The news & observer., 1905-12-05
ENGINEER is SOON
TO Be IN GODS
ROUND-HOUSE"
Bishop Wilson's Great
Sermon on Gods Com
monWeaIth.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
MEMORIAL SERVICES
The Tributes to the Ministers Who
Have Passed Away Followed by
"a Beautiful Solo Touching
Every Heart and Moved
All to Tears.
BY EDWARD l.. CONN.

Wilson, n. c.. Dec. 4.-Bishop Will
son is the most wonderful man at this
conference. He is on the tongue of
every member. His sermons are
marvellous, and they are delivered with
great power. Full of the mysteries
Of the spirit his utterances are secret
only to the ungodly, but to the spirit
ual they are like mama from heaven.
His personality is remarkable, being
unlike other men. His face is Christ
IKE, and in his eyes shines a light re-
ilected from a brighter world, and
they are set not on the things of this
world, but upon the world that is TO
be. He appears to be a man who
walks with God. and one feels that
Bishop Wilson might reach out has
hand and grasp the invisible hand of
God. His presence is holy, and no
one would think of speaking a pro-
fame word in it. He has the profound
respect of every man, and reverence
slls on his brow, where no worldly
concerns have cauSed>a wrinkle. Kings
might envy his imperial countenance
for no truer or more noble majesty
could be held i'm any face than is seen
in his.
y score of years ago Bishop Wilson.
then missionary secretary, visited the
North Carolina Conference which was
In session at Durham. His sermon
was the marvel of the conference
Some one said at that time: Every
word he utters weighs nine pounds
avoidupois," and his addresses at this
conference, though containing less
thunder and lightning are full of
showers of blessings.
If Bishop Wilson should live to be
thousand years old no power could
make him doubt any word contained
IN the Book of Books, which feeds him
day and night with the bread and
water of life. Higher criticism the
isms and scisms and false conclusions
of science fall as harmlessly upon his
mind as a spring shower would upon
the rock OF Gibraltar. His heart is
fixed.
To compare men with one another
is fond habit of the mind, and
Bishop Wilson has been subjected to
it. Somebody expressed the result
this way:
Bishop Gambler will make you see
visions. and Bishop Galloway will
make you think and see visions. but
Bishop Wilson will make you pray
think and see Visions" He breathes
the atmosphere of heaven, and all are
edited who meet him.
Beautiful Love Feast.
Before the morning service there
was memorable love feast in the
Methodist church auditorium, attended
by all the ministers, who spoke of
their happy experiences during the
past year. and praised God.
In the midst of the service an old
railroad engineer arose. and said that
his heart was overlooking and he was
bound to speak. His life voyage he.
said. had been rough and perilous un>
til Christ took charge OF the throttle.
and now he had been taken near TO
the journeys end, and had passed the
last mile stone.
"Yonder. yonder.'' he exclaimed, and
his voice hrilled with it's pathos, ''is
the New Jerusalem, and soon Christ
will let me off at the Union Depot A
smooth run He has made for me.
with no wrecks. and soon l shall pun
UP il, Gods Round House
This poor old fellow testified moro
eloquenty than any preacher ana
when he concluded there was not
dry eye in the church His testimony
was moro powerful than a sermon
and when he sat down tho preachers
were so transported that their hearts
burst into the song. Life is Like "a
Mountain Railway" which shook the
very foundations of the building.
Directly after the love feast Rev
j. w. Cole stated that there was Il
Young man who desired to enter col
lege for preparation for the ministry.
and he asked for financial assistance
Tor the young man. In less than
four minutes ten men had subscribed
ten dollars each the amount Rev
Cole asked, and they agreed to give
this much every wear till the educa-
tional course of the young man has
been completed