. The life of Bishop Matthew Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ody. This was soon granted, and hemade to the president similar statements to those made tothe secretary, and presented a copy of the address. thanked him, and said he would think about hisrejDly. On the next day, by previous arrangement, Mr. Sew-ard, the secretary of state, introduced the committee, andthe address was formally read and presented. In his replythe president playfully remarked, much to the surprise ofthose members of the committee who knew nothing of thearrangement, that he had seen the address b
. The life of Bishop Matthew Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ody. This was soon granted, and hemade to the president similar statements to those made tothe secretary, and presented a copy of the address. thanked him, and said he would think about hisrejDly. On the next day, by previous arrangement, Mr. Sew-ard, the secretary of state, introduced the committee, andthe address was formally read and presented. In his replythe president playfully remarked, much to the surprise ofthose members of the committee who knew nothing of thearrangement, that he had seen the address before, and hadprepared his reply. He then took from his desk and read tothe committee the answer that is so highly and justly existence of this paper is due to the arrangement givingnotice to the president that the address would be we took leave of the president, Dr. Moody, in his usualstyle, said, Mr. President, we all hope the country will restin Abrahams bosom for the next four years. This pro-duced a general smile, and the interview
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