, 1874-05-28
THE DUNKARD9.

H1RAHO, ILL, hlAY 1f.--Ine National ConI0f.
onoe OF Dunkarda assembled this morning, and
opened with devotional exercises, after which
tho Conference took under consideration aa
article TINT had boen published in ono Of their
Religious papers, referring to tho case Of 8 col
orod woman who had besn condemned to doath
for tho crime OF murder, In which instance tho
writer had been sent for to adyiso with hor
spiritually, and Ind stated to hor that hor sin
WAS unto death, and that the laws Of God
and tho land domnndad hor Life. without
Which repentance on har part would bc
OF no avail, aud t1nt Bhe must not ask for Exec
utlye clomency from tho Governor. Theae asato-
ments wore grieyious to somo OF tho brethren,
who did not consider thona In keeping with tho
teachings Of the 8crlpturee, and, therefore,
pEsfANDED An APOLOGY
from Brother Saylor for whnt lle had asserted,
but. M It WAS considered that he was only CIV
ing his private opinions, and not the doctrine OF
the Church, the Conference decided that thoy
had no right to Interfere with It.
Tho annual mooting having decided in favor
OF tho churches holding protraoted meetings, It
was determined that tho Church might limit such
HerieB Of meetings to three in numbar, the mat
ter being left optional with them:
In caso Of any ut tile hrethron offending
against the rules Of tho Church, or being guilty
Of any Immoral or unohratian conduct, it was
agreed TINT ho should be tried for his offenae in
thu clurnh Of which ho waa at tile time meul-
her, except in oaBos OF cAanRo OF membership
to some other church before the nattor was set
ferred back to the church which he
loft. 4 any OF the churches became
dissatisfied with members WHO attend Sunday.
school conventions, ansl should pass decision
was decided that II tloy should refuao to COM
ply with tho rcauisitiot, and persist in such con-
Duct they Bhontd bo disciplined by the Church.
SHALL TIE coLonED FOLKS ne K1aaEp2
! shutting oolored brethren with tho holy kiss
has considered, and, also, petition for legiela-
tion on the subject, so tint uaaninlity in tho
Church might be preserved, was presont-
cd. Tho Comnlltsoe anaweroa that the
Church mad0 no distinction in persons
as regards color, but. as some
| Of the brethren from Virginia objected to COM
pulsory decision in ths matter, It WAS oonHid-
| ored bost to permit each church to make ita own
ruleu concerning i. Brother 9uintor, however,
that they had arrived At tho point whore no such
| distinction should bo made, aud hoped tho day
would not DO lar distant whom tho brethron
| would salute zach other regardless Of color.
coop DuNKAnDs pANNOT lie dnAN1EnR
Tho noxt question considered was whether or
not it waa consistent with the Gospel
| for members Of thor church to join
| Farmera' Clnbs. and becomo officers
thereof. This elioitcd considerable discussion,
PRO aud con. One brother stated tnat, in
| Arkansas, some Of the Farmors' Clubs wore
secret societies with signB and passwords, and,
therefore, In opposition to their belief; was auro
| they were not Grangera. Another thought tho
| club was only modified form OF inducing per-
HonB to becomo memberH Of secret aooieties such
! aB drangsrs. Byother Mumaw considered 1t
necessary TINT, whilo they should not cultivate
religious intercourse. with tho world they must
| have commercial aud social dealings herewith,
1 and 1tnr n
| Farmers Clubs, aud their object WaB merely to
| improve thomAelyaB In the knowledge Of agri-
cultural pursuits and aocial rolations, there
then Tho Council decided ;tbat It was not con- n
aissout for members to join any institution in
tho world, and that taoao who did 80, and did
! not abandon them when almoniBhed, should be
disciplined.
QUESTIONS Yon CANDIDATES..
The question OF the proprety. Of asking ap-
plicantH for bap.iam ali the questions relative to
non-eoinos,nsty to tho world, aversion TO
boarns aa, arms, and senanolaton aa,, OF ,a, sll
thas they did not deny but that they did bus!-
| ness secretly that was not known to the world,
aud that, when they held communion, they did
but their own melnbers When the character
Or moral conduct Of g brother was being invaa-
taatod they always did SO with closed doors,
ard never permit ad any one outssdo to know any
thing reatiyo to it. Tho Conference permitted
ouch church to use its own judgment In the
mattor referred to.
YOUNG AMERICA NOT TOLERATED.
4 petition asking for tic privilege OF retain-
Ing ttlo brothreu's hymn md tune-book IN the
churches, In TIME OF public worahlp Sas tablea,
OIL the ground TINT tho younger monlbers would
learn tue tunes sot to tho music, whcl, tue older
onea knew nothing about and would, therobyt
do oil the singing. Tho ungod!y .piano snd
all other musical Instruments were discussed : at
length, and It was decided that the Council did
not consider 1t proper for tho bseshron to have
musical instruments Of an, kind; tl.st tl,ey
properly belonged To tho world, aud those ilRyInE
them already should put them AWAY, though
tho Conne:l could not pointoaly forbid their use
for kociRl mlHio alone. Tllo sentiments ol
tho universal hrotherhood arc oppoaed to ttcn
. Introducing tlom Into the family might havo Q
, tondonoy to introduce thom Into The louao o1
. Worship.
MUSIC AN lNa1p1oUs sNAHR.
fashionable Instruments would require fash
ioupble tu'es; thts would call for Fashionable
oonpany, aud thus lead tho Young brethren int
, Attandtng ptoutca, pars,oa, drunken balls, AMI
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