Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-06-14

prelndice the case and prevent the
healing OF the matter In the future. II
anything was TO be done he thought the
matter should be referred to the general
conference. Heterodoxy was = serious
cnnrge, and one not to be dealt with and
disposed OF by small committee of q
small preachers meeting.
The President, interrupting tho speaker,
SAID that the speech Of Mr.. Houston
Would lead the spedsasoFs to believe that
Mr. hramer waS charged with some
helnose oAehse, and that the report was
! very severe on him, whercas it was very
MID. $3.50 - y ~
Mr.. Houston did not care if the report
exoneratod MI. Kramer, the point was that
the Asso0iation had no right to hear the
report, and the committee bad no right to
make one. ~ '. So
IT. Thomas, chairman Of the committee,
SAID that he understood the committee to
be advisory in its nature and not inquisi-
torlal. Acting under this impression tho
committee had met Mr., Kramer and con-
ferred with him concerning his views, and
the report was simply nothing more nor
less than an impartial report of the COM
mittee's interview with Mr.. Kramer.
Mr.. Houston and several others were
still OF the opinion that the report ought
not to be presented. --......
The Rev. J. B. Mann said that there
was nothing before the meeting until the
| report was received and read. II after
the Association had heard the report they
did not wish to adopt it or approve of It
| they could lay it on the table. To
appoint committee and then refuse to
| receive its report, he thought mere child's
play and nothing but sheer nonsense. 1t
was discourteous 10 the committee and
would be hurtful to the Association. He
said Mr.. Kramer was neither repentant for
what he had done nor anxious to change
his views. He hoped the members of the
Association would net make children of
themselves, as they would certainly do il
they did such foolish thing as to refuse
TO hear the report of the committee.
The Rev. Mr.. Mowbray said he thought
the foolish thing the Association did was
to appoint the committee on last Monday
morning. The Association had exceeded
its authority, and the best thing for it to
do would be the reconsideration of the
whole matter and the discharge of the
committee. = go
Mr.. Mann-That is all nonsense-felly;
its childish. move that the report be
read. ~
Mr.. Houston-I move that the report be
laid on the table.
Mr.. Mann-How can you lay it on
the table when you haven't received
it.? You can't do anything with a thing
You haven't got. The proposition Of
Brother Mowbray is not only utter
nonsense but it is an insult to the COM
mittee. The idea of any body of men
under the sun not having the pow or to
call one OF its members to account for
certain actions on his part is nothing more
nor less than folly, and hasn't the shadow
of common sense in it. % 81 Il,
The Rev. Mr.. Stevenson said that not
withstandng Mr.. Kramer's views on
theology were repugnant TO his religious
instincts, nevertheless he agreed with Mr..
Mombray that the Association was not the
place 10 settle the matter. He could not
think the refusal to hear the report any
insult to the committee. It would be the
same in effect as il the Association
should say we were wrong last Monday
morning we had no authority to do what
we did; we acted in haste and now we
wish to correct ourselves. The committee
would not be arraigned; If any ono was
arraisned it would be the Association and
no ono else. He doubted il
any nraochers' meet;po in scv
other city in the United States
or elsewhere had undertaken to do what
tb;s nroacher,s meat;ng had. M ho,1v of roen
has anv further nntbor;tv over It's ;na;v;duai
n,omhsrs than ito articles of assoc;at;on
a;vo II and IN ascertain the r;obts Of This
meetne in this matter Il IL onIv necessary
f. in6u;re stWbat is its obiect .,
Now We meet for fellowship, for mutual
benefit and for the advancement of
Methodism in Delaware. We meet for
nothing beyond that and we have no right
to 90 beyond that. The law of the church
makes it the duty of the Presiding Elder to