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The Methodist Advocate.
Atlanta, Ga., June 20, 1877.
E. Q,. FULLER, D.D., Editor.
Corresponding Editors:
Esr. J. Braden, Tennessee Conference.
r,v. W. C. Gravrs, Holston Conference.
Rev. James Mitchell, Georgia Conference.
Rev. W. G. Matton, N. Carolina Conference.
Rev. A. Webster, South Carolina Conference,
Rev. S. B. Darnell, Florida Conference.
Rev. C. O. Fisher, Savannah Conference.
Rrv. Wm. P. Miller, Alabama Conference.
Rev. H. R. Revels, Mississippi Conference.
Our Educational Work.
But few persons seem to have an
adequate idea of the magnitude of
the educational schemes of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the
South. The Freedman’s Aid So
ciety has been for years founding
and sustaining schools. Under its
care one has been established in
Tennessee, one in North Carolina,
one in South Carolina, one in
Florida, two in Georgia, and an
other, it is expected, will be built
in LaGrange, two in Alabama, one
in Mississippi, one in Louisiana and
two in Texas. Several of these have
college classes formed, and are do
ing efficient work in the higher,
branches of study, and some will
become fully developed universities
in the course of years. They are
so located as to be accessible to the
people of the whole South. From
fifteen hundred to two thousand
students have been in attendance
during the past year., a large num
ber, perhaps nearly half of whom
will be engaged in teaching during
the Summer. The secretary of the
society, Dr. Bust, has already ac
complished great things in this di
rection, but what has been done is
only the beginning of* a movement
which coming generations will look
upon with delight and wonder.
Out of these schools will come, in a
few years, thousands of well quali
fied teachers and ministers of the
Gospel.
Little as the Church or public
know of this branch of our work,
still less is apprehended of our ed
ucational efforts in behalf of the
white people of the South. Last
week we spoke of the East Tennes
see Wesleyan University at Athens.
One hundred and ninety students,
of all grades, have been in attend
ance there during the past year.
In addition to this, our oldest
school for whites in the South, there
are several others in successful op
eration, viz.; the Tennessee Confer-
ence Seminary at Hollow Rock,
Tullahoma Collegiate Institute at
Tullahoma, and Holston at New
Market in Tennessee, Candler Col
lege in North Carolina, Andrews
Institute in Alabama, and Ellijay
Seminary in Georgia. Seven hun
dred, or more, students have been
in attendance at these schools during
this year. Now they are going out by
scores to teach in the country places
among our people, thus diffusing the
the Work. ~ XAun-'"
areds of young men and women will
thus be reached this year and in
spired with ambition for a better so
cial standing and with a desire to
acquire fitness for the higher walks
of life.
Could our preachers realize the
importance of this work and talk
about it at the fireside and pray for the
prosperity of the schools at the
family altar as they visit among the
people, they could easily add to the
patronage of these institutions so
that during the next twelve months
not less than a thousand students
would be found in attendance upon
them. Will they think of it, and
shall we have such a united effort as
will place at least one thousand in
these schools and two thousand in
those of the Freedman’s Aid So
ciety? We can and ought to have
not less than three thousand stu
dents in our Church schools in the
South next year. Shall we have
them? The preachers can answer
the inquiry and give an affirmative
response if they will. This is a
part of their calling. They are sent
out to gather the lost sheep find to
feed the lambs as well. The best
possible method of doing the latter
is by bringing them to some good
institution of learning in the care of
the Church.
The wealthy educate their sons
and daughters for society rather
than for Church work. This is
proper and commendable. No one
would have them do less for their
offspring from such considerations
as bear most heavily upon their
minds. But those less favored in
temporal affairs often strive to se
cure an education in order to be
more useful to themselves and to the
community. Their circumstances
compel them to activity. Teaching
is a common resort of the student in
working his way through college,
and thousands of men and women
follow this calling for a livelihood.
Most of the patrons of our schools,
not being of the wealthy class,
spend more or less time in teaching,
and any one can see that with
proper effort we can have in a very
few years a thousand white teachers
and as many or more colored scat
tered over the South from these in
stitutions. We have the material
in hand. All that is needed to re
alize such a result in a short time is
proper care on the part of the
preachers. They are the agents of
the Church, the schools and the peo
ple. While the preachers interest
themselves in this cause the teach
ers and students in all of our schools
should strive for the same end and
send forth the most efficient teach
ers in the land, the most useful
members of society and the most
faithful laborers for Christ. We
are not half awake to our duties or
opportunities.
Rev. B. F. Powell has organized
a class of sixteen members at Ros
well, Ga.
“The Two Churches.”
Under this head Rev. W. F. Cook
corrects the Constitution , and his
letter to that paper is so candid and
sensible that we give it entire, being
prompted to do so more by a desire
to do full justice to the brethren of
the M. E. Church South than to
fortify our position or to add to the
rebuke given to the Constitution.
It will be observed that brother
Cook’s statements essentially agree
with, ours last week.
It is due brother Cook to say that
he fairly represents the position of
his Church in relation to fraternity
and union. Formal fraternity in
the official relations of the two
Churches is established, though not
by the efforts of the Church South
in suing for the same. We have
no doubt that the fraternal spirit
will increase till good-will is estab
lished in each Church toward the
other throughout the land. As to
reunion, brother Cook has not
guarded that point more carefully
than the General Conference and
official authorities of the M. E.
