The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-29
|NFNCAL METHODIST CONFERENCE.
interesting Review of the Recent Ses-
sion in London.

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49,. ~ features Of lesh and blood
IN IN their relation to all
', aud circumstances. That
'. ~, 'renmenleal conference met
'a' ,,ue. and went through It's
nv. y, !, rork and talk, especially TIE
n r.u known long ere this.
~ w readers viii apprecla NJ l ..,,,
wv what that great gathefihS
y va how It's proceedings We're
$na lI', wben they have seen a
~ W. ,Ia;nrr Of us typical and most
d slcns The place could not
III 49, from the Methodist point
l l,..a .rs many churches in both
llg,a bv the name Of Wesley,
a esns .sbnrch In CitN Road, London,
4sa ser besides laying the foup-
A " ~ No opened 1t, collected the
4 v "A, for It, frequently preaGheu IN
~, msny years made the adJolhins
~ ased AZ a Wesley museum, ms
4 sslesastical headquarters, until
Ri y , ,smslns we're carried thence 10
4.,..ble resting place, with so many
5..,Sedlsi pioneers, In the adjacent
4 N lam the very pulpit In which
80 Mad so often stood that
h Galloway preached the OPEN
IN AZ THIS great conference, and
hsopv circumstance that the
.s,.sn aThe Supreme Value OF
4 Trperlence = should have been the
Ia INSISTED upon by Methodlsm' 5
4 Wesley's plea was for experience
\ 4 torm vet Wesley himself could
4 pIeaded for this as the distin-
nrSrk Of Methodism with any
4 ,ssstoess than did Bishop Gallo
~ thsn hundred years after
4, aesth II scarcely seemed that
IN n time had made any change.
IN In az nilusiOn 10 q well known
M NE scholarly and rhetorical bish-
n Ms audience Of ministers laugh
s,stterizlng what formerly was a
Ia article Of every Christians
Il Jonah and his little excursion
~ one was forcibly reminded that
IN been great changes since Yves
la both In preaching and In the
\ which preaching Is listened to.
Il, the initial laugh VI the confer
La since. as the result has shown,
Is TO be so much laughing every
Il hoaF as the proceedh went for
i was perhaps well tina, the thing
tag.
" possible, some Of MS asked, as we
IW at Tie platform that opening
d saw 10 the chair man below
height of spare build. with long
n thin lips, with eyes which often
Div expressed religions emotional
faB, vet evidently of great force
,nclo1, his appearance and express
dearly Indicating the ripe scholar
.frout enthuSiast--can II be possible,
81 IS We looked at this man. that
himself Is amongst us for this oc.
No, not Wesley himself: IL is only
|essor in office. Dr. w. 4. DAWSON.
president Of the British Wesleyan
pee. But surely the fact Of this
so many OF his features and char
D. 80 Striklngly reminding us of
makes his presidency upon the
dag Of this great ecumenical con
aaething more than mere coin.
Il seemed so fitting that 1t could
Pare been less than provldential
|agement DR.. Dawson opened the
be Oy using an abridged form of
n Of the Church of England. This
|ing occurred at the first ecumenicaI,
|!eaYs ago, and the American dele
nat time were surprised and some
|ignant. This time they were nor
surprised and not at all moved
faston, But they were decidedly
|ved because. however much one
Enlre Vie Episcopal form Of service.
Flt used 10 1t. and hasn't a kind
Eeaf 70 nudge him. how Is he to
I9ea to dt down and when TO stand
'ls was the embarrassment of tho
1efIean MethcdistS who took part
fpeolHs exercises Of this third ecum-