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B'E OF MISSIONS
ffi by the Missionary De-
1 , °* African Methodist
■ Ipisoopal Church, and is issued
■ loathly and semi-monthly at Atlanta,
■feorgia, United States of America,
■fieach 6 °°’ * eW ’ BinBle °°P ieB
Mr*. contain Home and Foreign
|W*” 10D ®ry new ’» and the progress be-
by the African races and
| Hgß descendents throughout the
!M®°P S » reo iding Elders, Pastors
I MMr C^‘eS their wives are agents
I MH» ot her without a certificate from
i
| «B eM > or Missions, Atlan-
I or Bishop H. M. Turner, At-
D ° * treet or number being
I'HMfy- The Voice or Missions
I a circulation in America,
I America and West In-
leaves it without a rival.
i advertising medium in foreign
i nKMf® it has no equal.
flHflß issue will be worth its yearly
1 subscribers not be
i and fairly, write to the
aMI 11. M. TURNER,
Editor and Publisher.
1 EDITORS.
u A Turner, L. L. D.. D. C. L.
■3. Parks, B. D.
IhiMF , ' SKO^IAT ® EDITORS.
H|B A - R^rr > D -
J. A. Handy, D. D.
Bishop B. W. Arnett, D. D., L. L. D.
Bishop W. B. Drrriok, D. D.
Rev. J. 8. Flipper, D. D.
Rev. W. H. Thomas, D. D.
Rev. G. E. Taylor, D. D.
Rev. W. D. D. D.
Rev. Evans Tyree, M. D.
Rev. R. L. Beal, A.\M.
THE TEN-MILE PETITION TO CONGRESS
BFOR SIMMON.
etifion to the United States con
ashing for a hundred million
» to aid those in leaving the
y who have any braids or man
ia now being signed mp, Our
object is to have enough to differ
/ ent sheets of paper, so that when they
are pasted together the scroll will be
ten miles long.
The convention in Birmingham,
Ala., August the 2d, elected us Presi
dent of the movement, but neglected
to provide a secretary, but afterwards
directed us to appoint one. Rev. J. 8.
Flipper, D. D., cheerfully accepts the
position of Secretary, and we have
gladly appointed him, as he is a man
of business methods and punctual al- I
most to a fault. Therefore, in all sec
tions of the country, persons who may
I fill out sheets of paper with a list of
names will mail them to Rev. J. S.
flipper, D. p., Atlanta, Ga. Street
number *not being necessary, as I
Let fill who favor I
Ke movement aimply sign their names I
A sheets of foolscap paper, by writ- I
® their names and residence on ev- I
|mline, and when the paper is filled
< a margin at the top to '
er, papers to, forward the I
above.
II.«M. President. ,
HHHWC GETTING BETTER.
■SmSM'' idently on the moil. and
few 'lays or a f vW weeks,
again. Our paralytic
be t<> Him ■■ :. . i ulcs p,,.
■ ' earth, USS temporarily
Hgmlßtoie. It coni,] ha-.e been
Though coniine I to ( . ur
■HgKH|Hn<ler the care of the phv
hopeful, awl ’xilnwe
Hit (hid lliinsr 1 ’Job
URb—. <ll
HMM v ' ?>
BHHBm V A flit to
:■ I «lh V\ to give
11,11 l ‘ T; '!■ I
1 V s J l “ l b'Hcm ami I
‘ ,holau is a b.f iat<J
1 fnt .re rc.-uonsibil-
111 'let!! ‘ t ’A hl • ■ til. re.
MMMaWiHy acquainted with.J.
will be al | e to te'l the
BQRESI matters competed v-ith
■MMra 'lunch A\ c i ave liea-J I
depart, '' f tweai ■
||HK|H li!> for the lb hopric. |
HHB»HHht never enter, I our
if we did fax, r him
jßh^jgyWwße x 1 Bishops of ti .. A.
he not the equal of
in harness, and is he
of men spoken of? We I
tt Smith Africa because we
that he would go and
■Khewjuld go at once, and one
tM fve know of, Fitzpatrick, if
he pro* 8 T to do a thing, you can re
ly upoib4. He is a man of his word.
He do» D » have a string of red tape
to unT’ wen he tells you he will do
a thini » ien , he * 6 familiar with
the wCW of the General Confer
-1 ence, *■ aB the Annual Confer
lencesDWher words, he is a man
Bof par-* wole-soul child of God.
[KWkRr EASTER DAY.
next issue mueh will be said
issionary Easter Day. Our
L demands are simply fright-
Kbit of territory that we
Jesus and His church
field for those who are
EKjjis, and will be a crown
those who are to be
oH olning a £ es - ket the
MLxu M church not forget
!W th W»»ln ♦’ - -unary
and let them
M, E. Church is
Coining day.
gM|™owp!y, D. !)., whoact
the Voice of Missions
|BBBp->'Jth Carolina Confer
tfded us quite a list of
T‘ I 7®^fr , ith their subscription
fi > lont^B a °d a year. He
about some of the ad-
B ministers. Should the
J
le Korth 1 YNFM traQBf e"ed
u Afri. eorgla Conference to
Elder ° an< * h 0 will be Pre-
I > th© Grand Bassa dis-
||SiBK ®ost notable changes
oho ol B y ßtem is the
compulsory edtica
BBHI O of the forty-five
laws for cotnpul-
and such
probably be adopted
gggll the other states.
