Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-19

ppWff IL run over foikii-Nh'Ns anu N''N-
al as a defunct institution. Railroads
and s,camhoats must make dividends. and
to make them the multitude must be
made to use Gods Day for their rccrea-
ton and amusement Half rates on sun
dov offer the temptation which lines the
crovd The Sunday eXcursi onists come
home dcmoralized--the railway employees
aeprived Of their needed rest not only
dcmoraizcd. but depressed with the
thought that they have had to make
snort ike Sampson for the pleasure OF
others.
THE BIG. SUNDAY PAPERS.
ON our cities. towns and along our
railwavs the frst thing you near on
Sunday morning Is the papcr-vender. sell
lrgx and distributing the SUNDAY paper
filled with all sorts of reading-but WIN
y deal OF sack and penny worth OF bread
which. If a man would swallow before
going TO church. would, from its mass
alone not counting its matter utterly
preyent the entrance OF any good seed
sown by the preacher. IL is appalling to
think Of the mental and moral condition
Of the multitudes who read The con-
tents Of Sunday papers and nothing else.
Mental and moral dyspepsia would be a
mild disease TO follow such a regiment
mental and moral paralysis would be
more likely the result.
Think. then, on the result Of this on
the young-assaulls. murders, embezzle-
mems theatres, prize-iighting filling
ninc nages out Of ten: magnifying what
ought to be kept in the background and
minlfving the true and good. the honest.
and all that is Of good report. They are
taught and Influenced thus to believe
that mankind is nine-tenths bad, ana
drawn In by a whirlpool. as 1t were, to
10 be what appears 70 be The world AT
large.
1--WE repudiate what has been said. The
public secular press is intended 10 be- ana
should be a mission rejecting only what
* cast upon is surface. Why should this
he 500 II has been called the third
estate Should this great power pander
20 the corrupt tastes and practices or
mankind? AZ wen say that the doctor
should pander to the appetite OF his
naticut: that the father should give TO
his children stones and scrpents as well
as bread and fish. Mirrors are goon
things when they show men their defects
and deformities with a view 10 enable
them 10 correct them: but when they en-
courage them in deformities they are
evil.
THE RESOLUTIONS OFFERED.
But what has the church Of God TO do
with these matters? II has much. not
only I'm its public utterances. but the
example and practice Of its members.
The father or mother or Sunday-school
teacher that patronizes Sunday oNoHr-
sions not only violates his own sacred
VOWS. but sets an example Wn.,l Nl.i
affect those under him. The same may
be said Of all such as paironiZe or pur-
chase the Sunday papers and read them.
Somebody is being offended by all such;
some one Is confirmed in doing wrong
and. II the Saviour had any meaning to
His words. such offenders will find mill
stones around their necks, or something
worse I'm the great day of reckoning.
I'VE offer the following:
81 As we believe that the Sabbath was
instituted to keep up our reverence of
God. and all that is good and holy, We
exhort our people TO observe it as en-
Joined in the Scriptures and I'm our Disci-
pline.
80 That we request our ministers TO
see that no uncertain sound is heard
from the pulpits In regard TO the proper
observance of the Saba h-Day.
g. That we urge our people 10 abstain
from Sunday excursions and Sunday
newspapers. and from all practices which
violate the Sabbath and tend 10 impair its
sacredness.
- That II is our solemn conviction
that every lover Of Christ and His cause
should be an uncompromising opposer
of the liquor trade and should use
every legitimate means TO secure its sup
preston by educating the people against
its license"
This report was adopted. after brief dis
cussion.
JOIN THE ANTI-SALOON MOVEMENT
Rev. DR. Edwards here offered a reso-
luton. coming from the Committee on
Temperance. providing for response TO
an invitation from the Protestant organi-
cations of the city of Washington to
unite with them In an anti-saloon con-
vention TO be held at the national capital
next month. by sending two delegates
from the conference 10 that meeting. Or.
Edwards said that the movement so far
as he could learn. was entirely deNoid
Of any complication whatever with any
of the many political parties.
Rev Or j. ". BledsOe spoke against
the adoption Of the resolution. taking
the ground that this was a matter which
rested within the province of the temper
ance organizations. lie did not think the
conference should be committed 10 any
thing indefinite or irregular which a
body Of this kind might do.
DR. Whitehead made a strong speech
in which he said that this movement WAS
a general effort on the part Of those OPP
posed 10 the liquor traffic TO do what Is
possible to put a stop 10 this evil The
action of the Washington body could not
in any way bind the Virginia Conference.
DR.. Edwards spoke further upon the
resolution, which was finally adopted. The
Chair named Rev. Dr. Edwards and Rev.
l. l.. Spencer as the representatives, OF
the conference.
LET CLASSES BE GRADED.
Rev. DR.. DeShazo. presiding elder of
the Danvile District. presented a pream-
bic and resolutions in regard TO the mat
ter of admitting young preachers INTO
the travelling connection, providing Tor
their grading. The matter was discussed
briefly and laid upon the table.
The presiding Bishop here gave his an
swer to the question by Rev. DR.. A. c.
Brown of few days ago. Here IS the in
terrogation and its answer:
''In the examination of character at the
annual conference under the question.
Are all the preachers blameless in their
life and official administra tiony when
nresiding elder knows that serious ques-
lions have arisen with respect to the life
~ a preacher in charge In his district.
should the presiding elder state that fact
for the information OF the conference, or
should he answer Nothing against him.
ON the ground that he has not been noti-
fed that charges and specifications would
be dulv presented at conferenceE
Answer by Bishop Galloway; II during
the session Of the annual conference
nreeidinr elder knows of any report
AGAINST preacher In his district Of such
cavity AS 70 require investigation, ii is
his duty to mention it TO the conference,
although no written charge has been pre-
scented
THE MEMORIAL MEETING.
At this point in the proceedings Dr.
whitehead moved that at y O'Clock the
conference hear the report OF the COM