The news & observer., 1897-12-01

IN speaking Oh itE. SIOSo itiASAouo w
liefs DR.. Yates said he knew him quite
well and enjoyed a rare opportunity OF
finding out his fa:ttl.
He believed that the church of God
and Heaven ought to be synonymous in
religious terminology.
The speaker dwelt at length upon this
idea. which he elaborated most interest
ingly.
"The church of Christ may not suit
some half-mie daShers. 1t is too slow
for them. They are not content with
Enoch because he only walked with God.
They care not how coarse the grits so
that the mills of the gods grind rapidly.
They forget that rapid progress is not
always real progress"
He believed religion to be life sub
iective in character, but objective in or
ganization 1t is fashionable to-day to
sneer at the church and its authority.
OF all men DR.. Gloss was one of the
cleanest and clearest of any self-seeking
or of desire for notoriety.
The value of organization was here
pointed out. death is disorganization.
None of the simples composing an or
ganized body can be aunihilated. The
soul is a simple. The conservation of
n~s tier is more important than the con-
servation of energy, for there can be no
energy without matter. The gospel can
not be spread without organization"
Nothing disturbed DR.. Gloss so much
as the silly clamor against the doctrines
of the church, and it is worse to-day than
Il was then. He was in the main a
very sound doctrinal preacher and espe-
cialiy severe upon all fantastical theol-
ogy. He had n decided faith In the
doctrines of his church, and preached the
gospel with great force.
"The sum Of holiness is love. Oh. to
be able to lift up clean hands and low
ing heart at the same time. On for the
religion that is Chr.st-like. The name is
not essential. If / had to name it /
would call it perfect-loye. If we are ac-
lively engaged in living the sermon on
the mount. we will not have time to
violate the Ten Commandments"
DIR. Gloss had both an analytical and
synthetical mind, but he never burdened
his sermons with too many details. lie
was borr siciar he preferred
perspieuous illustrations TO a5struse
reasoning.
He had an intense and strong per-
sonality. He was stoop-shouldered and
his face on one side was shorter than on
the other. This gave his countenanee a
peculiar appearance. He was self
made man. "The truth is, all men who
are made at all are self-made men. There
is now an idea abroad that all that is
necessary Is to send boy to college,
put him in a room, he touches the but
! ton and the college does the rest. ! tell
ysu there is no short, no easy road TO
/ knowledge"
DR.. Gloss was plain Of speech, but he
was most eloquent and at times superb
word-painter. He had a legal mind and
was one OF the ablest debaters in the
General conference.
For his first years work as preacher
! he received a suit of clothes and boarded
around: for the second year he got go
i and boarded around. He was friend
4 of education, and educated ali MS
| household, including his servants. lie
! gave his influence to founding female
i colleges at Goldsboro, Greensboro and
Greenyille. He opposed Trinity Col
| lege because of dislike for DIR. Craven
/ the president. .'You fight an institu
| ton if you fight the men upon whom il
rests"
! DR.. Gloss was seemingly austere anf
very diffident, and some thought hin
i proud. But once acquainted with hin
| he was a most delightful conversational
| ist-was often humorous and witty. He
was always cheerful and bright down Il
his old age. His descriptive powers
were superb. These qualities furnished
the text for the many anecdotes tod
about him. He was modest, sympathet
i ic, tender and gentle. His generosity
was bounded only by his own means.H FL.
! clothed and educated several orphans
His reverence for woman was deep an;
his treatment Of her most gallant, al
ways. He possessed the genius of the
itinerant minister.
i He spoke plainly, but there were never
malice nor bitterness in his words. III,
Il had too much sense to hew to the line
let the chips fall where they may. FL,
! knew that a very poor stick of timbe
is often turned out by hewing to tn,
line.
DR.. Gloss made an ideal presiding ell
, der and was most valued counsellor o.
, the bishop-a man among able men, b,
was the peer of them all.
At the conclusion OF this very abl.
address, no synopsis of which can do I
justice, but which will be published Il
full in next Sundays News and Obser
yer, the Society thanked DR.. Yates anf
ordered the address printed in the Socie
ty's Annual. Some amusing and char
acteristic incidents in DR.. Gloss lif,
were also related by Rev. w. s. Rhon,
and Rev. M. G. Thomas.
4 Mr.. James I'll. Southgate, of Durham
was chosen the orator to deliver simi
lar address at the next conference.
DR.. W. II. Moore was selected to pre-
pare photography of what has alread,
been written concerning the history o
the Methodist church in North Carolina
The following officers were chosen fol
the coming year:
President, Rev. G. A. Oglesby, o.
Durham.
i Vice. Presidents, DR.. T.. T.. Nash. o.
Fayetteville; Rev. n. NJ. Jurney, OF
Beaufort, and Rev. B. II. Hall, of Fay
ettevile.
Secretary, Rev. r. N. Iyey, Of
Greensboro.
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