten,
. | above the need of these “larger fields”
NO STOPPING PLACE | comes the need of those
humble but noble souls who serve in
| ¢ pulpits of our local churches. They
Ot. e the which our
| It seem to me tha i
SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT SUNDAY | efficiency here if juts de pect
SCHOOL CONVENTION CON- |or underestimated. We need today a
|
VENES | consecrated, trained ministry who finds
jin the humble tasks of the pastorate,
Isttors | its highest and noblest service.
| department? while
fundamer
Now
of service,
foundation upon
superstructure rests.
ole
In my
| humble opinion the importance of these
“larger” fields, meaning the bishopric
A. M jor general office, is greatly exagger-
would
, Dist. Superintendent ;
Mrs. Nellie Moore, Mrs. D.
of Springfield, Mrs. Edna
In a recent editorial, editor Clayborn
Recorder
istd the question of a ministry ade+
we expect to build a dentom-
of one hundred and fifty dollars.
women of the Michigan
AN RECORDER
E. Schools.”
,| were to sit in our pews.
spacious buildings have resulted, where
thousands of youth have prepared them-
selves for life’s work. But we have
not given equal attention to the train-
ing of those who shall stand in our
pulpits to lead these college and uni-
versity trained young people. We haye
collected thousands for the Pew, for the
pulpit, we have raised only PENNIES.
If we are to haye a ministry adequate
for these times, we must raise not less
for the Pew but more for the Pulpit.
We must come to see that in the crea-
tion of a great and powerfful church,
the pulpit can not be thus overlooked.
A special financial effort is now under
way at Payne. The building in which
our students are housed woefully in
need of repairs and must be completely
refurnished. Why should these young
men be compelled to live in quarters
so far below the standard set for stu-
dents in other departments of fhe
school? - Why should the men who give
their lives to the task of training these
young men be compelled to accept sala-
ry considerations so far below that set
for those who teach in other depart-
ments of the university?
The women of the Third, Fourth and
Fifth Districts through their Mission>
ary Societies are responding wonder-
fully, The Ohio Conference Branch
has pledged to raiser $300.00 with which
to refurnish our chapel; The women of
the Pittsburgh Branch have pledged to
completely furnish a room at the cost
The
ler” fields almost any one with or with-
out consecration and training might
serve. Clayborn’s “if” might be repeated
Payne Theological Seminary of Wil-
berforce is one of those institutions in
which we are striving to do just this
job. Our present handicap is the lack
of funds. Through the years we have
labored to build colleges for the train=
ing of our young itien and wonier who
In thése ef-
forts large sums have been piled up and
Flooring ....:..+
General repairs on
roof, furtiace ett
Mark in this square indicating your
contribution. if
Make ail checks or nioney-orders
payable to Payne Theological Sentinary.
Mail all communications to
CHAS. S. SPIVEY, Deati,
Wilberforce, Ohio,
@ $1.00 per sa.
ESSIKADU, SEKONDI, GOLD
COAST, WEST AFRICA
aoe
The Gold Coast Arinual Coriferetice uf
1937, is now history, and the Rt. Rey.
Edward J. Howard, has left indelible
impression of his personality and char-
acter on the people of the Gold Coast
probably, as no other man has done,
at least, along religious lines and ac-
tivities.
After holding two very successful
Conferences in Sierra Leone and Mon-
rovia the Bishop, accompanied by Dr,
I. E. C: Steady, as his private Secre-
tary, arrived at Takoradion the morn-
ing of the 15th of March, where he
was met by Sister E. J. Randall, Revs.
A. B. Moie, J. Barte-Plange, Bros. E.
K. Atitiogbe, J. Wureh, and L. A. Y.
Nelson, and a large delegation of our
Kroo members from Takoradi and
Sekondi. After a Welcome Address
was driven to Allen’s Hotel, Sekondi.
The Conference was a very success-
ful one, the business sessions were or-
.derly, and under the fatherly super-
vision of the good Bishop, the orders of
the day were carried out with clock-
like precision. The reports were en-
couraging, and the spiritual tone up-
lifting. The Bishop by his charm of
manner and loveable disposition, soon
captured the people ; his deep, rich voice,
which he frequently lifted in song, was
a feature which will not soon be for-
gotten by those privileged to hear it.
The Appointments were read on Sun-
day night, after a spiritual repast of
short eloquent and inspiring native
sermons by the Brethren from the Ac-
cra District, which they delivered in
their own language. This idea was a
master stroke on the part of the Bishop,
as it revealed the one main thought
Conference
ated, What happen to us if
M E. }
| every pastor set out to become a Bishop | Communications
Branch have pledged to furnish a room!
underlying all missionary activities of
all the denominations, that native train-
ed workers alone, can effectively carry
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER _ PAGE SEVEN
i a
tor of the A.M. E, Church, in the Gold
Coast, that seating. accommodation was
ata premium. The large Hall was sim-
ply packed to suffocation not only to
cee the distinguished guest of honor,
but to see and hear the Cantata, “The
Queen of Sheba,” given by the Bethel
\, M. E. School children. The condi-
tion of which would have done credit
to the Amatuer Theatrical performers
in America. It was simply marvelous,
how those little boys and girls acted,
sang and danced. I am stre it was a
revelation to the Bishop hituself. Who
says the African is incapable of acquir-
ing higher ‘education, let him cotne to
Africa, and see the speed with which the
Bishop, of the great A. M. E. Church,
but with the Macedonian cry on their
lips, “Come over into our Chiefdoms
and help us with your schools and
churches.”
African boys and girls assimilate knowl-
edge, and they will become apostles of
higher education for the black man
/the world over. Much credit is due of
all Sister E. J. Randall, for her inspira-
tion in founding this school that so
well acted this difficult piece before the
good Bishop, then the Teachers for the
pains in training the children to such
excellent perfection.
After the rendition of the cantata,
the most inspiring Reception the
Bishop was to witness began, the great
crowd, eager to get a closer view of
the Bishop surged up to the platform,
bent on shaking mands with the dis-
tinguished guest. It was one indescrib-
able ‘scene of unmistakable feeling of
unbounded joy and enthusiasm, the like
of which had never been seen in Accra
before. The people were just wild with
delight at plain, simple, human sympa-
thy, unassuming spirit of big protherli-
ness displayed by the good hearted
Bishop.
Accra with its modern improvements
—large Government building, fine
churches of the sister denominations,
attractive stores, splendid, beautiful
well laid out streets, joined in giving the
Bishop a great reception. Deputations
of Chiefs with their retinue, from differ-
ent Chiefdoms, came not only to pay
tribute of respect and good will to the
So complete was the conquest of the
Bishop, that there was universal regret,
that the Episcopal visit had to be cut
so short, to enable the Bishop to be
present at the Sesqui-Centennial Cele-
bration at Tennessee in June.
The famous description of Caesar of
the ease and rapidity with which he
suppressed the revolt of Pharnaces, the
son of Mithridates, “I came, I saw, I
conquered,” can be equally applied to
(Continued on page 15)
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lor
$1.00, and more.
, ard. Chacet iA i are now under way]on missi i = (Lowe Coote Leer R , APPLY pula it ies Goa ior them. duct taken from mother nature. You 3
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) ci Mag wt olakat | Power of our church rests with the the Chicago Branches. They too will| cess. Deacons ordained under the Mis- TEMPLE OIL for DA EXTERNALLY, judge. You must be satisfied. Read our liberal guarantee. ae
- i “ r = strength and power of its pulpits. join in this work. Then too, assurance sionary Rule, 3 Elder, 1; Re-Obligated THE HAIR DOUCHE WHEN DILUTED : = a
a sae ae aH Editor ¢ layborn raises another issue. | has come that the women of the Illinois | Ordained manibeees 2, Gilera. pe ees SPOS OOO O® “ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. +
pial ay i Shall we train our ministry or shall we|and Northwest Conferences and the journed to meet in 1938 aN Z ae en aed eae Dear Mr. K’rby: we Vian cee £
ul ot. ve po send it to others for training? Certain-|women of the First District will join ‘ Saar nee) ELPS TO RE- I am happy to say that I De ee wee ae Zeition eee ell -
e vbr ‘ ee — — ly we agree with him that the Catholic | in this “home-mission” project. Episcopal Visit to the Accra District : KIRBY’S 'M. M. H duct and I am well leased syibit) the: reso S. | Ke
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dh si mun 40, vecess possible. | what they expect of their leaders lieves in a trained mini: ls wi : ni eee y, the 22n — :
ha sheet wes baie say 2 and | lie a trained ministry to help with | March, the Bish i 3 Rott a A
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inder the ¢ on of Miss Adie Mae| traditions are to be pr ean ry | C. Steady, left for Accra (overland, by the-minute auto) eq S Consider the low P Dear Mr. Kitby:
Martin fae apne eer et motor car) and i ‘ i is nothing, we can serve i ks Treatment pate ‘ d it has worked wonders for me. I
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The trip was enjoyable, several places
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teresting to note that Sister Randall,
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ducational and | these ideals and traditions have been
leaders of the! drilled, The Catholic attitude in this
wns eettuleh-au"taa ene j matter is a reflection of the high regard
scorge in which hamblest minister of that
remote districts as well as those
near at hand. And for service in
distant parts of the country we
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by the awarding of Teacher | ways properly evaluated our ministry
Training Certificates to the following} Too often we have felt that in certai
anecesatul stadents ‘
Richard Allen in this very promising
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THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
2 ee
THE ATLANTIC CITY DISTRICT
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION | at
By Marcella
Re anid
Chorech
Pitts, of I
The Distr
Franklin br
to the Cany 1
fo serve another year
many papers discussed by
delegatea were: “Youtl
Roada,” “Are the Youth
intereated in (
activities as those of the
“Some Admonition for the
Sunday School teachers
Church workers,”
Supt, Mrs
a wonderfful
‘Hen and was
Pierce
ages. Re
plant
i
er
Mrs. H. I
Bethel Church, | was a
ol, pastor at] Activities
>, Cook, pastor at
orge Cray
wn; Mrs. Hol
Mrs. Ger
at Rethel
sor H. §
Genevia
report
re-elected
Among the
the various
at the Cross
of teday as
burch work and religious
Past,” and
Guidance of
and young
chai
Good
»- | THE OHIO CONFERENCE BRANCH
ogram
f of the Sunday
borough of Vineland. Re
1, pastor at Mt. Zion Chure
nd President of the Atlant
e major
was delivered by the Rt. Re
vid H. Sims,
opal Districts.
