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Rh magazine which soon got the name the “Cream Jar” of African Methodist thoughts. The editors were: Bishop B. T. Tanner, L. J. Coppin, and H. T. Kealing and R. C. Ransom. Of these two became Bishops—Tanner and Coppin. The former died after a good old age, in 1923. Prof. Kealing is also dead. Bishop Coppin and the present occupant, Rev. Ransom are still active.

We have given the departments in this handbook for the use of the young Allenites who, perhaps, will never take the time to search our church histories to get the facts. We will now give the schools in the same condensed fashion.

Wilberforce was founded in 1856, but was purchased in the name of the A. M. E. Church by Bishop D. A. Payne (1863) for the sum of $10,000.00. Rev. J. M. Shorter, afterward Bishop, and Prof. J. G. Mitchell were leaders in common with the Bishop in the movement. Allen’s spirit here strikes out in a new field to get freedom of mind. Allen had fought for freedom of his body and won it by hard