The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-25

AT the First Methodist Church last night
memorial services were held in honor to
the memory of the late Bishop McTyeire.
Among the pastors who participated in
the exercises were Presiding Elder Rev.
w. I. Harris; the Rev. Warner Moore,
pastor OF the church; the Rev. J. NJ.
Spence, OF Ashbury Church; the Rev,
II. w. Erwin, OF the Central Church, and
the Rev. w. II. Evans, OF Pennsylvania
Avenue Church.
A special program had been ARRANGED
for the occasion, as follows Voluntary b.
the choir first lesson read by the RJv
w. 4. Harris, second lesson by the Rev.
Warner Moore; Hymn 737, the Rev Il.
w. Erwin; prayer, the Rev. j. NJ. Spcn @
solo, Mrs. McCallum; memoir DIR. W.
T. Harris; Hymn 739, the Row ".
IL. Evans, and then followed short
talks by ministers and laym'n and
Others, Judge Il. j. Morgan, Mr. W. II.
Kennedy. The doxoogy and bencdiction
closed tho services. Tho address by tue
Presiding Elder, the Rev. DIR. Harris,
memorial tribute to the memory OF the
dead Bishop, was the feature II The ser
vices. lie read n lengthy biographical
sketch Of bishop Mc'ryeire and then spoke
OF him rs an author his able ESSAYS his
catechsm and his invaluable history oi
Metbolsm, which latter was the ahest
and best history OF the church ever writ
ten. It's sale had already reached over
10, 600 volumes IL was most difficult To
describe Bishop McTyeire IA u man, he
had known him for thirty years, having
first met him at Columbus, Miss. lie
was most difficult man TO read;
he was al times wonderfully rcliccn,
and retiring and shut the door against any
approach, aud YOU could get no opinion
from him lie was great lover of M.
ture and was ever dwelling upon thc beau.
| ties of spring. lie loved the mountains.
| the valleys and the streams, and talked
cloqucntly about them Tor hours. he loved
| birds aud music, and upon all these sub
| iccts WIS charming speaker. As q
preacher he WIS not the most popular be-
| fore u promiscuous congregation. DR..
| Price had said of him after hearing him
| at an annual conference that"he was q very
poor preacher for men who take sound llI
| sense and mannerism for thought Tie
was not an eiOcuuonist uran orator. lac was
| not elegant. but 10 the thoughtful ht
was always grand. lie could compress
| more thought into thirty minulcs.s tain
| than could any other mln lac had ever
| heard. His sentences were short bu
| pondcrous; were irresistible; lac We
| Wcbs,erian in mind The Methods
| Church South lost its biggest man whcr
| Bishop Mcryeirc passed away. lie wa.
not popular in the pulpit; 20 the muiuiud.
lac was OF big mind, broad grasp unl
pondcrous in thought AMI uIjerunce. A.
lawyer he would not be great In ia,
Criminal Court and not much better Do
the Circuit aud Chanccry Courts, but u,
would succeed precautionary in the Sn
prcme Courts of the country. lie W.
not the most loyablc Bishop, but D.
was the most admirable Bishop Tie 'lh
speaker loved him and hc expected {
love him forever. but h. loved Bishop
Pierce, Marvin aud Andrews q little mur,
You could get close h. them AMI lpy
them, but you could not get 30 close
Bishop Mc'ryeirc and love him as you ID
them, but YOU admired him more tia
any OF the others. lie was compcndiu.
oi ecclesiastical law, and when prrsidu
over assemblies aud other bodies lac ".
/ ON illN AlllNNff Nv VIZ iNNAl ANllA'NH''Af W.
was always NJ home. lie was a w0ndcrlu
presiding officer.
lie could hardly believe that Bishop NJ,
Tyeirc WIS dead No, hc u not dead; ]
will never die; he passed away. bad au
wicked men die. the good men fall oil
sleep in peace and pa,saway. The wicEJ
die: the trusilul aud the ohcdicnt pl
, away into the valley into tho shadow
death beside the dark river aud star
confident and hopeful a. to the iulur
The good bishop died in peace, he kept
: his heart that peace given 10y the Mas''
lie was never ilucualing, lac was uniior
aud constant In faith 10 the last
"ilnu blcst tbo righteous when b. die,
When sinks the WEAR -Uul 81 o. g.
At the close OF the discourse, Of Whiu
the above Is merely an outline. tributes
, the memory OF the dead bishop wcrc ~
by the cIcrgymen and laymcn ~ bcip
stated The congregation seemed deep
interested In the services.
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