orkers, Bishop Sims mentione:
“Love”, the secon
rst day’s session was climaxed | President in
ng service with an elabo-| to
Welcome addresses}of the
were made by Mrs. Grace Hall in be-|tomobile it
bh : School and the]address of C. S. Spivey, dean of Payne 1, En
» Mayor John Gittone in be-| Seminary; The Question Box conducted | August 3-18—World Conference on Faith ang
Preachers Meeting, made
esting response to the ad-| convention with their presence. Among
address of the|them we noted Drs.
Bishop of the Ist and| wife, R. B. Lowe, H. G. Payne, C. i
His message | Buchannon of Kentucky and Presiding
to School workers. In| Elders Maxwell and } 1
of the need of the Sunday|dered valuable service to the presi-
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 19,7
a
which she declined
stand for re-election because € a en ar
lingering effects of an au-
accident; the scintillating
July 12-36—World Conference on Life ang
Work—Oxford, England.
Order—Edinburgh, Scotland.
August 10-21—South Carolina Yout},
Conference, Rev. J. S. Benn, Presi.
dent.
August 17—A Religious Convocation including
the A. C. E. League, Missionary Soci
y.|by Mr. Lindel Charles Ridley and the
h, | masterly closing sermon by Dr. C. T. H.
fc | Watkins.
Many distinguished visitors graced the
A. C. Sumpter, A. eties and: Sunday School Conventions of
y.}H. Turner and wife, L. C. Ridley and the Baltimore, Virginia, Western N. ¢,
and N. C. Conferences, at Kittrell Cot
lege, N. C. Rev. J. A. Valentime, Pas.
chols who ren-
tor and Charman Publicity Committee,
% ee
d|dent who, tho suffering from the effect M. H. DAVIS, Bishop
d]of an automobile accident, presided | August 18—Ontario Annual Conference,
on”, the third, “Co-| with great dignity and impartiality Chatham, Ontario, Rev. W. ¢
on”, the fourth, “Opportunity | which elicted the praise and commenda- Perry, 251 Park Street. Bishop J.
self-Respect.” Professor | tion of all. A. Gregg. -
- know er passing res ions thanking the be x
rl fnownsOraton. of] “After Dassine ee ek Sept. 7-10—Religious Education Insti-
F.] Igeton paid glowing tribute to Rey.|local churches and friends for hospi- me
Ward, Editor and Publisher of| talities generously bestowed, the Con- Bib Eciecopal WisticheManeea mess, VAN,
|the “Ideal Review” and after sighting| vention adjourned to hold its next an- Drs. J. W. Walker, Pres. I. H. Bonner,
H-| sev 1 things cco she al session at St. Paul, Columbus, with Vice Pres., A. Wayman Jennings, E
gpherppherce soe 8 a i sped a icekee Sec., L. Sybl Taylor,-Rev. Harry
ks | u * and potential publication, made | the following elected 0 ce ardson, John Dawkins, A. Woods, and
| to give this paper united support President, Mrs. Essie Hamilton, Co- J. L. Calhoun, Directors.
r-| Mrs. Ella Scott, Supt. of the Sunday |lumbus; Ist Vice-President, Mrs. C. B.]| August 24-26—Kentucky Congress of
i | School in Pleasantville, rendered two
eautiful solos and following her the
ct chorus of Girls sang severa
A resolution was adopted,
> Convention was entertained
services
were
r Dickerson, Supt. of the St
s Sunday School, Atlantic City
> demonstration of the
s Meeting.
pastor at Swedesboro pronounced
Benediction at the close of the ser-
djvices. The Convention will convene
next year at St. James Church, Ttlantic
t The Ohio Conference Branch Wom-
| in's Mite Missionary Society held its
| wty-first annual session in Brown
|Chapel A. M. E. Church, Cincinnati,
|| June 15-17, 1937 with Mrs. Dovie €.
| Nichols, the President, presiding.
} In spite of the fact that the distruc-
flood greatly hindered the work
many of the societies, the
largest
r of delegates, in the history of
} inization registered, and entered
enthusiasm into the work of the
onvention, which from start to finish
virtual
bee hive of missionary
consisting of spiritual songs,
papers and addresses upon timely topics
pertaining to the cause of Christian
missions
Every delegate seemed to have
caught the true spirit of missions and
vied with each other in making every
session a real spiritual feast as well
as a forum of inspiring and helpful
information, not only to the delegates,
but to the large audiences which as-
sembled at every meeting.
The high points of the Convention
were the fulsom welcome program fol-
lowed by a play—"Call to Service”, on
the opening evening under the auspices
of the local committee, sponsored by
Mrs. Vivian Leece; The opening sermon
the pastor, his wife and con-
for the splendid manner in| Mrs. Ophelia Rogers, Xenia; Treasurer,
completed} gent Treasurer, Mrs. Blanch McLinn,
amount of money raised in the
on was $218.88. Rev. A. B.|Mesdames: Dovie Nichols, Xenia; Ada | California Conference, Parks Chapel,
Pearl, Cincinnati; 2nd Vice-President,
Mrs. Alpha Hayes, Columbus; Secre= White, President.
1} tary, Mrs. Ida Porte, Dayton; Assist-] August 25—Puget Sound Conference,
,;ant Secretary, Mrs. Minnie Ware, St. Tacoma, Washington, Rev. J. L
Clairville; Corresponding Secretary, Sanders, 1407 ‘South Yakuma St.
Bishop Noah W. Williams.
.| Mrs. Rosa Smith, Springfield; Contin- | Sept. 1—Michigan Annual Conference,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Rev. G. L.
Wayne, 827 Francic Street. Bishop
J. A. Gregg.
Youth, Monticello, Ky., Rev. A. P.
.| Columbus; Treasurer of Sarah Allen
,| Memorial Fund, Mrs. Edna Woodson,
ted a most interesting and teach- | Wilberforce; Head of Young People’s | Sept. 8—Northwestern Annual Confer-
“Weekly | Department, Mrs. Vivian Leece, Cin-] ence, Keokuk, Jowa, Rev. Lewis A.
cinnati.
McGee, 415 N. 7th Street. Bishop
Members of the Executive Board:
J. A. Gregg.
3owles, Cincinnati; Grace Roberts, Lon-
don; Helen Hodgekins, Middletown;
Bertie Biggs, Lebanon.
MRS. OPHELIA ROGERS
Corresponding Secretary.
Oakland, Calif., Rev. A. W. John-
son, 1326 Ashby Ave. Bishop Noah
W. Williams.
Sept. 15—Southern California Confer
ence, Los Angeles, Calif., Rev. H
M. Collins, 8th and Towne Streets
Bishop Noah W. Williams.
Sept. 22—Indiana Annual Conference,
PINE BLUFF DISTRICT
Tillar Circuit, St. Paul A. M. E. Kokomo, Ind., Rev. H. L. P. Jones,
Church. The third quarterly confer- 1047 N. Kennedy Street. Bishop J.
ence opened Saturday evening at 3
A. Gregg.
Colorado Conference, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. Rey. A. L. Hamilton,
o'clock with Dr. Harris, presiding. All
members answered to roll call. We had
a one hundred percent conference. And 311 West Cole Street.
going off to the annual conference one W. Williams.
hundred percents No way to fail under Sept. 29—Illinois Annual
the leadership of Rev. A. Simmon, and
the following loyal members: Charles
Whitlow, Loney Teasley, Bro. Freeman.
