Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-20
BANQUET LAMPs-EwINe BROS.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
A Splendid Lecture by DIR. Rudisil, of Mad
ras. India.

A Splendid Lecture by DIR. Kudisil' OF MAJ
ras. India.
Buckhannon, w. Va, September "
The first regular session Of the annual
conference of the West Virginia NJ. Z.
Church was called to order this morning
by Dr. LYDIA.
Bishop Merrill failing to arrive, Rev
DIR Clark was elected President pro
tenn. Rev. J. Engle. Secretary, ana Rev.
7. W. ROBBERS. Treasurer; the regular dls-
culinary business was begun. The re-
mort of the campground trustees was
made the special order for thursday
morning. and consideration of the ques-
tion of changing the districts of the pre-
siding elders was set for the AFTERNOON
All future services of the Conference
of especial interest 10 the public Will -
held in the seminary chapel.
The Pentacostal service this afternoon
was a very interesting meeting
of the laymen taking part-among them
several old soldiers of the flag, as well
as of the Cross. Palms Of Victory
was the sentiment Of the meeting, and
if some had had them already IN their
hands they could not have been mucn
happier.
The announcement that Chaplain Nc
Cabe would speak in the chapel crowded
the building long before the time Oh
meeting.
DR.. Riker. in his in;mitable manner
broke the sad news to the audience tnat
the Chaplain would not be present, and
then introduced to them DR.. Reedisil,
manager Of the NJ. z. publication house
at Madras. India. The speaker said ne had
not come to fill Chaplain McCabe's APP
rpointment, but just to tell a few facts inf
regard to India. He captured his audi
once at once, and took them with him 70
the land of which the poet wrote:
Where every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile.
His eloquent description of the mag
nificent mountains Of India, the storms
on the Indian ocean, and the wonders OF
the great deep Of Of the topics, will lin
ger long in the minds of his hearers.
Turning from the country to the peo-
pie he proceeded to examine the various
religions of India, of which Edward Ar
mold wrote so gloriously, and to trace
lltu tlcClS upon LL4C HCoBiC' SA4N eNA.-0A
another he drew picture Of the leading
representatives of each, and over against
it the results of the teaching as prac-
ticed to-day by it's adherents.
Pantheism, stripped of the enchant-
ment of distance and its carrying Of
falsehOod and hypocrisy in his hands,
developed into the lowest and most de-
grading forms Of idolatry. Its practical
results is the elevation of the higher
classes and the degradation of the lower
10 a level far below the brute; hope ends
in despair and death IS a welcome relieS
for the Ills of life. The Gospel of the
Christ on the other hand, while allowing
the naughty and the proud, takes the de-
graded and the outcast and clothing
them in the habiliments of Christian
civilization opens the door of nope to a
life Of usefulness and happiness.
The lecturer throughout was as fresh
and crisp as a winter morning, and pro-
fusely illustrated with thrilling Incl
dents and artistic sketches from real
life drawn with a master hand.
We are sorry Chaplain McCabe failed
to arrive, but We are very glad he sent
DR.. Redisel in his place, was the eX-
preston heard on every hand. His ma
jestic picture Of India and and it's people
will long remain in the memory of his
audience
Bishop Merrill arrived tonight.