Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-26
THE METHODIST CENTENARY.
IN Important nucstion-Will thcrs be
tniun Of Churches ?--Notes aud
Gossip.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. IL.

TO In" Editor ct IA" Free Press and Times:
IN another day Che great Centennial
Conference al American ,lcthoHism Will
have reached its rHd The last service
will b. Il Centennial Love Feast In
watching the proceedings the mind Of
your correspondent has been occupied
largely with one thought, one query, viz:
Will the two leading bodies who have taken
part-th" NJ f.. Church and the NJ f.
Church ~outh-whch were divided just
forty years ago. ever be united again IN or
ganiC union, and if SO. how soon The fact
that thcsctW bodies were willing to sit side
by side was in itself bright augury Ten
years ago this could not have been. Bat
there may he fraternity without union in
form, or if fraternity must finally lead to
union, it may not do so FOR many years.
Upon this question your readers must
draw their own differences from the fol-
/ lowing interviews with leading delegates
from the Church South
Rev. DR.. Marshall of Mississippi, was
delegate to the London Ecumenical Con
ference, and was the chief actor there in
spectacular scene in which the Southern
Church stretched out its hand metaphori-
cally to the negro race in the person of DR..
j. c. Price, who, in speaking of the new
fr.od,r, ,,.hioh ,Lo ,,ot,r,,a,, ,7,,i,,.'.1 l,,t
ny .''0 iV'' c"JoScu' Ho'
reused the feelings of that assembly to
fever heat by an eloquent eulogy of the
INV MtIHUul9uS III tIlS southern states;
III NdISilt!l Is one Oh ihe most ilperll olu
men from his side of the line In answer
to several Undergraduates on the subject,
/ he Sald that he believed Il union in some
IoIiii No''ll occur ,HhaIi!, puI ln0uShu II
M2ul" c"ine ny SLOW ueSretS' me Hrst
tT'.G; ne JuuHGfIIt, Wouiu pe the ADOPTION
W a. Npnl iIi II iln'i, d measure Wnlch
ne ~ a." 'oH'cl ~ twenty 9Gdl'' lhel'
pusSlDi!, ne thouEnli tne plshops OF tle
M on I Moulu interchange II pre-
0r'.ilS oNc! ll!c "'iiiU"l conferences men,
Us Ilc neNt strp' lhere Woliq proDaply De
q llocrul llittrcil''nHeol preachers between
.,lt lMo SECTIONS, ana at laSt' very HEely,
the virtual union Oh the TWO bodies, with
separate ADMINISTRATIONS in two or more
Scnci"i c =, f, -,
o,I II, - d; ',;iiioMay Is e,iltor OIL tle New
Dihr,'9 D"i tN,tun -iugI,'t' re Is
Soum5 i'ItIl VI Sth!lc"ljihI! Instincts, wen
qutiIHe. ~ Spcah i0r the young America
" tnJ 'noHt lcIii ,Gnurcn, poth rom ms
SUPERIOR SIi,S anu ny reason OF ms olllcla
POSITION Ms remarks were pointed ana
truth rum ~ tne l?Itellcles' he salu,
point 10 II closer union, ana no dolot, De,
i"rea gre3I many years. the Churches Will
nc tilltuliiy one. ne younger ministers
oi tlc 0outh Gun llNe on memories sun,
llo ~! ilI'l "tiloH WGulu la9Ieil ihe union,
"'i}I sucI. "c t tll,slit tetari IT,
ne a'ie9t e,titpr IN the Ohllrch 0out H.
anu one oi the anlest IN the country, Is )r.
=. w., - Tiriit|Tert!d, OF the Nashville Idro-
+ ,''a,, ne Doc.or - !! Grea' cl'lSS ihettlhS
/. lIl''l "il,' d S!c"I pcIltfer III grown III
Gi 4Jci III ' ~, rom lhe luea
d i i ~ 9olilc ,hcl not'lst9' thtI you can
jmt' ~ PiiGe inro ptriettloh ne IS as2
r,; .+ i,hI,t ~ ~ ttt .oN'I pi lte
u!',n e.. of.Wee!i tilc 'Wp Oh'rch
e. ulu - hiiil9cii' III ltct, all illlStFittloh
Ga lm.S 'iottIlhH' as lhe writer knows 1rolii
tWeel inc interview mao
I. WIN NH a. lew uayS ago ana one ON ne
S",'r aupJtct SUM- St'trS previously; hl
p ,ihI, L MT"tfer, was iil4lca,ed less II
/ W !Hl II: SUI, man III nov ne saiu IT, ano
I ~ ,nc III, ir" ,f St!IuitS ol iHcillS ulS
= p ryi "'''ie inc "'"''er was 'hder coh@iu
- e' ttW-'LI =, .,il .I,. n ,..
Vel .S'lid the Doctor, as button
hoiGU Nun III thr lon"y OF thG HhurcA, tn
e Spin vi ui!!lH Is GIpH'H3' we must wal
Il ~ 'ic Nv nc "",c''iollS anu iolioW theh
NJ 81 tIt.i i Tl We tWo thurchco wa
:, iptHtt'H ~ 't'" Iid' tHt otliIttil liV'
- III - tH't"l'S!' ''iT 4clIoi OF tiic 'uil"f
y ehce III REGARD - BISHOP Andrew and nj
Z SAVES ;hrl"o!i''h c"'iId nave uoh1 NOT
M az ~, '"I'' ~, III tic plN' -" III tIl'
'"I"''' ,..' T'u0' !e"t "
h'N' ~ l'Cu"IEN; - the clilcicht ireSi
Ncht OF one 81 tht colleges OF the Churcl
l. S"ulH' "Mu man VINO stands an cNccllen
Ch3.ce "i n'lu@ H'FutN ere i"hG win IN
u ii!u'UlhE 'u"' H'i'N aIotliu Nnth new
! bishops are WihiHi' ne question oil or
" game ul'nh' 'aiI ne Is one "l Sich gray
:: llA lH'l IL Hhnuiu "r Itt alone. am op
posed 10 any aclIpN by ms CONFERENCE.
Will SLY however, iha' ~" srhlllHcll
among our people J. -thcl'Ily iaNorapi
= 10 II, M!tH perhaps no lAuir exception
= IMAM IN inc Methodist churrh. Nethu
Il distS, too, YOU may say, are nearer to4eth
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