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METHODIST CONFERENCE IS
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NOW BEING HELD IN TORONTO WITH MILLIONS IN ATTENDANCE
The Business Being Discussed --The Growth of the Church Since Lust Conference-The Men Who llre Prominent in the Different Branches of the Church Work and Where
` th ' ' ' °
e Conference is Being Held-Who the Different Officers Are ond the Work Planned for Coming Yeiirs-'--Methodism Steodily increasing.
Tlild F‘Ol_Tll'l‘T{ E(‘iUMENI(7AL
lilI‘]'l‘H(lIlI.‘_I'[‘ (I()Nl\‘I*JItI<IN(‘I4I
"l‘0\\'iu~'l\ins iinil to ii
_ ppni' l‘niiiidu,i Later on three different l l Itl~
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_ _ wicre they iiiil niiii-li tiivi'iii'<lii liiying ._ _ irniiciesi it i;i_~;in<l ulil iiinii of Mctlioiiisin, _fthe North American brothr
hy W. 1.. (ook -
, ((v.|»yi~i,i:iit iiy |‘iililislicrs Press |.til_)`
'|‘|.|- lilciiiiieiiicail (‘oniei‘eiicc liu\\-.
mmiiiiig in 'l‘oi'onto is expect- ""'
grciiii-__».1_lileiiiieiiiical that the Mc-
flioiliiil, i‘.liurch in (luiiade. luis ever
not until 1883 that this union whs
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in Belleville Ontario, nt which it was
ell, and i will be of |ici'iiiiiiient heiieflt ivlicn the tlieiiiselves us Methodists but tho
the fU_____l__t_____s ___ _______`________ me and of llrltihh Methodism _were hroiightilioi'ii iii lllliii in lroqiiois (mtnriu. i two hundred froni- Europe and the floiilel-ence iti~iclf liiis liccoiiiu ii iiiiitf iiiliircn do noi. indicate so well as tha
into tiaiiuda. These were. th “lil - l ' Y- - - ~ ‘
c c  li: (.iiinun_ _liiih _iiclil niiiiiy distin-1Eust. _ Qi course iii most cnses wives
tliodiet New \vvuiicetion", the --1»,~;.:i;iiii-.iicii |»osii.ioiii.- ii. iht- vhiirch and
.. _ ` .. ' ._ ' filiid Hlstcfs and d““$hI~°1'S WUI 80- proportions. In the tiveiity three
_ initive Methodist" body, iind the`W*\5 I" 135'* L‘Ie“t‘~"I 1"* limit Genfimlgcoin an the dele ates, n -  I » ~
.iii io Iii- thc niost sueeessfiil iind the ' “Bible Ciiristiniis." ._S1lllel`1"U*|llI0llf~ UI U10 UNH l`¢-0YZHl1"mouI; nIImher of Tlisitorir ig :£pc°::lt)eI'lI '  l‘ Iyeam hom the time or Ima union
The need for general union was,lz”‘I M“Ul0‘Ill>‘I3 "I\"""I\- He “"5 alwfrom all parts of Canada. The Local
.mich init and iiincuhseu, init ii wnsiwiwe been ii lifcdiiii: iicure in the'o0mm'ictee of 'roi-onto headed hy ei...
I (Ioiiferciices of the iihiircli, and tnkcgiRev_ william Briggs _[md with' the
consummated.. In that year whlch.uii iiiiniensc iiiterest iii evcrytliingiR¢,v_ _]_ J_ Reddm; as sewetary are
mm-ked a new, epoch fm- (ianadimliciiniiectcil with it His work hasheen- ' '
, _ ' ~ spnrin no pains or time t _  .
Methodism, ii Conference was held Of C"0l'nlUllS Wllllfi U' "l\\iH‘|iH" M¢Ul'Ithis~ ifeeting the most stlrri: mgxg  MMF. I
‘ oilisiii iiiiil li s
ter of -hjsiu,-y_ I(.‘liurcli's own statistics, how the body!
Ihas grown in niiiiiericul and financial
Ioi the dirlereiit sections of the church.
,up to the Inst conference held in
Moiitreal the nieinbership had ln'
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decided that all the five `diHerent Iare an iinfailini: iiispirnt,ioii_ Isp en can Hen.” In I ° annals °I W
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with the result thiit from that time
to the present dny, there line been 'oiif-.I
ixrciit, general Methodist Church oil
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CHIIRGII UNIUN.
