Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-08

| Pursuant to a call made through the pa
pers. the ministers of the Methodist Epis-
| copal Church, South III and around Nash
vile, met on Friday morning, Nov. I, in
| the Bishops Room at the Publishing House,
on the occasion of the lamented death Of
the Rev. Bishop Early. There were pres
ent Bishop McTyeire, Drs. Maddin, Green,
Summers. Redford, Haygood, HargrOve,
Kelley, Revs. j. F. Hughes, William Burr,
| j. j. Pitman, L. c. Bryan, J. NJ. Sharp, +.
r. Hill, ". J. Hill, W. w. Brinsiield. A.
+. Jackson, 7. j. Atwell, j. Rains and
Col. w. NJ. Cooke. . ... 81.
Bishop McTyeire took the chair, and ID
c. Kelley was elected Secretary. After a
concise and comprehensive biographical
sketch of Bishop Early by Bishop McTyeire,
the following resolutions were moved by
| DIR. Summers and seconded by DIR. Red
ford:
Whereas, it has pleased the Head of the
| Church to take from us by death our ven
cradle father, the Rev. Bishop Early, who
fell asleep in the SSth year Of his age, on
| Wednesday morning, Nov. ), 1873, there
| fore be it resolved by the ministers of the
! Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in and
around Nashville, convened for the purpose:
|. That we are deeply affected by the
sad intelligence of the death of Bishop Ear
| lv. while we are devoutedly thankful that
his life was spared so long to bless and edi-
| fy the Church.
| 2. That we cherish gratefully the memory
of Bishop Early, as man of unblemished
| Christian character, and a labOriOus and
| faithful servant of the Church in various
relations, including nearly twenty years in
the episcopate, and we glorify the grace Of
God in him which enabled him for so long
| a period, and in so many capacities, to
serve his generation by the will of God,
and we will endeavOr to profit by the ex-
ample of zeal and devotion which he has
left as a heritage to the Church.
,. That Bishop McTyeire be and is here
| by requested to deliver discourse as early
as he NAV find convenient, in Mckendree
! church. commemorative of the life and
| character Of the deceased Bishop, and also
| to furnish monograph of the Bishop to
| the columns of the NdshuiHe Christian
| AdUOcdte.
4. That we sympathize with the family
| of our late Bishop i'll this sad bereavement,
| and instruct the secretary of this meeting
| to furnish them with an account of these
proceedings. ... .e-
DR.. Summers, in few welltimed re-
marks, portrayed Bishop Early's character
as warm-hearted Christian, guest, friend
and man of business, bringing out in touch
ing terms the tenderness of our deceased
Bishop in his office toward the families OF
ministers subject to his appointment.
Drs. Bedford, Green, Kelley and j. }.
Pittman, gave reminiscential facts-some
of very thrilling nature-such as his lead
ING to the conversion of Brother Pittman,
and the anticipation Of DR.. Green that he
would find the Bishop at the head OF, per-
haps, the largest company of any American
preachers pressing forward first to greet
him when he shall reach the gates Of the
| celestial city.
The resolutions were then adopted unan-
imously; and Bishop McTyeire agreed to 3
p. NJ. next Sunday, as the hour for the
| memorial sermon.