Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
| N 7 H E CHI URCHE S

! The 18th session of the Baltimore an
nual conference of the Methodist Episcopal
| Church, with which the Methodist Epis-
| copal churches In the District of Co.
! lumbia are affiliated. will open in the Caro-
! line Street Church, Baltimore, Wednesday
| March j, and will continue for seven days
A preliminary reception to the bishop and
| members OF the conference will be held at
! the church on the evening previous. This
will also be the anniversary Of the Amer
lean Methodist Historical Society. Bishop
| Goodsell, who will preside over the con-
ference, is the son of pioneer preacher,
and at the time of his elevation to the
| episcopacy, in 1888, was secretary of the
| Methodist board of education in New
! York. He is the youngest bishop in the
church.
| The Caroline Street Church is one of the
/ landmarks of Baltimore. 1t was dedicated
February 10, 1918, and since that time its
| pulpit has been occupied by many of the
prominent heads of Methodism. Over $50
delegates are expected to attend the con-
terence, besides a large number of promi-
| nent officials of the denomination, whose
headquarters are in various large cities.
The one absorbing subject which will
come up for consideration by the delegates
who represent nearly many church con-
gregations, will be the distribution of the
conference fund. The proper disbursement
OF this fund has long been source of much
discussion between the church and the
clergy. 1t Is generally conceded by all
members Of the conference that the fund
has never yet been properly adjusted, and
an earnest effort will be made at the en-
suing session to establish the matter on
a harmonious basis.
The question will be brought before the
conference early in the session by the COM
mittee on the adjustment of these funds
Which was appointed at the last confer
ence. held last year in this city. The COM
mittee will report the proceedings of the
year and the status of the funds. after
which it will be delivered to the body for
general discussion. The fund is composed
OF two PARASITIC annuity and the neces-
sity-both of which are of equal import
ance. The annuity fund is set aside for the
levy of fixed compensations to be paid to
retired preachers. The necessity fund is
solely source of dependence to needy
preachers.
This will be the fourth time the confer
ence has assembled in Caroline Street
Church. The first session was in 1928 the
second in 1892 and the last before this in
1S4S-ffty-one years ago, But few who
were officially present at that conference
remain today. Among the number are
Revs. Drs. John Lanahan, Samuel A. Will
son and George w. Cooper, all of whom
have occupied Washington pulpits and
Rev. John w. Hedges, in Oklahoma,
but who still retains his membership.
1t is generally believed here among those
who have watched the trend of religious
events that Archbishop Ireland, who is so
well known in this city, will shortly be
created a cardinal by the pope. The arch
bishop was born in County Kilkenny Ire
land, September II, 1888. When he was
but babe in arms his parents removed to
st. Paul, and his early education was re-
ceived in the cathedral school. He was
sent to France in 1853, and in September
of that year, when he was but fifteen, he
entered the Petit Seminaire of Meximeux,
finishing the eight-year course in four
years. He studied theology at the Grand
Seminaire at Hyeres. returning to st. Paul
in 1861 and being ordained a priest when
he was little more than twenty-three years
of age. Upon the formation of the 9Th
Minnesota Regiment young Ireland was
made it's chaplain and served two years
in the civil war. Returning from the field
he was appointed rector of the Cathedral
parish, the central and largest in the city,
and continued in that position until he was
named coadjutor bishop.
In 1870 he went to Rome the accredited
representative of Bishop Grace at the Vati-
can council In February 1875 he was
chosen to succeed Bishop O'Gorman in the
vicarate of Nebraska, but, through the eff
forts of Bishop Grace, the appointment was
Cancelled, and he was then nominated coad-
jutor archbishop of st. Paul and was con-
secrated December q, 1915. Besides a vast
amount Of other work accomplished by the
archbishop, he was very active in secur-
ing the establishment of the Catholic Uni
versity in Washington, and on his visit to
Rome in 1887 was engaged in conjunction
with Archbishop keane, in drawing up a
report on the subject for the pope His
appointment as archbishop dates from 1855
Rev. DR.. Tiff of Salt Lake City, who was
selected by the Evangelical Association of
the state of Utah to file with the HOUSE
of Representatives a protest against the
seating in the House Of Brigham H Rob-
erts, representative-elect, is on his way to
q very few days. A letter received from
DIR. Tiff says, among other things, that:
THE Mormons have 500 emissaries at
work throughout the country 1t is In
the south, particularly, that they are NOV
ing energetcally to secure converts New
England, however, and the middle states
are not being neglected. In the spring
they propose to double this force and to
begin a house-to-house canvass. So un-
less the Christian churches take active
steps to combat their propaganda the en-
tire country will soon be oyerrun
These emissaries lead MANY good man
and women astray by Willing the true
facts of their doctrine, and presenting
It IN really attractive light. Having,
however. lived among them for twentya
eight years, / am familiar with all the
terets and traditions of the sect Tbese
are simply horrible, and 1 purpose to ex-
pose them as they are. Polygamy is being
rapidly restored in Utah. Two thousand
cases of it have recently bsen authenti-
cally established and the county records
OF the state show that !, 900 children have
recently been born of plural wives
AS regards Brigham H. Roberts, the
Evangelical Association will contest his
seat on number of grounds. There is no
religious bigotry behind this movement of
the Evangelical churches of Utah. 1t is
purely question of morality, and believe
they have the support of the country
In the formal protest that Is to be laid
before the House of Representatives it will
be alleged as reason why Roberts should
not be seated, that, first, he is violating the
justify this violation by declaring that he
has for SO doing the sanction of a law
higher than the statutes framed by man,
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