The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-08-09
Bishop DUbbs uS tie Evangelical
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Bishop Dubbs uS tie Evangelical
Association.
About one month ago it was announced
from the pulpits Of the Evangelical Associa-
tion in this ueighborhood, that Bishop Dubba
was coming, and would make his appear
auce in the churches Of the above-npmed
denomination in this county. Soon after
the announcement was made, we heard the
members Of these churches rpioicc over the
fact they had heard and read much ot the
bishop, and had long wished to hear him ;
while others, on all sides, who knew less Of
the good minister, asked such questions as
Who is Bishop Dubbs2 Does he preach
German and English? What is the sccret
Of his success9 Where does he live &c.2
Last sdHday, the Bird inst, the time for
his appearance, we determined to hear him,
and expecting the church would be packed
with anxious hearers, while those who came
late would not stand chance Of getting a
| good, comfortable seat; we started for the
Weissport church in good time, and reached
there about S.4j a. m, and, although three
| iourths of an hour before time, found the
church was already nicely filled with peo-
| pie impatient for the bishops appearance
| knowing that rich feast of fat things was
in store for them. The intervening time
was spent in one of the old-fashioncd. earn
est and thoroughly Evangelical prayer
meetings, in which the effects of the Holy
| Ghost were seen and felt While earnestly
engaged in singing a hymn, the Bishop, ac-
| companied with Revs. Seyfrit, Smover and
| Shultz, passed through the isle, while our
| eyes were turned in the direction of the
| door to take first glance and receive our
/ first impressions of the Bishop. Our first
| impression was that he is very strong
man, and this we afterwards found him TO
| be physically as well as in ARGUMENT. rhe-
| torcal and oratorical powers. He is a man
with large head and a large heart, which,
when disclosed, sways an audience at will.
On the pulpit his appearance is very gen
| tlemanly and well proportuned. He has
the right form fer pulpit orator. When
| he commenced preaching his voice was
low and slow; as he progressed his voice
/ and manner became more earnest and i'm
| pressive and at times when he would make
| things very impressive he spoke quite loud,
and you Immediately saw its effect upon
the audience to which he was preaching.
His sermon was practical one on "Self-
Examination" and we speak impartialy,
when we say, of all the sermons we ever
heard, we never heard anything like this.
Some wept almost unconsciously under that
morning discourse who are seldom seen to
weep, while many of the pious portion of
| the congregation responded with hearty
cam ems and many shouts of glory.
By the time the sermon was finished the
heart, under the Gospel Microscope. was
fully laid barej and while thanking God
that he has given such power to men to
preach the gospel, we felt like going to our
secret closet and seeking clearer evidence
OF our acceptance with Him.
The Bishops prayer was a model of ex-
cellence, combining in itself earnest suppli-
cation for the assistance of the Holy Ghost,
and Jealous pleadings for Christians, sinners,
men in authority, and the poor working
men in these hard times
lie speaks with force, propriety and ease,
and what adds much to the magic effect oil
his sermon is his deep-souled piety. The
Bishop is man of prayer, aud when he
speaks we feel that his words come from a
heart gushing with love to Christ and a de-
sire for the salvation of souls, Every thing
he speaks seems to come spontaneously, and
his mind, heart and gesturej are in full sym
pathy with everything expressed. Speak
ing is no trouble, apparently; he speaks so
| easy and natural we never saw Il man
more netusal in his gestures.
The Bishop preached in New Mahoning
in the afternoon. After this sermon we
met him. lie said he felt very tired but
we found him TO be one of the pleasantesl
men in conversation we ever met.
In the evening we heard him preach
sermon in English in the Lehighton Evan
| gelical church, and we found him the same
great pulpit orator. and although very tired,
his sermon was logical rather than practical
like that in the mornings yet IT was a master
effort Of its kind, and we felt highly dc
lighted. The Evangelical church was
packed to overaowug; many left without
gainging admittance. The Bishop gener-
ally breaches three times on Sunday, almost
every evening, and sometimes in the day
during the week. The work is very crying
but wherever he goes large crowds Of peO-
pie flock to hear hear him. c. S. W.