Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-11-24
march to the judgment, we might inscribe
upon a banner and herald it to the breeze
"Tempus Fugit.N Time fies.l

march to the judgment, we might inscribe
upon banner AND herald it to the breeze
"Tempus Fugit." (Time flies.)
For indeed it seems as if we started but
yesterday, yet already fifteen consecutive
sessions of the Arkansas conference have
danced heir rounds uron the broad bs sis
we la'': IL past "a, :, W hen our numbers
were w AID our naI,e was a by-word.
In q few days more and our sixteenth ses-
sion will J III her sisters who have preceded
her, and t.-, ON, II thing of the past. 1t
has been said that great emergencies de-
velop gre ut men; we have never before seen
this great t,u:h better verified and more
pracIIc lily .'em Histrated than in the per-
son OF Henry N. Turner, d. D. L. l.. d. A
man born lave, cared in shackles of SER
HItu. e and liberated with the rest Of his
race. Deprived of school facilities he
turned himself about and set 20 and said: l
Will test :he truth of the old Latin maxim,
eyerything) Indeed he did. he applied his
mind to assidIlous study. See him he
steadily msrches from one science to an
other. lie enters the ii eld of mathematics
that rapiditv tn ut would make a Rittenhouse
marvel. He mounts the shining steps of
astronomy with conceptions and ideas of
his own, and helps johnson to count the
stars aud HerSchel to measure the sun.
And onward he goes, he enters the field of
ancient antiquities, plumbers and peruses
the tombs of by-gone days, puts the Bible
on the stand AS L witneSs and declares that
onward he goes, laundering Gods word
from the pulpit and demanding his rights
from the stump. He enters the legislative
halls OF his own state and the cOngregated
brains of the opposing party listen SPELL
bound to his words as they come burning
from his lips. lie sweeps on and strikes
the seventeenth general conference of our
Great Zion; they recognize at once his
worth and labors and crown him Bishop,
and appoint him over the Eighth Episcopal
District. Down the line he comes, meets
his annual conference and lays down his
first rule, punctuality; his second, order;
his third, every man shall have his say. He
at once endeared himself to his brethren
and they circle around him as .heir center.
Still adequate to the needs or the hour, at
one session he 81 CHS and weeps over the
death of one OF his fallen heroes, and at
subsequent session he closes his Bible,
supreme court OF his country, and with an
eye of disgust scans it and then rigidly
criticises it in tones bitter and burning,
which ara heard and felt throughout the
length aud brealth OF the nation. And
declares that the almighty disposer of all
events, ut whose nod empires rise and fall
and nations flourish or decay, who marks
with an Underwriting attention and retri-
butive hand, not only the sins of people,
but the tu"pitude OF those who profess to
govern, wi!i see to it tn 1t the oppressors of
poor and despised people, will in due
time ha,c their portion mcted out to tn em.
At this session our ;ncrab!c father and
friend will bid us goodbye. O,may we
meet him on the other shore, where fare
wells never come. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That every action of this ses-
sion will be permeated with love, and our
proceedings close with harmony.