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

euce Win une nope OF success, we
should select p. j. Carraway or j. j
Renn. When he limps, it is the limp
of giant.
REV. ANDREW p. TYRE
is the youngest, we suppose, of all the
Presiding Elders in the Conference
Bro. Tyre is man of splendid address.
He is always ready to meet the emer-
gencies of the occasion. He is a man
with the courage of his convictions,
and to maintain them he would fight
a buzZ-SaW on an empty stomach. Bro.
Tyre is man Of culture and ability.
lie is one of the most competent men
| in the position he now holds that we
! know. He knows just what all his
preachers are doing. and keeps fully
abreast with all the enterprises of the
church. We predict for him future
| or rare usefulness at the very head of
| his Conference.
I REV. J. r. sCROGGs
is one of the younger Presiding Elders
| of the Conference. He is yet a young
man-at least he is not an old man.
| Brother Scroggs is Il man Of retiring
| disposition, but a man of courage and
ability. He is deliberate in his state
ments, cautious in his decisions, but
| as brave as Caesar where duty calls.
We have never had the pleasure to be
associated very intimately with Bro.
/ ScroggS. but we are ready to endorse
| the action which made him a PreSi-
| ding Elder. He is a strong, forceful
| preacher and IL safe and conservative
| administrator Of the law and disci-
| pline. The work is safe in his hands.
7. W. GUTHRIE.
He is an old Presiding Elder. and a
man of experience and decided ability
as preacher. We have had the
| pleasure to hear him more than once,
and we pronounce the sermons we
| heard from him very fine in every
way. Bro. Guthrie is man of fifty
five or sixty years. He is strong and
vigorous, however, and is able TO do
| the full work of a Presiding Elder
| We have high personal regard for
| Bro. Guthrie. and shall always feel
that we should be grateful for his per-
sonal offices of friendship towards us.
REV. Il. NJ. HOYLE
is the 'son of thunder" among the
| Presiding Elders. He is a man of
genius. He knows not what failure
means When has no horse he walks,
| when he comes to a river with no
bridge or foot-log he wades or swims
according to the depth Of water.
| Determination is written in every
| feature on his face. He is strong,
| vigorous preacher: not especially anX-
ious to please his hearers, he seeks to
save them from sin.
REV. w. r. BARNETTE, d. d.,
is native f-MiddIe Tennessee. We
| have never known a trucr man than
| w. Il. Barnette. If we wanted to
| find man WHO would die on the spot
| to maintain his convictions, we should
not pass Bro. Barnette. lie is clear
| pointed, able preacher. His use of
| iS n a. q
| is sometimes profoundly eloquent in
his sermons. Our personal feelings
| towards this man must forever remain
as undying as eternity.
REV. DIR. J. WEAVER.
halls from the Holston Conference. he
is native of AShe county, n. c.,
however, and feels at home among the
the hills of his native State. DR..
| Weaver is one of the most universally
popular men we have ever known, and
justly So There are few men in the
Office of Presiding Elder who are bet
ter suited for the place than j. III.
Weaver. He IS man OF strong native
ability-pOpular manners and deeply
| devoted to his work. lie is a decided
power for good wherever he goes. AS
in the case of DIR. Barnette our per-
sonal feelings of goodwill shall follow
DR.. Weaver until the grave shall
claim us all.
REV. j. j. REM.
is 'our" Presiding Elder, and we men,
tion him last to complete the climax.
OF course we think our Presiding Ell
der is the equal of the best, if not
chief of them all. What we have to
say of Brother Rem is only what our
estimate of him is. AS an original
thinker, we are of the opinion that he
has no superior, if an equal in the
Conference. We have never seen q
collar worn by any other man that
would fit him. His sermons are s.
closely jointed that each part sus
tains the other part. Brother REM
! is modest almost to a fault, but a
braver man than j. j. Rem we have
never met. Rem is, we think, the
chief debator in the Conference. VIZ
have never heard the ability of Broth
er Rem called in question. His ser
mons are tometimes both eloquenl
and powerful. We don't want t.
swamp Presiding Elders with any
body.