New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-07
A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO METHODIST
ROBERT CoLYERS SERMON ON THE ACHIEVE
MENTS AND AIN OF THE METHODIST

CHURCH.
The Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer preached yesterday morn
Ing sermon suggested by the fact that the Methodist
Episcopal General Conference is now in session In TINS
city. His text was, There was man sent from Goo
whose John. The same came for Witness
&C. lie began by sketchng the duties and the questions
that are before settlement notably the woman Qnes
ton concerning which he said the Church will admit
the women later to the General Conference not
for peace only but for her health and srenRth py
expressing his qualification at the prosperity Of that
Church. there is enough for US all In ooo
great commonwealth and by recalling the fact that
thirty years he. too. was mem
Der of the Methodist Church. which pro-
vided for him warm and comfortable nome
until he felt compelled leave It, Then he proceeded 70
sneak Of the advent Methodist Church. her print
tive spirit purpose her present workings ana ehoas
and the prospects for her future. Her fouhoef ne
said was a man named john Wesley was an Epis-
copsan minister who carly in life WAS Pharisee In the
true sense who observed strictly the
rules Of the and bGdgered his body 70 save DIS
SOUL The reading Of Tho Christians faHorh anu ,
Tsylor's Holy Living and Holy Dying wiacneo MS
vision He brooded until he struck the grand truth OF
Justification by faith and from that time nc was changed
man AS his life began in the heart more truly
than did Luhors Channings so no stirred mora pow
erfully than they the hearts OF his followers. me
thought that God loved human soul 30 should John
Wesley, lifted him above the easy-going lie OF an
English rector.
1t has been truly said that century was ever so
barren Of religious life England as the ono that was
three years old when Wesley born One In six oil
the buildings London saloon or tavern. ana the
masses were sinking down into the visible fires OF hei
The ministers preaching sermons which nobody came
to hear and Wesley felt that the masses would not
come to church. he must take the church TO them
The preacher to describe the great work &C
compished by Wesley assisted by Whitfield and others
in spite Of opposition clergy and people, ana re-
marked that although the memories OF Luther ana Knox
and Fox Charming each held peculiarly sacred py
scot none is as the heart as Is the memory OF
Wesley to the heart Nethodsm the Advancement OF
which was his sole aim in life for nfty years hs'her
fearing to found church, he founded the nnes' ana
strongest church ia Chrsendom" DR.. COllyer In clos
Ing paid beautiful tribute to the achievements OF Aher
lean Methods, the sDglehearedness and saerinces Oh
her devoted preachers and missionaries and her services
70 the Republic sole defect he thought consisted
in undertaking. as system to regulate now the thinking
OF her children had done when they were Id s"aa
ding clothes More light is coming into the world and
Methodsn as systom refuses 10 bear witness 70 this
light and when such Thomas OF Chicago, proclaim
the light they shown TO the door, We ontarahs are
the SOFAS Of the new Departure were the Methodsts In
old days..