“Now Is Your Chance To
Emigrate, and Not to
Africa.” |
The above is the heading of an ad
vertisement which appeared in the
September number of The Voice of
Missions, from which I copy the fol
lowing:
“The Planter's Association of Hawaii is
in correspondence with the Southern Pa
cific company with a view to securing, be
tween fifteen and twenty thousand colored
laborers. Mr. W. R. Fagan, traveling pas
senger agent, with headquarters at No. 10
Kimball House, is in receipt of correspond
ence from the San Francisco office, request
ing him to investigate, and would be glad
to hear from colored people who desire to
go to Hawaii.
“Write to W. R. Fagan, 10 Kimball House,
Atlanta, Ga.’’
Undoubtedly the editor permits ,
this advertisement to be inserted in
nis paper without understanding its
true nature. We cannot wonder that
he prefers almost any country to one
where mob law rules> where American
citizens are publicly burned at the
stake and innocent men are liable at
any moment to be tortured and killed.
If one thinks for a moment of taking
advantage of the offer and emigrating
to this “healthy, pleasaut and fertile
region,” let him read the following
extracts from a letter which appeared
in TheGalveston,(Texas,) News. It was
written August 25, 1837, by The News’
special correspondent in Hawaii, Alvin
11. Hawkins, who died immediately
after. Let every “colored laborer”
who reads it regard it as a warning
from the grave:
NEGROES IN HAWAII.
THE CONTRACTS EQUIVALENT TO SLAVERY.
‘ The handful of rich whites, backed by
the American minister, is the government.
The Hawailans, with all the facts on their
side, assert that the government was torn
from them bytheaction of Minister Stevens.
The movement that culminated through the
treachery of the American minister in the
independence of the government was not to
change the form of government from a
kingdom to a republic, but to deprive the
natives of their lands without compensa
tion. This is history, disguise it as we may.
“The papers here have devoted column
after column to the Negro question, and
| have filled their sheets daily with interviews
as to the advisability of replacing Chinese
and Japanese contract laborers with Negroes
from the south. The burden of their cry Is
that the Negro is an ideal race to perform
contract labor, and candidly say that his
schooling as a southern slave pre-eminently
fits him for the life here; that he only knows
how to work from sunup to sundown, and
so could do the work of three Celestials and
they are satisfied with corn bread and ba
con, so they would be inexpensive to keep.
This has continued from day to day until
the people have become enthused upon the
subject and contracts have been made for
their importation. Their plan is to got into
the thick belts of the southern states and
make contracts with families. But what
loos the singing of one of these contracts
mean? A ease has been adjudicated by the
Hawaiian supreme court bearing on the
juestion of volunteer slavery. The board
)f immigration of the Hawaiian Island had
■ontracted employment to a laborer of a for
ign country, and after his landing assigned
liin to a corporation. The laborer had
worked for the corporation some two years
and then appealed to the supreme court on
the grounds that ho was unwilling to work
for the corporation and that his slavery and
involuntary servitude are forbidden by the
Constitution
Then follows a description of the
case from which we learn that the la
borer 8 appeal was in vain and this un
fortunate victim of man’s avarice was
compelled to remain in slavery.
The correspondent of The News
adds:
bo it might as well be understood by Ne
groes desirous of coming here under con
tract that all the police power of the Hawai
ian government can and will be employed,
If necessary, to carry out the bond. Slavery
existed in the south for life, but slavery ex
ists here for a term of years under the ap
pellation of contract labor. In the south
the master owned his slaves for life and
therefore it was to his advantage to treat
them well; but here owning them for but
a term of years, that might not be expected.
The remarkable feature of this slav
ery is that nearly all the Americans here are
from north of Mason and Dixon’s line.
Clarissa Olds-Keeler.
122 Tenth St., 8. E.. Washington, D. C.
September 9, 1899,
a LETTER FROM REV. SINAMELA, P. E.
Kroonstadt, 6th Nov. 1899.
His Grace H. M. Turner, D. D„ D.
Att E. Church,
n '■ r'’ tA ’’ ® a America:
... E ?’ A1 ’ e R in God—Having this
liberty of ac.„. inlj wih ..
cumstauces co. cerni „ g o „ r chn
p“ rk q.'*? Bro T‘.' enormously in the
tree States and is j, nnrin „ .7
for the future, both : n BC I
meetings and prayer meetings * w
have the whole week’s ™ nr i? ..
church: Mondays, wom” k “ the
meetings; Tuesdays, on tri.
Wednesdays, on full members ,i’ ’
Wednesday night, for men Md S
choir practice. I should have wrJ
to your honor before this, but ow®,
to the war now raging in South Africt
I failed, having now found an oppor
tunity of sending you this letter.
A Special Joined Conference, where
we did not go, of both Transvaal An
nual Conference and South African
Conference, held at Queenstown, pre
sided over by Rev. J. M. Dwane, Mis
sionary Bishop. We did not attend'
where Brother Xaba was and that Re™
fat^l' blow”’ ‘ 1 “! g ' Ve “ ° or chnrch «
‘sm"imT” 7 repre
or inclose in this leUe“
me A S r B:: m J Re I J^ i “!»™iog |
H g NgcX?.”?’ a ',"° * "’° e K ”“
thia k g r y nd a few others: 80 if
to be mixed with the Coiontai K?m
“or their manners ,nd habits.
rX-
what that respectable man and
Christian. Mr. F. Oow said.Xt'X
church, in the whole, required better
representation. He and I agree
Now I must say this, I want' your
honor to send me my E
ld?*B n er j fiC T t v’ which Va B - d « not
as I™ d ° 1 eOf ever Kotting it,
« t{ eqUlred f .° have “J docul
farms. * m ® whilst traveling dn
‘»npTlant^® lla Bni X Bajß men aro
itrv.nl. S women rs household I
'The Christian and ffeathei World
Oi Beading Knees.
♦
January 15, 1900.
Lord Bishop Henry M. Turner, D.
