The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-14
Hearty Concentrations Of the Deaconness and
SisterhOOd Movements from Bishop Ninde
snd Other Prominent Diyines-
WOman's Work in the Whitechapel Dis
trictApplauded BY English Delegates.
DR.. Buckley and Few SOutherners Opposed to
Female Preachers. bat the Majority in Fa-
vor of Giving the Gentler Sex Show.
METHODIST LAY AGENCIES.
The Desooness and Similar Movements Dis
cusscd at the Ec smenicai Council.

| WASHINCTON, Oct. l3.-Bishop X. III. Har-
| grove, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. Nashville. Tenn, presided at the
| opening of the sixth. days session of the
| Ecumenical Methodist council. Rev. DR..
Patterson, of the sa ne church. delivered
the prayer. and Res. David Morton, of
Louisville, read the scriptures. The reso-
luton referred TO the committee. concern
ing JOINT action OF Methodist missionary
bodies working in the same fields, was re-
ported back favOrabiy and committee was
appointed to consider the subject. The
council then proceeded to tie order of the
days subject. The Church and Her AgeE-
cies." being the same as that discussed
yesterday.
| Rev. j. Travis general missionary secre-
tary of the Primitive Methodist Church,
| England read paper on 1.-The Place and
| Power of Lay Agency in the Church" He
said the church. as founded by our Lord.
and built up by His inspired apostles. was
q community of brethren. They knew of no
such distinctions as priests and people. or
clergy and laity. All the members stood
| in the same relation to Christ. the one
head. were sanctified by the same spirit.
and held an equal share in all the blessings
| of salvation, and in ell the privileges of the
| priesthood" to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
| Rev. NJ. ID. c. Crawford. of the NJ. L.
| Church of New York, was set down for an
address on "The Doaconess Movement"
but owing to his illness Bishop William X.
| Ninde, of Kansas. treated the subject. He
said that some knowledge of the subject
had been gained by the church IN America
| from the movement in Europe. sanity
| lady, without church aid. had inaugurated
q school for deacOnes3es in the Western
| metropolis. The movement had surpassed
the expectations of its sanguine friends.
| There were twenty-one homes and five hos
| pitfalls. and many young women were seek
| ing to join the noble sisterhood. In some
| quarters the movement had been viewed
! with alarm. It was said to resemble papal
| methods. The Roman Catholic Church was
becoming rapidly protestantlzed in this
country. lilo was res. , 80 borrow from the
| Roman Catholics or any body any good
| thing that could be- used to advantage.
| The deaconess movement was so free from
| Driestly supervision ana other ,repeilant
| features that 1t could not be truly said to
| resemble Its papal prototype.
WOMEN CAN BE TRUSTED.
1t has been urged that the movement in
| terfered with the proper sphere of women.
/ lie recognized the holy duties of mother
hood and of the family, but what Of the
women who were to mother thousands Of
homeless and the helpless Whowas to de-
| fine wOman's sphere1 We found her to-day
behind the counter. in the shop and factory.
| in the office. There was much talk of
| woman unseXing herself and plunging So
| cially into commissions There were silly
women and silly men. Representative
| woman could be trusted. If We could not
| trust our mothers and our sisters, in Gods
| name whom could we trustf He believed
| they could be trusted. and Gods work
| could never be consumnated without their
| aid. Chicago was sort OF storm center
| yet woman went into the hOt-bed of an
| archism. organized q mission and sought
| entrance To the homes OF the people. At
first they repelled her. but like sunbeam,
she stole into every open door and laid q
flower on the dead body. and by and by
they welcomed her. SOcialistic men and
| women said to her: Whatever may hap
pen in this city, no harm shall come to you.n
Leave aside the dogma; what was needed
| was the simple, kindly doctrine of life
Rev. J. Hugh Morgan. of England. ex-
tolled the value of the system in church
| work.
Rev. DR.. Thomas B. Appleget, of New
Jersey. spoke of the agency of lay-workers
in the church. lie had found the power of
the laity blessing. The great question of
| cooperation lay with them.
Rev. DR.. Thomas Lawrence. of England
feared the Methodist Church was not rails
| ing the number of local preachers IL should
| There should be more Open-air meetings
and the church should not lower it's flag to
tho Salvation Army Or any other agency
| ["Hear, hear."l Libraries should he pro-
vided for.
Rev. William Arthur. of England. said
that the question of the world to-day was
the weakness of evangelistic work in the
L. ~<~G< L. a.
come to consider himself al evangelist to
save souls. The speaker referred to the
| Women's Christian Temperance Union, and
said that the world was indebted to that
| great organization for the advanced posi-
tion the world had gained on the temper
| ance question
| . Councillor j. Duckworth, of England.
| thought there was danger of wasting time
in discussion of the subject. The English
| Methodist Church was perhaps more de-
| pendent upon the layman than the church
| in America. The preachers should turn
their attention to likely young men willing
to become local preachers.
IN THE wHITECHAPEL DISTRICT.
Rev. DIR. w. ID. Walters, secretary of the
London Mission Wesleyan Methodist
| Church. spoke of Methodist brotherhoods
and slsterhoods. He said il would have
been far more fitting if sisterhOod had
been here TO present her own cause He
! hoped that at the next council woman
| would lie permitted TO take her place on
| the platform and address the conference.
| Applause. All protesting Christ should
| have the brotherly and sisterly feeling 1t
| was fifteen years since the establishment of
a sisterhOOd in England in connection with
| the children's home. and q member OF the
! committee he could bear witness to tho
grand success ofthe movement. There were
| ten missions under Rev. Peter Thompson.
| In addition there were the lady
workers. There was need of some special
| agency to reach the depths of Whitechapel
AMI other abodes of crime. In the East End
of London there was q population of 300-
coo souls. and 40 per cent. of the dead found
paupers' graves What q field for mission
work. What was the effect OF wcman's
worki Changed neivhborhoods. The land
lords told of it. A reporter went 10 see the
work; he went into places where he was
told that his life was endangered and found
in every room evidences of tho sisters
workshops of brightness and Of redemp-
ton. The superintendent of the western
branch was an extraordinary man. but he
had an extraordinary wife; he was Hugh
Price Hughes. Applause. They had or
ganiZed tho Sisters of the People" who
managed III marvellous way 10 get in per.
feet touch with the people.
Rev. DIR. Bond, of London, told of his
own experience in building up one of the
largest and emptiest OF London chapels