Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-06-19

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!. e. AMONG THU .nETU0DIs4
fxv. srEflSES II, TING. ,r.
Z Mat He Think.. "a Methodist
J. Last Tuesday the corner stone of Il
OF the Sixty-6rst street Methods
: Episcopal Church Of New York CT,
: was laid, Bishop James presiding or,
tho ceremonies. The occasion wa
eats . veffcast among .clereymen /
various denominations who have hith
}. crto been at loggerheads. Rev. S. d
Tying, Jr:, delivered the following hu
j morous address: II r. ,r..-
f. II came here representing tn
Church Of the Holy Trinity, and simp
" AS a. Protestant Episcopalian," h
std, among other things, . and if 70,
are ready to receive the hand of fel
lowship from that church l am herr
toextehd it. a GOOD many weary ,age
l received q little of the Methods,
Ispirit, and 1t has. been working in m,
ever since. This spirit works not to
wards the few, but towards the many
aud It was we'll expressed by Wes!e,
when he said, not, !. We 80 to tLos'
who need u.s. but, we 50 10 tIlos,
who, need us most remember :
good story" (the reverend speaker
told it with the greatestgusto) "abod
fa horse which WAS lost in this State
and wAieh was found at last by q,
IDIOT, The idiot declared he woult
find the horse If tie owner would tell
him where he saw 1t last When he
brought the horse back he was asked
foH he had discovered it, and he re
Piled, .Wen, you see,, l went to tho
place where you told me you saw i!
last, and when I got there I said tu
myself, III you were ahorse, now where
would you gof' cloud .laughter.) Then
I went whittier the spirit moved me
and found tho horsc.' daughter,
And this is the true spirit Of evansel
cal work. 1t is a mistake to think that
outward forms attract q congregation.
The only thing that attracts men to
the Gospel is the true spirit, the man,
ly heart, OvertlOwing with the love oi
Jesus Christ. If q church is full ol
such manly men and of Christian men
then it always attracts the people. II
may not become i congregation Of big
aaacn, but will rrot,oblr be ono of tlar
people; and by the people l do not
mean the thieves and rascals, but tho
men of trade, of shops, Of honest toll,
for of such men the Church, Of Christ
was composed at first, and fer such
men was it first created. II any church,
is true to the people it is the Methodist
Church" 1"'@ .'' a.
Rev. DR.. Tying then told another
funny story. which created Euch
laughter: "A man III Jersey had
four oxen. One he called the Baptist
OK, the. ether the Presbyterian, tho
third the Methodist, and the fourth
the Episcopalan., He said he wan ed
them all; the Methodist OK was frey,
tha Presbyterian steady, the Episco-
palian magnificent, and the Baptist OK
was very peculiar>i i'll this: il he saw
water he was sure to 60 to it. Laugh.
teri lw;s4 it to be- distinctly under.
stood that ih the Ucrk of evangelical
ton all the sects are needed. II thcro
be too much Spirit in the Methodist
Church, let Bishop James send solno
Of his oxen ilit0 tho Episcopal Church
to get it GA fire. (Laushter.) rdlike
to have come regular roarers, sweat.
ers, fighters, tearers-none of your
Very eloquent men, who use long words
for l heard one such last summer, and
he preached me deaf-{laughter.) )-antl
| should like to set these men to work"
(Laughter). DIR. Tying concluded with
tue words: ssGod bless the Methodist
Church. Amen!n and the word "Amen"
*as re-echoed by scores Of faryent
GO1C06, III so 9r .gs. - s.e. ..s
Bishep James then laid the corncr
,tQpe spreading the mortar with a sill.
III trowel. The benediction closed
ne ceremony. st - a-l.g, -s ..