The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-22

demo IN nations, but he also rs firmly be-
lieves n deuominational cooperation,
as is shown by the erection of houses OF
worship by various bodies at Chautauqua'
There. he said, the Episoopalians have a
chapel. When 1t came time TO dedicate
the building, Bishop Vincent said that 1t
could not be colsecrated by the ceremony
OF the Episcopal church because that
would exclude the representatives of other
churches. Bishop Cox of Western Penn
sylvania replied that 1t could not be con-
secrated because 1t was erected on leased
land. $50 they didn't oonsecrate 1t, said
Bishop Vincent, "but they set it apart
for religious worship and they have used
1t for that purpose ever since and go
there once every summer to receive the
Holy Communion from the clergyman
who has charge Bishop Vincent also
told of the Methodist belief as to church
organization. 1t is that there are but two
orders of ministers, the deacons in prepe-
ration for their later work and the elders,
the presiding elders and bishops being
elders with added duties and response
bilities, and all boing servants of the
mem bers of the church.
one of the interesting features Of this
gathering of Maine Methodists was the
address delivered by the Rev. DR.. Mason
of Cincinnati in behalf of the Freedmen S
Aid and Southern Education society. DR..
Mason Is q negro, one SO dark in skin
that his audience laughed and applauded
when he told them that he never intended
to pass himself off as u white man. His
address drew an audieno. SO large that
the Congregational church was used be-
cause of its greater size than the Metho-
dist house of worship. The address from
It's first sentence to the last showed that
the man who made 1t is the possessor of "a
broad culture and wider Information.
DR.. Mason whose home is in Cincinnati,
is one of the secretaries of the Freedmen IS
Aid society. He not only is foroible
speaker, hut he is man who can tell u
story and as he proceeded with his ad-
dress, the applause, and laughter We're al
most continuous. DIR. Mason began with
figures and through them traced the
growth of Methodism in the Southern
Dthtto III tut - uutli mas
reached It's present great proportions. 81
had these figures on another occasion, J"
said DIR. Mason. II didn't uss them In
this speech. This is a new speech, but l
quoted the same figures. 1t was in the
South and as l talked saw one old negro
in the audience. He watched me. and he
affected me by his interest. so that
watched him. At last, as / was telling
of the growth OF the church, he could
keep still no longer. He jumped right up,
clapped his hands and shouted, 'Hallslu.
jah, If the United States government
would hire the Methodist church. 1T could
convert the world.
DIR. Mason's remarks on the school
maintained In the South for the negroes
were particularly interesting. He empha-
sized the fact that In these schools both
Bible study and manual training are OBJ
ligatory. In some of them as many as SO
trades are taught. The students ars
taught to realize their religious duties. 1t
is largely due to this fact that while you
hear of occasional riots In the South,
there is no widespread, foroible resistance
to violence against the negroe DIR.