Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-03
A. NJ. E CONFERENCE.
Bishop Grants Sermon Before the Cen
trail Texas Conference.
A Mastery Exhor. ation-A rpoin tments for tn
Ensuing Year Adjourned to Meet st
Austin Next Year.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
BELToN, Tex, Dec. l.-Sermon OF
Bishop A. Gran. before the Central Texas
conference of the African Methodist
Episcopal church in the opera house at
Bolton, Texas, Sunday morning Novem-
Der. 80. 1890.
After the usual devotional services
conducted by Bishop T. u. d. Ward,
Blshop Grant advanced TO the footlights,
without transcript anu sermoniZed a.
follows:
Brethren: In Paul's Second Epis;le
30 Timothy, fourth chapter and pOr-
ton of the fifth verse, we have these
precious words: ''But watch thou in
all thincs.' II you could for q moment
see the Apostle Paul in his old age, re-
Prospecting his life. his labors aud his
trials among men, ana the success he
had in Christ's Kingdom in the world,
and ;he triumphs through the gospel of
The son of God, or with the gospel
through Gods own son; aud then see
him an old white haired man, writing to
Timothy who ehould succeed him 10 the
work 10 some extent when he thought
that his time hai come 10 90, and hear
YOU charge, and among other things,
want you 10 understand that l chGrge
YOU before God: that God and angels and
heaven are witnesses to the charge
shall suv to you, preach the word - He
said that the time would come when the
world would not stand sound doctrines;
but it IL your business TO preach the
word. am now ready 10 he offered up,
and the time Of NV departure is at hand
and must go; but you preach the word.
The lGbors have been arduous and the
burdens of life have been quite heavy,
but W hen have taken Christ under this
burden with me, and when ] though:
HEY were heavy, they were light with
him under the burdens. II has been
warfare with me: but / fought n good
Sight, I have finished my course, have
Kent the faith: heucefOrth there is laid
up for me crown OF righteousness that
/ am going up TO receive. Watch thou
IN all things.
Now then, let us proceed TO consider
his passage of Scripture, ''WGtch thou
III nil things. - The apostle Paul was Civ
ing This charge to Timothy, minister OF
rhe gospel. lie in his day was like we
are now, saving things sometimes with
out knowing how much weight of faith is
impaired in our language. ] think Paul
said a good MANY more things than he
understood himself. i do not cOntine
this discourse 10 tho ministry this MORN
ing, as we often do on OCCASIONS Of this
kind: but 10 every individual before me.
Bat who Ia IA Waterman? one who Is on
Euard-Oua to be
AWAKE TO ALL INTERESTS
for those whom they guard-one who will
observe and detect everything repuG-
nant 10 the interests cf those whom he
stands on guard. Now remember he il
gunrd, an observer to ward off all sur
rounding enemies and dangers. He
must ne awake 10 The interests confined
10 ms care, ana stand on guard al all
hours. or watch TT oil times where there
IL danger. For period OF nearly GOO0
years, my friends, we see all along that
time the fragments of broken wall
hanging over the walls of time; broken
vows, disappoiutmen,s all along that
period These things are brought upon
US by mans disobedience, which put
everything out OF harmony with God
and God - will Everything was in dis
order, and we found ourselves even IN u
world of disorder, world Of pain,
world Of suffering, world where men
God, and nothing TO put them in bar-
mOuy with God 5 viii, but the
Gospel and the grace of the Son
o! God We found ourselves into the
world surrounded by enemies and dau-
gers which made 1t quite necessary that
man should watch. After a man has
faithfully performed the duty OF guar
Dian in this world, he has done like
Paul-fought good light. The world
a. at present constituted and the things
with which we have TO contend make II
3 warfare, and hence the saviour saws,
watch always and pray least you entsr
into temptation. - Being surrounded by
these things, We have this solemn In
junction from the apostle, Paul, To
watch. The conservatorS Of the public
peace are watchmeu in the city, and the
ministers OF the Gospel are watchmen in
The church. IN the state as well Us the
church We have our wGtchmeu. You
send your representatives TO the leSisla-
ture and 10 congress Ia watch your in
tnrests; and II he is faithful witch
mau, lie feels bound 10 perform his
duty, and 20 watch over that which