The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-10-15
THE METHODIST COUNCIL
THE SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS PRESS
THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED.
Some Little Excitement and Unpleasantness
Engendered Near the Close Of the Argu-
ment by Insinuations and Inuendos
Made by Few of the Delegates.

council opened with Bishop j. W
, Hood, of the African Methodist Zio
church, Fayetteville, n. c., in tn
chair. Bishop James, of the Africa
Methodist church, delivered praye
and Rev. DR.. C. II. Phillips, Of tn
African Methodist church, of Wash
ington, read the scriptures so that tn
opening service of the great council
were conducted by the colored men
The topic for the morning session
was "The Church and Her Agencies,
and Bishop r. Foster, OF Massachu
sets, proceeded to address the coun
Gil on the responsibilities and qualiti
cations of the preachers. At the con
clusion of Bishop Fosters address
the subject of the day was discussed
by Rev. John Bond, of London, Rev
Frank Ballard, of England, Rev. DR.
William Arthur, Rev. G. w. Clinton
of Pittsburg, and others. Rev. DR.
Leovard closed the mornings session
in few remarks, condemnatory OF
preachers who invited doubt by the
delivery of sermons on Darwinism
and Huxley. A recess was then taken
in order that the delegates might at
tend a reception at the White House.
Rev. f. f.. Hoss OF Nashville,
Tenn, said the religious news
papers had not kept pace with
the secular press in development,
though the Improvement had been
great. The religious newspaper should
be under the control Of the church.
Every argument brought forward to
show that the church should put its
hand upon the pulpit would apply
with equal force to show that it should
put it's hand upon the press. Relig-
ious papers should have an expert
corps of assistants to the chief editor
Attention should be given
to the advertising column. There
had been much SHINING, but
there was not so much now, although
he did not see the advertisement Of
quack medicine consumptive cure
opposite an unctuous article of"Helps
to Higher Life.n Laughter.
Rev. Thomas Snope, of Liverpool,
made plea for closer relations be-
tween the church and the secular
press, particularly so if it is clean and
is not published and edited III the
interest of or with the money of cor
rupt men or corrupt influence.
Mr.. A. Atkinson, an English men,
Der of parliament, thought that as all
the political parties had their organs,
the religious press should take no
account of political things. In his
opinion, the religious papers had
higher mission than politics. Man
9 mo oo Cne Shl ~ ne Ne c3uiG w oes.
rto W"e Piouu VI ~ ltu ,Se "a "
shoid ~ puO n Td ~, noo "in o di1
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oon men down frnn9 n his % %i%b nIace os y
rU,a9 bO" 70 i la no,itioal nortv be
bod P 1 Said b to ,vonId Two Wv tbrea fimaS
q tr wo ei,'' W WI M" he he'd J oot down there
he had deIivered himseif of a sentence
that was almost as near biasrhemy
ss reliSious man could have come
Tba nvS JE feu at +biS noint bnt Mr.
AtIinson called ont. nft is merely a
nn vMHn Of how Iesus Cbrist woIld
S IueeEio on Tho n Trish o"estion y ~
'p Row vi n Sr0 Ralm m C Of Enoland was
nrotof,,, 70 D~ Hu%bes and said If
S5; "yH be that ire condemna.
tiOn nv some sneakers was equivalent
70 Tho nrsise of others
Ms Hi p rornarS ooIled fortb ,rorifosta-
tions of ninmIad annIousa and con-
So Um, 81 ' ond NJ ppi%d dFinSnn With
oonnn soir;t '' intorr,ntod to ak Of
t Iio sopt of i ins;nnations is tn ba
Imou III forw.rd NV omofher brotbar y
T TIW Oh AMMAN restored order and Dr.
RaImer withdraw his remarlZ
but Immediately afterward again
aroused AIklhson py NJ, rele es
10 rern 0o4 IL maze a, py M mf' r "nnpo
to me eIlect thaG one OF u .ne Lnsiish
polltIcai P9toles haN llauei a iH.o P0Mer
on peer oarlel, anu anu "4 thaiEs' we
nave never learned tilaC tnetr party
was divorced rom peer paf r., ,,,o, ~
banner reJoiiieu lnaV ne MaS w
years ofage and as competent TO form
ajudgment as 0tners. II Gne seneie-
man was in a Brltlsh parliament ne
would be expelled, AZ inns stage Df
Worley, OF New Zealand, raised the
point OF order thaG II was
not competent to discuss Eng
fish politics IN the conference.
Balmer replied that ms aliuSion TO
/ politics had been called for by the