New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-02
of the Church. which has within week celebrated ti
112th anniversary of the formation or the urs cnoh
organization In this country.

As the Dean rose to receive the address ana tnen
stepped forward to the desk the audience maintained
the impressive silence. Dean Stanley was cloheu
n the dress peculiar to hs high Office In the churcn
and from lis neck hung the collar OF tue oroer
the Bath OF which he the chaplain. He spoke Win
great power, and his address was interrupted ire-
queDty with applause and merriment. He said
BISHOPS PASTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.: have to tender TO you my sneere
10 me and to the church and country which humDly
represent, by the kindness and cordiaty with whch
ana awars that one Of the chief grounds may say
the chief ground on when TINS welcome mas peen az
been thankful to have been able to repay
TO the founder OF the Society OF Meth0dists::
When think of this vast nssemblage, when think OF
the magnificent results which MethOdism has achieved
in tins great country IL would he tempting 10 Inc 70 e
large the hopes aud the prospects wnieh may lie be-
tore the Methodist Churcb in the United States OF Amer
les; but 1 feel that the Ignorance uh1er
which a stranger necessarily comes 10 this country of
bids him to enlarge field OF which lie OF necessity
must knew very lle and therefore prefer 10 eomIne
Ihetew remarks which venture make on ms occasion
the which Induced me in England and when
induce here to Jay my humble tribute To Jonn
Wesley, the founder OF THIS eat sqeeiy In so 9oihg
sure that you will ee and feel myself, that
fast enlrgiug the sources OF your strength ana
best unfolding the hopes That lie before YOU
In the address which has been kindly presented TO me-
alusOn made to the monument in Westminster
m,moy OF the two iliustrOuS brothers WHO established
the foundation OF Methodism. It was some eisn i
or ten years ago that the then lrtsia s.
of the Wesleyan Conference in England asked win th
and mOdcsY which II CHARACTERISTIC on nun, u
Iwould allow tue erection Of Honuncnln Westminster
Abbey, In Ports Corner 10 Chares Wesley as the sweet
Psalnist of England Israel IYenturcd to answer
" We are TO rave movement 10 Char''s VIZ uo
JOhu I" lApDlause.l TO John wesley, GccOFuIhpH'
together with MS brother Charles-nof us excim '
ing Charles. but as the greater senius, as s sae
greater spirit of tho twG-;hat movement mas
been erected. john Wcseys monument, Win Tue iS
likeness alsu OF s brother Charles has been erected
Westminster Abbey. close To- II monument when was
erected am the last century ,ahd mention ~ Only az
your illustrious founder have been put fo-
W Se,"S A66sy and IN tue Church Of Ensand
the monument John Wesley was erected side by slice
with the monument which in the last century was
erected to the memory OF ID" great Congregational dVne
aud poet, Isaac Watts. lAppiause.J .,,.,.,
Ii been sad III the address, and think at ~ mas
been said also by The other spoaeers that VT assembled
mere u building consecraied to the Mothodtt
mighty God, as set foot I'm This country
0y John Wesley. 1t reminds me, of what hap
Road Chapel, in which JOIN Wesley mnlsicred and
The cemetery adjoining in which he is buried. asked
| asked him perhaps inadvertently and as an
English Chu.cnulan miSht naturally ask -
answered, f" II was consecralod by The bones Of that
hoy man lsppaa;e ,hgt holy se cry sD,r 81
Of that remark return to the point
to which have venturcd TO address my remarks,
John Wesley have. not only upon yonr y,neTaon, but
upon tue veneratOn OF English ChllsendOm
And hgsL Of AL may venture q say that in claiming
him - your founder, You enjoy peculiar
privilege among the various communons when
vIried from tie communion q tao Church OF
England. Tue founder Of tho Eng ish Baptsts is
English Congfegatonaiss land eay 1t with shadow
