National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-27
4 NOTED MISSIONARY.
Sketch Of william Taylor, the New Mission.
AIRY Bishop OF Africa.

hty biHhup VI AiI'Hs
The visit here OF Bishop william Taylor, Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, has awakened
probably moro interest in foreign missionary
work than has existed here for many years.
Since his arrival last week he has been the
recipient Of very many inequalities from citi-
2cns Of oil Protestant denominations who
wish him God speed In ms future dangerous
work. Saturday evening he was given a
grand reception from TO 10 o'clock Mt the
Temple hotel, by Mrs. La Fctra, which was at.
tended by tho most distinguished people Of
the city, among thom many clcrgymcn aud
prominent laymon of tho various churches OF
the district.
Among those present were Bishop E. q. An.
drcws u. d., and Mrs, Andrews, Rev DR.. g.
G. Iuniley and Mrs Huntey, Rev. Dr. Naylor
aud Mrs. baylor Row. DR.. Ball and Mrs. Ball,
Rev Mr.. Edwards and Mrs Edwards and Miss
Edwards Rev. Mr., Mckenney aud Mrs. Nc.
kenney, Rev, Mr.. Price and Mrs. Price, Rev.
Mr.. Haskell, Rev MIR Ockerman, Judge mud
Mrs. smell, Mai. Thomas y. Morgan, Mrs,
Henry NJ Teller wife OF Secretary Teller, aud
Mrs; SpoiIcrd and her sister
After some excellent singing and instru.
mental music Bishop Andrews introduced the
guest of the evening In brief address, In
| whlch ne outlined what Bishop Taylor had
accomplished already IN the life work to which
he had devoted himself and the work he pro.
| posed to do In the new field for which he has
been selected by the great Methodist dcnomi.
nation. The new bishop followed In n brief
hllNl lllOuthl ulNitHh tNnItNSltlK MS HTNtllnlt
ut the estimation in which his new work seems
to be held by the Christian people OF this
country. Yesterday morning Bishop Taylor
addressed large audience at the Metropolitan
| Methodist church, and ia the afternoon ad.
dressed another large audience at the Dunbar.
! ton street church, Georgetown.
| Bishop Taylor Is nearly. &c not quite, six feet
| in height broad shouldcrcd deep chcsted,
| with limbs like an athlete; has round, we'll.
shaped head, covered with II full suit Of close
| cut brown hair, just tingcd with gray; broad
well-rounded face. high, broad forehead, blue
| eyes, well set beneath oyerhanging brows, and
is decorated with FULL broad, gray beard and
mustache, such rs one sees on II fronticrsmnn
| or i'll the old-timo paintings Of the patriarChs
| HIS manner is quiet and simple III voice
| movement, and gesture, yet gives the onlOokcl
| the idea that the man ~ one among thousands
leader, and one TO whom obstacles would
only be fresh incentive to new cxCrtiun, and
who would fight his way through al
,nS success oSs =, n many things he
his, voice Is good, enabling him TO easily
make himself heard in any part OF n large
audience chamber without seemingly any
effort at raising his voice in the least. Hi
effort ut oratoricnl effect whatever With nj
his heighth, breath of shoulder, and decl
chest, there Is no trace of tendency TO obesity
and In his ncatly.iiting dark IrOcli coat ailt
trousers, he looks rather like II wcll.to-do clul
man, who has nothing wcgltier OH his mint
than to enjoy life, rather than II man of % lh
looks ten years is In age) who Is Just entering
upon what would ordinarily be IL lies worl
for any other than this man.
Yesterday afternoon nj Dumbarton churci
he began by briefly telling IN u modest way o
himself of how he became turned towart
preaching, and how he drifted, as he called II
into his life work, lie then told much OF hi
experience aud work In South Africa anon
the kalrs and of his wonderful success anon
that people and their northern neighbors, tn
Zulus His talk was full of anecdote and story
and deeply Interested the audience lie con
pared missionary work to new railway line
track laid, train loaded, engine there, bu
waiting for engineer. Nothing can move; her
comes at last the engineer-tho missionary
and all goes smooth and successfully
me hew, field in I'm, which he Ii,
south latitude to about % south, and from Loo
miles east of ST. Paul de Loanda, where h
viii he make his start to point about zoo
miles further east. III this vast territory liv
n confederation of tribes unknown 10 hist0r!
who were never known OF until the retur
this year oil the German explorers to EurOp,
These people are peaceful. many ofthem liv
in stone houses in great towns OF miles In es
tent, though of only two or three streets an
follow many industries.
i Bishop Taylor was born in Rockbridge, Va
ana began his work rs a street preacher /
Baltimore over thirty years ago, He wer
to 81. Louis and next to san Francisco
still engaged In street preaching, and theme
drihed, MS he calls II, TO his life work. II
missionary work began in South Americi
where he founded the college at Santiago
Chill, whence he went to South Africa, an
tor years past he has labored in India, wheI
he founded the South India conference
the present year he was sent from India as ii
delegate to the Methodist general conference
by which he was elected missionary bishC
for the African work. lie will leave tor h
work very soon, taking with him II band
= over twenty missionaries and several ladi,
to establish his proposed missions As the
RAJ m. al Fnrt 1up
Africa, the bishop Intends 10 commence ii
instruction OF the natives by teaching the
English, using phonetic spelling. The Ne
photographic words, the American Phoneti
association having loaned their plates for Il
purpose.