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Show THE .MUTIIOniSTS. tile Ilf pmtntallf t at Iks lnmri,Il Corinrll Talk Distil Their latin tore on Hie liorlj. eihop rovLCn a coipcl in a NUT SHCll Mllltisflrrattlaselloiiaor Kiting thlt World ore UodiiwJ li lilloat of Monet." II Telttralft toltiNBwa.t Till I (111 111 Al. till Mil, IU Melhallals lleslert III IIUIaST ami I'reseiil Main, at Ilia keel. Wabiiinutux, Oct. 8 Iter. John Medecrafl of Mam hitter. rr resenting Iho Htlgllsh Melhodlatliew connection, folluwcil Dr Waller. Ha aald thai Mtthodlsm was rr(ormlng agrmlund good work lutho whole wnrl I outsl lo of Amerha. qiuougbout the vast regl ma of l.uro. Asia an I Austrvlls, Mtthodlsm was exerting a greitlullu. vnce. nkv. JAHM 1HSVII1V of Newry, Ireland, vice reldtntof tho Irish MetlmJIat Conference, aall tlitt the church waa In danger fr m tho llrll of nil glory. In lrelanl Metliraltarn had never dona much 111 growing timber, tut It had brought forth much fruit. mi. iiduii imcr iiuuiii", of the W.l Lou lou Mission said that tho Church of 1 n-jleiiJ Itaslt wat In a ml'.itrlty u 1 nglanJ A cruel law funed non conrormttla to send their chllJrrii to church echools. A mllako was madnlii not taking Dr. Arthur' a Ivlrti twenty v ear ago aud rsutbllih lug non sectarian school. Ills own church lias lnauoraied the movement. Ill V. J. .HAMS, a rrtmltlvri Methodist of I nglaud. snoko of the educational Institution of tlie country an 1 congratulated the church iiion its growth. AT Tim litl llMHJf S13.S10') Charles II. Kow Irr, of rtsti l'rsuclaco, roail un essay upon tho intent status of Methodism lu the Western American Ameri-can section He nil J' "Methodism never whl pad aOuakcr nor burneil n witch, nor Unl.hod re lls list. II liiory tails us that the present pres-ent status of Amtrlcaii Mithodism Is lha result of unnunit--risl foro of heart an 1 brain, time and temjiest. climate and leiuperalutt, transit Bill eellse, through counties ages. A hun Inntv oars' grow lit on this toll an I In thlt free Hlalo hat rodoced a cou dltlon of Ufa dissimilar from any other ileveloi ment uruoug men. A bundled years aii there wat but one Methodlet denomination, one auuual confe rence. tlghty.lhrro travellug iriachert and 1 1 Vit inemtiers iinay uiiro bio ni leulldeuoislliatlonsor Metbodlata, the one nua cno.'eranca has uiultll lied Into about two; Iho oh-tily-lhrc trivtllng preachers have luultlplled Into 6l,7oo, liesldt-su,) local I risacher, BUd the 14,1)38 inemut rt, actual cominualrantt, have multiplied Into over 6,0isi,0ut) Hun lay school children, un I a following follow-ing of over -1l,0uV,tW) aou Is lu the IVe uh)lc Methodism crossed Into thla century leaning on a tolltary Half Hhu will cross over out ot thl cutury with mwro than two ban Is, U sides ttocka and horde of canielt arid aue, for alio haa over M,O0d churchea anl about n.000 parionaget, with church roirty worth more than two buudrod mllllout ofdollart. Thullrit act of American Msthodlam was to ordalu B college. 1'ubllo oilnlou la the power bark ol the bench, Ihe ih It, of Lai loll and ot bullets, rho great problem of governing govern-ing thrie mlllluna of Amerha It Iho ihuple question of forming jiublla oilnlon. Metbodlim, having nearly half tho Ioplo of thlt country, haa ouly to Is woithy or hi rdod to make thlt laud a laud or pioinlso ror the Ignorant and oj pressnl,aud the aiprosihlug century, thu colden age for tuo rare. Illshop fowler spoke of Iho vigorous work of the dll.crrut tranche of lha church, and aald. 