Show tho the methodist ecumenical con ference fe r once renco considerable interest la ill already felt among in regard t to the acu ecu monical conference Conter which will nill begia its to 0 o along in ia london on september fth delegates urn are ci expected to bo be present from nil all parts parta of tho the world among the atio laymon who it is reported will at tile the conference from tile the united states aro are general clinton B fisk fink ot of new york and oliver hot of con tient tho the conference is in limited to four hundred huud reil members anil and an this ibis is tho the first general council cannot of the charch clin roU which numbers nn robers between nail anti communicants its will doubtless be eagerly followed tollo wod the conference will have no ecclesiastical authority author itji so that lift hi con will not bo be binding upon I 1 ady 1 0 particular methodist or gaulka t the topics to lia be discussed diHo asBeil are 11 letb moth its ita history anil and 1 11 evangelical agencies of methodism 11 methodism anti and the young 11 the lords day slid anil temperance perils ot of methodism education I 1 the ibo use UBO of ill the press ltee for the advancement of christianity 1 home and foreign missions RB and 11 christian C LU unity the regulations regula tiong for tho the ROT gay froment of tho the conference in effect suggest a 11 plan for organizing into ono one confederated con federated boily body tile tho different branches of tho the methodist church throughout tho world bishop simpson will preach tho the sermon the idea ot of such a gathe gathering Rat herinK of representatives ol of methodism in its in forms is ia due dae to I 1 the A 0 george who as a member of tho the general conference hold held in in 1875 from the central new maw york conference nail anti who is ia now pastor of tho the centenary church of chicago Ohie iiga under resolutions which were passed correspondence lims bag been going on between ia committee commit loo of which bishop simpson Simp pon wall ans chairman chair mau and dr george secretary Boo rotary and different diu aront bodies of methodists oili stala iii this country anil and in europe and a your ier ngo ago thu the proposition took de definite dell finito nite shape when it was wan decided to hold the conference in ia london la in the tall fall of 1881 the project was waa every where favorably received |