The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-13

While President, IN com pany VIII
John Y. Mason, and we went to
Chapel Hill together to recall the
scenes of old. recall that while on
the road Polk and ! were in rear
carriage, and Mason and Mrs. Polk
in a carriage just ahead He was Il
a gay, even hilarious mo d, laughine
loudly at sallies that passed between
US. AT the extreme point Of our en-
Ijoyment, Mrs. Polk's voice was heard
calling from the carriage window q
head "Mr. Polk, Mr.. Polk, dom
lose your dignity. Remember thai
you are the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Polk had talent ofa useful order
lie was not in any sense genius,
Tie quiet f4wof sOtt,toned words VA
lherc withdrawn from Nashville
hoaored son by query from the
listener as to the
PRESENT STATUS OF THE EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
"The church., resumed the re
verend gentleman, .'is growing not By
great and perceptible accessions, butt
in proportion to thenumber Of it, ad
heients growing faster than any de,
nomination in America. A steady
accession from other sects Is creating
a considerable stream Of new materi,
al into tie church. III the south the
growth is not as rapid as in other
parts Of the country, hut here also il
shows an increase in every diocese
The young generation Of our popula.
tion are s.-
REACHING AFTER A LITURGY.
The Methodist Church Is taking
yearly more and moIeof tho prayer.
book and adopting, IN common with,
| think it may be stated, every PrQ,
testant denomination, the fcrms ol
worship ofthc Church Of England,
THE NEGROES
are also Coming into the church. Ny
assistant, Bishop Thompson, has
taken their cause very strongly in
hand, and is going to build a church
for them At Vickshurg, "a highly rit.
ualistic church, added the speaker,
with some emphasis on the word
"ritualistic," ito which they seem 10
tend, having every altar ornament
known TO the service. In Raleigh,
n. G., n negro college has only lately
scnt out half dozen negro Episcopal
ministers to work among their people.
There exits, however, n division d
opinion among my brethren upon the
comparative feasibility Of negro or
'hite mrMsia..@-ss-s..ss-.sll..s york az the
resent juneture.' -
The venerable Bishop is preparing :
mcz. ~ of The lase W.slicp 49,, !,
.hieh he hopes to pnb!ish in the e4all.
'tey, he thinks, did a great deal for
ennessee, coming into the State in
S2j, in its rough state, with ignor.
nee aud prejudice holding SWAY.
he volume will contain some 400 /
ages, and includes 290 pages of ser.
IONS by the deceased Bishop. ,
Bishop Green thinks the world Is
! a steady progress towards virtue.
Bul," said he, '.your papers do pub. |
sh u mass nf criminal record, 10 he .
irc." lie boasts Of having never
ad an enemy; believes foreign i'm.
ligration is rptarding this progress,
nd that weTsliail rue our national
Ospitality to the miscellaneous in.
ux OF foreigners. Closing, he said:
The world has been very good t.
le. | Iliave passed for five times
lOre than | am worth, and have re
eived an hunircl times more than |
eserye. My life has four or five times
cen despaired Of, aud here / sm Al
s as healthy n man as any In Nash.
lie, barring the natural impediment
{ old age. / have three times bid
irewell 10 the Grntral Assembly.
nd if live until il meets again 10
october, 1886, | shall be- ashamed to
how myself there 4 fourth time"