The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-07

THE ENGLISH DELEGATE.

Philadelphia Record.
So great was the desire to see and hear Rev.
Robert Newton Young, the British delegate to
the conference, that hundreds who arrived late
yesterday at the Arch-street NJ. E. Church could
not get seats, and large numbers could not get
into the vestibule. Bishops Foster and Hurst
were present and took a part in the services of
the morning. Mr.. Young, who is one of the
most prominent Methodist preachers in England.
has a world wide fame as a pulpit orator. He
possesses a melodious voice and has a good pres
ence. His face is not striking, but very pleas
ant, especi ally when it is animated by his dis
course. He preached from the text: Art thou
He that should come. or shall we wait for anoth-
err and at times he held the congregation spell
bound by the force of his eloquence. 1t was the
matter of the sermon and the manner in which
it was presented, together with great personal
magnetism, that produced so marked an effect.
A HEATED DEBATE.
Philadelphia SPECIAL.
The Methodist General Conference lad a
lively time to day over a resolution fixing
Wednesday next as the day for the election OF
bishops. The mover, Chaplain McCabe, on throw
ing what proved to be a bomb into the religious
camp, exclaimed in an emphatic manner: 81 re
gret to see any indications that we are r~esorting
to those methods which have found favor in po-
have resorte6 To these methods INIT we cannot
helm feeling that there exists a formulation TO so
act 7 would like To have that temntatiop ont of
the wav NV the election of bishons and other
offcars s+ once in order that the confnrenca
NAV nrocaad With lis general hnsineas Mn.
nlanse ana cries of ,.smonlr from many dala-
gates.
dalegat;an osked that instead of nsinc tho Iyprds
:tconvassino' or ELECTROMAGNETIC" in connection
With the ~eIection of bisbons the 1elagatass should
rce +ba vror5 i.coryersat;onsn In }h;c win no
counseled a Thorough canvass of the nersona1
manifestations Of the candidates and wanted the
election deferred for a week.
The whole matter wonld have baar rafar,ad 70
tbe committee on enisconacv without further de-.
hate had moi DR. Hatfeld of thn Rock River
Corfaranca stirred Tho nooJ He said. t.Nax+
to the ranutation of nv wife and family tbere is
nothing in the world that so closely concerns me
az the formulation of the Metbodist Cbnrch 7
was horn in The church and 7 love if With an
;nnerishahle affection II is tberefore that 7
am dnen1v imnressad when consider
how seri6ns1v the r4nutation Of the church is
assaiIad NV what is done in the matter of tho
election Of hiabons T.Hear hearth Tbere WAC
n time in the history IF tbe General Conference
when delegates were wont to spend one or two
hours on their knees and then rise nm and cast
an Informal vote for bishons I'Amen amen ;
from bnndrads of delegates Those davs seam
In have haan sunersaded Nv a ner;od cbarac+ar.
;1ad b, oarcueing loo. rouipr and vrira.nuu;pc
iTr;as Of sOrdar 4 ~
l M bratbren tho avas of bundrade NJ thor
sands of Matbod;sts in tho iT,;tad S+atos oro
turned to tb;a bod and tbere is notbine +hat
will 40 interest ali Methodists ne this very sub