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Show CIII.1STIANS UN1TKI). The Topic of Hie Mjrolaj H)lri uf tliR IVuinnilcsl .M'lliodlit Council. CO'OPCnATION or THC CHURCHCB unato. A Xoldr.irthr Seme. TI10 Coufcrrnce Adjourns Amid Malntl t'ongralulsllnii. My Tslssrsea Is lbs Near. 1 Tiir. 'ir.riintiiM. A .Wetemenl r.ir rt l'ln nt Ihe )ll-rerel )ll-rerel llreetie. WASitlMiros, Oct. 0. The tonic of Hie moriiliig seteioii, "Christians Unlleil," WN taken up, ami ait essay delivered by He. Ut. Heluy of tho Wstleyan M.lhodl.t Church, Ureenock, Mcotlsnd. Iter. Dr. A. H.Hunt uf Now York and Her. Thoma Mitchell of Hull, Hngland, folloive,!, llev.t;, F. lined of I-'lorenco. Kentucky, Ken-tucky, told or the birth bf the Mttha Oht Onion or Chine. A number of others tiVo on the sarao atil-Jecl, and At the. nuuclusloll of the debale,a recces waa taken. After n-cei lllthoi Warron orColo radu t wk the chilr. UevoUoaal services serv-ices wer held, Ur. Jewell of Uallforult reading Hie Hcilptures and delivering the pre) er. I lev. Dr. A. O'Ve Hmllli of the M-lhodlitKi.copal Church of UoulU -S'athvllie, lead Hie first pajer of Tin; At-IKH.IUUN aiDBiurr. Hlttulject wot "Chrlitiaii L'o-oira-Hon. Hesildi 1 he church of 01 It essuntKlly one In all Ages and places. This may consist con-sist with much variety In the nan essentials es-sentials of cnel and iractlcti In Hie Individual ,nt thu denomination. MIstlllderstAlldlngt, dlvlsloua Alid strifes In tho church li.tvu Riven great occasion to tho enemies of the crovt hi blaspheme. Thetpith undirlylug all Hienu divisions la this right of the lu dividual to luttrpret for himself Ihe wordofUod. Itli .truth which 01 has taken long lo linprra. but which I worth the time and pain or teaching It. Tho call lor a rloeir unity and ro. njieralloii among our i-tiurchiw cornea upfront all illrectlona. It la truoof Ihe glgautlo enterprise and rapid movement In llio industrial worlJ that bidsy'e needs are the measure or b- morrow'B work. Hhall Ilia church lo UhlliflT No. Thufullnistof thutlmo has come, and the ohurch of Clirlvt one In heart and purfose must move In order to eHectAro-operatlou. Thu spirit of Intiillerance, which has been tfiecAUsn of dissensions lu tho past, must be set aside, and the equal right andprlvlu-g-aor all Uod'speople re rognlinl. This recognition ruuvt be moro praitlcal and Ur. theorel. Ind. We have long been ac euttomeit tu tho Utter. It hsa found expression In gushing resolu. lions aud splendid urations. We should either do more or talk less. Nor does this recognition or tho ecclctla.tln eipjtllty of other denominations mean an abatement ol our love and teal for ourown. If the vlergy would come closir togilher they would find tho icoplewtth them. Consultation and tho adoption of plAna for co-oi-ratlvo work will follow the recognition of equality among Christians, and mutual respect for caoli other's girts and lalors. liitlie nominally Christian lands h closer union or Hie churches it needed to gain the respect and aid ot those who now aueer at the church ror It exhibition of rivalries aud jealous les. It Is Itvedod to reach ttlu liu evangelized niastes of Chrlstsudoni. Them are lilendout uvlls for the got-l to destroy; Hie deiccrttloa of the Christian Hsbbalh, Ihe loose divorce laws, the unholy tiatslou for gain, wlili h tramJc on right and virtue and gambles with the bread of Hie oor, and, above all, that blackest In the catalogue of evilscruel aud romorse less as hell tho legAllzod traflla lit in toxlC4tlng ll'juora. alllhcso mil their uccnmtanylng evils must be destroyed, and for this woiklho world must look to the church. lev. W. Hod lord of the Union Methodist l-'reo Church ol llrlstol, Huglaud, Iriatcd of ClIllltltAN OU-OI'I ItATIU.