The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-16

tsv parsonage. Ennis has reyamped /
t.eir church
Wcafhorf rd-Prcs'ting Elder III
3 webb reported 1000 additions
WITH re, gain %, 500. paid NJ
rbrrrh debis. bgilt three new
churches and tvo parscnage- /
Eleven charges paid 10 foll and IS
pastors paid Ia fun
Reports Are Favorable.
Bishop mccoy declared The reports
uniformly full aad optimistie. which
vas enough to make this q jubilee
year IN every respect lie led il
singing Praise God From Whom
All Blessings Flow"
Grand Jubilee service.
Presiding Elder dcrace Bishor.
for forty eight years a member OF
the Central Texas conference. pie
sided over tie jubilee service At the
chgrch Wednesday night. On the
platform were Rev. and Mrs. j. T.
Mussett, Mrs. n. Il. Cox. widow OF
the late Rev. J. Fred Cox, and Rev.
l.. W. Cox OF kilIeen. son of J. FREQ
Cox. George II. Malkcy. son of one
OF the charter members Of the con-
ference. was called to the platform.
Or. Bishop lined the hymns and
the congregation sang with enthu-
s'ssm. Some OF the voices were
feeble at first but waxed strong as
memories took the singers back to
those good old days when the organ
vas a stranger to the church. At
the close OF the song DR.. Bishop ask
eu the congregation to kneel in
payer and perhaps two-thirds OF
tie vast audience got down on their
knees TO commune with God in the
crening moments of what proved to
be the most Joyous service the con-
ference will perhaps experience.
tn Central Texas conference was
organized SO very long ago that there
Il only one man living who can tell
about it first hand, and that man
is Rev. j. p. Mussett of Polytech-
mic. 1t was therefore fitting
t.ibute that he should be selected
t. preach the jubilee sermon. Rev.
j. r. Mussett was introduced by
llr Bishop as a plain. old-fashioned
Methodist preacher who had met the
bligations of the ministry for fifty
Years
The speaker was yisably affected
by the significance OF the moment.
Although he has just completed his
f.ftieth year in the ministry he is
still tower OF strength in the
church and man whose wise eoun-
eel is duly appreciated. However,
10 believes in that good "Old Time
Religion" the pioneers enjoyed.
For his text the speaker selected
Matthew 1873 and 13:SI-32
Jubilee is a time of rejoicing
a time when the burdens are laid
aside and all the people feel light
hearted and rejoice, said the speak
| eT, and my object will be in a
measure to review not only the
Ia bors but the victories God has
given us. First it will be well to
canine the grounds for our re-
joicing The church was founded
in the covenant which God made with
Adam in the Garden--tne seed OF
the woman shall bruise the serpent's
head.
Away back in 1879 Methodism
had its birth John Wesley was
Gods chosen servant, thrust out as
father and leader of Methodism.
Some six or eight people who had
tbecome powerfully convicted met
with him to receive counsel, and in
this prayer meeting Methodism was
brought into existence. Il would be
a sad thing for Methodists to for
Iget their prayer meetings.
Bishop Marvin presided over the
conference organized here in Waxa-
hachie in 1856. Fountain r. Ray
was secretary. The territory embrac-
ed was extremely large, bordering on
the Colorado river to the west, Red
river to the east and Trinity south
prong 10 the southeast and included
Leon county on the south. There
we're thirtyeight travelling preachers.
four presiding elders, eighty-fiye
preachers and membership 81
$3.50 whites and SIS blacks II
the district there were ten SUNDAY
schools. filly-three teachers aad a