The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-18
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MARCH Is. 1894.

signihcanceof Reformed Episcopalianism,
ana the nature and purport of its cere-
/ monies and creed. Church discipline aud
/ the coordinate jurisdiction of the
/ bishops will be considered. and there is a
/ movement looking TO the iusrease Of the
| church buildings in all metropolitan cen
1 JeFs. The gathering viii be unusual
4 among American religious assemblies in
/ view of its Canadian representation.
/ Since the appointment of Bishop Thomas
! W. Campbell, OF Toronto the dominion
! church has thrived until its communi-
/ cdnts now include Canadians of wealth
ana influence, and the bishop predicts the
| most impressive assem- 0lage in the history
! Oh the movement when the DELEGATES as
! sem bic at Chicago. The next few weeks
Will be given over to preparations for the
| council.
! That powerful denomination. the Meth
/ odlSt Episcopal church, south will con-
! Nene IN general conference at Memphis,
| Tenn, In May. the same month selected
! by the three other religious bodies above
| noted. The Methodist church, south, is a
name apt to mislead all who are not
Methodlsts, for its work is as important
| IN MethodiSm as is that of any other as
! SemOIage OF the denomination. OF course,
! IT'S representation will be exclusively
| southern, such churcnmen as Bishop John
| Z, heener, of New Orleans; Bishop o. =.
| fitzgerald of Nashville; Bishop +. Il.
| Hendrix Of Kansas City; Bishop Alpheus
| ". Wilson. of Baltimore; Bishop H. X
| Hargrove, of Nashville, and Bishop Dun
! can OF South Carolina, being the ones in
| authority.
The matters requiring most considera-
| ton, in the opinion Of the delegates al
| ready chosen, will be church extension,
| mission work in undeveloped fields. and
! l.
| Ihls Is in itself sufficient indication of
| now free from internal discussions the
| church Is, and OF the steady progress it
has made in its territory There is a
! project for effective work in the interest
! OF Seamen along the gulf states, and the
! condition of the seminaries will be i'm
| proved financially, also rs the resources
/ OF the churches have greatly increased
| during the twelve months last past In
! deed, the Methodist church, south, is
| religious phenomenon in this respect, and
| that revival all over the country which
| some have aslribed to the hard times,
has not been without its good influence
| on this denomination. But Bishop J. S.
| Key, of Sherman, Tex, has expressed
some misgivings as to the permanence of
| any SpaSmOdlC religious OutburSt, and
! hence it comes that there will be such
! great attention to church extension.
Inc duration of the conference.-the be
| prolonged, but its adjournment will GER
| tainly close an epoch in the history of the
| church. 1t is one of the wealthiest sects
now in the south, although its vested iu-
! terest have never been phenomenal pc
cuniarily.
These three religious denominations
/ will hardly have assembled before the
meeting of the Unitarians will bring adj
| herents of that propaganda together
| from all parts of the country IL is sig
nitiCant that this should be the case, for
the American Unitarian Association will
consider the deliberations of all the
other bodies, subJectively, at least. Its
first topic, for instance, the best means of
eftectlng union, sympathy and co-opera-
ton among all the liberal Christian
sects. will have a direct bearing upon
the work of the Presbyterians, the re-
formed EpisCopalians and the Methodists
President George S. Hale has direct su-
pervision Of another matter that will be
considered: ITO publish and distribute
books and tracts, insulating correct
views OF religion in such form and at
such times as shall afford all an oppor-
tunity of becoming acquainted with Chris
tlan truth Another aim of the coming
meeting will be the sending out of Chris
tlan missionaries, especially in such parts
OF the country as are destitute OF a stated
ministry, and, according to the committee
u organization, JnSFe eAlSb an dldflnlngly
large number of districts so destitute
Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts,
is one of the most conspicuous of the Uni
tarians who will take part in the proceed
ings, and other noted Unitarians
will include Rev. Grindal
Reynolds, Hon. Dorman B. Eaton,
Hon. John d. Long, Hon. Charles a.
Bell, and Arthur Lincoln. While Unltar-
ianism is especially strong in New York.
and conference will represent all parts of
the country, and will make more effective
efforts than even to meet general re-
ligious needs by contributing TO the sup
port and maintenance Of ministers and
congregations now Overbordened from
lack of pecuniary resources. Thus it IS
that the delegates feel that they have
a special claim to the support and con
sideration of all the other con
ferences. since their aims are 50 general
and apply equally to all liberal christians
Hence, the present religious revival is
already responsible for a great diffusion
of inJcre st IN church work. From now
until May these denominations Will be
buys in the election of their representa-
tiyes, and the outlining of church policies