The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-12-08

field, were next called before the Bish-
Op for ordination to Deacon's orders.
After singing a hymn, the Bishop
himself leading, he said to the young
men1they had approached, possibly,
| the most solemn hour of their life,
/ that in which they were separated to
the Methodist itinerant ministry
Thrice had they been examined before.
but the question to be asked them
! now related especially to how much of
the truth of the Gospel they could
| and would incarnate in their lives
The first question asked was ''Have
you faith in Christ ?" Christ appear
ed to every one.who wanted to see him
after his resurrection. If you desire
to see him, you will be sure to. The
Bishop here told pathetic story of a
sculptor in Germany who saw a vision
of Christ and was inspired by it to
reproduce Him in marble as he had
seen him. He refused a handsome
sum of money from the Emperor to
make statue of Venus. saying How
can any one who has seen Christ de-
| vote his time to putting a heathen
| divinity in marble ?'' He worked low
| ingly upon his marble, and when the
time came to draw away the curtain
and first exhibit it, a little child who
saw it at once repeated the words ::
Suffer little children ito come unto
Me-" What greater tribute could
| have been paid the artist?
Are you going on to Developments"
| was the next question asked. and the
Bishops advice here was most excel
| lent. The greatest danger, he said,
| lay in an
| ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.
J. You can only preach Christ as you
| know Him. You are complete only
|
| have no fear for you while you are
| progressing. The danger comes when
| you stop. If arrested development
| does come you then lose what you
already have. Forgetting the things
| behind press forward.
Never dwell unduiy on one particu-
lar experience. Salt is good thing
but too much of it will defeat the end
for which it was given us. The differ
| ence between a horse and a hobby is
| that you can diSmount from the for
mer; from the latter you cannot.
| "Do you expect to be made perfect
in love in this life? Perfect love is
| equivalent to committing all to God
| But don't maturcly judge of your love.
| The Holy Record tells us both of
Peter who ordently prOfessed to love
| Christ, but denied him thrice, and of
John, of whom it is said HE was the
|
that love that vaunteth not itself.
Are you growing in perfection -
The Bishop here beautifully commen-
| ded to the candidates the example of
Elisha. When Elijah went down to
Gilgal and JericO. his young disciple
| said. Il will gOsswith thee" And
| Elijah said, what shall | give thee?"
| What would have been your reply I'M
der those circumstances. Elisha said,
"a double portion of thy spirit. y
Elijah said, eff you are with me when
L am taken, your request will be
granted" ''Think you anything
could have kept Elisha away then ?
| MethinkS | see them arm in arm.
| Elisha OBTAINING the old prophet till
the angels got tired of waiting and
the chariot of fire came and took
| Elijah. Even then Elisha demanded
| his blessing and the mantle of Elijah
| fell upon him. With it he parted the
waters of the Jordan and was so filled
with the power of the Spirit that even
| his bones after his death had power
to restore life. May your life be as
| Elisha's and may men standing by the
grave where your bones rest be eter-
nally saved.
| The Bishop referred touchingly to
| the inspiration he received from a
| visit to Whittield'S vault under the
Presbyterian church at Newberyport.
! Mass. Lack of space prevents a
| further account of his remarks which
| deeply affected the conference.
| Rev. Mr.. Byrd introduced a reSo-
luton on favoring a refOrmatory for
! young criminals. Referred.
Reports of the committees on tenn
| perance, publication of minutes. were
referred and that of the committee on
conference relations adopted. This
placed on the superannuated list, G..
d. Smith, w. w. Albea, w. S. Haltorn
c. NJ. Pepper. S. d. Peeler, J. w
Wheeler, G. w. King, W. II. Cooper
W. NJ. Kerr, j. w. Bird, J. w. Pruett
r. w. Pickens, G. NJ. Anderson: and
on the supernumerary list E. J. Eu
daley, J. S. Burnett, S. II. Helsebeck
j. +. Austin, and j. ID. Carpenter.