Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-10

Of sacerdotalism ia most threatening as opposed
+! to tiInid dissenting faction. II the Christian
people of the world would but work together
! Tor noble aims il would be possible within
| twenty years to close up every drink shop in
! the world, put a stop to the sweating system,
| make 1t i'm apostolic for an immoral man to sit
! In power in the state and make the perpefra-
ton of wars As n final resource matter OF utter
| impossibiity. Church unity is the dream OF an
| iuealist Cooperation in Christian work 10
| not an ideal bnt Is possible reality.
The second address of the afternoon was de-
| livered by Rev. T. J. Ogburn, Methodist Prot
| estant church Of Henderson, n C.. who spoke
| Of what could lie accomplished by more thor
odgh cooperation. As matters now stand he
| said that there were too many churches in some
| places, too few In others. Ag a result of fail
| are to work together on the part Of the churches
some Of the fields Of labor are so oyercrowded
| that Christ must grieve as Ho sees ministers
] preaching to little handfuls Of hearers while
! whole nations upon the face of the earth have
\ never heard the word of God. a better division
| of labor would be possible with better coop
Grafton and would accomplish vastly greater
| good.
REV. JAMES LIE HURAY
Rev. James LIE Huray of the Methodist new
connection church, Southport, England, was
the next and last of the regular invited speak
ers. He said in the beginning OF mis- talk that
1t was not necessary to search for arguments in
support of cooperation. The difiis nifty WAS to
select from the vast multitude that lie ready to
hand. Cooperation he CHI. racterized as prac-
tically law of humanity, and a man standing
apart from the rest Of humanity without effect
upon IL and unaffected by it is an inconceiy-
able quantity. Cooperation with Christ
as lite inspiration is the only solution Tor
nil social problems that threaten so dire
fully today, anu ii is vast power for
good in the spiritual realm as we'll 1t was the
power of prayer of the united church that
brought about the pentecostnl power. 1t is as
| natural for man in the physical world to CO.
operate as it Is for rain drops to run together,
and this fact is hint of vast power III spiritual
| matters. There is a vast waste of power 10
| advance UNCONVENTIONAL ends. Energies and
resources are poured out freely. not that souls
may be won TO Christ, but that proSelytes
might be gained for sects and sets. There WAS
not one among his auditors the speaker said.
but knew of many small villages where four
men were stationed to do the work that one
| man could do and do better than The four. 1t
was though four large cannons had been
| loaded to the muzzle and trained upon n single
point to blow down a small ch.ld's windmill.
REV. HUGH PRICE HUGHES.
| In the fve-minute speeches that followed the
! regular program for the afternoon Rev. Hugh
Price Hughes of England was the first upon
his feet and his appearance WIS the signal for
enthusiastic applause. He said that he wished
| to say for the benefit of the members OF other
denominations who might be present that when
! as MethDdists they spoke of cooperation they
meant the cooperation OF Methodists with
| other denominations for the advancement OF
the general interests Of Christianity. As for
! the Methodists, the only way they could posi-
| bly, cooperate among themselves was through
] the agency of organic unity. Mr.. lie Huray
| had spoken Of villages where there were four
chapels and four men were stationed to do the
work of one and he wished to ask who would
be the one tn saw which three of the four
| should retire from the overworked field and re-
tire to new fields labor. This could not be done.
he wished to say. until there was practical
unity in the organization OF the church itself.
4 man of standing i'll England was asked when
| he thought the breaches in the Methodist
church might be healed and he had answered
| tina. they never would be until there had been
| a few more funerals among the leaders. How
ever this might be, Mr.. Hughes said he was
sure from an experience derived from adj
dressing vast audiences throughout the length
and breadth of the British Isles that the
masses of the people everywhere were unani-
lmously in favor Of an organic union in the
ranks.
OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY SPEECHES.
Other supplementary speeches accenting the
| fact that cooperation is one Of the principal
questions in Christianity today were made by
Rev. f. G. Williams, Rev. ]. c. Hartzell, NJ. E.
| church, Cincinnati, Ohio: Bishop Fitzgerald.
NJ L. CuurCL, AliuHcdpOaih. riluU.t NcNs III.
Leonard, NJ E. church. New York city; Rev.
DR.. I. B. Stephenson, president Wesleyan
Methodist conference, London; Dir D. Allison,
Methodist church in Canada, Nova Scotia;
Bishop Foster. NJ. Z. church, Massachusetts:
DR.. Davidson, Japan; Rev. ]. E. Embry, D. D.,
A. NJ. E. church, Leavenworth, Kan, and
others.
Rev. William Arthur who was spoken OF by
the chairman Of the session, Bishop Warren,
| as belonging to universal Methodism. was one
~ ko1I I'D tnta ~
operation and was heard with the same atten-
ton that his remarks are always sure to attract.
He said that he would not wait for unity before
having cooperation, as the latter might be a
| most potent factor in bringing about unity of
| all. Competition does not kill cooperation,
but competition with one element was fire.
| quently a practical cooperation with another.
| Thus while the primitive Methodists might have
! hurt tine Wesleyans MIR. Arthus said he did not
| think any one would raise the claim that they
J had hurt the Kingdom of God. The Salvation
Army might have hurt the Methodist church
] to some extent but all must admit that the
Salvation Army had been powerful element
] for good in the evangelization of the world.
This line of thought presented by the ven
cradle London preacher was heartily applauded,
| and then he went on to say that however I'M
| portant cooperation might be and no matter
how valuable its results, after all the most val
liable thing was liberty, and no corporation
could succeed that fastened the letters around
| the efforts of any sect or individual or re-
| stricted the field of activity Of any one.
MORE COMMON SENSE WANTED.
Rev. DR.. Stephenson of London introducing
! his remarks with the statement that We in this
country have great deal of quality that in
| England they hear less about, but of which he
hoped they we're not without-namely, common
| sense-said that there was the greatest need of
common sense in the treatment of great ques-
ton like the one under discussion. He took