The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-15
Bishop GaIloWay--A Book by %Spurgeon---
The Binghams--A Correction

i. Galloway aWakens q most profound
interest among them as Well as
ouS a sincere. tender sorrow. Tor
he was indeed a great minister q the
gospel and one OF the foremost men
of our great section of this country. lie
had prodigiOus popularity among his
brethren II was accurately estimated
as in intellectual power and elO4utnce
as having but few equals in all q nGr
greatly blessed Southland and with
hardly an equal. \ native OF MIssf5-
sippi he was held to be by his fellow
citizens in that State to have had no
equal in quite twenty years Oh more
in intellectual e~ndOWmentS and great
oratOry. He was born September i.
1S49. at K0scuisko, Miss, and his pa
Tents were natives Of North taroTn0,
and were born but a few miles from
Wilmington in Brunswick county. not
far beyond the Cape Fear river. lie
passed away on May 18th at Jackson,
Miss. where he had resided for many
years. and was in his sixtieth year. lie
had been in the ministry for nearly
forty years. and had been a Metho-
dist bishop since the year 1886. Ii" was
appointed to that high office when but
little over thirtY-SeVen years OF as,
and was the youngest minister o. that
distinction who had ever been raised
10 the EpiscOpacy in our blessed
Southland. He had really the rarest
oRIiIbICS III dS I'll i1dtk .loe l'E1ll
equalled often, He had not Only
great distinction but he was a very
great ~faVOrite as preacher, presiding
officer, orator, citizen and Christian.
He was indeed a great speaker. a
writer of high gifts and an advocate
Of unique poems. I was Fortunate
enough to hear him preach a sermon.
but ! saw him when he attended some
dozen years ago a meeting Of the
Methodist Southern bishops in
Wilmington. i was ~fortanate
enoush 10 hear nm "I[+r
est ray that ever fell from mortal
lips in my hearing. 1t was at the
conclusion OF 2 sermon by another
minister. bat l do not now remember
it Was. l said to a very init
mate friend sitting by me when the
prayer ended: THAT is the very
greatest prayer l have ever listened
and he agreed warmly to what
said. Only a few days = my good
and faithful brother in the church,
!. A. BiIbrO, one of the most gener-
Gus and devoted Christians | have
ever known, referred to hat marvel
prayer, said to be what I said to
him, which l remembered well.
Galloway was q Christian of
noblest type. and most resolute in
sincerity and life. He lived for
humanity. for God and Heaven. and
no doubt he * at rest now with his
ord and Master in the bright. beau
tiful world where Jesus and the
sanctifed and glorified are happy and
forever blessed. He made a very
great impression when he visited
England and ireland. l read What was
reported at the time OF the great dis
accorded him and what the
Methodists said of him. No
American preacher, l am inclined to
ever so won the admiration
If British Nethodism as did Il elo-
quently. very royalty endowed south
,rn disciple of the great John Wesley.
Raleigh christian Advocate re-
emily said of him that he was a
sreat preacher. He was the greatest
in southern Methodism, and,
We believe. on the continent. AS a
Presiding officer, he was the soul OF
courtesy and grace, and never failed
o win all hearts. AS a leader, he
Nas wise and progressive, always
the best interests Of Christs
,ingdom."
The greatest preacher 7 have ever
heard is Bishop \. w. Wilson,. but ]
lever heard Bishop Galloway IS
said. Bishops Hendrix and
'andler conducted the burial services
reid at jackson On the 18th inst. The
advocate said that only a small part
# the vas throng could find a place
IA the church edifce. he state
lunicipal and Federal buildings IN
ackson were closed as a mark OF
to Mississippi's first citizen
nd Southern Methodism's great
A great man and leader has fallen
n our Southern Israel.
1t s very common and easy to over
preachers. orators, lawyers,
Sneakers. but I verify believe
there is none of this in any trlp-
Ite have read concerning RlShop
galloway. God grant unto his church
le so admirably. nobly served may
a successor of as great nobility
# soul and such complete conSecra-
ion of lfe to God and with such ac-