The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-12-18

At large meeting in Boston, on the
9Th inst. Of the Methodist Episcopal Sab.
bath School Union, and Of the Tract So
ciety, and also Of the weekly preachers.
the meeting comprising nearly two hun
bred ministers, Bishop Gilbert Haven
urged, as a measure Of safety for the pub
lie, the denomination Of General Grant for
President. His remarks were adopted by
unanimous vote.
The New York Sun comments upon the
above as follows:
This Grant prelate, il seems, urged as
measure of public safety the renomna-
ton of Gen. Grant for President" aud his
views 'were adopted by unanimous vote. "
What the two hundred Methodist minis
tiers composing this Sunday School Union
have to do with the third term, or what
right they have TO turn from allotted work
to advise the people for whom they shall
vote for the next President, it is hard to
discover. Their action was indecent, Of
fensiyely joining state and church.
Suppose q Roman Catholic Congress,
melted thereto by Cardinal McCloskey,
should pass resolutions advising the elec-
tion to the Presidency Of Tilden or Thur
man or anybody else, what howl there
would be throughout the. country. All
good Protestants would despair Of the
State unless they banded themselves to.
gether to destroy the Papist Yet here
bishop Of the more powerful Methodist
communion, supported by two hundred of
its ministers, urges the reelection of Grant.
We are sure it will receive general rebukc
from the great denomination it misreprc.
scented.
The Si0L of subsequent date, says -
We are not surprised to know that many
clergymen and members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church are beginning to protest
against Bishop Gilbert Ravens third-term
haraugue at a religious meeting in Boston.
He will find out that he caunot carry the
Methodist Episcopal denomination with
him into the third-term camp. He is in-
Producing frebrand into the body; he is
injuring the cause Of religion by his tom
foolery. The Methodists throughout the
country belong to diverse political parties;
tens Of thousands Of them are Democratic
voters; tens Of thousands are anti Grant
Republicans; and we don't believe that
more than handful of them will follow
him into the third.term morass. IfBishop
Haven proposes to drag this question
through the Methodist denomination, he
will have hard time of it. He will not
find many religious meetings as quiescent
as that in Boston. We can promise him
that he will soon see the meetings which
he tries to manage in Grants interest
turned into red.hot political squabbling
squads. There will be harangues on the
other side, plenty of them, and from Meth
odist bishops, clergymen, deacous, class
leaders, and other mem bers, too. He will
learn that he cannot control the politics of
Methodists, and that, If he is to intrude
Lis third-term within into their religious
meetings, all sides must be heard. We
have occasion to know how some Metho-
dists feel about his conduct.
The Methodist clergy repudiate Bishop
Ravens third term movement
The Methodist ministers Of Salt Lake
City, at a meeting on the 9th instant,
adopted resolutions protesting against the
action of Bishop Haven and the Metho-
dist ministers of Boston in nominating
President Grant for third term.
Bishop Simpson, of the NJ. 4. Church,
denies having expressed an opinion on the
third-term question, and objects to the
Church taking part as body in politics.
The Methodist preachers Of Baltimore,
at a regular meeting held on Monday, re-
pudiated the uttcrances Of Bishop Haven,
Of Boston, in regard to the third term.
Fourteen out Of the nineteen Methodist
clergymen who held weekly meeting in
Washington on the 18th instant, were Of
the opinion that Bishop Haven went be-
yond his calling in nominating Grant for
third term in Boston lately.