-T In Ihe old country. Ho eald lu Kng lAUd ttie time waa ili-o for a flral movement. What could Hie rellgloua iwoplo of Hngland and AmerlcA not do if they utilize the f.irc-e within them Aud siwAk with undaunted cour age. llev. T. J. Oaborn of North faro Una spoke of the necessity of iwrfect ingthechurchllsolf, at prellailuary to co-o eratlou. llev. Jamea I,efuray of Unglaud held that the churchea were wattlug money lit making proaelytea from other rhurchet. Was It Dot a shameful thing Ibattheni should besuchathlug, wt-Akenlng the church end the caumi of Christ for denominational pride? Ap plauso. Thu council was about to adjourn arier a uumlier or other addresses, when A MUTCWOHTIir aCt:.NK occurred. Tho stlrrlag wurdt of the tkrs all day about uooratlou and unity lis I wrouglh thu council up to n atatu ApproAohlng enthuslusm, and suddenly President Myrra of tho Kugllgh Mothodltt l'ri-u Church arosu aud said his objict for a long time had been tu bring the Methodlit Jim-tslt Jim-tslt churches toetllier. AH his -op!o were willing and anxious, and he was Instructed by hit fellow-churchmrii here lu say that liny rcsjwuded to the oiler to unite. llev. Mr. Marshall, Kngllsli Method. 1st, New Connecticut, said that, 11s prcsldentof one of Hiemlner Method Ut Uallee. be rtached out by hand Alld felt that Stelhodlst Unity would follow. llev. T." Worthliis-tou, president of tho Kngllsh lhdepcndent Melhodltt Conference, said thathls l-oplo favored an nrgaulzsd union. If tliey could not reach It, they could at leut attain a federation. llev. K. W. Ilrowne, pretldeut of tho I.ukIIsIi Illl.l" Christians, heartily en. dorsed wbatliad lin aald Aaesch of the pretldellll of the Kng. llsli branches or the church wtlroined the luiltalloa to come togrther thu council, appreelalliig the first lmirt-ant lmirt-ant results of Ha de)llratl-ios, elireied tho lv.kstis and when Itev. Dr. 11m. bry, the colared deli-gate, anuounceil thai ft circular had been IsMleil looking !. Hie uniting nf all Ihe African M, i:. churches, thero was n numenlaiy ellencv, followed by ft spontaneous out buist Into the Doxology. and tho con future adjourned amid mutual con-gratulatloiit. con-gratulatloiit. 4 I'utlhse lleasUc l, Ihe Nmtlr "111 MAI.KM, Mass., Oct. O.-ll was an-tiouueuj an-tiouueuj this forenoon Hist further hearing In the Hearlta will dii.IkI was p isliwued lo Oclolr Slllh "by agree mentof the cviinstl." It It thought that thl postpouemtut laaprellinlnaiy inuveiuent towatd n setllrmeiil of tho ntlr matter out of coutt, mil tho oh Jtct I thought lo gain time lo rooalder the negcllsltoii which are said tu be ludltig lit thu CAe. NO CUMI'IVIUISK. IIuato.n, Oct. 0. Conn-el for Hrarlrt taja Hie itponemcnt of the Hearle will cme was made oil the rpUett ot the coiitestant'a counsel, and there Is no foundttlon fo; thn run or that Hiarlea has offered to comprouilie. lance) loelflnrilrr. Husit. Tex., Oet k-Johnabd Wads l-'elder were hiigtl tinlAy for niuidrr lug YobieTliofiifMoit lu Augutt, lain). |