The morning news., 1894-05-16
METHODISM'S WAR ON SIN.
The Conference GTappleS With Evils
Of The Day

The Louisiana Lottery ondsmned.
The Committee on Temperance Offers
an Amended Report Ordering All
Methodists to Abstain From the
Manufacture or Sale of Spirituous
Liquors or Renting Property to Be
Used in the Liquor Business-The
Report of the Committee on Educa-
tion.
Memphis, Tenn. May 15.-Bishop
Fitzgerald called the Methodist confer
ence to order this morning. DIR. James
Campbell, Of the Texas conference, CON
Quoted the morning devotional exercises.
After prayer, the conference began dis
posing of the regular business before it.
The minutes of yesterdays session
were read and approved
Bishop Fitzgerald announced the names
OF the gentlemen appointed on the COM
mittee Of peace congress. They are as
follows: ]. H. Carlisle, j. w. Heidi
and W. D. Palmer.
Bishop Wilson then took the chair and
ordered the call for reports of the stand
ing committees.
A resolution coudemning the late
Louisiana State Lottery, which, though
| driven from the country, still has a
wonderful hold on it, was read. The
resolution also sanctioned the measures
| now pending in the Senate to exterminate
! this evil. The resolution went to its
place on the calendar
THE REPORT ON TEMPERANCE.
The committee on temperance offered
an amended report on the original report
| of this committee. After many hours of
| speech making and arguing, it was recon-
mltted. DR. Black moved suspension of
the rules in order that the report could
| be acted on at once. The motion was car
| ried.
Following is the report as amended and
adopted: Let all our preachers and
| members abstain from the manufacture
of intoxicating liquors to be used as a
beverage, from signing petitions for such
| sale or manufacture, from becoming
! 0ondsmen for any persons as a condition
for obtaining license, and from renting
| property to be used for such sale. If any
| member shall violate any of the provisions
| OF this paragraph, he shall be deemed
| guilty OF immortality.
| Nevertheless in the case of a member
! who shall sign petition for such sale, or
| shall become a bondsman for any person
| engaged in the traffic, or shall rent prop
erty to be used for such sale. it shall be
the duty of the pastor to deal with the
| offender as provided for in cnapter z,
section 5, paragraph 2S1, page l64n
| FRATERNAL MESSENGERS.
The committee on fraternal correspon-
| dence concurred with the recommenda-
| tions of the resolution that fraternaI mes
| sengers should be appointed TO the Cana
| dian general conference and to the MeUho-
dist Episcopal General Conference, and
| that the book agents be required to write
a letter of greeting to the Wesleyan con
| ference in England. On motion, the rules
were suspended and the report was
| adopted.
| The committee on colportage recon-
| mended non-cOncurrence in the memorial
| from the Texas conference. which asked
that the depository system be stopped. as
| it reduced the commission of the colpor-
! teur and the profits of the publishing
| house. The recommendation was
| adopted.
THE REPORT ON EDUCATION.
| The report of the committee on educa-
! tion, designed to accomplish what has
been considered with increased favor at
| every general conference since 1882, was
| read. 1t embodies action recommended
| by the bishops in their address
| in memorials TO this conference
and by chief men among US in a position
to survey the field, such as Doctors Nor
ton, Tigert, Hoss, Chandler, and many
| others. 1t has the Endorsement of our
| educators generally and is the unanimous
report of the committee on education.
A motion to alter that part of the dis
cipline which relates to the licensing of
| preachers and put the granting thereof in
| the hands of the district conference,
caused much discussion. A minority re-
mort was also offered The nre viOuS
question was moved and the motion pre-
vailed. The minority report was voted
down and the majority report was imme-
diatelY adopted.
The conference adjourned until tonight
at s o'clock.