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Sunday School Lesson....,+.-++++ 3
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ZION A. M. E. CHURCH
S. W. Corner 21st & Tasker Sts
Philadelphia, Pa.
Rey. John L. Mims, pastor shows great
Progress for First Quarter—1937
By Madeline P. Jones
The Rey. Dr. H. F. Tyree of St. Mat-
thews A. M. E Church was a welcome
visitor to the quarterly conference. The
first quarterly conference of Zion A. M.
E. Church was held August 8th and 10th,
The new Presiding Elder, the Rev.
M. M. Lewis, presiding. The Presiding
Elder brought a soul stiring sermon at
the morning’ service August 8th, at
which time two persons united with the
church.
The quarterly conference was called
promptly at 8 P. M. Tuesday, August
10th.
All reports were made in quick order.
Of the thirty organizations of the church
every auxiliary had a report.
The Stewards and Trustees report
showed the wonderful strides being
made under the leadership of our most
efficient pastor. The Presiding Elder
was loud in praise of the very fine
spirit of co-operation that exists be-
tween pastor and officers
The members of Zion feel deeply
grateful to God and our Bishop for the
return of our beloved pastor, who not
oniy knows ho wto plan, but how to
carry out his plans successfully. Zion
indeed goes forward
Trustee Board Reports showed a total
raised and spent as follows
Raised this quarter $2,672.70—with a
balance of $17.00 in the treasury.
REV. JOHN L. MIMS
With all obligations as per agreement
paid up to date. Report showed a total
balance of an indebtedness of $64,000. 00,
When Dr. Mims came to us a little
more than a year ago the indebtedness
{was $72,800.00, over $7; 000.00 was paid
on the debt last year.
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By 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 cry, and will save them.—Amen.
fei
September 4
Saturday,
pros
en Ve would be above
Sunday, September S
well in the fand, an
alt be fed."—Psalm 37:3
When we cut ourselves
i
y and ce
weting we find
rust in the Lord. “Without
ve to please him."
z faith backed up with exem
plary conduct brings about an inevita-
ble result Trust in the Lord” is no
sufficient because it docs not go fa
enough in Christian experience. “De
good” admonishes the psalmiat you
will net only live bur you will be pro
vided for, What a glorious testimony
when it can be said of us that we
“went about, doing good.”
Prayer Give us courage, O God
that we Pay trust in Thee with all of
trust
+, we pray.—Amen.
Monday, September 6
Lord;
desires of
ulso
in the
thee t
reart.”—Psalm 37 «4.
s in which we
We center our
ur lives full
of no cbnsequence
cut when it 1
¢ way and fron
‘ 1€ source he great preacher
exan Maclaren has truly said: “To
te joy js to lose it. The only way
» follow steadily the path
king of joy, am
$s most surely
br:
an €
in the way’
and strength and inj
go about doing
today to give ourselves fully to Thee
in Jesus name.—Amen.
Wednesday, September 8
nr ere Te
“Rest in the Lord, and wait patient
» for him.”—Psalm 37 :7.
eee “Be silent to the Lord.”
“Wait patiently for him” that “is t¢
say “be submissive—avoid petulence anc
murmurings, anger and rash doing.”
We become impatient because the righ
does not prevail at once.We are 10
to fret ourselves to de evil; no mattte
what others may do. The prosperit_
of the wicked is short-lived; and the.
who serve the Lord will inherit all 0
the promised blessings. How often di
we burn with impatience over the slow
ness of justice. Our race needs thi
counsel. There are many who advocat
a turning away from religion in orde
to bring about a better social order
God grant that we may never leave the
old, landmarks, poor guide posts that
bring up to a deeper spiritual under-
standing of God an His kingom.
Prayer: Bless us today, Dear Lord
grant us patiences to wait and faith to,
rest in Thee. In Jesus name—Amen
Thursday, September 9
“The steps of a good man are ordered
by the Lord.”—Psalm 37 .23,
f God, bright-haired Joy, is
e gcod women wi my church
rays::"O Lord, give our pasto
lesires of eart” The “desires
t which is lawfu
‘ illy good are granted t
c 108¢ s in the Lord,
light in
full, in
and peace tha
take away
and our
v
joy to be
easure
world cannot give or
labors be of love
ucce assured. In Thy dear name w
Amen
Tuesday, September 7
thy way unto the Lord
him; and he shall bring
Psalm 37:5.
man that walkerh to
We “see thru a glass
darkly’ and hence we cannot look unto
ourselves The humanis
may center his “high religion” in hu-
manity but the arm of flesh will surely
fail. A surrender life, means a life
given over completely to God. We ar
fo trust on Him. “My” because “His’
and we can say as did the apostle
“Lam crucified with Christ, neverthe
Jexs, I live; yet not I but Christ livett
in me; and the life that I now live ir
flesh, I live by the faith of the Sor
of God who loved me and gave himsel
for me!
ot m
direct his steps,”
for guidance.
Prayer: Our father, who art iy
heaven, forgive us for our lack o
faith and our perverse wall that woule
leave Thee out of our plans, Help us
Failures in good man’s life will
not be permanent. The course of hi
life is directed by the Lord. Failure
will come, it is trae; but each will b
a stepping-stone to lead us to a desired
goal of spiritual achievement. It was a
man who had tasted bitter disappoint-
ment and defeat who could say: “All
things work together for good to thos:
who love the Lord.” This painful ex
perience, the scorn of friends and ridi-
cuile of foes may not be easy to bear,
unless we keep in mind always tha
God does guide the way of life of him
who commits his way unto Him
Prayer: Failure and disappointment
have filled our cup. O God, help u
to know that each frustration and de
feat can lead us up to Thee. In Jesus
name we pray.—Amen.
Friday, September 10
a
“Mark the perfect and behold
the upright; for the end of that mar
is peace.”—Psalm 37:37,
There are not many of us that would
claim to be perfect in the sense in
which the word is usually employed.
Bat in trust and commitment can we
not be complete in Him. A righteous
life will bring us to a definite goal or,
is 1¥ 7
reward outstanding among which
peace of heart and mind, Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace, whose mind is
staid on Thee, because he trusteth in
Thee.”
“The end of the wicked shall be cut
off.” The “end of the upright is peace.”
We have but two choices. May our
decision be that which shall bring us
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earth’s dearest blessing; “sweet pe:
the gift of God’s love.” #
Prayer: In the’midst of s in and
evil, we seek to be complete in ‘Thee,
O God, our father. Help us to sur.
render our way and give Thee our
lives until, lost in Thy love, we find
the peace of God, that passes all un-
derstanding and knowledge. In Jesus
name, we pray.—Amen. >
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Florida, member of Mt. Zion A. M. E.
Church: Rev: J. Leo Pottinger, pastor
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N J.: Mr. and Mrs- David T. Gross,
Bethel A. M. I. Church, Baltimore,
Md.; Mrs. Jennie Reynolds, Bethel A-
ME. Church, Baltimore, Md.; Miss
Annie Dubose. secretary to Bishop
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Nelson, Fine Blac, Ark. Rev, G. D.
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Olr Father, our Master has taught
us that Thou art the great and eternal
Worker, who hast through the ages
wrought at the fabric of the worlds and
the upward progress of man. We
praise Thee for this divine comradeship
which we have with Thee in good and
profitable work. We are all of us
bound together in a common labor and
a common necessity. We pray Thy
(blessing on all who work for their
daily bread. May the — souls of men,
whatever their tasks, be brought into
closer sympathy with each other, so
that strikes shall cease, and the work-
ers shall be glad in the labor, and re-
ceive a just reward for their endeavors.
In Jesus name—Amen. Z
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‘Lesson.
From the 20th foneeerp Genres
Lesson XII
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Eyen i
| ments were of greater moment than
material requirements.
The nations of the world are spending]
billions of dollars for armament.Only,
|resently. Great Britian launched a pre-
| paredness program for the next feWlthe war of 1812 we still further made
| years of seven and a half billion dol-
| lars.
United States, Italy, France, Germany,
September 19 | Russia and Japan, are doing the same.
that ancient day moral require-
‘Today Europe is in danger of war
Other
nations, includigg the
There can be only one result. War
CHOICES AND THEIR, CONSE will come and all wlll iose. No nation
QUENCES IN NATION’S
LIFE f
Lesson Text:
26:32.
8 Therefore shall ye keep all th
commandments which I command thee
this day, that ye may be strong, anc
go in and possess the land, whither ye
vo over to possess it; 9 and that ye may
prolong your days in the land, which
Jehovah sware unto your fathers to
vive unto the and to their seed, a land
flowing in milk and honey. 10 Fo
the land, wither thou gost in to possess
it, is not as the land of Egypt, from
whence ye came out, where thou
sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with
thy foot, as a garden of herbs; 11 but
the land, whither ye go over to possess
it is a land of hills and valleys, and
drinketh water of the rain of heaven
12 a land which Jehoyah thy God
careth for: thy eyes of Jehovah thy
God are always upon it, from the be-
ginning of the year even unto the end
of the year.
26 Behold, I set before you this day
a blessing and a-curse: 27 the bless-
ing, if ye shall hearken unto the com-
mandments of Jehoyah your God, whicl
| command you this day; 28 and th
curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the
commandments of Jehovah your God
but turn aside out of the way which I
command you this day, to go after othe
gods, which ye have not known. 2
\nd it shall come to pass, when Jehoval
thy God shall bring thee into the land
won, the last war and no nation wil
wip the next war. Material preparation
for war is not the way to victory. The
Deuteronomy 11:8-12, only victory worth haying is a mora
one.
for the future by having a world ccon-
omic conference in which those who
haye raw materials for living will be
willing to see to that those who have
not the necessary raw materials secur
enough for life?
noble thing, the righteous thing to do
Why cannot the nations prepare
That would be the
In days of old God called upon a,na-
tion to look to its moral needs in order
that yictory may come to it. Victorie
won on any other basis are not cnly,
not fair, but they are not lasting. Let
the nations stop mounting platitudes
concerning religion and let them prac-
tice faith, hope and love—these three
It is not impractical idealism that we’
suggest but sound religion and sound
economics.
“Behold I set before you this day a
blessing and a curse: the blessing, if
ye shall hearken unto the command
the moral destinies of the earth. Al
most, he persuaded me!
idea than that we were God guided
when he set up our own independen
union of states on this side.But it
was a stupendous national choice. hh
clear our freedom and independence;
came the war with Spain.
Few Americans would hold any othe
we would not endure haying our ship
ping tampered with, We were un-
doubtedly right. In the Civil War w
were a nation divided. Our northern
portion wanted union and the freedom; M. Deut. 11 8-12.
Thy statutes!
discord and unreasoning passion in all
they do, for Christ’s sake-—Amen,
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partisanship and selfish interest no long- _
er motivate our public servants but may
the highest welfare of all the people at
all times lead them to wise decisions
whose outcome will honor Thee and
liberate the souls of men.
