The news & observer., 1905-12-03

! uedlH.
He was q very brilliant man. wei
! educated and full of ambition and en-
ergy.
His work fCS the church in North
! Carolina abides. AS President Of the
! Greensboro Female College. and nro-
prietor of Glenn Anna Seminary and
of a high school in this place
Wilson, n. c., gave evidence of his
great desire to put his CHURCH and the
State in higher plane of learning. AS
! a Presiding Elder he was thoughtful
| and aggressive. He would listen to
! the weakest preacher with as much
! interest as he would to a profound
! theologian do not remember that I
! ever saw him make an unfavora
| criticism on the effort of any brother
during all the years of my acquain-
tance with him.
| He was a great man indeed
William Gloss.
I think DIR. Gloss was the subject
! of the address before you last year,
and l will only say of him that it
would be very difficult to say too much
| in his praise.
He was an able man, and labored
! for the building up of the Conference
and the church.
He was staunch advocate for the
measures of the Conference.
John Tillett.
John Tillett was a native of Cam
den county, N. c., and a graduate of
Randolph-M Macon College! A strong
preacher and a conscientious pastor
He was robust and energetic, courag-
eous and as brave as Leonidas or
StoneWall Jackson. He stood for what
he believed to be right without fear
of the consequences, believing that
God will always defend those who do
right, and reward those who suffer
for Righteousness sake. He waged a
lifelong warfare against that enemy
of all that is good the liquor trade.
Ihe growing sentiment which will, we
trust, result in the entire overthrow
of this cvl was greatly promoted by
his brave fight for atotal abstinence.
In 1855 and SO he served as presid-
ing Elder on the Danville District and
at his own request was returned to
circuit work which he loved and in
which he died.
His labors were arduous and sue
cessful. In addition to his life work
in. and for the church, he has left the
rich legacy of two noble sons to push
forward the great work of the cause
which he served as faithfully and ac-
ceptably. Rev. w. f. Tillett, ID. D.,
of the Vanderbilt University, and the
Hon. Charles w. Tillett, of the Char
lotte Bar. His end came peacefully
to him at Charlotte, N c., at the home
of his son, Charles, Sin 1890.
Nathan III. ID. Wilson.
Perhaps no man in the North Car
olina Conference rated higher than
N. II. d. Wilson as a man of safe
and sound judgment, good preaching
ability, and of great love for his Con-
ference. When the great and import
ant measure of dividing the Confer
cnce was before us he opposed divis-
| ion with all his power. A speech he
made at Charlotte against division
| was characterized by great tenderness
and love for the old Conference that
he joined in his youth. and had never
left. He quoted what seems to be
stray poem by G.. p. Morris: wood
man spare that three"
"Woodman spare that tree,
Touch not a single bough.
In youth it sheltered me,
And I'll protect it now
His efforts were unavailing and the
Conference wac divided but he died
before it was done
He served as delegate in several
sessions of the General Conference
op He was Presiding Elder for sew
eral years, and the death message
reached him while out on his District
work at the home of friend in
Franklington, n. c., and was buried
in Greensboro, n. c.
He died i'm the 66th year of his age
and in the 45th year of his ministry,
in 1888.
Ira r. Wyche
Ira T. Wyche was a solid. reliable
man He filed the office of secretary
of the conference with acceptabilitv,
and made a good presiding elder and
was agent of the American Bible So
ciety. The conference gave him the
following endorsement when he was
appointed Bible agent:
Resolved That the Conference
commend to the attention and affec-
ton of all branches of the Christian
church in North Carolina our beloved
brother, the Rev. Ira r. Wyche. the
general agent of the American Bible
Society as a gentleman whose Chris
tian integrity and devotion make him
worthy of the cooperation of all
Christian people in his great work"
He was elected delegate to the gem
eral conference of 1862, which was
not held. He was a successful re-
Vivalist, and many converts were given
as seals to his ministry After very
useful life and a ministry of forty
four years, in 1882 he passed to his
reward on high.
John w. Lewis.
John w. Lewis was a very useful
man. He was secretary and assistant
secretary of the conference for several
years. Noted for punctuality and
industry he shed a sacred influence on
all with whom he was associated.
Lived to the age of SeVenty-SeXen