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Show 'iJIK sMBTIIODiaTS. JnJjs II, I. Sldlry nf llrlrlt Ilftlrcr an idilrrst uu ilarrlige and lllrnrre l.sni, THC CHURCH AMD INNOCCNT AMUICMCNTS. An lit. I rest or tho le-unirnlral Can- ffrtnre lo lite JltthndUtiln lite Uiolo Urld. Itf TsltftseA la lbs teas Tin. ntnrMt'ii. tut ten. llnesllnns lilrue,l lrterile). fr , t tni.ieu Aililies. Waiiimuiiis, Oct. 10. Judge II. I.. HliUay of Marietta, ()., s-nka on tho itiarrlaxti atnl dtvorca laws. Ills proi-sltiotiWAsthsltlio proi-sltiotiWAsthsltlio right lo divorce I cotni Itmtutal to and demanded by iIip rlktit to inirrlsgc, nut only lu cases of adultery, lait alto ofdesertlen. Marrisgowasameane, bit au end, special ate eats-pied, Uodand nature bad made this n lalluli lhe universal right or mature men and women. This liiiluded the right ot each party lu the union to lla essential twuelll. I)ecr llou diprlved the liniment tarty ol these utiles made A ground or dlvurte, lhe gist of It nil is In the -rlnclple Uduclblu Alike from reason And Hi rlpture, tbnl the right l marriage In l'ieiiitlalbcti!llU, aud a the only condition for rlghlrou propagation, become uilainoutit to the rule of lis lieruianeuce, Incjisisof wrong tu lhe innocent rtner, whereby thufuuda-incnfil thufuuda-incnfil obllatlana of the relation ara abntgnted. Dually II Raves to In-itotenl In-itotenl A,ilre an cstat from tho Iirujitsation with the foulnesa of uu-jiots uu-jiots u adultery and from being forcwl by the wt Akncs ordieitlou Into a life ofnlllmey. ThiMilssI-'uddle, headmaster of tha IlllleUirlttlanCollrgeor Devon, I'.ng, land, Stnko on tho attitude of lhe churili toward AMrsr-ltr.NTS, He said thitu 1 nothing In lhe stdrlt of the New Testameut t ijsjeeil lo thu moderate and rational use of amusements. It Isobvlously not her duty to be hostile towards them. llMtop I'oesof Philadelphia said lhe urvent nid of cttll Iri u wr play, and ua lor athlrtlcs, the Jollier the Utter, If they were barmlMw. Hut If Italulng made i lUtliig tut splendid brutes, churrll ctilltgea should Hlt them out. The Sunday paper, he said, was In-ill, In-ill, table he.oro the I ar of Ood, and the churrll stood with It iHirflr'-iscrfml'iis. Itev. Dr. Itolmer uf Maui heater, lltigland, sitlltwaastrauge that the churrll failed tauiogttlze the mod of the ot le for amusement. 1 le strolled omu Into the I.yceutu Theatre and fuund so many ri-niher lliera that he thought for a moment ho was In au ecumenical reuucll. . . The thtatree were full while the cl apels w re half em' ty. Tlm i hurcli should uriry thethistre, and lo iiu It rhurth meniUia would have to go tin le. Mingled cries of "No" ami You ate right."! s- Itev. Mr. lluub-ird, ol Italtlmore, fiaieil that the gates were tto wldtly oncd. "Wa have cot In the danco and the theatre. Alii by and by we will get III the clnus," said he, Iil'lllMI TIIK At-ri'HMlUN KKSSfut llr, ChupniAli, of I.ligland, frotti the romnillttt. clinrged Willi Its repara-tlnn.leld repara-tlnn.leld the A ldres ol Iheicumenll-al tulifilince tu the Methodists through-nut through-nut thu Wolld. It sends greeting lo tliebrrthien in i-suy Isnil to which ll.octiutllou faith has t rtad, and gl-i-riresOoil for the .roirliy lla l.rj givi n the Metho-llst churiht s, under which they have grown until they liutuUrlli.uOii.lxnikjIii-mit.. Itsayathatiiy the must Inexorable tests afrthuilliiii lias Ueii provtd to lm singularly adaftel to tint licida of mau. Although msny ndjtistmsnts andtlevelipnieiits must undoubtedly laimalulo accotiiptlsli fully our mis. Ion, hi ut l are of thinking that anv vital change ara