, 1881-08-14

and 100 goo members seceded h,f su;odiSslon ~ w; m
ylela: II IS true that in 1871 mixed ' nr ran an
S'sl1, resentallye Conference. comprising eau,
urs"r was .lS!ets any aynen .l9 Of eac
matters, but - ta Legal Conference ), - ~
nl;iiStrrs, Established By Wesley h5m,.aif t'
mnnn Is alone Suffered to deal viii, Spiritual
fnr tha ts,,nr9 a,, "I'se continuation Is required
Ion1efehce. remains intact And thns :: the
keys n; are still IN tue hands of tie nlinstcrs re
Is; Mne lhohlas u Eecket, they will only permit
curh ~ and ~ cs,s sIels; fs,, d ! 70 admit into the
be allowed tl1at 1ils '.nou.lcSSinte nr..t,::.
tnry:.' which uiscIailus iii suct,>si.,,, ~,
ogltai ns totleh,'' manages IL write its nricst
;,sserts M G.t if lie ',, Conference distinctly
lsters aud pastors cnIunwere1 ,1l'- m1at
only 10 preach the Gospel, but to a.ml,is,,r ,u.
l1a, tne sacratnelts Of our holy religion
tie CriEff WITH all the responsibilities Of
eiimmpy ci,,py T., profession, but the assertion Of Of 4
risltt Which is jcnlonsIy maintained. Wi,en
ffa,.tlenscu to Admit lay delegates, the Con,
Itucs uro,sa 1,,iy n,' retsc t. entertain any
s;etier or IN part, the responsibility Of the
sentence III disciplinary c:ases from the ms"
torate TO tle:lay. officers. II adopt sucil h: \
vD,ise ,,r'; OF hroeet!ure would be to give I'D
ferete is ".ite, T.; tIie ]udent 9f the Con-
otce.'' The cStrrnnrst ::sarrrip,si;s, mr. p,iEa.
tntll'l not say lllueli more. And moi oulv is
y ,,a a,ai,!at,teu tint cur Lord left the Keys
special binding and Ioosiily Of its n,rn,h.rsM ru
10 tue Lllrcii itself, It's represented by the
men whom the Spirit would raise m n. ra,.-
fssslis iss: ht - Ri, uioFty tn te minis
committees claim tho '.undoubteu Fiji: lef of
what Is called Friendly ex;,infnatj,n ;; hit
Mh1eil would ordinarily he TERMED inui,isitcs |
!L.i !ii lll'tstlsation into 1.-THE moral, Chris |
r e,: !, VI. @ '1Istef1al conduct Of the prcac-
cuSa;ton 4! Eas been preferred against tileu.
=. II @ilerc ne any force i'll the ta11,,t some
ltls!cs AIMED 1T recent conversions 10 I:nu,t.
,i1 nGt thcie ti ;'le plenty Of Scotch Ducllesscs,
nous good Of the triumpi,s Of Aic;hnIism'
l. ilas never attracted tho upper classes. aini
~ lees'nt,, , no paramount Influence over tic |
1,.'J 'oJt ~, In, prosperous mechanic tile we'll
lo-uo tfaaeS'nlll. the manufacturer. for nua
" 1Wo generations, are its chief su,,uortt4rs =
IL has eyer been what Mr. .irnufu wouid
cal It flllst!ne religion. 1t has not. i11Ieetl
as as we nave already ilt!,nated. coaiesced With
period Il leading Wesleyan was rypelicI fnr
Joining the Liberation Socic1y Of lis ,I1y hit
no s1cil sentence would ilaye I, cI,allet. of
passing now. LII the educational contest Of
ten years ago The Wesieyails were somewhat
divided, but they generally acqtiescru in liz
compromise pfoiIered BY NIr. Forster. which
was really Tar more favorable to Dissent than
~ tne tn''fch, 1or tile alternative vi Bible |
teaching Ill board sci,Uols without any :. Dr.
nolhi1lalionai formulas (which they Ito not
F,0ssess t' or ValGe-gave them all they wanted.
l lle ra1Soh detre OF AletlOdisMl, us tie re-
'ieMer Justly observes. docs not lie IL its
letlets, put III its, pecnlar organization and
t,lapta;lon to practical ends 1t has !; torr- :
tply marked alnt somewhat narrow tyne of :
nteoiosy. hut no Confession ri FAITH. DR.. | ,
rope insists that it is materially, if not for {
nal'l, bound by tile three Catholic Crrr;is
lnd tno Articles Of the Church Of England. !
''it he adds that this assertion "nlust be i,
aken oroauly," us the Connection has never /
:i.le itseli responsible for any Ut these for-
hHElr!es. lie more s1tn!narlfy defines Meth e
dist doctrine as what is generally termed | =
and as laying great stress on u"l-
ona. assurance, And his statement alto +
cthcr applies only to the A[etIlnt!lsts proper II
I'LL ilot to tile minor utisllo0tS fro1tt the :.
aren't steill. But within these limits it IS y
rue enough that 4 remarkable unity or dog q
llle mas been preserved among the minis ! 81
srs. AND that any Semblance Of i,eteruloxv | RI
novelty among them would be steadily re- I
!cSSed. IT Is said that Il mere slsplcl0n of II
Is leaning to the theory of evolution has nj
eparred the only one Of them who ever Il
rileyeu the least scientific distinction, from ri
le Fernley Itctnreship, 4 kind of Methodist ! y,
Eamptuf." Aud tie risi! constitution Of =,
e sect secures to it far more effective {u,1- i,
of oyer di'ersities of teaching thau can be- Il,
uid III the more lax and tolerant rule of
e Anglican Church. And hence anlolig Y
e , EnEi5l middle classes it is strong bull Il,
ARK u Protestant orthodoxy. as opposed to | 81
road Church tendencies on the one hand or +
ltotaliztng" on the other How long II | ut
l1lA:ontlnnu to hold it own against the uro- fn
essiye and investigating spirit OF the ace In
mains to be seen. tr