The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-02
ANOTHER BUSY DAY
FOR THE METHODISTS.
Large Docket of Business Disposed
of at Today's Session--Visit to
East Greenwich Academy.

, ton school OF Correspondence and the
! Drew Theological Seminary. Revs. DR..
/ ID. A. Whedon and s. q. Benton were
! elected trustees OF the East Greenwich
| Academy. Rev. Dr. ID. A. Whedon was
! unanimously elected a trustee OF Wes-
! leyan University. The report was adopt
! ed Rev NJ. j. Talbot made a report on
, the printing of the bequeStS IN the year
book. IL WAS adopted.
The time of the forenoon session was
! extended upon motion OF Rev. >. -.
BENTON. Various announcements were
made upon the conclusion OF which the
congrc cation sang Praise God from
Whom all blessings Flow" DIR. j.. w.
Hamilton pronounced benediction Whlch
concluded the morning session.
At 2:I5 o'clock this afternoon the pre-
siding elders and many of the visiting
members went 10 East Greenwlch 10
inspect the Academy at that place.
Three cars We're reserved for their spe-
cial use Many addresses were made,
among Them one by Bishop Mallalieu
and one by Rev. Or. Whedon- The con-
ference session will be resumed this
evening at 1880.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
At all four services held yesterday at
Trinity NJ T.. church, the edihce was
filled 10 overilowing. Every seat was
MUM. The first service was the an
nual love feast held at a. m. This
service was led by Rev. M. j. Talbot,
d. d., and participated in by members
from all parts of the conference terrl-
tory.
puD..c worship and ordination or dea-
cons. with "A sermon by Bishop VIII
lard f. Mallalieu, ID. d.. LID. The
bishop was assisted in the ordination
services by Presiding Elders Bass and
Bates. Those ordained were Waiter a.
Gardner, Waiter Agnew, Charles ;.
Thurber. Antonio Rivero. s. II. IL nj.
George q. Scrivener. Eugene NJ. Aus
tin, Edgar James and Samuel j. Cross:
The bishop in his sermon discussed
the manner in which God, omnipotent
and omnipresent, could save world or
sinners. He said that the Father did
not cease TO love His Son even after
the fall OF mankind. Human lie can
not be proved to be the product OK
earthly things. IL comes from above.
We want conservation. to give up ev-
erything, and TO give to God all we
have.
The afternoon session at 3 o'clock
included the ordination OF deacons, In
winch Presiding Elders Bass and
Bates assisted the bishop. The dea-
cons ordained were Will +. Geisler,
Foster c. Anderson. Herbert Il. Muir
kett and Magnus Peterson. The SER
mon was by Rev. B. p Raymond, ID.
ID. LID. president of Wesleyan Uni
versity.
he said in substance that our fai.n
and life and service must start from
the new experience In Jesus Christ.
and when Methodism gets away from
that faith Vt doesn't matter much what
fait,xshe has.
The Methodist church saved this
country 100 years ago. We are coming
to a great century and Methodism Is
going to expand with the country
Rev NJ. II. Chapman, ID. d., of Bos-
ton University school OF theology, de-
Iiyered the sermon at the evening SER
vice. Taking as his text, The Word
of God Shall Stand Forever" he said
that the tfansiency OF the world Is its
greatest charm. The gospel he preached
is not a new one. II is an old one for
which the Savior bled his life away.
/ The gospel is one of faith. hope and
love, OF which love lasts; for God Is
love. This is the final gospel, yet the
speaker was not sure but all these
three gospels are one.