Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-29
METHODIsTs METHODIzING.

A Day OF Scholarly Essays and AbIe Dis
QUESTION Concluded en- a Deserved and
<ScIthinO Ceastesc of the ItCo minneapolis
Papers.
The Pastors Union and Theological Institute
of the Methodist Episcopal church was con-
ainued yesterday at the Tabernacle. The in
stitute was opened at half past eight by sing
ing and prayer. The first paper read-and
most able one-was that Of Rev. A. G.. Wilson,
of Glencoe, on Freedom of thought in the
religious world" He was followed by the Rev.
s. W. Lloyd (Minneapolis) on "Denomiua-
tional Loyalty consistent with Catholic
Christianity" Both of these subjects
were discussed at length by the brethren. At
the close of this discussion the President
asked the pastors to sing hymns 748 and 679
specimen hymns of two denominations
Then the Rev. s. G. Gale, of Northaeld,
read paper on Our probationary system"
which brought out long and animated dis
russion in which the Revs. Tice, DR.. Brooks,
McClary, Phelps, Hemenway and others partici-
patcd, the majority holding that the six
growth of the church. All conceded that
prohation was necessary, one speaker, DR..
Brooks maintained that probationary time in
some csses should not be five minutes while in
others in might be five years. In fact he con-
tended that the very moment that a penitent
is changed man, that he is regenerate, then
should probation end and the candidate be adj
mitted into full membership.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session Rev. Merritt Hull
hurd, of st. Paul, read paper on 1.-The His
toric Christ Divine DR.. Dandy, of Chicago,
next address ed the meeting upon the t'Useful-.
ness OF Professional Schools for the Training
of Ministers" and concluded with an appeai
for the Garrett biblical institute of Evanston,
Illinois, for which he wished to raise $4,000
He commended the Hamline institute to their
solicitade, but he thought they might, perhaps,
after caring for their own, do something for
the school he and DR.. Hemenway represented.
After his address came the paper of the day
THE Attitude of the Press toward ChAistianity',
by Rev. G. M. Heard, Minneapolis. The gentle
mans paper spoke Of the press next to the
on to quote an article from Blackwood's Maya
zine upon Journalists It went on to say that
Christians were special targets for the newspa-
pers. theatrical manager is often--though
he might be anything but good man-lauded
to the skys, while man is ocnsured if he takes
"A Christian minister to his home. He doubted
if man could fulfill his VOW of renouncing
the devil and all his works and patronize some
newspapers. Lack of culture was one canse
of the enthusiastically condition of the public
press. Another was the necessary hurry in
furnishing the demand for news.
Another source of evil was that n
newspaper is worth what can be made out of it.
In other words the proprietor held gain first
and Foremost, which he commended no profession
has a right to do. ssf
he criticised severely the vindietiye venom
with which one editor speaks of another and
character lied the family of journalists as any
thing but happy one. Money commanded the
columns of the press, and an edition often had
public and private opinion. The press has
no means of guarding itself against immoral
anH Of CNn1l h.>Il =,
trolling interest in news, aper, and he could
assume to dictate to the people their politics,
their morals and their religion
The press is double dealing. 1t advocates
one thing to-day and another tomorrnw,
according to whose OK is gored. In proof of
of his subordinate joe on Talmase's pulpit
e1positions of city vices, and stated the same
paper published all the Woodruff
nastiness and harangues The paper
after going for the p. p. aud Tribune,
concluded with five propositions:
First-The ministers ought not to have their
work burlesqued by head lines.
Second--The press has no right to misrepre-
sent and wilfully falsify proceedings at any
meeting.
Third The ministers have a right to expect
courtesy.
Fourth-Dissent should be expressed in re-
spectful language
.Fifth-The defense should be allowed as
much space or prominence as the attack.
DR.. Brooks followed by the assertion that
there was no questioning the power of the
press-it was like electricity, it was intangible
and yet great, and there was no class of men
more under obligation to the press than the
clergy. The doctor said. in speaking of mis-
takes, that if the pulpit made as many
rs the press they would be
eensured by everyone. For instance, this
morning "wednesday the Pioneer Press
says, in speaking Of this institute, that GER
tain doctor prepared an essay, which another
tain minister lectured on a certain subject,