The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-10-20

Christ on Calvary, when he saved tn
thief on the cross.
"The death sweat was upon him,
said the Bishop. "The heavens wer,
torn and rent; the very foundations o
the earth were shaken with a might,
CONFUSION. He could not have heart
the roar Of a hundred battles of Wa
| terloo; he could not have heard thu
greatest anthem sung by all the an
gels of heaven, but, thank God, he
could hear the plea of poor sinner
a common thief, and in the very hour
of the agony of death smiled his ben
ediction upon him. For he told that
poor thief for whom no man was con
cerned, that this day he should be
with him in Paradise. His great
compassionate heart bled for that one
poor sinner"
No men, he said, can claim to be
an apostolic ministry unless they are
consumed with passion to save the
souls of men. With passion that
sends them down along the corridors
of the prison; down into the red light
district; down into the gutter with
the fallen and lost of all classes. Oh
that God would baptise the old Ten
nessee Conference with a passion to
save men. Let us trust that the
young men of the ministry will keep
the fire of evangelistic faith blazing
in their hearts forever. Remember
always that our Master could not
stand sin. He died to save sinners.
He runs the whole universe today for
the sole purpose of saving sinners.
The exceptionally large amount of
business transacted on yesterday
made the journal an unusually long
one, requiring considerable time for
the secretary to read it. At the con-
clusion of the reading Bishop Kilgo
complimented the secretary very
nightly on his capable and accurate
work
In the case of G. l. Doris, who was
discontinued, a reconsideration was
had and he was continued on trial
In the case of Rev McAfee, discon-
tinued, his character was passed.
Rev. w. H. Johnson, returned the
paper on behalf of ex-Rev. B. A. Cher
ry and asked that it be returned to
Mr.. Cherry with the statement that
nothing could be done in his behalf.
This course was taken.
Rev. Bowen, of the North Alabama
Conference, Rev. Stonewall Jaskson
and DR.. Ramon, of the Virginia Con
ference, were presented to the confer
ence.
DR.. Ramon addressed the confer
ence in the interest of the Chatau-
qua for Southern Methodism in the
mountains of Western North Carroll
ma. He said that it was an enter
prise of all Southern Methodism.
Rev. John R. Stewart made an ear
nest and eloquent plea for the super
annuate endowment fund. He
said that the fund was steadily in
creasing. The fund now has in cash
assets $4,000 and in other assets
nearly 100000. The past year was
,etter than the previous year and
% lat was better one than the year
Nefore He appealed to the preach
RS to keep this fund always in mind.
The class for admission on trial
ras called to the front of the altar
" Bishop Kilgo. All were present
Except Mr.. Robinson. To them he de-
lyered an earnest charge, exhorting
aem to live and walk worthily. He
congratulated them that they stood at
he Threshold of life, saying that 1T,
was a great thing to be young. The
world has never offered such, field
Tor heroic men and great achieve
ments as it does today. The world
mas never needed great men as 1t
Toes today. In every line of human
sndeavor the world needs strong and
,ble men, men of courage who are
-eady and willing to work. The
world is a mighty poor place for
guests, but it is crying for laborers.
Methodism has very large house,
but there are two rooms not to be
found in its house, they are parlor