Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-05
METHODISM,
Fourth ECumenicaI Confer
! ence Opens at Toronto.
WIN Be Most Important and
Significant Gathering.
Meets on This Side Of k,.aa,le Gar
The FIRST Time.

Toronto, Oct. 4.-"True brotherhood.
militant optimism, broader tolerance
and work genuinely cooperative are
| tue neeus OF Christian leaders in fac
! ing modern criticism and social I'M
rest" said the Rev Henry Haigh Of
London, president of British Wesleyan
! Conference, at the opinion of the first
| Ecumenical or Worlds Methodist Con-
| ference in this city today.
DR.. Haigh had taken as his text the
wordse THE harvest truly is plente-
Gus, but the laborers are few" al.
though, as was pointed out, his audi.
cnce included 400 delegates from all
quarters of the globe, who represent.
ed 100000 pulpits, about 100000, conn
municants and nearly 3o,000,o00 In the
cencminational adherents. The laborers
were few in view OF the need, and the
harvest opportunities, the speaker said
Addresses of welcome to delegates
from across the seas and responses by
them occupied the greater part of to-
days Initial sessions of the conference
which is the first to be held in the
world. Notable among the addresses
was that Of Sir Robert Perks of Lon
don, who urged upon the Methodists
Ct all the world to follow the example
of John Wesley. "Hhe was an up-to-
date reformer. He did not limit his APP
peal to one class. He sought not only
the masses, but the cultured and the
leisurely. We should do likewise
The speaker said that Methodism
stands for world peace and he advo-
Gated the establishment OF a perma-
nent international committee of Metho-
dists to further social and humanita-
rian movements affecting international
wolfara.
Others who made addresses of well
come or response included Bishop ].
z. Hamilton Of Boston, Mass.
Toronto, Ont, Oct. 4.-The fourth
ecumenical conference of Methodism,
which will convene in the Metropolis
tan church today, will be most i'm
portant and significant gathering.
OF the. 500 delegates expected, over
$50 have arrived, and an additional
hundred. il is believed. will have put
in an appearance when Rev. Henry
Haight, president of the British Wes-
leyan conference, breaches the inaug-
ural sermon at 10 o'clock.
OF the delegates to the conferences,
about half win be from the American
Canada, while the other half are from
across the ocean. The conference may
prepare a passionate address to be read
from every Methodist pulpit in the
world, in all languages. Ne
This is the first time the conference
has been held on this side of the At
lantic and probably will be the last
for yeaRs to come. Some of the SUBJ
jscts u be discussed and spoken on
will h&
THE Church in the Househoid'';
The Church and Temperance" THE
Church and the Child: THE Church
and the Young People: 1.-THE Church
and Social Service; The Larger Use
If Lay Agency" and THE Church
and Modern Thought"
Each subject will be introduced by
IN address OF 20 minutes, followed by
general discussion opened by a select
ed speaker. who is given 10 minutes,
all Others being limited to Eve min
utes.
Among the prominent delegates In
attendance is Bishop Walden of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Gin
cinnati
Two prominent delegates from ire
land are:
Rev. G. R. Wedgewood. Belfast and
Rev. s. T Boyd of Dublin. The for
mer is connected with the Irish Chris
tian Advocate, the official organ of the
Methodist church in Ireland.
There are three delegates from the
colorde Methodist Episcopal church.
the Rows. ~ j. Moppins, Nashville.
Tenn: C. L. Bonner, Atlanta, Ga, and
I. s. Person, Jackson, Tenn.
Bishon H. B. Parks of Chicago or
the A. NJ. E. church. has the distinc-
ton Of being bishop over the largest
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