The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-15
NEXT YEAR At KINST0N
THE METHODIST CON FER ENC T.
DFCIPES TO MEET THERE
IN 1896.
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ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., Dec. Ii
(SpeciaI) 1.-The fourth days opening
worship was conducted by Rev. ]. w
Jenkins. The call of the pastoral
charges was completed. The bishop
! had the class elected to deacon's orders
| to come before tie Conference and ne
| addressed them at length. This was a
very comprehensive and profound ad-
| dress and was listened to with close
attention by q large congregation.
I'VE hasc no creed that is not to be
| verified in consciousness and expressed
| in the life. The doctrine is not worth
much that can't be lived. Our great
| work is to save men. We are not to
| instruct them in the creeds, as school
| W0uld do, but we are to save them by
| bringing them into living union with
the living Christ. IF we can do this we
| shall not be uneasy about our theolo-
gy The extent of a mans power and
the fulness OF his ministry is to be val
ued by his vital union with Christ.
II want every one Of YOU to be so
grounded in Christ that you shall be
always the enemy Of sin in every form.
Don't allow any compromise with sin.
There is no concord between Christ
and Belial. | want our ministry to
represent the highest quality and
highest faith of Christian life, so that
they shall go to their people and say
you can't make any alliance with sin.
but you are to fight worldliness in
the church in the spirit of love. You
are not to use meat axe and try to
butcher men, but in love YOU are to re-
buke men for their sins. There are
no degrees Of sin. All sin is alike evil
in the sight of God. The sin of drunken
ness is not darkened homes and broken
families and distressed hearts. These
are but the results of sin, but the great
iniquity Of drunkenness is that God
has said, no drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of Heaven
When we work among the poor and
Cutcast the world looks upon us with
ecorn, as though we were insignificant.
bat we are doing a work there that is
going to set us upon the throne Of
power at last, and there shall rise up
from among these. the very subjects
OF yonr kingdom.
We don't want any small men III our
ministry who will look with scorn upon
the low places among the masses, but
we want men who are great enough to
serve the lowest of all people in the
earth.
You viii have TO get yourselves
down if you want to get up. You must
go to the very poorest of the earth if
you would be the noble men that God
wants you to be-"
The fixing of the place for the next
conference was the next order of bnsi-
ness. The vote was between Edenton
Street, Raleigh, and Kinston. Knston
was chosen.
THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
The report of the committee on
books and periodicals was Submitted
TO the conference. The report recon-
mends that the editorial management
of the Iyaper be put under the control
of a committee elected by the two con
ferences. The report bearing on this
matter was made the special order for
10 o'clock next Monday.
At O'Clock p. m. the conference
again convened, with Rev II. A. Willis
in the chair. The report of the joint
board of finance was made. w. II.
Branson, of Durham, is chairman Of
the board.
DIR, KILGO'S OPTIMISM.
The report of the Board of Educa-
lion was next submitted. DIR. Klgo
spoke to the report. Among other
things. he said: "This report comes
TO us with no voice of calamity. There
is in it no lack OF faith. 1t shows that
has been progress in all our institu
tions This is an hour of congratula-
ton The future church is to be deter
mined by the place Christ holds in its
educational institutions. 1T is time the
world was taking Christianity serious
ly. When Jesus said, Render to Cae-
sar the things that are Caesars. and TO
God the things that are Gods, lie
swept the rim of the universe and laid
every planet at the feet of Jesus. ] am
not going to substitute. Plato for the
word of God.
sAll institutions are the expression
Of thought, of a principle. The day
is coming when the universities of this
country will rule you with an iron rod
in their hands. You can't get one Of
your college graduates TO teach in one
of your poor communities. That means
that he wants to fatten up the world
and give it nothing back, he proposes
to give nothing to the world. | say
that it is a wrong notion OF education
Some of the worst forms of Amerl-
can heathenism are found in some OF
our colleges and universities. Send
your BOYS to the school that believes
in Christ. have seen schools take boys
out of your Christian homes and out
Of your Sunday schools and keep them
four years and then send them back
looking down upon your simple faith
in Christ.
Il go into your home to ask for your
boy to educate and you ask what VIII
it cost, just as though it was old rotten
plank YOU were dealing in. Don't tell
me you are teaching morality in your
unchristian college The rottenest
thing in this world is Christian mo-
rality. You call your Legislture a
| Christian Legislature. Don't they
| have prayers every morning? And as
| soon as prayers are over some fellow
| Jumps up and offers a bill to license
| bar-rooms. Is that Christian?
"One of the greatest benefactors of
| Southern Methodism is Washington
Duke. Brethren respond to his gener-
Gus offer and let us roll up the endow-
ment of Trinity College"
The address made very profound
impression upon the conference.
Missionary anniversary meeting to-
4 night.
PRESIDENT CLEyELANDPREsENT