Year: 1875

X X


,astor Of the McKendree church. answered the in
Iairy fooxs:-The public Interested in regard to
recent speech or Bishop Haven, Or the Methodist
Episcopal Church It's well for only p pneer.
stand what the speech was but where aud gaer what
circumstances it delivered. Bishop Haven vas in
Boston at the time Of the anniversary Of of the
great societies Of the Methodist Church-namey, the
rract Society and the Sunday School Onion. After
those anniversaries were the ministers who were
attending visited what is known as tho preachers
meeting This meeting is gathering Of the ministers
pf the Methodist Church, usually on Monday morning.
or mutual conference debate and social amusement,
which has


no LEGAL STATUS


In the Church. but oftentmes Il made the means or
distributing opinions ami Of manufacturing public sen
siment on this the Bishop, who is an inter-
estlng speaker and man OF varied culture was re-
auested address the preachers OF Boston thus
pied. He responded, OF course, and the inevitable
topics which aled much OF his thoughts were dis
sussed namely-The relation OF the work Of the Meth
9dist Church in the Southern States to the party
supremacy IN those States, and by natural conse-
Quence, the coming administration as affecting that
work Thus be speak Of President Grant
and TO express his preference FOR him FOR the next
President, If it should require a third term.
After this address others spoke and before the meet
a
thanks to the Bishop for his speech Possibly some
may not have remembered the politics in Most or
lhem, it is likely adopted all Ift be asked whether
Ons approved Of this action or the Bishop viii have
10 be said IN reply that If he speaking a bishop
and utterng his opinions executive officer Of lis
Church and influencing public sentiment in regard TO
1ominee for the Presidency he is


DIsAPPRoYEo.


4 will naturally he said by myself and by bis defend
ants that lie speaking there without expectation OF
having hts views conveyed TO the public In reply TO
which may be said DO very well that they
would reach the public f not through the newspapers
certainly through tho distributing power OF the preach
srs present and that n be convinced them that his
Judgment safe and best that they would spread bis
opinion and thor influence cooperate with the
Bishop in securing MS ends 81 course on these occa-
much freedom Of speech can be permitted but IL
has been thought un~se 70 introduce topics there or


POLITICAL CHARACTER


N respect TO which the members Of the meeting arc
divided 70 opinion, aud The congregations which they
represent divided; and that the ordinary %.
ects tor which they meet, next % The social ought 70
be theological discussion and information in respect
to their churches Bishop simpson, a colleague
in regard 70 this address of Bishop Havon
that the subject Of politics his Church was
about equally divided, aud that probably the demo-
cras were stronger He IS mistaken and ought 70 be
well enough informed TO know that Tie republicans in
his Church prcponderatc and that the partisan rcpub
lcans Of hs Church claim thoy elected General Grant
ferhdps ley can secure similar result ana are be-
ginning both at the capital through the recent Chaplain
OF the United States Senate and appropriate places
Tor manufacturing public sentiment or stimulating pub
lie thought Ia their churches by this latest achieve
menL


REV. GEORGE ". HOBBS,


pastor Of Grace chapel had nothing particular to say
touching the recent remarks OF Bishops Haven or
simpson He looked On the Two simply as mem.
bcrs Of the Methodist Church, and although they had
influence and we're representative men 10 moral and
theological sense, he did not mink that they could
speak authortaveiy for other members of the Church
Their opinion might be better than any other man
livery minister las right 70 bis own views on poti-
cal questions, and u the greatest man IN the Church
believes In TIE third term. 4 does not necessarily oi-
low that the Church itself is committed % any such
policy He believed. however III free schools aud hb-
oral education tor ai the people rich and poor aut
whatever tended toward the DEVELOPMENT 0t thgfm0ral