The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-05

wy RIau news that the old African Me,fb.
oiist EPISCOPAL church IA indeed n,ov,n,
on. Though the bishops annual ssIsnnr
was master piece. he seemed Ia eycsl
himself wnen he took charxe OF the con.
,entioh mere surrounded by presiding ell.
| church He nlarshaIed the hest as a tras
captain in Israel. Total receipts for tSs
year were s50g5.12
During the summer, assisted by profs
J. 4. Kirk. j. X Williams and \. A
Banks, we visited twelve Sunday school
conventions and made Vigorous canvass
OF the state. Profs. hammond aud Will
running al the weekly.
Ia.s year we opened school on the ltt
Oh october with the faculty of last yea,
augmented BY the addition of Mrs. M,nel
as maSioa. Up to date we have enrolled
II students. large number of these
stuaents have enjoyed the advantages o,
the common free schools of their respect.
I'VE communities and have taken places il
ne higher classes. We have sixteen stu
denis from this conference. The greater
number of these come from the Bastror
district The school is well organized anl
ulr department is such decided improve
ment that we have almost reached the
point of satisfaction.
Inc printing department is still giving
tle church and Texas the best paper IN III,
state and is doing nearly all the Job wori
o. our people in the city and county. =
presert Prof. j. X. Williams, in whosl
hanus the printing department was bora
looks after the literary and financial af.
tails or the office, and Prof. w, II Dam.
mond superintends the mechanical depart
nent. THIS branch of our industrial work
is doins SC we'll that our Young men asl
me to make bid for the minutes OF you'll
conference.
Our sewing departm ent, which proved
so attractive la5t year, starts out this We ),
with new zeal. There are today filty-tv
riils, and Miss Ferguson, who is "A gra.
uate of the dress making department oil
Wilbe:fcrce university, is striving TO in.
crease her facilities and advance her Worl
nv placing sewing machines IN the e;.art.
ment.
We have seven young men preparing To-,
the Christian ministry. Three of these BIC
fair to graduate IN June from the Englisf
course in theology. which embraces all
t.1e studies Of the regular theological
course except Greek and Hebrew. These
Young ministers are now acceptable
preachers in the pulpits of our clty ant
vicinity Three other yourg men are pre-
Aaring to take the rsguiar the0loglea al
.oll 81 ana are doing good work. Some o
these are also good preachers.
Tie normal department. is well organ.
lied aud Miss Hal is doing excellent WORT
III the way of trailing teachers.
The church is in splendid condition
with prayer and class meetings. lac san.
day school Under the leadership of Prof
i. A. Kirk is doing very much to make
clear the sacred truths of Gods word, and
fix them upon tie hearts of students w,
have among our youns men and womel
many earnest Christians, and as a resuB
but few students leave tie campus of Pau
Quinn who know not the power of the
cleansing blood.
We have good church music under the
direction of Miss NJ. c. Roberts, a member
of the faculty and who is teacher of inusit
in the college.
Paul Quinn college. the citadel OF The
A. NJ. u. church I'm Texas. only asks thai
Won continue your encouragement and
brotherly cooperation. Your brother in
the work, 1. NJ BnEgal.