Evening star., 1895-05-27
THE A. M. e. ION CHURCH
Changes in Pastorates Hd1 --ade BY the
Conference.
New Ministers TO he Installed in I'm
pOrtant Charges-Arransinx
for the Centenary.

The Philadelphia and Baltimore confer
ence of the A. NJ. E. Zion Church, at its
annual session, which closed during the
past week at York, Pa, made many i'm
porlant changes in the A NJ E. Zion
churches of this city and the District of
Coiumbia. The most important change ef-
fected was that in the pastorate of the
Galbraith A. NJ. E. Zion Church, on 9th
street between L and II, over which the
Kew. K. II. G. Dyson has presided for many
years. Rev. Mr.. Dyson has been in bad
health during the past conference year.
and has been put on the missionary roll
Tor this conference year, and the Rev. w.
H. Chambers, D. D., has been assigned to
the Galbraith Church. 1t was expected
that he would assume his new charge yes
terday, but other ministerial duties at his
former charge in the south prevented
MN. He will be installed in the pastorate
next Sunday.
Rev. Francis H. Hill, who has conducted
the affairs of the. Metropolitan A. NJ e.
zion Church, on d street southwest, for the
past three years, has also been relieved
OF that work, and assigned to the A. NJ.
=. Zion Church, at Pittsburg, Pa, and
Rev. r. A. Clinton, who had charge of that
church, has been assigned to the Metro
politan Church here. By agreement be-
tween the two pastors, they will hold their
old charges until September, when they
will exchange places.
ne MOUNT flSgdn A. M. Zion Church
VIII have as its new pastor for the con-
ference year the Rev. ]. X. Johnson, and
Rev. w. H. Newby has been returned to
the Union Wesley Church, as has the Rev.
K. A. Fisher to the John Wesley Church,
on Connecticut avenue.
The Rev. R. j. Daniels. who off1ciated
last year as the presiding elder of the
Washington diocese, has been reassigned
to that post, and he has begun already
preparations to make the next annual con-
ference, which will convene in this city.
in the METROPOLITAN Church. success.
Arranging Centennial.
Bishop c. R. Harriss. who is the presid-
ing bishop for the Philadelphia and Balti-
more conference, has been spending sew
eral days in this city, on his way to Sails
bury, N. c.. to attend the commencement
exercises of Livingstone College, which is
the principal institution for education in
the A. NJ. E. Zion connection. He was ac-
companied by the Rev. B. F. Wheeler. pre-
siding elder of the New Jersey conference
and Editor John Dancey of the A. NJ e.
Zion Church Quarterly, who is the general
agent for the centennial celebration of the
church. which will be held in New York
during this year.
Editor Dancey has been spending much
time in the north and east arousing inter-
est in the forthcoming centennial, which
promises to be the biggest event in the
churchs history. The white people Of the
north are reported as manifesting much in
terest in the centennial celebration, and the
New England conference of the connection
has pledged itself to raise 10000 of the
100000, which it is proposed to be raised
during the celebration for educational and
other work of the connection. The New
York conference and the Philadelphia and
Baltimore conference have also agreed to
raise large sums. Mr.. Dancey was the col
lector of the port at Wilmington, N. c.,
during the Harrison administration, and
as the general agent of his church he is
fr4 U1li ip1v to oil of fha for al
lect funds for the centennial celebratio
He says that at the centennial meeting the
material, social and religious advancement
of the race for century will be exhibited.
The event will mark the one hundredth year
of the existence of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church, and the exercises
in that connection will be held in the
Mother Zion Church." in New York city.