New-York tribune., 1891-10-15
THE METHODIST COUNCIL.
FOR CLOSING THE WORLDS FAIR ON
SUNDAY.
DISCUSSING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN THE roD-
11c scUoo1s-ENGMsH coNDEMNA-
T1oy OF THEIR SYSTEM

Council at the beginning OF the seNeh'" ua' ortod
Secretary King, from the business S..Iprs IN
,ho pan. .presbyterian Council to meet at i00O'
september 1892, and II was adopted -,..,u. .,
A report was made In favor oi ounus' p
n wor,d,s Fair Dr. Curtis, of Chicago, VINO Pie
sented it, said that the local directory Oh '"e - on
os pnder the control Of the large stockhoderS' ie'
,ochbolders were the railroads, the suectca' oo".
d the hrevers All Of these were clsinorhs
40 have tse E1position open on Sunday-e'eryoou'
Inew vhy The only hope Of success OF the Ooie
Law in the United states Commission VINO "eie ~
sense responsible to the people ana " '''
the petition had been adareeSeu' A., .nor.
| Mr. Atkinson, u. p, Of England hopeu Ue ePo'' M
,rorld he adopted There would be no nhaho'a, Io
49,, ,sing the Fxposltion on sunday, and the ehulch
1T, - Enrope had succe ceeded in similar cases DS liAo
means The Rev. DR.. Gibson. OF piIls, Coi1 ~ "a Sun mn
results OF keeping the Paris EAposltloh open y" u
| dav and favored the resolution Inc heN' D'' 49,
threys suggested an amendment 70 ,po ,,|on q,
addition Of the words II is in direct Vioa'ion ~
th love ~ the states Of the Union ana psruou'iJ
% .ha state of Illinois" Adopted. The conferences
| adonted the report with few amendments "i'iO"'
| division. , roso
Tho pusness Committee next reported back reso-
| lrtiou on the subject of Methodist fedeiduou'
ci,es that the Conference recognizes the ueSn' AO'
C'e,aT oo-oreration among evangelical churches
| -, .oo,o1y among the various Methodist churches'
bo+ while the time for organic union might not haNo
| arrived vet concerted action was now poSsioie' '
fore Il was recommended that the chnrches
| I'm the Conference consider whether sum
action be possible and If 50. By what means anu ""'
Further consideration of the subject WIS p0''p'''
until tomorrow. - q. 1,root,orn.
| nd the first paper was proposed by the hc''
w NJ Fitchett Australasian Methodist Church' Vi ~
tora entitled Religious Training ana CulVure 0A So
| Young The paper was read oy 'io "o' I..,r
| Morley OF New-Zealand. The writer uiseu S10"e-'
the duty of the church in the education oi 'ne
He held that II had failed so far III that Een u.
sunday school failed, and failed where IL was a,
| roeded and that was in the older schoars Inv
rlr,+ had a too often forgotten mission In the uihis
| NJ tbe young Il was the business Oh tne |uuiV"
ouicken the conscience Of the parent "heh ''0
entered the field Of primary education no comp Az"
was possible. And therein lay the u'he'i W 49,
| Church In ten years the primary educatioh u 'i9
| , ,rould he secular The peril was that IL mlghC
| h NOT only non hristian, but anttChrisuah Ane
writer told of the drift of education In ths respocV -
| Victoria He paid glowing tribute W inc soo f
tiles of the schools there and the hOerai euPpo''
afforded bv the Government. but called a'ehioi :" e
grovth OF the secular spirit. lie said that the Nc"
Testament had been ruled out of the schools 10 "ee
ho Hebrews and then both Testaments TO please the
skeptics Burns's "COtter's saturday Nlght h"u uv @
mutilated to get rid of Christian expressions io
writer urged that the Church unite to lhhuehoe 'i0
growing free schools systems In the direction Vi Ci
ian training and held that while the reading Oh tlie
| Ribe should not be made compulsory, on uie oVn0i
h,d no child should be prevented from reading II.
| The tonic of the address Of the Rev. Ihomas d.
