Show STERN FOES OF EVIL THE EIGHTEEN B SHOPS OF THE METHODIST NIETH ODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH rr ln of tile Nive Who line charre of A fal in tile ani wot west N men ian of 0 r piety lcarl I alln aud ability it is something worthy of noto in c can auction with the history of the INi alt etho list church in ameriba that no breath bre etli v ul scandal or suspicion lisa has ever tainted the she good repute of any ono of the eight ien en living bishops who personally or spirit take part in fit this years ilin abal conference of tile hie mighty organist I lon ion on which owes its origin to the alio wc rs leys of them it can well ire be said thi they have fought tho the rood good fight and kel i the faith J all lands and all se sections t ions ot of the thoU unito rilei states rates know the power and zeal will TT ral which dicso tile me have prosecute prose cut 1 ay the never andin ending tight light against 1 lv prince of ill powers of dirk dark foster aird r e 0 na w s toss poss hurst walden P vincent cont rid joyce are names familiar to to every observer arver of religions ions progress in america and the names of tho the missionary BISHOP COWMAN BOWMAN bishops raylor and thoburn might almost bo be termed household words in asia and africa the other nine can bo be distinctively called representatives of alio west ind south routh in this latter list thomas cowman bowman of st louis leads by reason of years and service ic bornsen 0 o enty five years ago at berwick pa lie he has spent ti J hia whole manhood lifo life as aa a preacher of tho the T LW L W 10 4 gospel 01 or r as a N teacher of ti the 3 0 religious f gion doctrines which lie be aavo f sates indeed it may bo be said that his bis career has been one of varied activity and BISHOP MERRILL uninterrupted usefulness outside of 0 the pulpit he has displayed his splendid talents as professor of dickinson seminary at williamsport William sport pa as aa president of indiana asbury university as a delegate to the british Wesle wesleyan yarl conference in bisot and as chaplain to the united states senate ile ho attained the episcopate in in 1872 next nest on the list in point of continuity of service comes stephen M Al errill of chicago who was born at mount pleasant 0 in IS 1825 25 like dowman bowman ho he entered the ministry almost at the time of reaching his bis majority he too is an indiana asla cn ivy rain man arid aird his bis labors editor of the western christian advocate have been highly commended he became a bishop in 1872 V bishop john P newman of omaha is 13 known of all men as the friend and pastor of general grant ile he was born Z in now naw york city in 1826 and entered the ministry bryin in 1843 after 11 an exceedingly active career as a preacher organizer of churches and editor of a 1 I religious paper 44 lio lie went to washington in 1869 and there gained much fame as a BISHOP pulpit orator iio ho was three times elected chaplain of tho the senate and tn in tire tho closing days of 18 3 was appointed im inspector of united states consulates by president grant this gave gave hini him an opportunity to visit tho the principal civilized countries of the world and lie has embodied the results of his travels in a book entitled thrones and palaces of babylon and nineveh nine veil bishop has a commanding presence ile he is over six feet tall enjoys pet feet health and can look back upon his forty five years of ministerial activity as a time during which he has ficai much good fortune and few disappointments bishop francis willard Walla ilal lalieu of new Orleans was born at sutton mass in 1828 1823 and entered the ministry nt ry somewhat M nv later in life 1 1 Z than did his colleagues receiving his first appointment 1 46 from f 2 the new Eng england landl fi conference L when li 20 thiry thirty t years f WW age ge he has wide e essiw yS siw repute as an e asp quent divine and I 1 exercises a largo BISHOP 2 influence at conferences because of his persuasiveness eloquence and general know knowledge ledge of church laws and discipline henry white of denver like the bishop of new orleans Oil cans is a native of massachusetts he saw the light in 1831 1 11 lie he is a wart man of J imposing presence 41 and great ability after graduating graduation at wesleyan university ver sity in in 1853 he be did some excellent work ns as a teacher or of natural science and ancient BISHOP WAItR CN languages and in 1 sa attained to the rauk rank of bishop ilo ho lias has visited the orient and in i n addition to a book of travels lias has published dished a standard work on astronomy bishop william X of topeka cd wall wai born in N Y sixty years year sago ago and completed his course nt at wesleyan university in 1855 since then his hii ministerial record hns has been one of constant progress and prior to his elevation to tire episcopate lio lie gained fame first as a proffesor profesor sor find and it as president of tile garrett biblical institute sti ti tute bishop charles henry fowler Fo whose episcopal residence is nt at sun san rr francisco arancis ancis may bo be numbered among what it is rot not improper to term tho the young leaders leaden or of methodism ile he has yet to see bee his fifty fifth birthday and is as aa active in all good works us as the most vigorous busand and enthusiastic of his colleagues N AZO although jk f I 1 a native 14 of canada lie lias has eplum nearly the A 3 whole holo of his lito life av I 1 in tho the un united allt i states slates ho he ia kl fit k rr frivol ivol au an excellent general education and intended to become BISHOP kiyat a lawyer but while ar arranging rangin to enter that hat professor pro fesson was converted 1 and thereafter after fter fur turned ned his talents to the ministry lie he 13 well remembered in chic chicago ago as aa p pastor astor of bev eral prominent churches church ns As president of the northwestern university at evanston and as editor of the christian advocate in the thirty odd years of his li s connection with methodism lie has established a reputation for eloquence ability and zoal that to say tho the least is enviable bishop james N fitzgerald of minneapolis is now about fifty five years of age and ii a nativo native of newark N J ile iio studied at princeton and decided upon the law as ids his calling for life but like bishop fowler upon conversion 0 he be abandoned tho the courtroom for the pulpit in 1864 he was ordan or damet deacon soon ua afterward roso rose to the position of FOWLER presiding elder of the newark district later on was honored with appointment to tho the of the general missionary society and finally attained tha place he now adorns bishop daniel A goodsell of fort worth tex tes was born bom at newburg N Y in 1810 1840 and became a methodist preacher at the f yf remarkably early r age of nineteen A much of liis his work N has been of a literary order and 0 lie he has been ed editor V of the christ tian i a n advocate and of the zi zion 0 11 I 1 herald no ID is s the sou of that tha t famous minister rev duel bud good fell bell and is very popular p 0 pular both in bishop FITZGE fitzgerald and d out of the pulpit A story is told to the effect efrece that when lie ho held a connecticut pastorate ate he be was also a member of the stamford bluefish club the club spent many days during the summer bummer time ang angling ling on oil the sound and dr goodsell was annually honored with election to the post of if foghorn fo horn blower it was his duty durina during thick weather to stand on oil the bow of the vessel and toot a big tin horn to warn av sy ay any craft that came dangerously gerou sly near it is isa a notable fact that all the living bishops of the methodist church with here and there an air exception began their ministerial activity early in life of the nine more particularly man cionea in this article Good Goodsell bell was tho the youngest to enter the pulpit being as before noted but nineteen years or of q ago age when ho he preached his first sermon bennon men ill was twenty one BISHOP aud and bowman and newman twenty two warren nindo and fowler be began bean an to display ti their let r powers at twenty four fitzgerald was twenty five when lie ho assumed the sacred office and mallalieu Malla licu although a doi cn out follower of wesley from I 1 his Is i adouth youth up was thirty years of age when lie ho preached liis his first sermon asa aa a regularly regul aily ordained minister FRED C DAYTON |