, 1864-05-31

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German Vork-L1ber1a MissIon-Exeit.
Ing Sccncs-Cllanges OF Discipline
Ordination OF Bishops.
From Our Special CorTespoadent1
On Monday, the time Of the Conference
Was mostly occupied with the discussion of
the relntion of the German work to the
general Church. Heretofore, the Germln
ministers have been associated with the other
preachers, although they hare had distinct
recognition and German Presiding Elders.
In one Of the Conferences in Ohio, since the
last General Conference. an attempt Was
made by the Bishop to ama1gamate the Ger
mans ard native preachers, which was the
occasion Of great excitement, and as the Ger
mans claim, Of great embarrassment to them
and injury to their work, the Committee re-
ported bill erecting the Germans into three
distinct Annual Conferences. It WAS opposed
chiefly On the ground that 1t would lead to
more alienation between the races,
and to continuance of the
German speaking population in the
country. Rev. Vim. West of Cincinnati, dis
tipguished alike for scholarship and christian
purity, was the champion of the measure.
which finally passed by large vote. The
proposition Of the Missionary Committee to
transfer the Liberian African mission to the
charre Of the African NJ. E. Church, prorld.
ed due guarantees can be given Of their COM
peteut and efficient supervision, met with
great OPT ositlon from the deieg .tes from
thosc States which include large black mem-
berehip, ani w'as tabled.
Towards the close Of the session tho report
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scene ofexcitement unparalleled in American
church history was witnessed. The Com
mittec reported that oil the journals Of the
several Annu,l Conferences had been found
for the most part neatly and perfectly re-
corded, except the journal Of the Baltimore
Conference for 1861, which had been sto-
len by disloyal member Of that body.
A motion was made that the report be
amended by striking out the Wo,d6 'tstolen
by disloyal member" and inserting "been
withheld hy the Secretary oftlat Conference,
Rev. hr: Lanahnn, Of Baltimore, favored
becoming the dignity Of body of Christian
ministers. He hoped the amendment would
pass.
Tic Rev. Col. Moody, Of Ohio, made come
remarks against the amendment He spoke
Us follows In substance:
lie believed in calling things By their right
names, and if the secesh rebel Secretary of
the Baltimore conference Ind taken po5ses-
sion uf the records Of the Conference, aud
I still keeps them, 20 that the Baltimore Con-
| ference is unable to present them here as
| required by this Geucral Conference, that tine
report from the Baltimore Conference that
sta disloyal member Of that Conference had
6tolen suid records was but the utterance
Of the naked truth; and the act, sir, in har-
| mcny with the spirit Of accession, which
commenced i'll robbery, stealing money from
the treusurg, stealing :ordnauce aud ord
nance sto:es,'' eteuliue forts, ships, and ter
ritory, under the lead of Floyd. whose career
/ ing all he could from the Government Of the
United States, stole himself away; and tits
said when lic TIED ne came very near stealing
! his Own body una the pale horse On which
| D.ath ca1ae t. arrest hin.
And now, following in the steps Of his
| infamous predecessor, the rebel Secretary of
| the Baltimore Conference has stolen the
sacred journal Of the Baltimore Conference,
| which ie 6acrilege.
The amendment was adopted, when on
| the assembling, of the Conference on Tues
day MIR. Moody l'imed the floor and backed
down, stati1.,, in substance that lie had not
referred to Alr. Lanallan in his first renark
| IN his speech On the main question, and the
private opinion drawn from him by Mr..
LIS question was based On information he
hid aece1taincd 10 be insufficient aud unre-
| liable. He wished to retract as publicly as
| Ese uiu lIhuE luE CuuGEE~ al5 epcElu NAet
however, more defence Of his course than
an aro1oEr 1or II, and it was evidently not
considered satisfactory to many OF Ills
| friends, and WAS entirely below what Mr..
Lnualsn's friends had i right to expect.
Many reports ofcommftee5 were received,
and action on several changes IN tn: discip-
! Inc We're ortitred-one Of which will doubt
lees be received by. the Ia, men Of the church
| es alfording them room and opportunity to
| discuss the question end influence Of the
church On the subject Of Lay delegation.
| rtfer to the act constituting the trustees Of
churches members Of the Quarterly Confer
eDces. This will give the trustees, who arc
elected by the cong ngregations, voice in all the
| c0urci1s Of the churches to which they belong,
| and If tbty choose they may use their mem
| bcrs1,ip to affect all the future OF the Church
| on this question. It will be sad news to
| ines have been distinctly declared to be q
| means Of gracc. and absence rheFcfrom Is to
! be visited b. the same penalties as neglect of
I the sacramento ot the Church.
| On Sunday afternoon the new Bishops
! Clarke, Thompson and Kingsley were SOL
| mepsc multitude gathered on very hot af-
terrooh. The church was filled to its utmost
capacity, md the solemn Jet simple service
OF The Church affected nil present.
! The formal services were opened by Rev.
Charles Elliott d. D., Of the Iowa Confer
NACC3 hA tNAA LIZ -4VLA ~ I'LL
Anraw near, . Son Of God, draw near;
| Ts, With thy flaming eyes, behold
Ecr. Geo. Peck, D. D.. Of the Wyoming
Conference, made the opening prayer.
Rev. ". II. Goode, D. D., read the ooee6th
hymn.
stLct lions watchmeu all awake
ard lake The alarm they gire."
After the singing the collect WAS pronounc-
ed by Bishop 3torria.
Bishop St,npson then read the Epistlc, the
:30th chapter Of Acts, from the 18th to the
335th verse.
Bishop Baker read the Gospels. St Johu,
o1st chapter, 18th to eth verse, aud st. Matt
thew, 2:1h chapter, 18th to Goth verse.
Rev. R. S. Foster, D. D., aud ney. G. Wet
Der, presented REV. D. W. Clark; Rev. J.
| T. Tcck. D. D., and Rev. L. 3. Gurle3 pre-
| ecntcd Rev. EDWARD THOMSON: and Rev.
| s. i. Monroe and Rev. Moses Hill presented
| REV. CALVIN KINGSLEY, D. D., to be or
defncd Bishops.
Bishop 31cr1is read the charge aud exam.
ined the candidates, after which he offered
the prayer.
| Bishop Scott then read the Ft7,i Creator !Spi7-
itu>, the Conference and congregation join
ing in The rcspouses.
The imposition of bands aud the p.esenta
tion Of the Scriptures were conducted b.
Bishop Ja;scs, who was assisted by tue other
! Bishops, after which the sacrament OF the
| Lords supper was administered, the newly
ordained bishops assisting in the dsstribu-
| lion Of the ele nents. Tie Sacrament Was
partaken By the members oftle General Con-
| ference, the ministers present sho were not
! members, and goodly prmber Of lay mem.
bcrs. Biebor Aules offered the closing prayer
| ,,F 3eks