Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-19

nato assurance that the power and moral
. influence of this Government shall be
an auxiliary . the promotion and fnal
achievement Of an honest outcome to
the existing political situation.
A TRIBUTE TO TPE LATE BISHOP JAMES.
At the Church of the Tabernacle, New
York city. or Sunday afternoon. October
, 90, Rev. d.. c. II. Fowler delivered &
memorial sermon upon the lie and char.
ac.er OF the late Bishop James. The dis.
course was deIisered under the auspices
OF the NV Ya:s City Church Extension
and Missionary Society. Of which James
was e Vice President at the time of his
death. From the Hera,d's report Of this
sermon We extract rs follows:
do 10. intend to take any text Other
than the occn. jon which has brought Us
together. TIE great Napoleon. while
crossing the Alps. saw an old peasant
woman has:ening through the noun.
.ains. Whiiber ara you hastening to
this sharp morning." ITO yonder pass
to SEQ the Emperor, ahe said. VIVA:
have yon gained with him more than
With the Bou,b ons? Have you not ex-
changed ono despOt for ano,her?" The
woman Thought a moment and replied:
The Boarbnus were the rulers Of the
rich and powerful; Napoleon is our
ruler" We are here to-day rs the Mis-
sionary Society Of the city of New York
to pay u tribute Of grateful remembrance
81 .tN MI os,l ho-
cause Bishop James was the bishop OF
the common people. With scholarship
that mace him at home in the company
Of the learned and philosophical, with
tastes that cou.d revei in the refnements
of q select few, with resources sufficient
TO make these varied advantages de-
light and not burden, he still remained
in his convictions, il his habits. in his
home, in his sympathies and in his af-
fectioDs the, brother Of the laborer and
the friend of the poor. The calendar
history OF Edward Storer James is very
simple. He was born April. A. d. 1907.
in Sheffield, Berkshire county. Massa-
chusetts; taught school and studied Law
from 1924 TO 1880; ordained deacon in
1882 and elder in 1881; came from Phil.
sdelpbia to Mulberry street as pastor 10
1889; was elected Financial Secretary of
the American Bible Society in 1910; was
elected Bishop in 1874, and died Sep
TENDER Is, 1876. Upon this simple out
lice was built one of the richest and
graudest lives in the history of the Chris
tian Church. The elements out of which
Bishop James greatness was constructed
were simple and easily apprehended.
al. fNp
we will divide them into two general
classes, viz: His gifts and his acquire |
ments. Let US place reason at the head |
of the list, not that it was marked above |
other gifts. but it forms basis on which |
other and niehtier faculties rested. He |
had reason in its best development. He
was not in the strict sense of the term
or logical. His work in
The pulpit and on the platform was rather
The work of stating results. He confined
his preparation chiefly to seeking the
most direct aud authoritative statement
Of his convictions. Everything was re-
luced to the dead level OF fact. What
Of art slumbered in his rich
md powerful nature We can never know
n this world, for this received not the
highest attention. Twelve times he
passed within the sound of Niagara's
oar before be turned aside to see its
,eauty and majesty. Five times he
passed within few moments of Baden
Baden. but never ,arried to visit this re-
reat of tourists. The sentimental poet
cay look upon this as an evidence of
Intellectual steriiity. but it had the sense
{ the race that levels the forests, builds
r.. g., I
io-es the seas. frames the governments,
lapts the republics aud POUNDS the civil
cation Of the world. Those who knew
i'm best were most certain Of his prac-
lcal judgment. The mos. conspicuous ,
lemeIt OF his mind was his common :
anse, and with this supreme gift he
ould plead in the hovel Of the poor I
Ian or the cabin of the pioneer, SO that {
be urlettered and rpcultivated felt him {
, be brother. and he could persuade
j the palaces of princes until those who I
ere rulers by birth. scholars by inherit
nee, statesmen by habit. saw in him !
eer. ard bowed in acknowledgment Of
is greatness. He worked as one who
new that future ages were his. and that
gliding all he could get, he must ulti- .
.ateiy get all he desired. He will be
nown for many generations as the !,
common sense Bishop Of Methodism." I
e next are brought face to face with :
s conscience. This was clear. delicate. I
ripturally trained and absolute in au- b
Icrity. He was man of convictions: Ii
) moved under Divine authority: his r
1lpit was throne; he received and be- o
aved and declared the truth. No holy
nbiguity about his teaching. His con.
fence was king; his convictions were b
preme. IN