There has been ii great tendency
Iof lute yenrs, amfmi: the l’i‘ot.estnnt
denominations, towards it greater
iiiiioii. With the growth of the
modern spirit oi Lolcration, and the
consequent passing~n\\'ay of many of,
the old controversies and prejudiees,I
there has come with an in- i
creasing spirit of good w‘ill, I
and it desire to co-opr.-- i
ate in religious work. This has led toI
discussions coiiceriiing Church Uiiion,i
especially among the three chief?
Protestant churches oi' Canada, tlicI
Prcsliyteriuii Methodist and 'Angli i
Ich". But i.1'hpice of the' i..finenhi.=.i`
h M th dit Ch .
hiuilclics of the Church should unite,I  0 ._e D B “rch The program I
is lelceiy practical and Twentieth
I(‘entnry, as n glance at a few of the
,M _ .V _., _, ,_§, an ,___ Ivoices of a few, the general desire'
`,,*_'J/,;"~£Jif"’§¢"'_`_l`9_,`_ ,; -:"f"'7_.,t$  REV. S. '1'. l3Ai’.’I`iiE'I"I'. gof the Anglican Church is to reinnlnj
 ` ~. :i Geiieriil sec.-ei_ni'y lfipworth 1.eiigiie.Psepamte. and therefore. during the
i ;.,c._i*'1=I».>`§§;»§_~_fii§f§.:`gig* 5"-‘§‘~‘ ,_' » Ilast fewi years, the desire for unioni
  L'.=,_~_-ti .fi*.~l»¥*- L’ »v,»',__ worship. The first Methodist minist-I between the Methodist, Congregation-1
ers in Qiiehei: were coiliiceted with the i HI. and PI`€SI1YIi9fiRl\ CI!\\l'Ch08 has!
British rcginiciits. About the middle I been expressed, and negotiations have.
_____\, ____ A (,_[____MAN 'D D Io_f the 19th., century Methodist mis-I been in progress for some time _witlii
____________l S___________t______e__t I _%:_:_;i_§iryg wolk was hegiii_i_in the North-. that end in view, and it is confident-
, ooii nftei thc hint early get-_ ly hoped that the Union may he con .
liiiil. _\'i» i.-ioiic in being lcft iiiii.iiI'i1edI;l;I3eTt hcII>(IiiiIEI‘IydeahgeiheIIi(;l<;ueEiicinTIimIiI;IiII'I!t?lIl¢I'ilII:IitbII£)iTi‘I:aI;TiI;HaI0nqnstitiitious I
to iii'liic\'<~ this result iiiiil thc uhlcl ' ' ul I I
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MATTERS TO CUME UP*
Ecumenical Methodism.
I illniversal.
i Methodism as a joyous reli ion
,World-Wide Evangelliation.
Christian Races. 4
iMeans.
. The Doctrine of Assurance.
‘ing to John Wesley.
IHow to meet Them.
I The Church and Social Service.
. Re-adjustment of Church-Work
'Gities.
I young People
I ¢'I‘opics on the long list of those to *  ` 
lcoine up for discussion. will show.
_ l~‘0lR DISCUSSION.
Methodist; its place in the Church ,
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i Responsibility. of Methodism in
_i Mission of Methodism to the non-‘
' Methodist Resources in Mon and
._ The Essentials of Religion accord-
I The Church and Modern Thought.
; The Newer Forma of Unbaliof and
International Responsibilities and
RQIHUDHS- '1iEv_ wi\~i_ niuccs D. u
I The Church and Civic m§ht°°“5‘ 'Book Steward and Cliniriiian of Loci-ill
‘ ness.
_ Coniiiiittee.
in sfTAfrls'i‘ro‘s or Mi~i”i‘i-ioiiisu.
