The bee., 1884-03-01

the corner or l1th and Il streets.
on Monday evening, was crowded
to its fullest extent. There was
not standing room In the church.
The occasion was Centennial
Official Reception rendered to the
official members of the church.
Fhe novelty of the occasion was
the presence Of persons from the
age of five to one hundred. There
were present aged persons who
were brought up in the church,
and have been strict members
from its foundation. At the ap-
pointed hour, Miss Estelle V.
Wood, an accomplished pianist,
played artistically, an organ solo.
After which Rev. w. III. Draper
was introduced as the master of
ceremonies, followed with an an
them by the choir, entitled, 'Great
is the Lord, and greatly to be
praised" Rev. w. III. Brooks, of
the 18th street Baptist Church, of
fered a prayer, in an eloquent and
impressive manner. The master
of ceremonies DIR. Draper, made
the following address:
"will the Pastor and official members of
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, allow
me TO say to their members, and the numer-
GUS friends of the said church, that highly
appreciate the manner in which they propose
to celebrate another years consumation of
efforts upon the part of the officers and people
for the glory of God and the Salvation OF men.
Also, that We the spiritual children of the
benefactors of Methodlsm, should rejoice to
know that ii is not only our distinguished
privilege, but our Indispensable duties, to pre-
pare our ears to hear. and our hearts to re-
ceve the wonderful and glorious reports that
shall come TO us from the contemplated cele-
bration of the origin, battles, privatious. uni.
versatility and triumphs. OF hundred years
of methodiSm, which has resulted in spread
ing scriptural holiness, and love for Christ
among all The known nations of the earth.-- -
At the conclusion of his address
the Rev. n. M. Carroll, pastor of
Asbury Church, was introduced
and made logical and beneficial
adddess. His subject was a" hum
dred years of Methodism,' %
Rev, Carroll, reviewed its doctrine
from its incipiency. He began by
reclting the 133rd Psalm, ''Behold
how good and how pleasant it is
for bretheren to dwell together in
unity" he said, it is like the prec-
ious liuiment upon the head, that
ran down upon the bread, even
Aarvn's bread, that went down to
the skirts of his garments. He paid
an excellent tribute to the patriots
The DIR. ascended to an eloquent
key and proclaim liberty through
out the land. The emancipation
Of the serfs, the striking of mana
cles from millions Of slaves, and
turning them from chattels into
citizens, was but an outline of the
progress of civilization. Liberty
has given the world an example of
free church In free state. The
rise of methodism, he said, was
organized in London, Oct. 1st
| 1879. Centuries before a set of
physicians hat been called metho-
dists. I find In the phrase, new
methodists, Mr.. Wesley, the found
er of the institution, was born
June 14th 1903, in the parish of
Epworth, London. He spoke of
the many important positions
Wesley held, and said that he
preached 42,400 sermons, over Is
per week, and published in addi-
ton to his own, prose productions,
constituting IA octave volumes in
the English language The first
NJ. K. Church in America was
dedicated Oct, Both 176S. There
is quite a difference in method
ism in 1884, to that In IVA; in
1884 there were 8, 14S members,
thEre are now over two millions;
| in 1774 there were SO travelling
preachers, there are now 13. 923;
then We had no ordained ministers;
now we have 20.633, and the
church extension society is build
ing ten churches per week; we
have now 26. 2S6 sabbath schools;
then we had none. He went on
to show what progress had been
made even in periodicals, and
enumerated many religious Journals.