'Methodism It uirnalurat(oril)e It n .tiling. Iu the chilling fog of higher crltlclim, which li higher only luiiamo anl tessumtlou, all the warmth anl wluaomcncss of Christianity Christian-ity Is destroyed, The grtnt center and secret of Method lam, tho reason of hi rex late nco, tt lo I ear leatlmony to a knowablo religion, toiecuteandlrpeat a willies ot the holy Hplrlt with our rrlrlt to our r reent klato of grace. Our next need 1 Ideal. We inuat reach out in all directions, we ought to tajture and utilise every si crct that I rlnga tuccrsa to any other church. Methodism needa tho couragu to aelro au 1 ullllro all Ideas; there must bo uo ower too great for us to nutter. Again, wu mutt light forth centers nf jiopula-llon. jiopula-llon. rlio clilea are tho forts. Whoever Who-ever holds them, hold lha future, Tho church must thus tattle the labor dlf. Ilculty. If wo allow any other agency to teltlo tt, we mutt glvs lace to that agency, and seriously rodure our usefulness use-fulness amoog men. Another want Is concentrated money. Already all tbu great question ol saving litis world are reduced to quesllous of money,' The blshopln clotlug said that unity la alreniitb, and thlt law holdt with uuakated power over every branch ot Ihe Chrlalleii church. Ill-hop howler wa greeted with prolonged Bplute. UltllOI'UAflWVAVOs' MIMIHUii, representing the M I. church Bouth, dovotaii hi remarks largely to the subjott ol tho ilahitof Methodlim lu this country, aud, speaking for the Houth, tald It had a rich McthodM heritage. Thero hat lieen a healthy growth In that division. hkv.mi iiniaas of Toronto. Ont , diicrlhtil tho euor tnoui boundaries of ttie Dominion, Ihe Mewth t the church In Canada, etc., laying It wat the largest In member ship of any I'rotcatant church luCana. daandlucludiHlone-thlid of the l'ro. terlant coaimunlcants I lailOI'AIINIITT riprisiullng lha Afrh in Methodlit l.iliooial Church, rcmlndod hit hear r Ihat there wot a dark at well re a lli,bt side to every qutwtlnu. He recalled re-called that tho colored jwhla had ser tlclalcl In every atop of thogruwtli of Afrtlo'lltm Thiire weru -cullr missions for tho African Church. It hsd to Mhow the negro, not only how lowstr the golden stterovrr thete, Unhowlogtt aud wtar hta ill iea un l'timaylvatila avenue, that he should I e educated, should earn ami keep hla money, for by a fal M-ket book would ho find his way lo Ihe Atijlo-Hason hsirl. llicst laughter. un 1II1JSAIU1 of New York diwlU-1 the work of the mlatloiiary oelet In ilelall Among other things he sail that every tuo years the Methodist Church wa r ulld Ing ne many churches at tho Itomau Calhollo had In all lands. Ml, 11H. IllDIOtS deerilbod the growth of Methodlim In California and the Territories In eatly day uud Ibo difficulties encouhlerecl Aujuurued, lllslrtilrlliliallaii. Wasiiiiuium Oct. 8. l.xHcnator lllalr.ef Newllamivhlre, kail today that lua reslguallsu aa mlnltter to China was accaled yesterday. Hu sal I that he liked lha lilt of going lit China, liut when thu Chinese govern ment, Inlliienreej by lies, refuseel to nre-lve him ha waa ttndy to retire. Tha I'lealdent. he said, vtaa w llllng M El ve him an cfllce of cqu tl dlgiilty, lait edld not care for anything elee. The Itrhrlna -. TSSIlble. Wasiiimimi, Oct 8. Treiaury Agent Williams hat nialo a tperal reiutttotheHe.ret.ryor the Treasury lu regard ti tho allegation Ihat thlt government violated thu rovltlont of the mo lua vlvrnJI In allowing tho North American Commercial company com-pany to i atrh seals In exi-tia of the limit, thu report ikowa that Hourly IKas) seal were lken by llm company In Iheeevaon, but alnra the dale or tha agreimrtit the Mtcli lio been let than tOftl. kifnei I ! le.trtitln. I'lllLAtlgUI tA,Ott 8 Attoda)' seeslon nf the general conference of the llraiigelloat Asaoclatlon, a rert waareoelveitfromtba siieelal commit tee appointed to Investigate the tase ot Iter, tlreaay, iu,in led I y lllahop llrimuau. Tim reirldectdl that the suaenslon waa unlawlil. 