Teach us, O God, how to walk in
Save our people from
DAILY BIBLE READINGS
F. Joshua 24 :14-19.
of the slaves. Our southern part de-)T. Ruth 1:11-18.
sired disunion and the right to hold) W. I Kings 3:4-14. S. Rev. 211-7.
slaves. It was a fraternal war, most T, Ruth 1:11-18
regrettable, but in the end we remained
united and we did free the slaves. Ther
What was
it we fought for then? Was it to fre
Cuba? Was it to avenge the sinking
of the Maine? At al! events we ende
the rule of Spain in the new world an
HYMNS THAT LIVE
Work, for the Night is Coming
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Work, for the night is coming:
found the Philippines in our possession} Work thro’ the morning hours;
We like to think that it was a generous
gallant gesture. Then came the Worl
Work while the dew is spar
Work ’mid springing flow'rs
kling,
War. We tried to keep out of it Wil-] Work while the day grows brighter,
son was elected because he kept 1:s out | Under the glowing sun;
But the propaganda was too strong for Work, for the night is coming,
us; we went in, and the weight of aa when uans work is done,
our arms brought victory to the cause;
2
of the Allies. We thought we helped Work, for the night is coming;
to make the world safer for democracy; Work tho’ the sunny noon;
We thought, at least, that we fought
war to end war. If ever there wer
Fill brightest hours with labor,
Rest comes sure and soon;
pure motives upon our part, it was it Gve ev'ry flying minute
In verse 26 we find this sentence:!that crusade, however it may appear] Something to keep in store;
twenty years after.
And this is only cur nation.
land, Russia, Germany, Italy,
Eng
Japan,
Work, for the night is coming,
Whe man works no hore,
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ments of Jehovah, and the curse if ye) China and all of the rest of the world) Work, for the night is coming;
shall not hearken unto
spirit of that statement is eepeially
true. We as individuals must begin to
put the truth of this statement into
practice if we expect the nation to do
it. It will not work the other way.
THE LESSON BROGHT DOWN TO
DATE
By John R. Ewers
Our country was founded with mixed
whither thou goest to possess it, tha | motives—and we still see the evidence of
thou shalt set the blessing upon moun |them, On the one hand there was the
Gerizim, and the
Ebal. 30 Are
Jordan, behind the way of the going
down of the sun, in the land of the
Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah
over against Gilgal, beside the oaks
of Moreh? 31 For ye are to pas
over the Jordan to go in to possess the
land which Jehovah your God giveth
you, and ye shall possess it, and dwel
therein. 32 And ye shall observe t
do all the statutes and the ordinances
which I set before you this day.
GOLDEN *TEXT: Choose you thi}
day whom ye will serve—Joshua 24°15
AT GRIPS WITH THE LESSON
By Albert Buckner Coe
God was promising the children o
Israel certain material rewards if the
obey his Commandments. He was
Promising them land flowing with milk
and honey, a land of hills and vali@s
Why did he not tell them to get a big
army together, to equip it and provide}
it with the sharpest of swords? Woul
not that have been a surer guarante.
that they would possess the land? No,
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curse upon mon |high motive of finding a place where
they not beyond the! men could worship God as they saw
fit. But there was also the mo-
tive of greed. Gold was sought.
Slaves were imported. Land was
grabbed. Today these ingrained mo-
tives are at work in our fair land.
One of our first national choices was for
a restricted and balanced democracy
We have never had, nor apparently de-
sired ,a complete democracy, except in
the days of the town meeting. After
that, we have had representative gov-
ernment, and this is far from pure
democracy. It is a form of diluted
democracy. For one hundred and sixty
yeais we-have had this form of rule
and now we face a great test as to
whether such a government “of, by
and for the people” shall perish. Our
next great choice was the battle to
free us from Europe.
» Once, in London, I listened 10 ar
eloquent address by Mr. Gardiner, edi-
tor of the Daily News, in which he saic
that both countries as well as the worlc
would haye been better off had th
‘United States meyer. separated from
England, He tried to show how An
glo-American friendship could control
them, too, as nations. “Blessed is tha
nation whose God is the Lord” an
whose decisions have been tempere«
them.” The! have been making decisions—making} Under the sunset skies;
While their bright tints are glowing,
Work, for daylight flies;
Work till the last beam fadeth,
with a godly fear. Nations are only] Fadeth to shine no more;
aggregates of individuals, and there
fore our personal decisions and atti
tudes are of the utmost importance ans
Work while the night is dark’nixg.
When man’s work is o’er.—Amen.
value. Religion should actively de
5 fe
POINTERS
By Roy L. Smith
A people that is always looking for
something new will miss much of th
beauty that is in the old.
Communism is economics set to the
tune of Calvinism.
Every generation has the opportunity
to choose between a blessing and a
curse,
No generation ever graduates fron
the requirements of some old virtues.
It is surprising how many curses we
seem to be choosing for our children—
| war. alcohol, poverty, exploitation.
A The first lesson of history is the fact
‘that our world is, somehow, built on
L foundations that depend upon gooc
, morals.
| Good economics will always be good
morals,and good morals will always
be good economics.
PRAYER TOUGHT
By William Chalmers Covert
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grace as individuals and as a nation we
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fer system is
demonstrated the wisdom of it.
When a minister transfers from
are transfers.
not WHERE he was born, but
Bae a ASS WELL HE HAS LIVED,
treats one’s fellowman, for
law of reaping is inexorable.
fore the brother is a transfer he
is a membe of the church in good
standing.
“transfers”
the Christ
against his brother.
can follow
sda before the Religious Educa-
tion Institute at Kittrell College
the home.
der asserts emphatically that the
home is the bed-tock of society.
This is to say that to meet the
needs pointed out the Christian
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by Carlyle F. Stewart.
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Me + would be [Or his people not seg egation|-p
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rican M. EF. Church is militant in
its struggle to help bring in the
reign of the Christ spirit in indus-
trio-economic relations,
| Weekly Poem
Bette tte ttt fetta
“HE IS A TRANSFER”
LABOR DAY
we Too often when a_ minister
leaves one episcopal district for
Every woodman in the forest, every|4nother the statement is made:
boatman at the oar, “He is a transfer,” and is treated
Every mason in the quarry, every builder
on the shore
zette upon having attained fifty-
ve years of unbroken service in
the fight for full manhood rights.
The Hon. Harry C. Smith is owner
ind publisher.
BISHOP AND MRS. R. A.
Grant celebrated their Silver An-
niversary during the Annual State
Meeting of Allen Christian Endea-|¥?0" which Kittrell
vor Leagues, Sunday School, and
Missionary Workers in the B. F.
like a visitor from afar. The trans-|ing at St. Paul, Minnesoes
a part of the genius] ports bountiful harvests in
of our Methodism, and time has| section. The farmers are hap|
one conference or episcopal dis tor of St. James, Dallas, Texa :
trict to another he ought to be! \acationing at Denver, Colorado.
treated like a Christian brother. In] t7_ was the preacher for the Texa:
he final analysis most ministers} state Conference of Young People
The most important consider-| shorter Chapel of which Russell
ation with reference to a man is Peowiie is pastor.
SPUN
PRINCE F. JACKSON, P.
at Waco, and guest speaker at
GEORGE R. JONES, JR., SUF-
and what he has achieved. There folk, Va., is endeavoring to or-
is no room or place in the church ganiae he laity of the church.
for anything that is un-Christian.| 6,6 of the objects is to aid indi-
One ought to be careful how one] gent and unfortunate members of
the|the group; to perpetuate African
Be-| Methodism.
REV. J. H. SMITH, P. E. THE
Whosoever is against! Fort Worth District, Texas, pre--
does not possess the|pared an unique souvenir program
African Methodist spirit. No man|for his Sunday School and A, C. E.
and be} League Convention
which >was
held last week at Fort Worth.
THE REVEREND 5S. D.
RELIGION IN THE HOME Rhone, Omaha, Neb., attended the
Church Conference of~ Social
Recently, Dr. D, Ward Nichols| Work in Indianapolis, and submits
vhile speaking during the quiet a digest of achievements.
JOHN WHITMORE, VP. E. OF
exprest the belief that the great]Oklahoma, writes and urges Edi-
need of the church is religion in}, Clayborn for the Episcopacy in
The Christian Recor-|1940,
MISS M. L. BRACK, WEST
Chester, Penna., Lloyd Curtis, On-
ley, Va.; Fannie M. Tyree, Hardy,
Va.; James Dyett, Sparks, Md.,
Dail yeek-
ally Alter Whichss PD sae and McDonald Williams, Marietta
ly on its second page contributed NIG he
ve the honor of being the
first Sunday School Superintend-
ents to order literature from Prof.
E. A. Selby at his new address
716 So. 19th St., Philadelphia, Pa,
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The Churchman
Afield
TORR DP 4 bee
The Churchman treads the ground
made sacred by the lamented R, H. W.
Leake and his founding associates. The-
College is a living embodiment of the
Lee Seminary Building. Guest] spirit of John R. Hawkins, its first pres e
speakers included Bishops D. H.|dent, and benefactor.
Sims and H. Y, Tooks, and Grand
Master of Masons, D. D. Powell.
H. P. JONES, PASTOR OF
Bethel, Philadelphia is yacation-
Kittrell, free of debt, and Le,
wards of a hundred thousand dollar en-
dowment, will be re-opened September —
16th under the presidency of W.
Cochran, Sagomppeth is running
College stands, ©
nce on “Life and Work”,
Dr. Ridley, in his unique and always
a fete I was: an “encouraging interesting manner, conducted thé ren-
sight to behold,
eventeen presiding | dition of a program teplete with inter-
elders holding as many Sunday School} est and helpfulness from start to finish,
Conventions under one roof in the B. N.| with such brilliant instructors as Dr.
Duké Library Building. Perhaps this| George F. Woodion, “Bible Ifterpreta-
is the first venture of its kind in the|tion’; Dean Charles Spivey, “Critical
history of the church.
ness the opening service. A statesman-
like address was delivered by J. C. Kit-}
trell, son of the man after whom the
college is named. Professor John R.
Hawkins gript the hearts of the vast
audience and thrilled their souls with
an epic narrative of how the institution
was founded, maintained thru the years,
and recently redeemed,—free from debt.
‘ .
At the conclusion of Prof. Hawkins’
address’ Bishop M. H. Dayis did the
only logical thing,—he lead the audience
in prayer. He then presented the Sen-
ior Bishop of the church, J. S. Flipper,
whose address appears in this paper.
At this moment the library building
is crowded with missionaries. They
jaye had a fine meeting and at this junc
ture President Lucy M. Hughes is ot
the platform speaking. She gave him
and Prof. Hawkins well merited tributes.
