West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-03-29


in US, that the world may believe
that Thou hast sent me- therefore !:
Resolved, LIST, That fraternity
among all Christians is in harmo-
ny with and required by the spirit
and letter of the Bible, and that as
a Conference we will cultivate fra
ternal relations with all who love
the Master.
End, That we are highly pleased
with the presence and addresses
of these brethren who bear to US the
kindly greetings of our
sister churches and shall take
pleasure in appointing suita-
BILE persons to visit their respective
annual gatherings, for the purpose
of extending the hand Of brotherly
fellowship and of reciprocating
these expressions of Christian good
will. ~
The Conference then selected as
its representatives to the various
churches named, at their next an
nual meetings, the following
FRATERNAL DELEGATES.
To the Lutheran Synod, Rev. J,
L. Hensley;
M. E. Conference, DIR. Warner;
M. E, Church, South, Conference,
Rev, R. A, Hit;
NJ. P. Conference, Rev, Geo. M.
Weekley;
Presbyterian Synod, Rev. J. O,
Stevens;
Baptist General Association, Rev,
A. G. Halterman.
On Saturday afternoon, after a
brief address to the ministers, full
of rich lessons and advice, the Bish-
OPP read out the appointments,
which are given in another column,
On Sunday morning we attended
Sabbath School, which was greatly
enjoyed by the little folks and big
folks that filled the house. The
time was mostly spent in fve-min-
ute talks to the children, by min
listers present, all in happy vein
that we are sure left lasting i'm
pressions for good in the young
minds and hearts.
The various pulpits of Grafton
and surrounding towns were sup
piled morning and evening by
members of the Conference, Bishop
Dickson preaching at the U. B.
Church in the morning, after which
Revs, R. M. Hite, w, R. Cunning
ham, R. M. Moore, w. H. Cooper,
G. A, Davis, A. S. Rifle and s. A.
Shanabarger were ordained to Ed
er's orders.
Although not in regular order,
we now come to notice the session of
the body in which the FREEMAN
had special interest.
Saturday evening was set apart
for the discussion of the question
of temperance. The house was
packed to its utmost, and the meet
ing in charge of Rev. E. Harper.
After music and prayer, DR..
Warner read the following peril
nent, pointed and epigrammatic
REPORT ON TEMPERANCE.
The subject of Temperance, old
and threadbare as it is, still pos
sesses a wonderful interest to all
friends of humanity.
This iptaract cop pouor oooao
while the destructive work of in
temperance is going on in our
State.
At no time in the past has this
subject excited SO much attention
as now, nor has the legalized liquor
traffic been so sternly assailed.
1t has been claimed by those in
favor of regulating the sale of in
toxicants and licensing it, that
our present law is the very best
we can have, and if enforced
would remove all the evils of the
business.
The good qualities of this law
are said to be these:
LIST. 1t does not allow selling on
the Sabbath day.
I'd, Does not allow selling to one
under u years old.
3D. Nor to one who is drunk or
in the habit of getting drunk.
4th. The seller must be tenn
perate man, and give bond with
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