D., LL. D.,D. C. L. ,the Martin Luther
the Twentieth century, the modern
reformer, African explorer, the Pri
mate of his church, greatest hero of
the age,the philosopher And historian,
the acknowledged leader of the Ne
gro race,the champion of religions and
civil rights, Et-Dipiomat of the Li
berian government, one of the fore
most Prohibitionists of this country,
the most famous silver-tongued orator
of this mighty nation, the popular
church dignitary among his race of to
day, one of the best parliamentarians
among our race, a right thinker, jour
nalist and scholar, linguist and logician
has been prostrated or prehensied by
some post-m-ridian disease* The
Roamer came upon him December 15,
1899, in Savannah, (la., while holding
the thirty-secon HesSiou of the Geor
gia Aunttai Conference. He fell among
his friends and comrades; his God was
nigh; partial prostration to his antag
onist; sent a rendering concussion
over the cables and telegraphic wires
to the civilized and half civilized
world, saying Bishop H, M. Turner,
the giant Cedar of Lebanon, the
chieftain of the race of the A. M. E.
Church has been stung by a Henti
plegy; his tenement of clay tremb
lingly gives away. When I heard it my
heart fluttered with a tremor, pulsa
tion ran through my thews beyond
human control, whimsical feelings
quelled my frame; my puisance
strength failed; my hydraulic engine
was moved to sensation; 1 readily be
came a querist, what will the end be?
Next, O God, save Bishop Turner;
spare him; .restore him; give him
strength and health.
I thought nothing of eloquence of
speech, but earnestness from the seat
of the heart up to the throne of Jeho
vah. While this great hero of many
battles was slumbering on his bed in
Savannah, we heard, as it were, Jesus
speaking from on high, saying:
Behind the ditn unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.
Providence bad to do what tongue
and pen had failed to do—that is, to
get this venerable church functionary
to rest. Now*, I say rest, but could he
rest with the weight of this mammoth
church and with all its volumes
of business? The burden of this
wicked nation’s sins and malicious
malfeasance, the injustice that’s be
ing dealt to his race, and the male
diction of his foes upon the
other hand. Eleven giant Annual
Conferences upon him; the unrighte
ous and sudden revolt of our church
in South Africa; the Missionary De
partment and its commanding compu
tations rushing in on his brains; all
the Negro empires writing to him
asking him to please bring the African
M. E. Church to them; hundreds of
letters pouring into his studio weekly,
The Voice of Missions, the leading
Negro paper now before the reading
world, which is being read by seven
Kings and other dignitaries too
numerous to mention with an
enormous amount of cargo fly
ing with the rapidity of light
ning from around the globe. I
think it is enough to run ordinarv
minds distracted. Dear Father in God
you have the sympathies of the entire
state of Alabama, the Central Confer
ence, and also the Camden District,
Salem A. M. E. Church, my charge.
May you see the light of the recon
ciled countenance of the Son of God
in full effulgence shining upon your
pathway as you roam through life.
Sir Haus Sache called Martin Lu
ther, the nightingale of Wittenberg,
who lures the listening sheep fallen
among ravening beasts of prey to a
lovely, flowery meadow, where grass
is green and waters are still. Long
may our Luther Bishop Turner live.
Listen, Bishop, to Wallentein’s
words of condolence— ,
Turn not thine eyes upon the backward
way—
Let us look forward into the sunny days
Welcome with joyous heart the victory.
Forget what it has cost thee, not of today.
This prayer will forever go up for
you, dear Bishop, while you pray
yourself—
Cast me not off in the time of old age;
Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Now, also, when I am old and gray
beaded, O, God, forsake me not until
I have showed Thy strength unto this
generation, and Thy power to every
one that is to come. (Psalms Ixxi
9-18.) ‘ ’
There is seemingly no man living
that can compete with you. The Ala
bama minute men will never forget
you, time-honored sir—will take you
four more years if we cau get you. Med
itate upon God’s word is the language
of St. Teresa to His Grace, Bishop
Palafox,and Bishop Osma. St. Bernard
wrote to his Pope Eugenius, through
thy multitude of affairs,meditate; may
the fire of divine grace burn in your
heart; look to Jesus, your Savior;
stay on your knees—He will give you
strength. Respectfully yours,
Rev. J. H. McGehee, Pastor.
Allenton Station.
Variety Is the Salt of Nature.
The presentation of autograph cop
ies of “The Battle Hymn of the Re
public” and “America,” which Presi
dent Thirkield had secured from the
authors, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and
s oi‘ ’ S lU **h, was a notable feature
■ ber e f° rma * opening day on Novem
inarV*’ at Gammon Theological Sem
with n TheBe ’ handsomely framed,
valuable o^? llB ° f the a ’ithors,!form
♦ has also a ddlt ? onB to fcbe library, which
b { Whittier
,r n,iy be °°
the formal presenV* 3 m f anifested
of Bishop Hartzell? 0 * ° f * P° rtralt
Stewart Missionary ? f
Africa by Dr. f ° r
The seminary is bound L cre.tary
the Bishop’s work, as thr A"! 5°
nates have been called £
leadership in the educations °
ligious work in Liberia. u re *
The seminary opened the t week
in October with a thoughtful ai dre , a
by Dr. J. W. E. Bowen. There <,
increase in advanced students andtJ*
largest class in the history of £!
school will graduate next May. Th
ormal opening day address was de
of V th« d th ,® ReV - Eli j ah H * OHver ,
of the class of ’95. He has a fresh and
N g ° r m" treatment of the theme, “The
stron ? Bter ’ His ” His
high moraHife ? r S! r intel,^ence ai » d
temperance refn^^ 6 miQlBtr y aud for
hearty aonl f ?’ ere received with
•Id b,. Cr P „ e “a e AT r ?.| i<i t u ‘ I , Mel<i, t“
!j. Secret,rj j jf_ CI * rk U nl Y.r»(-
*■«. Ahtou, Baa&ggskai* l !.
