New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-04
NETHODISTS IN SESSION.
=. ,rsy DAY AT THE MEETING OF THE NEW
YORK CONFERENCE.
,rsr1cE DEMANDED FOR THE ChlNLsl-pAN0
,xa AMONG THE YOUNG PEorLE-A MIN.
1srER PLACED on TRIAL-HALF
CENTURY OF MINISTERIAL LlFE'
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.

a.. !.
Ga. m-Busness session.
an m-Memorial service. A.,
er, Church Extension Society. Addresses, the
psv O. Havland the Rev j. NJ heascr 'no NV w.
= Compton the Rev. W. A. Spencer u ~
f. 49,, coodsou who is presiding at the meeting
.h Tovrvorl conference at the Calvary church
~ Harlem Is An admirable presiding omcer. lie Is
ourtsous 10 ALL while holding every speaker 70 DIS
,e,t When members show signs OF ihpa'Iehee 81
sa,av he informs them that he can remain mere SIX
usehs IL necessary. when an ehor' Is "duo " 'np
$50 rrder the burdens which he lays upon them hs
Nv" .,, that he is the one to decide what
x..,.n.io,s are 10 be made. When pastor falls
a. ..srord 10 his name he asks that messenger be
. 90 recall him his duty. When speaker inter-
ts him he begs the members pardon, ana asks
him n keep still till the motion has been stated by
a.. fashion, When official dignity is forgotten, he
mildly suggests that he heard one brother say Mr.
cn.irman.p and another Now, sir All know that
,ne nrcsding officer is the Bishop but he Is an ex-
csedngly popular Bishop both and of the platform
METHODIST LITERATURE MADE AND EDITED.
The first address of the morning was given by the
Rev Dr. james NJ. buckley, the Editor 'of Tho
christian Advocate, member of the NewYork East
Conference who. besides spending part of the day at
the Brooklyn meeting and several hours In nus
editorial chair al his Office in the Book Concern Build
Ing presented the of The Advocate at Harlem
and again in Newark. Ills address before the New
vet given The burden Of his song was TO .lc effect
that the secular and the undenomnatonal papers are
unable 10 give Methodist news with that degree OF
accuracy which the interests of the Church demand
and the only way insure that accuracy is TO SUBJ
scribe for " The Christian Advocate" AS an instance
Of the wrong impressions conveyed by seemingly
innocent paragraph DR.. Buckley told of press dis
patch anpouncins that Bishop Bowman. Of the Method
isl Episcopal Church. had been suspended. and he
added that he presumed millions of people and hun
dreds of thousands of M6-nodsts WHO DO not take
denominaonal paper actually believed that the senior
Bishop had been actually suspended for misconduct
Had they taken The Christian Advocate" they would
have known that the Bishop Bowman TO
whom reference was made belonged to
another denomination. The speaker caused o smile
nv referring 10 report Of the work Of the New York
East Conference on Tuesday which appeared in "The
New-York Tines on Wednesday morning. although
the Conference did not open its session till a. m.
Wednesday.
SUCCESSFUL AS A PREACHER AND AN EDITOR
The sketch of Dr. Day. which was given in Tho
Tribune on Wednesday and credited TO Dr.. Buckley,
was first printed in The Pulpit Treasury, appearing
there unsigned. From the same source some Of the
following facts in regard to the Editor Of "The
Christian Advocate are taken Dr. buckley was born
in Railway, ". j., December 10. 1856. His father
and two uncles Methodist ministers. He was
educated at Pennington seminary and Wesleyan Uni
yersity. At the beginning Of his college life ne IN
tended to study law, but after year or two no de-
Cided TO fit himself for the ministry, and began his
pastoral work in Exeter, " H., and admitted on
trial into the Annual Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Portsmouth y. H.. in 1853.
His first charge at Dover. one of tile largest
churches in the State. The Presiding Elder besought
him to 90 home, believing that he would not live
long, but the Young preacher was made OF sterner
stuff than the good Elder supposed. His labors at
opd Napr nd in
Detroit and Brooklyn were emnently successful. He
was serving with great acceptance and usefulness the
Hanson Place Church, in Brooklyn, when he was
elected in 1880 his present place. -Four times ne
has been a member OF the General Conference, ana
has received degrees from Wesleyan and other
Institutions He is in great demand for sermons, adj
dresses and lectures.
Dr. Buckley visited Europe in 1868,
and a couple Of years ago made an extended trip
through Egypt and the Holy Land. AS result OF this
visit he is now writing weekly letters for his paper
which are attracting wide attention He has written
several books, including christians and tic Theatre
"An Appeal TO Persons of sense and Rchecton' TO
Become Christians" supposed Miracles" ana Two
Weeks In the Yosemite Valley"
CAREER OF A METHODIST CHAPLAIN.
sJustce for the Chinese in this Country and Mercy
for the Methodists in China . might have been the
title OF the paper which the Rev. DR.. {. {. McCaoe
presented 10 the Conference. II was protest 10
the Senate against the bill now in Congress concern
Ing the enumeration Of the Chinese. After II mad
been read and DR.. Leonard, one Of the missionary
secretaries had spoken it. the Conference by rising
vote adopted the motion authorizing the bishop and
the secretary Of the Conference 10 sign it and send
it 10 Senator Evarts. The paper was as follows
To the Senate OF the United States Washington D. c.
The New-York Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church composed Of nearly three hundred ministers.
representing over 900 members respectfully present
protest against the Of the BILL which
passed Of Representatives Msrch IL, and IS
pending before your honorable body, and which
ydes that after certain date Chinese found In this coun
try without certificate shall be liable 70 deportation or
Imprisonment for term OF years This proposed legis
laton. unjust in itself contrary-to the principles
which ought 70 govern Christian nation, 80 fraught
with danger to missionaries and merchants in China
sgonstc TO the Christian sentiment OF the country
Our Missionary Society has seventy-hve American
missionaries al work in the Chinese Empire and property
churches residences schools, hospitals and printing
presses Of several hundred thousand dollars
adViccs China indicate increasing restlessness on
the part % the people various regions Of
the repeated Of unfrendy legislation by Govern
nent against Chinese. Retaliation Is earnestly pro-
posed and is considered likely be entered upon.
While this is true in regard to China, is also true
In the Chinese in this country that they
among peaccablc and lawabdng immigrants in
midst. different cities where they 70 be
found. they quite largely represented in Sunday
schools and considerable number Of them have united
with Within the bounds Of this Conference
are two fourshing Sunday-schoo the members Of which
are as demeanor neat in their apparel
and as industrious their studies the members Of
American Sunday-schOol within bounds. Some Of
them have united churches, and faithful and
exemplary members
Very few Of the Chinese residents OF this country
ever found IN jals and In poorhouses The
proposed legislation would subject unusual and cruel
punishment who through mistake or wilful
negligence Of the enumeraors, should be found
Without certificate legislation IS un-Amercan In
iN character, contrary all the traditions Of national
history calculated awaken anmosity in China and TO
fravey mpef the peaceful interests OF both countries
in the name OF Christianity Of fair dealing between
nations. and Of common humanity, most earnestly
beseeeh honorable body suffer this bill 10 BE-
come law.
MONTHS SPENT IN LIBBY PRISON.
Dr. McCabe or chaplain" McCabe he Is
Familiarity called throughout the country, is OF the
most prominent figures in the Methodist Church TO-