Appeget president Of the NewJersey OonleTco'' "'
| The Family" III the course Of his address he a"''
| Let Christian parents and the Chrls'An ~ '"ui'n
| remember the blessing promised to you and to your
| -, on o,Iv he fully secured when the sacred
| rd eolemn obligations Of the parental relation aio
fIlv realized and the tender ties OF tue holc o0i0
are most carefully protected ,-.,o,
1obn Evans Of Denver, Col, who was to speak upon
schools was i'll, the subject was ue"ue W
tLa pcy DR. Robert Culley, Of London, from the Eng
usb point OF view. lie said that rapid strlueS -'u
been made Of Late years in rooms appliances OooN'
| d teachers, aid There were more children III 'he
| prtsh sunday-schoOls than In AL the eelllci'''S
schools taken together, and this excess was l'V"'''V
II was infinitely better 10 prevent the chlureh io'"
knowing the horrors of the sums thah 10 recin 'i
after they had tasted Of the misery Inc oS o '.
method Of retaining scholars was to tehu then u ''
| in God ,,, t, that
| .A nbrrch membership was larger than the SUNDAY
| chool membership, when exactly the reverse shouIu
be true. ,, ..,, ,,o,o
The Rev Dr. Frank Ballard, Of England Salu 'here
mn road for increased discipline OF the sunday school
+,cber. something more than mere Willingness was
necessary. He had proposed competitive eXanlina
op of candidates for teacherships and been rouhuy
obnsed and he could propose no other remedy lie
asked for the experience Of American brothers
The Rev Dr. Leonard of New-Iork thought the
centeman's question should be answered oy 'H0
pastor The pastor should train the teachers, IL was
his duty, at least once Weeh, to 'oi''0"0 ~"
for practical instruction. -,
THO Rev William Nicholas, Of Dublin, held that the
family afforded an agency for the religious Thinning OF
| children that much neglected.
The Rev. Dr. Waller, of England said the Bible
was being driven ont of the public schools In America
and the Church should redouble It's effort to reach the
young in other ways He was glad 70 see tha' he"i'
All of American colleges and universities were de-
nominational
| 4 resolution was introduced and referred to the
business committee expressing sympathy with The Rev
c. II. Spgrgeon; and a recess was taken.
The Rev Joseph Ferguson, of the Primitive Method
Ist Church. England, presided at the afternoon session
The Rev. John Smith, Of the Primitive Meuiouis'
| Church of England, read the first essay on Ele
meptarv Education; How it May be Best Promoted
| lie said that the United States was the only country
in the World that spent more money In educaon that
in war or warllke pr PREPARATIONS; that had gwen IN o
| of the cause more territory than va, comprised III
| ENGLAND scotland and Ireland together Education
did not consist in conforming the child to mould but
in tbc unfolding and training Of whatever pow ,rs and
facilities lay in germ in the heart and MIND. Iha
| conception dominated the kindergarten system. The
omission to teach the duties OF the citizen in elemen
: tarv education unaccOuntable In view Of the IN
crease Of the power held by the people and soutl
Australia was the only country that touched the sub
iect Why not make the subject of alcoholic liquor
and their effects the system for instruction II
IN. early schools Why not teach them the effect
tobacco on the human economy Elementary publ
schools should be freed fIom all religious domination
and as they were sustained by the people they shou
he kept I'm tbs peoples hands. (Applause.)
The Rev. J. D. Hammond Of South CovngtOn
. | Ky spoke upon The Ethics Of Elementary Educa
| ton He said that learned more in the frs
| three wears Of childhood than during the whole col
n | lege term. II of the utmost importance tina
e moral dfects should be cured in elementary educa
| ton.
Sectarian and state Education the topic o
| .rLiDL Alderman L LII CnsIeld OF ManchesieI