History of the quarterly review
Text Box: Reverend George W. Clinton—Editor 1890-1892 Reverend Clinton transferred to John Wesley Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Bishop Singleton T. Jones, succeeding Reverend Jehu Holliday, who built the church.  Thus, while pasturing there, he founded the Quarterly Review, in 1890.  Clinton hosted the General Conference in 18921, was elected editor of the Star of Zion at this General Conference, and was elected bishop in 1896. Dr. John Campbell Daney, Sr.—Editor 1892-1908 & 1908-1912 Dancy, of Wilmington, North Carolina, who goes down in our church history as one of the towing laymen, became the Quarterly Review’s second editor in 1892.  Dr. Dancy, a rising young scholar of religious zeal, had been the successful editor of The North Carolina Sentinel at Tarboro, North Carolina, statesman, silver-tongued orator and inimitable writer of the King’s English.  Dancy showed mastery, thoroughness, and glowing subtlety in sixteen years of editorship of the Quarterly Review and seven years of the Star of Zion. After a close race between Dancy and Reverend Lynwood Westinghouse Kyles for editor of the Quarterly Review in 1908, the General Conference re-elected Dr. Dancy that he might complete at least twenty-five years (by 1910).  Dr. Lynwood Westinghouse Kyles—Editor 1912-1916 Dr. Kyles eminently edited the Quarterly Review in its entirely four years.  Kyles entered Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, remaining seven years and graduating from both the college and Theological department with honors (1901, AB; 1904 BD).  As editor and manager of the Quarterly Review, he helped to make it the foremost periodical by the race, especially the homiletics department.  He was elected bishop in 1916. Reverend Cameron Chesterfield Alleyne—Editor  1916-1924 Reverend Alleyne was educated at Naprima College, Port of Spain, Trinidad, BWI, having matriculated there between 1889 and 1903.  He came to the United States in 1903 and attended Tuskegee Institute, 1903-04.  He received an honorary MA and DD from Livingstone College, and LLD from Howard University.  Alleyne served in the capacity of editor of the Quarterly Review until 1924, when he was elected bishop. Reverend William Orlando Carrington—Editor 1924-1932 Born in New Rochelle, New York, Reverend Carrington served ten years as Dean of Hood Theological Seminary prior to being elected editor of the Quarterly Review.  Rev. Carrington was one of the greatest twentieth century pulpiteers of the AME Zion Church and the nation. Reverend Polk knox fonvielle—Editor 1932-1936 This concrete thinker from Worcester, Massachusetts was elected editor in 1932.  Fonvielle came from a family of noted authors.  This concrete thinker of a contributive family of writers (whose brother W.F. Fonvielle was the noted author) served one quadrennium. James Clair Taylor—Editor 1936-1948 Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1893, Taylor was elected editor of the Quarterly Review in 1936 and served until elected bishop in 1948.  Dr. David Henry Bradley  1948-1980—Editor 1948-1979 Dr. Bradley, the longest serving editor of the Quarterly Review, served thirty one years.  He attended Livingstone College, graduating in 1929 with honors.  In 1932, he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh and his PhD from New York University.  Bradley published the History of the AME Zion Church, 1796-1872, in 1956 and a second volume, 1872-1968, which was published in 1970. Dr. John Henry Satterwhite– Editor 1980-1989 Dr. Satterwhite, a distinguished scholar, served as the Dean of Hood Theological Seminary from 1939 until 1952.  Upon leaving Hood Theological Seminary, he became professor of Ecumenics at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.  The AME Zion Church will long remember the passionate concerns that Rev. Dr. Satterwhite had throughout his entire professional ministry for the worldwide Church and her ecumenical concerns, and his absolute devotion to the high ideals of a trained ministry as necessary for all persons actively engaged in the preaching or teaching ministry of the Christian faith.  Reverend  James David Armstrong—Editor 1989-Present Rev. Armstrong, the current editor, is a graduate of Livingstone College, Hood Theological Seminary, and Scarrett Graduate School in Tennessee.  The death of Dr. Satterwhite in May, 1989  caused the Board of Bishops to appoint the Rev. Armstrong, pastor of Spottswood AME Zion Church, New Britain, Connecticut, interim editor.  Rev. Armstrong was elected editor in his own right at the 1992 General Conference.             

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