Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-13
Bishop Foster Talks About the Rcsponsi.
Z biliiics aud Qualifications
Of n Preacher.
TIC DELEGATES atoelVEo At the
WAITE HOUSE.
niNinE Politics nod grtigian In rhoir
"Ecumrntrsi" touucu.


"Icumentr.i" touucii.
WAunNGIus, u. O.. Oct. t2.--Thc
mn uay NJ the l3rumonlcil Methods.
Council opctrl with Bishop Hood of
the Aidcln Mo.lldlat lpiscopll IiUn
Church vi fuyeitc, n. g., in tue
chair. The opening services Of the
great council were conducted by three
cJlDtud men.
IhU topic Of The morning session was
CIT. Crunch anu Lur agencies" aud
Bifhup Il. >. Foster II Massachusetts,
proceeded 10 Rlifc.s tho council ON
"rhu litEnlnribl'iIie aud QualIigl.
ton oi tie Preacher"
Bishop Foster fald the preacher
needs high quailtt1 VI mind ana
pr0ltr qualities " body. He should
know that nhout which he spoke. lilo
should b" n man Of experience. lie
must cOnFiiur his environments nud
the people he adiresscs; must bo ab.u
10 recognize restrictions that stand Ia
the way VI h.E mission. Preachers he.
come, NJ timv., imhucilu In their ei.
f1rls, because 81 lack OF knowledge "
the way 90 70 about their IA slon. No
man could think OF Cod understand
ingly who att not unicntnnd ilil
powur as manifested In His WORKS. 30
when those 20 whom he preached
Cnnic 10 thc teacher with doubt, hu
should DO able 10 gnpplc with those
doubts, overcome them anu show the
way lo The tfuths u the gospel.
ltov. John Bond Of LonuOn followed
Bishop G0ster IN brief address in the
same strain.
itcy. Frank Ballard OF London aud
Rev. g.. ". Clinton N pitt.burg also
spoke, AMI rev. DE-. Leonard OF New
York closed the morning session with
few remarks cundemuat0ry Of
preachers vino Invited duu's by deliv.
ering sermons on Dafoinism and HuN.
ley.
During ,ho recess the delegates were
received ut the white HOUSE by tho
Pfcsldon, aud MIR. Harrison.
A. Tm AFTERNOON SESSION
the topic tor discussion was "rhu
Religious Pfcsstnd Religious Uses ~
the Secular Pfssss,n Row. Hugh Price
Hughes u London being the cssayii.
81 was strangc,p fAil d.. Hugher,
"that this great agency The press
has rarely received consideration Of
the churches. IL was now the fourth
estate, the greatest engine Of the world,
aud became NO without the aid OF tho
church or It's blessings. Christian
churches must face the fact that this
great engine was IN the hands 81 men
who were, Ia some cases, Indifferent 10
the church and la others absolutely
full Of hatred for Il. For the creation
81 public opinion Ia these swim days,
the pTess was supreme. IL 20 disposed,
tho editors Of the daily papers could
render inralCulnble service 10 the
cause OF UOI. Tie religious prvss
should never I've used i0r political pur.
poses t'liear, hcaT!'' aud II should do
IL work IN learning aud recording the
progress ~ Code work Oh earth. The
preacher had learned from the journal
latn said Mr. Hughea IN conclusion,
"and God grant that they may now
learn n little from Us. For, uuited, We
and the journalist can hasten tho
creation OF that state which Christ ~
bringing TO all lands, In which there
shall be no room for or Sign OF mlsery."
REV. y. II. nKwAHT,
editor Of tho Chrisiiaa Guardian OF
Toronto, held that the church had not
yet FORMED u sufficient high estimate
Of tho influence Of the religious press,
and had not used II 10 10 fIll capacity
tor good. Tho religious pre.s should
not be regarded ~ rival TO the
pulpit. IL supplemented and backed
up ihe teachings OF the preacher. lilo
disllked Ia hear religious paper called
an "orggn" Of the church, a. n its
main business was 10 voice tho suthori.
tnlive uiternnceH OF the determinations,
like u papai SYLLABUS, or ~ II II was an
instrument on which certain tunes
were TO DO played IN order.
In times ~ moral degeneracy, when
the public conscience Is paralyzed By
selfish views OF duty, the religious
prets should fcatlrs-ly rehukc prevail.
Ing Sins, whether u brings popularity
or opposition and repruaoh, The
church naper should be- literal In spirit
hut loyal to Chrislihn ruth.
Rev. DR.. Ferguson, president OF the
Primitive Methodist Church Of Eug-
land, could not say Am0i Il Or.
Huehes' assertion that tho religious
papem should not take cosniEanca Of
politics. In England there were thou.
sands " people that received their
politics, not from the daily papers, hut
from the weekly religious Journals, aud
occasionally II became necessary that
reNgiO'pOllticnl Questions should be
treated by them. Murmurs Of die.
approval lie would not 90 further
into tho subject, because he saw II
troubled hi, Wesleyan fIlends. Cries
VI sob, n0!"l He had been told that
many parla Oi this great country were
strongly influenced by the Roman
Catholic power. II might be because
that power was concentrated, but
might Il not also he because Of their
use Of the pTDss2 Churches should ally
themselves with tho daily press; give
the proes their sympathy. Very few
" the men who bt00i At the head "
tire great dAilies would reject that
alliance. Tho great questions Of the
day. questions OF science, morality and
religion, should be dealt with, not la
tho pulpit, but in the press.
REV. .. HESS,
Of Nashville, Tenn, said tho religious
newspapers had not KEEP, pace with tho
secular press IN development, though
the Improvement had been great. The
religious papers should have an expert
cons " assistants 10 the chief editor.
Attention should be given TO the advor-
Using columns; there had been much
SHINING, hut there was not no much
now, although no did SEQ an advertise.
ment Of qunck medicine-consump
ton cure--oppOsito an unctious article
on help TO HIGHER He. fGfeat laughter