The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-04
DBPEW At THE NJ. z. CoyrERENcE
The senator Delivers an Address On Jeh,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or His D,rth.


The senator Delivers an Address On John
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of His birth.
PoUoHKEkPsIE. April s-To-days ses-
sion OF the New York Methodist Episcopal
Conference was q business one. One of
the speakers this afternoon was Mr.. Samuel
W. Bovine of New York, who has given
100000 to help the Methodist churches.
Mr.. Bovine said:
i have not done any more than I should
have done; In fact. I ought 70 do more
II Methodist layman has plenty OF money
ne ought 70 give all he can Of 1t to the Church.
There are many Nethodsts who are too
rich entirely. and they should put some
OF their money into fields where II will do
the most good
After reading In the morning papers
that an Episcopal minister had Joined
the Catholic Church. Bishop McCAbe said:
whenever a minister joins the Catholic
Church all the papers print an account of
IT, want to say that 400 Roman Catholics
have Joined the Methodist Church. Do
the reporters know that' Put that down
and lets have little fairness in this matter
Tonight Senator Chauncey NJ. Depev
addressed the Conference on the bicen-
tennial anniversary Of the birth OF John
Wesley. He said In part:
There Is something very picturesque and
dramatic In John Wesley's life. A graduate
OF Oxford. a teacher at the university, q
scholar cultured In all the learning possible
OF the times. he followed his clergyman father
for Methodlsm. for the REVEALS which II started
mission. Is best evidenced By the ,'f fact C that
n NH in hi IL
before he wa. conSsrted eH fSefe IS sn noisihs
his dTy whS w ssap to .hs ss
TO convert others was never myself con-
s5sG d cSSsa S hn, srGUs that the Es
81 doctrine, dogma and ritual which per
The condon OF The io eien IN IN c sne
lierles. IN workshops and on farms was little
above slavery; Labor unions had not yet
done for betterins the condition Of the
o., i was i1 this field. and most unpromislns
upon the vent Of Wesley into 'Ss missionary ,SGy
Of labor which has stricken the shackies from
the slave WHICH has given dignity TO the
CaalIhing Which has has Hplfted The whole plane
to-day. So we learn first what his Church
has learned. the necessity for an educated
Another lesson which is taught By wesley.s
ilfe Is the necessity OF the courage to break
from old associations and traditions which
brain and heart. when IL Is discovered that
there Is no possibility OF reformation from
When both the old parties In our country
were welded to slavery, the salvation Of the
Union and the REDEEM ption Of the Repubiio
both old parties and uniting in the en a irH 81
freedom 30 Wesley withstood prosecutions,
had church doors closed against him. was
DANGER Of life and limb from mobs inspired
by magistrates and the established clergy
and STRUGGLED within the old organization
sion before he saw that his mission could
only be, accom- plished outside OF the Es-
man and thorouehly loyal to his King and
Bras ST4nS was on the side Of
'ured he was the first Enslishman to recoe-
Viz ambition snd Moas TsTs
Wished to continue the hold upon his Church |
2 the young and growing republic. But |
sss aS Ssfa nor
he fame OF John Wesley or the triumph OF |
Of those wSsh 2 3. 'as Mepc
LONG so much for humanity wherever they
ySsre em51rsoed s, SO he instsntly. Get free
Aviation and to seek guidance only from the
supreme Power.
:. Many years ago I visited for the first time
westminster Abbey. No spot in the world
! so impressive to the student of English
enssh ana "a iite.SSsgre walked reve,ently
nd modern msusoleum. / sazed upon the
,onuments raised to those who had been
, n,sy In peace and In war-statesmen.
alton which surrounds one stood at last
efore slab upon which was a bust OF John
Iesley. and under it this simple Inscription:
All the World is my parish Ny thoughts
IAN Of oxford pniyersity entering the min
Ill Of promise for it's highest honors md
wards. i saw him prosecuted and de-
pissed. churches closed against him, mobs |
lgine around him. the companion and. the
nate. the prosecuted and the oppressed.
saw him when strong Church and great
blowing had increased the hatred OF his |
'temporaries while his power commanded
heir respect. And now. after 100 years, |
Is statue and name were triumphantly en- |
lrined by those who would have destroyed
i'm In life, in the oldest and most venerated
the churches Of the establishment and
nong the most renowned. honored and
we'd Of England's mighty dead