New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-05
GRAND METHODIST CENTENARY MEETING AT NEW.
ARK-sBRMoS BY THE REV. W. II. BooLB OF
NETWORK.

There was q very large attendance in Newark, yes
teay the District Centennial celebration and the Central
NJ T. Shulen was conpacIy eu az w VoeA III .ne morn
American Methodsu by the Rev w. H. BOoe of New York
Beside the aty there present not less than 30 ministers
Of the Church Amer the Introductory services Mr. BoOle
D0uneed the following text
top the mountain the ra thereof shall shake HE &c
solomon and IFS ultimate reference Chrsts kingdom The
circumstances that convened them this morning justified hmn
considering with reference the rise and progress Of
incc OF the kingdom Lord ChIistAethodsm lie
showed the meaning Of the figure Of the text Mehodsm In
the beginning was lot a church organization but
hgous cemenan desperate effort TO reusca,e the
deoaying life Of religion Wesley sought nothing more but
Wesley the ogcan Of the College Of Oxford He
wrote books than any three men Of his generation
that had be chosen 10 devote himself 10 politics
bis equal as legislator would not have been found in
than all the Bishops Of the Church Of England put together
Watts said Of Charles Wesley that be would give all he had
ever written be the author Of his hymn called wrestling
SasSb Whitfield wac The Wighies pulpit orator o. the age
toward spiritual conversion, aud said that nothing
known Of Elijah until said He said and so Wesley
answer TO his words o. hre. ihey went ioth preach,
ing the word in the church until being rejected
from the pupts cy found themselves out Of doors and blind
folded TO Their destiny they hreE their cause back into the
hands Of God and then began OF the submest spec
Wesley was not satisfied unless he preached three times
day and his congregations sometimes numbered thirty thousand
hsr1ests by HUNDREDS and ihoasaads Under their ministry
mighty coaborers Tsed and who resolved lay siege
The long and bot these heroes carried every
line They met with bitter Perseeution-were imprisoned
get Wesley maxim Of warfrenever TO leave the field 10 the
enemy AotNihssndng these severe colllSs iAe. ease
Ism rnnplanted in America there were p 90 members
1900 RAM and 6e and So uineis In i9 Mehoiism
came 10 america Lhee were giants IN Jose G,i -o
per in their extremity equal those endured by their broth
zen in Ensssd They ioded almost every river aud Pne
traded through almost every forest and in almost every town
and city planted church No parallel Of The abon and
achievements be found IN hehstoy Of missionary effort
One century ago handful Of men and women many
ss those with when Christ began his mission earth and
about poor organized Methodist Church In New-lOrk
church as the increase Of the less than handful corr
600 to-day sing the Of Methodsm within the ranks
1915 there Methodist Missionary Society in America.
Now have 800 missionary stations LIE paid laboreTs and
0 95 missionary members The hrst year OF The existence OF
the Missionary Society the collections amounted 10 VIZ Last
year over a0o were expended and this year iae soIiA.
have - 400 schools in the North 10000 Teachers 1000 90
scholars and scholars reported converted last In
IL years there have been reported @ 900 conversions Of Sabbath
School scholars The annual expenses Of these schools
are s260O0, and they have odd change enough to
help poorer schools to the amount OF sls,GV every
year. century ago Mehodism hired q ngginglot
shell Of house In Jobnst To-day Methodism in America
numbers H. 600 churches 5000 parsonage property worth
s35OoOO beside colleges and other institutions Of learning
worth IS 600 II has Sunday papers whose circulation
reaches 1900 copies monthly These few OF the things
God Las done for The most astonishing thing
read or reject upon the past century OF this Nation The
preacher proceeded IN the secd place 10 consider tie cause OF
any explanatory Of IT, but happy combination Of
First 1t due 20 popular favor Methodism has
always endured fight Of aicion. Neither II owing
mainly TO the doctrines taught Yet the manner OF
preaching these doctrines accOut In part for its
The r general however the devotion Of her PEG
pie 70 the great spiritual interests OF the kedeeners kingdom
above and before all other interests Methodsm able
tend FOR doctrines but she prefers 10 souls She has in
creased her temples multiplied her institutions Of learning laid
her costly gifts upon the altar only that she increase her
facilities for the say alton OF men
The services were closed with prayer singing and the bene
dctiOn.
love feast was held at o'clock IN the afternoon which
presided by Henry Boebm, the Oldest living
Methodist minister the travelling companion Of Bishop
Asbuy The ay represented by Father Swaine the
oldest Methodist In New-Jersey.
An immense meeting took place in the evening which
presided over by Cornelius Walsh ESQ., and addresses
delivered by the Rev Robinson Scott d. D. of Ireland VIM
Macarthur esq, Of England and the Rev. DR. Taylor g.
Lanng Swe OF Brooklyn repeated bis poem the Centenary
Of Methodism aud Philip Philippe, the Sweet Singer Of
1synel sang several hymns