The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-09-26
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heN. OOWleI, Jlle lhJe hutlblOn W Jnt
Baptist church of whom mention was
made short time ago, assisted brother
Argabright during the last week of its
progress. On Friday night he, brother
Cowley, discussed from Heb 2 chapt. 3
vr. Subject, GLOW shall we escape, il
we neglect 80 great salvation" Using
several graphical illustrations he handled
the subject with interest to the entire
audience leading them into wide field
OF thought. One of his illustrations pict-
ured an exile left to languish on a far
away, desolate island. In sympathetical
terms he pictured the intensity OF the
mans desolation. A ship hoves in sight
touches the island, will the man take
advantage Of the opportunity, accept the
plan of deliverence at hand, step on
board the inviting craft and be waited to
home and friends? Or will he in his
weakness cry: $50, Ship, go thy way,
some more convenient day On thee I'll
call"
Saturday night the house was crowded
to its utmost capacity, in fact, believe
that number failed to find seats and
repaired outside to the windows and
doors. On Sunday, his last sermon, he
preached on Baptism by immersion and
handled the subject in way to impress
the idea to those who were not acquaint-
ed with his past life, that he had passed
the most Of his almost three score and
ten years laboring in the Baptist faith.
OF whatever else can be said of Rev Cow
ley, he is certainly well read and well
posted man so far as sacred history is
concerned. He is somewhat given to
speculative theology, carries one into
fresh fields of thought, never though
without connecting link to the realistic.
With quite flow of unassuming rhet-
oric he on Sunday carried his audience
into sphere where they seemed never
to have reached before, utterly oblivious
to every thing passing around them,
some of the congregation sat with heads
and shoulders dropped forward and eyes
fixed on the speaker with an attentive
ness that never saw manifested in the
Paynesville Baptist church before.
When he closed his sermon they pulled
themselves together and looked around
manifesting great curiosity as if they
had just awakened from a dream in
which they were lost to the whimsical
tiles OF the present peverse generation.
Tuesday the II inst, having been set
for the day of administering the sights
of ordination at Cold Spring, people be-
gan assembling at an early hour. The
house being insufficiently large to ac-
comodate the gathering audience, it was
decided to repair to grove near by and
thither was moved from the church and
seats sufficient to accomo-
late the anxious spectators who came
from far and near to learn the Modus
operandi by which Methodist preacher
was burned into Baptist preacher, the
report having been circulated around TO
The effect that one Henry Smith, of near
Cold Spring, sued for "what was left of
Rev. Cowley after his (Cowley's) trans
formation the leavings of which he,
smith, wanted to make dog out for
himself" The laconic retort from the
,ver ready Cowley struck him something
ike this If he'll just get down on his
hands and feet and have some one pin |
all to him he'll already have dog"
Prayer was offered by Uncle Jim Bry-
INT, Weldon, after which the counsel |
of delegations from Woolf |
Creek, Spring Greek, New Highland,
and Cold Spring were call
ID to order, Uncle Jim Bryant acting as
moderator. George Brown, New High
and, clerk. Minutes were read by Lee
deeks, clerk, OF Cold Spring church.
Rev. Cowley's Christian experience was
leard, the counsel findingP fault in it
declared him fit subject Tor ordination.
Rev. l. @. Argabright delivered the or
lination prayer, sermon by Rev. John
Yillitt, taking for his text, 2 Timothy 2
hapter and Is verse-"Study to show
Myself approved unto God, a workman
hat needeth not TO be ashamed, rightly
liyiding the word OF truth"