New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-07
WANTSACENTRAL CHURCH
Or. Willard Advises West Side
Methodists to Unite.

Inc second day Of the New-York Conference OF
.he Methodist Episcopal Church held in the Mad
'Soh avenue Church. began yesterday morning
~i'I oeVouonal service at which the Rev Charles
Il SIoouell, OF Calvary Church. Tehearsed the year
o. revival meetings in that church. whereby seven
injured new members had been obtained. He
uiSasIeeu ne said. with critics OF evangelistic
4e'nous VINO alleged that revival conversions were
sSn lost as class, to the church. Mr. GOoden
saiu ms converts had remained steadfast in their
religious earnestness
~ Tue opening conference session. Bishop Ham
F -e4-iiued the members of the New-Yorx con-
oroa rs. Uelclency Of alT7 in the general confer
49, IN u Iast year, and SAID: IF the church
uoes not support me. win support uyself.. The
general conference fund is largely for tlo ,,4
Of bishops seiy loF the support
r. icy, 1eV. Dr. C. w. Mlard presiding elder Of
OFk District, read his last report as
expired by limitation. He said he - ,,,-' '''s
see the Methodist churches OF the 1oy-a- We
sen their properties and put all the proceeds
INTO an equity fund for the maintenance ~ one
- - - IHuIeh AFTER plan that had become gen
ca Al London He would have a star oF cIer,-1,
men, clubs and organizations under or .,
N0N I'ca4 church government DR. MjlIard said
. Vvt' win apparent Sarcasm, that instead Of
oeli'i dnzaton the lower West Side churches
seemed disposed toward a safer, course II
then referred to the proposed removal ~ ~
chelsea Methodist Church from, West ao+L - -
town. S' 'O1H-s| up
conference sermon was preached in the
morning by the Rev Fields Hermance Of the Mot,
avenue Church In the course of his rensrLs he
@io preachers were prone to confuse their hearers
" loo Iree use Of theological terms. He admit
tea tlat the last year had been "a tough one" and
that many Of the members had experienced ..mightv
hard sleddin'"
In asking the conference for increased aid for
the Methodist Episcopal Hospital in Brooklyn the
Rev. A s. Kavanagh. Of that institution said thai
OF eighty men recently converted to Catholicism IN
a large city, through Paust Fathers mission
sXtyfive had been in Catholic hospitals and there
received the first spiritual inclination toward thc
Catholic faith If church hospitals such an ef
fective missionary agency. he said. they should b
generously supported. and should not be obliged
to ask for help
The fortieth anniversary OF the formation Of thu
1 Board Of Church Extension OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church was observed last evening. Al
the clergymen who are attending the conference
were present at the anniversary exercises The
Rev. DR.. James NJ King corresponding secretary
said the first Protestant church erected In the
philippines was by the aid Of the board The sun
Of so accomplished this result.
The total number Of churches which our board
has aided has been 1884. he said. The total net
receipts Of board from 1865 to 1904 were S.
9SS o. When the board organized there were
$4,000 Methodist Episcopals in our general body
There are now 3,Sl,1S persons enrolled in oul
Miss Bertha Sanford the evangelistic deacones
from the training school OF the Woman's Home
Missionary Society in Washington, D. c., who was
prominent in the revival last winter In Schenec
tady, will both speak and sing on Sunday evening
at the anniversary Of the New-York Conference
Society at the Madison Avenue Methodist Church