Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-07

us? Behold, thy father and l
nave sought thee sorrowing." And
he said unto them, how is it that
thou has sought me, wish We not
that l must be about my Fathers
business? ?"
DR.. Hairs Education
He was educated at Alcorn and
Campbell Colleges, in Mississippi,
also studied at the Chicago School
of Law. His BID. degree W a s
achieved at Campbell; was awarded
honorary degrees by the following
institutions: D. D., Campbell Col
leee and Wherefore University;
MA, Turner College; LID,
Northwestern University and Paul
Quinn College.
His Itineracy
He began his ministry at Flower
Hill Mission with three members,
and on to Bolton Mission with one
member, and to Indianola, with
three members. During his first
year at Indianola, he built a
church at the cost of $3,60O.OO and
remained on the charge five years,
making it station. At this point,
DR.. Hair became the spotlight of
the state, and thus he was styled
by his seniors, as man of destiny.
From thence he went to Yazoo
City, which was the fourth ap-
pointment in the state, which ne
attained in brief period of seven
years. Thence to China Grove sta
ton in the country, consisting OF
$50 members, and on to Pearl
Street Church, Jackson, the chief
cornerstone of African Methodism
in Mississippi, and remained there
the time limit, saved the church,
and established himself as tn e
greatest financier in the state.
DIR. Hair Made Presiding Elder
Bishop Connor made DR.. Hair
presiding elder in 1918, in which
capacity he has served until this
day, with the exception of one
years respite. Such a servant in
Gods Church is certainly qualified
for the office of Bishop.
His first General Conference as
an elected delegate was in 1872.
and he has been a member until
now. He has served as a member
of the Educational, Church Exten-
sion. Financial, Missionary, an d
Publishing Boarls, He is mem
her Of the Correctional Council,
and it's first secretary serving for
four years. H. has six times been
a member of the Episcopal Com
mittee; he has served on the Com
mittee on Temporal Economy, the
Revision Committee; also one Of
the secretaries Of the General Con-
ference. Dr.. Hair is we'll versed
in til e science of Ecclesiastical
government, and a high-class
ehurchman, and is truly qualified
for the office as Bishop in the
great A. NJ. f. Church. He has
organized, promoted and built more
churches in Mississippi ga in num-
ber), than any other man. Every
Bishop who has presided over tf/
state has faithfully retained Dr..
Hair as Presiding Elder. T his
fact within itself tells an irrefut-
able story.
Attention has been called to the
fact that it has been nearly AZ
wears since the Church has given
Mississippi a Bishop from its own
soil.
His Spiritual Unfoldment
In one of the above paragraphs
it was pointed out that Dr.. Hair
became a Christian at boyhood. 1t
is also observed by some advanced
Bible students that early spiritual
embodiment of the boy Jesus, was
a prophesy of the mighty latent
spiritual power that came into
play that gave the Master that i'm
mortal victory over death, in times
greatest drama on Calvary.
And whether along the valley
of the Jordan, or the plains OF
Judea nearly two thousand years
ago, or nearly two thousand years
later along the valley OF the
mighty Mississippi River in ne"
world in America, we must remem'
Der that in Gods nightly universe
like causes under like conditions
invariably produce like effects
How do we know but that our owr
DR.. Hair has been especially bles'
to act part in the mighty on
coming new world order that is
rapidly approaching our civiliza-
ton, which may challenge all the
might and power of Gods greatest
leaders now being made to carry
on in new world order of God s