Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-09-05
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sense Of freedom seemed to possess
all. The love. feast at $50 was q time
OF peculiar interest and made good
background for the bishops sermon.
At 800 o'clock the ordination service
was conducted by the bishop, and at
$3.50 an Epworth League service was
addressed by Profs. Kriegie and
Becker. In the evening the final SER
mon was preached by Rev. J. G. Hid
enstein. The appointments were then
read and the conference was ad-
journed.
BISHOP wALDEN's SERMON.
In his sermon Sunday morning the
bishop used as text Heb. SO: "But
we see Jesus, who was made little
lower than the angels for the suffer-
ing Of death, crowned with glory and
honor; that be by the grace Of God
should taste death for every man. )"
We judge Of humiliation, said the
bishop, by the point from which a
person is brought down. Christ
shared glory with the Father before
the world was. He took upon him.
self our humanity never to lay 1t
aside. 1t was his humanity that was
quickened into new life. He had the
weakness OF childhood and the temp.
tations and sorrows Of manhood; be
was rebuked, reviled, betrayed, cru.
Gifted, But in bis humiliation he
made provision for the salvation Of
this worlds unnumbered millions.
But exaltation was necessary for this
provision to be made effective. Jesus
tasted death for every msn-for every
outcast, every prodigal, every indii-
ierent one. The bishop closed with
an exhortation to the preachers to
make use Of the simple story Of the
Gospel as the most effective means Of
reaching men.
A GREAT CHURCH LEADER
The interest Of conference Gen.
ters about the bishop. He is at once
the chief executive and supreme
court. His will is law. He is in
vested with great power, yet seldom
is the power abused. A bishop is as
busy as a railroad president. He
must possess superb executive ability
and have a genius for details.
Bishop Walden is man Of inter.
esting personality. With his long
white locks, his strong but kindly
countenance, he looks veritable
patriarch. The bishop is not un-
known in Kansas history. Before the
war be was editor Of newspaper in
Wyandotte county and later he was a
member Of the legislature and state
superintendent Of public instruction.
The bishop is native Of Lebanon,
Ohio, and is now in his seventy.first
year. In 1884 be was elected to the
episcopacy, after having served for
fifteen years as one Of the publishing
agents Of the Western Book Concern
Bishop Walden has been closely iden-
titled with she Freedmen's Aid society
ever since its organization, and was
its first corresponding secretary. He
has travelled widely, is diligent stu
dent and hard worker and has a
genius for mastering details.
CONFERENCE PLEASURES.
Y To attend a Methodist conference is
q privilege not lightly to be esteemed.
There is inspiration in the atmos-
phere. And then one likes to see the
breezy badinage that prevails among
the preachers at this time when their
years work is at an end and they
have ieeling Of light-heartedness
such as they have at no other time.
Some Of the services at this conference
we're In German, and to the writer,
who did not understand a word, it
was strangely interesting the devout
spirit, the evident ,worshipfulness,
the all-pervading spirit Of love,
and that unseen, mysterious yet
potent power, like the wind which
bloweth where it listeth and you
cannot tell whence it cometh nor
whittier it goeth.
We met many Of the good.hearted
folks Of Lyona, who had evidently
spared no pains to make everything
comfortable for the visitors. And
then, in our capacity as reporter for
the REFLECTOR, We met the bishop.
As We sat for half hour In bis apart
ments chatting pleasantly or watch
ing him IS be took up and disposed