Church South have done. Neither
Church has taken action on that
subject, except negatively as brother
Cook represents. Neither is com
mitted to any policy, nor has either
marked out any course of action
touching it, unless the various ex-
pressions of the Church South on
the question may be so considered.
There are, however, a considera
ble number in both Churches who
favor organic union at an early day.
It seems to us that such a consumma
tion ought to be reached on a basis
alike honorable to both. Churches,
and in a way that would tend to fur
ther the cause of Christ and national
unity and pacification, but it must
be admitted that probably the ma
jority in both denominations are not
now prepared for this measure. The
only suggestion that we have ob
served in its favor in any of the
papers of the Southern Church is
that of the Western Methodist , as a
possibility on the part of the Church
South, if the Methodist Episcopal
Church would yield interests and
principles more vital to its future
than union with that branch would be
likely to prove, that is, if the Meth
odist Episcopal Church would prom
ise in advance to change its base,
the Southern Church might entertain
the idea of reunion. This is the
strongest position that we remem
ber to have seen taken in the papers
of that denomination, though many
individuals, no doubt, would go
much farther in approaches toward
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
We have always regarded fraternal
relations as much more important
than organic union between these
bodies. These have been estab
lished and whether the other follows
or not, all parties involved may
move forward in peace and love in
endeavors to evangelize and purify
the nation and world. The letter of
brother Cook to the Constitution is
as follows, viz.:
Editors Constitution:— ln your edi
_iy A i«l urnlf' Iteli#ofr Os- ’'i
which appears in your issue of June
6th, you unintentionally, no doubt, but
with singular misconception of the facts
in the case, misrepresent the position of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
on the question of union with the
Methodist Episcopal Church, North.
It is very far from being true that the
former Church has at any time, or in
any way, manifested anxiety to unite
with the latter; on the contrary, the
authorities of the M. E. Church South
have uniformly declined to consider
any proposition looking to that object.
No committee, of which “the lamented
Dr. Myers,” or anybody else, was
chairman, was ever appointed “to pro
ceed to the North and fix a basis of
union.” To represent Southern Meth
odists as “continually suing for
fraternity,” is wide of the mark, and
betrays an entire misapprehension of
the true state of the case. Indeed, if
the writer of the article had sought,
with malice aforethought, to mis
represent the Methodist Church South
in this matter, he could not have per
verted the truth with more deliberate
misstatement.
We have no thought that evil was
intended, but as you seemed to have
fallen, unwittingly it may be, into griev
ous error, and have given circulation,
through your influential journal, to en
tirely mistaken views of this question,
it is fitting that the facts in the case
should be given to the public through
the same medium. I ask spaoe, there
fore, in your columns for a little bit of
history touching this matter, taken from
the records.
Soon after the authorized organiza
tion of the M. E. Church South, the
Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce was delegated to
visit the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, North, as
fraternal messenger. The Church
North declined to receive him, thereby
refusing the offer of fraternal relations
and intercourse, such as ought to exist
between all religious bodies. Os course,
after such rejection and refusal, if the
proposition was ever renewed, it must
come from the Church North. Such
a proposition, having for its ob
ject friendly relations, the Church
South has declared itself ready and
willing at all Jimes to entertain; but
concerning the .question of corporate
union, which is* altogether a different
matter, it has never consented to enter
into any negotiations whatever. In
May, 1869, the bishops of the Method
ist Episcopal Church North proposed
to meet with the bishops of the M. E.
Church South, in order to “confer as to
the propriety, practicability and meth
ods of reunion.” But the Southern
bishops respectfully declined to con
sider the subject. Again, in 1870, a
deputation from the
visited the General the
Church South, proposing to treat on the
subject of union. They were received
and treated with great respect, but
when the matter of their communica
tion was formally presented to the con
ference, a resolution was unanimously
adopted to this effect: “It is the judg
ment of this conference that the true
interests of the Church of Christ re
quire and demand the maintenance of
our separate and distinct organization.”
So all along since the war the Church
South has adhered immovably to its
position on the subject of organic
union. And when, in 1874, the way
was at last opened, in a manner credita
ble and honorable to all parties for
bringing the two Churches into truly
fraternal relations, the report adopted
by the Southern conference, accepting
the fraternal greetings of the Church
North, which they had consented after
so long a time to offer, and appointing a
delegation to carry most Christian salu
tations in return, is careful to state
that “organic union is not involved in
fraternity. In our view of the subject
the reasons for the separate existence of
these two branches of Methodism are
such as to make corporate union unde
sirable and impracticable. * * *
We believe that each Church can do its
work and fulfill its mission most effect
ively by maintaining an independent
organization.” This was the last au
thoritative utterance of the Church
South on the subject of union with the
Church North.
The commission of which the la
mented Dr. Myers was chairman, had
nothing whatever to do with the ques
tion of union between the two Churches.
There were certain business questions
which needed adjustment upon Chris
tian principle—such questions as might
arise between any two co-existing cor
porations, and the commission was ap
pointed accordingly.
As to the statement made in the ar
ticle we are considering that “any fra
ternity (italics ours) between the South
ern and Northern Methodists would be
a humbug and a delusion,” it is suffi
cient to say that every man is entitled to
his own opinion on any question, when
in possession of the facts in the case.
The language we have quoted is simply
the expression of an opinion, and it is
no part of our present purpose to dis
cuss its merits, as our sole object is to
correct a misstatement of facts.