REAL AND FORMAL DEVOTION.
Those subjects immediately connect
ed with our spiritual and eternal in
terests and welfare seldom excite that
serious and thoughtful attention their
momentous importance demand. This
may be accounted for, in part, by out
depraved tendencies inclining Us to
give the time and attention dtte them
to matters of less moment. The sub
sequent consideration of the two
phases of religious devotion, indicated
in the subject of this crude paper, will
serve as an explicit and satisfactory
illustration of our home-spun ideas
upon religious devotion, Thete ate so
many mistaken and erroneous ideas
entertained and practically expressed
on religious devotion, that we regard
it a self-imposed duty to call attention
to the most noticeable and prominent.
If the humble discharge of this con
ceived obligation exposes Us to severe
Criticism, we will accept it as a reward
for exciting attention, if nothing more.
DEVOTION APPLIED.
Religious devotion, as applied to
mauy piofessing Christians or today,
will readily admit of terms other than
those employed to describe its mani
fest fervency and spirituality. It is an
obvious and lamentable fact, that a
large proportion of our church
membership has a vague and
foreign idea of religious devo
tion. This class of professors
is irregular in attendance upon divine
service, spasmodic in giving, cold and
formal in worship and inattentive to
the preaching of God’s word. The
warmth of their interest in the benev
olent enterprises and spiritual devel
opment of the church will not exceed
that of a January day in the polar re
gion. They never perspire from lib
eral fever or religious exertion. There
is another class that exceeds the for
mer in magnitude, because it is com
posed of the ins and the outs of the
church, whose attendance, apparent
interest and liberality result from re
ligious curiosity, or a love of parade
and display. These religious defects
are apparent and prominent in the life
and deportment of some, from whom
we expect their pleasing opposites.
These formal worshippers may pos
sess many commendable characteris
tics, but these, however excellent,
cannot supplement tlieir deficiency in
religious devotion. Religious formal
ity, regardless of the phase it assumes,
cannot produce spiritual growth or
fruit. A cold and restrained partici
pation in the ordinances of divine
worship, is aimless, lifeless and un
profitable. Religious vanity and for
mality are waging a secret and inces
sant war upon Christian piety and
spirituality. Their virulent effects
upon the latter will ere long appear in
their most hideous form, to the aston
ishment, consternation and embarrass
ment of the church of God.
Is there any escape from this fore
shadowed danger to vital Christianity
and the church? Yes.
BY A DEVOTIONAL SPIRIT AND HABIT.
The devotional habit is the legiti
mate fruit of the devotional spirit.
The formation of the devotional habit
is contingent upon the forceful char
acter of the devotional spirit. This
devotional spirit is the direct effect of
an abiding conviction that it is a vital
and essential part of spiritual life.
The divine origin of this spirit ac
counts for its quickening and produc
ing force.
The former quality of this spirit' is
beautifully expressed by the Psamist,
(cxix): “I will run the way of thy
commandments, when thou shalt en
large my heart.” It inspires devout
worshippers to welcome with gladness
the returning season of worship and
an invitation to go to the sanctuary as
indicated in the affirmation of David,
I was glad when they said unto me,
let us go into the house of the Lord.”
It produces love not only for the
house, but also for the spot upon
which it stands. ‘‘Lord, I have loved
the habitation of Thy house and the
place where Thine honor dwelleth.”
David expresses in this declaration
the culminating result of the devo
i tional spirit and habit, in its genuine,
pure and simple form. He manifests
his ardent love for God, His
house, its habitation, its ordinances,
honored by His abiding presence, by
acts of worship, worthy of imitation and
commendation. Where the devotional
spirit and habits do notexist there is no
act of worship manifesting an ardent,
active love for God, His house or peo
ple. That generous, neighborly sen
timent, characterizing true worship
pers, is free from selfishness and nar
rowness in any form, but prompts the
possessor to invite his or her neigh
bor to share in the pleasures,happiness
and instruction enjoyed in the sanctu
ry. The Prophet Isaiah, (ii, 3.)
predicts Hie triumphs of the gospel,
and recognition of the church as
the source of religious truth, worship,
and the true centre of religious in
fluence and reformation. “And many
people shall say, come ye and let us go
up to the mountain of the Lord, to the
house of the God of Jacob; and he will
teach us of His ways and we will walk
in His paths, for out of Zion shall go
forth the law and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem.” God has promised
all those who visit His house and
worship Him, to acquaint them with
His will and the doctrine of true re
ligion. We have no encouraging
assurance of obtaining this predicted
instruction and edification outside the
house of the Lord. Hence, the imper
ative necessity of the devotional
spirit and habit for the purposes
and benefits indicated in the soul
inspiring prophecy of Isaiah. Then
will the mind be purified, under
standing opened, the heart enlarged
with love, the affections elevated and
the body become a consecrated temple
for the living God. Only in this state
can people worship God in spirit and
in truth. Only in this condition can
they be elevated above the chilly
region of formality. Only then are
they prepared to stand upon the holy
hill of Zion. Only then can they hold
undisturbed communion with God
and “with joy draw water out of the
wells of salvation.” Then like Jacob
we can exclaim: “How dreadful is
this place! This is none other but the
house of God, and this is the gate of
heaven. Amen. I, H. Welch.
A Letter From Rev. Mokone.
3 Ashley Street, Cape Town,
, South Africa, Dec. 1899.
