The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-20

tpaf tie act OF congress WHICH uds CiOse
the mails and the pre- 70 the totterie
nefsrious schemes has q unfinished this in
morality and therefore MADE moral wit
resnecs To this vice, the conduct of man
whose conduct the opposite state OF the la'
made imm rail- Nay the law precede @
must it simply follow pubic sentiment i
Alternating to control the vices of society
TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.
ssThare are two schools of thought-ou
i7siStino that tie law should hold aloft
standard of conduct sufficiently a owe th
level of average o tnion 10 become guild
ard beacon; the other insisting that tn
Cfa,dani should be below the level q
average public sentiment, or at most onll
narallel with IL, in order to prevent tht
scandal which arises from a breach
of the law in its non enforcement.
The truth is that there is very
little danger of the enactment Of law
under representative government in ad-
vance of the working beliefs of at leas,
majority of the community, AMI yeo 70 cite
an instance in current discussions anu cam
paiens relating to the suppres sion OF the
saloon, we find many persons who profess
TO be sincerely in favor OF supp7esslon' oF-
posing il on the gr9 und that toe pubic MUD
is uol ready for the movement
POWER OF THE Law.
.sWiIl;arn I. Stead, who IS famous il con-
nection with movements to suppress GER
tain vices Of society recently cited as an Il
Irstrstion of the power of tue law to raise
puhlic opinion - the level Of TIE law, the
case Of a member Of parliament who vas
expelled for accomplishing tie ruin OF
yonng girl. Sometime, standing IN the
midst OF a great American city. and watch
ing Che thron< OF eager figures streaming
hifher and thitaer marking the sharp con-
trast OF poverty AMI wealth, an Increasing
mass Of wre;chedneSs and an in
creasing display Of luxury, knowing
II
of men will be living between
ocean and ocean Under this government, a
government y hich their own hands have
made, and which they feel to be the work Of
sfhelr own hands, enc is startled at the
though what might besan this huge yet
delicate fabric of laws and commerce and
social institutions were the foundations it
has rested on 70 crurn0le way
BETTING AND GAMBLING.
REV. Joseph Ponsstt Of the Wezleyan Metho-
dist church of Hull, England. delive. ed the
first appointed address Of the morning ses-
sion. His special subject was Legal Re-
s1raint of the Vices Of Society," Betting
and gambling occupied the greater part OF
bis address
DR.. II. l. Sihlev of Marietta, O.. made
an address on Marriage and .. vOrceLaws."
Bishop E R Hendrix OF the Methodist
Episcopal church South Of Kansas City,
No, occupied the chair at the afternoon
session.
IRE first essay was upon the Lords
Day" aud paper, which was prepared by
Rev. T. g. Steward q the African Ne bod
ist Episcopal church, of Baltimore. was
read by DR.. Il. A. johnson Of the African
Methodist Episcopal church of Bermuda
The attitude of the church toward amuse-
men was another topic of discussion at
the afternoon session
GOING FOR THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER
In the discussion which followed Rev. B.
N Messick Of the Methodist Episc pal
church south, Of St. Louis. found nothing
so dele.erious as the Sunday newspaper
''the abomination Of des llation, and it had
beco ne SO through the church itself. They
advertise in it., subscribe for it, and
real it instead OF the Bible. The
Sabbath ard Bib!e standing for all that was
60 d and great. rhe Su dav paper the re-
verse, and the lurch standing for the Sum
day paper. The SUNDAY paper was indict-
aDle before the bar OF d and the church
stood with it, a pdrticeps cri ~iais. Uu-
compromising hostility aud war TO the
death should be the watchword of the
church.
ADDRESS OF THE coNFEREScE.
With the discussion Il this subject the
regular programme ended and Secretary
King announced that the sub committee
which had been charged with the pre-
parstion Of an address from the ecumenicll
conference OF Methodist G urches and
netnodlsts throughout the world bad COM
pleted its work andl the report would.,e
presented by Or. james Chspmal of Eng
land That gentleman came upon the
platform aud read the address, which will
about fill q column and q half of g news
paper. At the concl sion OF the reading
the address ives unanimously adopted with
out amendment by the conference. II will
be signed by all Of the officers who have
presided over the conference and by the
four secretaries and will then be
and presidents Of the Methodist conferences
Throughout the world as an embodiment Of
the views Of the ecumenical Methodist con
ference respecting the present state and
future Of Meth dism.
The conference took q recess until 80
O'Clock, and the evening session was de-
voted Il hearing statements from mission
airy delegates as to the progress of their
evangellssic work.
EXTRACTS FROM THE ADDRESS.
Following are extracts from the address
of the council to the Methodist people
Throughout the world:
We rejoice to recognise the substantial
unity vaicl exists among the various Metho-
cls1 bodies. Its firm basis is a com non
the simple scripture and generous theology
winch God. through the clear intellect AMI
ch rca. The Intellectual movement and social
changes OF cur time may have led to some
cn -Iges In form OF eX preston some shifting
OF the emphasis OF our teaching, but they have
not ied US even to reconsider that hviug
theo!ogy which has so abundantly proved
nseH upon our pulplts, Indeed it
would De strange If, while our churches
are drawing toward It. We should have de-
parted from II. And there are other grouu DIS
OF unity. We are proud Of the same spiritual
ancestry; We sing the sane holy hymns; our
modes OF worship are very similar and. what is
most important OF all the type Of religious
experience is IN ldamentally the same through
out the Methodist world. Our ecclesiastical
priDcipl are not so various as the forms in
which they are accidentally enooiied. Re-
jofcing in these IN ngs we think that the time
has CINE for closer CO opera ION OF the Metho-
dist churches, both at home and
abroad, wEich shall prevent waste
Of power and unhalowed rivalry, while before
the eyes of 50 many of US pass . deiightful
vision of time waen in each land, where il IS
planted, Methoalsm shall econe for every
useful p rDose. one and the NethodIsm Of the
world all be close and powerful federation
of churches for the spread OF tie kingdom Of
Christ
sol,E OF THE GREAT EvTLS
Of q few o. the great evils which admit in
some degree Of public treat nent we cannot be
silent. lntenperence. the fruitful mother OF q
brood of evils is largely created by egalizsd
temptation. Shares are planted in almost every
street for the IN vary and unst-a l.. Is il too
much 10 ask that our people will com
f1iu N all fsS nc