The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-13
AN ECUMENICAL ROW.
Two British Delegates Quarrel
Or Home Politics.
THE HUMAN FREEDOM LEAGUE.
Organized In NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Of the scriptures-Proeeedfn OF
the Prison Cspgrsss.

y.sHrSsrov CRY. Oct 1.-THE eth day Of
the ,ecumentcai Methodist conference wa,
opened with Bishop Hood, OF the African NJ Z
Zion church of Fayette, y. C., IN the chair fhs
opening services of the great council were con-
Quoted tyy colored men. The topic for the morn.
ing session was ssThe church and Her Agencies
Bishop z. 5. Foster, of Massachusetts. proceeded
10 address the council on "fhe KesponsaDidnes
and Qualifications OF The freacneE.
Bishop Foster said:
The PREACHER needed high ousifties Of mind
and proper qualities OF body he should kno.
that about which he spoke He shoald os
man OF experience. he must cons.os1 a. 80
yfYourneuts ana the people ADDRESSED ano IT, -
h able 10 recognize Instructions that stoo1 y.
the yay of his mission Preachers oeevnS e
times irnsecile IN their efforts because o. a.
of knowledge OF the way 20 90 aoout tneLL IL
sion No man could think OF God undei s.ana-
fngly who did not understand His power asslla =
ifested in His works, so when Ihose 70 = -.
preached came 70 the teacher VIE co sn', 70
shoIId he able to rrapple with those donols,
overcome them and show them ZIG "1'
truth
Rev. John Bond, Of London. followed In oriei
address in the same strain W
Rev. +, Ballard. of London ana rev: v,
Clinton. of Pittsburg, also SPOKE, anu
Teo,s-s ~ yavx YORK closed the morning ses-
sion with a few remarks eondemnatory OF
preachers who invited doubt BY delivering ser
mons on Daryinism and on Huxley.
Dnrine the recess which followed the dele
oates were received st the White House oy Presi-
dent and Mrs Harrison.
At the afternoon session the topic unoef ols-
~n.-top was: .The Religious Press and the ke-
,-s<,,,. rrses of the Secular Press" Rev. Hugh
price- Hughes, of London, being the essayisL
He said:
II was strange that this great agency, the
,rexs has rarely received the consideration OF
The churches II was now the fourth estate, the
a zvffhout the aid Of the church or its bless
ING. Christian churches must face the TACT tnat
this great engine was in the hands OF men VINO
were in some cases Indifferent 10 the churc E.
ana in Others absolutely full of hatred for II
Cor the creation OF public oplniop. IN tnese
swift days, the press was supreme 80
disposed, the editors OF the daily papers couio
render ircalculAble service TO the cause OF GOO.
The religious press should never be used fsr
politics. aud it should do its work In learning
aud recording the progress OF God WORK on
earth. The preacher nad learned rom ,, sns
learn q little from Us; for united, we ana the
Journalists can hasten the creation OF tnat STATE
which Christ is bringing TO all lands, ID Wnicn
there shall be no room for or sign OF misery.
Rev. r. W. Dewart, editor OF the Christ'on
Gsayd5an, of Toronto said:
The church had not yet formed sufficiently
high estimate OF the influence OF the religious
press and had not used it to Its fuil capaeity or
good. The religious press should not Dc re.
aarded AZ q rival TO the pulpit. nsupplemented
and backed up the teachings oil the preacher
He disliked to hear religious paper called the
korgan" OF the church, as If its main business
nominations like a papal syllabus. or as II 1t
was an instrument on which certain tunes
were TO be played In order. In times
OF moral degeneraey, when , tne pnDnc
the religious press should fearlessly rebuke sins,
whether it brings popularity or opposition and
repr0ach. The church paper should DC Hoerai
In spirit but loyal to Christian truth.
Rev. DR.. Ferguson, president of the Primitive
Methodist Church of England, said
He could not say amen TO DR.. Hughes asser-
ton that the religious papers should not take
cognizance OF politics in England. There were
thousands OF people who received their politics,
religious Journals, and occasionally it became
necessary that religo- political questions should
be treated by them. tAurmurs Of dis
into that subject because he saw it troubled
his Wesleyan friends. tCries of "Oh, No!"l He
had been told that many parts OF this great
country were influenced strongly by the Roman
Catholic power. 1t might be because that
power was concentrated but 1t might also be
because Of their use OF the press. The churches
should ally themselves with the daily press and
give the press their sympathy. Very few OF the
men who stood at the head OF the great dailies
would reject that alliance. The great questions
of the day--questions OF science, mortality and
fEtiRiOu-BnOQlQ % utAIt Wltklt uOb III Tue pulplI
but in the presR
Rev. o. Ross, OF Nashville, Tenn. said:
Religious newspapers have not kept pace with
the secular press in development, though the
improvement has been great Religious papers
should have an ex pert corps OF assistants to the
advertising columns. There has been much
shining, but there was not so much now,
although he did see an advertisement OF quack
medicine for a consumption cure opposite an
nuQtuaus artEpla fHeln "A Higher life "
lGreat laughter.1
Rev. Dr.. Buckley, editor OF the Christidn Advo-
cate, believed that q weekly religious paper had
greater influence In manufacturing public opin-
ion than daily paper He criticised the man.
ner in which scandals and divorce cases were
made the subject of light discussion.
John ii. Lyle, of London, said the laymen
should be heard on this subject He had gone
into many q store in New York, Boston and
Washington, and tried In vain to buy a religious
paper. The English religious press also needed
Improvement and he hoped the religious daily
paper would be brought forth. One London
sporting paper had a larger circulation than all
the religious papers
Mr.. Atkinson. az English member of parlia-
ment, said:
He thought the religious paper should take no
account OF politics. He was proud of DIR.
Hughes as a preacher, but he was not and never
should be proud OF him as an editor. When DR..
hughes was invited TO come down from his hi h
plaee as a preacher To aid decrepit party, he
would, when he got down there, deliver himself
OF sentence almost as near bIasphemy as a re-.
hgious man could have come.
The gavel fell at this point but Atkinson
called out: ait was merely a question as TO how
Jesus Christ would speak ON the Irish ques
ton"
Rev. DR.. Balmer, OF England, aroused DR.. At
kinson by expressing gratitude to Dr. Hughes
aud adding that the condemnation by some
speakers was equivalent to the praise of others
whersupon Atkinson, with some spirit, de.
mAnded to know II that sort OF insinuation Ia &C
be brought forward on another brother.
1he chairman restored order. aud Dr, Ralre,
withdrew his remark, hut soon aroused Akin
ton again hy referring to a remark made by Mr.
snape, 70 the eject that one OF the English
political parties had ridden into mower ON ,
beer barrel. and adding: "Wehaye never Learned
THAI their body was divorced from the bee
barrel"
MT Atkinson replied that the party was neye
married 10 it.
DR.. Baimer rcioined that he was co years o
age aud as competent to form a Judgment a,
Others to this state
Dr Morley, of New Zealand, raised the pofn,
OF order that English politics could not be dis
eussed In the conference.
DIT Baimer said his illusions had been called
soian " we preceding speakers, and he hopeS
1870 Hts iasA I'VE minutes.
MT Atkinson subsidized with the parting sho
OF al hope you won't!'' -A0
bf Banner then dnished his discussion of m,
proper functions Of the press '-
1hs business committee reported back IN,
memorial touching the closing of the World.
fair on Sunday, and a committee was appoin,e,
20 prepare appropriate expressions of the ind :
naent OF The conferences. FTaternal delesa,e
from the other denominations were receive,
tonight