Maggie Teasley, Octavia Henderson
and others. All are fighting with our
faces to battle. Our District Superin- Bishop Noah W. Williams.
tendent, S. C. Holmes called upon us| October 6—Chicago Annual Cofiference,
Sunday, took charge of the Sunday Chicago, Ill, Rev. G. W. Williams,
School, and proved that he was master 2241 Maypole Street. Bishop J. A.
of the situation. We admit that we are Gregg.
in the Rural but want our Zion through- Kansas Conference, Emporia, Kans.
out the world to know that we are one Rev. M. M. Matthews, 312 West
hundred percent Christian Soldiers. 62nd Street. Bishop Noah W. Wil-
“With our face to the battle. liams. =
ee ae Bie! MAGGIE TEASLEY..... Mexico and Rio Grande Confer-
ence, Kingsville, Texas.
Bishop Noah
Conference,
Cairo, Ill, Rev. J. A. Randolph, 420
17th Street. Bishop J. A. Gregg.
Nebraska Conference, Trinity
Church, Kansas City, Kans., Rev.
L. P. Bryant, 438 Greely Street.
Rev. T.
A DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL W. Thomas, Bishop George B.
AND LEAGUE PICNIC Young. z
ses Oct. 13—East Texas Conference,
Columbia, S. C—The District, is led
by Rey. E. F. G. Dent, Presiding Elder.
Accompaning him, was the Rey. J. C.] Oct. 20—Northwest Texas Conference,
McClellan, Presiding Elder of the Lan- Abiline, Texas, Rey. J. R. McGhee.
Athens, Texas. Rey. J. Frances
Baker. Bishop George B. Young.
by Rev. C. Baker Pearl, the entertaining
pastor; the brilliant address of the
caster District, and’ Rey. Adams, the Bishop George B. Young,
pastor of Lexington Ct. C. M, E. | October 13—Palmetto Annual Confer-
Church. The following pastors, mem- ence, Kingstree, S. C,, Rev, S. M.
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1987
Oct
pct. 27—Southwest Texas Coiiferetice,| served, from attractive baskets, with
)ct.
THE CHRISTIAN
Hughes. Bishop J. S. Flipper. |to make the Picnic a grand affair.
tober 20—North East Annual Con-| A lovely spirit of cooperation, an
.. ference, Florertee, S. C., Rev. W.| appreciation for supervised out door
iz, Richardson, 112 So. Ravettel|play and recreation, and a love for
St. Bishop J. S. Flpper. unity and wholesome social intercourse,
ober 27—Columbia Annual Confer-! made this not only a mamoth picnic but
nce, Union, S. C., Rev. T. E.|one of ideal order and enjoyment not
Robiien 849 McBeth St. Bishop | one discordant note arose.
js Flipper: Plenty of the best prepared food was
Weimar, Texas. Rev. W. P. Petty. | tlie greatest of outdoor care. Iced cold
Bishop George B. Yoiirig. lemonade (atid real leamonade) with a
South West Missouri Corifererice, delicious grape flavor was free to all.
Allen Chapel, Kansas City, Mo.| The games and stunts were both rec-
Reve A. R. Fox, 813 East 10th St. reational and educational. The “moun-
Bishop Noah W. Williams. tains and rapids” no longer divide the
-« 30—North Missouri Conference, | “Greeks.” The children and adults of
es con, Mo. Rey. W. M. Jackson,|}the Columbia District are better ac-
a East 3rd Street. Bishop Noah | quainted. The District Sunday School
W. Williams. and League picnic was a successful ex-
Nov. 3-Texas Conference, Pt. Arthur, periment. Let us hope that this will
; Texas Rev. E. W. Prince, 432|be an annual affair. God gave us a
West Tenth Street. Bishop Geo. beautiful day. For all blessings. We
B. Young. thank Him.
November 10—South Carolina Annual
7 Conference, Holly Hill, S. C,,
Rev. L. L. Farmer. Bishop J. S.
Flipper.
Novernber 17—Pledmont Annual Con-
ference, Greetiville, S. €, 109
Green Avenue, Rey. J. W. With- j
erspoon. Bishop J. S. Flipper. | Willis J. King, (Methodist Episcopal),
November 24—Central Annual Confer-| Benjamin E. Mays, Mrs. Mays and
ence, St. Matthews, S. C., Rev.|Sister; J. H. Jackson (Baptist), Miss
David James. Bishop J. S. Flipper. | Dorothy Height (Youth Commission),
Noy. 10—West Texas Conference, Som-| Mr. John Wilson (Christian Movement)
F erville, Texas. Rev. N. H. Melton.| Mrs. S. L. Greene, Dr. Wm, E. Barnes
Bishop Geo. B. Young. and myself (African Methodist Episco-
Missouri Conference, St. James| pal.) On other ships enroute are Bish-
Church, St. Louis, Mo. Rev. J. A.Jop R. C. Ransom and Mrs. Ransom,
Dames, 4311 St. Ferdinand Street.| (African Methodist Episcopal), Bishop
Bishop Noah W. Williams. J. Arthur Hamlet (Colored Methodist
“REV. W. B. BRATTON.
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EDENBURG CONFERENCE
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Nov. 17—Northeast Texas Conference,| Episcopal) together with others doubt-
Terrell, Texas, Rev. J. Mark John-| less of whom I am unaware.
son. Bishop George B. Young. We have had a so-called calm sea
Nov. 24—North Texas Conference | thus far with but little sea-sickness and
Wichita Falls, Texas, 316 Park St.| with a passenger company of more ae
Bishop George B. Young. Two Thousand, saying nothing of i
Dec. 1—Central Texas Conference, San| tremendously large crew it could we
Marcos, Texas. Rev. F. D. Cran-|be termed a floating city. Every form
shaw. Bishop George B. Young. of entertainment that could be imagined
is provided for the benefit of the pil-
grimage and Religious services are con-
ducted regularly as follows: Roman
bers of the District: Revs. A. A. Ama- Catholic, Anglican and pe ete ss
ker, F. €. Laws, A. J. Holman and the] Up to this writing there shave ae
writer, W. B. Bouler. A host of visi- pte three piccesed eee =
tors and friends enjoyed the outing|delegates on ou :
7 July 1, 1937. All roads in}all about Thirty and on of SCA
the Columbia District, led to the grounds | topics that shall be discusse ae
and grove of Countsville A. M. E.|two Conferences has ae pee
ood wearing | toge 2 one
pee se crave by the car talks by ‘men and women of various
a re ee Pe vise speakers who were in-
wise, : J é.
Most of the churches of the District vited to speak ae Te aa
were represented to make Districts, A. | various types ae ele eee
C. E. League led by Rev. I. O. Simmons | were your humble _ a pala hs
the District president and Mrs. R. L. asked to make a Bs eee
Pegues the efficient Sunday School] tative of our Racia Gr - ie a
Supt. They had things well in hand, {and of my denomination Pp
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From Other Papers
Lee eel
A NEEDED CURB ON MOB
CACHED $5,300 ALL OVER HOUSE
STARVING R
HOARD
Spokane, Wash., (A.P.)
in currency
shoe booxes in
Miller mounted
while the self-st
for in a hospita
The last $5000 was found by a detec-
tive behind cobwebs in a cup-board in
the three-room
shared with chickens and cats.
aaid hidden recesses of the cottage pro-
bably
Mra. Miller, em:
she was S4. Old
probably is 75.
contain
yminations
found in hidden cans and
more
VIOLENCE
teeth, aime
>f b viol
ome ur
$ or
en from them
permits
s kin to
institt
peace
empha
ofhcers of th
oners
es charged v
committed in i
er the la
yman right
re H
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is measure
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federate vete
Erasmus
died at his
1
and
a fe 1y$ ago
in remote cor
e and in between leaves
His
and
found bills of $5,
library
widow, four
sons
tucked
and in between the
all the
been deposited
Now money
muse ha
ul bank
ECLUSE HAS $50,000
The fortune
the hovel of Mrs, Anna
above $50,000 today
arved widow was cared
1 psycophathic ward,
home the aged widow
Officers
hoarded money.
prison
officers who allo
ficers
from mot
yroper-
e spirit of lynch
m or any
their
or blood-
are
with prompt
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A teacher asked for sentences using
the word “beans,”
aciated and weak, said
acquaintances said she
bright boy of the class.
“My mother cooks beans,” came from
another pupil.
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Then a third piped up:
human beans.”
BLACK LEGION SAID TO HAVE |ran, was shot to death in May, 1935,
KILLED MAN FOR PRACTICE
y futher grows beans,” said the | Dayton Dean Testifies Negro was Used| Davis and four others are on trial fo"
As Target by Colonel in Robed Order | murder. Dean, under life sentence fo"
perry the Associated Press .
