The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-05

upon the conference floor at Greensboro,
eau ed Bishop Kavanaugh and the whole
conference and audience to break out
i'll uncomfortable laughter.
These qualities, Of course, furnished
some foundation for me many anecdotes
tod about him. Many Of these were
gross Congregations OF this kind was
tna5 of the woman who, in the twill ght
If evening found DIR. Gloss praying in
4 room where she kept her ar-barrel,
and thinking he was the hired boy steal
ing sugar, proceeded to apply a switch to
the shoulders of the aged veteran Of the
Cross. 1t was almost wholly untrue;
and | had much of what / state from DIR.
Gloss himself. 1t is rela led Of him that
at a public eating house, small plate
# very rancid butter bappened to be
near the Dr.s plate. He .iftel the plate
ind threw it out through the window.
;uS; then the servant mad came in and
inquired loudly where the butter was.
Hr. Gloss replied, Iou had .Sk
he butter, for it IS certainly Oru enUugn
% speak for ,tSe f. ! doubt the truta-
fulness Of this story. His fight with the
mosquitoes at a camp-meeting, and the
unique benediction he is sad to have
,ronounced on that occasion, was gross
= exaEgera ted in TIE telling. Just be
ore itaVing one OF his pastoral charges
his earlier ministry, where he wa
ute unpopular, he prayed, Lord, SEM
his people a preacher WnOm they vii.
lie better than they DO me- LOUD
tslen came up from the squad n tlt
orner; when tie preacher Immediately
ldded, land send me to people tina
~ Il like better than ! do these people.
md the amen corner was silent. ne c0f-
Zee anecdote was also true, and ha-
Heen widely told in this country and IL
Europe. And as it's telling has been
so varied, perhaps this is the place for
giving it correctly: DIR. Gloss and two
other ministers were stopping a;
a tavern, where they paid Their
fare. The good woman who
kept the house was Of portly dimen-
sions and yohuble tongue. Having heard
II DIR. Gloss, she thought it a favorable
opportunity to have some fun at his ex-
.,tnse; and she got it. After several
sharp efforts directed at him, she finally
exclaimed: Why, Dr. Gloss, | see you
are very fond of coffee" The reply
came quick and sharp: Yes, madam
it would seem so from the quantity of
water l have to drink to get a little"
After burst of laughter from all round
he table the silence in that dining room
could be felt. DR.. Gloss was everywhere
a welcomed guest, and this did not oc-
cur at private home, for he was never
rude.
He was modest sympathetic, tender
and gentle. His regard for woman was
of the highest order; and his manner
in her presence, or in her defence, was
courteous and knightly; sure sign of
large heart and brain in any man. His
generosity was bounded only by his
means. He took the orphan to his own
home, as several living witnesses can
testify. and there fed, clothed and edu-
Gated them.
Strange to say, DR.. Gloss was not
in his later years what We call in this
day a student, or great reader. His
mind seemed to be of such wonderfully
strange and gigantic structure that it
could work profoundly and work cor
rectly without libraries. He seemed to
evolve from the intuitive powers of his
own mind the forces that swept every
thing before him. | confess that to
my mind it is a dangerous example:
since nature seldom turns out such
mind; and when she does it appears
that she throws away the pattern.
Thackeray puts into the mouth of
Charles ii. this statement: "a king you
can always have: a genius comes but
rarely" And this witness is true.
Reading and study is absolutely neces-
sary to ninety-nine per cent of men
who are called or aspire to be leaders
and teachers of men. And in this
sphere many are regnant. All real truth
belongs to the sphere of religion, and
religion therefore claims every real
science as her rightful property. To
trace God in all His manifestations is
to think his thoughts, and to love His
thoughts is to love Him, since His high
est thought towards the world was
Christ Jesus. The scriptures of eternal
truth that move around Calvary as an
axis embrace within their sweep Orion
and the Pleioues. The lever-power OF
the cross that lifted Enoch to the
home of God, also flung the north star
to his place, and holds all the heavenly
consultations to their shining. The
preacher, above all others, needs to
search for God everywhere; and blessed
are the pure in heart for they can see
Him.
In the life of DR.. Gloss the right
field Of labor and the right laborer met
together. He possessed the genius of
the itinerant ministry-the most heroic
band that ever marched for the con-
quest Of the world. Neither in sick
ness nor in health did he ever lose the
spirit Of his mission. Perfected through
suffering" is an axiom in the philoso-
ply OF all true greatness, and the
christian ministry is no exception to the
law. 1t is intended to be a burden-bear-
ing band. If this were not true 1t