Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-12-03
n. c. CONFERENCE.
Continued from Sixth Page
SUNDAY.

all the churches of the city Sun
day. Methodist preachers who are
attending the Conference officiated
in all the churches at both the morn
ing and evening services. By far the
largest audience flocked to St. Paul
Methodist church in the morning
when Bishop Warren A. Gambler
preached. The church, which is the
largest in the city and one of the
largest in the State, could not ac-
commodate the crowd who sought
admission and could not have done
so If it had been twice as large. AL
though the services did not begin
until IL o'clock, yet by 10 O'Clock
everv available ieaG in the spacious
edifice had been taken and numbers
of people were standing in the alsles
and IN the vesuIbules.
The Bishops fame as a preacher
had been nolsed throughout the city
on account Of the Missionary ad-
dress which he made on Wednesday
night and the Thanksgiving sermon
which he preached On Thursday, on
both of which occasions he demon
strated his ability as an orator far
above the ordinary. 1t was 40 sur
prise, therefore, that numbers Of
people had to be turned away from
st. Paul church Sunday mornn z
because there was not even standing
room on the inside. Those who were
able to gain admission and had to
remain standing throughout the ser
vice took no accout Of the two hours
that passed and showed little signs
of fatigue. The pleasing address Of
the Bishop, together with his ex-
pressive gestures, eloquent phrases,
ornate descriptions, convincing logic
and inspired demeanor absorbed the
attention of his auditors to the ex-
clusion of their uncomfortable atti-
tude. An attempt to report his SER
mon would be as futile as an at
tempt to "paint the lily or gild re-
fined gold"
After the sermon the Bishop or
dained the following:
Deacons-James NJ. .Culbreth, VIM.
E. Brown and William Tome.
Travelling preachers-L. P. How
ard, f. M. Hoyle, VIM. B. Green,
VIM. r. Royal, John w. Bryan,
r. B. Clark.
Local preachcrs-F. S. Aldridge.
Elders-P. D. Woodall, r. R.
Grant, J. T. Stanford. E. R. Welch,
Harry M. North, J. F. Bivens, J..
L. Gu, ninggim, James A. Daley.
When Conference adjourned Sat
urday afternoon it did so with an or
der to convene again Sunday saf
ternoon for the Memorial services.
Rev. r. A. Willis called the Con-
ference to order, conducted the de-
votional exercises and presided as
president pro tenn. A short bio
praphy of the life of members of the
Conference who had died during the
wear was read by some member who
had been appointed to write the
sketch.
Rev. T. A. Smoot read his paper
on the life OF Rev. B. r. Hall. L
was an excellent paper.
Rev. d. H. Tuttle an interesting
skatch on the life and labOrs of Rev
J. w. Wallace.
Rev. LII. Nash read short sketcl
of the life and church work of Rev
LAFAYETTE Johnson.
Rev. r. B. John read we'll pre-
pared biography of the life of Rev
A. R. Goodchild,
DIR. N. Ivey portrayed the lif
of Rev. B. B. Culbreth in an excel
lent paper.
AS each of the sketches were rea
different members of the tonferene
would arise and pay an eloquer
tribute to the memory of the de
ceased brother.
DIR. Watkins preached an eloque1
sermon in st. Paul church last nigf
at the same hour other Methods
preachers were filing the puiplts
the other churches of the city.
MONDAYS SESSION.
The sixth days session of tn
North Carolina Conference was cal
ed TO order promptly at $50 tn