Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-28
Bishop Fosters Return.
BANQUET AND WELCOME BY THE METHo
DIST PREACHERS AND THE METHODIST
SOCIAL UNION.


DIST PREACHERS AND THE METHODIST
SOCIAL UNION.
. Iae Boston Journal of Tuesday last ha
, The to,lowing;
4 The Rt Rev. Bishop Randolph S. Foste
/ Of the Methodist church, having arrived il
Boston Yesterday after his official tou
} alound The world, was welcomed with s
Ii urg greeting last evening by the mem
hers Of lhp Methodist Preachers Meeting
and tie Methodist Social Union with +
brnquel and addresses at Sleeper Memora
lirl, I he exercises took place in the
, University chapel, where Two tables or
/ ,'e platform and eight on the floor, were
~ Ia nrcOnimodato the 300 ladies and gen.
e. l'tmrn hopauiciplied. EX Mayor Thos
Green Of Chelsea presided; on his right
-np lbr guest of he evening, Bishop Eos.
ter. aud on his left The Hon. Jacob Sleeper
A. ie .anr table were the Rev. DR.. w.
j Warren President Of Boston Univer-
>ry and the Rev u A. Cooper. Previous
10 ihe banquet the Rev. S. l. Graccy led
in nn app, opriale hymn and the Rev. DR..
Upham OF the New jersey Theological
>,-m'GarV snni grace. Al the conclusion
.ui the ,rya9 after another hymn was led
hy nr. Grace y, prayer wiS offered by DR..
Warren, niiu The president of the evening
.ayc "a propliate welcome w1lds. A
hYn4n was sung with piano accompani-
mrnl bV Mrs. Osborne The Rev. u. A.
Cuou,r was next introduced rs pl esident
Of the Preachers Meeting, and expressed
the welcome which the nine thousand
/ Methodist members of Boston and vicinity
were eager 10 extend 10 him after his If
teen monlhs Of travel by land and sea, in
The interest oi the Methodist church. He
/ pointed to tie great advance which had
/ O2ou gained during the seven years of his
residence in Boston in the relieving of
chufchts IRON debt, n half million dollars
| ltnvihg been contributed. The great ad.
vance made in The interests of the higher
! education WAS also adverted 10, and the
speaker IN closing refcrrCd TO The zeal
bich had been shown by the bishop in
preachh@ in every church in the vicinity
OF Boston
Bishop Foster, On rising, was greeted
with repeated rounds Ct applause, and
said th9L he had no words in which 10 eA-
press his appreciation Of the welcome
given him he Melhodism of New I'm
gland had won his special regard since he
came in contact with it. Boston will be
his homo rs long as God shall be pleased
to permit, and lie was glad to retuln 10
il. During he months of absence he had
naaG q wide rGu,L Of WorA and travel.
He did moi feel that be was really getting
fAr away from home until he touched the
eastern fringe OF Austria. Beyond that
he iet that he was in a new world. The
bread IA Of his trip in al was $1,000 miles
In Bulgaria he found The lowest stages of
Ignorance which could be embraced under
the Christian name. No one can form IN
adequate idea OF q people Oh q land with
Out u personal visit. As soon as he found
that nc was detailed special y to India he
leau everything he could find on the sub
icct, and yet he found that he was entirely
deceived by the idealized sketches of trav.
elers. On reaching India the traveller is
impressed with the greatness of the land
in its geographical proportions. This
land is N the possession of England, the
greatest power that has ever existed upon
the globe. The flag that is everywhere
recognized is that Of England, and this
flag ls supreme over the vast land Of IN
da, In cultivation, in wealth of soil, in
beatty aud variety Of flowers, there is no
land to surnass that OF India. Thai land
has i've times more population than the
United States, q large PROPORTION having
= ,onpla,son Of 40 to every SQUARE mile.
Tie foreirners who dwell In the land are
scarcely three hundred thousand. Ore of
tle ,jrsl things he found in India was
thn lbe pcoplo are almost wholly black.
lie was also surprised to ind thew were
a comparat,ycly nude people in their hab-
Il Of dress. VIE have been led to think
that the Nindoes are learned people.
Lrl 1frer we pass down from 4 small class