New-York tribune., 1891-02-21
VHIyApASTOh SEESAND HEARS

ITEMS OF INTEREST TO CHURCH PEOPLE,
.rs the prcsbvtery of New York going to cause
circus in the next General Assembly = writes lrehu
-boso name has been mentioned as Moderator within
.bc last decade The cause Of the query II Is not
1imc,lt 10 ascertain If there IS to be circus at
Detroit in MAY this veteran follower oi hloA ana
Calvin wants to be in H. But WHY shouiu 'ne ques-
too be asked! The New York Presby'ery Is hot inc
bear garden that some Of the Western brethren Imagine
IL TO be-it Is not this year. Many oi "ie .o",nii' % .
ioncrs 10 the last Assembly who came from inc west
for some reason were prcjudlced against Ncw-iork,
but II is to be hoped that this unbrothery spirit was
all drowned in the mighty volume OF harmony mat
swept over the body al saratoga
The new chair in Union seminary and the recent
address Of DE- Briggs at a service in COMMUNICATION
Of Mr. Buffers prnccy generosity have caused some
stir among the socallcd orthodox brethreh DuI Inc
Evangelist this week in the interest OF tfut ana p'o
removes edltOIiay every fear OF stilic' Ut. hresS
has rot been elected to new proiessorShlP Hoi
has he been appointed over new chair-the dIcc''rS
have simply transferred" him from one department
TO another an act which "belongs wholly 10 inc as
cretion of the seminary ITSELF in the exercise oil it'
proper autonomy., That answers all the questions
which have arisen
M probIo, the abIe Editor of "The Christian Ad-
vocatc, preached last Sunday in south Bend, Ind.
This week lie Is lecturine before the Department Oi
Theology in De PAW University.
The Proper Attitude OF the Church Toward Amusc-
monts, Is 10 be presented the BAPTIST ministers on
Monday by the Rev V. W. Benedict, OF CrOon Falls
Y v II will occur TO some that there should bc
another word in that subject there arc aniscmens
which arc popular but which many would not consider
proper" and it is these questionable amusemnS, not
wholly bad but entirely good which ale sdpplnl
| The life Of many churches.
The March number Of The American Missionary,
copies of which may he had on application at th'
American Missionary Association in the Bible House
- unusually Interesting II IS peculiarly mountain
number giving graphic account Of pioneer evahg 'u'
exploration among the poorest classes OF monn'""e n
in the interior. These explorations have bceo maze
among the mountain fasinesscS and in populations
that have remained untouched by many Of the forces
| of modern progress.
Dr. William VI. Taylor, the pastor Of the broadway
Tabernacle in this city, Is the president of the assc
ciatlon. I'm many of the boarding houses near 1i'
church Dr. TAYLOR Is fam.lary known as "ta'nei
Taylor Because he preached last sunday IN the
vacant Park street Church In Boston some oil ms
friends have been disturbed let he should BE- spirited
away from his noblo work in New-iok, but those VINO
think him ~ easily won do not know nm BEST
~rAc origin of American Mcthodlsm,' SAYS "Thc
Met. dit Year Doo,.~ "is fascinating chapter in
! Gnu ci history. In i1GG Phllip EmbnIy' Nt'IeN"U
| local preacher from Ireland. established preaching IN
| New York and founded a society. The same ycai
! Captain Thomas webb, Of the British Army, held
.crv.ccs I'm Sew York. Robert str,whr'dfe, ~ lrs1
local preacher. began preaching IN Mary and % aD"u'
tie same period and founded some ~ocIct!'s tH"It
| The first Methodist church i'm America, situated lu
! John st. NcW-l ofk. va, dedicated IN 1.b7. KchaIu
HoarGnan and Jo, ph Pilmoor two tnghsn ltlhcraht'
came 10 America in 1909 by Mr. Wc,ley's direction
They the first Methodist travelling preachers W
| America, and lave been followed by an ltneFhhl
4 ~hoe 1'tn
uncouailcq I'm ,nomiu1tiOua history. In l'.l iran
| a. A,mry and Richard Wright came from England
for the timer lt work. The divine purpose li sue y
a movement i- rcycrcntly stated IN inc Epl>colI
tddr. S. as contained in the Methodist Discipline: w.
believe that God, design in raising mp thr hetiodi,
I'D. .c.pal Church n America was to NioTm me 'ohu
mont aid spread -crpturh holmes over these lahds
! 4, n proof hereof wc have seen since IN umt
great aud liuIluu, work 81 God extending ti"uGhou
nll the United state, and Territories. oud ttroHGh3H'
Inc British possessions iN Noith America ana IN,
planting OF suCcc--fu missions iu south America ana
In Mexico. Moreover the Methodist Episcopal 'hurth
n, e o.tpo form a. well a, .prtual power. has been
.rcc.~.f lis plau" in Africa. Asia and Europe aio
| tod has gwen her great prosperity III tho-c couh
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