The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-19

board tho pastor cannot Co. There Is appeal to the
people, and there can be no appeal by The people.
in the annual conferences well in tho local
churches AT tho late session Of the New YORK Con-
terence fourteen young men oil good ability, with
ample ENDORSEMENT by tho examiDpg committees,
were refused ADMISSION on the ground that the confer
ence was iuL Several other conferences were re
ported IN Ike condition. The New York East adj
mittcd SIX out oil thirteen and the Newark Conference
Two out OF seven There was no room 10 the clubs for
the applicants.
ADELPnoi srygRGoL
Tnis Is tho title OF clerical association held on Mon
day OF each week. The members, about thirty in
number, are Presbyterian ministers Tho gathering is
held ut the houses OF the different pastors Those who
live out OF town receive their friends In the city ana
dine them ut restaurant An essaylst Is appointed
and the reading and discussing Of The essay I'LL up the
hours OF tho meeting The gathering not unlike tho
In number and has u social feature attached, which
adds greatly TO the pleasure Of the gathering
The Bapiisis have association this city and
another on Long Island for performing functions
somewhat akin 10 those performed by The ccclesias
every year and inquire into the material and spiritual
condition OF the churches associated II Is purely
voluntarily body and can rs easily disntegrac as II
can congfegatc IL can exercise no disciplinary
powers over individual church members, nor over
churches, save 10 withdraw its fellowship from them
or reiuao IL TO them. And this * neither grcvous
wrong nor Judicial blight. The kpscopalians have
diocesan conventions in New York and Long leland.
the former embracing this city and tc Hudson River
counties Tor 100 miles and tho latter nil of Long
Island Lay delegates are freely ana constuionay ad
United TO those bodies They meet also in the fall OF
the year annually, ana Tor convenience Ia the citics
where they can the more easily he entertained The
Congregationaliss have their associations also the
two cities Their objects OF ecclesiastical and
social nature. Thoy meet once a month or once a
quarter or more less frequent as they feel disposed
1hey EXAMINE candidates Tor liccnsurc or ordination
to the ministry, and like tho Baptiss, they may
fuse 10 give withdraw their fellowship IRON clerical
members. They only affect churches through the
ministers by the refusal or withdrawal OF such fellow
ship. The Lutherans havo "m,nster.un, but their
numbers being few they take IN large sections OF
try and contiguous Statea Their objects
chiefly social aud intellectual They have DO
however, carry moro lcss weight aud influence
with the mods which govern aud lcgislatc tor tho
Church just as tho Congregational clerical associations
might with thcr councils or asSOcations Thoy meet
lists assemble IN conventions once year, In tho sprIn2
and fall. rhcy lcgsIate, but have little or no power
TO enforce their legislation. Their principal objects
to MAINTAIN extend missions opd TO inquire
the condition of tho churches Both have local. State
nauopai conventions They may suspend from tho
ministry, but their members Will not warrant the OK
erclso OF such discipline very often Men and women,
lay and CLERICAL are represented in the conventions OF
those churches.
Besides these the Methodist and Baptist ministers
OF Now York and vicinity hold weekly social meetings
where topics OF local ecclesiastical general interest
considered The Methodsts meet secret, but IL
Is currently reported that thor experiment in this
line Is that TO tho very lie OF their
they will admit the public when they together
again next month. The Baptist ministers meetings
are open 10 everybody. The Episcopal ministers had
church conference Tor intellectual recrcation which
met hero once month. Several attempts havo been
made to revive it, but IL has had only spasmodic
istcncc. lives short time and expires for lack OF
patronage. Aud yet its sessions were always open and
public In another month two all most OF those
associations, conferences, prcsbvteries Glasses aud
conventions Will DC ut work in their respective spheres
and churches to legisato for their cal
Organizations and some to criticise that legislation