We will add. however, that no good
ever comes from bitterness and strife
between individuals. Churches or na
tions. And if public journalists and
speakers would carefully avoid the in
justice of holding a whole section or
a whole Church responsible for
the unguarded utterances of a single
measurably irresponsible individual
here and there, it would go a long way
toward abating strife and promoting
that universal amity which must pre
cede the reign of the Prince of Peace.
No Sop, no Union.
JHas it come to this, that a Meth
odist minister determines his course
of action on a question of general
interest and of momentous impor
tance by the probability of obtaining
official sop? Must the great ques
tion of unity between the two largest
Methodist Churches be held in abey
ance by personal interest or am
bitious endeavors to obtain official
honor? If such a charge was made
by an outsider, we should repel it as
slanderous toward the ministers of
both Churches, but the Holston
Methodist brings forward an appeal
to selfishness and sectionalism based
upon unhallowed ambition as an ar
gument against the unity of Episco
pal Methodism! The fact may well
excite attention and thought, if not
comment. That paper says:
Dr. W. P. Harrison, of Atlanta, has
recently been on a lecturing tour,
North, to procure funds to complete
Wesley Chapel, in that city. Some of
the papers report that he takes the
ground that there is no good cause
for the continued separation of the
Churches. We hope he has been in
correctly reported. We hope he would
not plunge our people into the social
equality controversy, which is inevitable
in the Methodist Episcopal Church, nor
subject our preachers and people to the
dictation of irresponsible majorities.
What union do we want with people,
however good and worthy in other re
spects, with whom expediency is stronger
than law, and the will of the majority
more sacred than the plainest constitu
tional provisions? Consider the case of
Bishop Andrew, if you please.
The political union has been restored
for about ten years, and yet who has
thought of a President or Vice-Presi
dent from any of the Southern States?
It is out of the question. The Southern
States aasyret practically disfranchised,
’and uukSfTla solid South” shall wm
to be considered as holding the balance
of power, this disfranchisement will be
continued indefinitely. Even the
“mother of States and statesmen” is
required to sit at the foot of the table,
and to do obeisance to whatever Na
tional Executive the Northern people
see proper to select for her and her
Southern sisters.
Thousands of the good Union people
of the South have connected themselves
with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Her annual conferences spread over the
entire territory of the Southern States.
Among her ministers in the South there
is not wanting men of talent and piety;
and yet a bishop has never been chosen
from South of Mason and Dixon’s line.
The entire Methodist Episcopal Church
in the South has no bishop to the manor
born, or permanently resident in the
South. We have nothing against North
ern people as such; but if it happened,
some how or other, that all our bishops
and General Conference officers came to
us from Yankee land, we should begin
to inquire whether the Church had not
something against Southern people, as
such.
The facts to which we have alluded
are, at least, suggestive.
It is true that “official sop” in the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the
Southern States is very scarce and
amazingly thin, but is that a suffi
cient reason why the best interests
of the Christian religion, or of the
country at large, should not be
sought by ministers of the Lord
Jesus who claim devotion to Christ
and to be seeking a kingdom not of
this world? We commend to the
editor of that paper the lessons of
our Savior taught in the Gospels,
especially Matthew chap, xviii, 20;
and Mark ix, beginning with the 33d
verse and going to the end of the
chapter, not forgetting the last sen
tence. The above extract does not
sound very well when compared with
the teachings or the example of
Christ. Shall worldly ambition be
allowed to hinder the Gospel?
Bishop Wiley’s Episcopal Tour.
Bishop Wiley will leave Cincinnati
for his visitation to China and Japan
about the twentieth of July, taking
in his course westward the Colorado
Conference at Denver, August Ist;
the Utah Conference at Salt Lake
City, August 10th, and the Southern
California Conference at Santa Bar
bara, August 17th. He will leave
San Francisco by the first of Sep
tember steamer, and will proceed
direct to Shanghia, China. He hopes
to reach Peking by the 10th of Oc
tober, and return to Kiukiang by
the 6th of November, and will prob
ably reach Foochow about the 21st
of November, where he will organ
ize the Foochow Annual Conference.
The Bishop desires to spend as much
time as possible in this important
and growing mission, and possibly
may not reach Japan till in January.
The trip will probably occupy eight
months, and the dates givfcn above
may have to be varied considerably in
the actual working out.— West. Ad.
Rev. John A. Thurman will preach
the funeral sermon of James L.
Thompson, at East Point, the second
Sunday in July, at 11 o’clock, a. m.
For What Purpose?
Why the Richmond Christian Ad
vocate villifies the Methodist Episco
pal Church, as it has repeatedly done
of late, we do not know. The fol
lowing scandalous remarks were
read in its columns with disgust and
passed in silent contempt, and we
are only constrained to give thent
now because the Holston Methodist
has set them adrift in East Tennes
see, where they are calculated to
do most harm. We give the para
graph entire, with the introduction
from Holston, so that our readers
can judge for themselves and be
prepared to meet it when it is flung
at them, as it often will be. It is as
follows, to-wit :
“The Northern Methodist.—
Brother Lafferty is very skillful at pen
pictures. He draws the average North
ern Methodist as follows:
‘The Northern Methodist is a dark
riddle to us. He is keen for fraternity.
But when his Republican President,
fearing to prejure himself, deals with
the South as he does with the North —
equal justice to all, and meddling with
none —the loving Methodist voids his
rheum upon Mr. Hayes. Voltaire said
a Frenchman was half monkey and half
tiger. Now our Northern brother is
crooning over us, and by and by he is
kicking us. He is like the Egyptian
Thoth—the hand is the hand of a man,
but the head is the head of a hawk.’ ”
That is the way the Richmond
Advocate treats our people, includ
ing the two hundred thousand white
members born and raised on slave
soil! Why it does so, we do not
pretend to understand. The
promptings to the course of the
Holston Methodist are manifest.