Dear \ oice of Missions:
1 ha\e the honor of informing vou
that the Hon. C. A. Bideout arrived
bf»e with his wife and daughter. Thev
seem very, very happy to be in their
forefathers’ land. Last Sunday, the.
3d of December, was their firsPume
to hear an preacher in the Af
rican language and they seemed to
PiP, mucb ' Judge Bideout
shores. I believe that the whole of
Africa will receive him. Of course,
you know Africa is the place of hospi*
tality for any man, before they were
injured by white men, or other na
tion!!. We wish you to do your work
to let such men as Hon. Hideout come
out here; The men of the race, the
men of education, the men of‘sense,
the men of means, and not beggars.
We Want srtch women as Mrs.
Rideout, with their bright education
and intellectual ideas. We want such
women, whose hearts are in Africa for
enlightening our dear native land.
Why, if the half of Ottr American Ne
groes Were such as our dear sister,
Alts. Rideottt, there would be no fear
of failing at all. Praise God! such
a man as Rideout in our shores. He
is the first man of this kind in these
parts of South Africa, We never saw
a b’ack Judge in our lives, only Judge
Rideout, We never saw a black Hon
orable,only Judge Rideout, We never
saw any black Advocate, only Judge
Rideout. We never saw a black mem
ber of Parliament, orily HdU. RideoUf,
who is Hon. C. A. Hideout, M. P.
Well, Well! Heavens above! We are
now waiting for M. D., M. A., B. A.,
L. L. 8., B. 8. C., V. S. We want
a man who will be useful
to us here in Africa and useful
for himself. We want a man of
some qualifications, one who will
stand fur the prejudice, one who will
fight for the equal rights for the race
on the face of the globe. 'The men of
honorary M. D. and M. A. won’t
do much here. We want the men who
passed their degrees who can face an
opposer with great power; we want
the engineers. Don’t wait till Bishop
Turner sends you, but ask the recom
mendations from him and other au
thorities; come on your own expenses,
come for your own risk, come for
Christ’s sake. Our prayer is, God
bless our dear Brother C. A. Rideout
and family; give them the spirits of
Nehemiah, Ezra and Daniel; God
bless them, increase their love for
their race, give them wisdom to work
for the glory of Africa, and the glory
of Hamites in all. O! Lord,
give the strength to our dear
ly beloved Bishop Turner, who has
for many years been struggling for
Africa. O! Lord, our God, inspire its
House of Bishops and General Confer
ence to take a better step, and force
them to come and send men of right
spirit to Africa to work and die here
in the land of their forefathers.
O! Thou that in heavens above hear
our prayer, hasten the days, the times,
the hours and minutes. Where is Dr.
H. B. Parks? God, choose him for
Africa. Then, if it would be so, ev
erything is settled. We don’t want a
white Bishop, but a dark one—a dark
one whom Africans will trust more and
more.
God bless Bishop Turner and the
rest of the Bishops and general officers,
and God bless Hon. C. A. Rideout.
M. M. Mokone.
Panegyric of Rev. Charles L
Bradwell.
Since 1864, the subject of this
sketch has played no mean part in the
A. M. E. Church. If the Rev. Janies
Lynch were living he would testify to
the truthfulness of the assertion. At
this time Rev. Bradwell was Pastor of
a colored Methodist Church under the
M. E. Church, South. The circum
stances under which he became Pas
tor are rather romantic as well as his
torical. In those early days white
Pastors had charge of all Negro con
gregations. The white brother in
charge of this particular congre
gation had been granted a leave of
absence, during which time the Fed
eral troops came into Savannah. It
being impossible for this white broth
er of the cloth to return, Rev. Mr.
Bradwell carried his congregation and
church into the African M. E. connec
tion and thus began his life work as a
disciple of the immortal Richard Allen.
Hemet Bishop Payne in 1865 at a
conference in Charleston, 8. C., at
which he was the only candidate for
itinerancy. He received his first ap
pointment at this conference from
Bishop Payne, who placed him at
Edisto, South Carolina. He re-
mained for two years, attending to
his ministerial duties. He also acted
as agent for the Freedman Bureau of
the Federal government. This posi
tion helped him greatly in a financial
way. This first appointment, Edisto,
there is said to have been but few
members, during his pastorate more
than » thousand communicants were
added to the church. His next ap
pointment was at Augusta, Ga., where
he served two years both as Pastor
and Presiding Elder, the district being
a very large one and many new
churches were erected.
Columbus, Ga., was his third ap
pointment. The two years he served
were full of hard work; 800 members
were added to the church, and with
the assistance of Rev. John G. Mitch
ell, another church was organized in
that city.
His fourth appointment was at
Americus, where great good was ac
complished and two hundred members
taken in.
Bethel church, Atlanta, Ga., was
his next appointment, where he re
mained one year as Pastor, and the
following year was appointed
Presiding Elder over the Atlanta dis
trict, but, on account of the serious
illness of his family, which resulted
in the death of his wife, he was com
pelled to resign. He was then return
ed to Americus for a second term,
where he served one year. Thomasville’
Ga., was his next appointment, where
he remained for one and a half years.
This brings us up to the General Con
ference of 1876. At this conference
he was elected traveling agent of the
publication department. In this ca
pacity he traveled for four years and
sold thousands of dollars worth of
books and increased the circulation of
The Christian Recorder to 10,000
copies. At the close of this quad
rennium he was appointed Presiding
E der of the Savannah (Ga.) district,
rhe following year he transferred
to the North Georgia Conference on
account of the affliction of his fami
ly, and was stationed at Madison, re
maining three years. During this time
he erected a very fine brick church.