‘
“We are all
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uRSDAY, JULY 28, 1987
ies:
he other defendants are Charles
who had beer Coleman’s em=
_ John Bannerman, Ervin D. Lee
Roy Lorarice. Bannerman,
Evis and Lee also are tirider life senit-
bee for the Poole murder. ;
earl testified that Davis asked him
get hold of 4 Negro for him. He
je was Boing to have a party it
cottage atid that some of the
in his Black Legion outfit would
there. He wanted tiie to.get a Ne-
jor him for @ little target practice.”
fe testified fie arid Rouse took Cole-
an tO Davis’ cottage on Rush Lake,
ar Pirickney, Michi, where they found
vis, Bannerman; Lorance and Lee
ith their wives.
“pavis told the boys to get some
pis and see that they were loaded,”
ea continued. “Then we started out
A two automobiles with Coleman. When
vot to the lake; everybody got out
xcept Rouse.
fired first, then Lorance, Lee
nnerman fired. The Negro
|, turned around and ran down
e road.
“They ran after him, but my gun
d, Coleman ran quite a ways,
ht. He jumped into the swamp
nd they empted their guns at him.”
Dean said Coleman had been lured
the lake on the pretext that he was
ollect $15 due him in wages fromra
ctor.
id James
ficers
Ses: 2 0 St ee ee
A RECORD SUNDAY SCHOOL
veasurer in Ontario Not Absent in 37
Years and Pastor in 23.
Kitchener, Ont. (Canadian Press) —
‘or thirty-seven years, Or 1,824 suc-
es Sundays, Miss Minnie Schuitz,
rer of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
School, has not failed to at-
g records are common at St.
's. Dr. H. A. Sperling, the pas-
is not missed in- twenty-three
s, while other records are Walter
r, twenty years; Clare Becking,
teen, and Harry Ziegler, fifteen.
others have not missed for five
| ten years.
ast year 139 members of St. Peter’s
School and the staff did not
a Sunday.
Se SS
A BANK TEACHES THE NATION
The Dunbar National Bank, now in
its ninth year in Harlem, nears the
four million dollar mark in assets, and
8 million dollar mark in deposits. It is
Renerally known that the bank has suc-
eded, surely and quickly, largely be-
ause it worked sympathetically with
he people of the community in which
t operates. It has promoted a colored
ee a ee ee |
Detroit, Mich.—Dayton Dean told ¢
9 jury in Recorder’s Court today th!
Silas Coleman, Negro World War vel
because Harvey Davis, Black Legio"
Colonel, wanted “some target practice 4
_|the Black Legion killing of Charles “
. Poole, testified as the State's princip:!
man to the post of Assistant Vice Pres.
and Manager of the bank’s only branch,
end has just announced for the New
car, the promotion of another colored
man to the post of Assistant Manager
of this branch. In the main office
of the bank many of the employees are
colored, and those employees range
through all departments.
The Dunbar Bank’s president, Mr.
C. C. Huitt, a man of quiet dignity but
of liberal as well as sound views has
Said he hopes the record of his institu-
‘ion, which és principally owned by Mr.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. will inspire
other wealthy men, in other cities, to
have faith in the Negro and give him
an opportunity for development in the
all-important field of finance—The
Christian Review.
SURGEONS TO GIVE ONE EYED
BABY A SECOND ONE
New York—(Special)—A blonde 3
year old girl who was bort with one
eye, 4 clear blue, will undergo an opera-
tion within a few days which will give
her another eye so that she may grow
up appearing normal in a two-cyed
world.
The delicate task in ophthalmic and
plastic surgery will be performed in
the Matihattan, Ear, Eye, and Throat
hospital. The new eye will not have
sight, but if the operation is successful
it will match her present eye.
She was borii with one “sealed eyelid,”
it was explained at the hospital, where
the name of the child is being withheld.
Two operations already have been in-
yolving transplantation of tissue.
The “seal” was broken eighteen months
ago. Ina second operation a year ago
a flap of mucous membrance from in-
side her cheek was transplanted to the
unlined eye socket. This was to pro-
vide a “pocket” for an artificial eye
and to produce normal upper and lower
eyelids out of the existing half lids.
The third operation, requiring trans-
plantation of another thin flap of tissue
from forehead, cheek, or thigh, will
improve the lids’ appearance and deepen
the eyeball pocket.
“Possessing only one seeing eye”, a
doctor said today, “the world will be
flat to her. She will lack steroscopic,
or third dimensional, vision.
She is normal in all ways excepting
the lack of the eye.
GN a er
Notices j
RRR RRR REE EEE EE
BISHOP S. L. GREENE
Letters. or cable-grams intended to
reach us during our attendance to the
World Conferences on Life and Work
and on Faith and Order should be ad-
dressed according to the following di-
rections : ,
We shall be domiciled from July 9th
to August Ist at the Isis Hotel, Iifley
Road, Oxford, England and from
Avgust 2nd to the 14th, at the George
Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland Postage
for an ordinary letter is five cents, and
cable-gram rates be obtained
from any Western Union or Postal
Telegraph office.
In our immediate party for which
the above directions are intended are
Mrs. Greene, Rev. Wm. E. Barnes and
myself. iz
Hoping to be remembered by all, at
a Throne of Grace, and with every
good wish, I am yours,
In His name,
S. L. GREENE.
can
NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE
BRANCH
The third quarterly meeting of the
New Jersey Conference Branch Wom-
an’s Mite Missionary Society will be
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
PAGE ELEVEN
a ee
30, 1937, at Bordentown Industrial
School, Bordentown, New Jersey.
MRS. CAROLYN S. THOMAS, Pres.
MRS. ANNIE M. COLLIER, Cor. Sec.
A DISTRESS APPEAL
By Galatia A. M. E. Church, Nashville,
North Carolina
To our Members and Friends:
In order to stop a foreclosure sale
of all-of our property-on July 10th,
it_is necesssary for us to raise one
thousand dollars $1,000.00. _
EACH ADULT MEMBER OF OUR
CHURCH IS ASKED TO PAY FROM
$5. (five dollars) up.
OUR FRIENDS ARE ASKED TO
DONATE US FROM $1, (one dollar)
UP:
In an agricultural community with no
crops to move for about ninety days,
it is obviously a hardship at this time,
but we MUST raise some money now
or close everything. We are confident
you will not fail us now and see us lose
all the fathers have sacrificed for, and
struggled to leave as a heritage to our
children.
We are proud of our church and the
valuable property we own and we must
make the supreme sacrifice and save
it.
Donations sent by mail should be
made to: Peoples’ Bank and Trust
Co., Nashville, N. C., and addressed to
P. A. Richardson, Treasurer, Nashville,
N. CG.
Respectfully submitted,
p. A. RICHARDSON
JAMES M. DAVIS
T. T. COLEY
L. W. BRAKE
« THOS. DEVEREAUX
Trustees.
REV. A. A. THOMPSON, Pastor
dobebleeb heb bee eee beh beer
f WOMEN’S PAGE :
tpt ebb tbe
HELPING
By Josephine T. Washington
The press brings news of a generous
gift. “How splendid!” we cry. “T wish
I could do something like that.”
“Something like that?” We mean the
objective thing, the manifestation of
the spirit that prompted the deed. That,
for us, may be unattainable, but the
spirit back of the giving may be ours.
We shall, then, do what we can.
One does not have to be a Rocke-
feller or a Rothschild to share in the
meeting of human needs. Where there
is a desire to serve, ways will be found
Though money is’ very important, it is
not the only thing needed to prevent or
relieve human suffering and contribute
to happiness. All sorts of material, as
well as other forms of assistance, have
their place in the program of supplying
the necessities, and meeting the worthy
desires of mankind. We can all help
to a much greater extent than we do.
That we let various commodities ac-
cumulate about us, neither using them
ourselves nor permitting any one else
to’ use them, is certainly not to our
credit, In most homes there are cast-
held Thursday and Friday, July 29 and
nates,
their cast-aside toys.
them to the junk-man than to keep them
here, cluttering up the house.” Yet we
still delay.
off garments that could be made to
contribute to the comfort.of unfortu-
suffering because of insufficient
clothing. These are not offered, partly
because pride makes us unwilling to
give unless we can give largely. In some
cases, sheer inertia prevents us from
doing anything.
“Some one,” we think, “might care
for the children’s outgrown clothing and
Better even give
But man cannot live by bread alone.
It must be remembered that the physi-
cal life is not the individual’s whole life.
The spirit must be suctained and sooth-
ed.” They are selfish, cruel and hypo-
critical who refuse or wilfully neglect to
meet the needs of the body, but proffer
only soft words and quotations from the
Bible.
Yet, these are no less criminally in-
different to human welfare and happi-
ess who feed the body, and starve the
soul. A smile or a pleasant word often
is worth more than any material gift.
Besides the surly tone-or ungracious
look may nullify the effect of the gift
that bestowed pleasantly and sincerely,
might have been accepted with appre-
ciation. “The gift without the giver is
bare.”
