New-York tribune., 1890-08-09
LIFE AT OCEAN GROVE.
THE AFRICAN METHODIST EfISCofAL
JUBILEE.
TT IS ATTENDED BY NUMBERS OF CLEh' MEN
SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE LEADhN'
rur rpwoRru LEAGUE AND ITS AlM'

oo,r crove Auc (speciaD.-The African 'ic'nou
,t Episcopal Jubilee at ocean Grove Is Sc 80
lion and one that is quito popular Wv A., 80
.chooIs from Philadelphia New-f anu ,n0 .".S
sohvD ,aoos eued the excursion trains The people
m' ~. go time and they just take the town'
rhov comc we'll clad and well oeha'cu' WIN co. Co.,
,v supplied lunch baskets ooh'"iiilne "o D''
..o daIicacies that Aunt oman ana AuiV On"o0
s.nr en- well how to prepare Inc eHouision-
,oo, nossesslon Of the platform and OF inc audi
torium and the wmte o'e'i' ~
a,uredly took back seats u
The REV W. Il. Derrick, ID. d. missionary seoio
- ,narshalled the forces with great SKILL iio Is
90 =, rare personal magnetism, mas pioaS1"s
i. and is mastery in the power ol ms eioq"'N.o
~, ,r.s horn In the island OF Antigua "i''i 'aSN'0
- az ba has the tread of conqueror'
H Hamo nrr,shed their own music, Ministerial trio
& nv r.ra harmony as they sang their peculiar
melodies - ,.-.xNou who has doughtcd
.ooos here was detained at nome by lhe III
sD1ttIos of age He was remembered by SYM
nathetic telegram. Bishops Brown anu Iuiu'i' WV
.~n nre.cnt impress one as being men OF strong
practical sense ,t., l., . ,orr
-. na nc he pleads for the lifting up OF ms race
h the mower Of our Christian CIVILIZATION ms eoquence
and logic touched the hearts ana convieuohS Oh Ills
hearers. ~ ,,;,, ,
xrpIl.E
s,h hIock as night fullboodcd African, bearing the
orhed characteristics of his Such Is Charles
Nelson Grandson, D. D., the president OF BehheVV
college at Greensboro. y. c. lie was born in Louisa
County Virginia, of slave parents, February a. lo'o
His paernal grandmother came direct from Africa
and remembered being surrounded and captured WHO
paying on the beach by the terrible slave traders.
who took her into "house" on the sea. The horrors
of the ships hold and the burial Of the dead In the
ocean were well remembered by the old lady. Ofanu
sons father Of those unoonquerabe spri1s aO
took no whipping from overseer or master lie was
kept all his manhood life public works In oucr I'd
break his spirit Indeed the whole tribe OF Grand
CONS were regarded as unruy and insubordinate one
Of his sisters sold because she would not submit
10 indigntes and the cruel LASH One Of his brothers
was sold because he resisted and fought his master
The young Charles was trying 10 learn TO read
bv the help OF his young master For this offence he
received terrible foggng. When but eight years
old he determined 10 strike out for better treatment
and broader liberty, and he ran away. lie travelled
fortv miles from home and when within twenty-five
miles OF the Federal lines and freedom he was caught
brought back, and numerically logged
His master was good Baptist divine. Young
Grandisons mother died when he was but six months
DID, and his father when he was fourteen years OF
age consequently the lad had to Shift for himself
Eager for knowledge he made the most Of every op-
porunity and took a course in Whitin's Normal School,
at Lumberton, Ca, after which he went to Cannon
Theological Seminary at Atlanta In both schools he
took front rank debater and declaimer. Gradu-
ating from the Theological seminary he was appointed
by the Freedmans Aid and Southern Education Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church TO the prncpashp
of Bennett seminary, at Greensboro, n. c., since
chartered Bennett College
Under the presidency of DR.. Grandson the school
has had marvellous success, the present building
being crowded TO overnowing.
DR.. Grandson is fOrcibc. logical speaker, rising
and throughout his public addresses there is
undertOne Of intense appreciation Of the dis
advantages under which his Nation suffers ana Of the
humiliation degradation and social Ostracism which
they as "A race and as individuals have to endure In
the land where they born and TO whose flag and
institutions they devotedly attached.
DR.. Grandson has spoken in twenty-five States OF
the Union on his favorte themes of temperance and
the educational work among the freedmen with such
men as Henry W. Grady, Governor Colquitt, Bishop
Key, the Rev. ]. B. Hawthorn, D. D., the Rev. J. e.
Price and the late General Clinton b. Fisk
Dr. Grandson is spending his vacation in the in
terest Of his college, hoping 10 raise funds TO enable
the trustees build dormitOry which is so much
needed. Bennett College was presided over by the
Rev r. o. Thayer. d. D., who subsequently became
president of Clark University at Atlanta and afterwad
the Rev. W. +. steele had charge of it. Under the
care of DR.. Grandson the institution has achieved
greater than and the good work done in
the school has commended 1t to the citizens OF
Greensboro as to excite unusual interest on the part
Of leading citizens Of the town. The Chamber Of Com
merce proposed raising appropriation OF $1,000
toward the much needed building.
The appearance Of new star in the Methodlstc con-
stcllaon is not so uncommon to be very startling
The latest luminary is the "EpwOrth League which
made its first appearance at ocean Grove July 25.
having been organized one year. The name Epworth
is very suggestive of quiet rural home in the small
town Of that name in England, where susanna WcS-
ley THAT model mother presided her large family
and shaped in great measure the lives and characters
Of her two sons Of whom became the founder OF
great denomination and the other the writer Of the
hymns that have been the inspiration of the Church
for hundred and fifty years
This new society has for its object the development
and education Of the young people OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church along the lines Of Christian work.
The plan, if successfully carried out and encouraged
by the pastors, will lead to increased activity on
evangelstic lines, such special revival services
and meetings in neglected neighborhoods, and III
many phases of churchy activity that have heretofore
been done in sort Of haphazaId manner by ndi-
vduals organizations outside Of or beyond church
control.
Should this new departure achieve the success
which it there will be developed army Of
young people who will be thoroughly cOnversant
with the machinery and correctional system by which
that great Church has accomplished so much. 1t is
not naTowness or bgotry that makes denomination
seek 10 retain its children within its fold and
There find them work that shall develop their spritu
aAty and give them at the same time that mental
pabulum which shall make them we'll rounded Chris
tans. 1t is hoped that this home training IN the
Methodist Church will do much. yea, for tho
cause OF Christ in the world as the home training in
the rectory at Epworth did.
This society has six departments entitled sevcraly
0hflShan Work. Mercy and Help. Literary, Entertain
ment, Correspondence and Finance.
The following wellknown men are officers of the
organization The Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, d. D..
OF New>ork; recording secretary Dr. r.. II. Dohirty.
Oh New-fork; treasurer, the Rev. James VI. Free
man, ID. D., OF New-YOrk. The League is governed
by Board of Control composed of members appointed
by the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school Union and
the Tract Society, and by each General Conference