Those who ever heard Henry Clay in our Senate chamber, or Dr.Thomas Guthrie in Scotland, have a very distinct idea of what Simpson was at his flood-tide of irresistible oratory.

He resembled both of those great orators in stature and melodious voice, in graceful gesture, and in the magnificent enthusiasm that swept everything before him.

Like all that type of fascinating speakers--to which even Gladstone belonged--he was rather to be heard than to be read.

It is enough that a Gospel preacher should produce great immediate impressions on his auditors; it is not necessary that he should produce a finished and permanent piece of literature.

Bishop Simpson was the bosom friend of Abraham Lincoln, and on more than one occasion he knelt beside our much harassed President and prayed for the strength equal to the day of trial.
Among all the guests there was none to whom I was more closely and lovingly drawn than to Bishop Gilbert Haven.