Evening journal., 1897-03-19
CLERGY IN DISCUSSION.
Talking of Various Changes
In The Constitution.
THE NEW ORDER OF WORSHIP
AS AUTHORIZED BY THE RECENT
GUNVpA CONFEpUNCr TT IL

Special Correspondence Evening Journal
CHESrERTOWN, Md, March 19-
! The Wilmington NJ. r. Conference ses-
siona arc being largely attended and
people are turned away at the evening
and some of the afternoon sessions.
To-day, az 10 o'clock, discussion was
begun on the various constitutional
questions of the church, particularly
these regarding representatives in the
General Conference. The discussion on
these questions consumed nearly the
entire morning
Milton l.. Hutton. transferred from
the Minnesota Conference was intro
duced to the official body of ministers.
The bishop made a short address to the
conference.
Candidates for full admission to this
conference will be required to abstain
from the use of tobacco. II has been
the custom to ask this question in open
conference, but this year it may be
done privately.
The characters of the ministers Of
the conference were taken up and all
/ passed as satisfactory.
THE OUTLAW" RACE COURSE.
Presiding Elder l.. e. Barrett, of Will
MN SUN hlHNAiA AAlolA'A q bA'tAi WIN
by the Epworth League, but a decrease
in missionary work of a per cent. Re
ferring to racing i'm Cecil county. he
said that no man can be elected to the
Legislature who has any sympathy
with the outlaw" race course
Presiding Elder Adams, of Dover dis
trict. reported a healthful growth. The
Conference Academy, he said, continues
to maintain its high standard of excel
lence, but unless greater financial aid is
extended this great adjunct to Metho-
, dsm On the Peninsula and elsewhere
/ must become a financial wreck and pass
out of the hands of Wilmington Con-
ference. In response to this statement
there was an unanimous Never
= Never" throughout the assemblage.
POOR PAY MEANS POOR PREACH.
a The report of Presiding Elder Cork
{ ran, OF Salisbury district, was encour-
aging as to work done, and the outlook
] for the future. He said that more than
o eighteen hundred souls had confessed
- conversion. He did not encourage the
e employment of professional evangel-
l. lists He deplored the fact that some
e ministers of his district are poorly paid
n and said that poor pay means "pool
j. preach"
k Presiding Elder Corkran was present
e ed with a handsome gold watch an'
case by Bishop Walden, in behalf of thu
le ministers in Mr.. Corkran'a district a
r an EXPRESSION OF their appreciation o
at bis faithful performance Of his arduou
r. duties. The recipient of the gift mad
re an appropriate response.
y NEW SERVICE TOO RITUALIsTIC
N Presiding Elder Smith, of Easton dis
trict. reported that the financial depres
s. sion had affected building and churcl
al improvements i'm his district. The or
der of services, he said, as adopted h'
n the last General Conference had no
.e been introduced throughout his district
he He insisted that there should be uni
b. formity some. ministers object TO thi
lnew order of service as being too ritual
n. istic.
10 j. ID. C.. Hanna introduced q resolu
ton of thanks TO Bishop Walden io
10 his Efforts looking to a solution of tn
II. problem OF the evangelization of Africi
ne The bishop. when the Freedmen'a All
D. Society could not appropriate the need
to ed funds for continuance of the wor
pr of tho Missionary Training School q
ul Central Tennessee, assumed the respon
a sibility of payment of the principal an
re interest, amounting 10 over eightee
il thousand dollars.
FOR DELAWARE'S CONVENTION.
n The first formal appearance Of th
n temperance question was in the follow
he ing resolution, introduced by Or. T.
IA | Nartndale, addressed TO the chairma
M, of the Delaware constitutional Coz
IN vention:
e. Resolved. That the Wilmington Col
90 ference Of the Methodist Episcop
,F- Church. now in session at Chestertow
consisting Of 175 ministers, represen
on ing %, 900 members in the State Of DE
'es aware. respectfully petition your hol
lie Orable body 10 grant to the citizens
be the little Diamond State relief fro
~ the licensed liquor traffic by adOphI
m the majority report submitted for yo
- consideration by the committee {
10 ! manufacture and sale of alcohol
n liquors now pending before your no
ed orable body"
ter MR.. COLLINS DISLIKES BACH
nd LORS.
rs. At the anniversary OF the Woman
AK Home Missionary Society. Mrs. c.
-eu Brown presiding. yesterday afternoo
0ls the speaker, Rev. Vaughn S. ColliI
paid his respects to old bachelors al
en spoke in behalf of the political and S
W. cial advancement of woman. He sa
lae he believes in the advancement of "
man. He was not afraid to have W
me men in politics, but was rather afra
er' to have her elevating and refining /
m fiuence kept out of the politics of I
srs day He has less respect for bachel
led than for any other class of human s
ciety. over 10000 of our brave you
girls have gone out in the world taug
IA in the art Of housekeeping, and, thei
nd fore. Of making 10000 happy HON
ON Every man ought to be every woma
II protector Every girl who goes to
rs city without friends seeking emplC
ns ment is in constant peril. There is
iq- man, he insisted. who does not nj
ad- the help and inspiration which con
q from the association and counsel Of
educated Christian woman. II is the {
cial and religious need Of the tin IS. 7
ES meeting was also addressed by Mrs.
so L. Walden.