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[Illustration: Mrs. Lena Mason.]

MRS. LENA MASON.

Mrs. Lena Mason, the Evangelist, was born in Quincy, Ill.,
May 8th, 1864. Her parents, Relda and Vaughn Doolin, were
devout Christians, and they brought up their daughter Lena,
as far as they knew how, in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord, so that Lena became a Christian at a very early
age. She attended the Douglass High School of Hannibal, Mo.
She also attended Professor Knott's School in Chicago. She
married March 9th, 1883, to George Mason. Of this union six
children were the result--four boys and two girls; of these
only one, Bertha May, survives.

At the age of 23 Mrs. Mason entered the ministry, preaching
for the first three years to white people exclusively, and
later preaching to mixed congregations. She now belongs to
the Colored Conference. Mrs. Mason has preached in nearly
every state in the Union, and the preachers are few who can
excel her in preaching. She has, since she has been
preaching, been instrumental in the conversion of 1,617
souls. Her five months' work in colored and white churches
in Minneapolis will never be forgotten by those who were
greatly benefited by her services. Mrs. Mason possesses
considerable ability as a poet, and has written several
poems and songs that do not suffer by comparison with poems
by the best poets. Mrs. Mason is powerful in argument and
picture painting. Rev. C. L. Leonard, pastor of the Central
German M. E. Church, in speaking of Mrs. Mason, says: "I
desire to express my highest appreciation of Mrs. Mason's
church and effective evangelical work in my church and in
many others. Mrs. Mason is now making a tour of the South,
and by her lectures and sermons is doing a work among the
colored people that will bear good fruit in the future. One
only needs to hear Mrs. Mason lecture and preach to
understand how it is that one never tires listening to her."

1. Said once a noble ruler,
Thomas Jefferson by name,
"All men are created equal.
All men are born the same."
God made the Negro equal
To any race above the grave,
Although once made a captive
And sold to man a slave.

2. Of all the crimes recorded
Our histories do not tell
Of a single