Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-11-09
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in estimating that the colored con-
! ferences reported at least one seventh
of this amount.
l made every possible effort by writ
ing to Bishops Turner and Salter of
the African Methodist Episcopal
church, and Bishops Holsey and Will
Jams of the Colored Methodist Epis-
copal church and Bishops Hood and
! Clinton of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion church, to obtain data
on the foregoing items for their
churches but the information was
not sufficiently ample and accurate to
enable me to use it in this article.
Notwithstanding all this showing on
our part it is fact that our colored
membership has not increased equally
with that Of the distinctively Negro
Methodist churches either in the North
or the South; and it is natural that
We thy to find the causes or reasons
therefor.
Before undertaking this, and to pre-
vent any criticism or miscontruction Of
my motive, wish to add few words
personal: have received more fav-
ors and courtesies from some Of the
pastors, college professors and bishops
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
South than from the bishops and the
white pastors of my own denomina-
ton. Bishop Duncan once spent prac
tiealIy an entire Sunday with us,
preaching twice consecutively, and
also in my absence officiated at a
funeral service for me, and was my
friend and counselor Doctors A. Coke
Smith and J. C. Kilgo, both Of whom
were afterwards consecrated bishops,
found it pleasure to preach for me
The late sainted DR.. James H. Carslile
more than once gave my people one of
his inimitable lay sermons, and was
for years, and until his death my
friend and counselor and spiritual
advisor [ doubt if there are many
if any, pastors of our church, who
hSYa had plesanter relations with
the ministers of our several colo"ed
Methodist families or been more high
ly hOnored by them. 1t has been my
privilege and pleasure to have re-
ceived from and extended courtesies
TO Bishops Holsey and Williams, and
for a time to have been for two weeks
Closely and pleasantly ASSOCIATED with
with Bishop Phillips. The same is
true with reference to Bishop Walters.
! have entertained the late Bishop
Petty and have been entertained Ey
bot;i Tie bishops Clinton, tue younger
whUui las bcrI Z friend Of many years
staEG:ng ANA :. o-e tine sc.I0Jl mate.
Bishop Saitcr, my fathers friend and
lily own friend, once bestowed upon
me the unusual honor of having me
preside temporarily over one OF his
annual conferences, and participate
il TIE fAncral ob&anuies of my dear
father; and president ChappCllc of
Allen University some years ago
placed me under lasting obligations
to him by voluntarily using his good
Offices to have an academic degree
, conferred upon me by their leading
! university.
no one can, therefore, accuse me OF
bias prcdiudice or scctaTianism. The
first and greatest of our heroes III the
South since Emancipation were the
Cody men and womeh who came
South Immediately and SOON after
the Civil war, some from the best
Northern homes; serving, some OF
them, in the Union army as nurses
and chaplains, and later ocming a
mong us to welcome back into the 1old
). n: the old church both he? white and
colored members. Most of these he
roes and heorines are gone to thell