Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-06-01

| ding elders was opposed very strongly by
some, but it prevailed at last by even larger
/ majority proportionately than the motion to
extend the term of the pastorate, ths feeling
being that it was necessary, in order to the
proper supervision of the work, that the el-
der be allowed to stay at least year more
than the pastor.
The changes affecting the membership of
| the church are both few and trivial. Per
! haps the nost radical is the establishment of
| the order of deaconesses. This was for this
| especial benefit of the good sisters, and as q
| further proof of the fact that women are
| having matters much their own way these
days, 1t is worthy Of note that the confer
encs voted finally to allow all members Of
the church over twenty one years Of age, fe-
male as well as male, to vote upon the ques-
! ton of whether women should not be ad-
mitted to the general conference. 1t also es-
| tablished the following uniform order Of
worship: Hymn, the people standing; pray
er, minister and people kneeling, closing
with the Lords prayer in concert; lessons
from Old and New Testament, either one of
which may be read responsibility; hymn; SER
mon; brief prayer; singing, to end with the
Doxology. and the whole to conclude with
the apostolic benediction.
The action of the body on the subject Of
temperance and prohibition was, as everyone
anticipated, fully up to the standard of for
mer conferences, and if anything slight ad
vance was registered. After the adoption Of
the regular resolutions, which were quite as
strong as they could be made, it was pro-
posed to take further action providing for
the retention in the discipline of certain
deliverance on this subject, which was OBJ
jectionab1e to some because, as they alleged,
it had been used by preachers of third party
proclivities to convince Methodists that they
could not be true to their church unless they
voted the third party ticket. A strong eff
fort was made to have this deliverance omit
ted from the new discipline. The debate
was not only spirited; but it had political
and even an acrimonious tinge. Il resulted,
however, in the retention of the objectiona-
BILE paragraph by count vote OF two hun
dred and seven to one hundred and forty.
This paragraph declares against legalizing the
traffic in any way; establishes total absti-
nence as the rule for individuals and legal
prohibition as the only proper attitude for
the State; and while it disclaims any purpose
to interfere with the political affiliations Of
its members, it still warns them to be care
full to not give their support to any party
managed in the interests of the liquor traffic.
On the subject of organic union with the
church South nothing definite was done, but
the cause was greatly advanced by the speech
of DR.. Steel, of Louisville, the common re-
mark being that so bold and advanced de-
iverance had not been made to the confer
encs since fraternal relations between the
proposal from the Protestant Episcopal
church, made to this in common with all
other evangelical bodies, seeking union by
absorption OF the whole lot into one fold,
that fold to be theirs, and offering to give the
apostolic sacraments for this purpose to all
such as would accept the proposal-to this
offer the conference returned . polite mo,
thank you," feeling of course that Methodism
could never accept proposition for union
which would require it to acknowledge that
it had never been a true church, though at
the same time satisfaction was expressed at
the growing iberality of the Episcopal
church, and the ri ght hand of greeting and
fellowship was extended to that body.
The applicants for the session of this great
body four years hence were Washington, d.
G., Charleston, S. O., Springfield, ILL.,, Chi
eago, San Francisco, Denver, st. Louis and
| Omaha, and, to the great joy of the stall
wart nor westerners, the lot fell to the last
| named, where, in 1892, will be re-enacted
| similar scenes to those to which for month
past the press and public of this metropolis
l have been treated. 81. T.