There are times that call for united
effort on the part of many. Perhaps
the cause is the church or some civic
movement. Do we give, or in any other
way participate in the effort? If not,
why not?
“We have but little of means or talent”
“What we might do would not count,”
are excuses all too frequently heard
We forget the ditty of our childhood:
“Little drops of water, little grains of
Band? sas <2
“T am only one,” is no fitting excuse
for fafilure to help-when an appeal in
behalf of some worthy cause is brought
Humanity multiplies it-
self through united effort. Let each one
do his part. That is the way
about great results.
to our doors.
to bring
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“\ VOICE FROM TEXAS”
“Behold a Greater Than—The Forme: |
is Here’
is
Re-
Responsibiliti
sponsibilities a plent
a
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m
ar
w
Die for} w
Fall, and Tri
ead of the} ap
1 ly accom- | and said General we have come, thru tors of the State Institute of Religio
a ston, Editor- hardships, and privations, sacrifices and BISHOP D. H. SIMS HOLDS TRUS Education was called to meet in §
Recorder with with bleeding feet—But yonder fie| TEE BOARD ‘MEETING (nina Paul A. M. E. Church, Monts
f ments, we are forced to sec] ROME Ala., at which time the program wa
blind)
are not
yc
¢ bell as it tolls | ‘
to
m “All Hurt, Harm and
, aac Dr. A. O. Wilson down there in Arkan- Institute of Religious Educa and send in the names of these |
i sn.” Let the | 8as was also left at the door asking for tion at State Teacher’s chasing. The Local committee co’
ea Sit, like honors, Brethren, Arkansas ‘ieys College, Montgomery, Ala. ing of the Presiding Elder and Pa
id a Former is| he is worthy and they are with him and September 7-10. of the Montgomery area have pro
: ved from} We will not forget him in 1940 for we to sell 1000 badges before the mectil
o Thru | too f el that he is worthy. By Rev. E. C. Hatcher opens. Teachers and Instructors |
e ye ve will keep on Toiling Every reader of the church papers and every phase of church life have bed
m and Rain—watchful-|the THINKING minds of the world selected for this occasion. Amone th
ting until all the that Dr. Thomas J. Clement, The Trustee Board of Greater Payne] special features to be praeented at thi
A E, Depart ts are brought back | 40
home and made secure pa
¢ Bishops of the A. M, E. Church
are alright. They aaid it, I heard them
DeMolay Boosters
SAYS
WHY SUFFER WITH THE HEAT
WHEN THEIR
3rd Annual Moonlight Boat Ride
DOWN THE DELAWARE
On The Steamer “STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA”
Leaves Chestnut St. Wharf 8:30 P.M.
Monday, August 9th, 1937
With Harry Monroe's Dus!
TICKETS Before July Bat 65
ON SALE—Seottith Rite Cathedral F
Hall, 409 S. 1th St.: 1227 Locust
ifter
you
to Think?
for the cause.
thagian Soldiers when standing on the
men as Dr. Joseph Gomez, of Cleveland,
TORY FOR OUR! ference door in 1936, asking for a seat pare expect to enroll 2000 delegates. Barz
; on the Episcopal Bench, brethren, you $900 Returned to Leaders of Six Annual | of registration are being made now ai
in our| Will make no mistake in elevating him Conferences by Bishop Sims. Plans | cach Presiding Elder will be sent ‘if
i! hurch, Houston, Texas, is a writer, we
left him at the door in New York with
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER THURSDAY, JULY 29, i,
» on waiting to give Nine Hundred Dollars Returned to
nd I believe them: that the legal Editorship “gloves
Conferences
ship rights of the Sunday School... 4 greater A. M. E. Review. The best
, down in Nashville, Tenn., must} thinking minds think he should have it
4 WILL BE determined, and if] 244 why shouldn’t he? Stay there and At this meeting the unprecedey
E. Church was the Parental} p..¢ Dr., the Church has heard your {thing was done. Bishop D. }. R
wanted to take charge of|,nock thru the years and they will be|who has been elected by the Bishg
ntal Baby”, and if there] pack in 1940 to open the door for you. Council to be one of the Tepresenta(iam
r Parentalship claiming it,} These men, I feel safe to say, if given|to the World’s Conference of p.
must make an accounting for]. chance, will give to the church just and Order, which is meeting in pg
rdship of Trust, and here-] such type of service as we are realizing | burgh, Scotland, this month, had »,
ould walk under Legal Guid-| from the hands of Drs. Curry and Sin-|all preparation to be in attendance
Atlantic to the Pacific. | cteton, then we can truthfully sing “The this meeting, and the leaders of
M. Es don’t be foolish, if} Church Is Moving On.” Why? “Be- six Annual Conferences of the s
id made a mistake and it cost] ;o1q a GREATER/CLASS of LEAD- | of Alabama had collected and presen
trouble of repentance, YOU! PRS are carrying on.” to him $150, from each Conference
the Error of others and stay] And we who sometime feel like that} a total of $900. Since the reconst
“HURCH—for with such men} Verve been forgotten back here in eet tion program inaugurated by the Bishq
bench of Bishops as M. H. Davis, | trenches are going to help “carry on”. and the leaders for Greater Payne j
: , N. W. Williams, W. A.] Don’t doubt us, we are here and here|Volving great financial obligation ,
J. Howard, Gregg and}, stay. Ye Reverend and Fathers in demanding strict episcopal supery
st say that the church is) Goq we should have you know that we|and also due to added responsibil
d SECURE because they are] are with you for Zion’s sake. We are in the First Episcopal District,
men of burden and are cheerfully bear-| 2fter a-conference with leaders of
ing them in the heat of the day. We State decided that it would be bey
are not asking for the Crumbs that fall | "ot to leave at this time the work th
from the table, we are not skirmishing | Confronted him. So after thank
at the fect of the Shrine, for we be|men for the fine spirit of cooper
Brethren and bow at the portals of and loyalty displayed, he returned {
righteousness and ask for a chance at $900, that had been given him. We q
life's opportunities in this noble field of |Sure that the entire connection \
service. Feeling that I voice the senti- appreciate with us this very fine act q
: ; jment of my brethren when I say that the part of Bishop Sims. Thus we g
hurch better than they do themselves | “Behold a Greater Than—The.Former|@s Leaders of our respective Anni
‘Think 0 | Ts Here.” I close asking my Brethren to Conferences with $150 each to pay o
Think of men | not forget to Think, Think Sanely and| debts and make our Missionary prea
ill not be moved by circumstances | Soberly, “for Learning, undigested by| ‘tS and churches happier than the
id whose spirit is irresistable. Men| thought, is labor lost; though unassisted have been in a long time. God bie
“3 ove duty more than Office. Men | by learning, is perilous,” said Confucius. Bishop Sims.
ho do not mind Sacrificing their lives REV. J. E. STUBBS,
Men like unto the Car- Pastor Bethel A. M. E. Church
Hearne, Texas.
Mr
ner
at will we do in 1940? I'll tell
Let’s look sane, act sane, and
s. Is that a sane sugges-
Well, listen; there will be men
ated to the Episcopacy and Gener-
| officers elected, therefore I admonish
Brethren to begin thinking and
May T help you
Think of men who love the
sane thi
on?
Se
ry Soberly
id the filthy lucre
en of Loyal Integrity.
}
ho w
Institute Plans Perfected
ex of the Alps turned to their General On Wednesday following the Direg
Therefore, if you think in these terms pay tert TES
yu will be compelled to think of such
arranged, perfected for this great meel
ing which will be held at the
Teacher’s College, Montgomery,
September 7-10. At this mectir
President and Faculty Elected for
1937-38
hio, wi
> was left at the General Con
the bench of Bishops in 1940. Think Perfected for Alabama First and will be expected to sell the sa
University was called to meet by Bishop | meeting will be A CHURCH C114
D. H. Sims, at St. John A. M. E.|conducted by Bishop Sims for Pasto"
Church, Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday ]and Lay Workers. Alabama thru
morning, July 6th at which time and|humble servant takes this method ‘
place the Presiding Elders, Pastors | inviting all Christian workers to attend
and Trustees from the Six Annual]this meeting. Classes in Social Servicd
Conferences of the State of Alabama] work will be conducted by Dr. Geo. \
were present and took’an active part Singleton and classes in League wo"
in the selection and election of the] by Dr. S. S. Morris.
President and Faculty of the afore-
named school for the 1937-38 school
term. The meeting was in session all
day Tuesday and much good was ac-
complished. Dr. J. R. Burghes, was
unanimously elected President. Dr. J. spe
B. Calhoun was elected Dean of the| Graymount, Georgia—The sixty‘!
College, Dr. J. M. Dawkins was elected | session of the Sunday School, A. ic. i
Dean of the Theological Seminary and| League and W. H. & F. M. Societ
other members of the Faculty were| Convention assembled at the St, Jam
elected. Through the wise suggestions | A. M. E. Church, Graymount, July 13-!
offered by Bishop Sims and accepted | 1937, with the Rev. J. W. AMaiiltite hos
by the Board thousands of dollars will] pastor; Dr. W. O. P. Sherman, Presi
thor of Clement's Comment, the now
stor of Wesley Chapel” A. M. E,
SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRIC!
