The broad ax., 1924-06-28

tory, and the next thing will be the
National Baptist Convention next
September in Nashville. Tenn, when
the home of the National Baptist
Publishing house, or the home Of the
Sunday School Board will be thrown
open to the public. and this Is going
to be one Of the greatest publishing
houses in the world owned and OPP
Grated by my people
Look where I was when I took my
pen in hand to write you few lines
last week, and then think of where
am today, and what | am doing, but
honey / have been in WiIberforce
University, and had the pleasure of
seeing Bishop John A Gregg fully
pass from DR.. John "A. Gregg, presi-
dent Of Wilberforce University, to
Bishop John "A. Gregg, president Of
the work of his great church in South
Africa, and it will not be long before
he will be on his way to his work. 1t
will be this fall before he sails, and
| am told that he is going to drop in
to see many Of his friends to raise
some money for his work before he
departs for the other land.
Of course, you have heard that DR..
Gilbert H. Jones, was elected presi-
dent Of the institution, and will take
hold Of his new field at once, and will
make Rome howl. Of course there
is going to Be peace and harmony
now, because that was the desire and
wish Of my friend, Bishop Joshua H.
Jones, to have his son at the head Of
the institution, and during his admin
istration, Bishop John A. Gregg got
hash-e-square-lull, and will take il
over to Africa with him.
But there is no time to play now,
tor work and real work must Be done
at Wilberforce. The members of the
African Methodist Episcopal church
will have to lay aside their differ
ences and just get busy and make
things 60. They must complete that
great building and then they must
pay for it, and if you do not short
will be the life from the cradle To
the grave. But | am not talking
grave yard talk this week, but liv-
ing gospel Prof. Jones was dean,
and he has the scholarship, and it is
up to him now to back that scholar
ship up with executive ability and
common mother sense and he will
make it go and failure to do this will
mean failure, and as a young man he
cannot afford to fail. 1t will take too
long to explain the cause Of failure.
Four years of real work BY this in
teilectual giant, and he was elevated
to the highest place in the gift Of the
Church Many wanted that he re-
MAN. But | am not going to spend
tins letter talking about Bishop Gregg
Tor ne is as much Bishop now as he
VIII ever be. He will spend four years
in Africa and then come on back home
and will be assigned to some good
place.
had the pleasure Of hearing 4
wonderful address by Miss Mary
Evans, who is speaker,-in fact she
is a well trained preacher. She took
regular theological course, and i
now entitled to the degree of doctor
OF divinity, and I want that her school
should confer the degree. / met Prof
Charles 5. Smith, head of the COM
merclal department, and he is bring
ing things to pass. He is a wonder
tut character and has turned out some
strong men and women. / looked al
him and he looked at me. and then
we got away from there. Prof. Smith
hItched up his new automobile car
carriage and toted me over to Spring
held where | got Iocogine headed
tor this place It was special COM
posed of bed cars and. one chair car.
MY people were just going in style.
! got in style with them, and what a
fine ride I had.
Get into town, found people lined
Up waiting for this locogine to come
to town and bring delegates. There
were many people who had prepared
to take them. Some had decided 10
take enough at $500 a day to pay fol-
their winter coal, and others wanted
to entertain them for the cause sake
One minister and the grating order
Sthough he was too much imbued
with the Holy Spirit to do any graft
ing himself or to permit 1t to Be done
but he got on the wrong side of me
IN some way, and I gave him the
60 BY.
You see had been invited to stor
at one Of the aggressive citizens Of
Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin $
Thomas. and they are the people who
almost brought music into existence
With that wonderful voice he ha.
anassed fame and fortune. The,
own beautiful home in the residence
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