The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-23

The Episcopal Agony 0ver-Ths Eight Bishops
All Chosen-The Condition Of the churcl-
German Methodists- Sketches Of
the Bishops Elect


the NJ DIS viii have TO take very great OF the
D. DIS for the next four years or else the under
takers viii have good deal 81 work 90 attend 20 IN
the ecclesiastical burial Of disappointed episcopal
candidates. There were q good many long faces N
not weeping eyes IN the Conference yesterday when
the final result was announced AMI the Church was
set at rest The interest Of the public In the pro-
ceedings was not so intense NJ on the previous
day. nevertheless the body OF the Academy and the
the first gallery were crowded and a few persons
had perched themselves In the upper gallery. The
devotions We're led by Rev H. q. Wood. 81 south.
east Indiana, after which the journal was read and
approved Immediately thereafter ". n. Bonner
moved that the Conference. proceed TO ballot FOR
three additional bishops Carried. Then came
I SEASON or srRru AND NouRNISa
Rev. Moses H thanked the seventy who had i'm.
mortalized themselves lay voting for him Yesterday
| cruesdayI, and especially the forty who voted for
| him the second time, but circumstances were such
| that he could not possibly accept the position.
| Qioars of aughter.) Mr. lin also withdrew the
name of Alexander Martin nom the canvass. Mr.
Phelps withdrew the name OF Dr. J. y. Newman
and DR.. q. II. Fowlcr-onc OF the men whom DIR.
Curry thinks will except for a few years longer
with smiling face and cheerful voice, which was
commendabe under the circumstances. withdrew
his own name, and remarked that ''all was serene"
DR.. b. +. Crary did not want to resist the popular
current which was moving another way, and ~ he
liked always to stand with the majority he also de-
clined. DR.. G. ID. Foss, seeing that the New York
Conference was ably represented in the Board OF
Bishops by DR.. II. 8. Foster, withdrew his own
name DR.. Foss il ono of the men who win "keep,"
he being not yet forty years OF age.
The rules were suspended and the report or tho
committee on the state OF the Church taken
the clause which requires the leaders TO report 10
the quarterly conferences numbers and condition
4 OF their classes, ana prohibits there being more
than twenty persons in one class. DR.. 7rmble
4 agreed with this motion, and thought that class
bership:. A long debate followed, In which Drs.
King, Wheatley Pierce, Queal, Curry, Osborn,
Rger were engaged At length Dir. b. !. Ives
moved suspension OF all other business until the
tellers could report on matter OF grave import.
ance to some Of them. Q.aughter)
TWO BISHOPS.
The tellers report then presented fol-
lows:-Wholc number of votes cast, 45t; necessary
to choice, 2Oa. or these Drs. +. &. Andrews re-
ceived $50 and Gilbert Haven 200 They were there
upon declared duly elected bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church Drs. Jesse T. Peek received also
1913 vOtes-a very good lift Drs. j. NJ. Walden, leo;
Il. o. Haven, III; T. NJ. Eddy, 9aJ NJ. Reid, es N
L. Cobeigh, %; the rest scattered Another ballot
was then ordered for an additional bishop, where
4 upon Dr. Eddy magnanmously withdrew.
/ When the vote had been taken and the tellers had
retired the Conference resumed business, and Rev.
j. A. Klein moved TO strike out OF the report under
| discussion the words quarterly conference and
insert tne WORDS headers ana stewards mectlng,'
SO that the section should require leaders to make
tleir reports in joint meeting.
After some discussion Dr. CURRY moved to lay
/ Mr.. Klein's amendment On the table, Carried.
ONE MORE BISHOP.
The tellers again returned with a report as fol-
| lows:-Whoe number OF votes cast, 4oi; necessary
to choice, POI. Dr. Jesse I. Peck received 2o5 and
was, therefore, declared elected to the episcopal
oflce. The other candidates voted for the ballot
were Drs. Walden who received 159 votes; L. q.
Haven, who had 49, and j. M. Reid, 8.
The time of session was extended There was SO
much confusion on the floor of Conference that no
business could be transacted. Bishop james, who
was presiding, in serio-comic manner called upon
n At -
to proceed. The Doctor, who weighs about three
hundred pounds, In most Daintlve tones appealed
to the Bishop for protection. This was more than
the house could stand and general roar of laugh
ter ran through the Conference.
noor and moved as a test vote to strike out all OF
the third answer In the report relating TO class
on motion the discussion of the entire subject was
| Indefinitely postponed, and the special order was
REcEPrToN or fRATERNAL DELEGATES
from the German Evangelical Association OF the
United States-Drs. Dubiss and Baumann..
! communion with Christians OF every name, he felt
spiritual affinity toward the Methodist Episcopal
| Church. and he hoped the time was not far distant
when the two bodies would be united. The Evan
| gecal Association has now $4,000 members EN-.
which arc in the United States, one in Canada and
one In Germany and switzerland. Two OF
those Conferences are altogether English
and the rest are German. Their missionary
contributions amount to eighty cents per member.
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one and q half to each member, and they expect
greater results in the future, when, If II be the
Lords viii, he hoped for union with the Methodist
| Episcopal Church, whose name and fame are world
| wide, and which will be as ecumencal as Christian
ity by and by-for Methodism is Christianity IN
earnest. (Appause.) The speaker concluded with
| prayer for the continued success Of American
Methodism.
| Mr. BAUMASN wished God-speed to the Methodist
Episcopal Church through0ut these lands, that the
doctrines OF free and full salvation may everywhere
prevail His Conference, he said would feel greatly
IN
Conference at ITS Evangelical Ass0ciation) next
session. He also hoped for union (ApplauseJ
After some routine business was transacted the
Conference adjourned.
SKETCH or THE BISHOPS ELECT
DR.. Jesse 7. Peck IL the Oldest OF the bishops
elect, being now in his siXty-second year. lie was
born in Mddlefeld, Otsego county, n. y, April 4,
and four brothers having travelled in the Methodist
ministry Nine of their descendants also entered
this ministry, most OF whom are still engaged
therein. He received no college training, save
such as his elder brother, DR.. George Peck, who is
also delegate in Conference, gave him. He en-
four years. service in the pastorate lie became prn
cipal Of the seminary at Gouverneur, N. Y. After
four years. labor here he left it in good condition
Academy, at West Poultney, VT, where he re-
manned seven years: He then accepted the
Pa; made vacant BY the death of DR..
Emory; but after four years labor in
In Washington, d. g., for two years He was for
the next two years editor OF the Tract Depart
i mentS PUBLICATIONS., ana afterwards lot TWO years
was pastor of Greene street church in this city lie
then went to California and remained about eight
wears, and since his return has been connected with
the New York, Troy and Central New York Confer
ences, the last named OF which he now represents.
! He Is well and widely known as an author and Is
one of the most vigorous preachers and writer's In
the Methodist Episcopal Church There IL large
/ share of aggressiveness In his composition, and to
him is mainly due the creation OF sentiment in
this State against "sectarian appropriations He
originated the Methodist State Convention two
years ago. whose protest against this practice was
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over the State; and out of this convention also he
evolved the Syracuse University an institu-
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