The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-06-07


est executive qualities, is master
of all the intricacies OF parliament
tary law, and will be in every re-
gard, except as a pulpit orator, q
magnificent bishop.
Rev. Randolph S. Foster, d. D.,
who was also chosen on the first
ballot, is the President of the
Drew Theological Seminary, man
of large requirements and of a
national fame as a pulpit orator
and theological writer. tits un-
derstood that his election to the
episcopal Office is very affecting
to him and to his family, the work
of bishop being far less suited
to his tastes and character than
his present field.
Rev. Nv. Wiley, ID. D., has
been for years the editor of the
Ladies' Repository at Cincin-
natl, in which position he
succeeded Bishop Clark. DIR. Wi
ley is a highly educated genetle-
man and a graceful writer. He
was for some years missionary
in China.
Rey. S. NJ. Merrill, D. D., came
ssud1enly into prominence four
| years ago by q speech made in the
General Conference. As has serv-
ed four years as editor of the
Western Christian Advocate, and
has made his paper very able,
though not a1ittle denominations
and even aggressive in tone. DIR
Merrill lie radically conservative on
everything, but he is yet in the
prime of life and a genial man
and with the wide experiences O
a Methodist Bishop added, he viii
doubtless soften some of his ag
gressiveness, and at. any rate ht
will make a very able officer.
Rev. Gilbert Haven is even NOR
| positive than DIR. Merrill. He il
indeed the most positive and ag
gressiye man in the Methods
: Church, and has made lions Her
r aid since he took it a blazing bat
terry. 1t marks an era when q MAJ
who advocates woman's suffrage
and who has advocated amalga
nation, can be elected a bishop
But Mr.. Haven, though fiercel
a radical on suffrage and amalga
nation and labor reform, is nc
\ less fiercely orthodox on. eterns
: punishment, total depravity, an
S all the rest, uttering his view
a without flinching or mincing. II
is a man eff vast reading, incisiv
intellect, infinite courage and com
3 bativeness, genial and even heart
n manners, and will altogether prov
J. a Worcester among the bishops.
IL Rev. E. G. Andrews, D. D., ha
: been = pastor in Brooklyn, and
3 a man of fine culture and exceller
r ability. He was for many yeal
n an eminent educator. His devou
d piety, fine scholarship, and tho
, ough manliness make his selectio
> to the Office of bishop a most az
mirable one.
K Rev. Jesse T. Peck, D. D., tn
b last elected, is physically the lars
). est man in the Methodist ministr,
and is also a man of broad an
genial sympafhies and stron
y ability.
10 The finest compliment paid I
y any man by this election, was tt
# failure to elect Rev. E. 0. Have
q D. D., though his eminent abilitit
have long pointed him out as one
the very fittest men in the Churc
t, for the office. The one objectio
d urged to Mr.. Ravens election, an
K it was an objection that prove
fatal to him, was that he could NJ
, in any wise be spared from tt
e. great and richly endowed institl
le ton of learning that he is built
r. ing up at Evanston, near Chicag
~ His election would have dimme
the prospects OF the Northweste1
IL University, and would even ha7
d effected the price of real estate
E. Evanston. 1t is said there was
Chicago lobby endeavoring to pr
vent his elsction-because the
valued him SO highly.
In this election, as in previol
n ones, the pipe-layers and wire-pul
1t ers, the men who are to be four
al in every body, ready to seek hig
re position in improper ways, we
s. all left out, we believe. And the
he were many men of very high cha
Of acter, quite as well qualified :
c. those who were chosen, that we
N not elected. For our part, we a
a disposed to congratulate them c
t. their escape from an Office IL
J. work of which is so arduous, ar
Ill the duties of which are so difflcu
and delicate Hearth and HON