Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-10

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Icepted. aaaaI8 ,ass 8 ~ sis
j On motion of Mr.. Fell, the Council ad-
|iourned until next Monday night at 711s
o'clock. .5
B1sHop SIMPSONS LEcTURE.-The Lee
turer announced for this evening ope ms the
Second course of lectures under the au-
spices of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation.
Bishop Mathew Simpson of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, is a native of Ohio
having been born at Cadiz, Harrison coun-
ty. June 10, 1870. His home was the resort
of the '.Itenerant," a character more COM
mon and popular then than now. At an
early age his intellectual vigor was appar-
ent in his rapid progress in mental train
ing. When but eight years af age he COM
menced the study of German and at u
years he was a fair proficient in Latin,
tutor in Madison College. Upon uniting
! with the M. E. church, in 1929. he became
very active as religious teacher and class
leader. The failure of his health about
this time caused him to turn his attention
to the study of medicine, and he would
have entered into its practice had not the
ministry pressed upon him as his vocation
He was licensed and gave himself wholly
to the work of preaching the gospel in
1888, at % years of age. His first circuit was
West Wheeling, Va. Afterwards he was sta
toned at Pittsburgh and Monongehala
City. In 1887 he was M ade Professor of
Natural Science in aud President of Allie
yheny College. In, 1889 he was elected
President of Indiana Asbury University,
at Greencastle, which, under his wise di-
rec,ion, became leading literary in
stirution of American Methodism.-
He was elected by the General
Conference of 1S4S to the editorship of the
Western Christian Advocate, at Cincinnati'
and after refusing the rendered Presidency
of Dickinson College, as also of the Wes-
lyan University of Ohia, was, in 1852, Or
dained Bishop OF the M. E. Church. and
now, though residing at Philadelphia, is
President of the Garrett Biblical Institute
at Evanston, Illinois. sl p 01Et
DR.. Simpson is regarded as the most
powerful preacher in his church. His SER
mons abound in happy and brilliant illus
trations. His voice is clear, and when he
is interested full and ringing. His vi gor-
Gus intellect and vivid scnsibility give his
utterances irresistible power. A Boston
paper, speaking of him. says: STIR
"Bishop Simpsons address in the Bay
State course last week on Our Country
met with the hearty approval of large
auditory. He most eloquently denounced
Gen. Dix for proposing to the Emperor of
France who had so sedulously sought our
destruction, that the United States should
sit in Congress to decide whether the Pope
of Rome should occupy few miles in the
heart of Italy. Congress should forbid the
step. Our svmpathies are solely with Gar
ibaldi and Mazzini. We have no share in
any debate which questions their legitlma-
cy. He saw the Ea pouring in upon US
with a greater stream than had coMe from
Western Europe. But God would convert
and save the world through US if we are
faithful to him. 1t is pronounced the most
popular and able oration of the course"
These antecedents warrant us in'expect-
ing a most entertaining occasion tonight.
| HE'GNAsHErH-Thel local of the Journal,
not having entirely recovered from the eff
fects of his water works trip eastward, in
his notice of the meeting at the City Hall,
on Saturday evening, see-eth every thing
through a glass darkly. Messrs. DeLany,
Baber and Martin causeth him to frorh at
the mouth, and smell "a niger in the wood
pile" "A guilty conscience, alone, could
have caused his contortions under the
truths uttered by these gentlemen about
the Radical Congress. Colonel Biber, ever
since he ceased to furnish brains to run the
State Central Committee of the late Repub-
iican party, has been the special nightmare
of the minions of the Journal. We think,
however, he will survive, and have aoind
enough left to scatter the remaining frag-
ments Of the defunct Journal clique, under
whose management the party have gone
into bankruptcy, and now stands convicted
of having obtained power and Office under
false pretences. s @ 20 ai.s -