Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-29

The American Unitarians.

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BOSTON, May 2S.-The American Unitarian
association, at their annual convention to-
day, elected Henry P. Kidder, president; w.
C. Bryant and Charles A. Stevens, vice. resi-
dents; Rev. r. Rs Shipper, secretary. The
financial condition of the association Is about
equal to that of previous years. Rev. Brook
Hereford, of Chicago, delivered the annual
address
The Ce@gregatiOnalists.
BosToN, May 28-At the forty sixth an
nual meeting of the Congregational publish
ing society the reports show the aggregate
receipts to be 500, 074, and the expenditures
$50, 755, showing the condition of the society
to be sixteen per cent. better than year ago.
Hon. Charles j.. Russell, for the past ten
years president, declined reelection, and J.
Russell Bradford succeeds him, with j. y.
Means, D. D., secretary, and Edward Gay
treasurer.
The American CONGREGATIONAL association
has elected Samuel D Warren as president.
The society will undertake to raise sixty
thousand dollars by the first of July, to re-
lieve itself of present financial emoarrass-
ment.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 28.-The first an
nual convention of the Springfield diocese
met here to-day. The committee appointed
at a previous meeting to notify Rev. DR.. Sey-
mour of his election as bishop of the diocese,
reported that they had performed their duty
and that the doctor had declined. A resolu-
ton was then unanimously adopted request
ing him to Withdraw the defamation, and
this action was communicated to him by tel
egraph The following reply was received at
nine o'clock tonight:
"To Rev. John D. Easter. Chairman:
81 withdraw my declination and accept.
Conservation in Trinity church, New York,
on st. Barnabes day. nvo.,
The PresbyterIans at Pittsburg.
PITTsBURG, May 27.-The general assem-
bly met at nine o'clock this morning, when
DR.. Allen offered a resolution 10 regard to
sustentation and home missions. The reso-
luton directs that the home mission board be
directed to apply the forty-four thousand dol
lars on hand to the support of the sustenta-
ton of pastorates, and that all of the churches
be directed to take up separate collections for
the sustentation fund annually, and In trans
hitting the same to the board they be care
full to request that the money be discussed for
the sustentation of pastorates. Adopted.
The milage committee reported that three
new presbyterys had been organized during
the year, making a total of one thousand
eight hundred and seventy eight The col
lections amounted to thlrty-fcu thousand
and ten dollars.
Rev. DIR. Ward offered resolution, which
was adopted, that the general assembly
boards, TO whom dppllCdblOu iOI diu 10 AGiACJ
shall, upon declining or reducing the amount
OF an application, report that fact as prompt
| ly as possible, or give the reasons therefor,
through the stated clerk of the presbytery.
The American Baptist Publication So
ctety.
CLEVELAND, May 28.-The second day of
| the American Baptist publication society con-
yened to-day. The morning session opened
at ten o'clock, the chair being occupied by the
| first e-president, Samuel A. Crosler, OF
PENNSYLVANIA. The annual sermon was
preached by Rev. II. F. Crosby, of Ohio. At
the close of the sermon Rev. DR.. Gardner, OF
Cleveland, delivered an address OF welcome.
pointed secretary pro tenn, after which COM
mittee OH enrollments, committee on noml-
| natious, and committee on the Baptist
| Quarterly were appointed.
| sssRev. Benjamin Griffith, DID,, correspond
! ing secretary, presented the tity-fourGn an
4 nual report of the board. AT the afternoon
\ session addresses were made on Sunday
school missions by Charles Rhoads, of Ohio;
Rev. E. A. Russell, Indiana; Rev. A. Shep-
! herd, North Carolina; Rev. E. NJ. Brawley,
/ South Carolina, and Rev. VIM. Boyd, Mis-
souri,. The society then elected officers TOR
4 uel Croser, Pennsylvania; ce-presidents,
4 Hon. J. Warren Merrill, Massachusetts,: Geo.
4 T. Hope, ESQ.,, New York; Geo. F. Davis,
! Ohio; Larkn B. Day, illinois; Benjamin
| Griffith, DID,, secretary; Rev. James Copper,
| Michigan, recording secretary, and William
Petit, treasurer. The society also elected
| twenty-five managers.
| At the evening session Rev. G. +. Hewitt,
DID,, of Illinois, delivered an address on
| ths press and its relation to denominationa4
growth. followed by Rev. z. Grenell, jr.,, of
| Mi chlgan, on the same subject and its rela-
ito to UNCONVENTIONAL unity. The session
clos ed with the remarks of Rev. Galusha An
ders on, DID,, of Illinois, on the press in its
relation to the development Of intelligent
chris tan character.
81 .e q the Work Accomplished by
| The Atlanta Constitution, of Saturday, con-
tains the following: Yesterday afternoon, at
half-pfst six o'clock, after a laborious session
| of MOI than three weeks, the general con-
| ference OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
south. adjourned to meet on the first Wednes-
| day in MAY, 1882, in Nashville. As we have
| before remarked, it was slngularly conserva-
tive, aud any proposed change in the church
discipline and customs was invariably sub
iected to crucial analysis before it could re-
ceive the sanction of the body. Besides this
| spirit. there were two other ideas which ap-
peared to rule the body in all its actions.
The first was to preserve every distinctive
feature of Methodism with most Jealous care.
This spirit was made most manifest when
the doctrine of ''entire sanctifcation" was
incidentally brought up by resolution to
restore in the church discipline the
perfect in love in this life2" which
is to be applied to applicants
for full connection in the church. 1t was ad-
mitted that other questions taught the same
doctrine, but this was insisted on as more
emphatic Endorsement OF 1t and was ordered
restored The other ruling idea OF the body's
action was a tendency to a spirit OF Its work
The board of managers held frequent and
important meetings. A new conference was
organized for Montana and one authorized
for Mexico. The spirit of the church ID to
push right forward, both where 1t now has q
stronghold and into new fields. Inc great
difficulties surrounding the church publishing
house at Nashville was one OF the knothesI
questions the conference had to consider. A
large meeting labored on the matter fol
weeks, and az last submitted long report II
favor of co ltinuing the operations of the
house under new regulations. hev. .. !
| M'Fercin, D. D., of Nashville, was elected
! publishing agent of the church, Oice Rev. A
H. Bedford, d. D., who has conducted the
business for the past twelve years. Iht
| church was pledged to the payment OF every
cent of the debt, and the affairs of the house
| Very few changes were made IN any
OF the rules or regulations OF tht
church The conference refused to cleo
any bishops, though the church has now only
seven, two of whom are in bad health ano
; they are worked too hard, either for their owl
welfare or the economy of the church. The
constant supervision of the largest denomina
ton IN the south, numbering nearly .eigh
hundred thousand members, and requiring
under the polity of the church, immense la
bors from the bishops-this is a great task fo
seven men. The bishops are, without excep
ton, men of rare powers and rich attain
! nents, and are devoted to every interest o
their church and ready to do for 1t any labor
The general condition of the church is mos
prosperous, and 1T evidenced most kind.
christian spirit toward its kindred In the cor
r dial reception of fraterDal delegates from tn
Methodist Episcopal church, the Methods
Protestant church, and the African Methods
church. These receptions were the mos
pleasant episodes of the session. On tn
: whole, the session of the general conferenc
4 will greatly help the interests of the grea