The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-09-27
Special Cor. to Tho Staio.1

Nh' Nhii'' IJbtiIlltIlltHl NltlnOttlSI COn
ferenc" has passed., and one can form
somo idea Of It's current. The acs-
sion lasts i'ut two weeks.
Delegates from all tho world are
here, probably 40 of tho $50 APP
pointed are or have been in attend
ance. These occupy tho entire lower
floor Of Wesley chapel, City Road,
visitors having only the galleries and
being admitted by card.
Westley Chapel, City Road, is his,
torlc. 1t was founded by John
Wesley, whose remains are Inferred
behind the building. Near his tomb
are tho graves Of DR.. Adam Clarke,
Richard Watson and Il number of
distinguished men, and III WesIey's
grave are the romains Of three Or
four preachers. Tho church is plain
in its outward appearances, but the
Interior is tasteful. Some windows
have rich pictures formed Of costly
stained gl"sS; others are without
ornament. Attached to the church
on the north IS later building, puri
OF Which is used as "a mOrnur
chupei' and tue other ROOMS for
class rooms, committees ruuns, etc
This newer Dulluiny roacies the
street, while the church truut l., about
% yards from the street pavement
Opposite to the ilew bulldlng Is tn.
parsonng", "hIcn begins about 10
leel from the street and exto, ds to
about same distance from the church
front. Ih;s arrangement leaves q
goou sized court or yard between
these buildings last named, the street
and the church, In this is the fa.
nous bronze STATUE OF John Wesley.
mounted on Il pedestal about 10 feet
i'll height
The crnf,lenco met "Wednesday
morning, SNptemhcr 4, ut 10 a. N.
and will "loon Tuesday afternoon,
September II, about p. NJ. Two
seSs'ons rr2 held daily from 10 a. m
to l2:.lo p. m. and from 2:3O .. m.
to 4:lo p. III. At these sessions the
SUBJECTS arra"g"d ia the program
are d'scuSN,'r. each ono beginning
with paper :. i by q writor up-
pointed mor;i.. a.sa, f"'iowed bv two
addresses mtHn ~ persons also ap-
pol"ted, and then opon di~cussion
begins. rne struggle for the floor
l' keen-nmong the talking dele
gates. Here, M everywhere, there
are those who speak often. L am
glad to say that southern Methodists
have not been overmnch in evidence
as speakers
The negro delegates are the lions
or the OCCASION. Europeans seems
to be wonderfully impressed by them
They are not only given special con
slderatlon in the conference proceed
lngs, but in the city they have all
any ybody else gets. Naturally they
enjoy the situation. Delegates from
our church arc quite philosophical
over the matter, but some from be-
yond Mason and Dixon's line are
apparently very tired of it.
The papers and addresses have
been Of very fair ability, aud I am
pleased to say that the negroes have
made a few very good speeches.
Minor differences appear, but in
essentials it is certain all Methodism
Is agreed AS the body has no au.
thority, it ia restricted to expressions
OF opinion, or modest suggestion
Some OF us hoped it would recon
mend Il common hymnal, but that
suggestion WAS rejected by the busi-
ness committee, which WAS sustained
by the Conference.
The statistical committee reported
some figures today which will be of
general interest. BY careful investi-
CATION it has been ascertained that
there aro now in tho world tho fol.
lowing Methodists: Ministers, 49,.
334; increase since 1891 of 1901;
local preachers, 04,785; increase
since 1891 of 1854; members, 7,G50,-
2S5; increase since 1891 of 1,155,.
o2o; Methodist adheronts, 2l,3O0,.
AL; increase since 1901 Of 2,52G,0 ,07S.
or the members America has G.437..
30l, an increase since 1891 of t,O53,-
I0I SO those who have been
troubled because SUCCESS was not "a