Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-24

port is utterly. unquall8edly and maiiciously
false"
"win Broher Tyler tell US what he did
say" called Evangelist Ely from the rear
Of the rostrum.
Il will not said Dr. Tyler. "the mat
ter is dismissed" He then essayed TO re-
sumo the discussion Of the original topic.
but the noon whistle blew and President
Breeden seized the gavel with a remark
that he would like to make a speech on
Christian union, but that It was past the
hour and the session must adjourn.
1t was then that the popularity Of Breeden
and the confidence In his wisdom made
itself most manifest. The delegates simply
declined to leave until he had expressed
himself and he did so by giving three
brief answers TO DR.. Tyler's three queries.
Answering the first, ne said: mo modl-
hcation." To the second: Emphasize the
whole plea for union" To the thirds ITO
promote It, practice union ourselves"
President Breeden Commended.
Every other speaker had been applauded.
Ely most thunderously by his own follow
ing. but Brecden's commendation seemed
to come from all parts Of the house.
Evangelist Ely afterward told reporters
that while not able to quote the reported
statement Of nr. Tyler with absolute ac-
curacy it was substantially as given above
and that It had come from the York minis
ter himself who had, after the remark had
been made, become offended at DR.. Tyler.
Dr. Tyler would not discuss the matter. but
gave The Bee the manuscript Of his ad-
dress, which appears below.
Before this matter was taken Up the
morning assemblage listened to an address
by Prof. II. H. McAneny " Burkley Bible
seminary, California, in promotion OF the
general observance of boys and girls rally
day, November 23. He urged that as the
early training OF the youth was so largely
instrumental in molding his after course
the spirit of enthusiastic giving should be
encouraged from the beginning. He said
that 5000 Sunday schools and 5000 pastors
have been asked by the secretary of the
American Christian Missionary society to
observe the day.
without the Pale OF ChrIstianity.
In the course of his address he stated
that fourteen fifteenths OF the people in
his state. California, are without the pale
Of Christianity; that for the whole territory
west of the Rockies the per cent is nine
teen-twentieths; that in Frisco the Dis
clples have but one member to every 730
population; that the young men now en-
listed under the banner Of Bacchus comprise
an army greater than had Alexander Ma
poleon or Grant; that these young men in
the past ten years had committed 20 ,OOO
Of the T1,444 murders that had been COM
mitted in the United States during that
time.
The round table on advance work in Sun
dav oh hal ~, ny
A. Harp who was to have conducted it, has
recently lost his father.
J. II. Lockwood Of Cincinnati was intro
duced as the veteran member OF the con-
vention. He is more than So years old, has
had a continuous pastorate forty-three
years and is still active In 1t. He assisted
in the formation OF the American Christian
Missionary society in 1s4s and had then been
a member of the church seven years.
word from HOnOIuIu.
Walter G. Weeden, a master builder OF
Honolulu, spoke briefly. telling OF the
growth Of the Disciples work in Hawaii
and stating that the six missionedes
were making inroads on the Asiatic popu-
lation now. The church has $4,000 worth
of property there and wants $2.4eO for five
years to continue the Asiatic work
The music OF the morning was Of excep-
tional excellence. Prof. Constance LAll
Loucks. professor of voice culture a,
Cotner university. sang II Must Tell
Jesus" and responded 10 an encore with
Il Will Go Where You Want Me to Co."
Mrs. J. e. Powell, wife of the pastor oi
the First Christian church OF Wabash
Ind, sang Two Lives" and only Presi-
dent Breeder prevented the audience fore
| ing a second appearance. ]. W. Hilten
sang The Old Fountain" most pleasingly
The registration is announced as $500.
DIR. TyIer's Address.
Dr. Tyler's address was as follows:
| This convention represents more thar
| 10 900 congregations of evangelical believers
known as churches of Christ, or Christian
This convention represents easily l,25OOOt
| BELIEVER I'm Christ who desire to know and
sire to be called only by the names which
| were applied to the disciples of the Grea
Leader in the apostolic age.
| The religious communion represented II
this convention began on a movement II
the interest Of peace among the followers
Of the Son q God; II is the same today
Ours is a Ir!ssion OF love, peace, harmony
| unity, union.
tury, the time of the beginning OF thii
| movement, the church was divided. Their
l are divisions atill, but there is now no eucl
spirit of bitterness as existed then, Schsm
| were rife, contentions among the follow
! ers Of the Prince of Peace abounded. Co
| operation in evangelistic work was un
! known. There vas not even cooperation
| In the distribution OF the bible among tn
people. without note or comment. Sect
| were on the Increase There was faminl
| OF the word. Men were perishing for tn
| want of the Bread of Life. Loyalty to one
own denomination was more highly es
teemed than was loyalty TO the Lord Christ
Presbyterians fought Methodists, and Meth
odlsts fought Presbyterians. Baptist
fought all lines of Predo- -BRptists and ever!
variety of Predo- Baptists fought Baptists
u was war to the knife end the knife &
as the time OF the beginning OF my min
istry In 1861. II any man failed even n
that late date, 10 correctly pronounce tn
ShibbOleths Cf his party, he was hereu
and ought 20 be dealt with. Much NOR
was this the case fifty years earlier Mis-
everywhere. Such now well known organi
zations as the American Bible society, tn
American Tract society and the America
Sunday School union, were not I'm sxistenc
when the nineteenth century was borr
The prevalent thought IN religious circle
was Calvinistic-and such Calvinism as
not 30 much as thought OF at the presen
time. Any man who was not a Calvinis
was a dsmnable hereto.
Refers to History.
II you think that misrepresent the con
ditions existing among religious people
read any history OF the Cumberland Pres
Christianity in the United States" by IN
Rev. Daniel Dorchester, ID. ID.
| Into this unhappy condition OF affairs ou
fathers came. They said: