The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-05-19
BISHOP COLLINS DENNY
HAD LARGE audience
WONDERFUL SERMON PREACHED
At LOUISA BY EMINENT Dl-
VINE FRIDAY NIGHT.


assembled at the court house In thii
city on the evening OF Friday, May IL
drawn thither by the announcement
that the Rov. Collins Denny, Bishop OF
tho NJ. E. Church. South. would preach
His reputation had preceded him and
his audience which expected great
things OF him was not disappointed
(. Anything finer in almost every respect
was seldom. II ever, heard within those
NIr walls. Preceded by the usual re-
75us services Bishop Denny read. we
(ro going Il say. but we win say re-
sated the first ten verses OF the sixth
Chapter OF Galatians. When he had
finished these he said he would speak
from the tenth verse which IL as fol-
lows; -As we have therefore oppor-
tnnity. let US do good unto all. espec-
inlly unto them who are OF the house
hold Of faith"
He then began In n conversational
manner in a voice low pitched and well
modulated. and 80 clearly was every
word. every syllable enunciated that
with no seeming effort ON the speak
er's part Il reached 10 the furthest
end OF the big room which Is not dis
tinguished for ita fine acoustic prop
critics. He spoke of tho measure OF
man. Speaking OF various measures,
however. before this as for instance.
there were measures Of wheat and 9th
er grains and OF some other things the
standard OF which wns the pound then
of coal which II measured by the ton
which IN simply an aggregation OF
pounds. then Of the measure which we
call the yard, and measures OF liquids.
He said that while those things were
the standards OF measurement no one
would think when he asked for a BUSH
81 of something OF letting that article
alone when picking up the bushel
measure. In other words of tnking the
measure instead OF the article bought.
He said these things were measure
ments OF inanimate things. When IL
came 10 the measurement OF a man. al
together different standard was used.
To measure n man by what he WAS
worth In dollars was by no means a
safe measurement or standard. The
speaker passed. step by step. and very
iogicaiiy, TO the consideration OF the
proposition hinted nj IN the Galatians
verse which formed the basis for his
sermon and that In. that we should do
good as We have opportunity. That we
owed IL 10 God and humanity TO do
that very thing. He laid down this
proposition that we are Indebted TO the |
living. 70 the dead and TO those yet un-
born That wo are indebted
TO the dead as well as TO the living is
readily admitted by all. that is by all
who think rightly and who are not
selfish enough 10 think that what we
are and what we have II due TO our
solves alone. To demonstrate the truth
OF the proposition that we are indebted
TO the unborn as well ns 20 the living
and 10 the dead is not so easy. Doubt
less many OF his hearers had never
Thought OF this phase OF the subject.
But the proposition and its truth was
10 clearly argued and demonstrated by
the harmed Bishop that all who were
20 fortunate ms 10 hear him must have
fallen In with the truth OF what he so
ably proved. One very interesting and
let US say entertaining feature OF this
part or the discourse was his illustra-
tons concerning the lives Of distin-
guished men, living and dead, who had.
as II were. emptied themselves for the
good OF their fellows. Beginning with
some OF the long departed ones, emin-
80 N%@-- .e@-tN nv
Thomas Sutton afterwards Sir Thorn
As sutton having been knighted by the
king for his successful attachments in
the law and for the great school that
no established with his gains. A fine
example OF those who worked and
fought for others was the famous Eng
iish General Havelock. whose name
viii live forever as one who did so
much Tor the suppression Of the Sepoy
muuny IN British India In 1857 The
Bishop did not say SO, but foolish
order made by the British government
cartridges that were then
used In the muskets OF the East In
dian troops caused the mutiny or re-
volt. followed by some OF the most hor-
ribie massacres OF which history tells.
Bishop Denny's description. which
must have been drawn from what he
nnd been told by eye witnesses OF some
Of the terrible scenes. was vivid in the
n a