necessary, faithfully using our resent ttiesus, unJtr the bslng of Ood, our ros-iirlly ros-iirlly will grow, "Wo rejolco lo rccognlrothti sub. staullal unity whlih exUU Among I lie Urdus MilhodUt lnKjlrs, thu firm tails In Aconiinon creed, Aul wo are ircudofllm isiuti ilrltual ancrttry; we alnif the lAmo holy hymns; our nnxlis or worship are very eimllar.nml wl at Is litest Im-ellanl of all, Iheljje ofr.llglous exirlence It fundsmeul-ally fundsmeul-ally tho same throughout tlm Mi thod-1st thod-1st world. Ilrjolctng In these things, wo think lhe tlmo lis come for a closer n-o-sraMou nf lha Mtthodlst clturthes, both at linnin aud abrond, width shall prevent a waste of uwer and unhallowa I rivalry. Wo need to combine our ruerglea for the work we have to do Is vast and urgunt. I'SltHTII.'UU AND INtlllfLIIK.NCI," ao natural to the tiuiuau heart, has I h ii n litforrtd by the nbusu of si h ncu and phlloaohy. 1 he hard lots of the rnilllcns make It dlDlciilt for them to believe III U.Kf. ThereTt so murll that thocliurihealiavu nut douu to rt dresa the wrongs and hi a! sullerlng of tnnu. llnd.lliat l( Is linn! for lusn) tu believe luthslrillvliienilMli.il. "let us i rnaili and live lhe Gospel of Christ lu lit integrity, ill. missing all narrow iooceUon of our duty, l.tt u traco the moral evil of men lo lis true sources In thilr surroundings, their hjslrsl natures, their Ignnranie, (holr leusloiis and thilrwlll, aud sit uurselvi a to ileal couiprehrusludy Willi them "!odot!i!s!t will be necessary for tho members of our churcho lu make a u-o nf their political right. I or tu Allow Al-low tho grt at powers of the law end tho government, And their sllll greater In lluturs, to fall Into the hand or ungodly un-godly men would Ui Includible follv and slu. Ood forbid that auy of our i hiinhra should becomu the Instrument Instru-ment or political lartlcs. When a itirmlier lakes a place In that political coiinicllon whlrh Is most In hnnnuny Willi his Ideas and imivlt tlon-, It t htm never forget that there are great moral Intiresta superior tu nil parly exigencies, exigen-cies, iu which be must took first the Kingdom of Uod and Ills righteous nets, l.veiy proposal that (mtiirlls lhe sanctity of tho home, thu putlly or womep, the Inuorunte ol children; tLst vlulatca the Christian talbaih; that ueetions arel luereMea wrong, should in eAtneelly nml Irapnrtlslly nslsit.1, ' "Ol a lew of tho trcst evils nhl.l, AlmltliiMmn degree or public. trl-mcitt. trl-mcitt. we tannot let silent. Intein-t-rnre, Ihn frlghlful molhtr of n wand of evlkt, la largely treated t-y legal lt-ni4atlott. la II Ion much to ask that our pcfijd coral-Inn to use all legal i libit to al ate thl wanton aollollatloti ot men tu vice nnd crlm7 Let us dltcnufagu lii every wny gam. t.Mng and Uiting, whltlt t rings In. in a lovo ol exritrmcnt And the lust of gain, two of tho In-selling evils ut the ntudtili worl I. Let us alwlaln rrulnAll reekleeeapvt ulstlon In loislnass, vthleli cannot bet distinguished ft in gatu tiling, l.xreeslve and iihfnlr ooni-lltiett ooni-lltiett should Ut slea Illy Avoided and liberal ritctiaiicad. "And shall we not do All we canto mould pullln opinion And tstshll.li omits or Arbllistlon that tin- com) II-calud II-calud crime nf aggitsslve war may be avcrled? We need to employ with thu utmost Kortomy all our reeotiroes. One stcrrtof IHstSTRIJttlTIIUS MKTHOItlRll haslaen the free Jay which It allow to lha gifts ami energies of the laity. It Is to In Im-rd thai the multiplies Honor ministers may not limit us to think that lay preaching Is uuiircee-ary. uuiircee-ary. "Among tho wasted measure of the