Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

never tried TO lengthen mt days. When
people ask me the secret of my visor j
tell them it is a secret with God.
Il have never smoked. and / gave up
alcohol when | was young preacher be
cause 1 found 1t did me more harm tina n
good. l used to go to it for stimulation
when i was very tired. but L had not
learned the difference then between slim
ulation and irritation. l was brought up
in a hardy. 'scanty way. | have worked
hard and lived frugally all my life. l am
sure no one can expect to be either well
or happy who lives luXurously and does
no work. But / do not believe that long
life depends on anything we can do our
selves. 1t certainly has not done so in
my case, so far as my own endeavor has
been cOncernedf
There are several living preachers in
England who have given fifty years OF
service, but there are few who have spent
the whole of that time in one church. Or.
Clifford of Praed Street Chapel. London,
has done that, however. He went to this
church fresh from Midland College al the
age Of twenty-one. but only with the I'M
derstandng that he should be allowed 10
proceed with his studies at the University
College Since then he has taken degrees
almost without number. and only two
years ago had conferred on him the honor
ary degree of doctor of laws from Col
gate University, New York.
During the last thirty years he has been
In the van of all the great religious edu-
cational and political conflicts. He is
loved by friends, feared by opponents. A
great cartoonist has given him the proud
title OF the Modern John knox,, the
original drawing Of which now adorns
the doctors study. and Mr.. Mackenzie
Bell. in his poem issued yesterday, speaks
of him as one whose power for good has
Increased.
sides proposes to celebrate his jubilee by
raising fund of $4,000. to be applied to
the renovation. Of the building. The
jubilee celebrations will take place Octo-
Der IL. the anniversary of the day on
which Dr. Clifford was born.
Mr.. Mackenzie Bell, in his eulogy of the
doctor. headed Gods Soldier describes
him as:
Great orator IN gesture, voice and word;
Whose lofty eloquence none can hfar nnst Tired;
Unto their childrens teaching; there WAS need,
Gods soldier us your calling stu still. 10 nSnt
Heay'n's own calm light
Another notable example is Rev j. c.
Jones. Baptist minister of Spalding,
England, who has recently passed his six
tietb year in harness at the same place.
1t is also recalled that Rev. Thomas
Church at Kettering for fifty years. and
was succeeded by his spn. who stayed
with the parish for S(milar length of
time. Then there is DIR. Blunt, the Bishop
of Hull, who has just been keeping the
jubilee of his ordination. For nineteen
years he was an archdeacon. for thirty
three years rural DEAN. and a royal
chaplain ins ordinary for ten. DIR. Blunt
now has 100 church workers. and the
number of commandments is $500 He re-
lates that. as chaplain of Bedlam many
years ago. he had a Bible class of seven
teen women. :ali of whom had been com
mitted for murcer. though respited as in
sane" -
Mgr. Johnson. the Titular Bishop of
Arindela. and. one of, the auxiliary bish-
ops of the diocese Of Westminster, Eng