Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-16
GR|EVINGT HRONGS
STAND At BISHOP
SPELLMEYER BIER
lcentlnaed from First rage.l

Win lOllA ulNliAt lhCetAASAH+
He inherited from a German father
and a Scotch mother those ylrile,
rugged qualities which have borne fruit
in a career of splendid service to the
world end to the Kingdom OF God.
Bishop Spellmeyer had t~hirty-hve
years of continuous service as a pastor
in and about this city. What a record
is that. 1t is unique in the history of
our church; unique, indeed, in the his
tory of any church. It marked him as
a man with the longest pastoral record
Of any man in the board of bishops.
DR.. Spellmeyer was invited frequently
10 prominent churches in many of the
chief cities of this country, but he pre-
ferred TO remain in his own Newark
Conference. Certainly it is very fitting
that his final obsequies should be held
in the mids of those in whose interest
he poured out his life 50 freely. Speak
ing of Henry Drummond. a friend said
thai the writing of his life would be
like the writing of the history of frag-
rance and so may we say that with
trpthfulness of our Henry. The
memory of his devoted pastoral labors
remains like the fragrance of a beau
tiful flower i'm the hearts of the hun-
dreds who have gathered here today to
do him honor and the thousands who
are here in spirit. Those years of sac
rifcial toll in his labor Of love have
assembled like sweet incense to heaven
itself. For twenty years of thai period
OF p~astoral Service he stood in the eve
of the church as one Of the most con-
spicuous. efficient and successful pas
tors in the entire denomination. He
watched and wept, he prayed and felt
for ALL
I'm the latter years of his pastoral
service he was honored with member
ship in the book committee. How APP
propriate that he should be chosen at
once as the secretary, n as such he
rendered a service to the church. h
yalue of which cannot easily be com
puted. His attention to detail was
phenomenal. His mastery of the small
minutiae pertaining to the work OF sec
rotary commanded the admiration of all
who knew of It. It was not strange,
therefore, that the general conference
Of 1904 was quickly convinced of his
prominent fitness for the office Of
bishop. Upon the second ballot OF that
now historic conference he received the
largest VOTE ever given " any hAA 40
bishop in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. His work as bishop has more
han fulfilled the expectations of his
ardent friends. Coming to h Office
from such a long term of pastoral serV-
ice he carried into It the pastoral view
and put into it the heart and devotion
Of the pastor.
HE never failed of that peculiaT
hrotherliness which characterized his
ministry of earlier FEARS. The approach
to him on the part of the humblest man
was as natural as could be imagined.
His administration of the conferences
has been characterized by eonsiderate-
ness most commendable. If at times
there have been those who have
thought that he was ov~er-cautious We
may state that that is a good fault
for a man who deals with interests so
important II issues so vital as are
committed TO the hands Of the bishop
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To
care for the ministers and the churches
was the ideal that dominated him. He
brought also to this high office an ad-
ministrative ability which secured for
him the most attentive hearing when
ever he spoke.
2 Il have known few men who could
balance more carefully all the elements
of a problem than could he. He would
have made a notable career as a Judge
IL he had entered the practise of law.
There was a poise 10 his Judgment and
a deliberateness to his procedure
toward a conclusion which marked him
as a man of rare ability in that di-
rection. How disappointing that his
career as a bishop should have termi-
mated so suddenly and so soon! Gould
we have had our way it would not
have been measured by a brief six
years of service upon this high level
of activity for which he was so espe-
cially fitted. In the board of bishops
he had already come to be regarded
as one of the safest and sanest of
counselors. To the meeting of the gem
sral committee he brought the fulness
of knowledge and the correctness of
view hat always secured for his opin-
ions the most careful consideration.
The church had come to believe in
him, TO trust him, to love him. AS I
think OF his well-rounded, symmetrical
career l have beer applying those
words OF st. Paul to his son in the
gospel, Timothy: "A good minister of
Jesus Christi Henry Spellmeyer, pas
tor, administrator. bishop. honored,
loved. revered-'A good minister of
Jesus Christ"
The pallbearers we're: William Fair
lie and Morris c.. Daniels, of the
RoseviIle Methodist Church; James l..
Hays and william G.. Hammond, of the
Central Church; DR.. George r.. Kent
and Edward f. Jones, OF Centenary
Church, and the Rev. DIR. Frederick
c. Baldwin and the Rev. DR.. John NJ.
Krantz, representing the clergy. Fol-
lowing is the committee which epre-
scented the conference at the funeral:
The Revs. J. w. Marshall, DR..
Wright, ]. Y. Dobbins, of Woodbury.;
John D. Fox, Of Trenton; Thomas
OHanlon, H. F. Gravatt, of Camden;
j. L. Roe, of Gloucester; J. II. Payran,
of Burlington: George M. Hughes, Of
Trenton: DR.. Snyder and A. f. Ballard,
OF Ocean Grove.
During the time the body was lying
in state It was attended by the follow
ing guard of honor: DR.. George r.
Kent. Frank A. Sterling, Herbert b.
Britton, Edward FL. Jones and Robert
Ii. Thompson.
At a special meeting Of the official
board of the Central NJ. e. Church held