Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-11

pause bestowed, that those who favored
womau's admission had the sympathy Of
large portion Of the audience. Still the
battle has heeu fought maluly on legal
grounds, and on these grounds, rs nearly
~ such question can he, IT. will finally be
settled, though at this time the de
bate Sill proceeds one Of the greatest and
most memorable, it VIII doubtless be con
sidered,iu The history Of this great church.
An important part Of the opening of the
conference is the quadrennial address Of
the bishops. 1t is the ouly opportunity
these dignitaries have Of expressing their
views openly on pending legislation, The
address, prepared and read by Bishop
Merrill, was the abest document of the
kind ever presented.
Many points called out loud applause.
This mastery production suggested,
among other things, that it might be eX-
pedient to divide the work now being done
by the Freedmen's Aid society so rs to
have white and COlOred bureau; that the
Missionary society needed three general
secretaries, instead Of two, AS new; that
the prnpOsitiln to divide the church in
parts, making the churches in foreign
counties separate parts of a common
whole should not he encouraged; that
it IS iueXpedieut to deprive the biSh
ops Of their ocCa- ionql visits 10 the mission
fields abroad; That William TaylOr's work
in Africa is a departure from the usual
y IL,
with its chief director, be Cdreially tx
amlned; that women should not be admit
,ed 20 the general conference until the
church snail have passed upon their eiiLi-
bli y ; that lay men should he given more
power M general conference proceedings
and that the pastoral limit might be Hd-
VHulHpeOU-iy extended to four or five
years so as to meet special cases. Sucn,
gs expressed IN their ad ress are the views
OF tue bishops on matters which have been
SUM- cts Of dlsputstlou in the church for
some time, and some OF which the present
conference vii be called to legi-lale upon
Within week or so the cleo ions will be
IN iul tide. About six bishops VIII be
elected. and the chances OF candidates re
man thus far about Hs they were given a
week ago. To that list, however, must
he added, as possibilities, it nothing more,
Chancellor c. n. Sims, of Syracuse uni
versity; Drs. James II. Day and J. o.
Peck OF New York, nnd Dr. j. NJ. Ful-
gerald, OF New jersey. OF course If il
shall be decided to have resident bishops
abroad, new combinations will arise. In
that case DR.. Leroy NJ. Vernon would have
good prospects for Europe, Dr.. j. NJ Tho
burn for India. aud Dr. IL. :. Maclay for
bishop he elected the names of L. w. >
Peck, Of the Washington conference, and
DR.. Daniel Jones, of the Lexington con
ference viii be presented. For Africa
no one Will be thought Of but Nliilam
Taylor 1t Is PROBABLE, if not certain, that
he "a i'll return to the dark continent a.
uily bishop IS any of the rest Of the DC
cup tuts Of the Episcopal bench.
his man, by the way, with his long
GtuIt form, his patriajCuI beard, AMI
the air OF apostolic seriousness which
marks bis appearance, i, an object of con
ant interest, and his name never fall TO
oIl forth applause. DINER Interesting
Drt~Uua.s,S are the Ch.n4D4u Si9 Six
Oug, ana the distinguished ladies' whose
Ct-cs have awakened s. mucn interest,
though description ct these must be de
ieIrd 10 my NIX, Wh en- will treat Of the
pefS0Htci OF THIS great gathering almost
exclusively ="