Middletown transcript., 1893-12-09
BISHOP TAYLOR.
! A,ne,ica,s Grand old missionary.

d with difficulties which would dishearte
d man of five aud twenty. With hi
|. goes DIR. Jennie Taylor his young neic
d as missionary to the missionaries.
& Bishop Taylor is the grand old mi'
1 sionary. He will not allow any one
! aelp him on with his overcoat and b
walks without the aid of cane. H
/ Looks toward toward eighty as Gel
tainty and has faith that ninety ma
gee him in the harness.
: His clear cut features and flowin
beard make him look like patriarch
, but his erect spare figure, which show
every inch of its six feet, gives him th
appearance of soldier.
/ And he is sort of soldier. He wa
d missionary when DIR. Parkhurst, DR.
ralmage, DIR. Macarthur and many
other eminent modern pastors were il
kilt skirts. There's not an uncivilizeC
country in the world where his voice
has not been heard preaching the gos.
pei.
81 was graduated from Brush Col
lege," he said. his gray eyes twinkling.
"Maybe you don't understand what
that means. Well, the curriculum is
varied and practical. 1t makes hardy
uodies and embraces such studies as
milking cows, splitting fence rails and
holding the plough handles. My finish
ing course was in. my fathers tannery.
That was the best of ALL
Seven years circuit preacher; a
street preacher in San Francisco
during the gold excitement;
-ven years home missionary; four
ren years helping to evangelize colo.
les Of the British Empire; the
her OF Methodist missions in India;
diher of missions in South America;
nine years Bishop of Africa, and the
duttor of dozen bo0ks-this is the
l.onumeutal work the grand old mis-
ionary has oone, and he still keeps at it.
The mountain is not big enough to suit
him yet. 1t will never be until the end.
His connection with the African
mission leads like romance. So does
ais connection with his South Ameri-
can work.
The Grand Old Missionary is an ag-
gressive Protestant. South America is
,ggressively Catholic and not inclined
synpathize with any attempt on
! he part of their rivals to proselyte.
Protestant attempts had resulted in
Tile else than failure, but when
.,Ishop Taylor came along, with his
title brain, be put different aspect |
he matter. He established high |
educational institutions all over
auth American continent, with |
suit that they welded an in
:,-l il behalf Of his faith inside OF |
i zen years, which outstripped
con Lined results of all previous
f1urts. AS a showing for his labors,
lie Methodist Church possesses prop
rty to the amount Of $3.50, 900 in Chilli
lone.
As for the Dark Continent, the
NJ thodist Missionary Society gave it
up as ''bad job'' ito put it in Yankee
Ihrase), and withdrew all its workers.
his made the Grand Old Missionary
asten Oh bis armor and sharpen up
lis sword. Here was work for him to
o-just the state of affairs which
leases him most.
He undertook to plant missions in
Africa upon his own responsibility,
nth success which made the mis-
ionary society get new broom and
rush a few of the cobwebs out of its
flee. The Methodist Conference, in
5S4, made him Bishop of Africa, de-
,ite the fact that le was not college
red man, which is consided to be
,quirement of candidates for this {
onor.
A young minister asked him the t
her day why he did not retire, now I
lat he had done the life work of a {
;ore or more first class missionaries,
'vered himself with glory, and his
ok in Africa was SO systematized
lat he could place it in the hands Of 9
lbnrdinates. The Grand Old Mis- I
onary Strengthened himself up and Y
ave the youthful preacher a piercing c
lance. d
~ oung man." he said, "good steel I
as never spoiled by wear. Rust is a
hat does it-rust, rust, rust.'' 6
The young mislster will know bet d
,r next time.
Besides visiting his missions and in. J
citing new blood into them he is going
, travel far into the Congo county and I
reach The gospel to natives who have G
ever. yet heard of the bible, feat of /
hysicai endurance, when we consider, '
le food and the method Of travelling s
hich all will consider most praise c
orthy in a hardy German so ldier like /
If. Peters. /
The Journey will require several '
'onths and will be made upon the back d
an OK. England's Grand Old Man d
Iay cut down trees in order to get up +
!, appetite for breakfast, but the a
ost valiant Gladstone feat of strength '
.les beside the undertaking of Ameri- /
IS Grand Old Missionary. The /
remier Was once gored by cow, but $
is not related that he has contem- t
lated five hundred mile trip on the b
,ck of an OK. Until he has the honors S
long to Bishop Taylor. g
HIS METHOD OF WORK. s
The CIR nd Old Missionary is Aery C
-aciical sort of man. He says he got d
lis quality from his scholarship in b
rush College-it's one of the special
es of that sort of school which pos /