Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
CoI0rcd Society Notes.

Revs. Brooks and Buren,, of the A. NJ. E.
Church, held services at the City Hall on
the odd and oath inst. Rev. Brooks, who
conducted the meetings, has charge Of the
church at jackson, and also presides over
the preachers of the 18th District. Rev.
Brooks preached two very able and very
practical sermons during his stay in the city
of Ironton. At the conclusion of his sermon
on Thursday night, he made the following
statement in regard to the negro race, and
the origin and progress of the A. NJ. E.
Church:
81 am proud of the negro race. This
world was governed for seven hundred years
by negroes. Nimrod being the first king,
was followed, or succeeded, by negroes
down to the eight century. In 1877, in the
city of Philadelphia, one Richard Allen,
preacher belonging to the coioreu branch Of
the NJ. E. Church, shouted and prayed so
loud that his white brethren forcibly elected
him from the church. BY the way Of retail
iation, the said Richard Allen proceeded to
build, upon his own lot, a church, and to
call upon all colOred members OF the NJ. f.
Church to withdraw and set up house keep
ing for themselves. This call was partially
obeyed. \ law suit followed, remaining III
the courts for ten years-was finally gained
by the African Methodists. Richard Alien,
in 1915, was ordained as the First Bishop
and the \. NJ. E. Church became a reality.
Since that time, African Methodism, has
steadily grown, till now they have eleven
regularly ordained Bishops, property whose
value is estimated at over one hundred
million of dollars! Sixty three million Of
which has been accumulated since the
late war. We have ia our church num-
erous Doctors Of Divinity, who preside ov-
er our colleges and business houses. To-day
we owe no man dollar, as a church. We,
of course, owe some individual debts. A
church here and there, owing two or three
hundred dollars in the community in which
1t is located. We now have five hundred
thousand members whose contribu lions, are
received by negroes and spent by negroes,
for the benefit of negroes! In the NJ. Z.
Church-'our mother'-are one hundred
and fifty thousand negroes, who are under
white Bishops, and their money and insti-
| tutions are handled by white men, ETC."
| Ed. Robinson, formerly Of Ironton, was
reported on the 9th inst. as being in dy-
ing condition, at Poplar Bluff. His mother
passed through Ironton, Sunday, en- route
to visit the bed of her "dying son."
| Rev. Milton Turner of the United Baptist
Church, is about to close his Passionate la
bors at Pilot Knob. Rev. Turner has given
general satisfaction to the congregation, and
has deported himself as a Christian minister
during his stay in the Valley.
Henry Boyd is learning the blacksmith's
trade in the shop of II. Riddle. Henry is
fast acquiring practical knowledge of the
art There are too few of our young men
trying to learn useful trades.
| Moses Hawkins and daughter spent the
past two weeks visiting friends in Ironton,
aud enjoying the th-restoring breezes OF
the Valley, which he claims. with other
things, added ten pounds to his weight, re-
stored his appetite, and gave him new
lease Of lite. While here, he made the Sab
bath School present of valuable "cail
bell" and gave the church several lamp
shades Moses was the CUES. of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter, while in Ironton, and presented
to the hostess before leaving. handsome
set of triple plated knives and forks.
| Miss Laura Creath received, recently,