The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-06-03

L. Blake, Bethel Church, Springfield.
Rev. Charles B. Crawford goes to
Narragansett Pier in Rhode Island
Rev. J. E. Chrichelow, st. Phillips
Church, Everett, Mass, Rev. T. R.
Lawrence, Lowell, Mass. Rev. Mary
j. Moore, Moore's Tabernacle.
Rev. Jesse Owens of Boston, was
ordained as a Deacon, and Revs. T. R.
Lawrence and Thomas Setback were
ordained as Elders. Drs. Drake.
Hopes, Blake and Davis were elected
as delegates to the General Conference
which convenes in May, 1910 at De-
troit, Michigan Mrs. Rosalee Smith
of Roxbury, Mass, was appointed as
the new Conference Church School
Superintendent and to have charge of
the Young Peoples work, Miss GLADYS
Holmes, Supervisor of Religious Edu-
cation, Rev. Charles, Superintendent
of the Allen Christian Endeavor. Rev.
W. c. Walter was returned to Nor
walk, Connecticut: Rev. S. W. Over
ton, Fall River, Massachusetts; DR..
R. H. Gross, Bethel Church, Green
witch, Connecticut, and Rev. E. Collins
Bridgeport, Connecticut.
In the recent Annual Conference
there was a decided trend toward the
elevation of young men to higher
nositions in the AME. Church. Rev
P. Sterett. very bright youno man
and son of the Rev. J. Sterett, former
nastor of Charles Street Church in
Boston, was sent to Bethel Church
New Bedford, Massachusetts. This is
the first time that such very young
man has been sent to a church like
New Bedford. With but few excap-
tons in the past. the churches in New
tn0land have not been pastored bv
the best prepared men. Far too lone
hos tho rough rider of ignorance, back
stair connivery and hvpocritical demo-
@oguerv ridden in the saddle of Afri
"an MHthodism and MANY a young
man of training and intelligence with
bright future before him has been
run over roughshod and killed at the
start. But there is a new dav dawn
ing on the horizon of African Method
ism and this dav will give youth and
intelligence chance to function.
nero rs new personality STANDING on
the Mars Hill of African Methodism
preaching a gospel of neace. faith.
hone and love to both saints and sin
nerS alike; to the IGNORANT and the in
tnlIioent; to the rich and the poor.
'rhe"e is new musician nlaving on
the harnstrin0s of African Methodism
who is discardinp the diScordant notes
and tones which have caused so much
disharmonv and 81 many inharmoni-
Gus tunes to be sounded in the ears of
church membership warming for
neace and harmony, and his name is
DAVID. There is new beacon light
Sittino on the Isle of Patmos of Afri-
CON Methodism, and his name is
JOHN. He is writing new chapter
ut Revelation. hope and peace for the
future in African Methodism. David
Il. Sims and John G. Drake showed in
1nmistakable terms at the Annual
Conference in Springfield that such 3
conference could and would be con-
Quoted in peace and harmony and
without killing off any of its preach
ers. The little clicks and klans, so
conspicuous at every conference and
designed to kill off educated and in
telligent men were not allowed to
carry out their dirty work, but were
stopped and defeated at every turn
bv those two valiant soldiers in the
army of African Methodism DAVID
H. SIMS and JOHN G. DRAKE who
are destined to go to supreme heights
in African Methodism.