Richmond planet., 1904-04-16

the city, both white and oolored, and
below we publish several extracts from
different sources as TO his standing and
character as expressed by several promi-
neut people. He received his theologi
cal training at Western Theological
Seminary, a white school Mt Alleg. eny.
Penn.
Hear what the South Western Chris
tian DvoCATE has to say.
We are pleased to present to our
readers picture of the Rev. Ohauncev
l. Withrow, the pastor of Warren M Z.
Church, Pittsburg, Pa. He is young
good acc, unit of himself no matter
where sent. Bro. Withrow is a North
Carolinian and was educated at Bennett
College, Greensboro, North Carolina,
from which he graduated in 1899. He
was at that time n member of the North
Carolina Conference when he served
several charges but in 1895 was trans.
ferred to the Washington Conference to
which he now belongs and was stationed
at Lexington. Va, At this point he had
remarkable success and built brick
church as a monument to him and his
peoples devotion to tho cause His next
charge was Pittsburg, where he met
with most excellent success in his
church and enlarge the membership.
Bro. Wlthrow r as been arousing Method
istism in that city during the past few
months by having a series Of lectures by
such men as Drs j. w. r. Bowen, M.
.. b. Mason. i. L. Thomas and PROT. /.
Garland Penn. The financial results of
these lectures we've second only to the
intellectual quickening of his people in
particular and the community in gene.
raj
Bro. Withrow's friends are expecting
much of HIM.
The career of Rev. Chaunoey I. With
row, the subject Of this sketch has been
OF such marked and considerable pro
gress as to afford example and encou racs
ment to the young men Of both races
and to effectually explode the false and
lnsidlous charge that the avenues of dis
tinction are not open in the South to
the brother in black" where as a
matter of fact, his highest destiny can
be worked out. 1t has been truly re-
marked that genius is sexless It might
be- further said in the elaboration of tn bat
idea that the divine flame" knows no
color, race or condition. And in its
wisdom no restriction or limitations in
the selections of its choice, and in the
great human family its chosen childr IN
OF the elect may be found. Joachim Miller
himself poet of unmeasurable genius
has made the prediction that some day
from the Negro race, living as it does.
so close TO the beatings of natures
heart-win step forth one of the grand
est poets the world has ever known
The subject of this sketch is q native
OF rutherford county and was about the
close OF the Late war in the year 1866.
He gave az an early age evidences of the
sterling qualities of head and heart
which in latter years have advanced
him TO the forefront as brave, conse.
Grated and intellectual worker i'm the
uplifting of his people to higher plane
OF life and In behalf of the cause of his
master. From the age of Is to 81 he
taught school In Rutherford and Cleve.
Land counties. Upon attaining his ma
Jority-standing upon thu threshold of his
young manhood he chose wisely and
well by giving his heart to the Lord and
20 days after his conversion he was
licensed to exhort. In the following wear
he was ordained as a minister and at
this epoch of his life began a career
winch dlscloses the possibilities for good
60 those who follow in his footsteps. He
entered Bennett College, Green's boro.
N. ", as a student and served as pastor
at the same time of circuit until the
last TWO years. Since then his labors
have been given in the service of the
Nd. Il. Church at the Reidsville station.
he has proven to be a popular shepherd,
raising the membership of his church
from SS to lSS the first year, adding by
MS untlr'ng efforts TO the interest. en-
tertainment and spiritual profit of the
services and hereby greatly augment-
ing the congratulations. He has Also