A lew' statistics will he of interest '
$2; %‘;_3;_c__I;‘i']I°§I¥dOxhghggéxglggmg-of tg slioW__the gciiei'zil_;:i'o\vtl1 of the - lii'1\". W. S. f`lll.IFFIN, l).L\.,
c urch 1:5 the Dominion. According. Tr@a3i|r'e\~_
~ _ to the c nsus of 1891 Can-mliaii Me-
' ' Woman's Claims and Res ns'bil'
_ _ _‘_ ities po I 11 §h°Hists65‘I?)I;;‘II5'I‘If‘I asdgoémwfi _U"'iCl'eiiseil hy 147,914, from lf}9,§iii3 in
» - _ - . ,i , .wont til is ‘i 1 _- 'ic lift » M th ii' t ii - ci ri ei, ~ eriq.  iieiec.  1 'riiwc ; , f ~ ~ -
““‘I II""'I`“""`k"‘I-7 Executive ("""’"'t‘ltlie \\INI:'noi'L 183 ‘IizIIIii`iIII1i:iiIII’Ilcthoilisr(III witlf tl(1)e liloi\?;‘sT5y?soIu"E`oi'oiif:J? Iind REV- 'I-‘\S~ `~"‘L‘I‘EN'- D' D" I Temperance Reform' Edw rdqglilild. 13.559; NUVH .\'ci.»ti-'1.Ili>I‘l]`IL,iIl; iveige Increases mr dmelput
tee'iiii\`i~ hccii planing, orgaiii'/.ing, began to he _msucmted wlth that of with McGill University in M0,,t,.ea|_; Home Missioii-ary. Substitutes for the_ Liquor Saloon. 54,19?x;'N'ew Brunswick, 35,504;-Mnni-_ Fmn_1x_,,3 £01886 9765,; .
:ind ;ii'i'.'ii1,i:iiig matters for iiiontlisithc B,.iti,_,h woslcyans this cmNing.&nd there is hcsides in Sackvmmi l'-'lace of the Religious Press i-n toha, 28,437; British (‘oli\inl>1:i, I4,-` pm", mg" ¢0]gq(|`-'gg'-39q`
ulicii<i_ i‘1\ci'y detail for the coinfort.m,,ch ,Hs,_.“Esim_E __m__'___, those ‘who-N_ B__ __ very welbknown Methodist lrfililillill <‘0Nl<'EllI~JN('ldS .Modern Life ' ` '
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- Methodism is essential] an appeal
-on the helief that Christianity is both;
.ii doctrine and a life. There are many;
I(‘anniliaii Methodist Church. Such
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|'ii:=iiir liietropiilitiiii t7liiii‘i'li I _I ‘
Victoriii, ll. (‘. ‘ » - '
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iinii i-iiiiwiiiiiii ent f ihc visit rs luis* , , ,
ni... ,.,,,.,.f,,,’,'y II__mm___ __I_’__ _mi nav. w. ii. \oiiNi., ii. ii.,
l"iiillil'4~Iii‘iii‘ivc mill liiost iiiti'.i'rsIil\gI ‘ M""tI'c"l
Pl'0l:riiiiiii i- i' I, ii 1' l' i' lin-.iisi-iioiii _ . . .
hug |,,.,,H '_||.I:wn“I"_:_° “Hd __‘____‘_____ nr-miii <'niiii¢-ctioii io he iiii-iiiitniiir_d in
hi-|[.f,,i_ ,,,,,l,i,.i|,g m__|_Vm__ __m;ge__,_uUn i lip|»i-r ('iiii_ailn, while in _Loiver (nnn.
hm] ,,,,,.__,| m¢_0l.cUm.___'c U, hmknd fm-,_ilii the llritisii niii~ii~iifiiini'ics wei‘c__ to
ii-m~,| |,,_ Ihre free lo i'.iii'ry-oii their work. lliisi
||1g'|'¢,|{Y 01,. M|,}.l.H_ _ stiitc of :iiluirs iliil not liist_ lo_iil:.,l_|_;
- UDISM ‘N (»ANM)A_ lhzil wlion"tlie Amciicnn lfiilicrule
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_i\Ii'iIii»iii.~¢iii iii (‘iii\i~i.i|ii. tiiiill its iil‘i~I
:iii iioili from ldiiglliiid and thc Unit- ='
nil .\'tiiii».<_ Aniong the enrly scttlcri-ii   _
I‘_i'oin:lii out liy Iiieut. (Iovc'i‘iiui'I
I<i‘iiiikliii to Nova Scotia in 1770.