That paper is struggling for a pre
carious existence and also to keep
the Southern cause alive in East
Tennessee. Neither can be done
except by continued strife and sec
tional hatred. Hence, it seizes
every bit of scandal that may serve
this end and rehashes it for its
readers not only con amore , for the
love of it, but with purpose also;
that is, to keep up the old lines. In
its patronizing territory the Meth
odist Episcopal Church is the
stronger of the two bodies,
especially in moral power, and this
mode of defense is supposed to be
about the only resort left to the
brethren who aim to die with colors
afloat, in the last ditch. We have
always wished them a better destiny
and still indulge a hope in their be
half. Let us sing. Appropriate
music is a good pacificator.
Ex-President Grant.
Ever since the arrival of General
Grant in England, he has been the
constant recipient of such honors as
no American has ever before received
from that nation. On his arrival at
Liverpool he was met by the Mayor,
and formally tendered the hospitali
ties of the town, and the next day
lunched with the Mayor in the town
hall. On his arrival at Manchester,
he was publicly received by the
Mayor and corporation, andLwas
treated with distinguished Jtsaor-
Jacob Bright, M. P,
upon for a speech said, “no gufest so
distinguishd has ever before visited
Manchester. Gen. Grant is a brave
soldier, and he has pursued a gen
erous, pacific policy toward the ene
mies he had conquered. He should
be honored and beloved, and deserved
the hearty reception he would cer
tainly receive throughout the realm.”
On the way to London the train
stopped at Leicester and Bedford.
At each of these places the station
was decorated with British and
American flags, flowers and mottoes
referring to different episodes in our
late war, the Mayor of each city
greeting Gen. Grant with an address
of welcome. Arrived at London, a
grand banquet was given in his honor
by the Duke of Wellington, June 2d.
He had the next day a private
audience with the Prince of Wales,
and was introduced to his household.
The Queen has given orders to
the Lord Chamberlain to waive the
usual presentation ceremonies out of
regard to the nation’s guest, and ex
tend to General and Mrs. Grant in
vitation to all court entertainments.
This is almost unprecedented, and
shows the great esteem in which he
is held in England.
A reception was given him on
the sth by United States Minister
Pierrepont, which was attended by
all the members of the Queen’s cab
inet, except Lord Beaconsfield, who
was ill. It is described as a very
brilliant gathering. He is in receipt
of invitations from Earl Beacons
field, Lord Houghton, the Princess
Louise and Marquis of Lome, the
Earl of Derby, the Queen, and the
Lord Mayor of London. The Com
mon Council of London have pre
sented General Grant with the hon
orary freedom of the city. This is
an honor only bestowed on persons
of distinguished eminence, and has
been sparingly conferred. Blucher,
the Prussian General that saved the
day at Waterloo; the Emperor Al
exander, Thiers, the Third Napo
leon, the Shah of Persia, and the
Sultan of Turkey received this
honor, and several English peers
hold it by inheritance.
The latest from the seat of war
reports a great battle in progress be
fore Kars. The battle was begun
on the 9th by the Russians, and
during the following night a large
number of them effected a lodgment
in one of the outer earthworks.
The Russians are reported to have'
held their ground during the whole
of Monday and Monday night. On
Tuesday the Turks began the fight,
assuming the offensive by making
desperate sorties. The Turks suc
ceeded in surprising the Russians
by a flank movement, and the slaugh
ter that followed was very great.
Rev. E. F. Dean has been ap
pointed to Mt. Zion circuit, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the dis
appearance of M. S. Carlisle.
Oar Book Table.
In earlier ages when the held of
knowledge was narrow a man coaid
obtain a tolerable acquaintance with
the whole; but the late advances of
science render this quite impossible.
Even the scholar must confine him
self to a department, or be content
with a general view.
To meet this last want Prof.
Baird,of the Smithsonian Institution,
conceived the plan of giving a gen
eral view of the advance in the va
rious departments of human knowl
edge. The Annual Record of Sci
ence and Industry, for 1876,
(Harper & Brothers,) is the sixth in
the series of volumes.
The volume consists of two parts.
The first contains a general sum
mary of scientific and industrial
progress during the year 1876; the
second contains abstracts of scien
tific and industrial articles. In this
volume, the names of the vari
ous scientific men employed in the
composition its parts are for the first
time given. The work is the
source of valuable data, indispensa
ble to the student and highly in
structive to the general reader.
The Cruise of Her Majesty's
Ship , Challenger , by W. J. J. Spry,
R. N., (Harper,) is a sprightly
sketch of scenes in most of the lands
in the Southern hemisphere.
The voyage was a scientific one,
under the charge of Sir Charles W.
Thompson, F. R. S., but the author
takes occasion in connection with a
cursory statement of the scientific
results, to enliven his narrative by
notices of the various islands and
peoples visited. The breadth and
strangeness of the field bringing to
our notice the most distant lands
and a general outline of manners
and customs of nations and tribes
rarely visited, cannot fail to afford
much to interest and profit the
reader.
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Mac
beth, edited with notes, is another
instalment of Rolfe’s fine edition for
schools. Each play is contained in
a separate volume and enriched
with a general introduction, a his
tory of the play, the historical
sources, and a critical commentary
with ample though compact notes.