In 1884 he was appointed over the Ma
rietta district as Presiding Elder, re
maining four years. St. Paul, At
lanta, Ga., was his next charge.
While here he bought a lot and
built a very nice eight-room parson
age. Rev. Dr. M. E. Bryant died
about this time, and the house of
bishops appointed Rev. Mr. Bradwell
editor of the S.Christian Recorder. For
two years he filled the editor’s chair,
B the end of which time he was made
Voiding Elder of the Columbus d\-
/ML in the Macon Conference. Aftejl
sdrjßng f° r one year he received an an
p.jiflfment over the Forsyth distrifl
I over the Atlanta district, which posi-
I tion he now fills. The trustee board
lof Morris Brown College conferred
I the honorary degree of Doctor of
I Divinity upon Rev. Mr. Bradwell
I May of 1890. He is a life trustee of
I the same institution, a member of the
I financial board of the A. M. E.
Church. During Bishop Turner’s
I last visit to Africa Mr. Bradwell was
appointed arch-elder of Georgia to
look after the interest of the church
in this state. Dr. Bradwell is a
member of some of the most important
committees and conventions in the
state. He was president of the
Atlanta ministers’ meeting during the
year ’99. He has been one of the
most prominent characters in this sec
tion of the church during Bishop Tur
ner’s administration. Dr. Bradwell is
rightly regarded as one of the fathers I
|of the church, since he has been one
lof her chief promoters in the south.
His very modest and unassuming man
ner and the dignified and reserved
manner in which he carries himself,
say his friends, have prevented him
from entering the scramble which ap
pears to be necessary in promoting men
to higher oflices. We predict for him,
should Providence not decree other-1
wise, promotion at the next General
Conference, May 1900, Columbus, I
Ohio. We have given this resume of
his church work that his worth may
standout in bold relief. Whatever
may be said of this Christian gentle
man, he has the confidence of his I
brethrfeh. "Cato.”
ffomafl’s Home and Foreign Mite
Missionary Society.
Clinton, S. C.
Dear Editor—For the first time in
the historj of the church at this place,
the women beg to be allowed to speak
through your valuable paper to the va
rious sister societies in the Mission
fields. We owe our gratitude to God
through the instrumentality of Miss
Emma Carter (the bright star of Lou
isiana) for having organized and in
structed the women here, how they
might spread their joys abroad. Miss
Carter well deserves praise. We were
organized July 7th, ’99, with Mrs. Car
rie Leake, president; Hattie Martin,
first vice president, and Mrs. Dollie
Foster, second vice president; Mrs.
Fannie Wright, treasurer. Mrs. Har
riet Dendy, Francis Hunter and Re
becca Leake compose the sick commit
tee; Miss Ella Williams, permanent
secretary, and the writer, correspond
ing secretary. Since the organization
twenty (20) members have been added
to the roll. Glad to state that we were
able to send the very small amount of
three ($3) dollars to the Annual Con
ference w’hich is now in session in Co
lumbia, S. C. Hope to be more able
next time.
Death. —Sorry to chronicle the death
of Janie Ella Hunter, daughter of the
above named Francis Hnnter. Having)
spent her short life of 15 or 1(5 years
around the S. S. Board, she was called
from labor to reward Nov. 22d, ’99.
The Daughters of Ruth will miss her
at the door to deliver their password,
a Sunday school chorister’s voice is
hushed in our midst, and a young but
faithful little Sunday school teacher is
absent forever. Oh! Janie Ella, we
miss you everywhere. But thou wort
fashioned for a more blissful clime.
There! Dear Editor. My hands up.
I’ve certainly trespassed in such a
lengthy letter. Please pardon for this
once. Should this letter be success
ful in passing the waste-basket to the
Mission fields, we pray that all the
Missionary workers may be strength
ened by the voices of many in one
strong chord, that we are alive to duty.
I wish to establish or introduce your
paper to the entire membership, but
most especially to the officers of this
society. Therefore I beg at least two
copies of your next issue.
The world for Jesus.
Yours for the great and glorious
cause of Missions,
Mart J. Dillard,
Corres. Sec’y.
Allen Temple Burned.
Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 15th, 1900.
I Bishop H. M. Turner:
My Dear Bishop—We were pained
to learn of your illness, and pray for
your speedy recovery. At this time
more than ever before we need your
courage, counsel and help. I pray
(rod you may be spared to pilot us
tl-rough the “meshes,” at least, of the
next General Conference. For, to tell
I the truth, 1 tremble for our church
when I note the unexampled scramble
of unholy and ambitious men for place
I and power. Bishop, there has never
been anything like it. Some of my
friends have fallen out with me be
cause I would not join in the “raid”
upon the Annual Conferences and
“log-roll” the delegates. No, I will
take my chances, stay at home and
[ pastor my church. My brethren know
of my long years of service, and if
God wants me, He knows where I am.
So long as I am true to my calling
God will give me something to do,
and I shall be content. Pardon me; I
did not start out to say anything of
myself. Wife wanted that I should
send you $5 on account, and ask that
you send only 20 copies of The Voice
till further orders. I suppose you
have heard that the “Temple”’ is
burned. We shall repair, at once.
Covered by insurance.
Obediently yours,
J. M. Townsend.
Tuskegee /Motes.
Among Tuskegee’s visiting friends
this week were Dr. J. L. M. Curry
secretary of the John F. Slater fund
and member of the board of trustees;
H * Baldwin « Jr., president
of the Long Island Railway; Dr. H.
B. Frisell, principal of the Hampton
Institute; Mr. Robert C. Ogden, mem
ber of the firm of John Wanamaker,
New York, and president of the Hamp
ton board of trustees, and many oth
ers. They were present at the formal
opening of the Slater-Armstrong Mem
oria’.tr.ades building, which took place
on Wednesday, Jan. 10th. All spoke
in very warm terms of the school.
