The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-18
NETWORK DISTRICT CONFERENCE.

Fl
airy Observation-Disclosures OF Methodist
Power-views or . "High Church"
Methodist and OF . Low Church Cali
vinist-Finai Adjournment.u nuHJ G."
The New York District Conference continued its
sessions yesterday, commencing at nine A. n.
with devotional exercises, after which the CON-
mittee on Church Extension reported in favor OF
organizing o circuit IN the lower part OF West
chester county, to be manned with local preach
ers from the district 1t was said that there are
openings at Mott Haven, High Bridge and other
points In the suburbs OF New York, but 1t would be
impossible to ind work for all the local preachers,
who greatly outnumber the regulars In the dis
trict. The discussion OF the report was postponed
to allow DR.. Foss to address the Conference ON
Elements OF Power in Methodism.n tse, fs
At the close OF DR.. Foss' address the Conference
resumed the discussion Of the local preachers re-
lation to the Church, when Dr. OSBORN, who ac-
knowedged himself to be uc9 aa Z. rrlc
HIGH CHURCH METHODIST EPIscoPALIAN. n
presented an elaborate argument to show that the
local premiership is simply an office and not an
order Of the Church; that local preachers were
simply laymen, and that their pretensions to any
thing more or higher had no warrant in Methodist
economy. t... ..t.s.g -...t..# e..re Me-
Rev. A. c. MoREHoUsE made an address to the
same erect.
thirty years. standing, and one who has been In
strumental in founding the Perry street Methodist
Episcopal church in this city and the South Bergen
church in New Jersey. expressed his surprise at
these views OF his ordained brethren respecting
the gifts graces and usefulness OF the local
brethren, who have done so much to establish
Methodism on this Continent. They are not all cul-
tivated men, but God had owned and blessed their
lab0rs.
The discussion was taking wide range, and
pR BROWN, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE,
mildly suggested that they should connne them
selves to the question. The report Of the Church
Extension Committee was again called up, and a
resolution was adopted nstructing the special
committee on this work to organize circuits and
stations throughout the entire district wherever
practicable. W gf
DR.. EDDY then addressed the Conference on it's
relation to the missionary enterprises OF the
under which District conferences are organized,
and which plan DR.. OsbOn declared was the most
Curry, by invitation addressed the Conference at
this time on the origin and relation OF said con-
1erences to the church. lie was chairman OF the
General Conference, which committee was con-
sdered proper receptacle to turn into every kind
OF paper for which the General Conference could
find no other use. He uttered some very heterodOx
views yesterday for which some OF his brethren
We're ready to censure If not to expel him had they
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is DEVELOPING IN THE
as much as in any other Church in the land ne said
The Methodist Episcopal Church OF 1873 he consid-
cred to be the purest Prcsbyteranism the world
ever knew. For himself lie was Presbyterian and
Congregati0nalst and Episcopaian, and DR.. Os-
bon suggested climax-everything but aMethod-
ist. .9f I'M e- 1tNE.sN r.
A brother suggested here that OF course then the
Doctor was In favor OF women preaching. He said
he was in that sense, but he considered It an abom
ination to license or 0rdain Mrs. Van Colt, or any
other woman. Coming thus to the subject OF local
preachers, the Doctor remarked that there four
classes OF local preachers and at some length cassi
After the Doctors address an adjournment was
taken for dinner Mr. Richardson on Grey young
Hospital and q member OF st. Luke's church. APP
peared and applied for license as local preacher
and q recommendation for admission to an Annual
Conference. Dr. Eddy spoke most warmly OF the
character Of the Young man. The license and
Recommendation were unanimously granted.
AVOIDING MINISTERIAL EXPLOSION.
"A pause In the business OF the Conference having
wrath against D currys or e
ing. He therefore gave what he called scrap Of
collateral history in regard to the '.bungling' plan
OF the District Conference He believed brother
Smart must have taken 1t to DIR. Curry's COM
mittee, and he losbonl was surprised when it
session, and was hurried through on its passage.
He was amazed at the radical and heterodox views
noe particle 81 in his eo
Rev. g. G. coss, in Dr.. curry's absence, ably de.
tended the positions taken BY the Doctor, and
heartily seconded his most radical views.
Mr.. CoTIERRE, a local preacher, also defended the
District Conference plan, and as 1t originated with
himself and a few others ten years ago, and was
brought before the General Conference Of 1858, In
Chicago.
Rev. J. A. DEAN President OF the East Tennessee
Wesleyan University, addressed the Conference
the subject Of education in the South, and asked
pecuniary help for his own institution.
The Conference decided to hold It's next session
in ,Yonkers, and Revs: c. D. Fox, M H. Smith, D.
I. Mcfarland and M. Neumann were appointed
committee to prepare business Tor the next meet
ing. Revs. Ferris, Lodge and Mcfarland were also
appointed . committee TO examine candidates for
licenses. Adjourned.