, 1877-12-19
IN COUNCIL.
First Meeting Of the Chicago
Methodist District Con-
ference,
Addresses by tho ISov. DIR. Ed
wards and Grant
Goodrich.
Or. Reynolds, Of the Red Ribbon Move
rnent, Holds Forth In the
Evening.

| NAk 4SFJ AA~AA@f ~A HAS Av~N7AsA~N~ss sseeS
nent, Holds Forth In the
Evening.
The second day's aession Of tho Ffsak District
! Conference Of Chicago D!attiet opened yesterday
morning At $3.50 o'clock Ia tho Fisss Methodfst
Church with devotional exercises conducted BY the
| Rev. +. N. boring, b. D.
The bnsiness Of The day raa thon iaken up, The
organization Of Tho Conference being tho trst
thing on tho programme. bishop Merrill cat1eds the
business session 10 order and tlated that tho htst
thing In order WAS the election OF Secretaries. The
| 1sev. a. ". Patteh and MF. N. A. Gary wese
chosen to Ill shose positions. Considerable time
waa spent In completing the roll Of memberahlp,
aftos which the following
| coMMlTTExs WE'RE APPOINTED:
Efdrtnonon ELoeat rtdeAtrs for iietnsf e rrfaeA
VT n,s' St hs:r. n Hf H. lsa e'soa Sa;' g.
NJ; T. K'.sGs %S. ?1t1as g. r.: 81: W A. sesaes'' '''
hsS i: n:sisx tna i.s1. 4: ou1n.1' ,lss''' 4. !.
s.s;s: :; = I:
i:;j: :';SP ~ m masss :as: siSfs s1 n.h and n
Presiding Elder willing reported that he had At;
tended forty quarterly conferences. preached
l twenty HGfG10Nbs Qe11Cnteu Un3 EHGfCNs HNa 10s
sisted in tho dtd,cstIon Of another, and organised
church At tiinsdalc; Public services wore held
many families sts,tsd a. tetf homes n en-
Ton strcet Church. Or. Willing also spoke nost
tncouraginely ot tho CITY mistionar{ work. par:
tieulatlr that carIsd On 1t tho Dixon stfeet
The pastors Of the different churches rere called
81 spoRs Ike sa,i favofabIs ptosfesa w.s beIns made il,
The cpn!erslon of souls ma spreading tho inaeacs
ii bcng vsrr e,acn. that IT, all reported &C.
eosdinR 10 tho pEogrnmmc,-mnlsteFs, cxhottets,
Stewards, etc. "a great deal Of tme would hs
consumed. Anotlon was made to dispense With
Ths Rev, Mr. Mcchesney said he had, made a
ttlo calcneat!on ana oy al!oH'pg nso minatss n @ 70
HIshop Mersill remarked that the Conference wse
working auder the Discipline aud the reports could
s t a ps y: s:s ssa md
,,a = fs'!p FsD;s, 'ss SECULAR efdss 1s.
THE REV. DR. EDWARDS
| read \ paper on ''aiethodst journalism, = which
Ia a. h s 81 aiss ses % ,n k9a
coins when al men would doall things jually; and
this universal eonsccraton aonld have transformed
This hrst Mothodlst paper was begun in 3oston IN
Janaary. i.2 seven yeaFa sttst tho s...hl!,h.
loo, of which forty seven wera 5iethoulst. iio
as rs ssa s rSsy ss y .a f. pa 'sss ss
papers did more harm bJ lighting ior Ok
etus!ye religious communism than they
theit S' i@p..etiesb,e nj s''i Utopia. II was iimo
that uudsnomlnntonal papcrs were lcss rlosporoua
vigorous NJ now. Tho paper ahouId to adapted 10
ito nrafage ChsIsttan home. The limited cfrcua-
:, T. T.: Gs = fnsa
| aruits. ~ q fufe, tho hGethodl4t papora were
abic. cheap. independaat ana prospeiea.; 1hsy
tho date. Of "a dtg pspess snS sons essn
10 pflnt for tasr families what hs would nos dsre
utaer with hta lips d tho tsa table, ilieh succcss
sssSs 1 a,ss:
ns~apsper ho Jla. ? thinK Il could ri g. s.shitsScd
by ona donomination. II I'll unitod. ons might b.
rnr ,tos. ou.vr ooonu,cu
TIE 9"n: oMAn1 :. "oyoon =,
i Se!hoi!.m i c%,esso," a, il 'sid wsss ceot
swelyo families IL .he eisy. II The Tia Mss. @ Jersmss M
ss GO: aefs, i " .p!!a* y isis; Ii il ss$
e. s .hofs N Gcsao ss III HUI ea3
'no 9c.nEs"t 'naa - ssssi!
ss asa Sohgs ~ - s oe!ag Gsas
We.ssnsfatt. arfised. THY vsre eoth Method:
~, ana Hf,a Rte5ct'mee.Hs ~ sae ota hinze
~ pInc.tan n!.t,n IT. Snd atstod Hs,3g
i9as services ~ chs.go' e sa%s asfe = mis-
stoncf ~ caf'5 e. AnVs' Ae plcaeaeatha nfst s1t
mon anu nnlit tne asat tfoteelaht th9Icn u et.
Louis sna elso sne a!s! cnaten ~ Cnieagnt Il y
Wnf locste1 ~ tne hot19eaet so5net % E9tsn
| nrnech hrfnr" fi. strnriura wss rnnnIets, III
c.rnnntsr's iancb bninr used ~ a nu1nIs' In 1Eti
Io,!n Mncbs W. scat to t:heapo bn ths iii.
noin f.,nfcrrncn m nfsslnnarY fn tIn vtntar NJ
iSJs and lis evsning services we're hold, nd thcre
wnre nnmhor of convcr,lona Ind sccessions IL IN
rhuseR In 1ssS Il hcesms e1idsnt tf,st ths sontt
! sida wns to ba tho contro OF hnsness and nonnln
ffon and Tho dosirnolItY Of procusinr inf ii t,a
| | nsrt ~ fhe rItS Wal r"nstd.frd That rox neam
> KID b. bv tne Fiji Church was securcd for Ia I'D
{ tnd subssonsntIy DAVID Carver donated ons o.
| Wshash syenne n-ar Adams str.st fnr n nnrson
| Hho@.- ssH.art N.A' 1854. .ss$As ~ = PNssGM