The evening times., 1897-03-06
ADVICE GIVEN TO DEACONS
An Address to Young Preachers at
the Baltimore Conference.
The Use of Tobacco and Alcohol a
Theme-The Conference Decides
Against Women Delegates.

Bishop Mallalieu, who is presiding
over the Baltimore annual conferente,
in session in Baltimore, delivered IN
address yesterday to the young preachers
| present, who were awaiting deacon's or
ders, his remarks being in part CON-
mentary upon the disciplinary questions
which IL is customary to PROFOUND to the
candidates. The bishop was especially
severe upon the use OF tobacco, and each
OF the aspirants, in response to the In
I terrogat0ry, had announced that he had
signed the pledge to abstain from the use
OF the weed in all its forms.
The bishop was equally emphatic against
the use of alcohol, and said, in part:
May the Lord help the doctors To find
something else besides alcohol with which
to cure our ills. If the time comes when
nothing else will cure my sickness but al
coh0, am prepared TO die rather than
make use OF it.
Garry your hristianityintoyoar homes,
he continued, addressing the young men,
"Some men carry iteverywhere else except
into their houses. Learn to treat your wives
and childrenin agentlemanly and Christian
way.
"Gain knowledge by reading and study,
hut don't be a sponge. You know asponge
when dipped into ink will he colored by it,
and will always take the color OF whatever
it is dipped into. A Methodist preacher
ought to have sense enough TO read book
without getting his mind colored by it.
You must know the difference between. gall
and honey.
Il don't advise you not to read books
other than those filled with Methodist
doctrines. for have to read other books
in order to keep posted as to what these
other writers are about. But there is no
need to wallow in the gutter of German in
fidelity. Have belief N the Bible.
''Now. do you believe in the polity of the
church? l wonder what you would think
if should send you as heralds OF Chris
tianity To five OF the poorest charges in the
conference? wouldn't you say there was
something wrong with the polity??'
one OF the members of the class replied:
1--WE would think there was something
wrong with the bishop" and the confer
ence laughed.
NO" returned Bishop Mallalieu, that
would be something wrong with you. You
ought to say, Send me, Bishop, and Will
go, like hero of old
',Asto pastoral visiting" the bishop went
on, ''some preachers nowadays think that
they are too important and too fine alto
gether do any visiting among their con-
gregat ons Such men ought 10 te made
TO DO three times as much Of this work as
ordinarily, until they get to like it."
a waTu discussion was had at the con-
ference sess, on of yesterday over the re-
e af11in
recommended that william II. Richardson
be dropped from the second year class for
failure TO pass in some of tie studies.
Rev DR.. L. b. wills On, presiding elder OF
the Washington district, opposed the com
mittee's report. He said Mr.. Richar rdson
had done good work in his pastoral rela-
ton with Gorsuch Church. Among other
things he had raised 5000 toward new
building, and Ills latOrs had resulted in
the spiritual advancement of the charge
M Richardson was continued, due to the
presiding elders appeal.
The conference again voted against the
admission Of women lay delegates to the
general conference, the ballot showing
So for and 100 against the proposition.
The conference also voted against equal
lay and ministerial representation in the
general conference.
Report Of the Deaconesses' Home in Bal
timore, and Of the one IN Washington, to-
cether with the Sibley Hospital, was made
by the secretary, Mrs. Clara l.. Roach. In
Baltimore the deaeonesses made T,179
visits, addressed 1S4 meetings, gave 1886
lessonsinindustrial andkindergartenschools
gave 2,019 garments TO the poor, distrib
uted 9,235 Bibles, tracts and papers,
made 256 visits to hospitals and spent
4,544 hours with the sick.
Contributions were S2,3S9.61 and ex-
penses 81, 1870 In Washington the con-
tributions for the Lucy Webb Hayes Train
ing School were 81 ,6s7 ga and 81 ,o69 of
for the Sibley Hospital.