Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-16

Europe, under the leadership of Cardinal
Wiseman movement was commenced,
such as had not been attempted since the
days of Mary. But that was what gave
life to Romanism.
1.-THE tendency of legislation among all
English speaking nations is against the
domination in rthe state of any religious
sect, and Gen. B 9th in twenty years has
more real followers and adherents of
the Anglo-Saxon race than Romanism
after hundreds of years with all her
boosted wealth and social prestige. For
once his holiness has spoken out with an in
telligence and precision that must command
respect. His encyclical touches questions
that lie at the base of our social fabric,
which will have to be faced and dealt with
by both church and state. But
the subject of education is
that most likely to form the battle
ground between the great contending par
ties into which We are naturally dividing
ourselves, both in England and America.
Make all churches equal before the state,
give all fair play, and if in the
race Romanism can outrun US we
shall have only ourselves to blame,
and on the head of Protestant
Christendom he the eternal disgrace. 1t is
universally admitted that a new era of
clearer light is bursting upon US.
Great changes are expected in the very near
future. But where is this great light,
this grand illumination to come from?
Where but from the divine word2 That
word Rome hates. As light increases she
moves in parallel lines and tries hard to
show that she is in favor of light and the
liberties of man. Reformation or ex-
of Christ has suffered much
at her hands. Red as she is with the blood
of martyrs, we will help advance the light
which will beat upon thrones and rulers and
governments. Rome may see her deformity
and DO led to penance and reformation. In
view of the impending struggle one
thing is all but essential to
speedy realization of all hopes of our
common faith-united Methodism."
At the afternoon session of the confer
ence Secretary King, in behalf OF the bust
ness committee, proposed an amendment to
the rules to allow debate to be closed and
a vote to be taken on any pending ques-
ton at any time. Adopted.
At the afternoon session the general topic
was temperance.
Rev. t. II. Mahon of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, Memphis, Tenn,
read paper on the subject of The Church
and Temperance Reform. ''The church
can no more ignore or compromise with
incompetence and the liquor traffic" he
said, than with the social evil or other
forms of immorality.'
Legal Prohibition of Saloons" was the
subject treated by Rev. c. II. Phillips of
the colored Nj. E. church of Washington.
1.-The government should no longer sanction
a traffic that was in compact with the devil
and in covenant with hell
Bishop Gains of the African Methodist
Episcopal church said that if the Southern
Colored people broke up the whisky traffic
they will do as much good as the Northern
men who broke up slavery. The liquor
traffic was doing more harm to the negroes
than to white men because the latter got a
better quality of whisky. [Laughter.l
Rev. E. H. Hoss, Methodist Episcopal
church, South, of Nashville, said he did not
believe that the church. as a church, should
ally itself with any political party.
John II. Lille of England held that the
Wesley rules obliged ministers to be total
abstinence men, and insisted on that propo-
sition Notwithstanding Mr.. Athinson's dis
Senting voice.
Mr.. Atkinson, member of parliament, got
the floor for himself and insisted that Mr.
Lisle misquoted Wesley-that he prohibited
only dram drinking. He iAtkinson) was
as good q Bible Christian as anybody,
and he was Primitive Methodist
too. Mr. Atkinson went on TO speak of the
Primitive Methodists in connection with
'fmpostors" which Immediately stirred up
the indignation of the delegation from that
order that the speaker had called Primitive
Methodists impostors, and wanted the
words retracted. Atkinson denied that he
had done so, and begged the presid
ing officer to ''knock him down."
meaning, of course, to rap the interrupter
to order. This led to great confusion. The
Primitive Methodists We're all on their feet
demanding retraction and threatening
to withdraw from the conference.
DIR. Stephenson and other Wesleyans
were beseeching DIR. Atkinson to withdraw
his remark and apologize, but he bluntly
refused to do SO, asserting that he had done
nothing to apologize for, that if the dele
gates would not consume his time
he would explain. As they persisted
i'll their demand for retraction he charac-
terlzed their stupidity in forcible terms, and
seeing no chance OF restoring harmony, the
presiding officer, who had exhausted every
effort to calm the troubled waters, declared
the session adjourned, and the delegates
passed out of the church, after singing the
do1ology.