The evening times., 1896-04-30
Papers Read Before Convention
of The New Jerusalem.
WOMEN DELEGATESFAVORED
Report on Amendment to Admit the
Weaker Sex to Convention Lea YES
Question Open-SOciOiOgica Ques-
tions Discussed-Dr. Duniels Says
the Church Is for All.


Brown of Urbana led in tie worship. Re-
ports of n number OF the committees were
received and given proper reference.
The report of the committee on ordina-
ton sanctioned the request OF Monsieur
Decembre OF Paris, France, for ordination,
and the council unanimously authorized the
ordination of 8. c. Broenicke OF Copen-
hagen, Denmark. An Interesting discus-
sion arose over the report of the committee
with reference to the admission OF women
delegates to the convention.
The committee favored an amendment
to the constitution admitting the woman
delegates, and so reported. Mr.. Mann Of
fered an amendment to the report that
mo action be TAKEN The quest ion
arose as to the adoption of the anne ndment
to the report and Rev. William II. schlif-
fer of New York objected to the women
and said it was uot a case Of equal
rights.
The Bible did not recognize equal rights,
said Mr.. Schiller. IL was rather different.
1t recognized the superiority OF woman over
man. Mr. Mann said nothing in the CEN
stitution prohibited their admission and
thought best to report to the conve ntiun
that an amendment to admit them was
not necessary.
Mr. A ger said he wanted to see the
question left entirely open for the study
by vote of 81 TO 8. The question was
called on submitting the report of III.
committee to the convention as the re-
port of the unciI, and the motion adopted
At IL O'Clock three papers from the
class on missions were presented and read
The first was The qualifications of u
missionary" by Rev. W. II. Hinkley; the
second was Missionary DISTRICTS by
Prof. T. F. Wright, and the third. Mis-
sion work. by Rev. ]. /. Herrick.
The second paper described the dis
tricts ard showed how far they were sup
piled by the board of missions. The re
port showed twenty two districts in AMER
lea. and stations in Sweden, Denmark.
Germany. Switzerland. Italy, and On
,ario, India, and frica.
SOCIOLOGICAL SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
At the afternoon session pupers on
sociology were read by Rev. John A.
Hayes, Rev. Adolph RCeder aud Rev. Z. b
Daniels OF Laport Ind, who treated the
subject from the standpoint of reason. They
said that the individual man of the church
has civil as wen n spiritual side.
He is amenable to the law or his God.
So il is with the church. Her paramount
duty and use are to attend to the regenera-
ton Of the hearts of men. When she does
Ibis she does more for civic reform than
she can do in any other way, for VIXEN
a man is soundly regenerated in his mo
.f,-.As Mill I,.~fI.y
around him TO keep him in church. and to
make him a good citizen.'
But the church, like the individual, has
a civil as well as a religious side. She
has a visible OrganiZa ton, and in many
cases she is a body corporate ny law.
Now, in her civil capacity she should DO all
she can TO further sociological reforms,
both through her pulpit and through other
means. But in doing so she should dis
tinguish between those eternal principles
Of right and justice, and those petty party
questions, concerning which men differ
The eternal principles OF justice, even
though it be only civil Justice, the church
should deal with; but party questions she
should not deal with, for the reas on that
The church is the Republicans church: the
Democrats church; the Populist's church,
and so on. Men go 10 church, or should do
so, for the sole purpose OF worshiping the
Lord and attending to their spiritual
wants, and every person should be assured
that when he goes TO worship the ord
ne is not going to have his political views
lsSailcd.
But every person, in his civic capacity
may deal with party questions to his
hearts content. because he himself is an
organic unit. and his course canot cause
division in that organism. There are two
planes-the civic and the spiritual. Let
them be kept distinct
CHURCH's RELATION TO REFORM.
Rev. Adolph Roeder. of Orange, n. J..
cited from the writings of Swcdenborg a
number of quotations on the question OF The
Relation of the Church to Sociological Re-
forms" Among them were the following:
The scattered societies of men upon
earth are collected by the Lord that they
may represent one man. These societies are
not only within the church. but also out
)r II. and taken together are called the
Lords church.
Truths are of three kinds: there are civil
truths. moral truths and spiritual truths
rivil truths relate to matters of law, and
such as concern the forms of government in
states; in general, to what belongs there to
Justice and equity. Moral truths relate to
such matters as belong to the life of every
'ne. with respect to society and his inter-
course with Others; in general. to sincerity
md uprightness. and specifically TO the
'irtues of every kind. But spiritual truths
'elate to such ma tiers as belong to heaven
Ind the church; and. in general, to good,
which is the object OF love. and to truth. !
which is the object OF faith.
Moral and civil life form the actual re-
ult of the spiritual life. for to will well
'elongs to the spiritual life. and to do well
belongs to the moral and civil life: and |
Without this the spiritual life consists in |
othinS but thinking and speaking. from |
which the will withdraws. because it has
10 basis to rest on: and yet the will is the |
sseDtial spiritual constituent of man."
Tho general good consists in these |
hings:
81. That in the society. or kingdom,
here sha!lbe what is divine among them.
2 That there shall be justice among
hem.
'3. That there shall be morality among
hem.
~. That there shall be Industry, knowl-
dge and uprightness among them.
70. That there shall be necessities of ,
fe.
sc. That there shall be things neces-
ary to their occupation.
"7. That there shall be things necessary
or protection.
"S. That there shall be sufficiency of
wealth: because from this comes the three
ormer necessities