The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31

AFRICAN II. Z. CHURCH.
PROCEEDINGS or THE GENERAL oUApRENN1AL
. eG sExExE IN, ,pAGrlNoRE.


49,, ca UnEWE IN, baltimore.
Binsmsr.T a, i Myplsslw stA invite all
the Annie Portsrss and br.s fuckers of this
country, md the host qlhthem Who believe
that the Negro b isespssle 5of governing
.himseltAssaasAss sisiA ,<hssEssne~l Con
terence. Of the a. N. 3. Church now in ses.
sionAere. They will behold a body of dig
nifed, gsntlemanly and learned men legisla-
ting calnylY upon n,stters pertaining to the
church, They will there see men who have
distinguished themselves in more than one
sphere IN life, for that body comprises ex-
Congressman, State legislators, doctors,
lawyers, eminent college professors, authors,
editors, ahd orators whose speeches would
be credit to mon Of brighter hue and great.
er prctcnsfons, They will come in contact
With part. Of the legitimate leaders of our
people !; there they viii see those who have
been instrumental in disrobing us of the
mantle Of ignorance, prejudice, superstition,
idoiatry and selishness, which two hundred
and forty, odd years OF slavery had placed
around us. II after seeing and learning all
that can be learned from this body Of men
they do not change their ideas as regards us,
we will be inclined to doubt the business Of
thoir convictions; if not their vanity. The
session has been marked one for its har
mony SO far, only now and then some one
desires to change the monotony and get q
little boisterous.
OF those who have made themselves con.
spicuous rs debaters or otherwise, we will
mention the Rev. G. S. Smith, of Illinois,
who is acknowledged to be one of the ripest
debaters on the floor; but as some puts it,
he gets most too "ripe" at times. Rev. Dr.
Jackson, of Ohio, puzzles the galleries to
keep their eyes on him; he is continually
moving, has special seat, but seldom keeps
it, Rev. w. B. Derrick, of New York,
while partaking largely of the qualities Of
DR.. Jackson, seems to be deeply interested
in all that is goiug on. Rov. A. M. Green,
of Louisiana, while ready and accurate
speaker, is acknowledged to be the most dig
niied and unostentatious member on the
floor, DR.. s. W. Bryant, of Mississippi,
from the number Of engagements he has to
ill in the different city pulpits, is conceded
the honor Of being the best pulpit orator in
the conference. The Hon. l. G. Wears, who
needs no introduction to your readers, has
had little to say. Revs. Drs. Hunter, Jeni-
fer and johnson, of Baltimore, have also
distinguished themselves by their eloquence
The second days session was unimpor-
tant save the appointment of the different
committees. On Wednesday; Bishop Camp
bell in the chair, ripple was stirred when
resolution was offered by Rev. G. s. Jacobs,
complimenting and endorsing the Quadren-
NAL sermon of Bishop Brown. Rev. G. S.
Smith was very bitter in his denunciation of
the sermon, as he said it contained ideas
that are entirely foreign to the doctrines of
Methodism. Finally the resolution was
withdrawn Rev. W. R. Carson, of the East
Texas Conference, who had been expelled
from said conference, was by the General
Conference reinstated. He was prosecuted
by the Revs. J. G. Embry and W. B. Der
rick, and defended by Revs. G. S. Smith and
j.. II, A. johnson. Bishop Cain, who pre-
sided at the conference that expelled him,
will to-day enter a protest against the action
of the General Conference. A resolution
presented by Rev. DR.. Geo. B. Bryant, in re-
spect to the memory of Mr.. John F. Slater,
was adopted. Eloquent speeches upon the
life and character of this great philanthro-
.pist were made by Revs. Tanner, G. W..
Bryant and Bishop Turner. The Quadren-
nial Address Of the Bishops was read by
Bishop Dicksrson. He was two hours read
ing, but It was such comprehensive and
mastery prepared document that no one got
weary. 1t is said that it is the finest that
has been offered. In reading it Bishop Dick
crson st times grew eloquent and tnen de-
mended the undivided sttention of the as
semblage. After having summed up the
many acts Of injustice heaped upon US by
reason of prejudice, and reviewing the de-
elsion of the Supreme Court in repeating the
Civil Rights law, it. ends in this manner !:
aWe recommend that our condition as
race, who have been true and loyal to the
country, be made a subject Of fasting and
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