The Churchman has caught a glimpse
of vast crowds of young people, and
church workers at Jacksonville, Florida,
Savannah, Ga., Columbia, S. C., and
Kittrell College, N, C. On Sunday he
was at Raleigh with Dr. T. L
Scott The church is a beautifful struc-
ture, one of the finest in the connection
The Churchman talkt, and Miss Ger-
aldine Scott sang: “O when I come to
the end of my journey,” and “My
Heavenly Father Watches Over me”
God has blesst the Scotts with the
divine gift of song. The church knows
of their talents. Who would not b
moved by Dr. Scott’s agonising at the
throne of grace?
the Churchman went
out to St. John, five miles from the
city. It was a real uplifting experience
to visit the church out of the city. The
Holy Spirit came and powerfully re-
upon special subjects pertaining to, the
Study of the Life of Christ”; Dr, Joseph
soe Gomez, “Church Management”;
The Churchman was pleased to wit-|Lindal Charles Ridley, “Church Clin-
ics”; Prof. J. A. Green, “The Art of
Play”; Bishop Paul Jones of the Epis-
copal Church, “The Church and Soci-
ety”; Rev U. S. Robinson, “Modern
Dr.
Evangelism.”
Interesting addresses and _ lectures
work of the church and ministry and
kindred topics, were delivered by such
outstanding ministers and scholars as,
Drs. P. S. Hill, J. O. Haithcox, C T
H. Watkins, H. T Bryant, C. Baker
Pearl. W. R. McChestney, A. E, Avey,
H. Lawrence. McNeil, H. Y. Payne, W.
A. Page, Dean F. A. McGinnis, Rector
J. N. Samuel, Belboder, P. A. Nichols
and Gilbert H. Jones.
All the sessions were attended by
quite a number of ministers of various
denominations, some of which received
certificates as proof of their having met
all the ¢ onditions for which sad certfi-
cates were granted.
Friday afternoon, in the spacious din-
fellowship supper with Dr. J. H. Max-
ing room of Shorter Hall, was given a
well, acting as toast master, who in a
pleasing manner, introduced the speak-
ers who, with their magniloquos ad-
dresses raised the enthusiasm of the
diners to the nth degree.
After supper the ministers assemblec
to listen to the closing address by Dr
Gilbert H. Jones, who proved himsel
a scholar, a logician and an orator otf
the first rank.
After voting to change the name to
the Tawawa Religious Conference and
electing the following officers, the as-
sembly adjourned to meet July 1938.
President. .. Rev. J: H, Maxwel
Vice-President.... Rev. W. T. Chrye
Recording Secretary... Rey. I. H. Garey
Corresponding Secretary—Rey. P. A
Nichols
Treasurer... Rey. J. L. Franci
Chaplain . Rey. S. J. Sander
Revival Workers:—Rev. A. C. Sump-
vealed Himself The church is safe.
How these sincere and devout Chris-
tians sing!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
be ’ Chicago, Ill.
Please accept my expression of thanks
and appreciation for the wonderful way
in which you are giving to the church
The Christian Recorder. _
knew that you had the ability and the
love for the church an dthat is the rea-
son that we put you there.
" J: EUGENE THOMPSON
‘LIGION AND MINISTER'S _
Soa he CONFERENCE at oe
4
At is interest-
ing, newsy, and pleasing to read. We Auspices of the Department of Religious
Arnett Chapel) Chicage.
ter, for Ohio; Rev. B. J. Nolan for
Virginia; Rev. S. Lyman, for Ken
tucky; Rev. J. H. Dandridge, jo
Pennsylvania; Rey. M. R. Dixon
Jr., for Indiana.
P. A. NICHOLS, Xenia, Ohio
ALABAMA LEADERSHIP TRAIN-
X ING INSTITUTE
Education of the 9th Episcopal Dis
- trict Convening at State College
Montgomery, Ala., September
6-10, 1937-
Rev. J. C. Carter and the St. Paul
THE TAWAWA SCHOOL OF -RE- A. M. E. Church are chief hosts.
The| Mr. E. P. Wallace, Mr. Cunningham,
President is Rev. J. W. Walker. Mrs.| Mrs. Mabel Terrill, Mr. Ivason Posey,
Bessie Walker is State President of the
Women’s Home and Foreign Mission-
“The above assembly held its fourth ary Society. Mrs. M. A. Sims is the
annual session at Wilberforce Uniyersi-|State Director of the Missionary De-
ty from July 12 to 17, 1937 with Dr.|partment. Mrs. E. E. Sims is State
Charles Lindal Ridley, in the absence
rganizer,
REV. J. H. CLAYBORN
Editor, Southern Christian Recorder,
Arkansas offers hi mfor the episce-
pacy.
Lu Sybil Taylor directs the Institute.
Mrs. Taylor is a graduate of the Uni-
versity /of California with the Master's
degree in Religious Education and is}
pursuing her Ph.D. this fall. Rev. Harry
Richardson, Chaplain of Tuskegee,
graduate of the Yale College and Divin-
ity school with M.A. and B.D. degrees.
Rey. John Dawkins ,Dean of Divinity
and pastor of Payne Chapel in Birming-
ham, is AB.. from Allen University,
B.D. from Gammon and A.M. from
Boston University. Rey. J. C. Calhoun,
Dean of: Greater Payne University is
an A.B. from Morehouse and A.M. from
Atlanta University. Professor H. D
Davidson i sa graduate of Payne and a
leading principal in the public schools
of Alabama Professor Wood is a vet-
eran Sunday School worker and princi-
pal of one of Birmingham’s lcading
schools.
All Departmeuts of Sunday School,
League, Missionary, Boy Scouts, church
organization and administration, a min-
isterial clinic, choir contests. pageants,
addresses and recreation will be some
of the claicf features.
Some of the special speakers will be:
Bishops W. A. Fountain. R. A, Grant,
J. S. Flipper, E. J. Howard, Dr. S. S,
Morris. Dr. G. A. Singleton, Dr. W. P.
REV. J. L. LINK
Presiding Elder, Delaware
MRS. NANCY PORTER
St. Paul, Springfield, Ill.
REV. H. H. COOPER
Presiding Elder, Philadelphia, Penna.
MISS ALBERTA DRAPER
St. Paul, Springfield, Il.
PERSONALITIES
Mr. E. W. Holt, ’27 was graduated
from A. and T. College, Greensboro,
North Carolina in 1933. In the fall of
the same year he entered the grocery
business. He an dhis partner had $15
each. Thus far they have not borrowed
a penny. The only
with Swift Company
amount of $600,
morning. The stock in one store is
valued at $2,200 and $800 in another.
Among the patrons are some of the
wealuthiest white citizens in the Irvin
Park neighborhood. Mr. Holt is mar-
ried, owns his home and a packard car
He is an inspiration to the youth of the
race, and is now a member of the Chris-
tian Recorder family.
credit account is
for meat to the
paid eyery Monday
THE MANNING DISTRICY
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Woman's Home
Missionary Convention .conyen*d «in
Chapel A. M. E. Church, August the
V. The Woman’s Home and
and .Foreign
Foreign
Stevenson, Rev Harry P. Richardson,
Mrs. L. M. Hughes, Mrs: M. £. Grant,
Professor E. A. Selby, Dr. C. W. Abing-
ton, Dr. Charles E. Stewart, Mrs. M.
A. Sims.
Some of the other instructors are:
Rey, William Craig, Mrs. Bertha Mc-
Lawrence, Mrs,
Camilla Hester, Rev.
Miss Hazzard, Prof.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
er, Mrs. T. R. Newman.
‘Large crowds will attend.
hop. -R. C. Ransom who was in| A very efficient group of Directors
land attending. the confer- of Religious aerate) headed by Mrs.
Ee
September,
Call, Mrs. McMillan, Mrs. A. E. Fews,
Mrs. Katie Fews Evans, Mrs. Dorothy
I. H. Bonner, Mrs.
W. B. Moseley,
Miss Mattie Moreland, Mrs. Pinkston,
Malachi Morse,
Mrs. B. T. Sims, Rev. J. T. L. Dandridge,
Donald Houston, Rey. J. B. Carter,
J. S. King, Mrs. C. L. Branchmon,
Jessie Thomas, Mrs. T. D. Driver,
L. G. Duncan, Mrs. Oretha Hatch-
All are} Ors were present and took part
requested to register before the fifth of} (tal collected for the day $278.33
pastor
The meeting was presided over with
much case by our president Mrs. E. E
Waiker, assisted by our Conference
President, Mrs. A. L. Hildebrand and
the Presid Fider. The work was
carried forward with peace and har-
mony prevailing throughout the session.
The repert of the charges were
All played -v
mons were preached by Rey. I. S. Gam-
ble. The Lauret Hill. Circuit and C. C
Burgess, Bivins Circuit, both of them
did credit to themselves and the old
ime fire burned on our hearts. One of
the big features of the mecting was the
president's Annual Message; it
a gem. Also the young People’s Hour.
The Stijperintendent Mrs. [stelle Sam-
had. charge. The program was
commendable. The pastor and his good
people entertained us on a high order
for which we thank them. May God
bless them ard those that helped to
make it pleasant for us.
yery
goed. el their part. Ser
was
nel,
Several visit-
The
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WORK
“HOW DOES THE A.C. E
FOR LEADERSHIP?”
LEAGUE}
DEVELOP THE YOUNG PEOPLI |
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with God in kingdom building, are w
ignorant of God’s righteousness, going
trying to establish our owl
righteusness. Leaders hear the word
of the Master, “Follow Me.”
As I draw toa c lose, may I give you
some of the qualifications of a leader?
A leader must know the people, watch
how they grow, and be prophetic in
He will arouse in
desire, to grow ip religio.
e in making a Christian world.
about
| his leadership.
the
| The foundation as of old, must b
piety, consecration an
othe
| qualifications can ever supplant these
or it th
h his God, himself, and his fellow
built on, deep
4 firm religious conviction, N
se that sets the possessor right
In conclusion, may I say, let us a
eaders continue our great work in th
ping of the young people int
nd of leadership fore r
ETTA BELLE GRE
Cape Girarc
entioned
measuring distances to the farthes
gaze upon its jasper Walls and come it
communion with his Creator and lik
Isaiah behold the King in his beauty
Christ is of one substance, powe
and eternity with God therefore succes
through Christ is the same as through
the everlasting and omnipotent God in
whom we live and have our being.
