The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-10-01
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He lived the life Of the righteous and hi
death is not questionable. Some years
ago fond wife just passed before him in
to that better land. Twoyears ago loved
brother fell victim to death. Last NO
vember another brother-an itinerant min
lister Of the A. IL. E. Church, OF much
promise to breathe; and the fourth
day Of last March the wife of that brother
Joined her husband in state OF bllss-a
land whore no sorrow enters, where no
nane enters the heart. How true our
brr;aI service has it, In the midst of life
mo ore in death" Mr.. S. leaves four little
ones. an aged father and mother, four sis
tiers and younger brother, who loved him
dearly, and many friends who mourn their
loss; but he has gone to the better land.
Our community is noted for alms-doing.
Prompted by. this good impression, Messrs.
Augustus Roberts, Geo. A. Hacket, j. P.
Adams, Alex. Augustus Roberts, and
others, moved by good wish to aid a
widowed lady, Mrs. Maria Stewart, whom
| called, not long ago, veteran at teach
ing, got up a concert for her especial bene-
fit. Mr., H. II. Webb, Jr., an excellent
pianist, presided at the pianoforte, with
Miss. A. Fleetwood, an excellent vocalist
She is among the very best lady singers
of our city. She is yet young, and should
she give attention to the culture of her
voice and should many years be added to
her now youthful life, she will vie with
the most distinguished. She always draws
full house; on the evening named the
house was filed to its utmost capacity
The Rev. Noah Davis has favored me with
a peep at his new book, of which / spoke
in recent letter. The title is, A Mar
rative of Colored Man" The object he
has in writing this narrative, is, to raise
sufficient means to free his last two chill
dren from sLarery" He has purchased
himself, his wife, and five of his children,
at the snug little sum of $4,000, during
the last twelve years, and needs yet two
thousand more, and this he has to raise by
Jan. 1st, 1860 Well, Mr.. Davis is not
the man to say Icant, but that aoiU try.
His object is a good one. His book is
worth reading, because it is well written,
and I hope every friend Of humanity may
purchase it, and thus aid good man to
save his two children from Southern mar
ket.
The Sabbath-school Union (colored),
some weeks ago, passed resolutions compli-
mentary to Rev. John Forte, Sen, and at
the same time agreed to pronounce eulo-
gy upon his life and times. AT Zion
Church, yesterday, Rev. William Will
liams, Baptist, and Rev. H. FL. Webb,
Episcopalian, performed that service to
crowded house Although Mr. Forte was
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church (Old Side, yet he was man
whom all the churches delighted to honor
| Through the kindness Of his son Henry, l
have been able to CLEAN the following
facts: He was born in 1888. At the
time of his, death he was seventy-six years
of age He became pious in 1900, at the
age of seventeen years. He was licensed
to preach July lst, 1916, and his first ser
mon was preached from Heb. 2: 3. He
was ordained a deacon by Bishop Robert
R. Roberts, April 2Sth, 1922, and ordained
an elder by Bishop Beverly Waugh, March
IS, 1888. AS has been shown, when he
died he was seventy-six years of age. He
was a member of the Church of Christ
ffty-nine years-a licensed preacher forty
three years-a deacon and elder thirty
seven years, and preached during that time
1916 sermons, baptised, infants and adults,
1896. Owing to the misplacing of por
ton of his memoranda, cannot be accu-
rate as to the number of marriages he per-
formed. Mr. Forte taught school here
nearly fifty years, and he had the satisfac-
ton of looking with pleasure upon many
of his pubils. He was not aman of varied
learning, but that which he did know he
knew well. He wasregarded oneof the best
arithmeticians Baltimore had He was a
natural mathematician. Although in ear
Iy life he was strongly biased in favor Of
his peculiar church, thinking no one right
but his own denomination, as be grew
wiser he grew more liberal, and, indeed,
many of his most intimate friends were OF
other denominations, and he often express
ed himself favorable to the African NJ. T..
Church, and he openly advised young
Methodist ministers to unite with that
church as the only Methodistic field to ex-
pand their sphere of usefulness-and Mr..