The San Francisco call., 1899-10-26
CHURCHES URGED
TO AID IN WORK
OF TEMPE ICE
The Congregational
lists Discuss 1t.
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
OBJECT TO AFFILIATIoN WITH
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.

The second days sessions of the Con-
gregational California State Association
churches convened at s o'clock yesterday
morning in the First Church, Mason and
Post streets, with the moderator, Rev. w.
w. Scudder of Alameda, in the chair.
The morning session was largely devoted
to the business of the association. After
devotional exercises Rev. W. w. Cross of
Saratoga was called to the chair and the
moderator proceeded to read the report
of the National Council committee relat-
ing to the federation of missionary socie-
ties. The report of the committee, which
favored the Coppen plan, was approved
The report of the committee on tenn
perance was presented by Rev. j. r..
Knodell, who declared that the work al
ready done had but aroused the enemy,
and he urged the necessity of continuing
the struggle with renewed energy, With
this end in view, he presented the follow
ing resolution prepared by the commit
tee which he asked the association to
adopt:
That the preachers in all the churches make
this a special theme for work; that the editor
of The Pacific continue to take his present high
stand upon this question; that We recognize In
the w. {. l. Y. worthy helper IN tenlperAiIee p. .
reform and give it our hearty Endorsement
that we will elect four delegates to the annual
meeting of the Anti-Saloon League, which is
to be held in Oakland in November; that we
reaffirm onr confidence in the Anti Saloon
League and recommend the Incorporation OF
Its work in the churches by the organization
of local leagues: and that we call upon the
churches all the State to elect such men
to the Legislature of 1900 as will stand by the
temperance legislation now IN force-namely,
the county government law. the law restrain
ing saloons in cities and towns and the sanitary
district law.
Rev. c. r. Brown OF Oakland opposed
the proposition to organize leagues in the
churches as proposed by the resolutions.
He declared that the Anti-Saloon League
was political body, and as such had no
place in the church. DR.. Knodell made an
address touching upon the work of the
Anti-Saloon League and then a motion
to refer the report Of the committee on
temperance was lost, the matter being
made special order for o'clock this
morning.
The narrative Of the churches, prepared
by Rev e. S. Williams, was read by Rev.
George B. Hatch of Berkeley.
The following recommendations were
made by the committee on nomina tons,
the report being read by Rev. ]: K Harri-
son chairman: Committee on Rev. B. F..
Rev. +. ]. Singer, Rev. H. F. Burgess.
Committee on church taxation-Rev j.
X. Mclean, Rev. George c, Adams, Rev.
Thomas Addison.
Rev. DR.. A. Drachms, chaplain at San
Quentin. concluded the morning session
with an interesting paper on ''Arbitra-
ton in which he advocated the estab-
lishment of a permanent international
court to arbitrate the differences arising
between nations.
In the afternoon Rev R. H Sink of
Stockton. assistant moderator, presided.
Rev. DIR. S. H Wiley of this city read
paper on 'The Pacific" in which he
strongly urged the members of the asso-
ciation to give more generous support to
the organ of the church on this coast.
Rev. DR.. James T. Ford read a paper on
1.-The Early Days of Congregationalism in
Singer read a paper on The Gates Ajar."
The Congregational Church Building So
ciety and the California Home Missionary
Society had charge of the evening session.
The programme for to-day contains a
number of interesting papers in addition
to the regular business or the association.