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METHODIST (ECUMENICAL CONGRESS. 



ist Episcopal Church, 6 delegates ; Method- 

 ist Protestant Church, 6 delegates ; Evangel- 

 ical Association, 6 delegates; United Breth- 

 ren Church, 2 delegates; American Wesleyan 

 ( 'liurch, 4 delegates ; Free Methodist Church, 

 2 delegates; Primitive Methodist Church in 

 the United States, 2 delegates; Independent 

 Methodist Churches, 2 delegates ; Congrega- 

 tional Methodist Church, 2 delegates; Union 

 American Methodist Episcopal Church, 2 dele- 

 JMK-S ; Union African Methodist Protestant 

 Church, 2 delegates ; Methodist Church of Can- 

 ada, 12 delegates ; Methodist Episcopal Church 

 of Canada, 4 delegates; Primitive Methodist 

 Church of Canada, 2 delegates; Bible Chris- 

 tian Church of Canada, 2 delegates; British 

 Methodist Episcopal Church, 2 delegates. 



The Rev. George Osborn, D. D., President of 

 the British Wesleyan Methodist Conference, 

 presided at the opening meeting. A new pre- 

 siding officer was appointed for each subsequent 

 day. The introductory sermon was preached 

 by Bishop Matthew Simpson, D. D., LL. D., 

 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and em- 

 bodied a sketch of the rise and progress of 

 Methodism. Tho regular discussions of the Con- 

 gress were begun on the second day, Septem- 

 ber 8th, with the consideration of the general 

 topic of " The grateful Recognition of the Hand 

 of God in the Origin and Progress of Metho- 

 dism," under which were included papers on 

 " Methodism ; its History and Results," by the 

 Rev. N. Cooke, D. D., of the Methodist New 

 Connection ; "Some Statistical Results of Meth- 

 odism," by the Rev. Arthur Edwards, D. D., 

 of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; " Metho- 

 dism a Power, purifying and elevating Soci- 

 ety," by the Rev. William Arthur, of the Brit- 

 ish Wesleyan Methodist Connection ; and " The 

 Influence of Methodism upon other Ecclesiasti- 

 cal Bodies, and the Extent to which they have 

 modified Methodism," by the Rev. A. W. Wil- 

 son, D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 South ; with invited and voluntary addresses 

 by various speakers on each of the topics. The 

 subject of the " Evangelical Agencies of Meth- 

 odism " was considered on the third day in pa- 

 pers on " The Itinerant Ministry," by the Rev. 

 S. Antliff, D.D., of the Primitive Methodist 

 Church ; ' Lay Preachers," by the Hon. J. W. 

 F. White, of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; 

 ''Women and their Work in Methodism," by 

 the Rev. F. W. Bourne, of the Bible Christian 

 Church ; '' Scriptural Holiness and the Special 

 Fitness of Methodist Means of Grace to pro- 

 mote it," by the Rev. J. P. Newman, D. D., of 

 the Methodist Episcopal Church. The general 

 subject of the "Training of Children" was 

 discussed on the fourth day with papers on 

 " The Training of Children in Christian Homes, 

 so as to bring them to Christ, and attach them 

 to Methodism," by the Rev. Joseph Wood, of 

 the Primitive Methodist Church ; " The Train- 

 ing of Children in the Sunday-School and 

 Church so as to secure the largest Evangelical 

 Results," by Dr. H. A. Thompson ; and " Sun- 



day-Schools and Evangelical Denominational 

 Results," by G. J. Smith, J. P. Papers were 

 read on the fifth day on "The Relation of 

 Methodism to the Sabbath," by the Rev. John 

 Baker, of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection ; 

 " The Relation of Methodism to the Temper- 

 ance Movement," by Bishop D. A. Payne, of 

 the African Methodist Episcopal Church ; " Ju- 

 venile Temperance Organizations and their 

 Promotion through the Sunday - School and 

 Church," by the Rev. Charles Garrett, of the 

 Wesleyan Methodist Connection; and "Civil 

 Measures to suppress Intemperance, and the 

 Relation of the Church to such Movements," 

 by the Rev. J. M. Walden, D. D., of the Meth- 

 odist Episcopal Church. The papers read at 

 the sixth day's session were on " The Probable 

 Perils of Methodism from the Papacy, from 

 Sacerdotalism, and its Connected Errors," by 

 the Rev. J. Guttridge, of the United Methodist 

 Free Churches ; and on other perils to Method- 

 ism "From Modern Skepticism," by the Rev. 

 Daniel Curry, D. D. (read for him in his ab- 

 sence), of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; 

 " From Formality, Worldliness, and Improper 

 Amusements among our Members," by the 

 Rev. J. W. McKay, D. D., of the Irish Wes- 

 leyan Church ; and " From Innovation upon 

 Established Methodist Usages and Institutions," 

 by Bishop Joseph P. Thompson, of the Afri- 

 can Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The 

 topic for the seventh day was " Education." 

 The papers were on " The Higher Education 

 demanded by the Necessities of the Church in 

 our Time," by the Rev. J. G. Osborn, of the 

 Wesleyan Methodist Connection ; "The Duty 

 of the Church to maintain Schools which are 

 Christian in their Influence and Character," by 



C. G. Andrews, D. D., of the Methodist Epis- 

 copal Church, South; "The Education and 

 Special Training of Ministers in Theological 

 Institutions," by the Rev. W. B. Pope, D. D., 

 of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection; and 

 " Education and Special Training while en- 

 gaged in Ministerial and Pastoral Work," by 

 the Rev. E. J. Badgeley, of the Methodist Epis- 

 copal Church. Papers were read on the eighth 

 day on " The Use of the Press for the Advance- 

 ment of Christianity," by the Rev. T. S. With- 

 ington, of the United Methodist Free Churches ; 

 " The Newspaper and the Use to be made of it 

 by the Church," by the Rev. C. K Marshall, 



D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 South ; and " Methodist Hymnology," by the 

 Rev. G. Osborn, D. D., of the Wesleyan Meth- 

 odist Connection, the Rev. J. M. Buckley, D. D., 

 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and oth- 

 ers. The subject for the ninth day was " Home 

 Missions and Benevolent Work." The papers 

 were on " The Maintenance of Home Missions 

 among the most Degraded Populations," by the 

 Hon. John MacDonald ; " The Important Work 

 the Methodist Laity have performed in the Di- 

 rection of Home Missions, and the Great Op- 

 portunities which they have in the Future," 

 by T. H. Bainbridge, Esq. ; " The Best Means 