West Savannah District
ky Aces Swing Band
Thereafter $75¢
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of the school.
pmpor
yinson, Clebrants.
be saved by the Trustees in conducting| ing Elder. On Tuesday evening th?
introductory sermon was delivered
w. M. Rawls of Portal Cir-
j day morning was the for-
jening of the Convention with
Fe yal sermon being delivered by
ie Pierce of Dover Mission in
' of Rev. A. J. Glanton who
ed at his charge on business
ace, followed by the Holy
- Dr. Sherman and Rey. B.
ee After the com-
1 the organization followed with
being elected: Sister L.
Bowmen, chief secretary; Annie
assistant; Rev. R. Brady,
Southern Christian Recorder ;
_ C. Sherman, Voice of Mis-
sister Dorothy ‘Lampkin, A. M.
view; Rev. B- B. Swinson, Chris-
Recorder; Miss Lillian Sherman,
Sister B. B. Swinson, Or-
R
Wednes
gat
LR
iabsen
detain
ior
following
ale
Re
teress 5
presiding Elder delivered his } to
yal message which was a -master-
e, full of inspiration and instruction
oming youths. He praised the
yeing done throughout the State
op W. A. Fountain, Ph.D., in
ram for a greater Morris Brown
« and urged each delegate and
o stand hard by the program
President W. A. Fountain,
lhe following pastors rendered
ir reports satisfactory to the Con-
tion St. Phillip, Savannah: Rev. S.
Dinkins, Bethel; Rev. I. J. Johnson,
Chapel; Rev. J. P. Lampkin,
| Zion; Rey. W. M. Hollybrooks,
tesboro; Rey. S, W. Grant, Millen;
. Brady, Sylvania; Rev. A. A
1, Rockyford; Rev. A. Manoney,
Rev. W. M. RRawls, Gray-
unt: Rev..J. W. Moultrie, Mt. Car-
by; Rev. W. Mincey, Dover; Rev. R.
Pierce, Metter; Rev. B. B. Swinson,
loode Rey. S. E. Garbett. Some
the Mission points failed to report
it is hoped they will before the
i-State meeting to be held August
1, at St. Phillip, Savannah, Ga.
Convention was saddened with
vassing of one of the loyal members
the ¢
Av
Ss
by
Vv
with the pastor, Rev. J. W. Moultrie
ng her life in the afternoon
sion of the first day. At the evening:
sion, the evangelistical sermon was
livered by Rev. W. M. Hollybrooks,
Oliver. Rey. Hollybrooks proved
nseli master of the situation as the
pirit ran high. The rostrum was graced
ith the presence of our own great
der, Bishop Fountain who charmed
© vast audience with a gripping mes-
ge on, “Youth and the Church.” The
cal welcome programme was rendered
a dignified manner from the Mis-
nary churches in and around Gray-
inister and a prominent physician of
he city. Response by Rey. B. B. Swin-
n. Pastor Moultrie and his good peo-
NOTICE
LEGAL
The Publication Board of the Afri
0 Methodist Episcopal Church wil
oll a special meeting on Monday
Obe present. Business of importance
BISHOP W. H. HEARD, Pres.
di. H. COOPER, Secretary.
tional sermon was delivered by Dr. S.
R. Dinkins of St. Phillip, Savannah. It] Thursday
can be well said that Dr. Dinkins truly] Bishop Grant both Thursday and Fri-
is a great gospel preacher, greatly be-
loved by all who come in contact with} The closing sermon was given by Kev.
5 i S. D. Lee of Jacksonville.
Friday was given over to the Mission- |tion was graced with the presence of
ary’ sisters headed by Sisters, E. C.|J. B. Epperson, pastor of Mt. Moriah
Sherman, District Supervisor; Roxie B.] A. M. E. Church, Jacksonyille—closing
Butler, President; Ruth Chatman, Vice; | with a strong appeal by the Rev. C. A.
Gibbs, pastor St. Paul A. M. E. Church,
Treasurer; Hattie F. Swinson, Organist | Jacksonville. Following the preaching
anda host of the other officers who] service, a very interesting Essay Con-
gathered to make a unified programme. |test was entered into—Mr. Dixon of
The Missionary sermon was delivered}St, Paul, Jacksonville was the winner
by Dr. I. J. Johnson of Bethel, Savan-
nah; bringing to a close one of the
finest Convention held on the old his-
him, :
W. Stephens,
church in Georgia, Savannah; Reys.
Henry Williams, Flipper Chapel, Savan-
nah; R. P. Pierce, Smith Chapel, Glen- closed one of the most successful Con-
ventions ever held.
Savannah and a host of others.
next session of
voted to convene at Millen, Rev. R.
Brady, pastor.
THE WEST JACKSONVILLE DIS-
opening of the West Jacksonville Dis-
he intertaining church and joined|s¢ermon was preached by
t; also from the white Methodist vention amidst stormy applauses.
gust 2, All members are requested |
THE CHRISTIAN
ple spared no pains in making the Con-| cation of all who were present. The
vention seem home-like to all the dele-
ion. Thursday evening, the edu¢a-
B, Dinkins, Secretary ; L. E. Bowmen,
of
ric West Savannah District. Among | of
the visitors who attended the Conven-|esting report and both were reelected
tion are the following:
Fountain, Ph.D., Drs. C. A. Wingfield,
Presiding Elder
Bishop W. A.|to
Marietta
. Robinson,
wainsboro, Augusta Conference; D.
pastor of the mother
ille; Dr. D. S. Saunders, St. James,
The
the Convention was
REV. B. B. SWINSON
TRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL, A.C. E.
LEAGUE AND MISSIONARY
CONVENTION A SUCCESS.
Last Wednesday evening marked the
rict Sunday School, A. C. E. League and
Missionary Convention. The opening
Rev. R. W.
Williams of Jacksonville. Promptly at
9:30 o’clock Thursday morning the Con-
vention was called to order by the
Presiding Elder, Rev. W. F. Foster.
well arranged program went forward
as planned with practically every one
playing well his part.
day; thus adding much to the meeting.
The District Superintendent of Sun-
day Schools and the District President
District, |in their praises to Rev. W. F. Foster,
South Georgia Conference; J. L. Butler,|the efficient Presiding Elder for his
Presiding Elder Waycross District; M.|fine leadership on the District.
Presiding Elder Black-|reported that the people of Starks gave
shear District; Dr. J. R. Hurley, pastor | to this Convention one of the best en-
tertainments in its history.
was voted to go to Mt. Moriah A. M. E.
Church, Jacksonville, Florida.
At this service the annual sermon was
delivered by Rev. S. J. Holly of Starks;
after which the Holy Communion was
administerad to Ministers and Dele-
gates. Following the Communion, the
organization of the Convention was
perfected, electing Miss Williams 0:
Benjamin Park, Secretary and Miss
Anderson of St. Paul, Jacksonville, as-
sisnt Secretary. At this point, Bishop
R. A. Grant was presented to the Con-
The
Bishop spoke to the Convention in his
usual manner to the delight and edifi-.
ee
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MASONS TO GIVE BOAT RIDE | swing music will be furnished by that
MONDAY, AUGUST 9th
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t Ot
{OLAY BOOSTERS’ on thei
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<Y WILL LOOK FOR YOU.
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Stars
KEWARMNESS
ers to steer the
the seas of
Say what you please, but the
is
are making
Ship across
ot move forward until this
KEWARMNESS
Ll
is sunk.
> that Christ is saying to the
urch, as He said to the
the Laodiceans, “So then
3 “ast Eu
ewarm, and
ior hot, I will spue thec
Rey. 3:16.
carefully examine the]
mir church) you will find]
lack of Spiritual Life is the
» much trouble, not only
I werlc. T
materialistic age and |
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ut in the
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| well known set called “Monroe's Dusky
for a real jolly time with
SINK JONAH—LUKEWARMNESS |
one of the] ters have to give the most of their
it hard for]
old African} ing, while their churches die spirit-
the church. “Look ye among you
| IToly Ghest and wisdom, whom ye may
thinking in terms of| we had a marked increase in member-
ing the church” as some people would] ship
: ) " during the past — tent
have us believe, the church is suffer | years? Are our members more jj
ing for the lack of money to calry © lide
on its program, but our trouble lies
lin the fect we are putting the empha-
t, | on things material, and temporal
instead of the spiritual and immortal.
