The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-09


memorial NJ Mr.. Wesley hut "a Christian
MEMORIAL Of mutual fellowship, fraternity, and
loV'; DlNlu'd We IRE INTO various cnurch Or
gani1ntions. but we are ono Mt lcast in graft
tudg to Wesley and in vcneraton of his name.
There were two things in tho way OF the sue
S wa s Mny rS er rym% any ws %s
unwilling To usk aid OF the Northern Church for
an, Any purnos. They had to be CONVINCED of
ter Of the =. work before they would
approve it,, No purely southern cn.erprisc
10y any possihility receive their endorsement;
The motive charged bv your writer. instead 81
pr2mming this work, came worry near defeating
II altogether.
Tnrsccon1 camc from the North. and it WIS
tins: Many ut the North, regarding TINS munu-
mcnt To Wesley ~ n southern local ana $40
tionn enterprise, were afraid Of it. But
ihank God. many at the North saw It's
true c9nnect3nm ,na un'nii''cM was ch mrrc-
ly Southern. there were many noble Northern
Mcthodsts who saw that IT was from many "
fraternity and love. And SO they endors ii il
and aided it, And thus the mon Mt the South
who accepted II ~ such. had their lrgirrnnl
hands, strcncthened bv the Wesley Monu.
mental Church,, For there is no doubt that
monument to Mr. Wesley ns. pledge Of
hrothcrhQod and tho Northern Mcthodsis who,
with faith in that pledge So received it, did
more to mike fraternity an accomplished fact
than all the speeches and nil the resolutions
and all the ncwspanrr articles Una, were ever
show how this enterprise was regarded, from
tho first. by representative mon 81 the South
and Of the North, we present the following:
To build hcnttns monument to the honor NJ our great
founder, We ASK the friends o christ aud w Mcihpisn
S%cm aH mp mc an" amt hat ' Ss,anaa RIs
all others the place tocrcct such christian memorial Of
O wT Sl%T ra.,sr yN9 S.1g Gb 1Ts love-
T H. Mrgns. Pastor Trinity Church
CnsaLrs T. DtrNs, Church oi the Strangers New York
lloipicn Secretary American Bible society
GfoFet + risrcr, Bi,hcp Methodist Episcopal Church
" " WlcnrNAS, bishop Methodist Epcopal Church
u : pocGrrr bishop Methodist Episcopal church
J. e ktrStr Bishop Methodist Episcopal Church
II. H. karASAueu, Bishop Methodist Episcopal church
H. \ NcrrsiRi, Bishop Of Methodist Episcopal Church
Rorsp L,x,. y Y. July o. 1873
bearer the Rev IT. j. q L. clark hy proper author
y represents the proposition ut the Methodist Episcopal
church south IN savannah Ga, To build In that city
We lhnk Inc proposal beautiful and very, importau,
one We cordially commend a. 70 al Methodist, every,
Church and besNak for 1t their sympathy aud financial
l. nlEHis \. fosrw.
Bl.hop. Methodist Episcopal church.
Lake cam Mcctins ASSOCIATION. held at Round Lake
july 10. 1873 the following preamble and resolutions
nt",a.. II is contemplated to erect a Monumental
q a..
Wcsc,s earliest and only iahors in America an enter
prise IN which The whole family ct Methciism through
h,-'roi. That We dcpah from nScd rule Of this $3.50
e'uo tioinhuns az nn9ncis, vol',.i'h h on ,l.r
a-an and that We hearth, invite al, hs,mimlrd
and 10 pres, M their oncrinss csteemcd brother
Rev Or Clark, the representative 81 the "a, annah
" : KrtLrr secretary
RESOLUTIONS nv rnL,rYtriu, carr SErriSG ssso.
Ci,rioN
CmrsrrE ilriGmr. July %. 1878.
h,s,nt hhat We e,i"5S " V,afH ~ our ,nt
Wesley. We regard this tor tn tcructuat The memory
and Comfort OF ali oyers OF our common Mihoii.m
We most cordially rgcemn'gnd ~ Clark and N, Meme,
brethren here and IN all parts Of The country i,.
