Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-10
THE NEW YORK EAST.

nr Raea-A Ouestfon On the Im- portance of Grammar-An Energetic Protest From Rev. MT. Corbit- Wesleyan University.
 l BRIDGEPORT, April 9.-The closing fea~ ! lures of the conference are detailed as fol- lows: Merrett Hurlbert read a sermon of Rev. John Johns and Rev. John E. Searles | paid like tribute to the memory or Rev. | George L. Fuller. At the anniversary exer- | cises of the Conference Temperance society ! Treasurer Hammond reported that the so- ! ciety was in debt to the amonnt of $12.5O.
 Rev. Dr. A. B. Kendig made temperance address, after which Rev. U. o. Steele, chap- lain of tho House of Refuge, New York, pre-
 sented strong plea for prohibition. Rev. Dr. O. H. Tiffany, of New York, will be as- signed to Trinity M. E. church of New Ha- ! ven, to succeed Rev. Dr. G. E. Reed. Rev. Dr. Hanlon, president of Pennington 1 Seminary of New Jersey, made five min ute address, sketching the work Of his ! school. Dr. Hanlon stated that there were | two hundred male students and one hundred I ladies in the seminary. A report of Wilbra- ham academy of Wilbraham, Mass., was read by Secretary Mains.
 Bishop Foster announced that it was very desirable that the session of the conference be concluded today, as it was the dying wish of Rev. Dr. L. Crowell of Lynn, Mass, who died yesterday, that Bishop Foster should at tend his funeral. The funeral occurs to- morrow afternoon. The conference will not adjourn tonight until the business has been | transacted. Rev. Dr. George Reed of New Haven, who has accepted the presidency of Dicklnson's college at Carlisle, Penn., eloquently ad- dressed the conference. Dr. Reed stated that with this conference he would close hfc oofi iniaf n Mafhnhi6t Church in which he had been en- gagged for fourteen years. "The Methodist church has under its control" said the speaker, twelve theological schools, ffty-six colleges, ifty-four ssminaries, nine female
 schools and six hundred and sixty other
 ty-two millions invested in educational
 work. Out of these theological schools 823
 students have been sent out and 26,0o0 all
 told out of the colleges and seminaries. In
 the past 60 years we have laid the conditions
 of prosperity and sent out not less than 320,-
 900 educated Methodist men and women. I
 can tell you that the majority of young men
 who are educated in other than Methodist
 colleges are disloyal to their church. We
 must place our Methodist colleges in the
 front rank. We have not col
 1ege like Yale or Harvard. but we
 have colleges in which we are doing good
 work. In order to have college that can
 rival these we must have money. We have
 not 8 college properly endowed. We want at Wesleyan university million of dollars within the next few years, and we want an equal amount at Dickinson's college within the next five years. We must have help. We must have educated men in our churches if Nethodism is to keep in the front rank. An old lady near Dickinson collegeis about to die, and in looking for place to bestow her money has selested Dickinson college for the endowment. She wants to estab- fish 8 professorship chair and we shall help her. always felt when 1 was student that it would be good thing for the faculty to go forward for prayers at least once in three months, and suppose I shall stand in the same category, always thought that the faculty needed more religion. Send your boys down in Pennsylvania. I don't want to be 1 disloyal to my alma mater, Wesleyan col lege."
 A resolution was passed assuring Dr. Reed of the highest esteem of the New York East conference.
 Bishop Foster then stated to the confer- ence that it was very necessary that he should have the balance of the day to complete his
 business in his study with the Presiding Eld CTS. The supernumerary relation of J. W.
 Barnhart was continued. John L. Eldersen
 of Portland, Oregon. member of this con-
 ference, was admitted to elders orders.
 The second disciplinary question, "Who are admitted on triall" was taken up. The names of James A. McMillen, Henry L. Glo- yer, Francis O. Logren, Winfred Manship and AS Hagarty were presented and passed. The presiding elder was given leave to withdraw the name of Alfred E. Sternbridge as the committee on examination did not recommend his acceptance. Rev. .Streeter spoke in favor of MT. Sternbridge and stated that he is an Englishnan who cannot speak our language clearly. This was the objection \ to his being admitted upon trial. Rev. I Simmons spoke against the admission of E. J. Curtis on account of his advanced age, which is 37 years, and his poor standing in grammar, which was marked five in scale of ten, in the ex- Simmons objected to taking in a preacher who grammatically was not up to the stand ard of the average attendant in churches. A motion was made granting the presiding elder leave to withdraw his name.
 This aroused Rev. William Pitman Corbit from an apparent lethsrgic state. Rev. MT.
 Corbit said: "I hope that motion will not
 pass. can give all of you sentences in
 grammar that you cannot parse. can give
 you one of these puzElers Mr. Scudder, and you too, MT. Simmons.
 To this MT. Simmons replied: 1T can parse any ybodys sentences but yours, NIT. Cor bit."
 Rev. J. H. Crofut then jumped up and tried to talk Rev. Mr. Corbit into his seat, but the latter, man of Herculean strength, I shouted out, "Pve got as much right to talk as you have. Where would Methodism have been to-day if every minister had been forced | to pass examinations in grammarl Men who introduced Methodism did not know any thing about grammar. MT. Curtis is perhaps not @ man of the superlative degree, but he leaves I every place in which he breaches better than he finds it.. The presiding elder recommends him. We are not all up to the same stan- dard. How many men can equal the bishop in preaching 8 sermoni I'll guarantee some of you never heard such a sermon as he preached Sunday. I'll vote for him heart and soul, body and soul"
 Rev J. A. Roche and Rev. I. 0. Barnhart spoke against his admission, and Rev. J. H. Crofut, Rev. Mir. McGrew and Presiding Elder Beach spoke in favor of him. The conference voted to admit MT. Curtis. The conference reelected J. M. Buckley, G. E. Reed, T. H. Burch, A. S. Hunt, J: g.. Whedon, J. H. Sessions, E. A. Futile and P. 0. Lounsbury as members of the commlttee on the endowment fund. Rev. Henry w.. Knight was elected member of the com- mittee to replace Anderson Fowler, who has removed West.
 Rev. Dr. Reed read the report of the com- mittee on the endowment fund. For this fund $45, 700 has been subscribed and s3S.. GOO collected.
 Rev. J. M. Van Week of Wesleyan univer- sity spoke upon the work of the university. Rev. Dr. G. E. Reed introduced resolutions in commendation of the satisfactory report of Wesleyan college given by Prof. J. M. Van Week, the acting president, and they were passed. Rev. J. O. Peck presented 8 resolu- tion appointing one member from each dis trict to cooperate with the superintendent of the Brooklyn hospital in raising funds for the institution.
 The Appointments.
 The appointments were read last evening. mi --:lI L xI-:- ing the evening several reports from mis- sionary societies were made and Bishop Eos ter made an address of about an hours dur ation on the work of the conference in gen.