Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-09
I'd EDITION.
Latest q6lGglamS 10 The Star.
THE WAVE OF RATIoNALIsM.
DIR. Mendenhan Tells the NJ. K. Confer
ence It Is Sweeping the Country.

DIR. Mendenhall Tells the NJ. 4. Confer
ence It Is Sweeping the Country.
Special Dispatch TO THE EVENING STAR
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 9.-Rev. John W
Hedges conducted the religious services in the
Baltimore M. e. conference this am. Rev. DR.
J. o. Peck, Of New York, corresponding secre.
tary Of the Missionary society, and Rev. DR.
Mendenhall, editor of the Methodist Reuie,o
made addresses. DR.. Mendenhall said there
was not religious review in the United States
that is self-supporting. The wave of rational
lam was sweeping the country, and Yale college
was its center, with every professor a rational.
ist Harvard, too, was a center of rationalism
The editor of the Presbyterian Recieso and Rev.
Heber Newton were both rationalists. The re-
ligion Of the country should not go to the
Roman Catholics, though with their cathedralf
and schools and their university at Washing
ton they we're trying TO take it. There was nc
denomination that the Roman Catholics feared
so much as
THE coSoUERINe METHoDIsTs.
The difference between the Methodists and
the Presbyterians was that the Methodist
prayed like the Presbyterians and the Presby-
terians preached like the Methodists. Rev.
Thos Hanlon, president of Pennington semi
nary, N. j., made an address. He said that 90
young men had entered the seminary the past
year; 81 were from the Philadelphia confer
ence and IL from the Baltimore conference.
The following travelling deacons were elected
elders: Chas. l.. Pate, Philip t. Edwards. and
G. Cassard. Jas. H. Jones and William LAM
Geo. G. Leech and Stephen NJ. Naylor were
elected local deacons. John I. Barton, Edwin
I. Nowbray. VIM. j. Thompson, Chas. G.. Cook,
William Harris, Wash'n J. Dice, John NJ. Star
row, Thos. s. Long, and Henry W. Jones were
admitted into full connection.
AN ADDRESS By BISHOP TOSS.
Bishop Foss addressed the candidates. He
said the Christian pulpit was scarcely a break
water against the tide of irreligion. In some
lands called Christian not one in twenty went to
church. One the chief essentials to success
full ministry was learnedness. There were
now more than ever topics which the preachers
wisely. Young ministers should not be bald on
the inside OF the head or the people would soon
hnd them out. Without revivals the church
would decline and the people go to destruc-
ton. One Of the perils Of the times is q weak
milk-and-water, cologne-scented ministry, and
one Of the greatest evils is an unconverted
church membership. The preacher who did
not take hold on some one every Sunday was
the supremest impertinence.
At the conclusion Of the bishops address the
class answered the usual questions, made their
reports al d their characters were passed. VIM
j. Thompson was, on motion, left without ap-
pointment. Henry W. Jones was continued on
trial, but credited with the examination he has
passed. Revs. L. A. Thirlkeld, Of Bethany In
dependent NJ. E. church, and J. R. Shultz, of
Epworth l. ~ E. church, were, by request Of
Presiding Elder Amos, granted the supernu-
merary relation.
PUBLICATION OF THE MINUTES.
The order of the day, DR.. Lanahan's motion
that the conference minutes be not published,
was taken up. The secretary said
year for the publication of the minutes was
5000 representing a subscription of LOAF
copies. DR.. Lanahan said that many members
had not taken any, and others had only taken
one. II the matter remained as at present the
minutes would be published at loss of $3.50,
which would fall upon the committee. Rev.
Job A. Price. of Washington, moved as a sub
stitute to DR.. Lanahan's motion that the roll be
called for subscription. DR.. Lanahan withdrew
his motion and the roll was called
Sufficient additional subscriptions were made
to justify the publication of the minutes.
WARM DEBATE.
Rev. J. N. Davis read the list of questions
submitted by the sustentation committee to
claimants on the fund, and asked what right
hey had to make such an inquisitorial investi-
cation into the affairs of members. Just as
the conference was about to get into a warm
debate on this troubulous subject Rev. W. s.
Edwards moved its postponement to Monday at
10 o'clock, and it was done. Resolutions of
sympathy were passed for the Rev. Joseph
France who is confined to his house by sick
ness. Rev. 7. G. Iliff of the Utah conference,
addressed the conference and asked for 81 600