Success is the prosperous ending of
whatever we undertake, men make suc-
cess in large business enterprises, they
haye succeeded not only in swiit trans-
portation on land but in the air, on the
sea, and under the sea, he speaks from
one continent to another and it doth
yet appear to what success he will ‘at=
tain in future ages but these fall into
insignificance compared to the sucess
achieved through Christ for while the
diciples marvelled at the great works
human genius, he towers above all ani-
mal life because of this superiority 1m
stellar world but in spirit he ean dwell
upon the earth and yet Walk the gold
paved streets of the new Jerusalem,
SNAPPY STORIES
HE MEASURED UP
of the Master, he said to them greater
works than these shall ye do
Christ came into the world, tatight
this doctrine, called twelve disciples
and sent them forth to preach the ges-
pel, if we may use the word success in
referring to Christ, the first and chief
” he asked the Porter. | thing he did was to keep in touch with
Where |the Father through prayer, notwith-
a Pullman. “What i
” said the porter
Returnitig from his ways,
While Angels in their songs
rejoice,
And cry behold he prays:
=
O Thou by who we come to God
The Life the Truth the Way
The path of prayer thyself hast
trod,
‘ Lord teach us how to pray:
Again success through Christ
comes th¥ctigh the preaching of the
gospel, preaching as we usually say is
teaching but to my mind that is a limit-
éd meaning: I prefer the difinition
given by Dr. John Kern in his work
called, “Ministry to the Congregation”,
‘in which he says preaching is the state-
ment of the facts of the gospel With
the living voice, preaching today is not
what preachitig should be and what it
was ih days gone by. When John the
Baptist began his ministry, his text
“was, “Repent ye for the Kingdom of
heaven is at hand,” so the great theme
of preeaching was repentance, when
Israel and sinned and God punished
them for forsaking his commandments,
prophets were sent to tell them of their
sins and if they repented and turned
away from their sins, Ged’s wrath
would be removed and their sins for-
given, He is tne same God teday, ves-
terday, and forever,
pastor gave him a dollar| Standing he was equal with the Father
boss,’ said the porter, “yor | he realized the necessity of communion
de first to eber come up to d | and fellowship with God, there is a
strength that comes through prayer
to God that can come from no othe
source, it is spirit in communion with
spirit that flesh cannot adjust itself te
olored minister introduced a white] ‘t for it is of a different substance
flesh is pe
COULD HE MEASURE UP?
ter who had consented to preacl tishable while spirit is eterna
| n. He said, “Dis noted divin | 474 flesh cannot eyen with mind rea
discus
de greatest men of de age | SO" Purely, because there is
He knows de unknowable, he kin do de within and without that oe
loable, he kin onscrew de unscruta somingipr Yee aan bCheY
a uel Kant, the great German
Zs dental Philosopher that only
LIGIOUS CONVOCATION is wholly divested of everything that is
'TRELL COLLEGE. N.C material and he becomes spirit an
By Bishop J. S spirit only, can he reason purely and
partly for this reason we do not have
a stimulus
ts the rea-
eas Eman-
Transcen-
when man
Flipper
When, Y-wie avenge hia Ween the Success that we should hope fer our
Mleasure to deliver addresses uvon any rok fe sinful, ‘the humanity of Christ
avd all occasions, my viewpoint upor| VS Without sin and that ig why hi
life was different from what it fs ace communion with the Father who isa
| was impressed with what John wrot | ‘Pitt always brought the success in his
we labors
T write unto you young men be | “°'S "Pon earth, well has the poet ex-
és Oe pressed it 3
are strong, I said + thire
1 T would not say now because my Freres i the soul's sincere desire
iewncint of life is from a diffreen Uttered or unexpressed
The motion of a hidden fire
angle, when one is fresh from school
That trembles in the breast
e has a larwe amount of book learn
ing and he depeends upon that alone
When vears have elansed experienc
Prayer is the burd i
en of a
The falling of a tear ie
The upward glancir
When none hut G
teaches one to deal with humanity a
lone different fines and as God spak
m time past to ws in v
now
ng of an eye
arious ways bu od is near.
speaks to us through his Son, w
narrow ourselves down to our re
to God and his relation to t
“eek to anply his teachinrs
Prayer is the simplest form of
Jati
>a speech
ys and w
as far a
i \. C. BR League
quartertie as, “What did Jesus
m n cheek?"
This is a wonderful example of how we|
as leade mat be meek, forcharing
forgiving and loving
The latter word “Love,” is of im-
perfanee heeause it is the law of Jov
thar th |
on will turn the other and]
he so effevtive
nal punighmest
rather thaq
e the offender.
“What did
the two w
Another good
mean by
Mustrates how we as leaders nvast sub
though
we are being done wrong,
Are we making our church a vitaliz-
mit onvaelea, even we know
That infant lips can try
poesfbte to every phase of human fife| the sublimest strains that reach
Kence the topic Success throuc! reach, r
Chest
The Majesty on high
Prayer is the Christ
breath
The Christian’s native air
His watchwi
death
He enters heaven with prayer
Some men achiev.
and others success
and continual effoy
© sticcess in failures
through Persistent;
rts, man so far a
elements that
worth about eighty-fiy
at any dure store, but in that
hody is the likeness of God, the eternal
ian’s vital
the chemfer
vemical compos
his bady ir
“ants
ing force for good, are we cooperating
snirit which gives him a value not to
. Prayer is the contrite si
he estimated by any calculation of se
voice
“a
and from every text i
ing to Christ,
sermon, is there
in it, and how t
few sermons lif
ord at the gates of Sbinsrs to re
¢d until peor
Tepented the:
is said to have h
voice that |
Mesopotamia and People would ‘shx
What the world needs today is re
pentance, cease to find solutiotis for
their troubles through Icgislation and
man made pregrams, turn back to God
He can solve all of our phoblems
there would be no need. for the assemb-
ling of legislatures or congresses if we
wou'd follow wholly one law of God,
whatsoeyer ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even so unto them,
all church friction, some aligning them-
selves on this side and some on another
side would not be known in the chutch
today, in fact, the church of today is
overburdened with programs. God gave
his disciples only one prograni, “Go ye
into all the world and preeach the Qus-
pel to every creature baptizing them
in the name of the Father and Son-and
the Holy Ghost, and fo I am with you
unto the end of the world, we have
tried to put too much of ourselves and.
our learning into our preaching, ab-
Struse texts and Passages of scripture
that have no reference to Christ.
A young theological graduate of Lon-
don invited an old minister to come
and hear him preath on Sundzy morn-
ing in one of the fashionable churches
of that city the old minister went and
after the services were over, the young
minister asked the old minister what
he thought of his sermon, the old
thinister replied, as far as language was
concerned, it was perfect, thoughts
well expressed but he said, young man,
London is the Metropolis of Lengland
and from. every hamlet and sities
there is a road leading to Lordoa, $0
Christ is the Metropolis of the Bilble, |
ext init is a road lead-
the thing about your
was not enough Christ.
tue is that today, how
t up Christ and cal! on
bent. John Wesley preach-
ole rolled in the dust and
‘ir sins) George Whitfield —
he could pronounce the wo
lad such a melodigtis
dc
Christ “was always plain and simple
jn what he had to say, so much so that
the common people heard him gladly] were keepers of sheep and would un-|
when He was in Gallilee, he told his
disciples, “I will make you fishers of
men,” all fish are not caught in the
same way so that as they used different
methods to catch fish, so they employ-
ed like methods in catching men and} God success through Christ would b
I am impressed with the fact that St.| accomplished while on the other hand
Paul had this in mind when he wrote, there be a display of our
Timothy saying Study to show thy-
self approved unto God a workiran
that needeth not to be ashamed rightly
dividing the word of truth and in right-
ly dividing the word of truth he would
find in the scripture texts that would
reach the different classes of men,
when Christ was in Samaria, He spoke
of the sowing of seed how it would
spring up and what hindrances some
seed would have to grow and how
other seed would bring forth an a-
bundant harvest and from these things
he drew a great spiritual truth and the
people would more readily understenc
Revive Interest
Stimulate Enthusiasm
By putting a new A. M.
E. Music Hymnal in the
hand of every Choir
Member at these Un-
usually low prices.
Single Copy — $1.25
Half Doz —- $ 6.50
One Doz $12.$$
A. M. E. BOOK CONCERN
Phila. Pa.
THE PERSONAL ELEMENT
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requirement of a funeral director.
He must perform his sensitive
tasks quietly and unotrusively,
and in a tectful manner that in-
spires confidence and good-will.
Our services includes friendly
and sympathetic understanding of
the task in hand. The personal
element, we hold, is equally as
important as proficiency in techni-
cal requirements. ;
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| Him because they were farmeis. In| Success ‘through Christ comes it| at times He would come into my soul
Judea He spoke of sheep because they strictly maintaining the doctrines ©| znd make me realize a happiness that
Christian Church, there some ministers, could come from no other source.
who depart from the cardinal doctrine Predestination as usced in the scrip-
of the church attempting in some man | tures does not and cannot mean that
ner to explain away-what the scriptures] salvation is limited to any ciass of hu-
teach, the virgin birth of Christ, that) man beings, It is only used three tirres
there is no hell with burning fire, that] in the Bible and St. Paul is the only
there is another opportunity to re | sacred writer that usés the word in any
pent before the final day of judgment | form, it is found in Ephesians 1-5 also
that God has predestined scme men t
eternal punishment while others have
a chance for salvation, I believe in the
yirgin birth of Christ as much as 1 do
in my own salvation for had he not
come into the world I could not have
been saved neither could I rejoice as| (Continued on page 15)
derstand his calling his disciples and
all others who would believe and fol
low him as the sheep would follow
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RELIGION, A PARTNERSHIP
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER <f
LABOR SUNDAY MESSAGE, 1937
(Issued by the Executive Commilttee.o
The United Christian Council for
Pennsylvania under the leadership
chard Allen and organized the
Episcopal Church
otto the significant
Father, Christ our Demoeratcy)
Brother,” they were aon aal
phasis to this} ‘The celebration of Labor Day of 837
s at a momentous time in the his-
| tory of the Anierican labor toventent
| iovs of workers Have beén enlistéd
i Christianity. They
fact, asserting that Ch
Mi
hitherto unorganizéd industries
from
Since practically every church bas tor
rs insisted that the right to organize
a basie democratic right, we natural-
\ welcome this triumph of labor in win-
1g a right which the thoughtful peo-
egy of labor's Hew technique, th
down strike, is advisable ander all ¢
cumstances. A wise ad Ffespo!
labor Jeadership will not imperil the
terdependent functions of a commifiiity
more than is necessary. We believe
that the possession of new power will
make for a larger sense of responsibility
on the part of labor as it becomes more
and sore accustomed to its use. _
Labor Day is an occasion not only
for reviewing part achievements dat for
ng fatie tasks and possibili-
tes, ‘fhe most pressing problem today
is the unempldymient of millions if spite
of the fact that business is approaching
the 1929 levels. This is 4 most ominous
sign. It means that technical intprove-
ments have robbed millions of their
jobs. Widespread unemployment iff 2
period of prosperity presents us with
two important tasks. First, the unem-
ployed must be adequately supported
of mederti industry. The» fact that
these profits are frequently the conse-
quence of the very technica] improve-
ments which have destroyed fhe fiveti-
hood of the workers is added reason
for the imposition of higher taxes dpon
them For Christians to oppose, or
even to fail to carry ott this temporary
retiiédial measure is to make otir pro-
fession of lovitig our neighbors as otr-
: the country have long © since
‘ for granted. These gains are a
nony to the need and value of the
organization which has secur-
23 » elements in American fife still
as bor th forces the right of labor
* r for collective bargaining
. through representatives of theif own
s , aod ania osing. It therefore ; Becoitleés the
: : i ous institutions of the
si oe iity to bear honest testimony to
Spat ictioti that labor does have
Bishops RS f
« a Ca cht, and, if occasion. demands
eis bE labor in securing it. Liberty arid
re ot ae f a he: e always depend upon the posses-
‘‘ nde saaest thie adequate social power. Any
. ste pam gece. t munity Which is de
rauded rightful powér Will in-
ably be dranded of its rightful priv-
g Modern civilization is bDecomng
: ir y technical. If eager corkers
: | hay ower other than the righ
; ; vote, they will not be able to pro-
Dane emselyes adequately against the
Ses ae profit }°C°" ymic power arrayed against them.
