, 1874-05-27

two. aro OF more than ordinary interost, ~ thoy
lnolcate Vory conservative tendencies aud a de-
termination to adhere to tho antiouated stan,,,
artH OF tho Church to tho worry letter of tho law.
Tho discussions upon these conservative propo-
RitionH have been worry earnest md enthusiestio
and tho votos worry decisive. Tho prinolpal Btcps
taken BY tho Conference to bring tho Church
back to lts pristine standard Of yirtuo md
restore healthy discipline arc three in number,
First, the Conference has DECLARED, by an al
mort unanimous vote, that no person can DO d
member Of tho Methodist Church South who
makes, buys, sells, or uses Intoxicating liquors,
and ono Of tho moas promineuE members Of tho
Conference slated ho should vote for 1t eyon il
1t oxpunged co. ,000 names from tho roll of tho
Church. There waa hardly word uttered In
favor OF compromise There waa no diacrimua-
tion mado hotwoan formentcd and unformonted
wlne' Thore were no sops thrown to the wealthy
whishy-drinlzer or wldaky-sAler. Buyers, SELL
ora, manufaoturera. aud drinkers were all
classed In the Same category, aud tho ban waH
pronounced upon all alike.
Having settled tho liquor question, the Con-
fcronce addressed itself to tho music question,
and upon this subject. like the former, there was
no hesitation and no compromise. Thebrethren
set tlcir faooH like flint against choirs, solo
singing, and "opcratio musio," which torn in
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behind the rod curtains. nnd tho orgauist must
inhabtt the oholr-1oft alone, aud pass his time
in playing away at the same old drearv unro
every Sunday, lc8s "the araor Of the conerora-
tion maybe cooled" Thoro VaB ono cIereyuaan
IN tho Conference, musician md ardent lover
Of music, who fought yallantly aesinat the
proposition, but he VILE, crushed out bv s,,eer
weight Of numbers.
Those two questions settled, dancing camo
next in order, and upon this question the metes
and bounds wero fixed without mercy. No COM
promise was allowed. Even the dance which
David performed before the Lord wns ruled out,
Not even stately mtnuot or the solemn rhythm
Of tho Shaker dance waa tolerated. Says tie
address:
Their multiplied andinsldtous forms sourco Of
petpetaa 'emptaton aud danger, and are denounced
rules which forbs tho taxing Of ruch oiyeraons ~
cannot be taken in tho Of the Lord Jesus This
aenuneaslon Is explicit anu comprehensive Amongst
ia ta nones d.n,o o1,, IN ,1.." w. VS. h,, 'ss'
hibt1ons aa utterly opposed to tho genius Of Chris.
aanS When persisted In, 1t is }stAahle ground Of
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Ihe adoption OF theBa stringent measures
aho"s that the Methodist Church South is far
moro pronounced In Its id9RB OF Meth1tfsm md