In this little volume the student will
find all needful helps to enable him
intelligently and profitably to read
this great work of this immortal
bard.
A Text Book of Harmony is a
clear exposition of the grammar of
music by Charles Edward Horsely,
(Harper.) The treatise is brief,
clear and neat —much in little.
The Life , Times and Character
of Oliver Cromwell is a fresh and
incisive statement of the defenses
of the Protector, by Hon. E. H. K.
Hugessen, M. P. The volume is
one of the beautiful Half-Hour
Series of the Harpers. The au
thor shows that Oliver was justified
in rebelling against such a tyrant as
Charles I; that he did well to aid in
securing, hisexemttion; and that his
of jwwni
igated ills to EngAftd. The history
of this remarkable man shows how
people are prone to kill their proph
ets and to come too late to garnish
their sepulchres. His volume gives
you Cromwell in a nut-shell; but
though the picture be small the
lines are distinct.
The Epochs of English History,
to be completed in eight volumes,
will be an attractive portion of the
same series. Os these we have two
—Early England, up to the Nor
man Conquest, by Fred Y. Powell,
with four maps; and England, a
Continental Power , from the Con
quest to Magna Charta, 1066
1216, by Louise Creighton.
Though brief the volumes are ad
mirable for their clear and simple
style, their breadth of view and in
terest of treatment. The author's
happily avail themselves of the
fruits of the most recent researches
in this field. Those unable to read
extended works will here find an
instructive epitome. Schools will
find these brief volumes convenient.
Juliet's Guardian , by Mrs. H.
Lovett Cameron, is a fresh addition
to Harper's Library of Select Novels.
Miss Nancy's Pilgrimage is a
story of travel by Virginia W.
Johnson, author of Joseph , the Jew ,
and The Catskill Fairies.
Harper's, for May, opens with
another illustrated article on our
familiar birds. The Gateway of the
Catskills and On the Usk are a couple
of those admirable travel articles so
frequent in Harper's. Florence is
done in picture and story, and an
old, gentleman gives his Boston
Recollections. The stories and am
ple tables and drawers always juicy,
round out the number.
The Atlantic, for May, is an in
teresting and valuable number. E.
H. Knight gives a second article on
the Crude and Curious Inventions
at the Centennial; G. E. Warring
indicates the Life and Work of the
Eastern Farmer; Charles Francis
Adams, jr., rehearses the curious
story of The May-Pole at Merry
mount, (Quincy,) of earliest colonial
days. Longfellow sings of the Cas
tles in Spain, Story, of Gitolamo,
and Whittier furnishes anew ver
sion of the Dunker Hymn, of 1738.
In story, James continues The
American; Lothrop gives Joe
Croombie, and Sarah J. Pritchard On
Sand Island. Henry T. Finch tells
of the Wagner Music-Drama. The
Contributors’ Club Contributions
serve as an excellent dessert to the
whole banquet.
The National Repository com
mences volume second with July.
This number is more than usually
attractive. The first article, “Among
the Trees,” a poem by William Cul
len Bryant, with nine beautiful illus
trations, is especially fine. The ta
ble of contents gives promise of much
pleasure in its perusal. With its
clear, open type and excellent pa
per it presents an appearance second
to none of our magazines.
Up to the date of going to press,
the election returns from about
one hundred counties of this State
have been received. The vote from
them stands: For constitutional con
vention, 16,841; against, 8,515 —
majority in favor, 8,326. Probably
the additional returns will not mate
rially affect the result. The con
vention is to meet in July. The
delegates from the thirty-fifth dis
trict —Fulton, Cobb and Clayton
counties—are L. J. Gartrell, John
Collier, N. J. Hammond, P. L. My
natt, B. E. Crane, J. T. Spence, G.
W. Roberts, J. W. Robertson, and
A. C. Mclntosh.
The best evidence that we have
seen that the editor of the Holston
Methodist is golden is the fact that
he has been elected President of the
People’s College, at Pikeville, and
at the same time remains editor at
Knoxville. A conundrum might be
formulated thus: Why is the said
editor like pure gold? Gold spreads
very thin. #
East Tennessee Wesleyan University.
REPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
Quite a number of the committee were
present and witnessed examinations in
the common and higher English, Math
ematics, and Languages. We mention
some classes in detail as specimens:
Prof. Beaman’s method of teaching
Logic was excellent. The student was
required to write out on the blackboard
the topio-and then explain it fully, as if
lecturing on it. The class showed a
clear and accurate knowledge and mas
tery of what they had studied.
The Botany class, taught by Miss
Austin, was nearly or quite perfect. The
subject was simply announced, and the
student took it up and went through in
detail, without prompting or questions.
This they did with perfect ease and
readiness. The same mode of teaching
and the same clear and ready knowledge
of the subject in hand was shown by the
class in Rhetoric.
In Higher Algebra, taught by Prof.
Bolton, the class solved many difficult
problems and demonstrated several im
portant formulas reflecting credit on
students and teacher. Classes were also
examined in Trigonometry and Survey
ing by Prof. Bolton, and in Geometry
by Mr. Fowler, tutor. The tutors are
doing good work.
In the Latin Reader, the class trans
lated very readily and correctly and
parsed well.
In the beginners’ class in Greek, they
have had a thorough drill in primary
principles and showed a clear knowledge
of syntax. Classes were also examined
in Virgil, Cicero, Homer, and Anabasis,
all exhibiting the same careful, accurate
instruction and drill.
The class in Grammar (English) did
exceedingly well.