The first meeting of the year, of the
board of trustees, was held here on
Jan. 10th and Uth. With one or two
exceptions there was a full board and
the meeting was entirely satisfactory.
At the dedication of the trades
building, which took place on Wed
nesday of this we4> "^ O f the trus
tees informed- -* V. „ J;
friend o'
tjiousanj W™ fiv , e
wojjk
EQUAL RIGHTS.
Waycboss, Ga., Dec. 15th, 1899.
Bishop H. M. Turner :
If the declaration of the Democratic
press and politicians, as well as some
utterances from Republican sources
be a reflex of public sentiment of the
white people of the nation, then the
future of the colored inau, in America,
is indeed gloomy. In several of the
states, laws have been enacted, in the
recent past, by which large numbers
of our colored citizens are proscribed
and disfranchised. In several locali
ties he has been driven from his work
and from his home, by armed men;
and many innocent colored people
killed and their spirit of proscription
against our colored population is grow
ing deeper and more bitter, and will
bring widespread disaster to the coun
try unless good men of all parties shall
counsel together and devise some
means to establish better conditions.
The idea seems to be crystalizing
that the colored man shall have no
place in political preferment. He may
be ever so good a man and citizen—
ever so well qualified, yet he shall
have no place, either in civil or mili
tary departments of the government.
He is called upon to work roads and
fight for our common flag, pays taxes
to help support our common govern
ment and he worships at our same
Christian altars in prayer to the same
God; and tries to discharge the duties
of a good citizen, under hard condi
tions, and by reason of color is to
have no part in the distribution of
places. This is a cold hand position
to take by the Democratic press
politicians; but this sentiment is grow
ing, and is a menace to peace of the
country. I antagonize this view; we
cannot strike down the rights of ten
millions of fellow citizens without in
calculable injury to millions of others.
Strike down one class because of color,
and you will soon see another class
stricken down because it is poor, and
in the near future—we will have the
rule of the classes against the masses.
Then discontent, revolution, anarchy.
“Then the empire.”
Any class of our citizens that are
denied equal rights with others will
not love the government that enacts
discriminating laws, and will grow to
be a dangerous and disturbing element
in our body politic.
Let us give all classes of our fellow
citizens the same rights and protection
under a common flag to which we all
give allegiance.
The battle of freedom is not yet
won; we must rekindle the tires of
liberty; we must again gather around
our altars and reconsecrate our lives
in the fight for human rights.
I appeal to good men of all parties
to counsel together and, if possible,
adjust differences, to the end that jus
tice shall be done. We should give
all classes of our fellow citizens recog
nition to place commensurable with
their numbers and qualifications. I
urge this as an ex-Confederate, a
southern man and a native Georgian.
Yours truly,
Z. B. Hargrove.
As General Conference Delegates Are
Elected, Some One Report Their
Names and Addresses To
The Voice of Missions.
The following are delegates now
elected:
PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.
Rev. L. J. Coppin, D.D., 754 S. 12th
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rev. N. D. Temple, D.D., 631 Pine
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rev. O. D. Robinson, P. E., Wil min pr
ton, Del.
Rev. J. P. Sampson, D. D., 1833 S.
Carlisle street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rev. D. P. Roberts, D. D., 653 N.
16th street, Philadelphia, Pa.
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.
Rev. John Hurst, D.D., 114 E. Cen
ter street, Baltimore, Md.
Rev. J. H. Collett, P. E., 1365 Cal
houn street, Baltimore, Md.
Rev. D. G. Hill, Petersville, Md.
Rev. G. W. Nicholson, B. D,, 331
W. Henrietta street, Baltimore, Md.
Rev. J. A. Johnson, D. D., 1444 Q
street, Washington, D. C.
NEW YORK CONFERENCE.
Rev. W. D. Cook, D.D., Bethel
Church, W. Twenty-fifth street, New
York City.
Rev. John M. Henderson, D. D.,
323 Jamaica avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y*
VIRGINIA CONFERENOE.
Rev. A. L. Gaines, D. D., Por
mouth, Va.
Rev. D. J. Seaton, D. D., Norfolk
Va. ’
Rev. E. H. Bolden, A. M., Ports
mouth, Va.
Rev. John E. Cook, Hampton, Va.
Rev. J, L. Butts, Berkley, Va.
NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE.
Rev. W. H. Thomas, D. D., Charles
Street A. M. E. church, Boston, Mass
Rev. Daniel M. Brown, Newport,
R ;. L tf
C. R. King, M. D., Specialist.
Will cure all female complaints.
Will cure all piles or hemorrhoids,
Will cure all lost vital energy in
men.
Will cure all rheumatism.
Will cure all catarrh.
Will cure all neuralgias.
Will cure all headaches.
Will cure all dyspepsia.
Will cure all constipation.
Will cure all liver, kidney and blad
der troubles.
Patients successfully treated by
mail in every part of the United
States.
Write for terms and particulars, en
closing self-directed, stamped en
velope. Address, Dr. C. R. King,
253 E. Hunter street, Atlanta, Ga.
I refer by permission to Bishop H.
M. Turner. tf
One of the Best Colleges in Georgia.
The Georgia State Industrial Col
lege has just closed one of the most
successful year’s work in its history.
