Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-15
BY the Council n Mcthodlsis; Argu.
menis for Closing tile Worlds
Fair on sundays.
a METHODIST FEoCHkrioN acc
oMnCNoCpt
Education Of Children; Sunday
Schools. file Bible In the
Public schools.


Murray Of tho Methodist Episcopal
church oi baltimore prtHlded over tha
Ecumruical Council today. After the
usual devotional exercises the CON.
mittvu on
FuNDAY CLusIs0
" the Chicago Columbian Exposition
made n report, which was pfuinccd by
tho statement that the local direction u
the Fnlf woc under the control VI the
large stockholders. These six stock
holders are tho railroads. the street car
companies nnd the brewers. All Of
these corporations are clamofiug To
have the Exposition opcn on sundays.
THE only h0pcOf success Of the confer.
curr lsy In the United states commits.
siou,w no VA some sense are responsible to
the people. The reasons given for IA.
closing are that opening the exposition
on Sundays would violate the SABBATH
keeping traditiOna " the American
people, AMI also the laws If the United
states nnd 1T Illinois; that thousands of
employees IN the service Of the cEposi.
ton viii be- deprived OF their right 10
rest one day la seven, and that II would
furnish nn excuse Tor employers Tor re'
fIslng 10 grant n holiday Tor the put-
POGO Of visiting the exposition, which
would otherwise bee given. The com.
mittcc assrri- thai the stockholders
viii not losu money by closing ON sun.
days, and ay that they believe that
many exhibitors from Great Britain
AMI other Christian lands viii refuse
/ 10 expose thelr exhibits On Sundays,
| which will be unsatisfactory tD visitors.
Nf,er s1mc debate the report was
] adopted unanimously.
. HVIt.. NuaNtts.a N.ftaNl.H
| back the resolution on the subject % 4
METHODIST FEDERATION.
/ 10 fccltes that the conference fccog-
Mics the desire Tor Christian cooper
/ alton among the evangelical churches,
and especially among tho various
! Methodist CHURCHES; that while the
time for organic union might not have
| arrived, yet concerted actisn Ia now
possible; therefore II was recommended
that the churches represented Ia the
conference consider whether such con.
cortcd action bc possible, aud u 20, by
what means aud ways. The srero-
tnrles were also directed 10 send oopicl
II the resolution 10 the bishop. aud
Presidents Of the conferences repre-
scented here. Further consideration of
thc subject was postponed until TO.
morrow.
EDUCATION.
The topic Of the morning session
was education" aud the fifat paper
was ouc proposed by the Rev. William
Flthott OF the AustFal,sisn Mothodisl
Church. Victoria, entitled "Religious
training snd culture Ut tho yUang. -
la DR.. flthetrs absence the paper was
read By Rev, Or. W. Morley Of New
Zealand. The wfllur urged strongly
tho duty Of the church IN the cduca.
ton Of tho young. when the StAte
entered the field VI primary education
mo competition WIS possible, IL was a
great monopoly anu therein lay th,
danger Of the church, In ten years "a,
primary education of the young would
. be- secular, The peril was that II might
+ Dec not only nun-ChrisiiRn, but anti
Christian,
llon. John Evans Of Denver, who
was 10 speak upon
suNDAY SCHOOLS,
was 10, 20 tho subject was treated By
Rev. Dr. Robert COlley OF LOndDi
from an English point of view. No
/ ! only rhould teachers understand th'
= truth NJ taught by Jcsus, but the!
4 should be able a. teach; much OF N,
i teaching now was incohoTcnt and In
I definite. There were few teachers wh'
could donl thoroughly with the book d
Scriptures.
Rev. Or. Waller Of England said IN,
salvation u the county depended upoi
tho salvation Of tho children. by
; strange irony, In Victoria they took III,
= Billie from the hands OF the schoO
child, only 10 thrust into the hands o
tho criminal WHEN he entered jail
Z The Bible was being driven out Of IA,
public schools Ia America AMI tn
rhu4ch should rcdOuble its effort d
reach tho young IA other ways,
Rev. John Smith Of England reai
a the .ussay on Elementary Educa
lion." Elementary ,puhlic school
o should bn free from all religious dom,
/. nation, aud, NJ they were sustained b.
4 the people, they should DO kept In tn
: peoples hands. lApplause.
Alderman j. IL. CrO5leld of Man
chester, England, condemned the OK
islinr school system in England, say
q Ing that II turned out blgots Instead .
= scholars,
a number Of other delegates Ole
4 cussed the subject pro aud con.
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