In the Primary department, classes
had been well taught.
We do not attempt a detailed account
of all the classes, but give these as ex
amples.
The committee were somewhat sur
prised and very much gratified at the
success attained by the students and
teachers, especially in view of the num
ber of new students gathered in during
the past year.
The faculty are doing superior work.
If parents and guardians want their
children and wards well and thoroughly
taught—if they want them to have a
complete knowledge of, and go to the
bottom of what they are studying, and
then be able to tell what they have
learned—let them send them here. The
committee commend the institution
most cordially anjjaMfcJififidly-lQJihflj
'community and cdimtrJPlWarge. -
We close by a simple reference to the
deportment and music. The habit of
quiet and good order seemed to have
been formed, and this habit was so
strong and all-controlling in its influ
ence, that the best of order and quiet
and gentlemanly and ladylike deport
ment existed without any apparent ef
fort on the part of the teachers. Self
government seemed to exist. The mu
sic in the chapel was congregational and
inspiring. Judges of music pronounced
it very good. Some one who is a musi
cian should speak of the music. We
join with Dr. Fuller in saying that if
there are not as many boat-clubs, etc.,
and not as much money spent at the
East Tennessee Wesleyan University,
they are nowhere doing more solid, real
brain-work than here.
B. Grist, Chairman.
R. Pierce, Secretary.
Another correspondent sends the fol
lowing account of the entertainment of
Thursday evening, which “consisted of
the graduating exercises of the Senior
class, together with orations from four
young men of the Junior class. These
orators did exceedingly well. No manu
script was referred to during their
speeches. Careful research and a choice
of best language was exemplified in the
orations of the evening. Two young
ladies, having completed the prescribed
course of study, received from the hands
of the President their diplomas,entitling
them to the degree .of Mistress of En
glish Literature. The essays read by
these.young ladies were of a high order
in literary merit and reflected great
credit upon themselves and the institu
tion. Miss C. S. Ludlow had charge of
the music for the evening, and together
with ladies and gentlemen of the Uni
versity, sang and played to the gratifi
cation of all present. At the conclu
sion of each performance, both musical
and literary, there came a shower of
bouquets.”
Young Men’s Christian Association.
The Twenty-second Annual Conven
tion of the Young Men’s Christian
Association of the United States and
British Provinces assembled in Library
Hall, Louisville, Wednesday, June 6,
at 11 A. m., about three hundred dele
gates being in attendance. The conven
tion is a fine looking body of active
young men, representing associations
from almost every State and Province,
and coming as they do, from every Evan
gelical denomination, it is a body the like
of which is seldom gathered together.
The hall is beautifully decorated
with flowers, mottoes span the stage,
such as “All from the Father,” “All
in the Son,” “All by the Holy Ghost,”
and over the stage gracefully entwined
are the English and American flags,
emblems of the two great Christian na
tions of the earth.
The most luxurious homes of the
city are occupied by the delegates, and
the pastors and Churches of the city
are heartily in sympathy with the
Christian Association of Louisville in
in its efforts to care for the convention.
The convention was called to order
by Russel Sturgis, jr., of Boston, Presi
dent of the Toronto Convention. After
devotional exercises, in a brief address
he spoke of the success that has at
tended the associations in every phase
of their work, in all parts of the land
during the year, and of the increased
responsibility resting upon them for a
faithful prosecution of their work in the
future.
John Y. Farwell, of Chicago, 111.,
was elected president.
The following are the topics that
have been discussed:
I. The International Work intrusted
to the Executive Committee. —1, At the
South; 2, Od Behalf of Colored Young
Men; 3, At the West; 4, In Canada; 5,
Among Railroad Men; Among the
Germans.
11. The Work intrusted to State and
Provincial Committees.—l, In New
England; 2, In the West: 3, In
Canada; 4, In the South; 5, In States
without State Secretaries.
111. How I use the Bible. —1, For
myself; 2, With Christian Workers; 3,
With the Unconverted.
IV. The Evangelistic Work of the
Associations, its Limitations, and the
Qualifications of those who engage in it.
V. Association Work in its Peculiar
Adaptations to the Wants and Tempta
tions of Young Men.
Each session is opened by a Bible
reading or half hour devotional ser
vices.
The most important item of business
was the report of the Executive Com
mittee, which was presented the first
day’s session. It gave a detailed state
ment of the work of the committee for
the past year and of the general asso
ciation work. In 1864 there were but
65 associations, which were isolated
organizations. Now there are over
1,000 organizations bound together un
der international, State and provincial
committees, with over 100,000 members.
The work then was indefinite; now it is
largely in the interests of young men.
Then moral men were admitted to act
ive membership, and the work was
lagely benevolent and superficial; now
professing Christian young men control
the societies, and the work looks to the
conversion of young men. Then there
was not an association building, now
there are 48, valued at $2,000,000, and
with other property owned by the asso
ciation, aggregate almost $3,000,000.
The expenditure of the committee for
the year was $16,000, and added to this
the State and association expenses paid
amount to almost $500,000. Eighty
three hundred men were provided with
employment. The average weekly at
tendance on the association Bible
classes is 8,138. Then two general
secretaries were employed; now there
are 123 general secretaries and agents.
Mr. Robt. Weidensal and L. W. Mun
hall presented reports of the work in
the West; Thos. K. Cree, Geo. A. Hall,
Joseph Hardie and S. A. Taggart, of
the work in the South; George D.
