The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-20

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DEATH OF Bishop SuULE.-A Telegram
from Nashville, Tennessee, announces the
death of Rev. } oshua Soule, d. D., scnor
Bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, who died in that city. The de-
ceased became a mlnstcr ot the Methodist
Church before the commencement of the
present century, and OF course long prior
to the memorable division in that church
He was born in Bristol, Maine, on the lst
Of August l7Sl, and had attained his Seth
year. He was licensed to preach in 1889,
ordained elder in 1852, and in 1904 was
appointed presiding elder of the Maine
district, which then embraced twelve cir
cults and one station, within !: circumfcr
encc of l 200 miles. In 1SUS hr attended
the General Conference in Baltimore, at
which the7plan of II delegated General
Conference was adopted, the constitution
Of which, us it now appears in the dis
cipl;nc," was drawn up by Mr.. Soule.-
After presiding over various other dis
tricts of Maine and Massachusetts, he was
in 1915 elected by the General Conference
book agert and editor Of the 'Mcthodisl
Magazine" and in 1920 he was elected to
the cpiscopate but declined ordination,
he not being willing to exercise the tunc-
tons of a Bishop il The power Of clecting
the presiding elders WAS invested i'll the
Annual Conferences, as was then proposed
by the General Conference. In $50 hc
was stationed in New York the next
year he was the preacher in charge of the
station in that city; the two following
years he had charge Of the Baltimore city
station, and many persons are yet living
who have IL vivid recollection of his min
istration in this city In 1921 the general
conference, holding its sessions i'll Balti-
more, reelected him to the tpiscopatc,
and his objections having been removed:
he accepted and was ordained bishop
The General Conference OF 1910 appointed
Bishop Solle It's representative TO the
British Wesleyan Methodist Conference,
which met in lS42, aud nftcr fulfilling
that appointment he Travelled extensively
in the british islands and France. At the
dcccase Of Bishop Roberts, March 2S,
1913, he became the senior bishop Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. and at the
General Conference held in New York in
1S4l.h he took Il decided stand against the
action ofthc majority. who desired Bishop
Andrew to dcsist from the exercise of his
episcopal functions because he had be-
come, by marriage, connected with slnvc-
iy. The issue involved in this subject at
.hat time, is we'll known, resulted in the
division of the church, Bishop Soulc ad
herring to the Southern portion, and
changing his residence from Lebanon,
Ohio, to Nashville. Tennessee During
lS33-54 the deceased made an episcopal
tour in California, and on his return with.
drew from The active duties of his office in
consequence Of impaired health, although
as long as he w:ts able TO ITO so he con-
tinucd to preach, which, of late years, has
only been on rare occasions. He was 81
man OF much force, firm aud consistent in
his convictions. aid holding the church
above all other interests 1t may be truly
said of bin that one full Of years and
honors has gone down to the grave.
Bors IN HoEsEs.-We find the follow
ing remedy for bots in the report of the
Agricultural Bureau for November and
December II was communicated by Col.