Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-13
METHOD AND SYSTEM m ouu.cu WORK.

At the conclusion of the esssy by Mr.. Walters
Rev. J. Hugh Morgan Of Birmingham. Eng,
spoke briefly in behalf Of method and system
In church work. Much more could be accom-
| plished If kindred work could be bound in
| closer organic union. At present there is no
| system OF sectional oversight of the congrega-
lions, and only few are actively engaged in
the work Of advancing the interests of Christ 3
klngdcm. He described the Christian Work
! ers Society OF England and showed how much
could be accomplished by united effort
he was followed by Rev. 7. b. Appieget,
good work accomplished by the lay agency in
the church, and Mr.. Thomas Lawrence OF
! Leicester spoke of the failure OF the church TO
raise up enough lay preachers. 1t would be
much better if the church would lend Its AID
| to local prea chers and thus bring about vast
| Improvement in the itineracy.
Rev. William Arthur also spoke on the sub
1ect for the discussion i'll one OF the supple
mentary five minute addresses. He said that
he understood this subject to be the laity as an
element in church agency, but it seemed to
him as though it had drifted around into con-
| sideration of the laity an element in church
government. He spoke briefly and was fol-
lowed by Rev. Jon 8. Simon OF Bromley,
Kent, who took exception to Bono of the state
menrs made BY Mr.. Travis in his paper.
woMAN's RIaHTs SPEECH STARTED.
Mr.. John H. Lille of Hastings, England,
claiming that no one made better delegates.
and he referred to the action of conference
in refusing Miss Frances E. Willard a dele
gate to the ecumenical as great mistake. mas
much as no one was so able to speak upon mat
tiers OF interest to women as woman.
Dr. Stephenson of London, who, being al
ways courteous himself. is q stickler for cour-
tesy and order, was on his feet soon the
reference to Miss Willard and the failure to adj
init her as a delegate was made. He raised the
point Of order and wished to know whe iiler it
was proper or in order for a delegate from the
eastern section 10 criticise the action of the
western conference. who, he said, were per-
fectly competent to manage their own affairs.
The president decided that the point was very
well taken and Mr. Lille had to talk about some
thing else.
Brief addresses on different phases Of the
subject were made by Rev. DR.. A. B. Leonard
of New York, Rev. John Bond OF London, Mr..
Henry ]. Farmer, Atkinson, NJ. p, of
Hastings, England, and MIR. W. Beckworth OF
Joppa, Leeds.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session today began at 2:30
p. m. with devotional exercises The session
was devoted to discussion of the general sub
ject OF woman's work in the church. The
essay upon that topic was delivered by Rev.
W. NJ. Fitchett, B. A., of the Australasian Meth
odist church.
Addresses were delivered by Rev. William
German, Irish Methodist church; Prof. ]. p.
Lands, d D., United Brethren in Christ. and
Rev. Thomas II. Hunt, Primitive Methodist
church.
This evening there will be three mass meet
ings held under the auspices OF the Epworth
League. One will be at the Foundry Church.
one at Waugh Church and one at the Metro
politan Church, and all will begin at 7:3O
O'Clock. Bishop Newman, Bishop Hendrix and
Bishop Fitzgerald will preside at the three
meetings respectiyely and at each addresses
will be made by some CT the most prominent
speakers and writers who are in attendance
at the conference.
The ladies OF the Methodist Episcopal church
Of Washington have invited the ladies who &C
company the delegates and visitors to the
ecumenical conference to an informal recep-
ton and tea at the Hotel Fredonia H street
near 14th, from to Z pm. tomorrow. The
ladies will be happy to see the gentlemen as
well on this occasion.
TO TALK ABOUT THE FORWARD" MOVEMENT.
People who want to know something about
the forward movement in English Method
ism will be able to secure more information
than they can possibly carry away if they SO to
Hamline NJ. E. Church on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. During the past few days
there has been fragmentary talks on that i'm
portant and popular subject, but Hamline
Church has secured a galaxy of mission
airy oratory. On Wednesday evening the Rev.
Hugh Price Hughes, NJ. A., and Mrs. Hughes
will give detailed account Of their work in
connection with the West London Mission. An
address will also be delivered by the Rev. W:
ID. Walters, general secretary Of the combined
London missions On Thursday evening the
Rev. Peter Thompson Of the East London Mis-
sion will tell the story Of his work among the
poorest and most degraded of Londons poor.
The sad narrative will be supplemented by ex-
periences Of the Rev. W. d. Walters.