, 1877-10-13
Eight New Preachers Ranged Before
the Bishop for Ordination.
Special AtllnOnitiOns of the Vcn-
ernblo Scrvnnt df tho
Lord.
Yesterdays Proceedings In the Episcopal
General Convention.
TIE hIETI1OD1STS.
ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE.

a0VOtt0nal excrca8e4 by tho KcV. bh5ton NaFt-
wright. Bisl,op Merrill presided. 4 draft OF
go OIL the chartered fund was allowed.
Consideration Of tho ninth qucst,on-"Who
arc tho supcrannuatcd prcachcrsl Twas re-
sume'i. Tic rclatlous IT a. Wiley, 9. II. Stock
ing, 8. r. BcEgs, II. stfnarsl. l.. Whpplc. NJ.
llama, W. Krcgan, j. W. Agard, ". Taskcr, J.
X. Goodrich, W. r. Jones, l.. A. Sanford, G.
l.azcnby, A. .. Field, II. Whitehead, L. 4.
Walker r. Stone, +. Il. Mnstin, r. l.. Oln,stetl,
8. F. Denning, George Richardson, s. T.
Kcyes. Aaron Cross, md 8. 11l1sbury wcro
continued. Some OF tho old gentlemen Eavo i'll
tcrcsttne "reminiscences Of tho work III which
they Ind hccu engaged. The Rov. s. F. Den.
ming saId TINT hia houso was tho fsrat opened for
Methodist worshtp In Princeton, and that lie
'vas tho only surviving member in tho State Of
tic first Illinois General Conference.
TIE REV. c. II. FOWLER, d. D.,
editor Of tho New York Christian Ad.oeate, ad-
dressed tho Conference In tho Interest Of that
paper.
bishop Merrill then put the fourtl, question:
"Who nre admitted into full connecticut" In
response to tho rol1-cal1, Coleman Il. Hoffman,
Edwin e. Arnold, Thomas Sweet, ]. q. u.
sl,adfort1, W. +. Minty, s. II. Davis, W. II.
Holmes. md J. Whitcomb cano forward.
Bishop Merritt said that this was perhaps tho
most Important part Of tho work OF Confcr-
cucc, aud that IL was only ilttfnG that
srEctAL RELIulous sERv1cEs
should prccelc II. Two verses uf hymn No. 62t
wcro sung, and the Rev. n. Raymond, D. H.,
led In prayer for those about to bo admitted
Into full membership.
TIE Bishop tlcn addressed tho candidates,
who have cacli served for two years on THAI,
and reminded them TINT II any ono felt TINT lie,
for my rsuson. was not prepared to enter upon
tho Itinerary he was at liberty 10 withdraw. No
ot,c Ia tho Conference could complain In aucli
ease, nor could any Of tic candidates
That had been understood oil along, and no
ot,u was wrongcd, Il admitted they would
become Methodist ministers and members Of
the itincracY Bishop slcrril! then proponndctl
Discipline, mud reminded tho probattopers Of
the duties nnl wurk before them.
Tho questions bcing satisfactorily answered,
The Btanop feHasstSa 1.-THE the p proatensra . t. be
their new duties and obligations. ifnyng cx-
prcsscd their faith in Christ, which covered all
there is In Christianity, they entered upon
A LIFELONG DuTr.
Their profession showed that they wcro con-
vcrted inc,l, mud the Methodist Church never
contemplated ministry OF utlgunycrtcd men.
1t becalne their duty u strive alter Clrlstlan
perfection, and to te active md leyotel In tho
history OF tito Church when Methodist people
wero spoken Of by utl,cr Christian decentralization
in tonG vi contempt, as "pcr(cGfiunfsta.h They
were considered as fanativs, moved simply BY
impulse. But times have rhangcd somewhat, al
though thcra aro still Christian people who cntcr-
tain tctr traditional bclicf IN this nattcr. Tho
NJ. T.. ChurrlIhas not cbangcI, and still antGrtAns
the old doctrines, aud enjoys this same dIviuc
blessings. But
| THE p1rPRnKxCH BETWEEN MET1EoD1sA AND
OTHER EyAN0RLtCAL DENOMINATIONS
has been Ereatly lesseHcd, and there Is really
little difference tn Their ,houghts OH this ques-
t!on. although different LANGUAGE IL usell to ex
press their ideas anl hctlcfs. ilc trusted that
| ihc time woula cnu,c When the antiquities lt
expression would bc removed aud tho denoml-
nations would CONG ~ Mtosethes, sceinK eyo y eye,
among Mcthodist ministers IL Improbable, and
uucdlfytngt mad disturbing to the Church. a
! member 81 another denomination or an out
se. not neoFns n9 t. Sy tr 1
tho flea that there was want Of uniformity IN
tho Church; that sfntholtst ministers had no
sctticd dtctrlncs or c!ratlytlctlnch opinions on
tl.is question. but afetloatsts know that tho
great heart Of tho Churrl, was In accord. All
discussions were Improbable, for tho questions
at Isauo will never be understood, a1ul
| / PULL AGREEMENT Is IMPOSSIBLE
| where neither aide understands tho subject.
Tic trouble u tint tho debate afises not OH tho
fact, hut on tho mode Ut tho fact. Nearly all
that luosc. tItelolnted sort Of thing which is
called Liberal Christiantty-neariy oil the skcp-
tlesnl which ron, tha faet that men
suppose ln order to believe IN Dfvins truth It Is
necessary to believe in tho mole OF announcing
that truth. 1t ts common saying among tnen
that whero mystery begins fait'l cnds. THO
Church does not answer this. but ollsets akcpti-
cls.n BY saying thur 1t they d4 nut boiIuve any,
thing 6ut Whnt they could nut understand they
would bel,sye very little. Thcre Is 10 trouble
in dsal!ng with the myslsrtes u nature,
IN Tim Hhln n1,I In ra1tst0lI (llIgt In trtatt IN