Uniivii i~'.i.iitcs iiiid on his nppenl, the
iveri- nninv Metliodists, uotuhly tiiel
iiiiiioiiw Williiiiii lllnck, preacher audi I '
i\'i\ii:<~ii.<i._ in 1784 lic went to thci
I rv Jis H1<‘Nm~‘RsoN iioinon the n th"
_ ME'I‘ROI’0IiI'T‘AN Ml<}’I‘HODIS’l‘ CHURCH, TORONTO,
f_  WHERE THE (YONFERENCE IH BEING HELD.
R _ _ _ , . , - , ' ev. Ar _nr Browning, held. Everything that can he done as deepens and broadens general interest
if I Ottawa occur to those 'wIi0_i§lo`w`t'ho Wgst feilllffls “’FB"I‘°U°" “"5 ¢“¢°'*°'I“'
‘ and know wht nwwi .goék , they ment and disposition of time, is he-
relin uislied its jurisdiction over U10
_ ing done hy the aiile and efrlcient of-
, q . I _ I . tha latter 0|-_ dm' “ml “th” "dI°.“I°w“ nam" “re ficcrs of the viirious committees The
('H“3‘II““ (Un meme' those of th B V W
h Me_ 6 0 - -  Griffin. the Conference ,will be held in Toronto
Ranlzefl ““‘I°" the ““m° °I I e` Rev. William Briggs.; Vice~0hairman and will hegin on October 4th and
thoilist F3l>iH¢0l’“I "I1“"°h I" U“““d“5 of the executive for the Conference, include (lctoher 17th, covering four-
and lntter, in 1833, an iinloii Wal th_¢i Revf. __B:_i_rwi{_sl;,vS,_?.  Chai- temi  The first ieesgionhssch dag
' ' ` ` ' een that body and ce oro co a n ers y oron .w egn a en ococ_, secon
ill<lV_zi. D. (!H0wN_.1)_.]),_ I)`|I,?Ig:-IglliioutJiigfixerence in Lower the `Re_v_. W. B: ('-reighton_the editor at two-thirty, niiil the third when held
western Superintenqent' cmmdn' mmlmlg In the llweslieyan nIV;'heWil(lII:IIiastI:ni$Ig:iI.dtI::rniTiIl; ,xr MD§\?§,IloIiIi;IlrtlyiI1hercisen will form the `
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lltlniore Conference sent a.number Ilvgftsh(I;IIsf,|(IIIiII;churIIIonImtI\I; ihfnsighocfilst aonallty and a delightful preacher, opening portion of each session. busi-
fminincem to the Mm.|ume.'P,.oy|,,_ Epmgopal (ihumh 5...-vivm inqn ' new and the Rev. Dr. Carman. D. D., ness matters .following devotions at
eeii_1,, H-78‘.M°th°mst' from New form and me work siprenri ranidlylflhairmnn of the Reception Commit- the morning services. The delegation
York gmt. cam, ~-to the Eastern through the provinces. '_ ‘ tee of the approaching (‘.onferencc,prnper consists of three hiinrired ‘nf
a re n aiio, hi.6 .188 Qiieiwc 4A. _ ‘
(._h,.mt,an hbemhty and c0nf_1.\,..t¢ in l88.i Toioiito in Liiiii. iinil in 1898 tion etc _ 015 Prince l-}il.mr<i isiiinii, l..,402;, ‘
perhaps the most egectlve hh,"-9 1; liii.l thc honor of the meeting, Lon-_ Economy in the use of Force and 'Nova Scotia, 57,490; New Brunswick,
I the religious element in Canadian life. don in 1594. N~IIU‘eHl Uvirc had ex- Means- . . ~
. .Prominent ganadifm Methodists, ceptionul ;zetliei'iiizs, Wiiniipeg in` These are hut the fringe of the _ . I
‘ y - 1902, ami Victiiihi, B. i‘., in August, _topics to be dealt with in an earnest  i
to personal 1-eligioug experience, and 1910, did the hoiiors of the West. und scholarly way by _the various 
`its fundamental doctrines are hnsed THE COMING i<1i`liivIENi(IAl. delegates.