5 responsibility | L2€y must be able to set their collec-
A i economic strength against the col
t Chis lective strength of ownership.
: \s it becomes eyident that collective
? ; aining betweeil owners and wag
ca ie dated kers does not avail to irstire both
sled Chesatian: 1 order on | C™Ployment and just reward for labor
’ the name |r to satisfy the needs o fsociety, it be
: to endure| Comes the duty of religious institstiong
5 mireb-tie st? o the root of the iiatter. They
based on a ce obligated to use the ethical stand-
of human| ards of their gospel ina continuous
yotion to| *nalysis of the consequences of basing
a God our economic organization on private
: nk of Phillip after his thrilling | ownership and the struggle for profit
ience in Samaria destroying the| The social program of the churche
It of me ind achieving his con-| Which proclaims a gospel of love and
his way down to| brotherhood can not stop short of any
Enroute he is overtaken by | '! less than basic justice. As it be-
of the Queen Candace of| cores clear that our social system i
at the 1 and his entourage, Phillip is} unable to insure security and moderate
t sportation; he has the | abundance to all our people in spite of
’ pirit | Goss the Christ, hére is one | @n increasingly efficient technical pro
gregation in a} who sling for greater enlighten- | cess, it is necessary to challange and
oie jent in spiritual things. Here is a| change the nature of the system itself.
{ pr 4 7 sl and racig ance for a real partnership, a mutual | to demand that our economic life be or-
{tditer ovear | helpfulness, a common sharing, and|“anized on tle basis of cooperative ac-
8-10 we are told | Phillip seizes it tion to meet the needs and promete the
ie e c land, Par So today the Princes of Ethiopia, the | developments of all persons.
tit “Ml amit ents of sun kissed children of our common We call the attention of the churches
fesapotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pon- I ather invite their brothers of lighter | who believe that love is the fulfillmen
rem. Asia wia, Par 1, Egypt, hue to a seat beside them in the chariot. | of the law, to the fact that legal defini-
; a around Cyrene, all| They seek a city which hath Foundat-| tions of property rights have to b
vcard in thelr wative ex the }tons God grant that both may k | {brought sontinuotshy. ; j
mighy deeds of Ged thus ap-| bine accurately enough, serve ies the Pent PKs ich ‘pea wy
to thar the f result of this divine | fectively enough, and love him sincerely | is jointly owned wy ‘2 Tea seater
infilling waa to bring within the scape | enough to f yf , 6 , : 5
a aa Csi rhage is “ot rt to find happy fellowship in the pi ital employment
race and nation, {the old Rabbis had| PRES, FREDERICK D. [ORDAN | irresponsible SASS ee 8 i bd
pina a : spons interference with it,
taught that only Alebrew was spoken| Western’ University f property-right 46 inipo: mS:
» Hewven here was the evidence pha This sermon was delivered in Ben | which it is asicas ia faa a be
every man would hear his own langnage.| Chanel, University of Chiewgo, Ang | more than a pro rT viva wie
When in 1887 a group of persons of | 11 1937 as Property right; it is a hit
African descent assembled in Philadel-
an right of great importance. Such a
and antagonisms of His people? H | indement does not imply that the strat
selves a blatant hypocrisy. Second, the
gross inequalities in the distribution of
the natonal income must be feiioved)to
the point where out people eait eon-
sume what Wé are able so abundadily
to produce, so (hat afl those of work-
ing age can have uséfat employment,
and the community approximate stand-
ards of justice to which we are 48-Chris_
tians comtiitted.
A large part of the membership of
the churchs of Améfica is composed of
people who are neither ifdustrial work-
ers nor captains of industry. Farmers,
small tradesmen, professional asrd cleri-
cal workers to a large extent make up
our cotigfegations. It is ruetlaely
important thaf their relicions leader-
ship should fielp them to see the
American social problem in its full per-
spective. so that they wilf not Se be-
guiled by momentary resentnients into
political arid social policies which make
for the destruction of democratic ‘sti_
{utions and tend taward fascism,
These classes are not as well organiz-
ed as the industrial workers aid are
therefore always in danger of being
drawn into opposition to them. Or
many specific issues their interests are
not identical with those of the indus-
trial workers. But the fascist attaele
upon the mutuallrecognition of the fact
that all those who depend upon their
labor for their bread have a commor
interest which is more imperative than
their dicerences.. Without such recog-
nition on tke part of the middle classes
they are in danger of becoming: the
unnatural allies of the reactionary forces
With the recognition of common inter-
est, political librties, already gained,
may be used to increase economic lib-
erties, and the increase of economic
justic may serve to protect and develop
the democratic process in our political
institutions and our cultural life. In
no other way can we preserve our na-
tion from the evil fate which has over-
taken some of the nations of Europe q
The hour of crisis in which the whale
life of humanity now stands calls wd
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t. 1—Michigan Annual Conference,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Rev. G L.
Hayden, 821 Francis Street. Bishop
J. A. Gregg. - “ :
Sept. 7-10—Religious Education Insti-
tuts.
goth Episcopal District, Montgomery, Ala.
Drs. J. W. Walker, Pres. I. .H. Bonner,
Vice Pres., A. Wayman Jennings, Ex.
Sec., L. Sybl Taylor, Rev. Harry Rich
ardson, John Dawkins, A. Woods, and
_ L. Calhoun, Directors,
Sept. 8—Northwestern Annual Confer-
ence, Keokuk, Jowa, Rev. Lewis A.
McGee, 415 N. 7th Street. Bishop
J. A. Gregg.
California Conference, Parks Chapel,
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.
September 15—West Virginia Confer-
ence.
Wheeling, West Va., Rev. W. S.
T. Jordan. Bishop Reverdy EG?
Ransom.
September 22—Pittsburgh Conference.
Scranton, Penna. Rev. B M.Mc
Linn. Bishop R. C. Ransom.
Indiana Annual Conference,
Kokomo, Ind., Rev. H. L. P. Jones,
1047 N. Kennedy Street. Bishop J.
A. Gregg.
Colorado Conference, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. Rev. A. L. Hamilton,
311 West Cole Street. Bishop Noah
W. Williams.
September 29—North Ohio Conference.
Akron, Ohio, Rev. D. D. Irvin.
Bishop R. C. Ransom.
Illinois Annual Conference,
Cairo, Il, Rev. J. A. Randolph, 420
17th Street. Bishop J. A. Gregg.
Nebraska Conference, Trinity
Sept
te
Church, Kansas City, Kans., Rev. October 27—Augusta, Georgia Confer-
L. P. Bryant, 438 Greely Street.
Bishop Noah W. Williams.
September 29-30—First District Mid-
Year Conference, Wilmington,
Del. Rey. A. C. Clark, David H
Sims, Bishop.
October 6—Ohio Conference. Jones
Tabernacle A. M. E. Church, Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, Rey. R. G. Taylor.
ZION A. M. E. CHURCH
(Continued from page 1) r
The Stewards report in part follows:
Conversion for quarter......-. 34
Total accession for quarter... 61
Paid pastor for quarter. .. $725.00
Paid Presiding Elder.. 65.00
\nnual Conference Claim 650.00
Other Steward purposes... 350.00
Total raised by Stewards. $1,790.00
Held by other organizations. ...
Raised by Trustee Board.,.... 2,672.70
Grand total for quarter... $4,950.14]
Zion is indeed spiritually alive. We| Novy. 3—Texas Conferen:
believe she is destined to become the
leader of the conference.
Under the leadership of our present
tastor we are reaching heights hither-
to unknown and there yet remains much | —
ground to be gained in our very fertile |
community. ‘ a ee
Pray for our “continued success and
for the health of our pastor.
REY. JOHN L. MIMS, Pastor.
October 13—Southwest Georgia Con-
October 20—West Kentucky Confer-
ue
pane
Bishop R. C. Ransom.
South Georgia Conference. Nel-
son Chapel A. M. E. Church. Rev.
A. C. Danford, pastor, South Hill
Street, Bainbridge, Ga. Bishop
William Alfred Fountain, Sr.
Chicago Annual Conference,
Chicago, IIL, Rey. G. W. Williams,
2241 Maypole Street. Bishop J. A.
- Gregg.
Kansas Conference, Emporia, Kans.
Rey. M. M. Matthews, 312 West
62nd Street. Bishop Noah W. Wil-
liams. f
Mexico and Rio Grande Confer-
ence, Kingsville, Texas. Rev. a:
W. Thomas. Bishop George B.
Young.
ference, Edison A. M. E. Church,
‘Edison, Ga. Rev. D. A. Williams,
pastor. Bishop W. A. Fountain
Kentucky Conference New Port,
Kentucky. Rev. C. T. Buchanan,
Bishop R. C. Ransom.
East Texas Conference,
Athens, Texas. Rev. J. Frances
Baker. Bishop George B. Young.
Palmetto Annual Conference,
Kingstree, South Carolina, Rev. S.
M. Hughes. Bishop J. S. Flipper.
ence. St. James A. M. E. Church,
Louisville, Kentucky. Rev. E A.
Haynes, Bishop R C. Ranosom.
Americus Georgia Conference
Atoc A. M. E. Church, Rev. J. S.
McAllister, pastor, 412 Sixth Ave-
nue, Dawson, Ga. Bishop W. A.
Fountain, Sr.
East Tenn. Conference, Fayettville.
Rev. E. L. Hickman, Bishop E. J.
Howard
Northwest Texas Conference,
Abiline, Texas, Rev. J. R. McGhee.
Bishop George B. Young.
North East Annual Conference,
Florence, South Carolina, Rev. W.
St. Bishop J. S. Flipper.
ence. First A. M. E. Church, Rev.
J. S. Grant, pastor, 317 Cedar Hill
Street, Cedartown, Ga Bishop W.
A. Fountain, Sr.
Columbia Annual Confer-
ence, Union, S. C., Rev. T. E.
Robinson, 849 McBeth St. Bishop
J. S. Flipper.
Southwest
Weimar, Texas.
Bishop George B. Young.
