South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-19
Letter from Baltimore.

Mn ifHRpgg:-TEe great family
gathering of American Methodisin in
the Mon Hmcn,tl Ciy j. a ssiu1v \
and from being stud Ell. II bctDsnes =
wonder. The, have cosne from eve
~ part of The land: from the sLskcs
to thcsGut, from Florida To ihe.t;0l-
den Gate, FROM Maine To ssiexico.-
Nearly all the races that have repre-.
sentatives upon our soil have repre-
cent -tiyes here An,apgst the; tirst
Methods. p'eaclers there 1efe two
..colorsd M.en who have come-duwu-fn'
history Black. Harry the body
servant of AsbGry, and JacksS3l.Ffio
performed the same office ~ REV.
Stttb Meade. 1t j. said tha, ut times
when Asbury was disabled that liar-
~ cuhid preach, and did, to white s@d
tlack alike, Wit. worda ct burning el.
oquence. Jackson WAS liberated that
he might give himself wholly to the
ministry. The descendants OF these
came back To take took ut the old
home
In the We r 1881, Mr. Asburys md
60 preachers met in i plain hnilling
Ia L"yel, ,Llne' TO. organizes tho
Chnrc..--f" pn' u. more .al!d frfin'i
the nieinsessinph 5000. Biz bop
Coke was viii, t!i..,t. NJ. We-ier
IA I'll sent turnover I" gnb"r up ,hese
sheep M the wllirtne--
Cne hundred ei.ts Ntth ;aer,chan.
ge-. haze r,llci -, i.ri,g nr Tunti.
tndes TO God and uany at ta.m to
glory. bat of those who St!l remain
there are alb u, 1900 travelling
rreacherS and toHr million memLers
-repre-pn,lng L.rse cinrci. property
Tue t'rt year ot rAn r.can aeii,ud +
ism witnessed the 7,st .bi al ent OF
Cokesbury Tollege since then-the
church has tried e. do her duty ia
thi, direction ani 'tS-d & s,and,im the
from rank UF educators Changes
have markei the hi-'olyiof Me,he,c.
ism, bnl nnt IN dm:trine There. cor
tainly have been changes in church
architecture. tLovely Lane was lovely
n IT. 81: plicity. 1t ia said tla' the
commute" oil arr;in cement thought
II we'll 10 have backs pat to ONE of
the benches for the comfort of the oil
der brethren" The successors of
these brethren" come hack TO find
l0) laces OF worship in the ity, with
Mt. Vernon Place, SAID To have cost
$500, O09--in the wealtiiiest part Of
the iown, showing that neither wealth
nor POVERTY /. Test OF the .ysten-
that !; Is mo respcctor OF persons" -
that wb, II Is cosmopolitan it IA also
metropolitan While it li;,. hinged,
with eager haste into the wilderness
and toe waste to rescue the per-
lshiag. 1t h.a not Withdrawn it, lormo,
toTcel from the ''city full"
Singing has been prominent iea-
iure N Methodi,m. They sang THEN.
they s.ng Sow. Whi'e tie music has
taken on more Of the artistic. it las
not loaf it power. we thought the
other night as The lIulieluiah An
theIns roller ~ from the deaptoned
orSan-oue Of the bes; in the city
accompanied by choir OF fifty vol
ces and the great congregation-- shat
must Heavier. be
nv SoHiei cHCc Is Co'hporeu pi IL
bont 43) delegates. One is impress
ed with the Intelligence OF the body.
There are among them some 81 the
ripest scholars q. the age. The spirit
OF love and harmony pervades thc'as-
semblv. There have been .di visions
forty years ago long line was
drnwn. and CT either side they turned
their backs uron each other aud Vent
Ia their homes Then came the long
a.-d bloody war, In, nen Who fought
each other. and men who comma ded
arinies on their respective sldes come
together now with greetings stani
face ,o 'acc. and keep the unity off
the spirit in the bond ot peace"
/ his is u glad oc' aston. bnt shades
OF gfavirv pass over he facc- OF MA
nv as they stand under The arch that
divides two centuries, and catch
glimp-es %, the resIousilillt e. of ihe
Church in the hundred wears To come.
daring which the prpGisiion OF this
land may rise To- elstt hupd ed mix !
ions
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