IN 'l`()RUNT'()_"I‘HE VALUE OF `
The coming giitlicriiig, which is the` THE CONF‘ERENC\E_
luohle and distiiiguished nien in the fourth Eciimenical Methodist (‘onfei~-' The value of e. Conference such as
ence, is fully expected to be the great- the Ecumenical in Toronto. can hard-
_nnines as Dr. Evans, the Rev. E. e.-.t and most friiitiul Eciimenicalever ly he estimated. lt strengthens and
in questions of vital moment, and
gives new inspiration and impetus to
workers who may be tired and dis-
heartened, by monotonous or nn-
thankful and iincongeninl labor. It ia
nn opportunity for the minister wheel
path has lain in quiet home ways. *-0
meat and converse with the mon. of
light and learning in the Church, and
an occasion for t c eminent leaders of'
Methodism to meet each other, and
to renew in many cases pleasant
frlendlhips dating from college days.
lt supplies a social frealioning-up, gg
well as n mental and spiritual stimu-
liin to the thoiinand effects of which
_ _ _ . _ 298; North-West Territoriifs, 7,lliiil, ii 1.~,.,m,1590 t',,13§;,‘27'I}g_§_'
.wished to cidhcre to the Americ.'in University, Mount Allison, and, _ (IF Tlfu” ( HURLH-I Pt"f°bI°'“9 of the s‘_3h°°l' _ t°"*‘~I 0_f. 847-587- '
Icoiiiiection. After much disagree- Theological College. The Methoilistsf The $`=\i\>l‘Il2'-ll llicihvflists have held _lnion and Federation-History and 'ren years inter when the last Do-I ` _
ineut nnil disciinsioii the tivo pnrtieshave come to the front as leinlers iii “Tally lfllllvlifiill ‘f<“"\°lIS SU\C€ UW I‘0l`@°“st
_ _ _ - _ _ minion census was taken, thc figiiresl I
COmp,.om,_`.,,d bv _,|l,,“.iug_the Ame,.,_ benevolent ente,.p,.,seB_ and in fliwgsiiiziitioii ionfcrciiee in Belleville _C0-operation in Missions Educ - wie : (J t ~ " ,' ; _. ' -
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H hiilitor l`liristinii (iiiuriiinn.
 I I"i‘¢_>iii 1894 fo 18118 19,584.
5 l<‘i*oni ifioz to limi; 25.822.
_ ln 1792 llev. Williziiii lioscc had
REV- N- IF5UIIW(>5H. ‘liven iililu in ri‘[iiii'i*, ii iiii'mlici'sliip of
Uhaiiccllor iii' Vietoriii llni\'cl‘Hii.Y. H55. In 1R34 wlicn the first. i‘iiiinflii
'l`oi'oiiti.. `
.'i.'i,973; Mnhlt0Iin.,.i2R,ll36; llrifish Uri
liimhln, 25,047; North-West 'i`crrito-
ries, d&,]i'il; Xukoii iinfl other 'l`ci‘i'i
‘tories, 4,475, ii totni of iiiiniiiiia.
i`uiifci'eiicc wus oi‘i::iiiiZi‘il ilicrr were
I‘r-iiortrii iii lic Jiii iiiiiiii-ifci'i~', ii_O'\I
wliitc iiii-iiil»i'rs iiinl Sli Iiiiliiiii nii‘iii~
hers. ln 1833 Llicre were Xl iiiiiiisf.
er.-i, 15,1215 wliiti- and lllii liiilinii
iii1‘|iihi~i'.~:_ With \'iii'iiiiii-1 aflilitioiis tu
‘wards ol' 72,000. The shove figures*
lt will thus lie seen that iii the ile~ lfhc liody niiii ii:ii.iii‘iil l!V<>\\`lI' ‘IQWN
code there was :iii increiise of up- tliroiiirh thc- yeiirs the numerical
lsti'i~iii:t.li in liiilii lieciime 1,643 min-
__ ;i.~if_er.~' iiiiil ifIii,8JlIl iiieiiiiiors. _
j ll_\-lfliiii ilic number of ministora
:ind pi-oimf,ii>iii'i's lmil grown -to 2l09
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General'Seci‘ctary of Ediicstion. »
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show. as is the case with several' A B CREWS'
Editor school Publications.
other Christian denominations, thatI
the Maritime Provinces lost some oflaml memb°"hID t° a17'717‘ I" 1906
their memmr, tu th, gain uf ¢he|the church had 8616 church buildings
newer western commiinl ie ~ r - - ---~~-‘ - -~--
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totals embrace nil who designate, (Continiied on page 2,)