The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-05-23
General Conference M. E. Church.

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BALTIMORE, May 20, 1876.
This Church now publishes nine weekly pa
pers, known as Conference papers-the two
having the largest circulation-being located
at New York and Cincinnati, and the others
distributed at central points in different parts
of the union. These papers are sustained by
the funds of the church, and the profits, over
and above the expense of publishing, are paid
into the treasury of the church. Each general
conference elects an editor for each of these
papers for the next four years. The "Christian
Advocate published at New York city, under
the editorial management of Rev. DR.. Daniel
Curry, [who has conducted its colum ms for the
past dozen years., has during the last four
years increased its circulation from 81 900 to
80, 433-its present issue. DR.. Curry, as re-
ligious journalist, has few equals in the coun-
try. He is bold, vigorous writer, but is a
little too independent in his advocacy of certain
church reforms, and in his expositions of some
peculiar church doctrines, to suit portion of
the leading men in his church, hence there
came up an organized opposition to his re-
election, which resulted in his defeat by bare
majority of two votes, and the election of Rev.
Dr. Fowler Of Chicago now President of the
Northwestern University. To-day the Confer
ence decided to change the Ladies' Repository,
published in Cincinnati Into National Month
ly Magazine, after the style of "Harpers" and
the Atlantic Monthly" and by an overwhelm-
ing majority elected DR.. Curry its principal ed
itor. Thus the Conference did all they could
to correct, what many who voted against him,
now think was mistake in removing him
from the Advocate.
There sre several papers conducted in the in
terest of the M. E. church carried on by pri-
vate enterprise; papers very ably managed with
good paying subscription list; among them
lions Herald in Boston, the Methodist in
New York. the Northern Advocate in Detroit
and the Vermont Messenger in Burlington.
The church also publishes Quarterly Review,
edited by the learned ID. d. Wheden, d. d. :,
who, as a Biblical scholar and commentator,
has few equals. 1t also publishes the Sunday
School Journal, monthly for teachers, which
has circulation of 100000. and the S. S. Adj
vocate, asemi-monthly, which circulates regu.
larry 100000 copies Rev. DR.. Vincent, of ma
tional fame as Sunday school worker, is con-
tinued at the head of these periodicals.
Rev. DR.. Patten OF Chicago few days since
was received as the representative of the Pres
byterian church, and made an eloquent address,
full of fraternal and christian sympathy and
kindness
Bishop Cummings, the recognized leader of
the Reformed Episcopal church, was also most
enthusiastically received, and made rousing
speech highly complimentary to the M. E.
church, in which he was himself preacher in
the early days of his ministry.
Special services were held on Thursday in
memory of Rev. DR. Eddy, one of the mission
airy Secretaries; Rev. DIR. Love, editor of the
Western Advocate; Rev. DIR. Cobleigh, Presi-
dent of the college at Atlanta, and Rev.
Bishop Morris, the senior Bishop in the M. E.
church, all of whom have died within the last
four years. Able and eloquent addresses were
made upon the occasion by Bishop James, Rev.
H. Oh. Il ~ n u
DR.. Cummings.
The Conference has reelected. with the ex-
ception above named, all its old editors of Pc
rodicals Doctors Dashiel and Reid, Mission
airy Secretaries; Rev. DIR. Kynette, Secretary of
the Church Extensive Society, and Rev. Dr.
Rush, Secretary of the Freedman's Aid Soci-
ETY..
Among the men of marked personal appear
ance in the Conference is the stalwart old
Fighting Parson" in the person of Col.
Grandville Moody who, at the head of Wes-
tern regiment, fought through nearly the whole
war, who always led his men into battle shout
ing, 'Glory Hallelujah?' with certain other
explosives, a little peculiar for parson. Col.
large head, profusely covered with white hair,
and stentorian voice; and one who hears it
now can easily imagine how its thund ering
battle shouts fired his men, who always fought
with all the heroic enthusiasm that character
lied the soldiers of Cromwell or Stonewall
Jackson.
Another man in the conference who would
be very likely to be inquired after by strang-
er is Gen. Clinton B. Fisk of st. Louis He
has most excellent war record as an officer,
high in rank, during the rebellion, and has long
been known as one of the most enterprising
business men in the great West. But this is
not all; he is widely known as man of pure
Christianlc and principles, man of
noble heart and generous impulses, an indom-
liable worker in advancing and carrying for
ward all the great Christian entarnrisaS and he-
nevolent operations of the day. Gen. Fisk has
a commanding personal presence, musical
ringing voice, and always commands the atten-
ton of his audience when speaking. P.