The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-24

which VIC lived found myself praying
hat To thiS community Their" Will com"
"a tremendous revival OF interest In III"
old Camp Grounds which Will max" II
again tho great center OF spiritual pow
or that II was in those days
Proud OF wost virginia
Il am very proud OF West Virginia.
/ have no rejudico against Old Nir-
glnia. the Mother Of Presidents, but
decline to b" classified as NtrGtnian.
Over East. when someone does not mako
sufficient distinction in referring to the
state OF my nativity. l always insist
that | have the added glory that comes
from placing the West before Wiz
gina.' I'm West Virginian. and Will
never recover from II.
six bishops in tho Methodist Episco-
TSLl church have been born in what is
now West Virginia. Even the latest
addition TO the Board of bishops. that
splendid colored man. Matthew Wesley
Glare born at West Union. is the latest
T, addition to the Episcopncy.
1T might be significant to note the
! geosra phical location Of the birthplace
or these bishops My good friend Binh-
op Hamilton here, WAS born at weston,
the seat 81 the state Insane asylum.
Bishop Morris WAS born at Charleston.
scat uf the state government. bishop
| Anderson was born at Morganto~n. scat
Of the state university. | was born at
Mound-vllIc scat Of the stat" I"hli"h
tlnTy. Hnd used IL tell nay late hf"lh"I
! lilshup Matt hughes. that nj the pi"'"
! OF his bIrih Nort virginia was '"nl"m
plating tho cree tl"n 81 another I"a'I
tuition
hut Among all my '"iI"hEu'r "h"
| { nIm IhoIr birthplace Ia WoHi NlIEl"i"
all tho "th'In w"Io bonn l" blh VIZ
Rinlo an tho "nly ono wh" hnd Honr"
on"uCh 1" walt until NoHl Virginia wa"
h"ro an tho "nlY simon pur" W""'
Virginia hinh"p Ia tho wh"l" 'r"wh
4 fool n ronao "f luHi urih" Ia ia"
hlri"Ty Of III" great commonwealth I
think nm Hny hulhfully that N"''
Virginin furnishes tho "nly 'hro Ia hin
tory where n pnri Of state a"""h'I
. from n stat" rnthor than H"""d" from
| tn" tnI"n whom IhlTt""n state" ~
tried to rrmovc from tn" Stn'S nnl
Stripes mud thirteen stars this stat"
WAS born md flung I" tho hr""I" over
these grind hills n now banner bearing
tho momcntoua words. Mountainous
Arc Always Free A man with such a
nativity IN such II State has good OK
Cuso for some public exhibition OF
pride.
Compliments Mr.. sigafooss.
IT have knowledge Of the church and
it's history. and l want to say that could
IT he secured in no other way. this
church could well afford To pay hun
dreds Of dollars for that splendid his
tory compiled by Mr.. Sigaf"os".
handed 10 Bishop Hughes the old record
OF marriages kept by Rev. T. b. Hughes
father of the bishop.
Those entries of marriages are IN
the handwriting Of my mother. SAID
Bishop Hughess she is still living and
writes much the same AZ she wrote in
that record of fathers. fitty-three years
ago.
In CHANGING through the record
noted that on the evening al l'c'cmp"F
~ Tat liar - Ittll
for marrying them. guess God knew
what was going to happen next day. Tor
IT Was then that ! was added 10 "a"
family and there WAS need OF add
t!0nnl funds to bear the fhmlly cAp"nhc.
An | rrrnll thrro were thrr" rooms In
that little old home over y"ndcr. Al
night. trundlr beds were drawn out and
w., littlc tots were tumblrd In. In tn"
morning. when We were up. the tfunhln
beds wcrc mad" up and pu"h"d back
under tho Iargur beds that th"T"
would be room for pedestrians In Ia"
living room.
At that time. | think. Fathers ,u,l-
airy WIS 400 or $500. II" WAS the nrSt
to that tim" 1t had been part Of
charge. but with tho coming Of my faith
or. II bccam" Il station and has remained
blessed by Bishop Simpson
In 1881. whom IA boy OF II years. |
was privileged TO be present at tho dcd-
ication by bishop Matthew Simpson. of
the simpson church yondcr. directly al.
joining tn" house OF my birth. Father
and mother brought me We were en-
tertaincd in the home OF Il Colonel Luck
wood. II was just three years heror"
Bishop simpson died. | recall him AZ
a tall. gray venerable man OF God. They
took me in. and how well | remember
that Bishop Simpson placed his hand on
my head and pronounced Il blessing. |
Thought | would grow foot. Had some
one whispered TO me then that | would
be one OF Bishop Matthew Simpsons
successors az president OF Del'Aw INT
vers.ty. and one OF his SUCCESSORS IN
his position In The .hurch of I'D: !
Simpson did not lay his hands on my
head through any providence or IL gen
erai conference. but somehow ] fool that
It came mighty close to apostolic" sue
Cession whCH felt that great hand up