The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-03
WESLEYANS' LEADER
PRESIDENT OF WESLEYAN METHO-
DIST CHURCH IN SAVANNAH.
JUST FROM THE BAHAMAS.
WILL SPEND SEVERAL DAYS VISIT
ING SCENES OF WEsLEK'S WORK.


at TrinIty-St. Johns ChOir's Last
Festival Before Easter-Rev. Hum
ter Davidson at Christ Church.
Memorial uusic to lie Repeated Mt
st. PnuI'S-Rev. DIR. }. ID. Jordan
ON 1.-The Sabbath'-Rev. BascOm
Anthony at the Y. NJ. C. A.
Rev. David ]. Waller, D., president
of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and
one Of the foremost educators and minis
tiers OF England. is in the city, the guest
of Mr. S. B. Adams.
DR.. Waller lives in London, but the
duties of his office as general superintend-
ent of the church. necessitate extensive
travel, which accounts for his present
visit He is most pleasantly remembered
by American Methodists az a distinguish
ed figure in the Ecumenical Methodist
Conference held in Washington City IN
1881 In that conference he read an es-
say on The Present Status of Methodism
iu Great Britain" He also presided at
some of the sessions and gave valuable
advice during the discussions on educa-
ton, federation, amusements, and other
topics of Importance. He will be heard
with great pleasure by the MethOdists OF
Savannah. He win preach this morning
at Ii O'Clock at Wesley Monumental,
Church and at night at Trinity. The con-
gregations OF these churches will unite
at both services.
Dr. Waller has been visiting the BAHIA
ma Islands, holding the annual conference.
and is now on his way home via New
fau dow in
city, visiting the scenes of Wesley's
labors in America. He was expected to
be In Savannah at the time that Bishop
Hendrix was here several weeks ago. bus
being delayed on his journey by sickness.
he was forced to forego his visit to Sa-
vannah until he should have visited the
Bahamas,
At Wesley Monumental Church the SER
vices a. II O'Clock will be conducted by
Rev DR.. D. J. Waller, president Of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church The CON
gregation of Trinity Church will unite
with that OF Wesley at this service. and
the congreg cations will also unite again
at night at Trinity Church where Dr..
Waller will conduct the evening service.
The Sunday-school of Wesley Monu-
mental Church will meet at 4 o'clock.
The Epworth League devotional meet
ing will be held on Tuesday night at S:l5
O'Clock The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet on Tuesday afternoon at
O'clock, and prayer meeting and Bible
study will be held Wednesday night at
Sis. The Junior League will meet on
Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Next Sunday night Rev. Ed. f. Cook
win resume the series Of evening service
recently begun. His topic will be IAN
Uncrowned King"
Thursday evening there will be a social
reunion of the congregation of Wesley
Monumental Church in the lecture room
and ladies' parlor of the church. The
entertainment will begin at $50 O'Clock
and last until 1880. 1t will consist of
songs, Rotations and refreshments. There
viii be no admission fee charged. A free
viii Offering wiz be taken up for the
benevolent work of the Epworth League
There will be services at Grace Metho-
dist Church at II O'Clock a. m. and o.
m. The pastor, Rev. Osgood F. Cook will
preach both morning and evening. After
the morning sermon the sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be administered. The
Sunday-school Will meet al 4 p. m. and
the Junior Missionary Society at O'Clock
The Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety will meet Monday afternoon at 4
O'Clock, and the Parsonage Aid Society
at o'clock. The stewards will meet al
the parsonage at O'Clock. The Epworth
League will meet Tuesday at SIS p M,
and the prayer meeting Wednesday nign.
at o'clock.
There will be preaching at the Epworth
Methodist Church at II o'clock a. m. and
at S:15 p. m, by the pastor, Rev j. A.
Smith Communion service and RECEIPT on
of new members will be held at the early
service.
The Sunday-school will meet at 4
o'clock. The Junior Epworth League
will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4 The
Ladies' Working Circles will meet at the
parsonage tomorrow aft rnoon ct 4
o'clock. A stewards meeting will be held
at the residence Of MIR. James l.. CHRIS
tian tomorrow night at SIS o'clock The
Senior League will meet on Tuesday at
Sis p. m. and prayer service will he
held on Thursday at the same hour.
Methodism, North, is in greater state
of unrest than at any time since the
separation into Method m North a d
South back in the early fo~ties The
reason is the removal Of the pastoral time
limit. Pastors do not know what to ex-
pect. and congregations are declared to
be in condition of not knowing what
they want. In theory the removal may
have been a good thing, so Meth dist
leaders say, but in practice # is go ng TO
take a generation at least to educate
Methodist corg egations to an adequat
appreciation of new conditions. Boards OF
control, which manage local affairs OF
churches, began early to cast about for
what they thought m ght be their perma-
nent pastors. A little ministerial go sip
by them has extended to congrecau rs
with the result that the official boards
are, almost without exception, in deeper
water than they we're before found them
selves. There are local exc ptious. W ere
congregations and past rs are sat sle
with each other. but, taking NJ othodism,
North. as a whole. and a period of I'M
rest obtains such as nobody looked for at
the time Of remov ng the limit and VIII oh
so # is declared on all sides, will take a
quarter of a century to allay.
Episcopal.
At ST. Johns Church. Rev. Charles H
Strong. rector, Rev J. Herbert Wood
ward assistant, there will be morning
prayer. sermon and holy communion at
il O'Clock. Sunday school at o'clock. and
evening prayer at s o'clock. followed by
a choir festival, which will be the last