Johnston, of the work for colored young
men in the South; Thomas K. Cree, in
Ontario; E. D. Ingersoll, among rail
road men, and R. C. Morse as secretary
of the committee. The committee
thank the secular and religious press
for the assistance given the work dur
ing the year, and recommend that $20,-
000 be devoted to the coming year.
The topic that elicited most enthusi
asm was the one on “Work among Rail
road Men,” a large number of railroad
men were present and the discussion was
enthusiastic and interested. The
topic, “Work in behalf of Colored
Men” was one in which the convention
evinced a deep interest. The addresses
were entirely from Southern men, all
of whom were deeply interested. The
topic “How I use my Bible,” presented
by Rev. James H. Brooks, D. D., of
St. Louis, was one that interested all
the delegates more than any other ques
tion, and the questions which came
from all over the house showed how
real was their interest in the subject.
Deeply interesting and encouraging
reports were made by many delegates,
of the work carried on by the Interna
tional Committee in the South, in the
West, in Canada, among the railroad
men, among Germans and lor colored
young men.
The time of the convention was natur
ally taken up with the work of the State
and Provincial committees, and the
very important and growing Interna
tional work, conducted by the commit
tee of the convention. The distinctive
work for young men of the individual
associations, though considered here, is
more thoroughly discussed in the
twenty-four State and Provincial con
ventions, which have grown out of this
parent convention. The questions con
sidered were all practical and full of
instruction^..— *- —J,
The subscription to the International
work amounted to six thousand dol
lars, which will be largely increased
by private subscriptions.
The convention concluded its busi
ness sessions Saturday evening, and
Sunday a children’s meeting, a meeting
for young men and the farewell meeting
were held.
Many of the most prominent associa
tion men of the country are in attend
ance, and have taken a prominent part
in the deliberations of the convention.
The convention adjourned Sunday
night to meet in Baltimore in 1879.
T. K. C.
The Need of Plans.
We have long been persuaded that no
church, better than one of the old
fashioned log houses of the frontier,
should ever be built without first pro
curing plans showing in detail how all
the work is to be done, from foundation
to turret, so that the end may be clearly
seen from the beginning. Such plans
can be prepared only by a competent
architect, and, if possible, one should
be found who has experience in church
building, and who knows something of
the special wants of a Methodist church
and a well-organized Sunday-school,
and is familiar with all modern im
provements in providing for them. We
know right well how hard it is to con
vince pastors, building committees and
trustees —all of whom must always be
consulted —of these things, but we de
clare our convictions, founded in the
uniform experience of church builders,
as we have learned it, and give all an
opportunity to profit thereby.
We recall an il stance, in which it was
proposed to build a church in a small
town, at a cost of about SB,OOO. An
architect was consulted, and offered to
furnish plans, all complete, for $l6O.
They thought the price too high, and the
carpenter, who desired to do the work,
and who did it, encouraged this view,
and proposed to furnish his own plans
without charge. He had put up a great
many buildings, and knew how to do it,
and could, they thought, do it well
enough. They employed him. Fre
quent changes had to be made, as the
work progressed. The building was of
brick. The walls were a plain surface,
without pilasters; the windows Gothic
pointed. The front was perfectly plain,
with a low narrow door in the centre,
the roof about the pitch of that of an
ordinary barn, and upon it was saddled
what was intended to represent a spire,
with no support from the foundation.
The interior was a regular oblong, with
level ceiling, and the pews were for
the punishment of the victimized peo
ple. At the end of all, the good car
penter, who had furnished his own
plans, without charge , came in with a
“bill of extras" amounting to over
$800; and, within five years, they spent
over $2,000 in remodeling their church,
whioh, when done, was still unsightly
and inconvenient.
In another case, a plain country
church was to be built. Os course
plans were unnecessary for that, for
it was to be as plain and cheap as possi
ble, so they agreed with a carpenter, and
he figured out a bill of material, and
they sent their committee to purchase
it. They made inquiries of the lumber
merchants, and before purchasing,
called, at the suggestion of the
pastor, upon a friend, an architect,
and asked his opinion. He looked at
their bill, and asked what size the
church was to be. They answered,
30x40, twelve feet posts. “The propor
tions are bad,” said the architect:
“why don’t you make it longer and
higher?” “Can’t afford it,” was the
reply. “You can save eaough on your
framing timbers alone,” said he, “to
cover the difference.” “What size
should it be?" inquired the committee;
“30x50, with posts 16 feet high, if the
ceiling is to be level.” “Give us a bill
of quantities, and let us see,” said the
committee. This was done, and they
were surprised to find that, by reducing
the needless thickness of sills, and posts
and plates, and joists, etc., they could
build the larger size and better propor
tions suggested, and save over S2OO on
the lumber bill.
To make any approach toward per
fection in building, the model must ex
ist in somebody’s mind before it can be
put into oatward form, and he must be
capable of comprehending the want to
be supplied, and of seeing the building
in detail, as it is to rise into the neces
sity to be filled by it, and to put it on
paper, in pictures and words, describ-
ing its various parts, so that every one,
who has any part of the work to do,
shall see clearly how it is to be done, in
order that every part shall fit in its
place, and all conspire together to real
ize the perfect model which existed in
his mind, while as yet the stone was in
the quarry and the timber in the forest.
Such a one is the architect; and his ex
cellency is determined by his ability to
devise a pefect model, and to describe
it clearly and accurately.
