The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-06

also a popular author. his ,'.!ioini'
Stnrcbes" is one Of the most dellehliui
bo.,kS that | have ever deTonred- Ailel
- lorr career III California. the bISi"p
vas called To Nashville years as
L., of tbe Nashville Christian Advo-
cate.
Netbodism of this generation ma
,rnincad Two great editors hr.
RnckIev. of the New York Chris
4;an Advocate. and Bishop Fitzser-
I, this long time it has produced a NUM-
Ter of great preachers and some bishops
If the highest order of ability. but there
have been only two great editors. IS
~ editor. Bishop Fitzgerald eXcelled a.
:, naracraphisr. He can compress Il
world of meaning in a paragraph. No
body ever felt like saying 10 him. Don
II down" His sentences are vascular
if YOU cut them they would bleed. Every
word IS chosen to express the meaning.
There is not Il surplus word IN any ser
-pncc he writes. Every word counts
,nd II i the very word and none other
that conveys his meaning. In an age
when the linotype and cheap paper en-
couraees quantity. the tendency i 70
spread out and write space at 50
much a line rather than to compress
great ideas into Il few sentences. BISHOP
Fitzgerald could pack more religion. com
mon sense. wisdom and learning on the
first page Of the Advocate than any other
editor | have read after could put IN
Il whole paper.
/ When he was made bishop. 1t was
callcd a ''promotion.' | think It was
otherwise. Any great preacher can
grow into a good bishop. but it IS few
good bishops who can grow into great
I..<. A., OI;+n. 1iln = moot n1lISt hA
horn with the intuition or the afflatus.
\ man may write ably and forcib!y. ana
! enrich his productions with a wealth Of
| illustration. and write English that Addi-
son would envy. and yet be a failure as
IN editor. The bishop was 4 born edI-
for. As a circuit rider he was among
the best. as an author he had Il charming
stvle. as Il bishop he is wise. Just and
discreet. As IN editor, he is at his best:
and his best puts him second to no llvlnG
religious editor. Among the biz men
| North Carolina has given to Tennessee
Jackson, Polk. Johnson, Haywood and
| many others-FitzGcr.ld ranks among
the best gifts Of the mother State to its
daughter. After all these years of labor
and honor in other lands. North Caro-
lima is glad to welcome Bishop Fitzgerald
back home in his high office of bishop.
He has the charity. the llberallty. the
observation-disclosures Of the broad and hum
bic Christian who feels that before Il
great while he will be called to say. Il
have finished my course May the COCA
bishop, the great editor, the loving Caro-
linian the tar has never been fully re-
moved from his HEELS live long to bless
his church and country
Father Crcecy was evidently impressed
with tho IiSb0, for bn y Of him in
this weeks Economist:
The Conference was opened with
prayer and singing of an appropriate
hymn. after which the good bishop. deliv-
cred a short address from one Of tie
beautitudes of the sermon on the mount
-"Rlessed are the poace-makcrs. for
they shall lie called the children of God
Bishop Fitzgerald appears to be an old
man. probably passed the SCriptural i'm
it.but the words that fell from his trenlh-
ling lips were so full Of tenderness and
path0s. that we unconScI0uS!y recalled
the tradition of old st. John. who, when
a hundred years old Was led into his
pulpit and delivered 4 sermon of five
words.."Little children love one anCth-
err" The o:soop was "vi'l"n.l= SINGER
and felt what ne mc2lt, as did the large
congregation. It's sentiments were Wei
timed III view Of tie c~Nc;1inG Gurst!cn>
that will come u> before tho Confer
cnCC.
The address Of the bishop was re
spOndcd to by DR.. +. 4. Yates. Pre-
siding Elder Of the Raleigh district. who
is evidently looked up to rs the leader
on the floor of the Conference. When
Il hitch comes. either in 4 matter If
taste or discretion. DIR. Yeates comes al
toIDoticony To tho front with . kind
word Of advice or suggestion. Dr.. Yeatcs
impresses us as i grave and earnest
man..
There is Il venerable man Of God,
loved by all North Carolina Method. SIN,
whose absence is 4 loss to eye.y delc1at"
and visitor. For the first time in As
years when the name Jesse \. Cunning
GIN was called, there was no answer.
During all the years lOr 11n1rly halt
4 century DR.. Cunninggim las Lenn ona
OF the men who has been ready to say
Here am [, Lord. send me- On ,nis-
sion and circuit work. as pastor us col
lege agent. as presiding elder he ms
been Il Methodist preacher of the old
fashioned type, sticking close to the ola
landmarks and crying out "ShOw me ii
old paths" Progressive and earnest in
tttN L VI liz
has been 4 benediction and an exampla
of picty and devotion to his younger
brethren. Now. with his face set toward
Zion, DR.. Cunninggim in 1eeble health in
his home at Greensboro. sends to the
Conference Il request for a s~uperanlatcd
relationship. Though he may never
again enter actively upon the work Of Ms
Master here. there go up prayers .hal
he may long be spared to preach by
word and by example the gospel lie has
proclaimed for nearly fifty years. !
cannqt remember when did
not know this father in Israel. He
has been a man whose life may be sum
med up in. This one thing [ do He was
called to preach the gospel. He has al
ways felt wee is me if | preach not
the gospel He never sought to please by
mans WISDOM He has known no
shortcuts to grace. and "shake-hand re-
ligion found no favor in his eye. He