The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-28

ASAAS 49, AAs
much as "a does Northern Nethod,s,s. One reason.
perhaps 10 that the salaries d0wE thero arc not 80
large and are more equalz-d than they arc ~ Tits
alter oily appointments. and more loyalty 70 tho
probIty and genius Of Methodism thsrc thsn here.
fact thai tho ministers cant run into any other
friendly Denomination ~ readily thers as tney can
| lie and Methodist (southernl Intericpsrx and
therefore encmics Ia tho original guar
w,thdrAwina Mo,hod,ss minister's fr6m Cnureh
TO JON the Presbyterisns, Bspusis VI Congregation
within the last two years Occasionally = southern
Methodist minister joins tho Northern Church. or
NOT likely 10 DO seriously, Il al all lnseriersa WITH
more pressing question - that OF tho presiding
anu tho pcriunc,ory services they rcnacr 10 tho
church are tho CHIEF groumds OF objection 70 thcin
papers concerning them. Some propose 70 exclude
presdtng elders altogether from cities whose rhurchcs
DO nos need tho supervision tina. they arc supose 10
ex' rcisc. and 10 counuo them wholly 10 country
charges, where they might 20 m do useful o.ncrs
rgaiu, who Jealous Tor Inc waning authority OF TIE
annual conferences, desre 10 eco tho oil system III
eiccting elders by thosc b0diss restored. Somehow
tho ministers Nort Ind South have an idca that their
interests ~ the matter Of would DC safer
IN the hands OF elders elected by aud responsible 10
tho annual conferences than by men appointed by
the bishops aud subject 10 their control Perhaps
they arc right; perhaps not. something could DO
said ON 0on sides Of this question. Inc plan likely
districts, unite The small charges into circuits and
airibuso the ministerial talvnt and equaixe The
pecunaTy burdens oi the psstoratc and The prcsin
rldcrshp Uadcr the present economy OF Mctno.isn.
North south, there Iikcli 0od that tho elder.
lions Of thc Church aud country And ~ - pecnii r
circumstances that Tho greatest opposition 10 tho office
ID Developed In tho cities wnerc INC least measure Of
pastoral success Is sccn. Tho probationary systcm
viii DO 0verhaulcd. he abolition OF tho six months
trial has opened the door 10 hundrcus OF unconvered
persons 10 enter tho Church And 10 mos 80 easy 10
got them out attcrward us IL 10 keep them out NJ
nrsL
LOCATING BIsmoPs-EcuxExcAL CONFERENCES.
In regard 10 the cpsc"pacy, II is proposed TO dis
trci tho Church and separate bshop u each
district after the Of the Northern hurch IL
is proposed 10 appoint Episcopal owards, VINO
snail be charged with tho duty al provdin. suitable
homes Tor the OF the t.u,lics OF inc
bishops IN their respective districts But Inc general
upcrntondency oil the Churcn IL 10 be maintainc
go that the bishops shalt n become dlocesans IA tho
episcopal sense OF that tcrm very elUOratc scheme
iOr nm ecumenca genorni conicrcncc OF Mehodists -
furnisncd BY correspondent Of the Episcopdi Method
iS. Baltimore IL provides Tor tho 0rgan'x I,on OF
Two general conferences 81 tho existing
general conferences, North and South; the union
Two similar conferences, the Ike process for
sue colvrrd Mchodists, tho boundaries Of those con-
Con ference 10 hoa meetings Ia The samc
year, aud the Ecumcnlcal Conference quacren-
enccs The bosy 10 have ca ire Of MI .ne
general icgi,latOn OF the Church and Of all the priu
cpal pubic ,t'ons and concurrent voice H. or upper
visOry approval o. AIt other matters with tho General
ConercnceS The ccumenical also 10 ccct It's EDITORS
publishers agents. &C.. but tho Cnurcn to nave only
one publishing house, with bfaOcnes 10 diucrcnt
cities. Tho Publishing Board, the Board Of Missions,
Education, &c. 10 be clcctcd by the Ecumen'cai Con.
