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Rh what he could to uplift the church and to enlighten the race.

The managers were Bishop Richard Allen, Reverends James Cox, James M. Carr, George Hogarth, Augustus Green, M. M. Clark, W. T. Catto, J. P. Campbell, Elisha Weaver, Joshua Woodin, A. L. Stanford, B. T. Tanner, W. H. Hunter, Theodore Gould, J. C. Embry, T. W. Henderson, R. H. W. Leak, J. H. Collette, R. R. Wright, Jr. , J. I. Lowe and D. M. Baxter. Five of these managers became Bishops, and all of them have gone to rest but Baxter and Wright, who are now manager and editor respectively. The Book Concern was first established in Philadelphia and was carried to Brooklyn, N. Y., and then Pittsburgh, Pa., and back to Philadelphia where Rev. J. C. Embry built the present home 631 Pine Street, 1892 and from all indications will be here for many years to come. weWe [sic] are striving now to build a new home for the Publication Department, Allen’s spirit will build it.

The Missionary Department, next oldest to the Book Concern, dates back to 1844. Allen’s spirit desired to spread itself to the ends of the earth and break the shackles from the