Evening journal., 1892-03-28
STUFFING AND STARVING.
THE BISHOP ON FAITH.
He breaches at Salisbury to
Twelve Hundred PENN
sula Colored Men.
WILL NOT BECOME ~PROHIBs.'


One Preacher Sent TO Trial for Adul-
tery-The Coiored Preachers Say That
They WIN Vote Only As Their Con
science Dictates.
STAFF Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
SALISBURY, Md, March 2S.-At the
business sessions OF the Delaware M +.
Conference (colored) on Saturday, Joseph
f. Cook was discontinued from the con-
ferencs and referred TO his quarterly
conference for trial on the charge Of
adultery The committee on temperance
reported a resolution binding the confer
ence TO support the third or Prohi-
bition party The resolution brought
out a heated discussion. which 70
suited in tabliDg the resolution and
adopting as a substitute the report
Of one year ago, which commits the con
ference TO temperance free from politics.
The lay delegates elected TO the General
Conference we're w. 4. Morgan, Of
Philadelphia and j. K. Gunby, Of
Camden N, j., both from the
same district Memorial services we're
held during the day. at which were
delivered addresses on the lives and
" lrks OF Professor ]. Emory Round,
former president Of the Biblical Insti-
tute, Baltimore, anc Revs. w. 4. Cole
ana A. w Hamilton Bishop Andrews
and DR.. Riddick spoke Of the work Of
Professor Round on educating the race
cOLoRED PEOPLE FLOCK TO SALISBURY.
The morning service Of the conferences
session opened In the Salisbury Opera
House at 10 30 o'clock yesterday morn
inE with Bishop Andrews and Rev T.
K Martindale and Rev. N M. Browne OF
the Wilmington Conference upon the
stage with score OF members Of the
conference and visiting ministers. The
Opera House is one Of the most attrac-
tive auditoriums on the Peninsula, Il
having a comfortable seating capacity Of
1000. II was completely filed, notwlth-
standing the unpropitlous weather, long
before the hour Of service arrived. The
colored people and a number of the white
members OF she congregation had come
from all parts Of the country within a
radius OF 100 miles. Many had come In
hacks and carriages from the surround.
ing country, but mose had arrived in
Salisbury on the trains Of the night
previous.
After the morning preliminary service,
the ordination Of deacous was conducted,
the bishop placing his hands on the heads
Of Hampton 7. Johnson, Andrew l..
Henry, Ellis Watts, Benjamin B. Fisher
and Samuel W. Waters
Bishop Andrews preached from the text
st Mark 1, 90 "And Jesus, answering
saith unto them, have faith In God. " IL
the course of his sermon, he said, "When
a man loves God simply because he be
lieves Him to be good, kind and generous
that is not faith; It's Presumption. Faith
in itself is spoken Of as being somewhat
praiseworthy. II Is made a potent force
Ia the being transforming right, Let M
man who hears me this morning. because
be is a datiful meDber of church. be
lieve that he has faith In God.
WHAT IS FAITHg
It's that act and health Of the who'll
mind, not Of the sight Of the heart tha
sdores and loves, by which thes
truths are brought into the yer.
center Of feeling, willing and acting as /
there were a God AS Luther puts il H
held on to Him whom he saw not, a
though he saw Him. is taking God int
your life; that's faith. Taking God int
your life as governor, master, helper
At this point OF the sermon the bishol
to d, in a touching manner, the story o
Moses leading the children Of Israe
across the Red Sea His hearers on tn
, front benches had been stirred to shouts
, aud Just as the bishop ended the Illus
tratlon by saying That is Faith, tn
sun, which had previously been bidder
shown forth In all its glory. and its ray
9 broke down through the big skyligt
S with such brightness that the entire COZ
o gregation was moved and the eloquer
I speaker had to stop for several moment
, GOOD ADVICE TO THE CLERGY
"Now my brethren. let us take care.
/ is easier TO talk about God than It Is
3 believe ia him Shouts Of Amen.
q You are not doing your dul
when you sit In your psws an
say, yes. IN try and DO goo
and do right. You are false whei
after worshipping God and opening yoI
p hearts TO Him to-day, yoa forget thu
there is any God to morrow. sometime