T 4. FESIrr. Secretary
wasnt~croS. D. C. March y. 1879
dS 81 or DIR Tiss 10 a oSa aS Inc s we
Monumental church in savannah, Gcorsia-ihis amount
the preachers may elect
church !. needed Ia the civ OF savannah represent
Mothoiism; secondly. such church Will he fitting me
our denat9ns w b our greetings 10 our broth
rem o. TIE South Yours truly. y T. NlWhAN
wAsnivcIoS u. e. March II. ls7e
We. the undersigned. OF The fori,fourth Con
Tegon,neniins ,hS Wesley MSnamsniai charch now
tmtns a. savannah GsorEiai To- me m,m"Iy OF John
1yd ya3, sa an n5 10 so s, and w &
cmncnN calculated tndc,rop ami iustcr that uHcrual
cou.i r, ali eood men desire To see.
Niin great assurance We honruly commend the agent
o li. Gnu th, in this city tie Rev D. O 4 Glars,
M iii 'r .' ''- anpr. ." oi Ia. ,nufc IN
''''' '' w \ NssTooY .i senator.
MnfS n .., a. G. t'I n., pi',r'',
,.'i,,r SSus' VI e li,rI ni.iriri
! i iAl isagl 3 E .sjs D 9;.rs'
Brsj il iii. NJ { Niin,ih, ' b, Hii,','"
BALTIMORE. MAY 80, 1870
IT, IerrfS spPro, he cndor.cmen, Of the wesley
Monnmcn,a ChufcanoM hp.ding ~ sa'annal Grors r.,
by ou' s. is9ss a. hgi hss yHn ~ Si, M,h
an one and cordial, commend to the syinpath, aud
! Thc bearer the Rev Dr J o. A. clark Of the south
GeoreN Conference. NJ. L church south who ha. been
SpSrd 10y s T3gSRG. @ T Segpe @ 0""
W. i seoTr - siSr.@s. q HAvrs.
Bishop. OF the NJ f. Church
In Justice to the injured. | am sure you will
give this article place n The sun; II II were
not necessarily so extended. would expose the
paragraph before me. But fOrbcar. For the
writer in THE sun has greatly the advantage;
! His misrepresentntlOns. condensed IN brlct
paragraph, may have been rrid ny many VINO
| wlliurn away from this reply. Besides, his may
be copied into papers in which thiS VIII never
| appear. And the poison may diluse Itself
! beyond the reach OF antldotr. lew words are
sufficient To convey impressions wnlch pages
| cnnnot correct. The misrepresentation Of this
writer may 20 before me Ia England and preju-
dice my cnuso giving me no chance to right the
wrong My only chance to do this is in the coli
umns ~ THE sun, and that, TOO. THE disadvan-
tngc Of n heightened reply. That this dlsadvan-
! tnee may not be Increased. Will do no more than
| notice tie false and covert filings in the words
| " 70 nppeul To British Wesleyans in support Of
n schisin whose only basis was the desire TO
| mnintnn slavery will not I'LL Dr.. Clark 3
! pockets or the treasury Of the southern
| Church" A schsm whose only bnsls was tho
| desire To maintain slavery False in toto culo.
| For had It not been for the so-called schism,
| there would have been in that day no Mctho-
| dism to maintain at tho South. Tho schsm was
| i'm solemn form authorized by the General Con-
| ierence OF 1874. And II wae done 10 preserve
! Methodism; not to maintain slavery. And
| this appeal will not MI Or. Clark, 5 pockets or
the treasury Of the southern church, Not one
| cent is asked for the treasury Of the Church
| south And as to DIR. Cmrk,' cannot this
writer conceive that he entered on the work
| with no Thought, or desire. or expectation oi
filing his pockets that he underto2k
! it as an tlncrant preacher, lust hs he
! las received for twenty-five years every APP
| pointment from his church, And ns 10
! the remark about sluvery, will not this writer
let tho dqad past bury its dead y
| close with the prayer which once
! before | had occasion 70 Offer God grant
! that tho time may speedily come when all tho
| iunnmtnnhlp rhetoric drawn from slavery and