The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-12-08
BISHOP HENDRIX breaches
4 Powerful Sermon Sunday at Gen.
tGhary ChufCh
TO An IMMENSE CONGREGATION.
The Proceedings of 18th and 9th Days
Session. OF Confercncc-Many Sta
tistical Reports Read and Adopted
Tho Appointments as Finally

Session: OF Conference-ManyS Sta
tistical Reports Read and Adopted
Tho Appointments as Finally
Arranged-OtherC Conference Notes
There was an immense congregation
out yesterday morning at Centenary
church to hear Bishop Hendrix.
1t was an inspiring sight to see such
an immense throng of humanity. Ii
the lower part of the church were the
members of the Conference, men OF
noble countenance; some young and
eager for future usefulness, others OF
maturer age, and still others on whose
heads had fallen 1.-THE snow that never
melts." There were intermingled with
these the wives of the ministers, the
mothers of Israel, many Of them
wrinkles or the crOWfeet which told
of past suffering and which even
checrfulness and smiles could not eff
fectually conceal.
There too was the minister's daugh-
ter, sweet, modest and setting forth
in her demeanOr the faithful training
she had received. What space the
Conference and its attaches did not
occupy was taken up by the hundreds
who kept crOwding in. The galleries
were filled to their utmost with citi-
zens of the Twin-City and their fami-
lies. The bright dresses of the ladies
made the more conspicuous by the
darker attire of the men, with here
and there the gray uniform of cadet,
formed pretty picture.
The Sunday school room just behind
the pulpit was thrown open to the
auditorium and was in a short while
entirely filed.
That reverent quietness which so
properly characteriZes our cOngrega-
tions in the churches of God prevailed.
Expectation was stamped upon the
faces of all, and anticipationS of a
good sermon were pitched high.
The Bishop, ever prompt, was in the
pulpit some minutes before the hands
of the clock indicated eleven and was
the cynosure of all eyes. He is
of morethan medium height, well-built
and. broad-shouldered with a fine large
head. He has dark hair and short
brown beard covering his face. His
countenance is very expressive. 1t
was whole sermon in itself, and a
deaf man might have been moved by
it and seen in its changes of expression
love to God, pity for suffering hu-
manity, thankfulness for the free sal
walton of Christ, admiration of cour-
age and the like. At times it seemed
clouded with tears and trembling
voices, but they were soon gone, and it
was aglow with the sunshine of
smile.
The Bishop has a way of saying
Brethren" which is very effective.
He says it with descending infection
and accent on the first syllable. He
says it with period after it. There's
a high fence between it and the OPEN
ing Of the following sentence. Its
snap and suddenness is almost start
ling. It's the Bishops voice stamping
its foot. 1t is a verbal underscoring
of an important point. It's an atten-
tion clamp, and during Conference it
has been interesting to see what
tendency it has had to wake up sleepy
preachers, to catch the ear of inatten-
tive ones, and to make the attentive
ones lean forward and put their hands
behind their ears.
The text was from verses s, IL, II
and ID of the fourth chapter of
f'When he assembled up on high, he
led captivity captive, and gave gifts
unto men.
"And he gave some apostles; and
some prophets; and some evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:
'Till we all come in the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the
son of God, unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the statue of the full
ness of Christ"
Lack of space prevents full report
OF the Bishops mastery effort.