The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-10
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THE CENTENNARY OF AMERICAN
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IRemarIs BY Blshop 4nies In Balti-
more---HIs TPibuteito the Country.
This year,1 1866, is the centenary
{I00th year) of Methodism in America,
accofding to the records of that deuom-
ination, and more than the usual exer-
cises KNOWN to the Church, in other
years have been marked out as pro-
ekfFiaIimme of. Comm oration during the
YEAR :geslr Special efforts have beenlrecom-
inended for the more extended sptead
of the Gospel mall lands, and especial
ly in tho dark places Of onr own. we
have not space topublish in the INTEL BE-
tIdEScER those recommendations in
detail, nor yet the many Historical re-
memb brances that are being called up
by the editorials of some OF the. ending
papers, iil5si s. secular and religious2a 2as well as
by the addresses of spch men as ,Bishr
ops Simpson and Ames, and others dis
tinRuished, IN the Methodist Church.
From the address Of the latter, N made pES
few dhys ago IN Baltimore, we make
the following, extracts as matters OF
general interest to all our teaderslo Of all
deuomin ions; 10 n b5isis GaH.4uras =
ftias sfJsmAnd now LET us look a mo mo
menblat the present, and, in the nrst
place, at the present condinon .oil oHE
| Church In this matter we are all apt
| to be a little bigoted, a little selfish, and
to oTeriestimate our own Importance.
I therefore quote Jrom Q secular paper,
published in New York-done that mas
| no peculiar relation to or connection
with AIethodism-and may, therefore,
be presunied 20 speak in dispassionate
terms of our Church:
"The sect can takeAup gthe boast OF
| England the sun doessnOt set ON its al
/ tars. Its missionaries follow the drum
beat OF England in their march round
| the world.H That is literally true. The
sun meyer sets on, Method dist alters and
Methodist GhurchesS ssNothing eur, De
|. more marvellous than,the growth ofthis
/ Church. The children ofPoar prencheTs
and poor hearers, by tact and enteEpr
have become the wealthy men and wo-
men of the land This is also truei for
not many rich, not many noble, not
manywise shall be called. To the COM
mon people was the Gospel add dressed;
Thley are the sheet-anchor of the World
the middle class 1t has always! been
so. The two extremes are frequently
dangerous. II is the meeting ofthe two
extremes that make mabs. &The-weaIth
of the rich when brought to bear upon
uponathe interest Iof tho PooriI always
can max @ mobs. That was the way OatalS
nemadetfie Inooin Rome. That was the
way. the high priest Stirred up the peo-
pIe. It Is true with us as it WAS with
primitive Christians. Mr.. Wesley re-
formed, the order of things then he
went, among, the miners and golfers,
Injthat particular, Luther Wasia, better
| reforner than Calvin - Calvin sought
the aid of the1 civil authorities OF the
| COMMITTEES nl of Switzerland. ~ luther
went people. 1f-you- no
tice the Bible, s it Cneyer says,
|from the greater to the least. Me
must begin ut the lowest strata and see
to a strange city to build up a church
and, to spend'Riy life there in'the worS
| I shouldtnot go to the rich old mon
i should go toltbe sprighuy apprentice
boys, to the young joprneymen. He that
| would work for God, let him 60 to the
masses. Asa Chqrch we areiof thepeopl
Gospel nom 5ftiithful lips when they
] were in sin, or were counted among the
| iowly ones Of earth. They found srelig-
4 ion no less an aid to their temporal than
| their spiritunll Interest," There are MANY
| They haye not forgotten the Church OF
| their fathers, and have resolvedt to make
it glad power in the land" "A power
for IgoodLnot a political power--not q
nioneyed power-but a power IN the
land for God and humanity. Any
church that frames its ee2nolny win iia a
view. to approach, either the rich or the
4 moor exciusively forfeits its charter. as
a church of Christ. Christ came to the
whole world.Iiilf5 ta'4 .-zi.. .i
\ Churches of white marble and brown
A stone, with elegant adornmentsJ with
fresco paintings and sculpture, with
costly organs and all the elegant ap-
plianeest of modern worship, as we'll as
humber churches, suited to varied .lo5
4 cations, stand in the city. Lending
] men, in all professions and callings, are
members of this body. Bankers mil
1ionaiFas, merchant princes, as Wen a rs
"A professional men, ,ddorn its ranks. Its
property: in Amefica, in churches and
parsonages, amounts- to nearly $50, 600, :
| 900. Its property in colleges and schools
x amounts to over IS, 600, ,000., Its Sunday
School Union cotHprises Is, 400 schools;
more thoni I5ElQQ. 900 teachersi nearly 9ls,-
600 pupils; more than $500, 600 library
I books; nearly 250Hpublications, with q
circulation of nearly 500, 600 monthly
4 II has oyer 929, 800 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ear
Ely F0OO itfnetant ministers, over 8, 600
| local ministersga md over 10,0O0c churches.
It's Missionary. Society has 1,o59s cir
cuffs and, Stations; t;l2S paid laborefs;
los, ,675 communicants,I Iand expended
the last year over 5000, 600, and Will
| spend 81 1000, 600 this year. - ..-,s,- ~.
Wesley and Methodism dates back as
the earliest originators OF; an organiza-
1 ton for the publication and general cir
culatioii of cheap religi Gus literature.
When Wesley began his work there was
| no British and Foreign publication So
ciety..no London Tract Society, nothing
in all Christendom when this work
was Commenced, which resulted in the
| lestablishment.oft of the present Book Cons
Germ. ,lAss stated in this artioleit sis one
of the best mahaged blishments in
the land. lis not only the duty of
every Methodist to- trade with the Con-
Germ and to aid the denomination, to
whom allits profits are devoted, but 1t
| is made the interest of al, to, do sp.o 1t
is no TncoInmon thing for other de-
nominations, to buy q whole edition of
the Methodist House, and to have their
own imprint put on the title page. The
Presbyterians and the Gongregatip
lists have a publishing house Of their
own, but they get better books and
cheaper in Mulberry street, and both of
these denominations, and others, often
/ have their supply from this Concern,
the title bearing the name of the Church
| to.whom the .saleis made. zi-i TO- si E
The Book Concern was started in 1883,
under the agency Of q Preac her station
/ ed in Philadelphia, and on a borrowed
quarters from Philadelphia to New
YorlS,9and from one street to another,
I until 1893, when ie reached its present
4 location. It has now a capital of $751;
4 600. Its total, ,prnfits since 1896 amount
ed in 1850 to Che fIi1I sum OF 81, LII ,5s4 go.
4 All these profits have been divided
4 among the Church interests. The
Bishops salaties and expenses have
il also been Paid.1s ifEf,s'ai X I