South West Missouri Conference,
Allen Chapel, Kansas City, Mo
Rev. A. R. Fox, 813 East 10th St
Bishop Noah W. Williams.
Mississippi Conference,
Texas
HRISTIAN
Conference,
Rev. W. P. Perry.
Brook-
haven. Rev. L. A. Henderson, Box
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Rey. G. B. Hannan, pastor. 536
Humphrey Street, Atlanta, Ga
Bishop W. A. Feuntain, Sr.
South Carolina Annual
Conference, Holly ‘Hill, S. C,,
Rey. L. L. Farmer. Bishop J. S.
Flipper.
West Texas Conference, Som-
erville, Texas. Rev. N. H. Melton.
Bishop Geo. B. Young.
Missouri Conference, St. James
SSS
Brunswick, Ga. Bishop W. A. |
Fountain, Sr.
Central’ Annual Confer-
ence, St. Matthews, S. C., Rev.
David James, Bishop J. S. Flipper.
North Texas Annual Conference,
Wichita Falls, Texas, 316 Park St.
Bishop George B. Young.
North Mississippi Conference,
Mound Bayou Rev. T. J. Brown.
Bishop S. L. Greene
Church, St. Louis, Mo. Rev. J. A.| Dec. 1—Central Texas Conference, San
Dames, 4311 St. Ferdinand Street.
Bishop Noah W. Williams.
N E. Mississippi Conference, Cold-
water. Rey. J. M. Campbell. Bishop
S L Greene
Central Mississippi Conference, Bel-
zoni. Rey. H, N. Griffin. Bishop
S. L Greene
November 17—Macon Georgia Confer
ence. Turner Tabernacle A. M
E. Church, Rev. David Norris,
pastor, 466 Hawthorne Street,
Macon, Ga. Bishop W. A. Foun-
tain, Sr.
Piedmont Annual Con-
ference, Greenville, S. C., 109
Green Avenue, Rev. J. W. With-
erspoon. Bishop J. S. Flipper.
Northeast Texas Conference,
Terrell, Texas, Rev. J. Mark John-
son. Bishop George B. Young.
Northeast Florida Con
ference. Lake City, Florida. Rev
L. I. Jenkins. Bishop R- A. Grant.
24—Florida Conference. Quincy,
Florida. Rey J- F. Livingstone.
Bishop R. A. Grant.
November 24—Georgia Conference.
First A. M. E. Church, Rey. L.
Marcos, Texas. Rev. F. D. Cran-
shaw. Bishop George B. Young.
West Florida Conference.
River Junction. Rev J. R. Davis.
Bishop K. A. Grant.
8—East Florida Conference. St.
Augustine, Florida. Rev L. M.
Mocre. Bishop R. A. Grant.
N W. Mississippi Conference, Jones-
town. Rev. I. W. Williams. Bishop
S L. Greene.
December 8—North Louisiana Confer-
ence, Oak Ridge. Rev. T. H. Bush.
Bishop S L Greene.
December 15.—Central Louisiana Con-
ference, Oakdale. Rev Haat,
Harve. Bishop S L. Greene
January 4, '38—Louisiana Conference.
St. Peter Church, New Orleans.
Rev. N. L. Uumdey, 1209 Cadiz St.
Bishop S L. Greene.
January 2¢--Orlando Conference: St.
Mark, Orlando, Florida, Rev. J. D.
ings Bishop R. A: Grant.
23—South Florida Conference
Rev. J. R.
A. Grant
March 9—Central Fiorida Conference.
Ft. Myers, Plorida. Rev. R. L; Mur-
February
Cocoa, Flovida Rishard-
son- Bishop R.
W. Lane, pastor, 1522 Wolf Street
rel. Bishop R A. Grant.
213, Brookhaven.
Greene.
Tennessee Conference, Mt. Pleas- ij
Rev. S. F. Dudley, Bishop E.
ant.
J Howard
593.44| Oct. 30—North Missouri Conference,
Macon, Mo. ; Rev. W. M. Jackson,
107 East 3rd Street. Bishop Noah
W. Williams.
Texas: Rev. C.
_ West Tenth Street.
Bishop S. L.
ce, Pt. Arthur,
W. Prince, 43
Bishop Geo.
B. Young.
West Tennessee Conference, Union ONE DOZ
City. Rev. Wm. Young. Bishop E. :
J. Howard
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CHRISTIAN RECO
SE ME I MO
e Christian church to demonstrat
concrete terms the spiritual truth
at the democratic precess is in’ our,
nd plenty, and toward that kind of
ywman fellowship which our God of
ad righteousness requires.
h tess than four thousand dollars] so that people will know that Chicago’ The Presiding Elders present were:
indebtedness, a building worth sixty
thousand dollars. All Chicago rejoic
with Arnett in knowing tnat such at
accomplishment has been complete
‘and that faith is not dead in Chicago
In accepting the key to the Churel
form and the beautiful ceremony wa
finished. Rey. Eugene J. Thompson
the pastor, preached the deedicatory
rigs true when they believe in you
If the A. M. E, Chdreh fails to hold
its place in the city of Chicago, in
in the church itself, because the public
fully belong.
The Rey. Eugene J. Thompson the
builder of Greater Arnett has given the
{ Rev. J. N. Patterson, Phila. District;
Rey. M. M. Lewis, West Phila. Dist.;
Mrs. H. H. Cooper. represented her
buildings and membership the cause is] husbend of the South Phila. District
whose illness prevented him from at-
has definitely shown their willingness (ending.
Rey. W. ‘ W. Jacobs, Conference
Delegates from the different schcols
read papers and discussed them ably.
On Tuesdsy evening Hon. J. A. Cole-
be a collective expression of the the Bishop stressed the fact that th | to help. y
] yristian Way of life, to be expanded congregation must never close th Under our present Bishop J. A.| Superintendent of Schools gave 4 very é
soqencescemcen ree Tate a, ee ever broadening forms. So it eno doors on any minister whom the Bish | Gregg, Chicago and the Fourth Epis-] timely addreess and spoke interestingly ‘
ontinuously lead us toward more jus | op may send as pastor, The Bishop} copal District will forge ahead and take] of the work of the schools throughout
ce and freedom, toward more peace) and Elders then proceeded to the plat its place in the front where we right-] «he conference a
~ pve ar
$ — : sermon: The Ushers reported that] connection five church buildings; two] man, Burgess cf the city who extended
G BiSHOP JOHN A. GREGG DEDI | there were nine hundred and fifty-eigh | in the city of Chicago, which is an en- ‘the words of welcome spoke in high-
+ CATES GREATER ARNETT | persons crowded into the building fo | viable record. He and his good wife} est terms of the members of the locai
a A. M- E. CHURCH © the service. © are self sacrificing, loyal, lovers of] church and what he had donee as an
Ray ms In the afternoon there was an un | young people and successful every] executive in placing them in positions
& ’ + On Sunday morning at 10:30 Bisioy | veiling service held at which time pic-| Where they are sent. and in turn had proven worthy of all
eee, Sea ate aS mS _ A. Gregg dedicated Greater Arnett] tures of Bishops and former pastors RACHEL M. GREEN. he had done. He was exceedingly
ee RED ET ERIE EERE a \l. E. Church, 1444 West 112th} and a prominent layman were unveiled Sana pleased with our bishop and seid that
Bishop J. A. Gregg delivered the prin- THE S. $. CONVENTION HARRIS ] with such a man at the head of this
Chicago, Ill. Rey. Eugene De
It was an ideal day
te
Pe hicmpson pastor. ciple address. Others appearing on the BURG DISTRICT, STEEL- areat work of our the church would
; Rev. Warner Erown of
RAS he congregation led by the officer | program were Mrs: Nttie Crews Woods TON, PA. srrely go on.
at yn three robed choirs marched fron | Revs. A. Wayman Ward, C. R. Waters, of Mt. Zion Raptist Church of the city
ban » Arnett Community House 1121 |:R. H. McGavock and J- L Roberts. The The Harrisburg District Sunday extended the word ef weicome in be-
ae Bishop St. around the block to th collection for the day was over $500.00. School Convention of the Philadelphia half of the churches. Brother Kemp
aa vreh. The Sunday School Orches | In his remarks Rev. Thompson stated| Conference convened i Steclton, Pa,! made welcome remarks in behalf of the
RRS «a played the precession and after th | that Chicago was the greatest city in July 20 - 21st. jocal church. Bishop Sims gave the
Be crch was filled with earnest wor |thee United States for building D. H. Sims presiding bishop of the} address of the evening on Ki:gdom
ey «ners the Trustees met the Bisho | Churches. First Episcopal District, Rev. R. O.{ Building.
ie hyd Elders at the Door and presente There is a willingness on the part o Napper, Presiding Eider of the Harris-] - fhe choirs renderinf musical selec-
burg District; Rev. J. C. Spivey, Pas-| tions were, The junior choir of Lan-
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sishop with the keys of the church the citizens to co-operate when the.
ey in doing so Mr. William H. Crockett | have faith in the honasty of the pasto | ‘OF of Monumental A.M. hurch | faster, Steelton, Carlisle, Harrisburg
Ee Ir, stated that the church had beer] and officers: Even the banks of th entertaining pastor. The Convention| The entertaining pastor Rev. J.C. Spi-
e * A i erected under the pastorate of Rey City were ready at all times to help opened at 10 o’clock A M., and after vey and members gave us a most
= Eveene J. Thompson during the pas | The Pastor and officers were able ts sey auens Wats conducted by. the pas-|/derful: eptertainment and deserve: &
Ob five years of the worst depression tha | borrow money from the [illinois Conti (ors appeinted by the presiding elder, credit. Finance reports receivd from
es the country had ever passed thru, an | nental National Bank and Trust Com Rey: R. O. Napper made a few brie | all points on the Dist were 100°
es yithout any runds in treasury to star | pany and from the Park Ridge Stat | S™&t™ks and followed with organiza-| Total amount collected $240.35. The
SUN DAY SCHOO UN ION yet the church has been finisher] Bank. We merely make this statemen pon Mies Vee jackson of Shinnen |): resting Elder,Rey. BR; O.. Napper,
| ”) ‘ burg, Pa. was elected Chief Secretary] ‘losed the convention much encourag-
wcecsenpascaroannenvesresveniascenvescananavenvencevvenvmecesvemcmscascané, | and Miss Lucy Long of Devon, Pa. | ed with this his first S. S. Coavention
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OKLAHOMA CONFERENCE
Persons who are planning to atten:
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Okla. City Oklahoma, September 22
24, 1937 in order that comfortabl
housing might be reserved for you
kindly get in touch with the pastor a
once,
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Rey. M. W. Austin P. E., Rt. Rev
H. Y Tookes, Bishop.
8TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
The Presiding Elders, Pastors, Lay-
Workers and Trustees of Campbell Col-
lege are hereby called to convene in
the Regular Fall Meeting in Pearl St.
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
at 10:00 A. M., Tuesday, September 7,
1937, in the City of Jackson, Mississippi.
