The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-11-02
VOLUME XVIII.---NO. I6
THE LATE BISHOP PAINE.
Sketch OF tho Noble Life OF tho Scn:o
Bishop OF the NJ. T.. Church. SoutI,

Sketch OF tho Noble Life of III, s,,,,r
bishop of the VI. T.. church. south,
|
The Rev. Robert Paine, senior Hj=ho,,
OF The NJ. T.. Church, South, whose death
! at Aberdeen. Miss. on Friday in. No..
been announced by telegraph, was born
in Person County, n. G.. November 10
1899, and was therefore 50 Years of oao 80
His father, James Paine, ESQ wns n
highly respectable farmer, lie removeJ
to Giles County, Tenn. when Robert woa
II youth. There he gave his son tho hast
educational advantages the neiehborhood
! could afford, and Robert. being snriol,lv
and studious, made rapid improvements
Before he passed his "tcens" he wo. con.
yerted under the ministry of the Rev.
Thos. l.. Douglas, at Mount pi.pah cam,
ground. In 1878 he was a,lmi,ted ,o liz
Tennessee Conference. Hr(nre ho ,as rms
20 years of age he was on circ,,it hmt
he WAS very timid and felt tho cross - hn
80 heavy that he was sorelv temntcd ~
abandon the thought of makinp a nreocho
er. However, perseverance,. and rul,
conservation to the cause. bore him nm
and he soon began to deyc]op into nm
able minister Of the GOSPEL. For manw
years he was an active itinerant travail.
ling circuits. filling stations, and HAVING
| SllhIRc Ol ulHlflCtS lip
missionary to the country aho,,t Tn.c,'
loosa. Alabama when !; %o" "uo"t n,n,ust us.a,
wilderness. and he was nres;d;nm oiJ,n
in West Tennessee when tbnt sec,i5on ,u u.oa
new and ,hinly settled H., t;iisJ ,nna. mas
of the important appointments in MiJIIs
| ';'anuessrr and ,vn, ,I.,a'. 10 :" Ni'uu'
useful. His lnst pastoral wnrE was G,mr
| years on the Nashville distr;rt 7, ,Lo
fall Of 1929 he was elcctrd nrns;io,,, nf
LIN Grancc College in EranLI;o S."e"u We,,u," VI
| Alabama. Tho coilcae was - ~ Siuy'
cy, without endowmrnt and dnnond"m, u"
on the voluntary rontr;hm,;ons 'M. as ~
friends and the friends os ,ba f-,,n,,,, ur hs
Under the skilml manogomo,,t ~ A..
Paine it grew and became n nnn,,,or ani
useful institution. He remnined a. th;, na
position nineteen wears. Ho was :" mam en,'
Der Of the General Conference ~ H.
Methodist Episcopal Church f;vo ,;,na.
from 1924 to 1871. At tho mon,orahia
| Church d;v;daJ ~ I,o VI toif, "heh the
committee who rcnorte', a',Iaa' ,ha ,,Iaa OF the
aration. He VIVA nrom;uant u p,." ,- -, sep.
of the LonisviIle Cdmwan,;o tnuei Inte
was elected Bishop in Is4G nf ,la a. e.,
| General Conference of ibo A,n,i oa;st
| Episcopul Church S,n,b ~ pata.ai,,
Va, and was ordained with Rev RIv,s' W,ss
Capers, ID. ID. bv K;shons Snrla or,, " ~.
drcws. He had acvaral os voars ".I .;az z,, u
his olection to ,ba % a,,;ay yeIfs prior 20
degree of d. d. conf,rre1 11~n np"n bii.oe h;' tne
outIiycd Bishons Tanor, Wpo 1pom MN: c re
Andrews. Enriv ; MarS;;r ''"I,on, naaa,,, eoule'
Wightmnn. ~ '' Dosse'' al"
Bshop Paine was nm ob,o ,,;,;.,,
refined Christian ren,,an,on '"iI.ei I1s anu
sided with much disuitv and w,s m nropn, p,t
firm and genial Iio ,oa a''n s,"; "aa P.un.P',
Church with nm ,ble md oiahn.',s ~ .no
entitled "Lifc and Times of "n,. Risi"n ME- Mn
Kendree /" which hos ,,r,,., ", n''.op nc
con,rihn,,;o" "na'n - n, .as proved valuable
The R;sbon ,vas s';,'''n. u, n,,,,y nistory.
last General Conr,r - 80 n,ae"u".ce nc AZ tne
Church Snm,h wh;nh n,, - :; me M. ~.
last Nav ctor ,ha Eli. IL 80 t'as"''ie a,
dress Of tho hisbony hmg ha ors,a ~ .ns ao'
nounced his retirement froa o ",Gse t1a anu an
i'm which ha I,n,i a.' |, ~ o,,l .ho 'i'niStry,
folIowin1 sian"ant o. ""R laooren' IN inc
dresa ~1""' "''u @fPt"Pri"te ad-
"To tho c.,oro, r,,>e, =.
F.. Church Snnth oie..noE IT, VI tue NJ
Wh;ie ;o:ni," hao.,;i, e.hleu
LEAGUES In The addross ~, I"m L ,.y Se'
bce your ;ndnISenco :, ou ,I' a'nse 'enro, l
marks of n ncra6nai ,.,ora",n LINZ 'e" re-
"Dur;ny poarI, s;r,,. wah.sel. a..a
hnu the honor of L,;, - :.:S
Methodist ureachar oars "a i.!nelane
yeors R;.hn, IT, a., a'1 'or thiIty.six
or 1on.P =" 'ae Geheral CONFER
Bishon or da,oaa,a m"' ueiega:e, ana, as
sesa;op s;nre ,' "rso n..enoea every
in NV rAI;a,,iI;,m ,"o: ;.,;r ro. INC Cohndence
I wish tn now ,.,m.n ,"u'aaeu ny .nese iacts,
rratitnde % ~" ~ ne ,e'urn my most earnest
fcarues in Tho a';;voonacn J mucn tLesPected col
an5 ,,a,sH eP.n.oPaoy' oeI"een wnom
have been nnrorv;nOs1 r rsros, c"rdaa !ee,ihsT
tender NV ,hanta hta,y'%EEy Ehyy, Iia.n'alnea. 1
ly sunnI;sd ,,u i"o,. nhse generous.
double dutv ' 'A'A u sef''ce oy o"ing
"And now ho,ovod hxo,,
duwn by are and J';Ossu ;Osr;,;ae G;1e'4ron, worn
nerm;t,si - "nu 49, sn, ,.ies, aek 10 oe
seryice peyn;, Ie'nu ma 'foni o., u, lu.ure ac've
congrotn,ni. nn, '", 80 80 u"''c,nsnn: ~, = 10
cirrnms,onnas yuu n upJH ~ ene nusPlclous
and to remind , rou af VII" nnm. yoI nave met
"Should it be allowed ma in making
this, probably my last communication 10
q General Conference, to express the re-.
suits of nv exnerienca and obeorvot;on,