It has now sixteen (16) teachers and
is prepared to give any one of eight
different trades to boys, besides a
thorough business course in bookkeep
ing, typewriting and stenography. It
has also two industrial courses for
girls; plain and fancy sewing, and
cooking. Girls will also be permitted
to take bookkeeping, typewriting and
stenography. The literary courses,
normal and collegiate, are open to all
students. Board will be only $5 per
month. Tuition is free to all. There is
now no place in the state where so much
in the line of industrial and higher edu
cation can be obtained at so small a
pi ice. It is admitted on all sides that
the training given at the Georgia
State Industrial College is equal to
that given by any other institution in
Hie state. School opens October Hh.
who wish to enter are
OUR
rhe Greatest Staple in (A,,VgH|
ket Heetnn Deatlned
Minnesota is our last
of white pine lumber, an
will be exhausted within
years if the present rate 0 <
tion continues. The
in our lumber market
to disappear. Maine, o nc 7,J e! ®
pine State, ceased long 4(r ‘ te ’M
source of supply. Th/J 0 W
pineries were nearly ejk l lc ' a ®
years ago, and the lumbA^A’J
consin say they expect to
white pine in that State tbi.
the Chippewa River. *
The disappearance of V 1 , I
industry will be a nati ua ,P e
tune. Only a few year s^ 64,l
were eighty large saw-mill. 1 ? 0 *?<
du Lac, Eau Claire a ud J” p »
Wisconsin towns, but now
disappeared, and the
worked in connection with th & - *'
had to change their bu B i ae “ eia
employment in other lu m L Ot . ! ‘
More than 15,000 men w
white pine in Minnesota tIA
and their wages amount to J *' at<
$450,000 a month. About
are employed in the Jai.i®
Minneapolis, and over w
the State make their living nn A. ea
lumber industry. They k So 11
a few years more they murtAi ‘
wotk, and many talk
lowing their present rap|,,;„” »
Pacific coast, where some of th
acquiring large interests i 3th J 4
lands of Washington, OrAon f
California. Thus an a riav . &n
men will have crossed the com
laying low the greatest pinerieslrJ
country. 10
Thus far it has not paid p ..
coast lumbermen to send much
their product East, so their sA 1°
has been sent to foreign markets r
when we begin to draw more !ar ,
upon the Southern pines and North '
spruce and hemlock it will certainh
be profitable to send Pacific lumbJ
to the Eastern markets.
There is for us no serious pro9p )
of a lumber famine. The
States will continue to beat the world
in the variety, excellence and abA
dance of its timber available f or , aw
ing. But we shall use a good deal d
soft lumber not so desirable a 1 white
pine.
This country should begin in truest
the study of methods of husbanding
and cultivating our timber, so thatwe
nay always have an abundance.
Lumber is wealth and it is comfort.-
New York Sun.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Every rightful occupation has itt
just compensation to the industrious
worker in the shape of well-earned
money; it has also its own peculiar
service of welfare to the community
but beyond both these it exerts a re
active influence for good upon the life
and character of every faithful toiler.
It has the power of developing every
faculty of the mind, every fine moral
quality.
The basest thought possible con
cerning man is that he has no spiritual
nature; and the most foolish under
standing of him possible is that he
has or should have no animal nature.
For his nature is nobly animal, nobly
spiritual—coherently and irrevocably
so; neither part of it may, except at
his peril, expel, despise or defy the
other.
No true artist ever yet worked for
ambition. He does the thing which
is in him to do by a force far stronger
than himself. The first fruits of a
man’s genius are always pure of
greed.
Be not diverted from duty by any
idle reflections the silly world may
make on you; for their censures are
not in your power and consequently
should be no part of your concern.
Talk about “looking for opportuni
ties of doing good 1” We may as well
walk about looking for firewoodin a
forest or water during a flood. The
world is full of such opportunities.
The mind requires not, like an
earthen vessel, to be kept full; con
venient food and aliment only will in
flame it with a desire of knowledge
and an ardent love of truth.
No human life would be possible il
there were not forces in and around
man v perpetually tending to repair the
wounds' and breaches that he himself
makes.
A happy marriage depends awfa
more on a good, loving, patient
acter, than all the
time, place and money combined. B
Think of the ills from which
are exempt, and it will aid you to
bear patiently those which you may
now suffer.
Be content with doing with calmness
the little which depends upon your
self, and let all else be to you as if it
were not.
Life without liberty is joyless; but
life without joy may be great. The
greatness of life is sacrifice.
The rage after desires unattainable
is increased by the difficulty.
Judgment and decision are man J
great wheels of fortune.
Oar First Folding-Bed.
“No invention of modern tirn#” 1 -
filled the proverbial long-felt want »•'
did the tfolding-bed.” These were
the words of Robert C. Gill, the head
of the model rooms in the Patent Of
fice— a genius who carries in his he® o
the most minute details of all the sev
eral hundred thousand models tha
are intrusted to his care.
The particular model to which hi
referred was the crudest form of ®
collapsible bedstead ever devise •
But the crude bed, cut in sections
and hinged so that it might fold in r
convenient form, contained the fi erD
of an idea, and to that we owe t ®
useful and handsome cabinet folding
bed of to-day. ,
The inventor of the
was one James A. Johnston, a Ww
erner, to whom letters patent *«[•
17,281 were granted on May 12, 100.
No provision was made in the be 1
for the storing of the mattress, p*
lows and bedclothes, as is common P
the folding-bed of to-day.
Also unlike the modern contrivanty
which when folded resembles a kflf
reau, chiffonier, or other similar
of furniture, the folding-bed
by Johnston made no j |
looking like anything other
what it was.
A company manufactured
ton patent, and it had s ogi«
in its day. Little by
inents were made on ~ j3 i
within the past score of fj»
piece of furniture wo
evolved, and there
Ireds of varieties of
Washington Post. '
The Size of &
Canada lucks only 5 » y
iniles to be as large as y
tinent of Europe. It is