The Fall Session of the College as
agreed upon in the General Board of
Trustees will open Tuesday, September
14, 1937.
S. L. GREENE, Presiding Bishop.
Now is the time to get “booked” up
jor your fall and winter REVIVALS
By Rev. T. Jefferson Clement
For the world was built in order
And the atoms much in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.
—Emerson
sea
ALL AN EVERYTHING that one
has to do with and in’ this life which
the Master has given us as individuals
«s to just go ahead and succeed with it,
The wo-!d will have lots of fun forget-
ting your mistakes and blunders while
it proclaims you a hero. Again, the
world ia: no time to listen to the story
of the man who fails—or “flaiteris
out.”
“gla xe
BE IT RUGGED OR RAGGED we
all and each offer the world some kind
of individualism. Just as in every walk
of life a man is either hobo or hero.
A man presents and displays himseli
at every turn of the road for better cr
worse. IMPROVEMENT is the Dig
thing which every man should set in
his. conscience. Improvement of him-
self, improvement of things about
him, improvement of his church,
all things; physically and _ spirit-
ually. Try out just that one word and
see yourself grow. Three things the
preacher is commended to do: Observe,
Teach, and Preach- One cannot observe
what one doesn’t see, neither teach
what one does not know nor lead
(preach) where one does not go.
22 ee
WHERE IS THE MAN who can
By Rev. J. E, Showell”
(Continued frou. page 11)
The Rey. O. E. Lattimore of Cran
ford, was presented to preach. Te
used for his text John 21:15-16, anc
brought an earnest and forceful mes
sage that stirred the hearts of ni
challenge the strength of our head-
quarter’s set-up in Philadelphia. Four
of the best trained and- keenest minds
in America are on the job there at the
Book Concern. The Rev. G. EF: Curry,
our new manager, is a business man olf
the highest rank and a real go-getter;
hearers, after which Presiding Elde Prof. E. A- Selby Secretary-Treasurer
Vanderlicrst presented the pastor, Dr of our Sunday School work defines the
4. A. Garcia, who presented Commis | ¥°Fd able in a brilliant and dynamic
sioner Potterton of Jersey City, N. J | 8% the Rev. George A. Singleton,
who in a few timely words extendec editor of the CHRISTIAN RECORD-
a welcome to the Conference in behal
of the City. Mt. Pisgah Choir of Jer
£R, is giving practical proof of the per-
fectness of our judgement in electing
sey city, rendered a selection and then him to the editor's chair; and Dr. C-
Rey. W. S. Smith, D. D., pastor o | W: Abington, editor-in-chief of the
Monumental Buptist Church [brought Sunday School Literature, stands out
greetings from the Ministerial Union| 77O™ the crowd as one of the ablest
and the City Churches, Bro, M. Stew | Bible scholars in this country, Watch
art of Mt. Pisgah Church brough | US STow.
words of welcome. i eared
The outstanding feature of th NAMES MAKE NEWS: Bishop R
second day was the general discussio: | C- Ransom is on the inden bees of
* helping the Mission Preacher | the state of Ohio. Dr. D. Ormonde Wal-
Many ideas were presented that th | ker is President of Wilberforce Uni-
Rat *y Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary
Member of Association of American Colleges, ;
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ee will be th. hasis fo | versity. Dr. Charles S- Spivey is dean
ome ft action. ii /
2 of the theological department. Wilber-
ee oo Baia soc on Resolution force has just received a grant from the
aid bi , e - in beds a glowing tri | state of Ohio of over a half million dol-
Ss paid to Dr. Garcia and hi | tars! Let’s thank God and press on. Dr.
members for their excellent entertain | Ca
rlyle Stewart, wh i “
— gent Leones ™ adjourne: | Family Altar” for tie Cuptnae
; ‘
vide wees y Dr, Solomct| RECORDER, is making a mighty
valuable contribution to our journalism:
pa
put out t
nts from week t :
d work. ‘The Church
ttle time and work, ‘Phe
es and always rewards her workers
TP exa:
anding laymen of the connection, H
s a
rkansas offers two very strong candi
ates for the bishopric for 1940, namely
br, John Henry Clayborn, and Dr. A
|. Wilson. A scenery card to my desk
is morning from Dr. Prince F. Jack
on, of St. James, Dallas, who is point
« for the bishopric. He has done
reat work in Dallas** Georgians tell me
hat Dr. J. L. Butler, who received th
high vote” at the last general con
erence is “A mighty sweet preache
da splendid man”** Worthy, able and
eliable are words which will fit Franl
fadison Reid, of Missouri, and Josep]
omez of Ohio, Their rugged individ
alism is being proven by their steady
rowth in the mind of the connection***
if Kentucky one of these days as our
Rinancial Secretary. He is surely in
me to succeed the great John Hawkins
when the fullness of time is come.
Co dd
AT LEAST ONE of the brethret
as commenced, started and begun
Nour Servant cannot justly predict
Where he is going, however. The me
hod is to write something headed
Blank for the Bishopric.” Call it a
Jub, Never mind who constitutes th
club”. Just sign the names of say
member of two of some church. Later
bil name another “Blank” as manage
bi your campaign. It’s great fun to see
our name in the papers. Yes, yes.
eee et
It WOULD BE a fine thing fo
any of our ministers, and laymen too
0 practice reading the Scriptures
hat word is not “compassed” about,
heither is it “Vineyard,” also
schewed evil, rather than “excused
vil. Again, a good reader of the Bible
Iways announces what he or she is
boing to read at the beginning an¢
biso at the close. Never blazes away
without taking sight or aim. It is very
portant most important “Know into
e Bible” You are welcome. So many
hurches are crying out today: “O for a
Message!” The sermon book copy is so
ery dry. You are quite welcome. More
enon
‘ol beh
YOUR SERVANT the Scribe ha
been absent for some time and has ap
preciated very very keenly the “write
ins” from the brethren telling him tha
which we can improve our grand glori
ous Methodism. I haven’t waited un
ly seeks to help in the building a bet
ter church. - ‘
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KITTRELL CCLLEGF, N. C.
* (Continued from page 7)
foreknowledgs of God, if God knev
Bro, Riley Westorcland of Houston] all things from the beginning to th
s, has registered among the out | end and he does what hinders him from
predestinating a person or a aution tc
member of Wesley Chapel anc|do a work for the good of humanity,
jce chairman of the trustee board | a:
nd the glory of God.
‘Rebecca gave birth to Jacob anr
Esau, they struggled in her womb an
she inquired of the Lord the cause
God told her that two different nation
were in her womb and that the elde
stHuld serve the younger, God’s fore
knowledge predestined Jacob to be th
greater man and more useful and al
history bears out the record of the tw
sons, God told Jeremiah before I form
ed thee in the belly I {new thee and be
fore thou camest forth out of the wom
I sanctified thee and I ordained thee
prophet unto the nations,
Faul could not have preached a
limited salvation when the scriptur
tells us that God so loved the work
that he gaye his only begotten son to
die on the cross that whosoever be
lieveth ir him should not perish bu
have everlasting life also the Spiri
and the bride say come and let him
that heareth say come, and let him
that is athirst come and whosoeve
Will let him take the mater of life
freely:
Not jong since a Pastor of a leading)
church preached from thee word
What kind of a fool am I, this is no
biblical and cam come out of no tex
in the Bible. David said that the foo
hath said in his heart there is no Gor
and King Saul on one occasion whe
David said that the fool hath said it
his life said I have played the fool.
Words-that are of a worldly nature
has no place in the pulpit, the minister
the sword of the spirit with which th
minister attacks sin and nothing les
than this can pierce the hearts of tk
sinner.
Success cannot through
come
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| Thus saith the Lord, even the defiean
cannot take the place of the word of
od the question is not a statement of
the facts of the gospel and therefore
deals with immortal souls and should
at all times fortify himself with noth-
ing but the pure word of God for it is
so
formality and ritualism in the church
N RECORDER ‘PAGE FIFTEEN
a ne arc
church ust give place to a miiitan | translation was that the waters of heell
crusade against wrong, the church © | shall not prevail against it.
today is entirely too Jenient in dealing] Some of us hold ourselves far from
with sin whereas it should cry ©] the people, Christ mingled with the
comn:on people and they heard him
gladly, as ministers to have success
we must ke concerned about every-
thing in the community becauze we are
co-workers with God and he is concern-
ed about humanity and all of its in-
terests- ;
As ministers we must be well train-
ed but our training must not lead us
into any by paths and feecl that we
are moving along the Christ way.
When I attended school I went
through what was thn known as Eng
lish studies equivolent to your gram-
tar school of today and thn what was
known as the three years College
course, I studied the beginners greek
and Latin translated Caesar's Com-
mentaries on the Gallic War, Ciccro’s
four orations again Catiline and his
oration in behalf of the Poet Archias,
His De Senectute et De Amicitia, his
Tostculan Disputations, scanned Vir-
gil.’s Aeneid and Horace Odes ‘Trans-
lateed Xenophin’s Anabasis, Socrates
Mecmorabelia, Homers Odessy, Ge-
cmetry Trigonometry, Physics and
everything that went to make up the
callege course of my day
neither one of these nor al! of them
collectively contributed to
the salvation of my soul but = had to
repent of my sins toward Goc
will finally fuake beiore these words.
Quoting from an article in the Nes
gro Journal of Religion published a
Wilberforce, Dr. H. Lawrence McNeil
pastor of Zion Baptist Church of Day
ton, Ohio says critical training is idnis
pensable for an able minister but bon
dage to cultural form enervates grea
preaching and great living out ch
which it is derived, ours is a good gos
pel f we have confidence in it, it need
no apology or defense, he further sey3
if the minister is to be a disciple 0
Jesus his message must be above and
beyond the world he represents and
order of life which is not of this world
the day for disciples is here the day,
for the churchmen is gone, the mos
appalling thing has occurred the churcl
can no ionger speak to man of Jesu
Christ its speech is of the world, what a
tremendous charge against the church
and yct to a great extent how true, in-
tellectualism per se dees not save a
soul but Jesus Christ is the way, the
truth and the life and if we ar to have
success we must fcllow in the path of
Him that was the true light which
lighteth every man that cometh inte
the world.