It happens too often in our church
that men are measured by the financial
yard stick. You cannot estimate the
| worth of a Bishop, Presiding Elder or
in their contributions to the ¢h,
than ever before? Are our Bhan
crowded while the dance halls
other places of worldly amusene
are empty? What has become oj
old time Class and Prayer meeting
Is it not a fact that the altar of aa
devotion has been torn down End |
lbridge table put in its place?
do you account for indifference
activity, worldliness. disloyalty
what not, in the church?
thou sayest, I am rich, and increay
h with goods, and have need of not);
| ually. The A. M. E. Preacher has but and knowest not that thou art wr a
little time for study, prayer and medi-| ed, and miserable, and poor oe
tation, if he me and naked.” Rey. 3:17. Z
The prophet Isaiah did not
his spiritual plight until he caught
vision of God, “I saw also the Lo,
sitting upon a throne,” and catchi
a vision of God, he also caught a
ion of himself. “Woe is me, for | ay
undone; because I am a man oi a
clean lips:
sis
r
Pastor by his ability to raise money.
Unfortunate for the church, our mi!
-| time and best talents to money rais-
s the ever-increasing
| demands for his church finag iy. If
our churches were blessed with officers
| who would take over this part of the
| church work, the preacher would be
| able to develop the spiritual side of
i
seven men of honest report, full of the
I dwell ia the mids: oj
people of unclean kps”. Isa. 6:5.
The only way to SINK this Jonal
LUKEWARMNESS is to launch
more definite and workable prog:
of Religious Education and Eva 1
we had amarkeéd increase in snember- ee ie Soe al 4
s Sst md
appoint over this business:”
“But we will give ourselves continu-
ally to praye
and to the ministry of
the world.” Acts $:3-4.
Everything is allright”
But you sa:
2
ome itt “Behold, I stand at the door
; knock.” “Let the Saviour in’. If
Pe will SINK JONAH, our member-
Bio will increase, the debts which
Ps ike millstones about the neck
churches and schools will be
general funds will be in-
the Spiritual life of the
depends g:LKe hin
deepened and peace will pre-
Wives’ Association. Going from Cin-
cinnati to Atlanta, Ga., Washington, D.
C., and Baltimore, Maryland, she or-
ganized other links in this chain of
minister’s wives and was later honored
with the chairmanship of Ministers’
Wives Department of the National As-
socation of Colored Women’s Club. In
each Church that her husband pastored
from Cincinnati to the end of his pas-
torates, she organized a chain of wom-
en’s church clubs known as THE WIL-
LING WORKERS, She was an active
Fpaid,
1
iseUy
ere
purch
jurch
yail.
Returns O Holy Dove, Return,
Geet messenger of rest,
1 hate the sins that made thee mourn,
thee from my breast.”
ary Society and the Parent Missionary
Society.
Mrs—Ross did not confine her activi-
ties to the Church, but was active in
women’s clubs and was one of the or-
ganizers of the City Federation of
Colored Women’s Club. :
In appreciation of her leadership and
service to Church and Community, her
shut-In days have been brightened and
made beautiful by countless telegrams,
letters, fruit, cards and gifts on birth-
days. Mother’s Day and all seasonal
occasions when people exchange greet-
ings. From all sections of the Coun-
try where the organizations mentioned
met in local, state or national convention
have come greetings and best wishes
which always brought happiness and
cheer to her and made her feel that
although shut-in and inactive, she was
still a part of these various groups.
The family is almost inarticulate in
trying to express their gratitude, and
appreciation of her physician’s care
and the faithful service of her nurses
every-hour of the nights and days for
en years and a half kept her as comfort-
able and safe as medical skill could
make possible.
‘There are no words that can express
the sympathy and helpfulness of her
many friends. Throughout her life she
tried to scatter sunshine and cheer.
She was fortunate to have a full meas-
ure of return of these blessings when
she became inactive.
And drove
TRANSITIONS
——— ——— - _
Rev. and Mrs. Pp. M. Gary of South
Carolina have announced the marriage
of their daughter Necye F. Gary to Mr
Mr. Candee Blassengale on Monday,
March 30, 1936, in Augusta, Ga. il
11 Caledonia, St., Launnburg, N. C.
Daisy E. Rice, the wife of Rev.
N. A. Rice departed this life on the
hth of June, 1937. She was the daught-
er of the late Josh and Emma Labrew,
of Eastover, S.C. A bright star, a true
Christian has left her children and a
sorrowing husband to moun their loss.
Sleep on.
Mrs
At rest.
FAMILY.
Boh eric
Rey. C, Z. Williams, pastor of Bethel
M. E. Church, Mt. Vernon, Indiana
passed away May 29, 1937, at the A. M.
Parsonage, 221 W. 6th St., Mt. Ver-
non, Ind,
OBITUARY
s. Mary Fletcher Ross was born
I dabethtown, Kentucky, April 16,
iso5, where she spent her childhood
lays with her mother, Mrs. Martha
Pletcher, her brother, William Fletcher,
ind his twin. sister, America Fletcher
She departed this life Wednesday, June
2, 1937 at 12:30 PM, aged 8l_years, 1
imonth, 17 days. Mrs. Ross enjoyed ex-
ceptionally good health until about
twelve years ago. On December 6,
1926, she became shut in and remained
helpless for ten years and six months.
Mrs. Ross was married to Isaac N.
Ross, who yery soon entered the minis-
try and later became a Bishop of the
\frican Methodist Episcopal Church.
lo this union were born six children,
four sons and two daughters. The
second son, Clarence, died at the age
of eight years, the third son, Harry J.
died at the age of twenty-one and her
first born, Dr. William O. H. Ross, died
in 1926. Her husband, Bishop Ross,
lied November 2, 1927. There remain
cof this family, the two daughters, Mar-
tha Hall and Mary, and the youngest
son, I. N. and daughter-in-law-and one
granddaughter, Mayme Ellen Hall-Ross.
Mrs. Ross was a faithful companion
to her husband to whom he frequently
gave credit for inestimable help in the
ministry. She was a devoted mother,
who spared neither time nor careful]-
planning for the rearing and training of
her children into useful citizens.
Next to her family she served her
community, She was, an ideal minis-
ter's wife and in Cincinnati organized
the Interdenominational Ministers’
2S eS ee
ESSIKADU, SEKONDI, GOLD
COAST, WEST AFRICA
(Continued from page 7)
the case and rapidity with which Bishop
came to, saw, and conquered the hearts
of the people of the Gold Coast Colony,
and Sierra Leone and Liberia, for that
matter, The words of the Scriptures
are true, “Seest thou a man diligent in
his business, he shall stand before kings
and not before mean men.”
I shall not take up time and space in
the columns of your valuable paper
to further describe the eftect of Bishop
Howard's visit to West Africa, and
what it will mean to the A. M. E.
Church in the days to come. He Iwill
tell the magic story of his memorable
visit in his own inmitable way. Suffice
it to say that African Methodism in
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and the
Gold Coast, has grown 100 per cent in
influence, and taken a new lease of life,
which by the grace of God, will increase
in power, and become a mighty factor
in the ultimate evangelization of this
“Dark and Benighted Africa.”
Jia es BALOGUN-RICHARDS,
Presiding Elder, Bethel A. M. E.
Senior School, Accra, Gold Coast
_CONTEMPORARY THOUGHTS
By Rev. Q. H. Benns
The General Church made no mis-
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worker in the Women’s Mite’ Mission- |,
take when it invested its confidence in
you—trusting the Editorship and the
publication of the Recorder into your
control. The Periodical is regular. The
reading matter is clean and interesting.
Your Editorials are explicit and posi-
tive. To continue in this way—being
faithful in the developing and broaden-
ing the possibility of one of the greatest
religious publications issued—will mean,
no doubt, that the same power that
placed you there will say, “Come up
higher.”
There are others who stand by now,
that are prepared and ready with a
workable program; and the General
Church* will make no mistake if it
will invest confidence and trust them
will the supervision of any Department
in our Church that superintendency is
needed. At-the SESQUI-CENTEN-
NIAL Celebration of the great A. M. E.
Church, a Secretary-Treasurer for the
Church Extension Department will be
selected, elected or, appointed. Which?
Rev. W. A. Carr, the endorsed candi-
date from the Lone Star State, 1936, is
the logical man for that job now, “Be-
lieve It Or Not.” He is prepared; sea-
soned as a preacher and pastor with
wide experience; has a workable, sensi-
ble and an unique program for this
day and time; is strong in health mak-
ing him capable for many years of hard
service. He is worthy of the chance,
give it to him.
There is another bright star in the
ministerial magnitude just abiding his
time when he shall take the ‘cream jug’
of the great A. M. E. Church—The A.
M. E. Review—and develop it and give
it to the Reading World; That is to
say, “That the world will really have a
“Cream Jug” of wholesome News issue¢
regularly.
There are some real Bishops scattered
about over the Connection abiding their
day when they shall be consecrated for
this great re-adjustment period the
Church faces. These men are not only
religious but are regenerated and born
anew of God. Strong men. Men of
sound judgment. Men capable of coun-
ciling, supervising, praying and preach-
indeed. The Holy Book says,
“Where there is no vision the people
perish.” Let us pray that God will give
us men of vision in whatever field of
service they be called.
