The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-18
COUNCILS.
TIE CHURCH SOUTH AND NoIlrIr.

n..I.
) op"''" u fto"'n'n' isf'oh' u" '"osou.'
srn hrnn'h About tho he.union-Ali
Hope for It, Hut Think tho Time
forItlIa, Not Ye, Arrived.
Special Correspondence Of he In.slligeneer,
BALTIMORE, MD., Dec. lG.-In anothC
day tho yreat Centennial Confercuce ,
Amor;con Mo,ho,,;sr, ,ri,, h,ro roaoho
e," -, 'ie''ou'Sn' ""' i', ie"e,'c
ils ehd. Inc lust service Will be Ger
tennial Love Feast, which, it may be sait
" predicted. will wind I'm in what NIc,he
,io,. would ,,u Ia ,I,,a ~ ,,o.,,n M,
,, u,a'' "ou'u .".' o'a1, VI s'o'E u
oiu men WIN weep anu shout over inc trl
umphs OF the past, while the younger del
esates. will be thrilled withlofty homes 70
,ho f,trro ,rJ 40 horl. o,,sr r.. a. ,,,
Nv, Nv '.."1o' ""u 90 N"'lu' ..c'p ~, '''o 'ua y,
limo IN sad anu tender parting, there vii
be hallelujah tunea all around. In watch
| inu the proccedinps tho mind Of vonr cor
respondent has been occupied lnryely will
one thought, one query, viz:t Will til,
Two leading bodies who hive taken part
snr,iE,rh;rh mo.a Ai i;,;'Io% III ~ f. f., C"afe'
years ago. over be united npnin In o,von;;
union, and il so, how soon? The iact thai
snese Two boaies were willing TO sit side by
years @ nro this cnr,S not s hava aS bao1 ts, n,,
they were ready in this Centennial year ia
hold counsel together, and in the most
friendly spirit they have done so, tho re.
suits being that they know each other
better, are less jealous OF each other, have
each a better appreciation OF the work
which the other is doing, rs well us OF the
motives which have controlled their di.
vergent History in the years OF SepaIniion,
and that, consequently, there Is a truer
and deeper fraternity existing between
them, both as indiyidualsandas churches.
But there may. be fraternity wi,hou,
union in form, or il fraternity must final.
ly lead to union, it may not do so for
many years. Upon this question your
readers must draw their own infercnces
from the following interviews with lead.
ing delegates from the Church South:--
THE cItupcu soIrr,t
po, n ,,,u,,,u ~ ,I:a.:
e'. ~ n'"is'"'i' Vi M'ssiss'ppi, was q
delegatc 10 the London Ecumenicnl Con-
ference, and was the chief actor there in
n snectacular sccnc in which tho co,,,,nu,
rLr-o,, .,-.,.,,sI 49,. .,'", e No"''o't II
o'i"iei' s.'e'c''eu ouI us ilahu metaphor.
lcally to the negro race in the person OF
Dr.J. G. Price, who, in speaking Of the
new freedom which tho ncrroo, on;o,od
had reused the ieelinrs of i%"t osao,,, w~5oSeu,
TO fever beat nv nm nieSrort n,to ao.'iIis ~ ~
Methodists in ibe S"",hern % oStos Gu. !, Vi tae m
Marshall is ono n iho m"st 'Iss. I.'as,, ~; ~;
men from his side ~ ,ho I;na % o.,al Iu n.,i, olu
to several inierroya tor;ss @ % oM t, an s1; mIsmer
Ee said tha. seS ha IsaioneS om ;ne subject,
form would occur finally, hut tho1pbt II
would come by slow degrees. The GFst
of oins; ! E;o'ea me Juasea, would DC the adoption
he had Advocated for twcntv ] renrs Th,s,' Thnn
possibly, he thought, The bisliops Of the
Two Churches would interchange in pre-
aius aa.i, ' ose. tl,e anl ual conferences. Then,
10 ti'G G,I neaI step, thefe would probably
,,rsa s .'tI'". ,i ih'erc!iahee OF preachers be-
ei ;tei,. ti,o tha .%v seelious, ana at last very
viii. .onarata .no od,,,;a, =, Inc Two 1odles'
m"ro @ "anarai or"io aos.ra''ohs IN TWO or
nr 4 p Goi,n1re,, Ie,eiees ~ 1;.
Orlaan. Eir;.,;a,n u"a5 a:,n ~ eui'Vr Of inc New
r,n oi nnntawnni @ % utTee, ;,,s,;,, ne IS young
fad ~ swat for H. !: ,,a' ams.n',s, wen gnah'
Sonthorr Thrr.,, III yI"'s n'neticn Vi inc
r,;its aNj hm hu.",, rna.n oot' :loln nis superior
H;s ram,rts roro no;ntaS t,S o,,Iial pTSition;
,bo tenIan";o. S W. Ha teu nn;I STU itahA' u
"i me- Iu"ueIcres u1 me salu, point TO closer
vnnrs ' tho Inu rhvaS w. aJun, 9TlGle great many
rLn vu onu,Iies VIII ~ Virsuaily one:
live ~ os, msmor;a. s''e,9 s., % ."e SCUM can
T ,,",,IJ n" ,,astan .a thn ?t'' no loflhai act!on
mEut ',;i,t r".:. .is u'lioh' "ho such action
LII Nv 'e'aiu IT,
UNION OF THE TWO CHURCHES.
The ablest editor in the Church South.
and ono of tho ab1ost +, tho count,,, :,
nr n p E;,z.o,.t1 - H.. W.:t'' '' % "
AZ W. tiHhei'iu' Vi tl'e NashVlle I'D
rocate. The doctor is great class-mceting
man and great believer in growth in
nraco in cont ist;rctior from tt,,, H..
held by some Methodists tb"t % ,rv Uo,, iue' oe a
iunn nj once ;nto narfect;np Ia ~ :. eiaa In.
a profound heliever in the urow,L 20 70, IiSo t1'o
union scnti,nent bctwann tbs Um ,'ro ~ ai,n VI .lto
and is himself in fact nm ill;'.oi ill~S,ra,;nn ~
this doctrine as Tho % wr;ter q" astioI Inn,rs ION o,
comparison between thc S in,orSiou. .roiu y !
with him n few davs aco and one m om .'ha ,ha
same subject some veaTs nroro,s,,, @ Os vi IN, ill.,
procress howevrr was @ ;pdontaI sn1'i ,o,, hi,s ;n
what he said than in how ba s,;, = aa.1 al
in the Increased cenial;tv ot ~ iaaIina f ~ Iiu ,is
PLAYED while the matter was rs under s con. ala.
sideration, - s
nweii, SAID the Doctor, as button
snrt ,G o ' n;iv ~ 'ie uo @rona W thc
for the divine Indications and follow them. %'
The separation Of the two churches was
alylnely ordered. Had the Southern meni in
to Rshon .o at',u ~, .e
Methodism could have done nothinr .iI, in
the South. As in the past so in the future,
God must lead ns."
dent Of one Of the colleges Of the Church
South, and a man who stands an excellent
chance OF being struck ere long with the