Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1886-06-05
Religious.

Rev. A. DObler Will preach at Indepen-
dence to mo rrow; in this city the following
Sunday.
Usual services at the Christian church to-
morrow morning and evening, Elder G. w.
Terrell officiating.
There will be preaching at Prairie church
to- morrow, by Rev. II. b. Barks. The usual
services the following Sunday.
There will be services at the Methodist
church to morrow morning and evening at
the usual hours, Rev. d. c. Browne Ottcia-
ting.
Daily services at the Catholic church, 81
o'clock, a. M; Sunday services 81 and 105
o'clock, a. M, and D O'Clock, p. M, Rev. j.
j. Lilly, officiating.
Sunday school every Sunday at 9:3O a. m.
prayer meeting every Wednesday night
and song service Thursday night at 1880. p.
M, at the German NJ. E. church in this city.
Rev. Phillips Brooks, recently elected as
sistant bishop of the Episcopal Diocese OF
Philadelphia, telegraphs from San Francisco
that a letter declining the office is now on the
way.
Rev. G. l.. Ley yburn.D. D., will preach at the
PRESBYTERIAN church tomorrow morning at
| 1880 O'Clock, a. M, and at Maple Glen
Schoolhouse in the afternoon at $3.50. No
service at the church at night.
Rev. W. T. Eastwood will preach at We'll
hngton on the 4th Sunday in each month.
Regular PRAYER meeting every Wednesday
night. Young mems prayer meeting on
| Tuesday night after the 4th Sunday in each
month.
Christ church, Sunday after Ascension
| Sunday school, 9, a. m. Morning Prayer
with sermon at 1880 4. m. Evening Prayer
with sermon, at O'Clock, p. m. Wednesday
evening service u o'clock, p. IN. Rev. John
Davis. Rector.
Services at the Baptist church tomorrow
morning at 1Oi O'Clock, and evening at s
o'clock. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. VIM.
A. Crouch. Sunday school at a. M,
NJ. F. Royle, superintendent. Prayer
meeting e"ery Wednesday evening at 8
| o'clock.
| Mr.. j. T. johnson, of Hugo, Colorado,wh
has been on a visit to his mother, Mrs. Jno.
S. White, of Washington township, and was
on his return home, paid The Intelligencer
pleasant visit last Tuesday. Mr.. johnson is
a son of John N. johnson, who will be re-
membered by all of our older citizens.
st. Louis Post Dispatch, May 3l:-"After
| the Evangelical Alliance this morning little
| was done at the ministerial headquarters
About the livelest time was enjoyed by the
| Christian pastors when Rev. Calvin S. Black
| well repeated his recent excoriation of the
ballet in the American Opera Company, TAX
ing the position that the ballet is an indefen-
| sible intrusion upon musical performances
that the American public wants to see kept
clean. Whatever support comes to it is born
of a degraded taste. These opinions were
delivered in the most emphatic manner, and
at their close all the ministers assembled In
dorsed his views, This vigorous onslaught
was all the more interesting in view of the
fact that Mr.. Blackwell finally resigned his
pastorate at Central Christian church yester-
day morning. AMI will leave for Chicago as
soon as possible to take charge of the Cen
trail church, Twenty-tifth street and Indiana
avenue. His address to-day shows he is de-
termined to go with his flag flying"
Judge John f. Ryland, who was Il lay del
egate from the Southwest Missouri Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, at Richmond Va, kindly favors us
with this interesting sketch thereof:-''See-
ing in your effort to please and instruct the
many readers of your excellent Intelligencer.
that YOU have taken considerable interest in
the selection of new bishops made by our
church uhe Methodist Episcop al Church
South) at its late General Conference,
thought possibly some of your readers might
be interested in other actions and proceedings
of said conference, and having been permit
ted to take an humble part in the labOrs O
this conference, can speak, as an eye wit
ness, of what l saw and heard. Many of youi
readers know that The Methodist Church in
) America was rent asunder about the year
lS44. and the two great branches of Method
ism in the north and in the south began their
parallel existence, the one known as the
Methodist Episcopal Church Soulh(or, in the
soush. las it was intended to be), and The othel
q, the Methodist Episcopal Church (Which
was intended to be the Methodist EpiscOpa
Chnrch in the nOrth.) The southern branch
; according to agreement adopted the name
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, but the
, northern branch failed or omitted to affX the
-, word North TO their name, and hence took
the original name, Methodist Episcopal
Church. These two separate branches of the
one great Methodist family have grown and
increased until now each has more members
than the united church had before their divis
ION. Their separate action was not always
harmonious, neither did brOlherly kindness
always characterize their dealings with eacl
other. But after long years of separate or
ganizations, which years included the periot
of the late iratricidal war, these two grea
bodies of Christians have been gradually ap
preaching each other in love and fraterna
feeling, aud now one of the most enjoyable
incidents of the quadrennal meetings of tn,
General conferences sot both of these grea
churches is the reception of reciprocal frater
nal delegates, and the love and good viii
they bring with them. The General Confer
ence that lately convened in the City of Rich
mOnd. Va, was of the Methodist EpiscOpa
Church, South. This afiiX South though
l, hasllOng since lost its geographical sIgnifca
ton. and though it never had or was intended
to have, political sgnitcation, is still elm!
to by great portion of the church with amaz
ing tenacity. 1t is loved and revered b,
many on account of its antiquity; we dislik
y to give up old things. The General Confer
ence is held every four years, aud is compos
ed of the bishops and other connections
officers of the church, and delegates from for
ty annual conferences, which are mostl
located in the southern and western state
and territories. There is one annual con
. ference in Illinois and one IN Mexico
!. These delegates TO the General Conferenc
d are elected by the Annual Conferences upo
certain ratio, and are composed equally @
clerical and lay members. The late Genera
Conference that held Its session III Richmond
T.. Va, was composed of 245 members, and ii =
bishops. Since the last meeting of the Con
ference, which was held at Atlanta Ga, fou
years ago, four of our bishops had died, leav
ing only the number of five. and some {
these are getting well along in years. Th
fact IN connection with the rapid increase i
the membership of the church (now number
ing almost or quite one milionD, and Il,
extension of the fields of the church opera
" tionS. necesstated the increase of the Collee
of Bishops, and hence four new bishops WEI
elected and consecraied by the General Con
ference. These cOnSecrated men were chose
from the itinerant ranks of the church, an
rs YOU have noticed. mostly from the youn
" and stalwart. One of the bishops chosel