The daily sentinel., 1907-09-06

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Yesterday afternoon at mis- room
the writer had the extreme pleasure
of spending half an hour alone in
the company of the famous church,
man. A most pleasant half hour il
was. One realizes without any diff
Guilty that he is in the presence OF
great and good man yet there is
nothing constrained or coldly reserv-
ed about Bishop Warren while dig
nified he is genial and affable and
few men are more brotherly than
he To make you feel perfectly at
home in his presence is his wish and
he always succeeds.
Tall well built, a man upon whom
the winters of seventy-six years have
seemingly fallen lightly. a man Of
seventy-six- an half dozen years
past the allotted life of man, yet a
man who does not apepar to have
passed the siXtieth milestone of his
career. Truly Bishop Warren is a
well preserved man and If he is living
on borrowed" time no man ever de-
served the extra years more than he.
May he live many years yet to come.
His hair and full beard, once rich
brown, are only slightly tinged with
the frost of the passing years. Not
many burrows mark that kindly race.
the keen eye is as sparkling and
bright as ever the eye in which mer-
ry twinkle so often finds its way, the
Warren smile is as warm, cordial and
fascinating as a burst of sunlight af-
ter a rainy hour, Robust physically
and vigorous mentally Bishop War
rem is truly a young old man" and
his personality is one of the sweet
est imaginable. 1t is not hard to be
lieve that Warren is an ideal bish-
op.
that Henry White Warren entered
the ministry. He was "a years old
then. He was born in Massachusetts.
He came from a long line of Method
lists. in fact the Warrens trace their
Methodism back to John Wesley 8
days. All were faithful disciples of
that great man of God. Methodism
was bred in the the bone" in Henry
w. Warrens case. For a few years
prlor to actively entering the minist-
nv Henry w. Warren was profes-
sor of natural sciences, for a time IN
Massachusetts school and later in
a New York Institution. He served
many churches as pastor and in 1851
twenty-seven years ago. while pastor
of the Arch street church In Phlla-
delphia he was made bishop. Three
years later he came west to Denver TO
make his home and there he has re-
sided ever since During these u
years no bishop has been more active
visited more lands or held more con-
ferences than Bishop Warren He has
conducted the Colorado Conference
| four times and no other single con-
ference has he held so many times
The first year he was bishop, 1891
he conducted the Colorado conference
al Georgetown. In 1898 he conduct-
ed the conference at Trinidad IN
1902 he was the presiding plshop
at Central City and in 1907 he comes
to Grand Junction. ,.. nil,
II Is a well known fact that Blsh-
nm warren is greatly devoted to edu-
cational work and advancement i Il9
connection with the Denver unlYer-
sitv and his many magnificent gifts
10 that institution are matters OF
Colorado Methodist history. At home
and abroad he has exemplified the
same spirit. 1t runs in the tamlly.
His brother, w. F. Warren, has beeh
nresident of the Boston university
for az years and for 62 years sister
taught in some of the leading schools
of The country. Other Warrens have
distinguished themselves by their IN
terest in educational matters.
In course of the conversation with
the bishop he was asked this queS-
tion: 'If John Wesley came 70 eartl
today would he find in the Method
ist church of today his ideal church
the church he desired?" Il certainly
believe So" replied the bishop. me
church today is simply the outgrowJ,l
of what he founded and is strlctiy
in keeping and in accordance with ms
principles. The same points OF uoc-
| trine laid down by Wesley are We
observing and cherishing today. we
have been true to John Wesley We
have not departed from MS teach'
ings." ,,,.,t y,
the church today as rapid and solid
as IL was fifty years ago.
"DeciJedly so. The church has
for many years enjoyed a tremend
ous growth and is doing so today
growth even greater than ever know
IN is history. Never has the worF
in n foreign and home fields been Sc
great. so extensive and so effective.
when asked if the Methodist MN
isters today as a whole are bettel
Maid and better educated than at an!
i trme in the past Bishop Warrei
said. "Oh certainly. The advance
ment in education among our peo
nIe has been phenominal. When
entered the ministry there was no
lone theological school in the church
TO-DAY there are dozen fine ones. A