The Washington bee., 1910-10-22
Bishop J,W.Smith, Dead
BISHOP SMITH LAID TO REST
Final Exercises for Late Prelate of
the African M, Z. Church,

fll4l E8STClSCS IOT Late EESldtC OF
the African M. E Church.
The funeral services for the late
Bishop John Wesley Smith, of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
who died in this city Friday afternoon,
wetsz htii Monday in John Wesley a.
NJ E Zion Church, 18th street be-
tween L and M streets northwest.
Many hundreds of interested friends
were unable to gain. admission. The
exercises, which were decidedly inn
pressive, were presided over by Bish-
! op George Wylie Clinton, of Char
lotte, N. c.
A fervent and eloquent eulogy was
delivered by Bishop Alexander Wal
tiers, lifelong friend of the deceased,
and head of the Third Episcopal dis
trict Within the chancel raI sat Bish-
ops J. w Alstock and A. J. Warner,
of the Fifth and Ninth districts, re-
spectively. The general officers of the
| Zion connection present were DR.. @.
c. Clement, editor of the Star of Zion,
Charlotte, n. c.; DR.. J. Harvey An
derson, editor of the Zion Year Book;
| John c. Dancy, editor of the Zion
| Quarterly; DR.. James Edward Mason,
secretary of Livingston College; Miss
Sarah ]. Janifer, secretary of the Wom-
ans Home and Foreign Missionary
Society.
Among the prominent clergy in at
tendance were Rev. Z. d. w Jones, of
Harrisburg, Pa; P A Wallace, Phila-
de1phia; B.W. Swain, Hartford, Conn. T;
F. K. FOneville, Salisbury, n. c.; Z.
B. Smith, P. E, Harrisburg. Pa; c.
In Ioza1 d 7 Trapto- n T Geo
ID Farris, New Jersey; w. D. Clinton,
! Chambersburg, Pa; DR., R. A. Morris
sey, Philadelphia, secretary of mis-
sions: G. w. Haines, Philadelphia,
and J. c. Temple, Harrisburg. Pa.
Washington ministers present were
Revs. S. L. Corrothers, w. A. Ray
| w. H. Ferguson, Logan Johnson, C.
| c. Alleyne, J. c. Overton, and J. A.
! S. Cole, P. E, of the Zion connection;
Revs. John F. Hurst, l. n Ross, and
L. NJ. Beckett, of the A NJ. E
Church; Revs. NJ. w. Clair and R. P
Williams, of the NJ E. Church: Rev
R. Kent Harris, of the c. M. T.
Church; Revs. J. Milton Waldron, w
J. Howard, NJ. w. d. Norman, S
Geriah Lamkins, and J. Anderson
Taylor, of the Baptist Church, and
Rev. F. J. Grimke, of the Presbyterian
Church.
The exercises were opened by Rev
s. L. Corrothers, pastor of Galbraitf
Church.
After a hymn, led by Rev. J. A. S
Cole, presiding elder, Bishop Alstorb
read the first Scripture lesson, and
Rev. w. H. Ferguson, of the Union
Wesley Church, read the second. Bish-
op Warner led in prayer, and Rev
]. Harvey Anderson followed with {
hymn, Servant of God. Well Done.
It was announced that until the
= meeting of the bishops council in Jan
: uary, the Florida conference would
. be cared for by Bishop Alstork, the
. Virginia conference by Bishop Gin
ton, and the Philadelphia and Balti
more conference by Bishop Walters
, These were the conferences presided
. over by the late Bishop Smith.
Bishop Smith was native OF Nortl
Carolina, was educated under Prof
Robert Harris, and trained for the
ministry under the tutelage of Bish
op J. w. Hood, senior bishop o
: the A. NJ E Zion Church. He served
as pastor of churches in this city
b. New Haven, Conn; Baltimore, Md.
. Carlisle and Harrisburg, Pa, am
= Charlotte, n. c. In 1906, at Mobile
= Ala, he was elected editor TO th
!, Star of Zion, the official organ of tn
, A. NJ. E Zion denomination, AM
. served eight years. In 1904, at the ST
Louis general conference, he was ele