The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-03

vidcl followers OF WcQoy, bus would
eventually bring them into practical ulloh.
4 Naturally thaivfore, Che question aNlses,
what Is the prospect for such a nnGAl
Have the three Ecumelhcal cOnfCrencta
done anything 10 advance this cause, and
In particular, what has been done toward
this end bg The conference which his Just
| closed?
IN response TO these i've queries It must
be gratefully admitted that since the lirst
| Ecunicuicnl, twenty years ago. the Feeling
| oil Fellowship has made rapid strides. so
| Tar mas this gone In hugaud that there ~
now In existence Standing COMMITTEES on
! concerted action, made 10 Of representa-
! lives from all the branches Of Meth0lism
| on this side, some Of whom. quarter Of
! q century ago, were scarcely on spchBlng
| terms win each other. In America, TOO,
1 there has been marked growth Of good
VIII AMI Of mutual 60 operation between
| the Methodist churches North and South,
while amongst the negro churches theirs
has been an interchange Of communications
at least that nuch-lUokng ioWntd Or
game unity. one must recognize, roo. that
IN worldwide Methodisn there Is a distinct
/ trend tOward union, showing Itself frst, 40
| Is only natural, ~ countries where the
( divided bodies Of this sect, Dciug small,
feel most keenly that division IS source
/ Of weakness In Ireland MethodlSm be
/ came u unit twenty three years .Hgo This
/ was Just prior to the first Ecumcnical con-
! ference, and very Significant Is Il That
I Just after that first Ecumcnic1l there was
| z happy fusing into one of the four a. i've
/ Mcthodisms Of Canada More recently
/ SUI ihe, different branches n Australia
( sian McthodiSm have become one.
RUS latest Of the marriages between
competing Methodist churches is distinctly
| traced by those who brought 1t about to
what was said on Methodist union ut the
washington ecmencul ten years ago SO
that not only IL Methodist union in fne air.
but 1t has evidently gotten into the air
l through the brcczCs of fraternity aud good
sense which have been raised and famed
at the great gatherings In which Methodists
OF every name have come together for
from CanudH and from Australasia does t1e
I testimony come that this union OF forces
was not so difficult when IT. was practical
! ~ undergken as it had Threatened 10 be
when II WAS merely up for acudcmlcal dis
/ cussion. 10 brtus. Il nbout the great re-
quisltc. we are told was that good prin-
clplc should take the FlaCc Of blind prcit-
dice aud a cOncllat0ry spirit suppluut
plghcndcdness. II Is triumplgutly affirmed,
roo, thai In neither Of the British colonies
where Methodist union has gone mo cf-
feet has there been any resultant Fiction,
and thHt in all Of them the gain in Memo
dist progress and influence has exceeded
expeditions.
/ Iii the conference just closed little was
said upon this subject by delegates from
America. DR. j. II. GuuCher hntcd, ia his
admirable pappr Oh "Ihc Condition OF
MethOdism in the Western Hemisphere,
that there was a movement. whlcn ne
hoped would become grOund-sWcll, IN "a
yur Of federation between North and South,
and one also looking toward the union or
culorcd Mcthodists. and this nllusion was
afterwards rc-echOed with many orutorlchl
iourishcs. by an ppisCOpdtc OF the African
race. Bishop Derrick VINO, by the way, IS IN
great vogue over here, as thc eolorcI dele,
gates In general are and whose cplscbPNl
proportions and dignity hPvr earned Iof
him from the press the English pfchN OF
right reverend. Bcyond thcsc bare anu.
sion. to the subject, scarcely anything mas
been said from fine American silc, the reel
Ing evidently being tnat talk VIII not heip
much, and that on the other hand inlu-
dicluus Dak, which is not mt all an unknown
b quantity In Ecumtnical conferences WEnt
impede the cause Instead OF helPlhE 1t.
lIut on tine English side there mas bccn
"a decided inclination 20 keep this subject
well tn the front, Tile speeches clearly SNOW
ing that Runugst tho struggling HOSTS OF
British Mcthudism there is tccllhN thal
something radical ought TO be none 7oo"
To give Them greater influence ana a net
ter acuomlnational standing A. a.
A personality greatly missed ~ tue uf.
hntcs oI lhIs conference has been thar
greatest Of Methodist dehatcrs, Or. j. NJ
! Rucbicy, and nnothcr whose absence
through Illness hus been strikinBlN cen ~
Ilcv Price Hughes who was uptIy de-
! scrNci the Other day u9 "the most inter.
esllne personality lu modern Mctholism.
