The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-15
WORK OF METHODISTS.
SUNDAY CLOSING OFTHE WORLDS
FAIR BROUGHT UP.

The Committee Appointed to Look
Into the Matter Not Confident of a
Successful Outcome of the Move
csrted Action in Church Work by
the Different Branches.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Rev. j. d. MUIR
ray of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Baltimore presided over the ecumenical
Methodist conference at the beginning of
the seventh days session.
After the usual devotional exercises Sec
rotary King, from the business committee,
reported favorably resolution concerning
the extension of friendly greetings to the
pan-Presbyterian council to meet at To-
ronto, September, 1892, and it was adopted.
Also an order for love feast and fellow
ship meeting next Sunday afternoon.
Through Rev. DR.. Curtis of Chicago the
committee on Sunday closing of the Chicago
Columbian exposition made report
which he prefaced by saying that the local
directory of the fair was under the control
of the large stockholders. These stock
holders were the railroad and street
car companies and brewers.
All of these corporations
were clamoring to have the exposition open
on Sunday. Everybody knew why. The
only nope of the success of the conference
lay in the United States commission, who
we're in some sense responsible TO the pen
pie After amendment the report was
adopted. The report is in the form of a
petition to the United States commissioners
of the worlds exposition to prevent the
opening Of the exposition on Sunday, and
giving reasons why it should not bs open
on that day.
METHODIST FEDERATION.
The report was adopted without debate.
The business committee next reported
| back the resolution on the subject of Meth
| odist federation. 1t recitei that the
conference recognizes the desire for
| Christian corporation among the evan
| gelical churches, aud especially among
| the various Methodist churches;
that while the time for organic union might
| not have arrived, yet concerted action was
| now possible. Therefore it was recommend
| ed that the churches represented In the con-
| ference consider whether such concerted
| action be possible and if SO by what means
and ways. The secretaries were also
| directed to send copies Of the
| resolutions to the senior bishops and
| presidents Of the conferences represented
here Half dozen delegates spoke ia terms
| of praise of the resolution, but before the
| debate closed further consideration of the
SUBJECT was postponed until tomorrow.
EDUCATION DISCUSSED.
The topic of the morning session was edu-
cation and the first paper was one prepared
by Rev. w. NJ. Fitchett of the Australian
| Methodist church of Victoria, entitled
Religious Training and Culture of the
Young" In Dr. Fitchetts absence the
paper was read by Rev. Dr.. w. Morley OF
| New Zealand.
The topic of the address OF Rev. Thomas
B. Appleget, president of the New Jersey
conference of the Methodist Protestant
church, was 1.-THE Family
Hon. John Evans of Denver, Col, was to
speak upon Sunday schools, but was so Ill
that the subject was treated by Rev. Dr.
Culley OF London from an English point of
| view.
Rev. Joseph Ferguson of the Primitive
Methodist church of England presided at
the afternoon session. The subject of edu-
cation continued TO occupy the attention of
| the council until a recess was taken till 1880
o'clock in the evening. Religious teaching
in the schools came up late in the afternoon.
During the evening session consideration
of the subject Under discussion to-day was
continued, the essays and addresses being
devoted to the higher branches of the SUBJ
ject. namely. university education Bishop
Andrews presided.