The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-19
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meetings. till noon tomorrow, when fhe over
loaded cars will carry cff unSightly plies of
baggage and its weary owners. tents will be
struck, special mail and railroad facilities
discontinued. aud those who make Round
Lake their summer home settle down TO the
enjoyment OF the plea>antest rural retreat
| Imaginable. The >p,rit Of fraternity which
the projectors Intended was more clearly eS-
pressed on this Uhe last) day than st any
other time during the gathering. A FRA
terpal Mcc,ing' was called together at the
stand A, 5 O'Clock. The meeting was operc1
| by Bishop James. With little address on
! the Fellowship Of Sauts,' and the reading
| of letters from the Rev. d. De Figny, OF
! Morri,ani.; Rev. Or. Bates. Of Baltimore;
Bishop Dos.ett. Of Richmond, Va. the Rev.
! D.. Srgcnt Of Virginia and the Rev. DR..
/ Lee: all expressive OF IN crest, fraternal feel
| inu> aud regret that circumstances prevent
| Ell their attendance. The Rev. Dr.. Meier
/ rem, OF Savannah, then spoke IN behalf OF
! the Methodist Episcopal Cnurch South-a
! Church OF thirtv-seven conferences, eight
bishops, and 100000 members; Church
I winch at the close OF the var, owing $751;
600. found that tie money in its treasury was
/ worth nothing. had gone up the spout"
! rose from the depth OF its poverty and pad
! the whole rather than "repudiate" IRE
! Wins 10 1860 urcat work bad been done by
! il ,mony he coIored people ll25 600 OF tho
members being of that race), and al the close
every church nullt for their accommodation
was made over TO the African Church. The
! R,y Dr.. Green. of Toronto, had veto learn
! that Methodist people throughout the
world are NOT brctnrep, aud told OF tue
union in September last OF the dllerept
Methodist bodies in Canada. " esleyan,"
New Counectlon,' "Oid CInad;an confer"
! eoce," aud that OF Eastern British Ameri.
e." Bishop Harris considered IL a peculiar
| Donor To represent the great Methodist Epis-
copa Church, whose one purpose was 10
save sinners and build up believers, whose
| records OF year show an itcrcasc Of 900
souls, and which has now membership OF
! 800, 900 and carries Oh a noble and success
! flll mission work in Chioa and other parts OF
the world. Tue Rev Dr.. Urinkwater. cdi' or
OF The Methodist Protestant. described the
| BODY OF this name as only fly years old.
with 45 Conferences. 900 ministers, 40,0OO
mcmuers -, 900 600 of church property,
three institutes OF learning, and an 9th :al
| paper.
! RELIGION AMONG THE BLACKS.
Bishop Jones (co'orcd), OF tue African
Methodist Episcopal Church, said that the
history of his race was known, II that OF his
| Church, which lett the Old JoAn-Street
church thirty years after its foundation, 10
1870. was not. 1t has now 225. 600 members
and five bishops. Bishop Logan, betler
known as the King OF The Underground
Railway having gone homc.' we are all
Mtthodi>tS," said this SPEAKER: ''we nave
not sense enough TO be anything else our
minds are not cultivated. and we are very
p,or. We keep up the old customs OF
mouruers' seats and the rest, and we pl'ch
right in. darcsiy it seems strange 10 look
crs-on. but results prove that God unuer-
stands Us and gets along WITH us eNctllth'iI.
God has given us hearts that love every Douy,
whether they love or hate Us. We hafr no
Old scores to settle, though We might nave;
we are Door. ignorant, and dependent. Manl-
test Your love 10 us with SulIe> and some.
times give lis llttle hit" The Colnrtd
Methodist Episcopal Church of America,
Youngest with the biggest name"
Bishop James said. was represented 10y
Bishop Miles. who spoke in much the same
strain. His Church was organized III 1871.
and haS lG conferences 800 preachers, SO,uOO
members. a boOk-nou.e IN Louisville, and
paper, edited by W. p. Churchill, once
slave. Two sites for colleges have heen Sc
cured, and he offers 10 name one after the
first person VITO will give $1,000 towards It's
foundation. The African Methodist Epi>co-
pal Church and the Protestant Methodist
| apisropal Church were not represented.
The Rev DR.. NJ Freerier stated that Bishop
.J4Ecs was the one connecting INK o. all tuc
various branches. and Round Lake the al
racing force which is drawing al together.
DR.. Clark, OF savannah, then read res0lu-
ton to appoint SimIl meeting next year,
-,gncd by All the bishops and most OF the
ministers present, aud responded 10 by an
,lmoSt UNANIMOUS vote of the audience.
TIE BEST SERMONS.
Il has been d ticuit 10 keep account Of the
persons arriving aud departing ia sIich
II !ciuliuy mu ritudc. Among others here
.cre Edward Jones. editor OF The Log Fran
,,bsi of BROOKLYN. S'cpnrn Barker OF New
York. General :. NJ. Bowman, K. ii. Whit.
ury, and DR.. Crooks, a., Nc Bishop > )ue>.
Nlo preached on Slhuay evening, gave
pic urc OF the condition OF the coioreu pop
ulalon ut the South III manner when
would have done honor u any "hlte orator
ruc attendance this week has Tar exceeded
that OF the first. The congregation drawn
together To hear Bishop Foster aud Or.
Newman on Thursday exceeded the utmost
seating capacity OF The ground, ana one
thousand people were supposed to have Deen
lett III roy Tor want III Cai NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Bishop kayauagn had an ilnRcn>e audience
on Friday atternooo, aud, il possible, d
still larger one followed Bishop Wiley Of
Bo>ton through his mastery argument on
the lcstinC nv borne TO Christianity by en-
pcricnce. TO compare different preachers Is
AN unurateiul task. Every sermon delivered
has been good in IT. way those ot the Cana
dian brethren we're slightly long and tellous
perhaps, and few Of the country preachers
were rltue: vociterouS. Bishop rosters
sermon was the most powerful, II one might
iudur bv the sympathetic burst oil weeping,
wnicn shook the whole aurience, al tue pa
tnos of the folio wing: chow a~fuHy o.
sure the great unknown to De explored Only
by faith! We 60 down to the river WIN
our loved ones, and see them pulling loose
from the shore. A moment, and we LOOK
around and they are goue. All Is daI kut IS !:
we can't see, can't find them any more. We
try to call them back, 10 say Que more Word.
TO touch them once again, TO get one more
kiss; but they are gone, an awful emptiness
has swallo wed them up, and we pray ID
agony for some rift in the cloud, some
spiritual yistant, to tell us If perchance 'liey
nav. seen them in the depths oil space.
if indeed they stand before the throne.
BISHOP Bowman qIi:e enrdpturtd ILLS auul-
ence. Bishop Audrews's sermon was very
logical. aud tue Rev. Cyrus u. FoSs gave Il
most toucbiugly pOctlcal address. B'shop
kayanavh arrived with the presllSe OF
being last years best speaker, but bis hrSt
sermon " as spoiled BY tue restteSsnesS OF an
audience who declined sitting still under Tue
!, d;rtion of a tremendous sbo 3er, even 10