The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-06

ueroism that only the grace Ut G a Can
give, we are working, not f9r postcrity
on thls earth, bus for the o her qcail3.
= TEE supply creates tho 6Ia..9-
an! not the demand The cupp,y. Make
Trinity College al yoa can. And make i
SO that We ctn tru.hfllly say it eau not
be surpassed anywhere. Then the peo.
pie will patron.z3 it.
Rev. j. 4. Scroggs thought the wav
TO do 1t is to have thorough schools. and |
emphasize Christian education, We |
must first have Methodist institutions |
owned and IN &naged by Methodists, and |
then we can confidently appeal for sup
port.
Rev. V. A. Sharpe said he was in.
tensely denominational and wanted
Methodlsls to regard their institutions
as equal 10 the best
Rev. j. M. Rhodes believes that the
most important thing to secure Metho-
dist support, Is - make our people more
denominational We may have great
colleges and a0la faculties, but unless
the parents feel the necessity Of support
ing denominatiouai colleges, our peo-
pie send their children to other colleges
han Methodist colleges. We are too
liberal.
| Rev. DIR. Nash said that he saw the
correct Idea In this discussion We used
70 nave union meeting houses. People
feared to have deqominafional schools
| 0ecau;n they feared Sec1arlaniSm Our
institutions ought to b intensely denom-
national. ] want to send my children
TO Methodist schools, and [ think this is
the feoiing OF every loyal Methodist
| heart.
The Permanent Officers.
The committee recommended the fol-
lowing officers. who were elected:
President, Hon. ". NJ. Robbins, Of
Statesvlle
| Vice Presidents, Rev ] A. Cunning
GIN, d D, of Raleigh, Rev. Or. B. L.
Dixon, Of Greensboro.
Secretary, R.y. E a. Yates, D. D., of
Durham
Upon taking the chair, Nj ". NJ
Robbins said be was Oh lGet fer tie
great honor conferred. 10 thought ms
only qualltica ion WIS his belief Ii
education H3 was indebted to
f It for all his j)I ani usefulness, apart
from the reli ion Gf Ja~uS Cn)ist. | an
the son oi goNd N NJttl Carolina fan
er who did no. erj0y good edu1a ioaal
advantages bit no Geiermi led 70 ed
ucate lis boys If they would help him.
! Bishop Galloway, upon king bis
leave f0l Wilmington, said be cared we
{ we're Ia DAGGER OF losing orr hold upol
The people by tae preaching of unde
f nom Jna ional cvsngells $ Oac in Mississ
ippi deprecated decomjnalionallsm
: beheve that good ecclesiastical feeling i
promoted by d good division fence. lie
:. us have charity, bu' We had better have
+, wire fences His rem .rks were happy
7 He won all hearts while in Durham a9i
+. upon his departure WAS given hear.
God speed
/. Dr. CTowen Talks Sense.
!. Ir CroWell said tha5 the efforts il
organizing q faculty for a college o
n the highest grade was more fiji onit tha
If one would i'm agine. Preachers who ar
s. desired to teach excuse themselves b
]; saying they were not called to teach, bu
/. to preach. | have searched earnestl
' fer faculty for Trinity. l find it e1
Of ceedingIy difficult to find them. Their
t, are plenty Of applicants, but many al
5. not ft We have very few great teact
,. ers in the Southern Methodist Church
S. and those we have are not anxious
r, come on the sGlary we can pay and tt
q, work we require them TO do. No inst
ID tuition in the State does SO much teacl
ing as Trinity, and no professors recei'
such small salaries. The teachers a.
20 | yal. Methodist institutions have !
~, Dor. d under great disadvantages. The
ha is room for the greatest improveme
n. on al sides.
" ~ \ u can't break up the law Of supp
l;o no AMI demand. People will get the best
-. they can affogd it, and that Is t
~ reason Methodist parents have rot su
a ported Methodist institutions. The S
- luton is: Make Merodist instltutio
III the best in the land and We Will get !
- = patronage, not only of Methodlsts, b
80 Of others Young men are lntell8el
as, and they will not go 10 schools or G
,ue leges unless they are manned oy the Di
~ n,a brains extant. There is 10 Wiy to
80 Methodist patronage except by CIV:
- them the best article.
- If the church wants blg endOWme
~ ~ for it's institutions, 1t must care for Wi
% % it has and must make them efficle
For Our possibilities are very great. IN
~ are too few young men VINO are Will
I'd to wait long enough to eqGlp the
~ ~ selves for first class work. Scho
LOU LOU must be carried along with the prea
ny ny ers. The separation of the minis
VIZ from the educational work has bee
w hindrance. They ought TO be nea
ona u. together. We ought to own our III
'', tutions, to sustain them and enf
,nS them We must give generally throI
Iii the church, aud then there are rich Il
wa wa who will help Us endow Trinity Collie
80 We must work first. There can be
Saa ~ antagonism between Methodist inst
= ae tions. There ought to be 1000 yo
,,bt men in our cole ge who are not nov
w. ceiying higl4f education.
oct. solid Chunks OF Wisdom'
,ters Rev. f. H "ooi thought that
> se- Methodist boys went to other deAou
lpon tloual colleges than Methodis6 exctp
i1- uecessity. me difficulty IS III
CO. the boys who are lot going
school anywhere The Methodist
rees are not going to Method s. sch
at unless you make the schools
lism, good ar better than others. Parent
fur s5uad Judgment are going g send
It to boys to thc colleges that they Delie7
two the oe5t. We must make cur sec
equa. to the best OF b8,ter. We
s the % it. There are ? enty ot Methods