The Camden Weekly Journal

BISHOP SOULE.—This venerable divine of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, preached a profoundly interesting sermon on Sunday in the church on Weber-av. The text was taken from the parable of the Prodigal Son, in connection with that passage of Scripture where the joy of heaven is expressed at the return of one human being to Christianity. A large audience attended, and the discourse was listened to with deep attention. Not a movement interrupted the stillness that rested on the house, as the grave and measured words of the aged and infirm preacher were delivered. The Bishop's voice is clear, forcible and distinct, although a slight tremor runs through it sometimes, as he enunciates a remark with emphasis. The bishop is now in his eighty-fourth year we believe. He will leave Stockton on the boat this evening.

The contribution to pay off the debt at present hanging over the Methodist Church on Weber-av. will probably be sufficient, with what can be taken up to-day, to relieve the house of all encumbrance. In the event the church again passes into the hands of the congregation, it will be called "Soule Chapel," after the distinguished bishop whose liberality has been so instrumental in relieving it from embarrassment.—Stockton Journal.