Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-14

Church NJ England read q pspcs ON
cine Place aud Power Of
TIM LADY AoENcIEs
In the Church." lac said the Metho.
dist denominations had agreed that
the laity shouli havca place, hut they
were far from being agreed ne TO tue
extent, and hero IL the supreme diil.
Guilty to an organic Methodist union.
He was pledged for n systematic train.
Ing Of lady preachers.
DEAcoNIsHs.
Bishop Nindp Of Kansas delivered
an address on "Tho Dencunrss Move
ment." The movement had, he said,
surpassed the expectations Of IT. most
sanguino friends. II hsd been urged
by some that the movement lutcrfcfcd
with the proper sphere of women.
Who was TO define woman's sphorc2
We tiud her To-Day behind the counter,
IN the shop and the factory, and In the
office, There was much talk Of woman
unsexing herself anu pluuging society
into cOnvulsiUns There were silly
mon aui rilly women. A representa-
| tive woman could bo trusted.
Rev. Dr. Walters o. London hoped
| that nj the next council woman would
be permitted 10 take her place ON the
platform and address the conference.
/ II WI. fifteen Year, aluce the establish
mcnt OF the SistsrhOOd Ia England In
connection with The Childreu's Home,
and, ~ n member of the committee, he
could bear witness 10 the grand sue.
cess Of tho movement.
Rev. DR.. APPLICABLE OF New Jersey
7 ~ If La AFa
/ the church. The great question Of co.
/ operation rest with them.
! Rev. Thomas Lawrence NJ England
feared that the Methodist Church was
not raising the number of
LOCAL inEACnERs
Il should. There should be opsn.slr
mestings, and the church should not
lower ~ ilag a. the Salvation Army or
any other agency.
Rev. ID. a. Is. Leonard NJ New York
said the need Of honest work on the
part Of the laity was great Indeed. aud
he was thoroughly convinced that the
masses Of the people could never be-
reached except through thulr efforts.
Every eiloft, every mcmuvr Of the
church must come 70 consider himself
an oysngelift 70 save souls.
DR.. Fry, editor Of the Central CHRIS.
tan advocate, read nm interesting
papeT on the subject u
wualAS's WORK
In tho church. Ia Christian lands
there were thousands ~ persons who
had uO knowledge NJ Christ. A hun.
drol should enter the work whore now
one was engaged, aud woman must
take a prominent part In II. The church
could not do the work heflgo II without
the Alu Of women. The way TO deter.
mine the proper sphere Of woman's
work Ia the church was by tho same
rule o. that applied 10 men-individual
fitness iot their duties.
Rev. William Garman OF the irish
Methodist church u Belfast made q
strong plea Tor women IN connection
with every phase OF the church work.
Professor J, =. lauvis Of thu United
Brethren VI Chris. of Dayton, o., and
Rev. Thomas Hunt Of England spoke
In the same strain.
, Rev. DR.. Lewis Of the Methodist
Episcopal church South said II was a
fallacy TO believe that because a large
majority OF the people were hammer
log after thing u was manifestation
Of the Divine wish. uoi created them
/ nlNlt anu ltHlitiif Fhll nv
NOT FEMALE AND MALE.
Woman was expected, under Divine
providence, TO sustain the same rela,
lion To the MASCULINE church that
she did 10 the amily--not one VI sub
, ordination, but Of equality In certain
lines.
Rev. Dr. Buckley OF New York said
1 women could not 10 the work o.
preachers without colllding with the
laws Of nature. They must he mothen
or they must be preachers, not both
81. Paul has said that they should mol
take the place Of men.
Rev. Or. Haas Of Tennessee nlsl
+ called attention 10 st. Paul's words
( and asserted that II God had intendel
7 man and woman 10 do the same work
{ lie would have made them alike.
7 At this Juncture Mr.. Atkinson, NJ
, r., Of England proceeded 10 character
I lie DR.. Hass' Argument as logical jug
o glery, saying that II man and woman
| were created alike, there would he M
4 men and women. lie also remarked
| that DIR. Buckley had gotten an awiu
/ twist on this question.
RDv. DR.. Reed Of tho japanese mis-
i sion maid high tribute 10 the work o
! the female missionary under his owl
Z observation, aud Rev. +. w. Blurn
i remarked that he had no pRtieno
= with the narrow and biggoied version
2 Of 81. Paul.
n Several other delegates spoke on tn
II subject during the afternoon.
Il Resolutions were adopted approving
u the project to erect memorial 20 thi
Il council on some suitable sight Il
II Washington In the shape Of n bronl
Ia statue 10 John Wesley. A oOmmitte,
10 headed by Bishop Fowler VI San Fran
cisco was appointed to raise the fund.-