The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-09-13
BISHOP ARNETT.
Life and Public Services of Benjamin
William Arnett. 49,.
One of the Leading Lights in the A. Nj. E
Chnrch-His Early Struggles and
Later Triumphs-A Fa-
NOUS Man

BENZ. VIM. Arnett was born March
9Th, 1888, at Brownville, Fayett county
Pa. When six months old was baptize'
bv Samuel G.. Clingman, of the Obi
Annual Conference. Was convicted
under the preaching of Rev. Jeremiah
Lewis, February 10Th, 1856; converted
February 18th; received into tn
church February 18th, by Rev. Lever
Gross, of the Ohio Conference; licensed
to preach March 30th, 1865, by Rev. J
D. S. Hall, of the Baltimore Conference
preached first serman April 9th. 1865
at st. Pauls A. M. E. church, Washing
ton D. c.; recommended to travelling
connection by Rev. William B. Louis, o
the Ohio Conference; received on pro
baton April 10Th, 1867, by Ohio Annua
conference, at Lexington, Ky; re-
ceived first appointment to Walnut
Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, April, 10Th
1867; ordained deacon April 30th, 1858
by VIM. Paul Quinn, at Columbus. Ohio
ordained Elder May 18th, 1870, by
Bishop D. A. Payne, at Xenia, Ohio.
Has filled the following appointments
Walnut Hills, O.; Toledo, O.; Allen
Temple Cincinnati, o.; St. Paul, Ur'
bana, O. st. Paul, Columbus, Ohio
May, 1880, was elected Financial secre
tary of the A. M. E. church, at st Louis
Mo-; May, 1854, was re elected Finan.
cial secretary at Baltimore, Md; 1872
was elected Assistant secretary of Gen.
eral Conference at Nashville Tenn; in
May, 1876, was elected secretary of Gen
eral Conference at Atlanta, Ca; May,
1880, was re. elected secretary of Gener.
al Conference. Was elected Bishop A.
M. E. church, May 10Th, at General
Conference held in Indianapolis; Or.
dained May 24th, 1888.
December 10Th, 1868 50, and taught off
and on until 1871, in addition to his pas
toral work. Was member Of National
Equal Rights League, Syracuse, N. Y,
Oct. 4th, 1864, Frederick Douglass, pres
ident. Member of Equal Rights con-
vention, Cleveland, Ohio, Hon. John
M. Langston, president. Was secretary
Of .,at1onal convention, Washington D.
c., Dec. 1866. Hon. John M. Langston,
president. Chaplain of National Con-
vention Of Colored Men, Sept. End, 1882,
at Louisville, KY, Frederick Douglass,
president. Was delegate to the Ma
tional Y. NJ. G. A. Convention, Wash
ington D. c., 1871, Hon. John Wanna
maker, president. Was foreman Of
a jury, where all were white, at
Toledo, Ohio, 1872; Was foreman of a
jury composed Of Colored men in the
spring of 1872, Toledo, Ohio. Was
chairman of the committee on resolu.
tons of the congressional convention in
1872. held at Toledo, Ohio, composed of
five counties, nominated l. R. Sherwood.
He was appointed recruiting agent by
special order No. IT'S. of war depart
ment, Aug. Oath, 1868, by Geo. L.
Stearns, major and A. A. G., of U. S.
volunteers. Was fraternal delegate to
the Miami convention of United Broth
ers. Aug. 18th, 1872, at Pleasant Ridge,
Ohio.
The Central Republican club of San.
Francisco. gave him farewell meeting
at the Wigwam, Oct. 18th, 1885. Was
ice-president of Republican state con
vention, 1878; Delivered one of the
rate faction speeches in Music Hall, Gin
c1nnati; was member of Ohio State
Sunday School convention at Norwalk
Ohio 1878. and was elected vice-presi
dent Of the same; was elected delegate
to International Sunday School Unio1
at Atlanta Ca, 1878, and at Toronto
Canada, 1881; was elected by Sunday
School Union to represent them at the
Robert Raikes' Centennial, London
England, 1880; elected to represent
the Inter UNCONVENTIONAL S s. Uuion
ofSouth Carolina. at the Worlds con
vention, London, England, July End
1889; was member of reception com
to Greene county in 1884; was elected
to Ohio Legislature to represent Greene
county, 1869; was the author of tn,
bill abolishing the ''Black Laws" of tn
state, and to- provide for teaching o
scientific temperance in all the schools
For eight years he edited The Bulge
= of the A. M. E. church; Total humble
of volumes, $1,000; total number o
pages to each volume, 1890; grand to
tai of pages in all editions, -, $4,000.
The total number of different Volume
printed by him 10.
Total number of volumes SO 600, o
1904 pages each. Grand total numbe
of pages in all editions Is, $4,000.
He is now editing the Quarto Centen
olina, which will make the Goth humble
of books or phamplets edited by him.
He was married May 25th, 1858, t.
Mary Louisa Gorden, at Brownsville
Pa. and they have the following chill
dren: Alonzo, now clerking in tn
Sunday School Union, at Nashville
Tenn, Benz. W. Ir. President of Ed
ward Waters University, at jacksonville
Fla. Henry Y. Professor of Mathemat
les, at Allen University, Columbia, S.
Anna L. Music Teacher and Privat
Secretary of Father. Alphonso T. an
Flossie G., attending school and DAME
A. Payne Captain of Arnett House."
May 25th, 1890, he responded to tn
welcome address of Hon. James A