acksmiths, 2 are politicians, 3 are seamstresses, 4 are washerwomen,
4 are postal clerks, 3 are Government clerks at Washington, 12 are
tailors, 3 are janitors, 2 are draymen, 2 are carpenters, 3 are
barbers, 3 are carriage drivers, 3 are carriagemakers, 2 are cotton
samplers, 2 are professional cooks, while the following occupations
are represented by one each: upholster, elevator conductor,
stonemason, piano tuner, sleeping car porter, dairyman, dentist,
bricklayer, restaurant proprietor, photographer, ice cream maker,
insurance agent, coal dealer, baker, jewelry clerk, bridge builder,
packer, hackman, editor and postmaster (of South Atlanta). May they
not say, as Paul: "These hands ministered unto my necessities"?

This church has furnished not a few excellent men who are doing
conspicuous service. Among these are Prof. R. R. Wright, president
State College, Savannah, Ga.; Rev. J. E. Smith, pastor First
Congregational Church, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Rev. George V. Clark,
pastor Congregational Church, Charleston, S. C.; Rev. John W.
Whittaker, pastor Central Congregational Church, New Orleans, La.; Mr.
Butler R. Wilson, attorney at law, Boston, Mass.; Rev. E. J. Penny,
chaplain Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., and
others.

The present pastor is the first of his race to be honored with the
pastorate of this church. He is a product of the American Missionary
Association, having received his college training at Fisk University.
He began his labors here immediately upon the completion of his
theological course at the Yale Divinity School, in 1894. With his
coming the church entered upon a distinct era of its life. Not without
some misgivings on the part of many, the church bravely launched out
to assume self-support. For some time it had been without a regular
pastor, and the flock was divided and scattered. After three years the
membership has been doubled and the contributions trebled. Last year
it contributed a share of the "Jubilee Fund" of the American
Missionary Association. The church is now united and progressive.
There is a growing Christian Endeavor Society, a Working Men's Club
for financial aid, a Woman's Aid Society for general church work, a
Young Men's League for increasing the attendance at the Sunday evening
services (printed bulletins of the services being distributed weekly).
The church issues the Parish Visitor, a monthly church paper which
forms a bond of interest by unifying th