! iui Mr. Hughes, though not present Seul
| @ letter to the conference, and hc ala not
/ fau TO give vent in Ii TO ono OF his ruling
/ passions, for his letter said thai the one
! success yVhs urga'lic uuiou. Representatives
/ ct all Tho smaller Ensiish bodies spoke Ia
! favor OF union, and br. u. BuWmun Ste
! phenagu op of The most influential repro
! senutiycs or the urRpst ~ rhc English
churchcs. seemed also 10 favor H. fhey
/ h1d boon counting go long hy sold, nut had
/ grown 10 lnuW nul Ike zach other so well
/ ilwt the urNt inevitable step would have
/ TO- hc marriage A cauriship he said
4 MIGHT lgst 500 long ns to make marriage
/ lWprnoiiWbl". such oourtshlps on,Htmcs
/ I'M, Be- actions toi nrel"h OF prnmisc
! teHlulon was 1ntrol aud passed declaring
/ Ultlmt" uuun tu bo tho Ngin uf God mud
expressing confidence that % due time It
would Cpu.v about An effort was made
/ 10 ada 80 this "a recommendation thnt an
! the BODIES In England .AWuIlpu wasn't in.
/ clnued should at once take this subject VI
/ organic union Into consideration Bnt this
/ addition did NOT pass II WIS not mt Ia
% vote, " WIS PLEASANTLY bowed ont NJ
/ ecgHlii ne master Of ceremonies hc'no that
{ tchnIhflF Fu0f", persuasive hurmoulHmg
/ gem l'unli pr, w. n Dawson. president
/ of me british Weslc{Un conference sun.
/ pose the different churches li1 t1ko tbis
/ question into immediate consideration. md
! SuppoSc some should vote for rnlon mid
/ Anlne agninst-would that" he nskod md,
/ vance or would II not rather retard unlnnf''
/ what Or. Dawson favored was IN" gro,l
! uNl, uuiurcod growth Of sentiment ON tho
SuuJ'rE Hnlll sentiment should Of ia
/ own kEhUe lorce bring them all together
| lIe mildly and wittlly dlsscntcd from nr
| steEhenson'S figure OF coGpic counting
! preliminary to wpdlock They yvor, raibnrr'
! he said, In the situation of n nn,phnr
! youns people Of opposite ecxes Who mi
! nerh Whiting out together In rood ngtnred
tbnnf "ffoilip jor some cine and were now at
| MIA 4'rHyut polht where different onos
! miSht 81 nuy moment PAIR on ana begin tn
lvlh WIN raoh other more srrinusly ,tpur
! on my nc said, "huW dnugnrnns M e,,,b
! u moment 10 try 60 force nnttcrs ~, ~
/ any 'hlrd party TO on'er adyircl' ''
/ N the tolerant and Intelligent ottit,d,,
/ OF InS conference toward the 1--we unrstion
| on hlhllc0l criticism there was nofhi1g 10
] MlCpurhre old iogylSn, hut nvrrything t0
! imu'rnle that Mcthodism was benz ,,nor Nc
! iuE ilueWL hopeful, progressive This sun
| JN.' ."ullNlN came up again when "NfoJ
| Nth hhglrt was uudcr review. and ist
! Us thC discussion was about 90 close nr
! Jesse BoWmnu Young Of Cincinnati ,,o, TX
! pHlI9Im 0nd With The expression Of nnc
| VIC hal Unexpectedly escaped intcllecflt1I
! magtyfuom thanked God to the accom-
| Rumeht OF hearty Hear, hears and gmcns
! that ne had not thnt day heard anyone ~y,
! press the hyStcrical fear that Biblical criti.
/ "lSm was destroying the bible! IN seencd
! 20 no conceded. he said, that a man could
| Pc sound IN the Chrlstlan faith mad sniI
| oellcNe thht Moses didn't write Dcutoror'
/ onN ana that there were two Isniol's in
| stead of Que. In his Judgment Il hnJ han
] worth while FOR them To come 10 Tint ,,,,
/ terence 10 only TO hear on this ono srh
| je'l tue Intelligent ana advanced utterabSes
! OF men Ike Dr. Tlgcrt OF the United Stotes
| ma prs Beet ana DAVIDSON OF Enriand'
! tie was glad that the voices OF those toV
| etehtul scholars We're hushlng into silence
| the clamorS OF The Ignorant and ganrc,I
llr. Agar Beet, the highest Methodist
/ authority on this subject said II wns nsc
I less TO deny that modern research ma
| schalnrshp had compelled them "a ,noilfv
/ ~ fu A,,N,ithf