The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-30

tary Taft, Vice President Fairbanks
or Senator Foraker, he will have the
undivided support Of the Negroes of
tRe. country. Whatever feeling of
luminosity may have beeh entertained
In connection with the Brownsville
incident will pass away" ) -.
IT,, With the approach of the two gem
eral conferences Of next month--the
A. NJ. E.. at Norfolk and the A. M. E.
Zion at. Philadelphia-the apprehen-
sion which existed some time ago
that there might be too great an adj
mixture of politics in both meetings
Tor the good Of the church, grows
hess and less, The conferences have
barely three weeks (which to trans
act an immense amount Of pressing
business, and there is no time to be
lost: in fussing over matters not ger
name to the purpose which brings
them together. Therefore, the cool
er heads Of each connection have an
nounced their determination to in
sist upon a rigid adherence to the
business Of the churches, and do not
intend to permit partisan; or faction
al wrangles to disturb the legitimate
work before them. If such sagaci-
GUS leaders as Bishops Grant, Gaines,
Clinton, Hood, Lee, Derrick, Hood,
and Harris have their way-atid they
doubtless will-theHe will be,no pol
itics played at either Norfolk or
Philadelphia, at the EXPENSE OF the
well-being of Bethel or zion!s ..
A strong movement, national in
scope, is being made to elect DR.. w.
II. Chambers, Of Indianapolis, To one
OF the three vacancies on the episco-
pal bench Of the A. M. e. Zion
church. While his greatest strength
is said to be in the west, his merits
and labors are SO we'll known
throughout the country, that he will
be voted for by everys conference in
the connection, and Is claimed by hie
| friends to be a sure winner" DR..
Chambers is now a presiding elder
In the Missouri conference, but has
had 80 years Of active experience as
a churchman, and has filed some OF
the most responsible stations in the
Zion jurisdiction, having pastored
with marked success, both as a finan-
cier and spiritual leader in Washing
ton. Louisville, st. Louis, Indianapo-
lis and ., a score Of points In Ken.
lucky, his native home, and has had
the honor or being returned to- the
| same. charges as many as three times
besides filing assignments repeatedly
at different churches in the same cit.
les. He has thousands of CONVEX
sions to his credit, being a. revivalist
of rare power, and has paid more
debts perhaps than any minister of
his age in connection. He is enthu-
siastic for the expansion Of Zion into
the western, country, and to him is
due the fact that Zion now is firmly
:established in Karfkakee, ILL.,; Wind
sor, Ont; Newton, Iowa: South Bend
Ind; Zeigler, ILL.,, and other places
In the middle west, to- which the de-
nomination had hitherto been q
stranger. He is earnest, industrious
and knows how to deal with men and
large affairs. Success is his goal and
he never fails to reach 1T ultimately
yet uses only honorable means to at
tain it. If Zion chooses him as a
bishop next month, she will choose
wisely, and will add to her roster of
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prelates g force taht will rebound to
the eternal glory of ehrAch that
has boosted Of some Of the greatest
spiritual leaders and race builders
kRoWn to history.