, 1881-09-11

Bat my he:l-t would ask no further,
For. uI,,n that other Side.
H'l sure, beyond Ill doubling,
Ihat - sh,l! bc satisfied
Julia II. TEAyE1..
PAN AIETHODISM.
THE EcC,iENfcA. t*tNFEIsi:SGt: Now IN
>i.~~1VN IN 1DNItN.
Nf1y 1,rk H.rttist, Seut- e.
4 few years ago seed though. WAS thrown
OIL by the late Bishop James to Western
Methodist cditor for Ill ccu1ncnietl gathering OF
:ie;kodists. 10 he held somewhere in the United
States or Great britain. The denominations
press took it up and scattered the seed. Other
dcuptninauonal and independent papers Insisted
in DISCRIMINATION, ana the secular pres
throu5Su1 the En-lsa-spcaking world iudorsed
the movement. The results may he seen in the
conference OF representative Me1hpdis1s from
the four quarters Of the globe and from the
Islands Of the sc:l which assembled in the old
City ltuad Chapel. London, "Wednesday. Ex1cn-
Eive correspondence had previously shown that
the desire for such gathering was very eN-
lc.$ise, So that the scOtc more governing
Dndies in the several Methodist families 1ef1
u. corresponding Il Year. ago and appointed
committees To act conlOin1ly for the further
snct. ot tho common end. There WAS II slight
ateh between the British nnd American Metho-
5iStS us tx the numc OT tho eoltvrunon. The
fur,.ltr wished it to bc regarded lis Il ICON
fS 'ae '".'e 49, .'.e.r'. ~ ''''.
sufficiently ecclesiastical i'll TIC Old World, uad
cu,,:.rt.ss" S1andS in even IL lower position
here. I;rt the british Nctho.lists. who havu
lnOre less conference among themselves.
after while yielded their american f'rett1-
rcn. so that they will hold an Ecumcnicat - Con-
I .crrrcc." The second conference will be held
pn ibis side OF she Atlantic. Universal Mctho-
d'sn'' Tor convenience, OF repEesen1aton' mas
been divided into 1wo sections-Eastern and
N,&s;,r,. Tho former fnt)n,}e3 the EuroDean
,a t,,,.. # .1,,h,,st ,,o1;,. ,,5 ,,o ,or.or tto
sla r,''ta ,..,+ s.,,nr;c.,,
d.stn has also hceu subsliviaed into Episcopal
anf, n,,,-E,iscona, sec,ions fo- erea1er conyen-
A@ Ao'. .l. .'...:e.> ,r" f,.,~>,,, 49,,
iencc ut representation. !he Europeans. nav
!rc only one form Of Caurch poilty-uon-Epls-
conal--esc:,pc this subdivision.
Tb, .,,ufI.rou..t. t,,,s,sts of .p ,,c,crorns ai-
49, ~ ,.-.' 49,, - ,sN, s .
',oca eflual's pe1"cen luz ~ ..iu n.y. a.o
a'so equity bct"ct'fl tue lc1 tne ta-t
trt a!ld Western Hcnil@phtrs:s. 1he TWO teialfia
sleshod:ct b'dIts VI inns country, Nortn una
eou,h. are tas1tled 10 1lo ue!csites. Inc 1nrce
coi.'reu Methodist bMiies ot america scllu twels-
eight Delegates: the Protestant Wesleyan. Free
hld Independent Mete"silstS -e1'd Jointly lour-
teen dc1;."cs, ana the otlcf s,nai sec1s "l
Anlsrlca Nethvalss; of wcn tnere ase eixhe
Ea's. Including the twenty two Wh'ca Lan:u1a
;lethodi:n haxc sent ncrs,ss the oceau. The
in active preparation fur the great gathering.
An Eciirnenlc:1l Business Committee. consisting
g: four deic::atcs iron each sul'-sccuon VI tue
Western or American section spcn! some time
last iail revising and 1:A1.l11 Il ualiS ofutr ol
exercises including topics of discussion, on which
me IKE cntses t, the nssGfh @ ,tt. sec1aon
ccu:iyc Committee. OF which l:!shop simpson
was Chairman. held Il Session III New 1!rS the
latter part oi January 1sSt. and arranged its part
nf the program. An outline program, prepared
BY tho British or Eastern section. MAS ,falls-
.littc.l Ly the Secretary Of that s'oiy, the
l;e: Dr. Bond, of London, to the Secretary ot
the Anscrica,l srction. itr. H. E.. tiCnrgc. This
Executive Committee represented tho Method
lst Episcopal Churches North anu South tho
African Methodist I,u~co,,@l church. he sic1 hol-
is, prote~,nnts. the Cnn,re::,su uonal and 1utc-
pendent Netho.lists, the Methodist Episcopal
u the Dominion rs well us the Methodist Church
Of Nova Scotia an'l tht Maritime PROVINCES: tho
rniored elc,ru1ist Epi:cnpni Church. and tho
Primitive Mc1hodstS of the Cni1cd Stntes- This
eun,miltce was authorized tu supply vacancies
in the representation from the hest 1latcriAl 1"
he found at the tc IN LonieE. Inc shj"ii..t
branches uniting i'll the movement aud tie 1l'inl-
Der Of dclc.atc$ ussE1,cd to each. In The tinted
states the MctEt'd'st Ep'scoi'l Church. ~ dels-
rA,c:: :r,hcdist Episcopat t:hurrh south. ~:
African Netnotis. Eriscol'alt hrcl1- X; -afrlc.i
Methodist Epiik;oml Zion CHURCH ~; coiofeu
Methodist EPis':'Ial church q; E'ahS1!lc'il.
h'ciation. u; Enion american Mc!:avuist Er!s-
sDpAl Church. =: l'ilt'u American lIotcstnt!t
.hurct. =: Methodist f'rn:csttnt tnnseh' u;
ancriEiltl wesleyan tuuFcnf: FIcc heluuu'st
Church, =: lndtpcndcnt Meth"tls1 tnufcn;
1"t':Ft't:af'on:1l NethNl1st t9Htch- ~
United brethren AND one Or two smaler sccts
viii diENle the rcina'nin, SIX delegates :11hon5
themselves >,.,;.
u. the Do'n'ni"n ol ennant tne Me,hHu;el 1, n
thurct III tauad;!. l. dc'cs1tes: Mt1aonlst nlus
sop:il SaurSh IN tanda, Iflisllts. =, :;,N'
thuFcn III Gh1s;tla ann tntca Siatc9. !''..c
Christian ehutrt! III t.anatta. =; Iritlsh ae'n-
o!ist Episcc1M! Church i'll Sa!l:s'l;t,
III !!ri,lsa Al'a tnl,,ncnt;i AGthoalst cn4rcnes
elc u tstt AH lCtAtn4lslS, g sl'l..Sitt~. ltni!
i've Mctbodists. IL; Free Church Ms1heiist:. -;
Ncw GQhaectson -1ttnouls,S, -: islole tnr!s- !
3lns. Nv N:s.esnn We v.eto,i ''o.i. ~ t.sa
Hs:slexaus' 6: ~. ,,,.,,;,,,,, .;,,
Inc Nf1lsu a!lu eolil'Gs!!ta .nctaVs'sts ,;. ~,
aasc Tue IfSt t1ulec tor nsutH'uH; satct "nien