The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-04
FROM MANY LANDS
High Dignitaries Of the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church
Assemble in London For the
Eeumenical Council.
PRAY FOR M'KINLEY.
His Name Joined With That Of
King Edward VII
In the Opening Petition to the
Throne Of Grace.
High Dignitaries of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church
Assemble i'm London For the
EcumenIcal Council.
PRAY FOR M'KINLEY.
His Name Joined With That Of
King Edward VII
In the Opening Petition to the
Throne of Grace.

London. Sept. 4-The EoumenicaE
Methodist conference opened in Wes-
ley's chapel today with good attend-
ance. In the devotional exercises. King
Edward and President Mckinley were
prayed for. Bishop Joseph c. Hartseli.
missionary bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal church in Africa. made the
opening prayer and Bishop Galloway &c
Jackson, Miss. preached an eioquent
sermon, setting forth the aims Of Meth
odists throughout the world and empha-
sizing the value of the tenets OF john
Wesley.
Communion followed. The archbishop
Of Canterbury the Most Rev. Frederic1
Temple, D. d. and the bishop Of Lon-
don, the Right Rev. A. F. W. Ingram.
d. d., sent friendly messages, the arch-
bishop of Canterbury praying that God =
blessing may rest on the deliberations.
The bishop of London sent a similRc
message, but adding the hope that some
day the Methodists will be united with
the Episcopalians.
The conference is meeting in the city
Road chapel built by John Wesley in
176O. 1t is sometime called the Cathe-
dral Of Methodisn and is filled with me-
their origin to Wesley. Marble columns
representing Methodist branches in the
no and south of the United states
a Canada are among those holding up
the galleries. They were presented after
the conference assembled here 20 years
ago today. Tn representa- ton, which Is
on the basis Of one delegate to abour
20, 600 gives the United States and Cam
ada 300 out of the 500 delegates compos-
ing the council. The chairman viii be
oh sad "a
visions represented will have a chair
manship. For convenience in arraue-
ing business the conference is divided
into eastern and western sections.
The eastern section. which takes in an
branches OF English Methodists together
with affiliated cOnferencesi in Australasla.
South Africa and the West indies. cor
sists Of 2O6 members apportioned as fol-
lows: Wesleyan Methodists s6- New
COnnexfOn MethOdists TO- Primitive
MethOdists "a: United Methodists Free
church 20: Bible Christians 10; Irish
Methodists 10; Minor Methodist bodies
6; French MethOdists 2; West Indian
Methodists 6: Australasiau Wesleyan
Methodist church r. and South African
Methodist churches TO-
The western section has 800 delega tes-
The Methodist Episcopal church 0f the
United States sent 129 Representatives
among them Bishops Hurst. Vincent,
Hamilton and Hsrtsell- The Methodist
Episcopal church south. is represent
ed by seventy delegates including Bish-
ops Fitzgerald, Galloway. Granbury
and Anderson. The Methodist church
of Canada, among its twenty repre-
sentatives, has Dr. Briggs. pr. r Itts.
Prof J. c. Antiif and Chancellor
F3rownash of Toronto. The colored
Methodist churches of America are
represented by fifty-eiRht delegates.
including twenty colored bishops.
Though the conference does not have
legislative and administrative power
over the churches represented. their
policy viii probably be affected both
directly and Indirectly by the discus
sions on the religions and social prob
lems that will come before it,
Among the subjects that viii be co1-
sidered are: The present position of
Methodism;" The influence of Method
ism in the promotion Of International
policy" Biblical criticism a1d the
Christian faith" Principles of protest.
antism versus sacerdotalisn; Method
ism and education" Christianity ana
modern unbelief;" Modern Indifferent
tism;" Methodist literature and jour
nalism. and Practical Methods OF dea-
ling with the liquor traffic"
A public meeting viii be held at which
the moral unity Of the English speaking
peoples viii be the subject discussed
The most striking feature Of the con-
ference today was an impassioned plea
of the colored Bishop Walters Of Jersey
City. he declared that there was "a
systematic effort on foot ON the part ol
WnlLG Americans Co destroy the AONfA
opinion which the English people had Of
American negroes. He recapitulated the
lynching figures of the year 1900 and
declared that. though 80 negroes We're
lynched, in only il cases had assault on
white women been proven.
The bishops reservations on negro
morality elicted loud cheers from the
English part of the audience and sev-
eral of the many southern delegates
went out. while others did not conceal
their disagreement with the speaker
Another incident which attracted
comment was a declaration of Sir
Charles Shelton. formerly mayor Oe
Sheffield. who. in welcoming the Amerl-
cans, several criticized the war in South
Africa exclaiming:
Hell is let loose in South Africai"
He appealed to the visitors to go back
and began preaehipE an example TO
make such wars impossible.
DIR. Potts Of Toronto replying in be-
half Of Canada. protested. in "a heated
patriotic and imperialistc speech
against the statements made by Sir
Charles SHELTON
Bishop Hurst. of Washington, dilated
on the friendliness OF the British and
American nations and conveyed to the
delegates President McKinleys hearty
good wishes for the success OF the con-
ference, which We're cordially received
n. r.