The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-06-21

BISHOP TYREE'S
CONFERENCE
HAS A BRILLIANT BE-
GINNING.
Delivers Response to
Mayors Welcome.
Pays High Tribute to Ministers
Their Loyalty UnexceIIed-Re-
members His Feeble Mother
Building a Race - Fifty
Years Accomplishments
Recounted - Great Has
Been the Accomplish
n1ents.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
Chester, Pa, June 13.-A brilliant
opening of the pinety-sixth session of
their historic old conference of the
A. M. e. Church occurred yesterday
at Murphy Church. Bishop Tyree, of
Nashville, Tenn, opened the meeting
with dignity and grace and expressed
himself as having no patience with
Jealousies, chickering's and childish
ness among men, and declared peace
and good will toward all as the policy
OF the administration upon which he
now enters.
Bishop William H. Heard, of South
Africa, rendered valuable assistance
as an associate to Bishop Tyree and
is beloved in the Philadelphia confer
ence, of which he was once a mem
Der. Bishop Tyree at the morning
session dwelt upon the significance
OF the centennial of African Method
ism in 1916, over which he will pre-
side, and counseled the ministers to
make it an occasion worthy of the
name of all Methodism. During the
day he paid high compliment to
his aged mother now living at his
home in Nashville, and to whom he
owes much of his strength and stabil-
ity both of charc cter and purpose.
At the night service at which the
conference was welcomed to the city,
Bishop Tyree in response to the
words of welcome by the Mayor and
citizens, among others things said:
1T seems to me it is wei for us,
my brethren, to be here and to see
these sincere and earnest faces, and
as earnest and sincere hearts, ex-
tending to these servants of God their
warm welcome-a welcome to the
members of the annual conference,
the Bishops and associate Bishops,
these presiding elders, ministers and
visiting friends.
Among us as we assemble at this
time are some of the hardest worked
men and women in the country.
Here are men who have made such
sacrifice as you would not believe I'M
less you actually come in contact with
them. You would hardly believe that
luCoO lllGn udNO lCll luCll uOuu6S lOI
the love that they have for the min
istry
"And so this mighty work goes on.
Some of these workmen break down
with their burden and with age. Only
tomorrow, and age and its ravages
will bid us leave the stage of action
for ever We are failing from day
l to day and soon the angel will call
Ius home, and we must go; and, what
| is saddest not penny to leave be-
hind for those whom we love-
Think of it, my friends. Not one
Y penny for those whom we would sue
cor; to those who have followed us in
l the thickest of the fight. Nothing left,
I|by brethren, but a dying echo coming
Hover the mountain yonder, by the
grace of God I'll meet you on Ca
lInaans bissful shore.
$50, my friends, when you spread
lIthese functions before us, it is not
iIfor what they mean for the gratifica-
lIt4n of our appetites but they cheer
d|pur poor weary souls; they are to
dIhs an Oasis spread in the desert
bland we stoop to the spring and quaff
lilo the relief of our thirst, and we
(Eise again, and take a firmer grip on
/ bur knapsacks and tattered umbrel-
Has, and turn our backs upon the storm
| lbnce more and say, Where he leads
| Inc will follow? (Great applause.)
"Ah, my friends, these are God al
hightys watchmen upon the earth.
| IThey have come to awaken a slumb-
bring people and to everywhere cry
IArise, shine, for the light hath come
Ind the glory of the Lord has risen
| IIpon thee
"As such we accept your welcome,
Ind will endeavor to honor your
homes, and, honored Sir conduct
ourselves in such a manner that when
Ee shall have gone out from your
oors and you shall turn the latch
HI your gates on our departure you
hay be able to say, surely these
Eere men of God
"Why the whole world will rise up
y the black phalanx marched on to
ictory. (Applause,)
"Some years ago Jenny Lind sang
II Castle Garden, New York, and the
Ieople of this nation took o: their
\ Iats and sang her praises.
But, my friends, ask in Gods
lame tonight, to give us time, and
here say if they will only let us
Trough take down the curtain and
live us time and opportunity we will
how voice that will sing song
Lat Jenny Lind has yet to learn.