The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-15
SUNDAY AT THE FAIR.
Ecumenical Conference Wants
Chicago Exposition Closed.
The BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.
censeers4ion OF Bishop Phillips brooks
Tho Prison Congress-The Ad.
vancement of Women.

w..v.xo-ox Cry. Oct H--Rey. g. ID. hur-
- ~. w.tbodlst Fniscopai church OF Baiti-
raore. nresired over the ecu1nenicai couhci "
day. After the usual devotional -. -. W
COMMITTEES on Sunday closing OF ne 49, as.
Columbian exposition made fepol. 1880.
s,refaced By statement fhsf the iocsl o.reesors
= 40 far were uuder the control OF large
ssoehholders These large stockho are ran,
roads. street car companis ana p.eWen M
fhese corporations are cisusoEng 70 pave tue e1
<-,eIftor npen ON SUNDAY. The only nope OF
Surree. of the conferences IN securing the clos-
fnr Of the exposition on sunday iay IN tne
United States commiszfen VINO, ~ s1. n
sensc. are responsible p tne people s
reasons given for fvonng s...
are that the opening Of The exposition on pun
dsv rcnia violate the sunday keeping tradi-
tIfns ~ the American people and also the laws
81 the United states and Illinois; that tnou-
aeuds III ernnloves in the service OF the expo
.ifion vonId be- deprived Of their right TO rest
s., sunday ana that IL wouid furnish an excuse
% employers for refusing % grant nohoay ior
the purpose Of visiting me exposition which
would otherwise be given Inc COMMITTEES ao-
errtx that the stockholdcrs will not lose money
- r,osIry an SUNDAY, and say they believe that
many exhibitors from Great Britain and other
f,hrIstisn lands win refuse 20 expose their ex-
hibits on sunday, which would be unsatlsiac-
eorv 4, visitors. After some debate the report
was adopted unanimously.
Tba business committee next reported back
chs resolution on the subject of the Methodist
federation. 1t recfes that the conference recog-
niscs the desirabiIify Of CHRISTIAN eo-operauon
~vunny fhe evangelical churches and especially
~r,one the various Methodist churches; that
whiIe the TING for organizing the union might
moi have arrived, yet concerted action was now
vnrs.ihle Therefore Il was recommended that
s,srf concerted action be possible, aid, If so, by
what means and ways. The secretaries were
also directed to send copies OF the resolutions to
She senior bishops and presidents OF the con-
fercnces Represented here Hail dozen
resolution. bat before the debate closed
further consideration Of the subject was
postponed until tomorrow. The topic OF the
morning session was aEducation," and the first
psper was one BIZ Rev. William Fitchet, of the
1ustraiasian N. T. church, at Victoria, entitled
wRelirious Training and Culture OF the Young"
The writer's paper was read by Rev. DIR. Morley,
ef New Zealand. II urged strongly the duty of
me church ia the education of the young.
when the state entered the field of primary ed
ucafion. no composition was possible. 1t was
great monopoly, and therein lay the danger to
fhe church In ten years the primary education
Il the young would be a secular peril in that il
might BE- not only non Christian, but anti Chris
dian.
Hon. John Evans, Of Denver, who was to
opeak upon SUNDAY schools. was i'll, so the sub
sect was treated by Rev. DIR. Robert Colley. of
London, from the English point of view. Not
only should teachers understand the truth as
taught By Jesus but they should be able TO
teach Much teaching now was incoherent and
indefnite There were very few teachers who
could cesi thoroughly with book of scrip
tures
Rsv Dr. Waller, Of England, said the saliva
tion OF the country depended upon the salvation
Of the children. By strange irony, in Victoria
fhey took the Bible from the hands of the school
child only to thrust It in the hand of the crimi-
nal when he entered jail The Bible was being
driven out OF the public schools in America,
and the church should redouble its efforts to
seach the young in other ways.
Rev. John Smith, Of England, read an essay
% elementary Education The elementary
public should be freed from all religious DOM
nation, and a they were sustained by the
people, they should be kept in the peoples
hands. tApplauseI
Alderman ]. Fl. Crosfield, of Manchester,
England, condemned the existing school system
Of England. seeing IL turned out SO many little
bigots instesd of scholars
4 number Of other delegates discussed the
subject pro and con.