1headoi-llou 1headoi-llou of thla report I rouitdrrpl by eomo as an In llctllon of what lha verdict ver-dict of the gent ral conferemu will be In rwrerveca lo lha caseatf lllhoi Itowrnari and l.aher. The body decldeil to dlamlsa Ills charges usn which Dutstwas sua lndeel and he i 111 hu relllataleil. Ihrr and llowmau were exeloil from the church. A kirlkelei I tence. I'viiM, Oct 8. The tinertllvra of overy buttle factory lu 1'ramr, with Hie i aci itlon ot those at llituiy, have struck. ThlslsluoUalleiiro Innrdrr liauol by the (ila.a W urLt rt' Union. Jalin reranseil Svlelatlaaa. liMwt. Oi t. 8 I n Iho election tor Northeast Manchester, Hlr John I'er. guaou, constrvatlve, recs-lved Is'iS votta lo Jim for Moolt, odllor ol the Mauehcattr lmirttan. the liberal can dldite. A klartu' Soyax. NW "lOllk Oct. 8. The alcainihlp "City of I'arls" airlve.1 today afli r an exrei dl ngly stormy voyage. Tuesday a hugo wave camu aboard, severely Injuring In-juring a numls-r of the crew. I1 tot Misriuaii neaniitenls. ClllCAl.o,Ocl.8. The Hoclety of the Army of Tenueateo reaumct lit station Ihlt morning aud reported llml JI7,ilirl waa raited for a monument to Oeneral Ia(sii. The artist la uuw at work up ouadislgn. Ht. leiuls It llxoi at the plaoeof tho next annual mooting Otueral U. M. Dodge, uf Iowa, was chosen proildeut for the dialling v, .ar. The comuilitee on a monument to Geneial Klitruun rttsomniendod that It be t reeled at Vas!jlnglon. The recom. meudatiou watadoiled and a coiiimlt-tee coiiimlt-tee B liolnleit to solicit fund all I Bak Cougress lumaku auaiproprlallou lu aid of the work. Ilreta-ted Haw I-liAKciMX), Oct. 8. Arthur Ilunster, a prominent real estaledealer ot thl city, and aild to have tieen at one tlinu a member of tho llrllltb l'ar-llamont, l'ar-llamont, fell lull tho bay today mid wasdrowned. He waa aged 13, unil ho ha I considerable protrty hero aud In llrltlah Columbia. Ho saves a wife ami four children. AHlireraaerla llr. Waiiiiniiioi, Oct. 8 Mr. Clark, sou tonight 1-euMl u call fvr a meeting of Iho National Iteiublhan romnitlttn In thu city of WaaUlnglon Jvuvembtr UI, to select a tuccestor to Chairman Itutyanddeterftilnelba place of the uexl convention. Ciilti.ulit.ene,l. MnsTUOMinr, Ala., Oct. 8 Tho storage vtarehouk of iluritcr J- Co. Bn I Ike comi ally's compress at Ihe foot of Commt rce street were burned thlt afternoon with Joo) biles of cotton. Lost, Jia.OKO. A lalal lire. Dk-riiuiT.Oct. 8. larker, Webb & Vo'$ lacking hours wat damaged Slno.nuo by a tiro thlt morning. One man waa burned to death and a dozen cilbtra serlouily turned or Injured. I'ealelllrte, WAttiiMnviv, Oct 8 Tho follow Ing l'realJentlaliottmatters have been anointed. Tin ollleea aflecttsl In-caiuo Presidential un Ihe lit Inat., an I tho at imlutet were tha Incumbent at that timet California Henry K. Hmllh Han Jacinto; Charlea H. (Jrny, Han 1 eandro, tlcorgo W. Hcmlnway, Winters. Watulnglou Hamuel A. Calrd, Houth llend. tlorrlsrarte liars. Nivr Ym.u. Oct. 8. Seven furlonc Hleliner won, Wutdcutter sveoud, Qutenatown third, lime 1 2S. l'lvofilrlorigi-Ilellaorl'.llhanidllly) won, Alrlni(ooli) eccond, Kllkeuu; third, llme-luu). Mile I'ortohealer won, liilty seo mi I. Lltilo third. Time III.') Hlx furlougs-Ht. Horlan nun, Aclcr reesonl, li ouanill third. Time 1 1. 1. Mlleand one eighth, County C'luu handicap llanquet llr.t, Honorlla aeo ond, Canonii third. Time 1 Jo. Heven furlongs Arab won, Daisy Wnolruf) second, Klrkover third. lime 1 .H |