The daily gazette., 1878-09-23

regular proceedings a motion was made
that when reporter cutters the room, that
the chair inform said reporter or report
ers, that they would be prohibited from
publishing any of the proceedings of the
meeting, unless furnished by the secre-
tary of the association.
II am utterly opposed to any such
resolution being passed by this body |
am in favor of the proceedings of the
preachers meeting being published.
was what a representative of the GA
! zETTE heard as he entered the room. the
speaker being Rev. Thomas r. Plum
mer.
Rev. Mr.. MacNichol, secretary of the
Association, said:-Brethen i am heart
and soul with the resolution. A few
years ago when | was in Philadelphia the
reporters were allowed to attend the
meeting of the association, and next
morning when you picked up a paper
there was the REPORT OF the meeting, in
falr and impartial manner, but here We
are among set of thieves, the reporters
come here, and then 90 out and publish
ed distorted and discolored reports of the
proceedings | think it is high time that
such reporters were excluded, and am
therefore heart and soul with the resolu-
tion.
Rev. A. d. Davis. said why not ex-
clude the Erery Erening and allow the
other reporters to come in?
Rev. j. l.. Houston, wished to know if
the chair did not help reporter short
time ago to make a report.
In reply the chair stated that a short
time ago a reporter did come to him. and
asked for little aid in making of a re-
port, and l gave what aid he required,
and when the report was published, il
was a very fair one
The chair then stated the motion to be
that hereafter when the chair was infornl-
ed that reporter was in the room that il
would be his duty to inform said reporter
that he would not be permitted to pub
llsh any OF the proceedings except that
furnished by the Secretary.
The motion was put and decided in
the affirmative but division being called,
a standing vote WAS taken, resulting in
tie 3 and ).
The chair having the casting vote de-
cided in favor of the motion and so the
resolution passed, after which the re-
porters were informed of the action of
the body. There being none present but
the reporter Of this paper he subsided on
the floor.
DR.. Caldwell, then called upon Bro.
Mann, to explain to the meeting whether
what he had said last Monday, was cor
rectly reported in the Ecery Erening.
In reply Mr.. Mann, said that the re-
port in that paper was not only incorrect
but that it was full of inaccuracies. He
had said that no NJ. f. Church could en-
force the discipline of the church, as il
now stands without destroying the church.
Ihe discipline Of the church prohibits its
Bishops and presiding elders from wear
ing gold jewelry but they do not pretend
to carry 1t out; they have been seen upon
your streets, with their wives and daugl-
tiers, all bedecked with fine jewelry and
costly wearing apparel. Is that carving
out the discipline? There is other things
that the church is lacking in. Why the
NJ. Il. Church has consented to put men
III official position who were not christian
men. lie had known of official members
of the church to be at the Schutzen Park
attending horse racing. | tell YOU our
church to-day before God cannot enforce
Its discipline, when all such acts as these
are winked at.
We have plenty of men in the church
to-day who do not know what religion is.
why II was only the other day that went
10 pay bill, and the storekeeper told me
that trustee of one of our churches had
owed him bill so long, that he had quit
asking the man to pay it in order to keep
the man from lying.
referring to the report in the Ereru
FL emmy and also the editorial he said.
that 1t not only excludes everything that Is
good from its columns, but publishes
everything that is bad. 1t not only hates
every thing that is good, but hates that
which has the appearance of being good.
Rev. D. B. Quigg said he thought that
the remarks that were made by Brother
Mann were both right and wrong. He
speaks very openly of officials and mem-
bers violating the discipline without III
forming us as to who they are. If Bro.
Mann knows these things why does he
not make complaint to the proper author
tues or go to such persons and inform
Them that they are doing wrong; that
they are breaking the discipline laid
down by the church.
There was time in the history of orr
church, when the pastor could eNcomlnu-
nlcate all such members without indae
or jury, but that time is now past, and
other means are used.
lhe exercise Of the discipline is not
The exclusion of persons from the cllrch
ptt 1t IS something higher, it is look
lng after the interests Of the church
our discipline provides that when "A
member is charged with hnproprr con-
dt'et, the paaior should 90 To that mem
hcr and tell him lhat hc is doing wrong.
At this point reporter of the Eceru
: EeenaJ was espird taking notes. and Lr
was informed by the chair Of the action
OF the meeting.
he speaker was asked what he thonobi
OF agricultural fairs, as there were hu9d,
2 reds of members of the NJ. f.. CmIrrI
> who attended them? Would they be break.
lhg the discipline?
lie replied that he never attended a,
agricultural fair III his life, and he did nn,
know What they We're like, but he La1
heard that such fairs were mostly nivn,
I over to horse racing; still persons mion,
| 90 there and learn "A great deal from tI,e
i. exhibits, lie could not properly auswr,
the question.
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