The Monroe journal., 1922-10-20
MISS KNOX INTERVIEWS
wife OF BISHOP DENNY
She Finds That She Is Real Home
Woman. Giving All of Her Time
TO Her Husband and Children
MRS. HARGETTE RECALLS
CONFERENCES OF THE SOS
Her Father, Who Lived to Be Past
Eighty. Saw But One Bishop In His
Life Time; Then Visit From Them
Was as Rare as Visit From a
King.
By MRS. KNOX wOLFE-HARGETT

BY MRS. KNOX W0LFE-HARGETT
The big conference is in full blast
Everything is up to its highest ten
sion. The large auditorium at Gen.
tral Methodist Episcopal church was
packed to its utmost Thursday morn
ing. The day being beautiful, the
good Methodists from all the coun-
ties around are driving in, cars are
parked in all the surrounding blocks
and il being court week and cotton
selling time, altogether makes a
Fourth of July crowd in town.
The writer had the distinctive
pleasure of meeting and interviewing
Mrs. Collins Denny, wife of the Bish-
op. We seldom have such notables
as the Bishop and his wife to come
and bestow upon the town, by their
presence, the good feeling that we
have within our gates some of earth's
illustrious folks. Tell us please,
we asked, what do you think of wo.
mans work in the world today, and
especially in the church" "Oh," she
said. and threw out her hands, I'm
real home woman. have always
stayed at home and took no part in
politics. | have never voted. | have
six children and it took all my time
to look after them. Now all are mar.
ried but one boy and he is in college
OF course ! take pleasure in doing
anything for the church, and am in
terested in all missionary work, and
do what | can, and think woman's
work in the church is progressing
She is doing noble work
Tell me more about yourself, any
thing and everything" We pleaded
"You are one of the notables and we
want the community to know more
of YOU" just let me alone" she ex.
claimed, land let all the glory go to
my husband; one public character in
the family is enough And she bow.
ed herself sweetly and pleasantly of
from the subject. We take her to be
strong woman and great help
mate to her renowned husband, the
kind that builds up mans home and
rears children to build future homes
remember the time when a bish.
OF vas as rare as king would have
been to come in our midst. My faith
er was eighty-four years old when he
died. and he had only seen one bish-
op, and that was Bishop Wightman
of Charleston, S. c. Churches were
scarce then, and members too. No
need for so many bishops. | remem-
Der when was seventeen | was visit
inc schoolmate in Concord when the
district conference convened there. II
was presided over by Bishop George
Pierce. He and his father, DR.. LOWE
Pierce, were great pulpit orators in
their day. SO my father urged me
to take advantage of the fine, oppor-
tunity and go on Sunday to hear this
celebrated divine, which | did.
| did not get to hear Bishop Den
ny the morning Of the conference OPP
ening. | was tod that he made a
profound talk that was greatly en-
joyed by all.
/ found it difficult to find standing
room at 10 o'clock hour, therefore did
not tarry long-only long enough to
hear Bishop McMurray, another bish-
op in town. He was pressing 1t upon
| the minds of the vast congregation
that the centenary fund must be paid.
. And in the meantime, he told an anee-
dote of how an old negro preacher
was interrupted in his sermon by a
loose mule putting its head in the
church window and braying. "Can
anybody tell me how to keep mule
from braying," he enquired. "Yes,
someone answered, "just tie rock to
his tail" The astonished theologian
raised both arms to the level of his
face, and cried in solemn tones,
"Le: the first one without sin tie the
rock"
Well, we have, most of US, read of
Victor Hugo's good bishop, in Les
Mis- srables, and we all admire his
great big heart in letting the thief
and roaming scamp, Jean Vatican,
get away with his precious candle
sticks without molesting him, all for
the sake of hoping someday this act
would have a tendency to bring this
criminal to recognize Gods great love
to man, and mans love to man. which
it did. Our bishops of today are just
as noble, and have ten times the work
10 CO, for this great United States is
great country and the population
5 growing in numbers and sin.
A minister told US once that bish-
Do wss not ordained to his high Of
ice because he was considered fine
brt acher, but because he was consid-
Iv,rei good financier. The work must
be trying to nerve and brain. We en-
loved the good singing Wednesday
lfternoon. Only three preachers were
within the pulpit bounds. Rev. r. G..
Futile was to preach. One of these
preachers was a powerful singer. At
he completion Of nearly all Of the
ymns young red-headed fellow
anne with a swing into the seat oc-
upied by the writer and others, and
ften looking at the powerful singer
Q asked us: "A solo?" "No," We
ola him, "it was not intended for
nat. but he was getting no help"
The number, please" Don't know
he number, but the words are, when
Convey the Wondrous Cross" At
nee he found it and the hymn was
nished, but he joined in the next,
Saviour More Than. Life To Me"
Ie gave, a Frenchman's shrug and