ference, educational institutions OF the Church
TO 90 It'll the General Conference, whose authority
shall cxicnd over tho geographical district In which
thcy may DO located The advantages OF this ichcino
are greater efficiency 10 prosecuting tho work the
Church nnd groater saving In the cost of machinery
A. Il is now Inc difrsrent Methodisms Of the world
carry separate missions sido BY side in h~athen
and In nomlnaily Cnristian lsnds Their work and
Their polity ~ one but because they d'er In name
lhAV1 Anx hnVA utallu All
thn way through. TINS 10 the Gaze to-day with the
Methods. Episcopal Church, North ana south, IN
Mex,co from which bishop Keener, OF tho Church
South, ana Blshop Merrill u inc Methodist Episcopal
Is preschers sol members, 1850 attendants the
vices, IA Sabbath schools ~ teachers and 3j7 chill
5 circuits ana i station whcn includes I
number Of preaching places All these con-
n sDsusn The Nor,hcra Cnurch have posr,y dyabio
theso statistics all round 10 tho Mexicans as TO tho
heahon there 10 no real reason why two churches,
bearing nearly the Same name and preaching exactly
thcAsamc doctrtucs, SHOULD thus vic wun each 0tner
IN s0mu bd against each other or their con-
version. They ought " be unitcd IN nsission work
IN no.hing disc.
NoRTHsKS INTRUSION SOUTHERN CHURCH WORK.
lis source ., some d,sque,ude amt much solicit
tuue TO me church south ina. the Northern Church
should leave tho unrench.d masses OF the North In
tho South add plant churches and scnOuis 70 draw
away people from tncr natural guardians IN IN u
ton. Tho latter cannot soc why the CSC you un-
Chicago should DO vi lcss value 10 the Methodist
Episcopal Church snan an equal number OF freedmen
or 'poor whites Of tho south. Ana yet every year
sue missionary Society OF the MslnodiI Episcopal
Church appropriatcs q couple OF bundrcd Thousand
c,cty Church Extension Society, Educa.,on, tract
aud sunday scnool societies OF the Church Nor
Ana soc,cv alone gave sss YEAR $40 aS md
the past ten years gave $685. 44v. The lands ind
buildings owned BY tho Northern Churc IN tho south
worth not less than IS, 2OO. wv. Thcy embrace
~ schools vi various gradvs-some Of them iuiiy
up 10 the standard OF tho average American COL
iegc-tnciudins theological schools and meds-
cal college, distributed through IL Slatcs Ia these
schoos there were taught dar.Sg Tue year 1877
ALTO pupils, and NJ least co. oOO youth Of 10Th
awe graduated iron or been educated III thcm
Hundreds o teachers gone IRON schools
anu arc now disseminating their wicdse among tho
people. Ii this work Was done places where tho
soutncrn Church could reach the people would DO
highly comn,endabc; but bong located mainly In
The cites and towns, creates iosI0rs spirit OF
hostility in the southern Methodist Episcopal Church.
Clarke University, for instance Is Ia Atlanta, where
Tho General Conference viii assemble next WedneE-
day. seminary 10 located La Grange, Miss sky
miles south OF Atlanta; college az Tuilanoms, mod
are u,slribulea Bishop Haven, who Is visiting the
SOUTH, wrics that more whitc womea In Tennessee
Cnurcn has $50 0Oc members Ia tue south, than
9sf OF whom coiorcu, snd tciorc 1892 tho ccn,cp
airy o. wsseys death, they cxpec. 80 count l,OU00OO
church msinocrs down thsro. Fvur hunured coiorod
students arc parsu'ng theological st4pies aud
wien call for missionaries for Africa Was
recently male nfy minister's, whiIo aud cOiJrcd Of
hrod themselves. There was missionary money
enough TO send two. No doubt tho wealth OF tpc
Nurncrn Methodist Episcopi Cnurc gives u the 0p-
portuntty TO do In tue buL Tor tho blacks wncs
what mo Cburchc'tv tue manner born" cannot do;
Tor, ms the Unitcd States census shows, New YORK
STATE has moro wealth thaG tho cntre south. But
TINS missionary nud educational work SHOULD To
with As httic fficton mnd iittlc oncuce TO
the south as possible u tue ongrd and prayed Tor ira
tcrnily IL ever To Ucconc accomplished iact Tho
fguternH delegates from tho North will Oi
sent only the brighter aud purer side Of The Church
they represent, iney VIII received, hereto
lore, IN tho same friendly, Christian spiri.
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.