The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-29

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not In the least behind any similar nnnbeS
OF white delegates either I'm getting NE
noor in debate or In waking the echoes nv
thelf oratorS. une can not help thtnking
what q splendid time these MORO ,.isitcre
are having The best hotels ia resfewr
ants are open to them. They are more than
welcome In any pulpit, and the English
people seem never 90 tire in showing fheno
attention. II any Of them were single and
wanted good Anglo-SaXon wife there
wond be nothing at all to hinder then
from getting mated In either English law
or English prejudice.
Rising In his place as chairman the drgt
afternoon, DR.. Dawson, as the leading rep
rescntquve Of British Me hodlsm was
naturally greeted by applause There was
hear the rumble OF moving feet This
brought a gentle reminder from tn, good
doctor that In different countries people
have different ways. 1T is the custom ~
the british Wesleyan conference" he said
ITO show applause by the voice rather
than by the hand or foSt. Here ', wSs
something more than hint. But American
Methodlsts would he even less at nome
IN trying to adopt the good old English
hear hear than In trying to follow the
ups and downs Of the English PRAYER book
SO the American side Of the house at once
clapEed again, and they have bceu keeping
felt like It, With the result that the Eng
fish themselves are largely adopting 1t.
In his opening speech Dr. Dawson aliudel
touchlpgiy to those who were preSnnt nj
m,
who had since gone to their reward
Among the names thus honored was that
Of President, Harrison, and most graceful
American. But when he included IN tho list
of the dear departed President James ii
Carlisle, he made what might be called
I; crave error, for as Bro. Gallawoy
informed the conference few minutes
later. DR. Carlisle is sti living and m
president of one Of the Southern colleges.
a singular little man 1t was who stood
n OF no a ..r
Dimnutiye in stature, wearing skull can.
from the fringes of which long, white
locks fell down to his shoulders with n
face Of the wOmany type, beautiful with
the beauty Of clean aud sweet Old ars
Rev. Ebenezer L, jenkins is evidently the
ST. John of MethodiSm, having not only
the gentleness of that aged apostle hut
the same intellectual penetration and the
same bright optimism He was not In the
least fearful for the future Of either
Methodism or Christianity Prevalent in
encouraging, 1t was Intelligent and it was
sincere. Unbellef of this kind under
proper guidance, would he very likely he
said, to ripen into firth, and il was Netho-
dism's mission the world over Ia alford
that guidance. After this quiet sweety
feryent welcome from DR.. jenkins we
were treated to one, equally sincere from
Il gentleman of quite different tempera
ment Rev. Joseph Odell is leading rep
resentntive Of the body Of Methoi's who !
used to he known in England as "Rantels
luclI proper name Is bIlmltlNc Me hudiSts /
They are large church aud among the
lower middle classes great power for
good. One notices constantly In thi, con /
ference that the Methodist ministers of
England are less welded than they used
To bc TO the clerical form of dress In Mr. |
OdelI case this was especially evident, |
for he wore frock coat, gray trousers
white vest and a fourth hand that seemed |
to reflect only a few less than all the colors !
Of the rainbow. But he made a good point. /.
oh me SPOT where the first mis- ,onuries
10 England landed, Augustine and his forty
monks monument had been reared, lie
hnd recently visited It, To this historic !
spot the nearest place of worship was q
Methodist chapel Happily too, from his
Methodist chapel
Sir Charles T. SHELTON, former mayor
OF sheffield, extended "a welcome which |
evidently oppressed him. II was small
edition of the lamentations of jeremiah
He could think of scarcely anything but
the war. "Ilell is let loose In south AT.
Hca' was one of his expressions aud here
was the entering wedge Of what In suhse- |
quent sessions became much more promi |
uent aud elected at times great deal of
feeling and not Il little eloquenco The d. !
vision of opinion on the South African war I
seems 10 be greater in the English CONT !
nent than In the American. Most Of the |
Americans who refer 10 II seem 10 see the 1
Eand Of froNideuce in it Dr. a. b |
what England was doing in Africa. lie
hoped the war would soon end but he
trusted 1t would end with the Union Jack
over an, for where that flag doated there
were always the twin blessings of personal !
safety and religious liberty Bishop ], G.. /
Hartzc,l and others spoke to the same cf- /
rect, and, as n result, most Of the London
Gailies are writing leaders on Imperial /
MetuoiiSm and congratulating the confer
ence that It's views on the war are SO out
spoken and sensible. But this has CALLED
the pro-B Beers of the conference, and has
led TO several lively and rather noisy
scenes. We have really had the South
African wur fought out on the noor Of
John Wesiey's chapel, Fortunatey, though,
all the bullets have been of wind There
has been no bloodshed- only perspirarlon-
and no losses, unless you count seeming
loss of temper once in while.
In reply 10 the addresses of welcome
Bishop John f. Hurst read hiS speech and
was not In strong voice. Hence the great
reputation he won when he welcomed to
Washington ten Years ago the second Ecu
menlcal was not fully sustained TO Bisn,
making the FIRST reference In the confer
ence 10 the death Of the good Victoria.
beautiful tribute he paid TO her and he was
10 less happy in his allqsion 70 that non
ored son OF American MeJhodism, William
Mckinley" In marked conuust to the
manner and m@tter of Bishop Hurst
speech was that which followed, for II was
eNtempoI0neous an delivery and fairly brs-
tied with fetching oratorlcal points, DR..
John Potts is the leading representative OF
Canadian Meth0dism. There used TO be
nNe .Methodlsi CnufCneS kueTci now ho
said, there was only one, for the different
branches had united and had since been
much more prosperous. From British North
America he brought a greeting, he SAID,
which had sung Loyalty God Save the
Queen" and they were now just as hearty
in singing "God Save the King. Or,
Potts made a rautlng speech, with almost
as much patriotism and politics as religion
ana Methodism IN II; ana that Is "a fair
example of what the first days OF the con-
ference brought us right along
Then came the initial innings Of the col
ored brother. The third response 10 the
addresses of welcome was by Bishop Wal
tiers of the AfricsN Methodist Episcopal
Zion church This representative OF the
African race hasn't the rugged, grlpplas
SON. nor tho nlensIng. nersmaslYe. cllm1Ilc