Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
A. M. E. CONFERENCE DELIBER-
ATEs BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
Members to Occupy Local Pulpits at
Services Tomorrow Morning
and Evening.

The business this morning of the eighty
seventh annual session of the Baltimore
conference of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church was largely executive in char
acter, relating to the assigning of pastors
and other matters of more or less personal
nature.
The usual devotional half hour was con-
Quoted this morning by Rev. w. H. Coston
of Hagerstown, Md, assisted by Rev. j. W.
Diggs The executive session began at 10
o'clock. Immediately after the reading OF
the minutes of the previous session and the
calling of the roll
Late last evening Bishop Lee, the presid-
ing officer of the conference, received tele-
gram telling him that his aged mother, who
resides in New Jersey, was seriously III ana
not expected to live long. Bishop Lee OH
this account has resigned temporarily the
office of chairman of the meetings to BiShop
j A. Handy OF Baltimore, who was In the
chair today.
1t is understood the conference Will pass
a resolution approving the Presidents APP
pointment of a colored man as collector OF
the port of Charleston, s. c., and ask that
Congress uphold him in it, The conference
is also contemplating the indorsing OF
plan to have a negro exhibit at the Louisi-
ana purchase exposition in st. Louis.
Services Tomorrow.
At the services in most of the colored
churches of this city tomorrow morning and
evening the sermons will be preached by
members of the conference by invitation.
The services a the Metropolitan A. NJ E.
Church, on NJ street between 18th and 18th
streets northwest in which the conference
is meeting, will include many special fea-
lures The Sunday school in the morning
will be addressed by members of the con-
ference. The 10 o'clock service will be-the
- -. ,h<v Of
candidates for the ministry, and it is ex
pected that Bishop Lee will preach the
ordination sermon. An ordination service
for deacons and elders will be held at 3
o'clock.
sacred concert open to all, will be given
in this church from $3.50 Pm until 7:3O D. M,
and at the regular evening service follow
ing Rev. HI. T. Johnson. Ph.D.. editor. of
the Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, Pa.
will preach the sermon.
Education Discussed.
The session yesterday evening was de-
voted to a discussion of the education of
the negro. The principal address was made
by Prof, Keeling of Philadelphia editor of
the A. M E. Review. The power of educa-
ton to uplift the colored race was his
theme He said, in part:
THE negro'S moral education is just as
important II not more So than the educa-
ton of his mind. Civilization does not
mean everything TO the negro; 1t is merely
the polish that beauties the exterior, leav
ing beneath the roughness of the savage.
Education of the heart toward Christ is The
greatest factor in bringing the negro nearer
to the plane of equality with his white
brother How to save this great negro ele-
ment of the American nation is difficult
question but if through moral and intel
lectual advantages We place ourselves in a
position to be recognized an intelligent
and broad-mnded element in American CIV
ilization the problem will solve ITSELF"
Others spoke during the evening, combining
themselves generally to the same theme.
Educational Ministry" was the subject of
an address by DIR. George F. Woodrow of
Paine Theological Seminary. Wilberforce.
Ohio. and Prof. Kelly-Miller of Howard
University spoke on Liberal Education of
the Masses"
considerable portion of the time of the
evening was taken up with a discussion of
a report on education presented by mem
bers of the conference: good musical
A NJ. E. choir.