The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-13
PRO DEO EFT ECCLESIA.


of an army, the Methodist ministers of
the New England Southern Conference
will be settled. bag and baggage, in their
new parishes and will preach from the
new pulpits to which they were ap-
pointed on Monday night last.
The annual shift of the Methodist
pastors has brought to Providence six
new preachers of the gospel and we have
pleasure in welcoming them. We hope
they will find their stations congenial.
We know they will find our
people hospitable and virtuous and
good and true citizens. Providence
is a Christian community. 1t is a city
of many churches and nearly every i'm
portant denomination, including those
of foreign peoples. are represented here.
AS becomes ministers appointed to
the parishes of the largest city in the
Conference, our new Methodist brethren
are among the brightest of their cloth.
the new appointee to the pull
pit at Chestnut street, is a man OF
erect figure, genial countenance, firm,
almost martial carriage and tread with
the manners of gentleman, the heart
Of a friend, the mind of well-in-
formed man; with adaptability and
versatility; with energy, push and per-
severance Mr.. CADY seems just the man
to grasp the colors of this historic
Mother Church of Providence
Methodism," to bring the men
up to the colors and mike
new epoch for that church. He
is entering the quarto-centennial year
of his ministry in this conference, but he
shows no abatement of physical or mental
force; is barely at the zenith Of his powers.
A "mill boy" then one of the boys in
blue, of both which he may be justly
proud, afterward successful in trade, he
only decided fully to enter the ministry
when marked results attended the first
public work he attempted for his
Divine Master. May his present pastorate
in Providence prove as successful as was
the first one at Asbury where we recall
him as good singer, preacher, and
feayer-meeting leader.
The Tabernacle M. E. Church felici-
tates itself on the acquisition of Rev.
JAMES T. DOCKING, Ph. ID. Coming with
the prestige of success in the
West, of the same after coming
among us in the East and with the
fame of two Epworth pilgrimages which
he conducted, Mr.. DOCKING has an aus
picious beginning and roseate-tinted
future in the outlook. A little under
the usual stature, but with CON-
pact body, ''clipper built" as
sailors say, there is sug-
gestion of endurance. speed and con-
quering tenacity. His auburn hair and
fair, light complexion frame pleasant
face that indicates helpfulness and social
traits. In his blood there flows
the Yorkshire pluck and perseverance,
the dash and daring, with which he fol-
lows the banners of One greater than
the leaders OF his martial ancestry. And
as at Westerly, his last charge, SO here
something is likely to come to pass. He
leads, without bossing; accomplishes
revolution without destruction; works
himself and inspires others TO work, and
never rests short of doing all that u
church needs done to give
it rank with all that rates as
aggressive and progressive, Mr..
DOCKING may be little handicapped
by need of funds to accomplish certain
changes at the Tabernacle, but he can
come as near doing the impossible as
any man we know of.
Rev. EBEN TIRRELL takes the Broad
way church pulpit. Six years as a
hardworking, successful presiding elder
in the Nutmeg State have not worn him
out one particle. You almost see in his
face, yet, the bronze of his early years
spent on ship-board sailing in almost
every cline, and that of the years OF
his early manhood spent in the
United States army, sergeant in
the "bloody 42d." With a we'll
knit body he carries considerable
avoirdupois without corpulence, yet
enough to suggest the bishop. almost.
A decade spent on Cape Cod charges
and IL more years spent on other
charges and in the presiding eldership
have only ripened his powers.
Broadway will find him to be
a devoted pastor, fearless but kind dis
ciplinarian, brave knight of Jesus
Christ ready to hold tilt and tournament
with all foes of the Gospel and of our Ma
tional institutions. He is both optimistic
and conservative. He does not depreciate
the past while he does appreciate the
present. He will demonstrate that the
shelf sis not the only place for EXPIRE
siding elders"
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