We forget the very foundation
which the church rests, upon this rock
said Christ I build my church and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against
it the gates of hell is supposed to be
a mistranslation, Pulai is the greek
word for gates, the ancicnts believed
that bell was a deep abyss filled with
water and that it overflowed and that
and yet
anything
on
d come
by the way of the cross exercise faith
in the atoning blood of Jesus Chiist
and then the love of God shed abroz
in my heart by the power of the Holy
Ghost which is given unto us and from
then and now like St. Paul I could and
now can say I know whom I haye be
ud
the waters destroyed everything that] lieved.
it came in contact with, the word| Brethren, Christ's way is the only
pagai means water and that the proper] way of success through Christ
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of God it destroys the solemnity of
the senses and not the spirit of man
the senses must cease, human know
ledge must must vanish away but th
spirit is immortal and must exist
through eternity and because of thi
worship) when we appeal too much to
At a meeting of the Bishops’ Council which met in Memphis,
Tennessee, during the week of June 22nd, the Bishops unanimously
ordered that every Sunday School of the Connection use the Sunday
School literature as published by Prof. E. A. Selby, Secretary-Treas-
urer of the Sunday School Union of the Afican Methodist Episcopal
hey missed him and so on. It is a
ather fine feeling, in a way, to be miss-
d. However, I shall be on the joh from
ow on and endeavoring in my humble
Way to point out ways and means by
il just before a general conference t¢
have to say but have gone on doing
anything and everything towards ad
vaneing and enhancing the richness 0
4 heritage worthy of one who earnest:
fact God suffered his son to die on the
cross, that we might be redeemed
through his blood.
We have gone too far afield in out
Church. The department was also ordered to move in with the
Book Concern, in Philadelphia, Pa. This has been done.
All orders for Sunday School literature should be sent to E. A.
ward ceremony and forgotten the rea Selby, 716 South 19th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The Sunday School
son why Richard Allen selecte | supplies are already printed and ready for shipment; we are, there-
Methodism for his people, its sim | fore, asking that you cooperate with us further by sending your orders
Plicity impressed him and kept hin \early, Three weeks before the opening of the quarter will give your
from uniting with the Episcopa ‘ 5 %
les : orders plenty of time to reach us and allow for a reasonable possi-
Church, we put too much of ourselve |... 2 2
into the service through so much cere a ty delay. Many of our schools are already following this
me!
mony instead of Jesus. Christ.
Rev. Hezlep of the Presbyterian We are following this procedure in calling the attention of the
Church says the church has left her} Pastors to the orders of the Bishops. You are the chief Superinten-
aggressive warfare against sin far be | dents of your Sunday Schools, and upon whose shoulders rest the
hind and_we see the inevitabie conse ibiliti € . eee thaverd € the Church. Let
quences all about us the church canno ia sade en OF Caryn ane sandy bn ANE Ft hn
i pull together brethen. In unity there is strength.
eescape its share of responsibility for
the present distressing increase in im Yours for greater and better Sunday Schools,
wa & APG gore E. A. SELBY, Secretary.
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Vhile Dr. Temple, Archbishop ©
York, was receiving names for a cum
mittee on the second day oi the Worlc
Faith and Order Conference in Edin
burg yesterday, Negro Bishop Sher
iaaa Greene, of Arkansas, GS. 50S:
to his feet and said—
“T wish to submit the name oO
Bishop Heard of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Church, (Philadelphia
He ought to be included, though hi
age may be against him. He is beyon¢
90.”
Dr. Temple: “Is he present:” Bish
»p Green: “Yes, he is present.”
The azed bishop who is ulsc apNegre
was then added to the names of com
mittee which is to consider a report
on che future relationship of th
World Faith and Order Movement to
the Life and Work Movement.
There was a gxsp of amazemen
among the £00 delegates present—‘“a
man more than °0 years old among
them!”
Many cast quick glances around th
hall, but nobody seemed ta see th
yeteran churchman.
“Father” of The Conference
Bishop Heard, small, frail, but 5 ft
§ in. tall, sat at the back of the hal
out of sight with his lawyer niece
In This Issue
The Daily Altar—Rev. Carlyle F.
Stewarts wc teaver ee
Sunday School Lesson ......
Editorials :
Flipper To Fountain....... Bor Wass
ao)
“The Christian Herald” ...... 4
Peculiar Ushages of African
Methodism .... 4
Times Have Changed 4
Pointed Points . 4
Churchman Afield . 8
Young People’s Page .... ee 8
Women’s Page—Florence C. Out-
land stray et heats Cee ae
From Other Papers . ew kt)
Transitions ..cis.sersa iy eawcpe 10.
A Voice From Texas—S, G.
GlasMow srivessvcvseveenveecey OM
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GOLDSBORO, N. C.
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The third Quarterly Conference wa
held at St. john A. M. E. Charch July
25, 1927. Rey. A. J. Mattison, pastor
Dr. G. W. Larkin, Presiding Elder.
Devotions were conducted by the
pastor, after which Dr. Larkins took
up the business of the Conference.
All reports being made, Dr. Larkin
complimented the pastor and church
on their splendid work this quarter
New members have been added and
the finance has increased.
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
Sunday evening at 7:30, Dr. Larkin
preached two soul-stirring sermons that
will long be remembered by the good
people of St. John.
Under the able leadership of ou
pastor and Presiding Elder we are go
ing forward in the name of Jehovah.
MRS. MABEL COUNTOURS
CHAIRES, FLA.
The Third Quarterly Conference hel
at St. Paul A. M. E. ‘Church Augns
8, 1937. Devotions were conducted by
the pastor, Rev. G. W. Goins and th
Choir. The Presiding~Rider, Rev. R
B. Sutton, preached two soul-stirring
sermons. All reports were good. Pre
siding Elder Suttom.is doing success
fully on the Talay Distt.
‘PEARL BRYANT
Miss Valeria Caldwell, who goes
everywhere with him They came to
Britian together in the Queen Mary.
He is the “father” of the conferenc:
—but he is not yet beyond 90 years...
Bishop Greene had made a mistake.
The man he had proposed for the com-
mitte is 87.
He attended the last conference, it
1927, at Lausanne.
“I may be beyond 90 when I attend
the next conference,” he told a Scot
tish Daily Express reporter.
Since thee 1927 conference he ha
attended yearly meetings in various
parts of Europe of the continuation
committee of the movement.
Dr. Temple in his presidential ad
dress to the conference siid:
“Let us be careful to remember tha
we are not a society for theological
discussion with no further end in view
We mect 1c consider the grounds of
our disunion and to find a way te
union.
“The ten-year-long discussion sinc
the last conference at Lausanne ha
persuaded me that the main subject of
difference is the nature of the Church
itself and that all our other differences
flow fron) this.
“Ti we are to reach agreement here
ue
OF THE AFRICAN:MET
SS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1927
MARBLESTONE CIRCUIT
ae
The third quarter which was held at
Princes Chapel A. M. E, Church by
ou beloved Elder Dr. B. I.. Sitmpson
morning service was in high. Praye
service conducted by the prayer band
opening hymn, Rey. Garfield Johnson
prayer, Rey. John D. Miles, Scripture
lesson by the pastor, Rey. E. A. Young,
sermon by the Elder Dr. B. L. Simp-
son, found I John
Evening service, Rey A. W. Link
ford from the M. E. Church of th
Marshall District, preached on th
subject, “Heaven.”
Night service, the Elder came be-
fore us again with one of his burning
mesages, subject, “I Have a Made-up
just
feasted from the mountain all day and
night. Monday night the quarterly con-
Mind,’ found Psalm 108. We
ference ntonéy was raised $17.51
® —Snovie Miles
ST. JAMES“& M. E. CHRCH
Cleveland, Ohic
Rev. Joseph Gomez, Minister
Fleven months ago Dr. Gomez re
ecived his commission to take charg
of the pulpit of St. James succeeding
the Rey. D. O. Walker as pastor.
Sunday, August 8th, was a hgh day} ference in
although
at St. James. The edifice,
in the middle .f the vacation nertoc
was crowded with friends and visitor:
evincing the effectiveness of his preach
ing and the popularity of the minis
ter.
The text for the occasion was take
from the first stanza of the 122 Psalm
“I was glad when they said nto me
Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Subject: “Why go to Church.”
First reviewing a portion of Mr.
Links’ book expressing
stituted the Psalmist’s choice as vive
in the 122 Psalm.
The sermon was forceful, Ingica
fervent, convincing, and edifying. Rey
Gomez is one of the Spiritual Dyna-
mes of African Methodism: a connec
tional minister; so recognized by th
general church as is evidenced by th
recent honors conferred upon him, A
the Sesqui-Centennial, Memphis, Tenn
he was a member of the Publicit
committee: he was made the messen-
ger ta preach at the Mid-day sessioi
Wednesday, June 23rd—High
Auditorium.
the committee to cooperate with Th
Sesqui-Commission to celebrate thi
1501 Anniversary of the formation o
the Constitution of the United State
end
which begins Sept. 17, '37
April 30, 1939,
and
He is now facing his fourth quarterly
conference, Aug. 29th, and the Annual
| or, rather if we are to reach truth, we
mut go back to Scripture,”
Conference just a month farther off,
(Continued on page 9)
\THELOFFICIAL 9° 5AN:
TAN OUR BROTHERD-—>
his negation
for church going, the preacher sub
School
Rishop Flipper has re
cently appointed him as a member o
TeTSpoZ HH Sey
CORDE
HODIST-EPISCOPAL CHURCK.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AN OPEN LETTER
To the Bishops and General
Conference Commission :
The Shrine Civie Auditorium of Los
Angeles is where the National baptist
Convention convenes September 8. This
is the place we propose to hold the
1940 General Conference if it is
| brought to Los Angeles, California
This Shrine Auditorium is without
question, finer and more convenient
than any place our General Conference
has ever met.
In addition to discription seen in
the inclosed matter, there is a large,
well furnished parlor where the bishops
meetings may be held and a pri
suite of rooms for each bishop, with
rest room, office and wash
each; a large kitchen and din
and for all
General Departments
room in
room;
rooms committees and
This is the second time in six years
the National Convention has
come te Los Angeeles, and alsc the
six or eight Independent Churches in
the United States have a national co
vention in
Baptist
Los Angeles this y
while some of our leaders are in
ing in the nonsense of “the great ¢
tance”.
I entertained our General. Con-
Louisville, and have gone
from tiie smallest mission to one of
1} ca> larzest Metropolitan churches
| to the Bishopric, and so have no
-| to look for cheap, fleeting glory: and,
too, entertaining
General Conference
is energy-exhausting worry. But our
1| people are coming to California by the
hundreds—-more
thousand are in
than seventy-five
Los Angelels. We
African Methodists have been the pre-
dominating religious influence in our
group out here,
beginning to
race but others are
contest our leadership.
Shall we sit down as in other centers
n| of former predominating influence and
permit other denominaticns to
1| their national meetings West, and
finally take our place of power and in-
fluence?
bring
We are hoping to have the Shrine
Auditorium paid for by local interests
in case the General
brought and all printing
done free. The railroad companies are
Teh
West through which
Conference is
here, local
y| very, very generous
scenery of the
1 | you pass,
as to rates.
is the most beautiful in
America; the climate is ideal—
extremely cold not extremely hot; fin-
est fruits in the world; no damp, y
weather after February—in fact, Los
e| Angeles would be the ideal place for
the 1940 General Conference.
We shall, if the Lord wills, invite
you to Los Angeles with the General
Conference in 1940.
Noah W. Williams
Presiding Bishup
neyer
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