The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-21

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honeymoon on the New England
coast, Mr.. and Mrs. Harris will
be at home to their friends at 1l8
IN. Fullrton Avenue, Montclair, y.
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DIR. Jackson Cheerfully Accepts Ac-
ton of Zion Conference.
DR.. !. s. jackson came within a
few votes of having enough to elect
him to the Bench of Bishops at
the recent General Conference in
Charlotte, y. c., and would have
/ been able to have secured. the re-
manning ballots necessary to give
him the required two-thirds had
one or more OF the compliment
tary' candidates been willing to
withdraw in his favor. However,
DR.. Jackson is not east down by
the unexpected result, and having
been reelected to his old place as
financial secretary, is now direct
ing his energies toward perfecting
the best financial plan Zion has
ever had in operation In a letter
to his Zion friends. DR.. Jackson
says in par;:
Since the adjournment of the
General Conference, [ have re-
ceivcd scores of letters from all
parts of Zion, relative to the ac-
ton of the conference in not elect
ing more Bishops, and asking me
how l felt. about the matter, hav-
ing received on several ballots a
majority Of the votes east. | wish
to say to all inquirierS and to the
delegates who stood unswervingly
by me from the first ballot to the
last, that | have naught against my
fellow-man. AS the candidate haV-
ling the highest number of votes,
| retired from the race, feeling
that God was pleased with my ac-
ton, as this was the only course
that would permit vital and neces-
sary business to come before the
body. The failure to transact this
business would retard the progress
Iof the church during the ensuing
Equadrennirm.. g..
Il agree with my friends that it
seemed unfair that the minority
should force the majority to submit
to its will on the Bishopric ques-
ton; still, it may have been God s
way, and | am willing to trust Him
and wait on Him, for IF God be for
us, who can be against Us Is it
not also a fact that while the ma
jority had to submit to the minor
|ity on the one point-no Bishops
was not the same minority com
PEELED to yield to the minded,
justice loving, Zion-interested, God
fearing majority in all other cases
| thank God that Zion has within
her borders men who are level
headed enough and loyal enough
to sink their own ambitions to
avert anything that tends toward
disaster and promote the general
welfare.
"My supreme DESIRE" continu,
ed DR.. Jackson, "is to serve the
church where I can best serve. ]
return to the Financial Secretary.
ship at the will Of the largest vote
ever given to any candidate fol
years. / am determined to render
another four years service to the
best of my ability. Under God s
guidance, / cannot see why even
greater success should not be at.
tanned in the future, with clrcum.
stances more favorable in many
ways than has been true Of the
past.
"Be not discouraged my friends
Falter not by the wayside. Let us
do our duty wherever we are, wait.
ing upon him to reward us accord
ingly."
The consensus of opinion is that
in 1916, DR.. Jackson will be elect.
ed by acclamation, as a mark OF
appreciation for his generous self
abnegation in the hour when the
prize of lifetime was practically
within his grasp, and persistence
on his part might have won 70,
him at the expense Of the well
being of Zion.
National Independent Political
League to Meet.
Rev. j. Milton Waldron, nation.
al organizer of the National indie
L.