Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-07
BISHOP wARREN.s ILLUSTRATIONS.
He breaches Two Sermons and Raises
Over 81, 100 for the Second
M. e. Church.
Besides ID dicating Church for thu
COlored People.

CoIored People.
very large congregation filed the First
M. E. Church almost to its utmost capacity, !
Sunday morning, to hear sermon by :
Bishop H. w. Warren, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. After music by the
splendid choir of this church, and fervent
and soul-stirring prayer by Rev. DR.. L. B.
Caldwell of the E. T. w. University, at
Athens, the bishop announced for his text,
Genesis 1st chapter and 26th verse:
''And God said, let us make man in our
image, after our likeness; and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creep
ing thing that creepeth upon the earth"
With this as very fitting foundation the
bishop delivered sermon of great power
and JUNCTION, clearly and logically demon
strating the divinity of the soul or spirit
and the distinction between soul, body and
mind. The sermon was listened to with
wrapt attention. and made profound i'm
preston on the large congregation.
Bishop Warren is one of the most
eloquent and engaging pulpit orators it has
ever been our pleasure to hear. Possessed
of powerfulintellect, excenently balanced,
he combines with it wonderfully smooth
| and pleasant delivery and uses the choicest
and most cultured, yet plain and simple,
language, so that it is a real pleasure to hear
| him. In his personal intercourse, the
| bishop, being a self-made man himself, is to
a marked degree the embodiment of socia-
bility and good nature meeting and treating
all alike
After the sermon the bishop announced
that there was a debt of 81, $50 hanging
over the Second M. E. Church, of this
on this occasion. He set to work in his en-
ergetic and go-ahead style, which knows no
such word as fail, appointed number OF
collectors, who canvassed the congregation,
and in less than an hours time something
over 81 $50 was raised by subscription and
collection.
A prominent member of the First M. E.
Church headed the list with 800, and he
was seconded by the bishop with another
800, after which a number of $50 1925
$40 and S. subscriptions were taken.
At the evening hour, Bishop Warner
preached in the Second NJ E. Church, OF
the Clinton pike, another excellent sermon
to a crowded house. Another collection wal
taken up here, and Capt. Taylor Williams
made thorough canvass of the congrega
ton.
The result was the raising of over 500, t.
be added to the amount raised in the fore
noon. This swelled the amount raised t.
81, 1755 so. Of this amount, $245 was con
=, tributed by the congregation of the Secon'
. Church, including what was contributed b.
members at the First Church in the morn
ing This was indeed a splenkid day
work, for which the worthy bishop de
serves the greatest credit, for it was solel
through his Jealous labors that it was &C
complished.
This again puts the Second NJ. E. Church
for the first time since its establishment
entirely out of debt, and sets it on foot fo
an increased aud enlarged field of usefu
ness, under the labors of it's jealous pastor
Rev. J. M. DuIham. The church has jus
procured an excellent bell, costing $75
which is in position in its belfry, and ring
out the hour of service with clear an
cheerful tone. The congregation hay
also supplied the church wit
neat carpeting, and it was the parting +,
quest of the bishop to the pastor, that the
provide themselves with the new Hynal an
other church conveniences, which they w;
do as soon possible. Bishop Warren hs
st manifested the deepest interest in tn
I'd church, and he will always be held in r
lie membrance by the membership.
ID At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Bishop Wa
II rem formally dedicated to the worship
of God the new church in Sheldstown, ca
al of Knoxville, just completed fl
al E. Church which worships there. The Sc
OF mon on the occasion was preached by Re
III G. B. Sparrow, pastor of the First NJ.
n Church, and large congregation was pre-
~ ent. The church is a neat and comfortab
'o frame building, constructed on the mo
+ modern and approved style, such as is pr
ee vided for by the Church Extension s.
I'd ciety and will seat about 81
id people. The church is name
a. ''Seney Chapel for Mr.. Seney, the worth
ne philanthropist, of New York, who col
IN tributed the first 5000 for the erection
lg the church. The building is completed al
~ the congregation is entirely out of debt al
r starts out under very favorable auspice
~ For the erection of this comfortable place
worship for the colored people, Rev. d.
Lawton, who has worked up the matte
with commendable energy, deserves muc
credit After the services Sunday evenin,
a collection of $50 was taken up for IL
benefit of the church.
III Ostrich Plumes very cheap at DUNBAR