The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-21
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CLOSE OF AN EARNEST LIFE
Pathetic Last Words Of Bishop
Perry Hopkins.
In His Last Sermon, Preached on
Thursday Night, He Said His
Usefulness Was Nearly Ended.

New Yerk, Aug. 21.-'I feel a heavi-
ness in my chest, and / know my end is
near. As this may be tb. last opportunity
l will ever have of addressing you,
hope, brothers and sisters, you will all
pray for me tonight / need spiritual
help, foI this night I may die.
For over sixty years l have studied
the Bible. and am convinced Of its truth.
MY usefulness is nearly ended, but had
l a Thousand tongues 1 would have given
them all for the teachings OF the Gospel
as readily rs have given the one have"
These were the last words OF the sermon
preached Thursday night TO the congrega-
tion OF tae Union African Methodist
Episcopal Church by the venerable Bishop
Perry Hopkins. They were pathetic. AT
2 O'Clock this morning Bishop Hopkins
once slave on Maryland plantation
was dead -
He was a whitc-haired man OF seventy
five, and was ttle head OF the local dio-
ccse of the A. NJ. E.EhuTch, and though
his territory embraced few churches, il
covered large area, extending as far as
Boston. Ak
Bishop Hopkink lived at No. 217 West
Sixtieth street} WAN his two children.
Malachi and Katherine. He was man OF
admirable character, and bore the affec-
tionate good wai OF all the African Meth
odists in this country. His knowledge OF
the Bible was phenomenal, and he could
repeat every line of any chapter of the
sacred book that might be suggested. The
T-.;n in il oil Ia
had adrniuis teretr for some years. viii
soon celebrate it's centennial, having been
founded iii 1895.
Before the war young Hopkins and his
father aud mother belonged 10 a planter
named Robert Gamble, on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland He ran away forty
five years ago. and found his way TO this
city He earned biz living for many years
hy carr ying bod and other work Of that
character
He then logan To study for the pulpit
and thirty years ago I've preached his first
sermon. Not many years later he was
created q bishop and placed in charge or
the New York diocese. The slim revenue
attached to his bishopric afforded him
scarcely the means of livelihood, ard he
was compelled TO supplement it with other
employment. Up To a short time ago he
was janitor in public school Oh Allen
street, aud he had many friends among
the members of the board of education.
About year ago he contracted gastritis,
and since then his health has been failing,
Int not sufficiently so to prevent him from
preaching.
He preached Thursday night, as he had
done On many Thursday even ings, in the
Little Union Methodist Church. He returned
home about midn ght, complained of feeling
i'll, and was put to bed by his daughter. At
. O'Clock this morning his son heard the
old man gToaning feebly He wentinto his
room, and, striking light, asked him if
he were ILL The bishop Was then too far gone
to Ieply intelu gibly. He revived sufficiently
at length to bid his children good by. A
few minutes later he was dead
Owing to the fact that no doctor attended
Bishop Hopkins, the police took charge of
the body The coroner was notified and will
issue certificate of burial. 1t was said by
the daughter that the old man has another
son in Liverpool, England, who is a
preacher.