More anon.
Houston, Texas.
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Quinn Chapel
District Sunday School of the South-
west, 4th Episcopal District of the
Chicago Conference held an interesting
two days session Thursday and Friday,
July 8 and 9, at Quinn Chapel, Presid-
ing Elder, Rev. B. U. Taylor, in charge.
The District Superintendent, Mr. E. W:
Williams with the A. C. E, League
Superintendent, Rev. F. C. Lowry made
excellent reports. Evangelist Emma J.
Jones of Quinn Chapel, Welcomed the
pas, Ta
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Mr. J. W. Fisher, conference superin-
tendent gave as his subject, “The need
of trained leaders in the Sunday
School”. ‘The Song Feast was directed
by Mrs. I. Simpson. Many visitors
were present at every session. Among
them was our. General Officer, Rey. Geo.
A. Singleton, of Pennsylvania, Editor
of the Christian Recorder; Rev. His
Deans Scott, pastor, introduced _ this
great churchman to the vast audience
on Sunday morning at Quinn who on
July 22 through to the 25th will observe
its 90th birthday to this the speaker
referred to in glorious terms. He then
delivered “the message. His Theme,
“The Personality of Jesus.” Taken from
1st John. To this he referred to the
humble attitude of Jesus toward the
people. Not so much to know about
Jesus, but to know if you have Jesus,
were some of the high lights in this
wonderful message that held the vast
audience in rapt attention and delight.
At the close Hallelujahs and amens
shouts of rejoicing filled the temple.
We voice the sentiment of great old
Quinn, in saying come again and let us
worship together, pastor and people
bid all that enter her portals a hearty
Rey. T. D. Scott, pastor.
EMMA JONES
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Cuthbert District, Lowell Circuit
welcome.
The third quarterly conference met
at Bethel May 22 and 23. The confer-
ence was opened with singing. Dr. F.
M. Johnson was presiding. He delivered
an interesting address.
The house was declared open for
business. The business was handled
nicely. Sunday School was conducted
by Supt. H. Jones It was well attended
by the Circuit.
Presiding Elder expounded God’s word
in the morning service, preaching from
the theme of “Abundant life.” He
at his best.
The choir led by Ray Parham furn-
ished excellent music for the conven-
tion.
was
The collection was an increase
over last quarter. The Stewards col-
lected $32.55.
We are looking forward to a grand
Missionary Conyention in Cuthbert.
REV. J. A. JEWELL, Pastor
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delegation and echoes from the Sesqui-
Centennial Convention from Memphis,
were very interesting and enjoyed by all.
Miss Marie Grant of Quinn Chapel Sun-
day School gave the entire history of
the 150 years of the A. M. E. Church.
She was one among the youngest of the
delegation, to Memphis. Mr. James jek
Lee, Quinn Sunday School Superinten-
dent. More and better Sunday School
was the subject. He introduced for
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sciousness will never be forgotten by the
membership and many friends of Bethel
who crowded the church to hear him.
The drive netted many earnest subscri-
bers to the cause of “race rights.”
Music was furnished on this occasion
by the Junior Choir of Bethel A. M. E.
Church. Bethel’s financial report
the entire day was $165.00.
for
Highlights from the Quarterly Confer-
ence
According to the reports of Mrs.
Frances Gilmore, Secretary of the Stew-
ard Department of Bethel Church, the
number of accessions during the quarter
was thirty-seven (37)—of these, six (6)
were converts. The Sunday School,
under the supervision of Mrs. Gertrude
Lann, and her splendid corps of teach-
ers showed a membership of 500 child-
ren, including a kindergarten, supervised
by Mrs. Lorraine Burns, numbering
more than 65 children, ranging from 2
years to 6 years. All clubs and auxili-
aries made reports that showed that the
church is alive and wide awake, and
that the spiritual condition is wonderful.
According to the report of Mrs. Gladys
H. Clark, Secretary of the Trustee
Board, the finances. of the quarter
showed a total of over $1,200 raised from
all sources during the second quarter.
len Building.
Great Woman’s Day Rally Held
BISHOP SIMS VISITS STATEN
ISLAND AS THE GUEST OF REV.
Cc. ISAPANZA JOHNSON AND
BETHEL A. M. E: CHURCH.
The Bishop delivered the following
sermon in the white Presbyterian
Church of which the Dr. Swain of Glas-
gow, Scotland is pastor. In the after-
noon Bishop Sims was the speaker at
the mammoth Inter-racial meeting at
Bethel Church and delivered the mes-
sage of the evening to a crowded church.
It is predicted that his visit will be of
much good. Older members of the
church state that twenty-six years have
passed since a resident Bishop has yis-
ited them and spent the day. The work
under Rey. Johnson has made marvel-
ous prograss.
C. ISAPANZA JOHNSON.
REV, W. CONSTANTINE PERRY OF
CHATHAM ONTARIO AND PRE-
SIDING ELDER OF THE ON-
TARIO-QUEBEC .ANNUAL CON-
FERENCE RECEIVES COMMUNI-
CATION FROM HIS MAJESTY
KING GEORGE VI.
On the occasion of the coronation of
King George VI of England, Rev. W. C.
Perry, Presiding Elder of the Ontario-
Quebec Annual Conference despatched
the following message to His Majesty:
His Excellency King George VI,
London, England.
Your Majesty:
As secretary of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church in Canada, which
ministers to people of African descent
scattered throughout this Dominion and
comprising the larger proportion of your
Majesty’s subjects throughout the Brit-
ish Commonwealth of Nations, I take
great pleasure, on behalf of this group
of Negro British subjects, in extending
to your Majesties, our unswerving loyal-
ty as a race and our allegiance on your
Majesties coronation (King and Queen).
We also pray that God will bless your
reign.
On behalf of the African Methodist
Church,
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient and humble servant,
W. CONSTANTINE PERRY.
—_—
LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR-
GENERAL OF CANADA
The Secretary,
The Aftican Methodist Episcopal
Church,
Chatham, Ont.
Sir:
I am desired by His Excellency the
Governor General to transmit to you
the enclosed message from His Majesty
King George VI conveying his thanks
to members of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church in Canada.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Signed—
Assistant Secretary to the Governor-
General, rare. oa
Bethel A. M. E. Church Reports Splen-
Mrs. Claudia J. Wiseman, General
Chairman
On the fourth Sunday in May (23rd)
at 11.00 A. M. Bishop Noah W. Wil-
liams, matchless presiding bishop of the
Fifth Episcopal District, delivered a
sermon, long to be remembered. His
text, “Faint, Yet Pursuing,” taken from
the Book of Joshua, exemplifying “Gid-
eon’s Conquest” stirred the immense
audience, gathered to hear the Bishop
upon his first visit to Bethel’s pulpit.
The Bishop’s recent trip to the Holy
Land gave him power to describe the
biblical scenes portrayed in his sermon
in a very peculiar and a most effective
manner. Bishop Williams is a great
preacher, and the entire audience was
electrified by his discourse.
MRS. GLADYS H. CLARK.
LETTER FROM THE KING
Buckingham Palace
The Private Secretary is commanded
by the King to convey an expression of
sincere thanks to the members of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church in
Canada for their message of loyal assur-
ances on the occasion of their Majesties.
Coronation.
ECHOES FROM THE FIFTH
EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
Dr. T. H. Wiseman, Pastor
did Quarterly Meeting in Kansas
City Mo.
EIGHTH AND TOWNE CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL QUARTER
The Rey. F. D L. Mevonald, Presid-
ing Elder of the Kansas City- Spring-
field District held the Second Quarterly
Conference of Bethel A. M. E. Church
in Kansas City, Missouri, of which Dr.
T. H. Wiseman is pastor, during the
month of April, 1937. It was indeed a
hay-day in Bethel’s history. The Pre-
siding Elder preached a great sermon
at the 11 o’clock service, and the spirit
ran high from the choir down and
throughout the pews. At 3:00 P. M.
Dr. Carl F. Flipper, pastor of Ebenezer
A. M. E. Church came with his re-
nowed choir. Dr. Flipper preached and
the music rendered by his choir was
Los Angeles, Calif—On last Tuesday
evening, Rey. John W. Brown, Presid-
ing Elder of the Los Angeles District
of the A. M. E. Church, held the third
quarterly conference of First A. M. E.
Church, 8th and Towne Avenue, Rev.
H. Mansfield Collins, pastor. Reports
showed that the church has enjoyed un-
precedented success under the pastor-
ate of Rey. Collins who was sent here
from Chicago by Bishop Noah W. Wil-
liams the first of January to fill the un-
expired term of Rey. J. F: Williams
who passed away only a few months
after. being assigned to this church at
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excellent. At 7:30 P. M., the N. A. A.
C. P., of which Attorney C. H. Calloway
is local president, presented Dean Wm,
A, Pickens, His address on race-con-
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Date
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1937-7-29