When God, through Moses, said to
Israel, “Make me a sanctuary, that I
may dwell among them,” he gave par
ticular directions about every part of it,
and charged him repeatedly, “See,”
saith he, “that thou make all things
according to the pattern showed to thee
in the mount.” The pattern showed to
Moses in the mount was the perfect
model devised by the Infinite Architect
for that holy place.
—Church Extension Annual , 1876.
Our Southern Conferences.
SAVANNAH.
Bev. A. N. Jackson, Cartersville:
Notwithstanding the hard times and
scarcity of money, we are moving along
very well. Although the spiritual af
fairs of the Church are not as we desire
to have them, we are trying to improve
our church property. We have newly
fenced in the church lot, with palings in
front, have our church ceiled, pulpit
built, and likewise a fine front gallery
which will seat a chair of thirty persons.
Sunday, the 27th ult., at 3 P.M., Rev.
Col. Harris, of the M. E. Church South,
of this place, preached an able sermon
for us from the epistle of Paul to the
Hebrews, xii, 1. The Bth instant was
the day of our quarterly conference.
Our good presiding elder, Rev. J. Sams,
was with us. We received a local
{>reacher in the quarterly conference by
etter. Sunday, at 3P. M., Rev. W. C.
Gaines, pastor of the A. M. E. Church,
preached for us to a crowded house,
after which the sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper was administered. The blessing
of the Lord came down upon us. At
night our presiding elder preached on
the duty of husband to wife, and wife
to husband. Monday night he delivered
one of his able sermons to the sinners.
He encourages us much when he comes
around. For the last two months we
have been having better regular congre
fatious than we have had since I have
een here. We believe the old mother
Church is on the winning side in the
South and elsewhere. We are not for
getting our benevolent collections.
TENNESSEE.
Bev J. L. Chandler, Memphis Diet.:
The Sunday-school Convention at
Clarksburg was a success. Owing to
the busy season, but few laymen were
present, but the ministers were full of
zeal and the reports from the charges
were encouraging. Since leaving Shi
loh, we, (that is, “my wife and I”) have
been at Saltillo, Decatur, Lexington,
Clarksburg, Camden, and Dixon. On
each charge the work is more or less
prosperous, owing to the amount of
energy with which it is pursued. With
faithful pastors, success is constant and
permanent. But the man who is satis
fied with simply meeting hjs .preaching
engagements (when the Weather is fa
vorable) and spends a large portion of
his precious time sitting around stores,
smoking and jesting, [Can it be possible
that any minister of the Methodist Epis
copal Church thus squanders his time?
—Ed.] not knowing who his members
are, or where they live, will doubtless
fail of accomplishing any permanent
good, even though his revival meetings
may be very demonstrative. God is
raising up faithful men who are willing
to do at least six days of solid work
every week, and as they do His work He
takes care of them, so that they find
little time or inclination for grumbling
about poor support. We find,invariably,
those who work the most complain the
least. And yet there is often cause for
complaint. Men whom God has blessed
with property amounting to five, ten,
twenty or thirty thousand dollars, and
sometimes even more, abundantly able
in some cases to support a minister, giv
ing the miserable pittance of from one
to ten dollars a year, will have, we fear,
a heavy account to settle in the Day of
Judgment. May God rid us of idle
preachers and covetous members, and
raise up a host to work and give, to the
extent of their ability, for Christ’s sake!
Then all along the line will be heard
the shout of victory— not simply for a
month or two in Summer but through
out the entire year. We are hopeful,
for we see the vanguards of such a host
already appearing. Noble illustrations
of self-denying toil and generous giving
have appeared during the year. At
Clarksburg, Dr. McCall has purchased
and improved a house and lot, at an ex
pense of over four hunded dollars, and
donated it,unencumbered,to the Church
as a parsonage. At Dixon, through the
unyielding perseverance of the pastor,
Rev. O. O. Knight, generously aided by
a faithful few, a parsonage has been
built, which is a model of convenience,
at small cost. Brother Knight is not
only a first-class preacher but a good
mechanic. At present he has two hard
hands as w'ell as au abundance of hard
sense. Dixon will have reason to be
glad of his labors when his labors will
have forever ceased. Other instances
less prominent but equally worthy could
be mentioned. Carroll has purchased
a parsouage property. Camden has also
ground for that pupose. Other improve
ments will be noticed in due time. And
still, in the language of our illustrious
dead, “The best of all is, God is with
us.”
Eev. J. W. Droke, Decatur circuit:
We have no remarkable victory to
report, yet I am thankful to God that
we are not called upon to chronicle any
sad defeat. We are moving along slowly,
gently, and, I trust, permanently, bat
tling for the right. An unpleasant state
of affairs existing on this charge has
had a great tendency to paralyze its
vitality. However, every thing seems
to be adjusting itself more amicably now,
and we hopefully anticipate the dawning
of a better day. The Sunday-school
department of our work especially has
made rapid strides in the march of im
provement. Class-meetings are sus
tained at every society. They meet bi
weekly. We are dividing our large
societies into classes of twelve or fifteen,
and appointing leaders. The plan works
well. It gives the leader a better op
portunity to visit his class and report
their condition to the pastor. The be
nevolent collections, so far as they have
been taken, are greatly in advance of any
former year—the Sunday-school Union
collection being one hundred per cent,
better than ever before.
Colgate & Co.’s Cashmere Bouquet Soap
has acquired a popularity hitherto une
qualed by any Toilet Soap of home or
foreign manufacture. A reputation begun
early in the century made it easy for this
house to impress the public. The peculiar
fascinations of this luxurious article are
the novelty and exceptional strength of ita
perfume.
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