The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-14
METHODIST COUNCIL.
Womnn's Work In tho Church-Whn
MothOlism has Done Tor Her.


WASHINGTON, D. G., Oct. l3.-Bishop
r. II. llargrovc, OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. Nashville,
Tenn, presided at tho opening OF tho
sixth days session OF tho Ecumenical
Methodist Council.
Bishop William Ninde addressed the
council on the "dcaconcss movement"
lie said that somo knowledge OF tho
subject had been gained by the church
i'll America from the movement in Eu.
rope. a sanity lady without church
aid had inaugnrated u school for dea-
concsscs. The movement had sur.
passed the expectations Of its sanguino
friends. There were twcnty.one
homes and five hospitals and
many young women were seeking to
join tho noble sisterhood. In some
quarters the movement had been viewed
with alarm. II was said to resemble
papal methods. Tho Roman Catholic
church was becoming rapidly protes-
tantizcd III this country lie was ready
to borrow from the Roman Catholics, or
any body, any good thing that could be
used to advantage. The deaeonness
movement was so free from priestly
supervision and other repelant features
that it could not be truly said to rcsGnl.
bic its papal prototype. 1t had been
urged that the movement was without
the proper sphere OF women. lie rec
ognized the holy duties OF motherhood
and OF family, but what OF the woman
who wa. mother to those thousands of
homeless ones? We found her to-day
in the shop and factory and in the office.
Rev. DR.. Walters, Secretary London
Mission Wesleyan Methodist church,
spoke OF Methodist brothcrhoods and
sistcrhoods. He said it would be lar
more fitting il sister had been here
TO present her own cause. lie hoped
ut the next council woman would be
permitted to take her place upon the
platform and address the conference.
Rev. DR.. Thomas Lawrence, OF Eng
land, feared the Methodist church was
not raising the number OF local preach
ers it should. There should be more
open meetings and the church should
not lower its flags to the Salvation
Army or any other agency. Libraries
should be provided for local preachers.
Rev. A. Is. Leonard, OF New York,
referred to the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and said that the
world was indebted to that great or
ganization for the advanced position
the world had gained OH the temper
ance question. 8
a discussion OF the general subject OF
the church and her agencies was con-
tinucd at the afternoon session. Rev.
DR.. benjamin, OF the st. James NJ. Z.
church, St. Louis, said that women
among the Jews were more highly re-
garded than among other nations. But
it was not until Jesus entered upon his
ministry that women were admitted to
the high degree OF regard that had since
prevailed. Man could not deal with
the victim OF mans lust. 1t was work
for women themselves. The church
could not do the work before it without
tho aid OF women. The way to deter.
mine the proper sphere OF woman's
work in the church was by. the same
rule that applied to men, their individ
ual fitness for their duties.
Rev. William German, OF the Irish
Methodist church, Belfast, made a
strong plea for women in connection
with every phase OF the church work.