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Methodlsm and Methodist Literature | The Church Work fin Utah--The ! Womanss Home Missionary Society l Anntversary-work Among the Coll ored People of ahe Soath-The New 1 Haven DfstrIct-Pres1dIng Elder | Beachss Report-The New Haven Church Law Case-The Evening Ses. | sion.
 BRIDGEPORT, April 5.-At the New York East conference to day, E. W. Schofeld was added to the secretaries. Dr. Lucas Clark, I of the Christian Advocate, made appeal for wider circulation of the Advocate and spoke of the spread of pernicious literature. ! Rev. Dr. Mendenhau editor of the Metho- dist Review spoke of the merits of the Re- view. It's relation to religion was the most important thing to be considered. Rational ism is here. A few years ago Germany was in the thrall of of rationalism, but happily it had escaped the bondage. England is i suffering from it. Yale college is the center of rationalism in this country. Many of the professors in both Yale and Harvard colleges are rationalists. There are also great many rationalists in the John Hopkins Uni- versity. I don't know of a Methodist minis | ter who has gone daft over rationalisn7. The Roman Catholics want the religion of the country to be Roman Catholicism, but that depends great deal on what the Metho- dists will say about it.. (Applause)., A great many speak about Calvinism and our relation to it. Well our relation to it is ! that we are not very much related to it. | Applause and laughter). The New Prince ! ton Review collapsed because it raised cul- \ ture at the expense of religion: Tell your laymen that the Methodist Review combines \ culture and religion.
 Rev T. 0. Tiff, of Utah, spoke vigorously ! in behalf of the Methodist church of Utah. He said there had been 300 or 400 conver- sions in the last three or four months and ! most of the conversions were in Mormon | families. Revivals were also numerous. The speaker paid glowing tribute to Senator Edmunds for his efforts to promote morality | in Utah.
 A collection was taken up for the cause in Utah.
 On motion of George E. Reed, the busi ness of the Endowment fund was made the order of the day at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday | morning.
 The afternoon session of the conference \ was devoted to the anniversary of the Wo- \ mems Home Missionary society. Rev. J. +. Pardington presided. The report of the sec. retary shows the work among the colored ! people in the South to be progressing encouI- \ agingly. Industrial homes are being built | as fast as generous friends and churches sup ply funds. There are in the conference 67 ! conference organizations and 1 1900 auxili- ary societies with 8 membership of 13,O0O. Nine buildings have been erect | ed for the work in Utah, two missions built in Mexico, one at Castle Gar- den and three among the Indians through local work and the aid of thirty-nine mis- sionaries. Much good work is being done at the Bohemian missions in Chicago and Pitts \ burg among the Poles in Detroit, in the coke regions of Pennsylvania, Castle Garden, New York, and the Working Girls Home,
 Brooklyn.
 peal to Methodist women to labor for the | missionary cause.
 4. B. Sanford was appointed g committee | to notify the speakers who are to take part in the centennial mass meeting Saturday af- \ ternoon.
 On motion of 0. s. Wing, the following | telegram was sent to pr. J. M. Buokley at Palestine: "The New York East CsR ference send greeting for your health, prosperity and safe return"
 | Bishop Foster announced that he should deliver his address to the candidates for or- | dination tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock | This will be important feature of the | conference.
 The following are reported on favorably by the examining committee and presiding elders and admitted to elders orders by the confer l ence each candidate being voted on separate ly: Saul O. Curtics, William k. Scodeld, ! Frank s. Townsend, Edward D. Bassett, Robert E. Norton, Frank A. Scoheld, Arthur Us J. Leach.
 The subscriptions and collections taken for the new school building for the Salt Lake City N. E. mission were reported to be the gratifying sum of $251. 65.
 | Dr. Reed reported tue missionary collection for Trinity church, of New Haven, to be $1 300.
 Rev. G. H. McGrew of Meriden reported
 $477 as the missionary collection of the First M E. church of that oity.
 snf fhn ! Haven district read his annual report from I which a few items are gathered: Now Brt-
 tain is strong in its strength. The town IS one of the most spirited places in the State. The only thing 1t Is behind the times in Is the Methodist church. The building, not
 the people, aye referred to. They have
 resolved, however, to build larger, and | have improved their parsonage, and | are making a general advance in the preach-
 CTS salary. For the last few years no ! place in the district has been more ex- ! emplary in the ways of church enterprise in l the matter of church building, than Bristol.
 Meriden, Middletown and Birmingham are
 sll strong appointments and are growing
 larger. The First church at Meriden has ex- ! pended the generous sum of S4, 600 in vari-
 ously reftting and refurnishing their fine 1 property. The South Meriden church has 1 added a very tasteful chapel in their church edifce at an expense of $500. The pastor
 at Plainville has somewhere found $1, 400 | 8QU phIu bu0 Ihsb ooAihI OL At5 ShuAoh
 debt. Hartford First church. Hartford ] North and South, Bristol, Naugatuck, | Thomaston, New Britain, Forestville, Ham,
 den, Copper Hill, Bakerville. Waterbury.
 Woodbury, Winsted, West Haven, Southing- ton and Plsinville are among the charges that
 report goodly additions Our work in New | Haven has gone on this year with commenda- ! ble success Our feature has been the reduc-
 tion of church debts The St. Georges l society will have ready for dedication in the Il , early summer one of the hnest church strue- lures in the city, finished and furnished to | the most approved style of church architec-
 ture.
 A resolution was passed, signed by Dr. Reed, of New Haven, and others to the effect that a committee of Presiding Elder Beach
 and four of the present New Haven pastors
 be appointed to investigate the case pending l in the courts in reference to the Haven Memorial chapel of New Haven. Dr. Reed . explained the case Some time ago two men, named Norcoua and Batter bought the church
 property of the African church and started
 an Al. N. E. church. Suit was commenced ] against this chapel by the African church !, t6e charge being that these tive men con- ' spired to get the property away. The j. case was tried in court ana the Methodist 1 the extent of S1 300. Prominent Meth 1 odists did not believe the decision in
 accordance with the facts and the case was
 appealed. The committee just appointed
 will look into the case ana decide II the
 Church Extension society shall be called up
 on to aid in the defense.
 L. R. Streeter announced that ex-Governo,
 Lounsbury would preside at the centennial l meeting tomorrow afternoon, and the speak CTS would be Bishop Foster, Hon; Ebeneze, Hill of Nowalk, Judge H. Cowell, Rev. A K. Sanford and others. The meeting vii
 be held in the First M. E. church at V The anniversary of the Woman's Hom r5 Missionary society was celebrated this after noon. and this evening at 7:30 sermon o,
 "Centennial of Methodism in New England
 by Rev. George Lansing Taylor, D. D., wa
 given.
 pr, mcCosh Improving.
 PRINCETON, N. J., April 5.-Dr. McCoal !, sat up for four hours to-day and is gaining
 strength very visibly: His physician think