The farmer and mechanic., 1909-03-16


T.our our God is One Lord" Blshop
Wilson'S sermon may have come next
10 himself in his sermon at Southport
some ten or fifteen years ago. IL " %
indeed most mastery, OF great apliltS
and Of interest. The text was on Acts
Of. 23-25 He preached an hour ana
> quarter The first fifty minutes
was almost equal to his great sermon
in the PRESBYTERIAN church referred q
above OF the other four or tive
greatest sermons I ever heard | thlnk
they were preached at Halifax town
in 1864. by Rev Robert Q. Burton,
D. D.. It reached a very high water
mark of excellence. [ was slttlng b5
Mr. Lowe. who was not partial 70 III;
Burton when he turned to me and sstld
with marked emphasis, 'When bufIo1 o.l
gets off he is as great as any one. My
friend. Rev. John n. Andrews. hao q
pleasant way Of saying some good ana
pungent things. At Beaufort IN 1893,
Rev DR.. r. S. Moran preached very
| intellectual and striking discourse
| While leaving the church. at nlsht'
! Andrews said to me "Moran's sermon
got converted Just before it ended
| II found Christ" Another time, when
| he had been listening to one OF Blsnop
Earlys scattering. reminiscent ser
! mons. Andrews said. Did YOU observe
what excellent company the Bishop
ALWAYS keeps? In all of his refer
ences TO what men said to him, it was
! Gov. Blank, or Senator Som@nouy, or
Colonel or General Some One. ~
/ that conference at Beaufort / heard
an able. thoughtful scriptural sermon
| from Rev DIR. T. NJ. DoWd. 1t was
on. Did the Divinity Suffer in the
Crucifixion?" ." 1t was in reply TO a
sermon that had been preached by q
gifted, eloquent preacher, Rev, T. w.
| Archer. who argued that the ',Diyin-
ity' did suffer. I hanDen to know
that Or. DoWd greatly impressed
Archer. who said to nae the next day
in Col. Stephen u. PooTs booktore.
You have one great preacher in
the NORTH Carolina Conference. Peter
.DoWd" Archer was then q member
Of tho Virginia Conference Let me
) detain the reader a little longer about
the North Carolina preachers before
ia the War and after. l have at much
length in the Raleigh New, and Oh
server presented my recolleCtIouS and
opinion OF Dr.. Charles +. Deems. who
was from 1856 to 1898 pastor OF the
Church OF the Strangers i'm New York
!, Clty. 1 wish to give q few extracts
| from eminent sources as to hi.
capacity, usefulness and loyable.
ness. l give only what was said while
+ he was the very distinguished pastor
OF the Church of the Strangers
f must give one highly interesting ex-
{ tract from the eminent DIR. Armitage
! the great Baptist, Of his time. He wrote
, ~ 1887. six years before the aearr -
nay friend l knew from my nineteenth
. year uoul his deaf hin November, Is
! 1899, az follows:
/ j have 81 intimate friend in tn,
hofh 81 England, q refined Christian
= iaaE. to whom, during many years.
z have tahen delight in sending now an,
: tllen IN American sermon. | ,1neq
[ that she had the weekly sermon @
j | SDNTGe1n ana one or two others OF tn
: greet EnElish preachers: and bein}
= an ttAmiIer Of our American preach
. erE, j sent her this and that man
sermons. Amongst them were IN
L own, Dr Hairs, Mr.. Beecher's Nh
z Ialmage' $. and Dr. Deems's. When
y VISITED her seven years ago, she sai6
y \ Am delighted with your America
= preachers. ! enjoy your own sermons
e ! lllfc those Of DR.. Hall, those Of MI
. Ececher, and Mr. Talmage; but
= would not give DR.. Deems for tn
g whole lot Of YOU. / do not read am
u other such sermons as his.
= This was when he was iN
= ing. This was written thel
/ General Clinton 3. Fisk said: ID
- Deems deserves all the grateful re
q coanltion that all New York and a
- the world can show him" DR.. Ia.
- mage said: How much latent an
!, holy consistency are required to stan
. IN our pulpit SO long (twentv-or
- -, years. and still be pre-eminent
~ bishop McTyeire said that he doubte
at Ioiiei Ssdtiol IN the great Cit
es set better preaching or more faitf
v ful pastoral care The very abb
celebrated Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker. {
ne London. said that his mental c;
ad pacity his genial disposition, h
he eyanselical dictum, and his apostol
ii conservation have won for nv de:
er friend Or. Deems many ardent frien,
by IN England Rev DIR. Thomas Ami
at age. the most distinguished Bapti
y minister in New York State, paid hi
~ very high tribute of love and q,
a miratlon. | could give laudatory g
- - Inmates by many eminent preache
81 among them the learned DR.. Phil
er e.o,,,;,,a -. " ohlcu IHeoioSic
in rev. William M. Taylor D. D., I,
nd T.; ReN. st. John NJ. Reid. Rev. w
-iS llam OrmistOn. D. d IL u. D .