The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-12-18
METHODIST CENTENNIAL.

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Assembling of the Methodist Centennial
Conference at Baltimore, Md.-The Open
ing Meeting-WOrCisso welcome by I8ish.
op Andrews and Response by DR.. NcFerrin
of Nashville. Tenn.
BALTIMORE, Nd, December 10:
Many delegates to the Methodist Cen
| tennial Conference arrived in this city
yesterday by the various railroad and
steamboat lines. Among the prominent
clergymen who figure in this Conference
may be noted: Rev. Anthony Atwood, of
Philadelphia; Rev. j. NJ Buckley, of
New York, editor of the Christian Id.
vocdte; Rev. G. r. Cooks, of Drew The
illogical Seminary, Madison, n. J.; Rev.
| Daniel Curry, of New York, editor of the
| Methodist Quarterly I2eUtel0; Rev. Samuel
X. Cox, of Washington; Rev. ID. Dor
chester, Natick, Mass; Bishop J. G.
Keener, of New Orleans; Bishop Isaac
Lane, of Jackson, Tenn; Rev. James A.
McCauley, President of Dickinson Col
lege; Bishop S. NJ. Merrill, Chicago;
| Bishop Mcintyre, Nashville, Tenn; and
many other Bishops, college professors
and theologians.
| The lay delegates are somewhat more
tardy than their clerical associates, but
tle most of them have arrived also. Gov
ernor Robert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania
was among the arrivals yesterday Hon.
A. Holt, of Texas, and Judge E. L.
Fancher, of New York, are also in the
city.
The houses of the leading Methodists
of Baltimore have been thrown open for
the entertainment of the delegates, and
nf them hniner fakaO rs 0f hu
| citizens belonging to other cOmmunions.
The ministers are quartered in every sec
tion of the city, and but very few are
stopping at the hotels. Last evening the
reception of the Conference took place in
the First NJ. E. Church, corner Charles
and Fayette. The church was comfortably
flled, but not to overtioW1ng, as admiS-
sion was by ticket instead of being gem
eral. Mr.. German f. Hunt presided.
In opening the meeting, Mr.. Hunt said
is was unfortunate that there was no
public hail, which could be secured that
is adequate to the requirements of as
sembling of such a body. Mount Vernon
Church had been secured. Mr.. Hunt
concluded by saying: s'May we not hope
that this centennial conference may prove
a blessing not only to Methodism but to
mankind? May it be the advent of glori-
Gus day when, united in faith and love, the
world may join to crown Christ Lord Of
Au''
Rev. James Gardner, of Canada, was
then introduced, who announced and
read the hymn:
'fSee how great flame aspires,
kindIed by a spark of grace"
The large congregation joined with the
choir in singing the hymn to an old famil-
lar tune with fervor.
When the hymn was concluded Mr..
Gardner offered prayer.
Bishop e. @. Andrews, Of Washington,
was then introduced. It devolved upon
him to make the address of welcome to
the delegates to the Conference. He
said:
Honored brethren, delegates to the Cen
tennial Conference: In the year 1878 the Gen
eraI Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South first started the agitation of
holding Centennial Episcopal meeting in
Baltimore in 1884. In the year 1881 the Amer
ican delegates to the Methodist Ecumenical
Council at London united in faVorlng the
welcome you to this state, within whose
bounds the first Methodist ser
odist Church built and the first
Conference.-The Christmas Conference of
17S4-heId. For your own sakes, as workers
in Gods vineyard; for the fathers sake
Whatcoat, Asbury and Others who laid the
foundations of that largest and greatest of
Episcopal churches in America, we greet
you; we hope the work will be rich with
"reminiscences of the past. May the Great
Head of the Church preside over our as
semhIage. 1 cannot welcome the delegates to
THE CHURCH IN LOVELY LANE.
This church, however, is its IfneaI success
sor The little handful of Methodfsts of one
creased to ? 700 AsbT1-v found more Meth
odists in Baltimore in proportion to it's size
than in any other city in America The same
Speaking Of the growth of Methodism dur
ing the past one hundred years in this coun-
try, he said that the $1,000 members had be-
''Black Harry, the colored attendant of
Asbury," continued the Bishop, ''has come
n tn aIO in pofn dy,r-i
mary of the gospel. When consider how
many successors Black Harry has, we pray
that God may hasten the day when they may
be inspired with the Apostolic JUNCTION of
Asbury, to pierce the dark continent and
flood that land with gospel light.
We bid welcome, too, to those who repre-
sent the MethOdsm of the fatherland. None
we do not meet to discuss philosophy OF
experiences, training and personnel of the
early fathers of our Church, so that we may
EpiscOpacy pre- eminently scriptural
Bishop Andrews peroration was an
eloquent apostrophe to the spirits of
Bishops Simpson and Pierce, the former
the late senior Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the latter the late
senior Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South.
The reply to the welcome address was
made by Rev. Jno. B. McFerrin, of Nash
vile, Tenn. In the course of his remarks
DIR. McFerrin said:
eve have no gilded or jeweled miters; we
have no pageants, we will have no gorgeous
professions; we have only came to sing aud
pray, and shout, and get happy We do not
come up here TO legislate, we have sug-
gestions to make in regard to a new creed"
The celebration of the Sacrament of
the Lords Supper was then observed.
The sessions of the Conference will
commence at Mt. Vernon Church this
morning.