d.rcspccp also comparatively unknown; the foun-
.1ad oYcur OF tbe tptp3cr q. the soci,,r Of
Friends GEORGE Fox, has beeu superseded
n celebrity by William Penn, and by other ilnstnous
Friends who have risen IA that society since us
departure hut II IL disruspcct 10 TIE great
society Of Mchodsts II no disrespect 10 the emnont
I,,u, In ne
oIude-, John Wesley. lAppausel IL is TINS when
makes ls character and whleh makes ne fortunes so
anu ,Tu ot1nrd hi. ercat ,,rp ;;nincnce FIRST OF
all winch 10 al ren lug persons specially Interest,"
| Ing. s. II you will allow me to say SO. the Nth-
| despsed eighteenth century. know not
whether IN America, Int certainly in England,
It been The habit Of our time 10 dsparagc altogether
ae Religions, genius II the last century. John wesley,
II any person OF the last century. wac representative
OF Il; In his long and eyontf"i NE pc COY COW
In that century there was capabiiiy OF religious
oAarace snch even few centuries had been caRabe
call the first of modern Encish crtc,-ee had
hi. ss ysr, f%r 81 Joa
csiing only Ia Wescyans but 70 every communion
10 make a very wide divergence from the cOmmnaOn to
| which he BELONGED without parting from IT, " l
' Tlar 'S re Church of England. hui viii
never leave IT. Aud this Is an assm ance of his deter
niuaton to in the Church OF England and IN
spts Of all difficulties and obstacles he pcrsevered unto
! the end II would be most uniting aud un0eeoiling
| IN 10 cast any censure on me course wLlrh
mi, uat society specially America. has taken since
| hs death. Things witch might have been
/ possblo IN his lifetime may have bccomo IN
| possible since but nevertheless the relations
which he himself maintained toward the Church
in different romfuunons to endrayor 10 make the bost
OF so long ~ they can possibly NAH c
to reconcile Like the two brothers described BY the
English poet:
Like clfS that have been rent asnnHcr
But siili we may always trust that somehincof the
old feeling will remain Il was not, has been often
that John Wesley aud his followers were
Tsry much from that stupid. vulgar. iterate
oreudic which exists amongst the professional anatl-
c.m ana eIelasVeness tt me same re;ng
which drove tho followers OF John wesley from
place In the Church Of England. the same which
n Few years later grove the philosopher Preftly frcm
his retreat at Birmingham. to take refuge III fennsy
There arc two points which characterize the method
OF his teaching which also arc OF immense value TOT
IL that which is inscribed o. his monument;
The world Is my parish" We We . are not OF
the particular sphere IN which Snr Lot
happen to DO east - very how Hin Narx
the eGtct Of his example, may extend Tho
world OF America Is In q certain sense the parish
NJ every Que who hears me-. Zach one OF
Won must bear IN mind that whether IN giving
y,ur votes or IN writing for newspapers. or IN
whatsyer sphere you may be- exercising any influence
at a that influence may extend far very Iar beyond
Tie parish or paoc In which your lot cast tne world
ia your parish" ~, =, LA .,.o..
vas the urincipo that IL nOt desirable 70
have preachers aud teachers stationed IN
nne place You WILL perhaps. allow me to say that
Tho opposito principle has also some value There Il some
value in pastor growing up amongs as people. YET
there ia nevertheless. such a thing as the ne
cessity OF eulighening md refreshing these
more stationary pnsorates by ths ih'rOG que.
tinn of new influences, new hopes, new
Instruments which John wesley had In mind when &c
conceived his great design OF tinerant preachers
n "a the kcouDess aud the pertinacty WIN
which John Wesley maintained these fundamental doc
trues Of Christianity that rejoice To thlnk that ne
ia honorrd amongst the kings and heroes, amongst ihe
gear whether In literature or science thai aaorh tue
walls OF Westminster Abbey. -. - 4,
~ vor al aud bishops, who sit around