The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-10

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littlc ,nro ss.uuthts PRAYER service. y
of III, IL ""u sF"r "S"' "S ulspop
n,intmo,,. ~ ne s"Nc ne my proscht up
as your presiding elder.
Lh'ENSED TO PREACH.
During his college course no was
licensed to preach, md while student
hlied appointments in the churches ,ou.
tguous to Oxford In 1854 he grad
mated among the first of his clnss and
| began his career AS nm i,incrnnt prcnchcr,
serving MS supply and Junior nrenchrr
ON the Oxford circuit. lust before his
graduation he WINS married Ia Miss Nol.
lie Marlborough, daughter of the Into Kcv
John w. Marlborough.
HIS preparation for the ministry wns
comprehensive and thorough. Al that
,line there was no theological course in
the college. He improyisrd ono nnl nur.
sued it during his leisure hours. The ar
inlnlan standards were his compnn ons
Natson's Institutes WINS nj his ,iurpr's
ends. He studied chauter after chouter
aud then closing the book he wroir n
complcic ANALYSIS of each. fastening the
whole body of tho divinity upon his mind
for al future use. While vet hoy
preachrr he thus became n learned M.
U!ogian. As n preacher of marked uowrr
he became distinguished at once. In Co.
umhus. with the venerable DIR. Pierce.
father Of the bishop, he served the first
year, 1850, after his ndm.ss on into the
Georgia conference on trial. Tho next
year Sparta, the home of the bishop. was
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b.,,a 't 70, ctrcnl' ms ia'ner OH
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he was pastor of this church. really re-
organizing tbn NOM hprs hin "a th.
s;I; 'i luz WI, re was appoint'u pre-
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~ 10. ~ neiu t'l'> mp rtlhl rus, M
,.,,, n'oD', Wien ne rcsisn,u 10 accept lhe
nAru.' VI NV Ni"'r, iu"u' rctalil,i'- re-
mon n'.oh 1" ,r Emory college Us emeritus pro-
,,.i,e', ,"nA N9rh'u ny MN uh,'l io"o'
", Mn i hc WAS erected l9r seconu 'lme
,se, va V"' ,""l," ,'h' hiS' 'lnt "',nE
y, ies-' VIII nv ueol''lri 10 accept l"lS
.,ine accepting ana entering NJ once unoh
tnc ueIi 'arHr "i ms rrslnnSlp,' uutlrs'
a, A.. W,'i VII us r9nl'nuou uil''i relouse1 ny
we" ~. n'n. Hunua! morn ,he' January W.
NecreuiN ne was appointed associate
lnii.sNio'lnry secretary anu ny ms pat
iorHi addresses ana Wr,tlhSS ne Guck-
enea IN" MISSIONARY zcal OF the church
ana enlarged me operau9mS oi the gen
'rai hoaru on MISSIONS WINE president
OF Emory college ne served as edltor "f
thc wesleyan Chr'stian AdVooltc giving
10 II tone ana character Whch made IT
Il lcading religious Journal
During all these years his pen was
busy writing for newspapers and re
views 2nd producing books which have
tak'h h'Eh rank as masterpieces of
'honGht and ter>c statements of truth.
~" was honored with the confidence
OF ms brethren who elected him repeat
edly TO scat IN the general conference.
ana once was iraternal messenger to
ne general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church dlscharging his high
trust with distinguished ability and re-
h'ctihe great circuit upon ms cnurch.
DIR. HAfGooD AS \ WRITER.
I'm reviewing his life and history thus
briefly sketcliFd Il Is difficult TO decide
in what he'd lie did his best work. 1t
Is not oNiravagant to say that hr brought
signal success to every work he touched
y AL /. 1 l.