Milford chronicle., 1888-03-16
THE LAY CONFERENCE.

The deliberations of this body were inter
/ esting. Aside from the routine work, it ex
pressed the feeling of the laity on importan
subjects. The following resolutions were
adopted
ReS0i1ed, That this electoral conference
heartily endorse the plan Of endowment fund
for worn-out preachers, the widows aud or
phans, adopted by the Wilmington Confer
ence one year ago, and we call upon our peo-
pie to make liberal subscriptions and be-
quests to that most worthy object and we
pledge ourselves to give it material assist
ance.
Another resolution commended the pro-
posed Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia
to the members of the church in the Will
mington Conference; eulogized the late Fran
els Asbury Ellis; declared the Conference
Academy deserving the support aud patron
age of the Methodists of the Peninsula.
On the liquor business it adopted the fol-
lowing
WHEREAS, We regard the license trait of
intoxicating liquors as the prolific source
from which springs most of the evils that
curse our country to-day, and the most form
idable foe that we must combat with, there
fore
ReSOi1ed, That we hail with delight the
evidence of progress in Temperance work
throughout the country, and we hereby ex-
tend fraterual greeting to the workers in
the temperance cause everywhere.
Resolved, That we have no COMPROMISE
to offer the liquor traffic, nor will we accept
of one from them; we have no right to per
petuate by license, high or low, that which
is the enemy of all righteousness and the de-
stroyer of mankind; therefore, whatever be
the means employed for the advancement of
this cause, the final objective point is not IL
cense, high or low, nor regulation of any sort
whatever, but in prohibition, by law Of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating drink
Believing that a christian mans first duty
is to his God, and that his moral obligation
should lead him to advance this great cause
OF temperance by every way, and while we
do not presume to dictate to any man his
political aihlation we do express our un-
qualified opinion that christian temperance
men should not permit themselves to be con-
trolled by party organizations that are man
aged IN the interest of or run by the liquor
traffic. We furthermore pledge ourselves to
the enforcement of all such laws as have for
their object the determination of this iniqui-
tous traffic.
Resolzeai Among the various organizations
that are aiding the church in this great cause
We recognize as of first importance the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and
we heartily pledge to them our sympathy
and support.
The following, which was presented by the |
same committee, was rejected by a vote of
IS to IS:
Resoioed, That it is the sense of this lay
conference that direct negotistions between |
pastors and churches in advance of the max |
ing of the appointments by the bishops are |
contrary to the spirit of our itinerant min |
istry and sub9ervient of our ecclesiastical |
policy and as such, should be discouraged /
by our bishops, pastors and people.
The resolution was rejected after a spirited
during which it was stated that
some of the efforts nowadays made by
churches to secure pastors, and the efforts
made by ministers to secure desirable pas
-orates, SAVIOR too much of political wire pull
ing.