Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-09
THE M. E. CONFERENCE.
YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDIN0s-ME
MOKIAL SERVICES.
Resolutions Presented by the Commit
tee on Temperance and Unani-
me usly Adopted.

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The fourth days session Of the Will.
mington NJ. e. Conference was opened
at Elkton on Monday morning with
devotional exercises. conducted by the
Rev. A. ID. Davis, who preached an ex
cellent sermon from the text, sin my
Fathers house are many Mansions"
after which the exercises we're closed
with prayer by the Rev. j. B. Quigg,
and the regular business of the SEES ion
was commenced. The minutes were
read and approved, when A. w. Milby,
Presiding + der of Dover district,
handed in the parchment2 and creden-
tials OF Joseph Horney, local deacon.
He said that there was nothing against
Mr. Horoey's religious or moral char
acter. and that he merely wished to
withdraw from the conference
The Committee on Temperance, com-
posed Of the Revs J d. Quigg, 7. o.
Ayres, J. fl Howard and Joseph
Robinson, presented the following reso.
lutions, which we're adopted
]. We earnsstly deprecate and con.
! scienttously sdmonish our people
against the madness, folly and wicked.
ness of the prevailing party spirit,
which sacrifices party, Justice and the
general welfare TO serve the ambition
of public men; and in the name of our
Lord, and in the interests of home and
country, as well as of the church, we
protest against any leadership of indi-
viduals or parties not on the line of
total abstinence for the individual, and
prohibition as the duty of the State.
2. AS people we need to take warn
ing from the bloody pages of our nation
1 a nnlx 1toi4 al
claims Of God and subserviency to DO.
litical leaders is accountable for the
fratricidal strife which filled our coun.
try with mourning In the past, and only
fidelity to right will exempt US from a
like experience in the future.
8. 1t is not the part of God-fearjnk
men to consider whether prohibition
prohibits, but simply whether it is
right to give the sanctions of law to q
trade which fills our almshouses with
paupers and our pri ons with convicts,
and victimizes tens of thousands by the
power of an appetite which Is a living
death as virulent as the fercest lep-
rosy.
4, We are dnonished by the aggres-
slons OF liquor leagues, composed in a
large part of aliens and foreigners,
without respect to the religious and
moral traditions of our nation, whose
purpose 1t is to break down our Sab
baths and sanctuaries and who seek to
fill the laad with riot and debauchery,
that they may fill their pockets witt
gain.
3. 1t is the plain duty of every Meth
odist preacher to made his pu pit rin &
with no uncertain sound on this sub.
Iject, and no minister or member of our
church is loyal to it who does not stand
for total abstinence as the true ground
of personal temperance, and complete
legal prohibition of the traffic In intoxi
eating drinks as the duty of civil gov
lerument.
The Rev. R. II. Adams called atten
ton to the fact that the appor Gion
: ment for mission purposes from thi
= conference was $40, 400, but by district
1t amounted TO 1885 800. He moved tina
the same apportionment be made TO
the coming year, and that II the extr
8 81, 500 should be raised, i6 be credite'
t to the conference. Tne Rsv. Roter
4 W. Todd offered a resolution that con.
a ference raise the $40, 400 and do wba
! 1t can toward raising the larger amount
4 and the resolution was adopted. Chap
, lain McCabe then made an address ol
2 the subject, in which he said tha
although 1t was his desire to raise a
0 much as possible, he thought it adviss
4 BILE to make the smaller amount tn
' apportionment, and then raise as mucl
] as possible.
Presiding Elder Craig, of the New
Jersey Conference, stated how the col
D lections were made by him, and advise,
8 the appointment of committees of on
4 10 attend to raising the apportionmeni
O On motion of the Rev. Mr.. Ayres, tn
: presiding elders were appointed a com
= mittee to invite Chaplain McCabe
r attend four missionary meetings, on
o at central place in each district, an
e to make arrangeme ents for the meetings
L The chaplain expressed his intention t
attend, as did also Presiding Eide
lCrai9.
The Rev. j. s. Willis said that h
was In favor of making large mission
ary collections, and therefore though
k the apportionment should be large. H
;. denounced the manner in which tn
o Chinese are being treated in some {
the Western States He also touched o
the tobacco question and related
istory of Roman Catholic physical
4 whom he knew, who, when he spen
live cents Tor a cigar, laid away th
same amount for the charity box.
nj The Rev. j. b. Quigg presented, Of
lbehalf of the trustees of the Confer
lence Acadsmy,a plan for raising $40, ,OO
}. for the purpose of eracting ladies
;. hall. 1t provides for the appointment
,. LOT committees, composed Of ladies,
;. Ievery district in the conference. The
b In turn are to organize and form an e.
@ Iecutive committee authorized to receiv
the money collected, which Is to
7, handed to the treasurer of the academ
land kept separate until sufficient sha
!, he accumulated to ensure the compl'
o tion of the new building. The trustee
did not wish to increase their debt an
further, hence the suggestion of lettin
the ladies do the work.
The annual report of the Conferen,
Academy was read by the secretar!
after which an address was made b
Professor w. l.. Gooding, the princips
h He was followed by the Rev. j.
- Willis, who spoke in behalf of Il
l. academy.
b DIR. j. II. McAuley, President
IS Dickinson College, also spoke on Il
D. subject of education and the work
n Icomplished by Methodist schools, al
d especially the growth of Dickinson 20
l. lege. The class received there last Sci
& tember was the largest for quarter
1t n century.
itI The Rev. John B. Quigg moved th'
r the trustees of the Conterenc CO Academ
d be empowered to spportion 81 900 anon
ID the different charges to meet certal
10 obligations Of the institution next yea
Or The Rev j. A. B. Wilson said he WI
,v afraid conference was assuming tC
many burdens; still, if they thought Il
money can be- raised, it is all right, b'
he did not consider it wise to atteml