eburotl are the delicate seli.lhllttlcs, the tact, the tenderness, the rt-rsoaslva ponets ol holy wouteu. We Ale All agreed that Ute needs nf dm world re-Ulro re-Ulro that sucllotien should lake A morupmuiiuciit )icelii tho work ol the rfiutiji. The mean or grace In which Mrthitlltm U so rlrli ale a contcnlal there for their Inst talents. In the soilal nnd be-iiuvolutit be-iiuvolutit vioik whlih I si-tinging up un every hand and one of the most hi-l-rllll leiturta of the times Thi Ir gifts ant lmiitpeus.il le and In-Taluabie. In-Taluabie. Wn distinctly nppruVe ot Vtsotlatlons In which, iinfellrtrd by any vow, (ludly woiLen mnybenrgatt Izeilfur lulnMry to Ituntun neeilaanil snrrows. llul wo Imp that w lib their eiillghlenlngopf-jrtunlilvs woniru may not be tt mpiel In undervalue thu sfttrra In which thty are not only supreme, trill Alone; a the sun In Ills pitli Ihruiigh the Heavens, the S hero uf the mother lu her home. Till' Cllll I1IDN OF Tilt CIIUHCII liAVtt occuj Itnl Urn attention ef (he confetcm-e. The ajdrr-s rtjolies In thewonlerfulptcgrtsaof suriisncletiea a the l. wnrih lagur, and wiuld bu glad If similar niclrtli., Ailapleil to other londlllous, would be rtsbluhei Int.tlnr lUtlsnl the Methodist world. "We feel," say the Address, "that our Hundnyeihoolsliave not at eel realised real-ised their vast iKMlbllltli-s, but the home is lhe great nursery of rtllgltis faith aud llle." Che Address soya the education of lhe young I u mailer of great ounct ru, and sals the Methodists shall hover cvssu to nj rose every system of national nation-al itlurallou which unuiily lasers any fartlciilar thtinh. "In these dais when silonce Is irversely Idrceil to Attack our faith, one of the foruniott tlutlts of the church I to protect our eon Irom the tcDiitatlou set In their I alh." Cnnslderslile spare It devoted to tho sutject of foreign missions, In which iiiiti'h pride Is taken, lhe activity and rcectircie of the rhurch. It is stateil, are Increasing dally. Against the tiado In spirits and opium, which ant trying to dl-crrdll the work tf tlm ehurt.li lu Africa and Chin i,ho will nuvir lease to raise her volet. 4 In t losing, the addrrrasayi: "l-cttit howaru of taking a narrow view of working our inistiouarlit. The lu-crtasetf lu-crtasetf our io,h tu wiallh nud ixiwer lia I ild us undt r a great rtt mi-ilblllty, mi-ilblllty, ItseemsirobAblolhht Ufmu long Methodism will constitute neatly one-fiturlh or the people wlio use tl a Kngllih tongue. Wu are a factor of growing lm-iiorlanca lm-iiorlanca In that great race, whltlt by lis rtstleBlltnpil-ols sprealllig its itotnluliiu, II clvlllastlon over vast le glonscf et ery rautluetit, we ought to ifowhtrevnr lur rscu goia, niulliply our churches and Increase our column-nlratlon column-nlratlon and so tueonie A l-oud of Union aitinng the wldu-spread Juoplo or l.ltgllsll blood And we should strlvuto chitk thnttlaugorotisleinper Into which nn adtrnturoiii and gov ernliig rarAfall. ho shall wniluour ttuty incur fellow man and play our pari lu the great plan of liod." 'the address clcscs with tho heartfelt Invocation and prayer that tho churohi may clearly no and rightly Interi ret lha signs cf Ihu Units, aud, dlsieinlugthe will of (Jod, tusyjltld IbeniitUtstolt. At tlm conclusion ol tha reading tt.o addn-sa was adoted without amendment ly tha confirmee. It will lot sUned by all thu olllrer of thu colifirvnie, aud will then bu distributed dis-tributed by the senior blshoja aii I residents of tho Mo'liodlst coii'tienocs throughout the wolld a theemliodl. meht of the view or the louurcutu rrait-ctlug thu future sUto nf Metho-distil. |
