The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-02-21

originally slight, but tend1nS OF late
to em6onpoint, nose rather aquiline,
and voice shrill and piping, but
which has been subjected to disci-
pline not less severe and hardly less
successful than the elocutionary train
ing of Demosthenese, DIR. James is the
embodiment of will. He is, perhaps,
the greatest ecclesiastical administra
tor of the present generation. 1t is
doubtful if his superior in executive
ability can be found in the country.
Having submitted cheerfully ard com
scientiously to the hardships of the
itinerant system as they existed a
quarter of century ago, he is dispos-
ed to exact something like the same
devotion from others. Had he lived
in the Middle Ages, he would newt
ably have ruled a great religious or
der. James, if not the greatest man
on the Methodist bench, is, perhaps,
the greatest bishop. He is always
forcible speaker, often eloquent.
Aquiline in feature and mind, he poun
ces upon his ideas with an eXultant,
eagle-hke swoop. His financial abili
ty is of the highest order.
Bishop Scott is the genial, gentle
manly sanity man of the bench. De-
vout, without particle of asceticism,
h oveIfows With Chris ian and luna
sympathy. Pretending neither to or
atory nor greatness, he is yet an eS-
cellent preacher and a man of great
practical sense. His life and spirit
are full of piety of the old, earnest,
Methodistic type.
The large frame, full chest, promi-
nent brows and somewhat massive
lower face proclaims Simpson very
prince of pulpit orators. Nature does
not make man great in all respects,
and Bishop Simpson is not pre-eml-
nent as an administrator, scholar, or
writer His sermons have many fine
things; but they do not satisfy expec-
tation when read. 1t is the majestic
presence, the noble voice, the grand,
earnest, triumphant face, all surcharg-
ed with the electricity of an enthusl-
astic soul, that makes DR.. Simpson the
orator that he is. Not that he is
without noble mental gifts, but that it
is the addition of his wonderful ply
steal magnetism that gives him his
royal position as an orator. More
perhaps by his surroundings than by
natural inclination, he was made a
conservative in church politics; but on
the breaking out of the war he used
all his lofty gifts as an orator IN sup
port of President Lincoln's admins
! tration, and it fell to his lot to give
utterance to the national sorrow at
the tomb of the President. Since the
war he has spoken earnestly and fire.
~, national GubloPfE-
Bishop Baker is, like Bishop James
. a New Englander. He is a refined
and polished scholar, bearing yet the
stamp of his years of service III Tho
chair of professor. His diffidence il
I always apparent, though it neyei
causes loss of aplomb. Thoroughly
versed in parliamentary usage, Away
ready and self-possessed, he has few
equals as presiding officer, and hi
5 work on the Discipline is the standar'
: of Methodist law.
r Bishop Ames, though of Puritan an
, ce stry, is yet Western man by brit
4 and by every characteristic of min
; and body. Like Bishop James he is EN-
!; inent for executive ability. With
a will fully equal to that of James, he
/. less careful in using it, and is some
II times thought arbitrary. Ills min
a is like his frame, massive, and his syn
/ pathies deep and tender. The on
n word which characterizes him i
+ craftsmanship. AS preacher, h
" movement is smooth, his discour'
singularly clear, with passages of ge
, uine sublimity, and a pathos that sti
, his hearers to the depths of their n
le lures.
al With fine physical presence, Ia
,e full of dignity, somewhat forehea
.e bald, Bishop Clark looks as he is, Il
is refined scholar. carrying with him st
a. the impress of his life in literary
r stitution. He is a smooth and polls
ID ed writer, an accurate and pleasa
rs speaker. stating his propositions cles
r. ly, and advocating them forcibly, ID
of work entitled "Man all Immortal
D. though scholarly, hardly does him j.
re tee, being more popular resume
be the old current arguments than
el velopment of any new lines of thong
if on the subject. He was for years {
h itor of the Ladies' Repository at c.
I'M cinnati.
,lIl With a rich humor and a sarcas
he that knew how to take advantage
re the absurd proposition of his OPT
m nents, who were anti-slavery in tn
m politics while they were conservati
he in the church, DIR. Kingsly used
ut official position as editor of the W
he tern Christian Advocate, lat Cineinns
np to urge the adoption of a more str
y gent and unequivocal rule again
ro- slaveholding. His political artic
To- were also bold and trenchant q
eos when the progressive party came
,cb elect bishops it was almost a foregC
q conclusion that DIR. Kingsley would
.ws among them. Like several of
the colleagues, he has been profess
and bnt no one would suspect it from
.act manner. Without being eloquent,
tia is forcible, manly and strong IN
that he says.
[or- Last upon the list, and in some
ure spects, we think, greatest on the
rtlv Is Bishop Edward Thompson. Pc
pro- in stature, absent-minded IN bear
his with hearing little impaired,
age modest almost to excess, he is not
the haps Just the man for an ONCE SO e:
.tor,l utive in its character as that OF
reat Methodist episcopacy. But as a
his ter he has qualities of the rarest
for None of our eminent American
ion. tiers excel him in purity of dletion
AXE in the art of "putting things. 1
pi- speaker his voice is defective, ana
pos manner generally somewhat defc
nd q in animation. He often confines