Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
NEGRO LOVE FOR AFRICA.
The Establishment of a Methodis
Episcopal Residence in that Country


I A.
The Establishment of a Methodist
Episcopal Residence in that Country
Advocated.
PHILADELPHIA. Mag 10.-TH the Meth
odist General Conference to-day, Rev, DIR.
/ Curry, from the Committee on Episeo-
pacy, reported recommending that India
be fixed as an Episcopal residence. Rev.
DR.. Marshall Taylor (cOlored), a delegate
! from the Lexington Conference, moved TO
amend by striking out the word ''India.v
and inserting africa" He had in his
mlno for tie positloa a gentleman OF
standard proportion, splendis phvsique
and excellent Digestion. He did not al
lude 10 any member Of the Washington
Conference, but u delegate from the Balti-
more Conference, He referred TO his
friend, Rev. Dr.Lanahal1, of Baltimore.
Great laughter. He had three reasons,
for the amendment proposed. The first
was pOetical one. ''YouF fathers" said
DIR. Taylc-5 ''cOZpeiled ours to live in
America, and wart to COM
pei one white man 20 live in
my cOuntry-Africa.- Renewed laughter
His second reason vas a commercial one.
and his thirt an ecclesiastical one. Rev.
DIR. LanahaT here eaid that shere was no.
room for mi-th OF tfifing. Iauohter.
Of the church is in 5fmOst state of dis
integrati0n because tAey have no Bishop.
He moved thgs consideration Of the mat
ter be postponed and made the order of
the day for Monday.
Rev. A. b. Leonard ID. D., Of the CIn--
ciRnati Conference, confessed that his
heart had beer touched by the appeal.
made by DR.. Taylor. The conference
probably will not adopt DR., Teylor's
amendment now, but the time is not far
distant when such motion will prevail.
The cOlOred man is prescribed as 40 other
man has ever Deeu. The Methodist Epis--
cOpal Church can do for Africa what no
other church can do. II a Bishop were
appointed for that COuntryshOusands from
this country would flock there. GCries of
amenl.
BHE CONFERENCES AT BALTIAIO Re-.
BALTIMORE, May 1O.-As great deal of
work is being done by the african Metho-
dist Episcopal Gener,H Con ference. To-day
Bishop John NJ. Brown pre- 5ided. An eff
fort was made to have the matter of send
ing aecOmmittee to PiiiadelDhia to iRves-
tigate the affairs of the p lblication de-
partment reconsiGereG, but failed. Rev.
DIR. }. NJ. Townsend, C0rresp ending Secre-
tary CT the Missionary Society, made his
report, showing a decided increase in the
mission work of the church.
Five years ago there were not twenty
five churches in the conference that gave
annual contributions for the missionary
fund. Now there is scarcely a church
that does not contribute something. The
total receipts were $34, 500 and the total
disbursements $36, 1l2, leaving the depart
ment in debt. An iron church. bought in
London and shipped to Eayti, cost $4,OS1.
The church was ordered built Of iron as a
matter Of economy.
Rev. p. A. Hubbard, Of Kansas, in
nj ho 1ic-ncrarzN -Ia a.,
Bishops Of the church in their decisions,
said that disrespect was too common to
them all through the church, and, if he
had his way, he would take it
by the throat and choke. it to death.
The resolutions adopted by the last Meth
Odist Episcopal EcumenIcal Council in
London were read, and steps 5aken about
the next Ecumenical Council to be held
in 1887.
President B. F. Lee, of Wilberforee
University at Xenia, Ohio, read his quad
rennial report. He said that it should
not be an exclusively cOlOred institution,
but an institution managed By cnlored
men.
Bishop Dickerson announced that four
churches in Charleston, S. c., had re-
belled and withdrawn from the confer
ence. 1t is understood that the churches
withdrawn withdrew under the leadership
of Rev. w. (. Johnson, who was sus-
pehueu at the laSJ conference OF the South
Carolina Church. A Bishop and three
delegates from this conference will 90 Co
Charleston to bring the churches back in
to the conference. There was much con-
fusion to-day. The Blair national educa-
tlOnal bill was under consideration Tor a
considerable time. A committee will
probably be sent to Washington to exert
influence that the bill be amended to pro-
tect more strongly the interests. of the
cOlOred man.