New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-09
1BALF CENTURY OF METHODISM.
A SOUTHERN PREACHER on THE CHUECHs
PROGRESS IN HIS FIFTY YEARS SERVICE.

pPoGREss IN HIS FIFTY YEARS SERVICE.
Cumberland Nd. March s.-Thc Rev. W. 7. d.
GLENN celebrated last night the fitch anniversary
of his entry into the ministry Of the McthOdiS Fps
,opal Church. In his sermon before the Baltimore
Conference Mr. GLENN said his theme was the )dp
lee Fifty years ago. he continued he entered inc
old Baltimore Conference a young man, modest, snow
inn oualites rare nowadays. lie gave description
,f the personnel Of the Baltimore Conference, with
pleasing portraits of few OF It's leaders, hcluuihS
Henry Slicer, John Bacr John a. Collins, JOhn DAVIS
and Alfred Griffith. "men who took the giant world by
the throat In the interests of religion and threw IT, ON
Che slavery question and the ruling of the church he
was led 10 become mean contemplate conservatives
81 will never be found in the conservative ranks
again In anything" continued the preacher ID
rectv after the reasonable conference at stanton a
conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was
held in Old Light Street Church, Baltimore, ana
answered Present. and, on the nomination OF DE-
John Lanahan | was made Presiding Elder of the
winchester District with the work Of building mp the
shattered churches up there. was not entnlsas-
tlcally received by the majority of the citizens ua"s
teri but as they did not offer me any PERSONAL Vlo-
lence / could put up with their insults. hut "n''
do you think poor. low. puSiIanimous sinner
(laughter put in my Bible the pulpit one day IL
was. GLENN. go to the devil laughter ou
not co. though suppose he wanted company on his
way there.
"Our old preachers did not require specialists.
The church was neither yspcptic. consnptNc' nor
as the preacher said of the professors OF Drew Se
mary in a morbund condition >; and it ala not re
1rire such physicians as doctors OF divinity lhey
we're scarce then but now ID. D.'S are as timex as
autumn leaves and may add. in some cases oil as
little value.
FIFTY wears ago orr Methodist churches were p'ln
though none the less comfortable; but to-day w" VA
all the denominations. with the one exception o. 'o
Roman Catholic have the most expensive ana In
ctpI at
new system that has grown up. by which man TO-DAY
NAV buv a pew in "A house of God aud have Ii deeucu
10 him. the same as any other possession Is an e'4'
born Of wealth and fosercd in Methodist exclusive
ness 4 pewed house l. Il trtNe91N on
1ADplauSel. j. ecclesiastical diulsh w n' ".
n,c,,t az Oscar Wilde and his blazing sunhoNer d. ."
,,ron and symbol of the modern chnE,h. ..,
This attempted supersedure Of plain eospel run
tx artistic adrOtness, musical and literary IeOals
tragic comic or poetiCal. and ahnshiS ttnS IL Nd
for period fa>cinae and deudc, pu my lii not
of the soul being spiritual ana not idiVii"i WI" "
attain the rc>ultS desired by Methodsi ~. ..
The growth OF MethOdism In the iast my &c"
has been wonderful We now have Rop9snronc ont a.
ranked all our sister denominations. Ot ne,
iInrSt has projected wonderful UNIVERSITY 10 10
located at Washington. which Is to DC c., mo
By any in the country we conIto' s " ',,,ts ,no,,
,eIirions literature than other dthon iitiOn ~
no wide world. Our progress IN hlle-VuNS ~" IN
has been marvellous. At the first anniversary Oh W.
society ss2e was repo,rteddG o SSr last '''"''
Mr. GLENN closed "a follows " NY mDls..f -
,anidiv drawing to q close. ask no paheSirlC ,o
euogy at it, close; and no co>tN IT, Nc + have
onso,ad tbe sinners may have led 10 Christ am
,Ic saints have cheered as they lay uNlns' O' NY
panegyric.'