Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-28

the spiritual life OF our colleges
and schools OF theology is more
fervent even than that found in many OF
our conferences" This was construed to
be rather in the nature OF a reply to that
portion OF DR.. Spencer's address on the even :
ing previous when he related that many
Methodist fathers and mothers hesitated to
send their children to schools Of their own
denomination because of the lack, in many
cases, Of active spirituality in the schools
and the danger of the young collegians drift
ing away from the religious moorings to
which they had been made secure in early
life.
Reports of Presiding Elders.
The reports of Presiding Elders D.. X.
Tyndall of the Grand Island district and
William Gorst of the Neigh district occu-
pied the remainder OF the morning session.
Both were teeming with indications Of
prosperity and progress along material lines
and activity in spiritual directions. DR..
Tyndall said in part:
Victory has crowned our efforts. The
past year has been the most successful debt
paying year in the history Of my district.
Church debts are melting away and the burn
ing of mortgages on church properties is be-
coming the fad. Woe unto the minister or
presiding elder who ever contracts or en-
courages any more debt on church property
in the Grand Island district. New churches
and parsonages have been built and paid for.
All kinds of church work have been faith
fully cared for and are generally in a pros
porous condition. Ours is the banner Ep-
worth league district in the conference.
Ministers and laymen are alive to its i'm
portance In church work and the league is
marching on with the spark of victory in the
eye and a swing of triumph in it's onward
etride.' Elder Tyndall gave a detailed re-
port of the work accomplished upon each of
the charges in his district, and as he re-
ported the addition of a new member to the
family OF many of the ministers in his dis
trict during the past year a smile over
spread the features of every one in the
chapel, even Bishop Warren nodding his
head with a twinkle of humor in his eye as
DR.. Tyndall proceeded with clock-like regu-
larity, And a new baby has graced the
home Of Brother So-and-So in the past
year."
The report of DR.. Gorst showed that pros
perity and progress had been equally abun-
dant in the Neigh district, many churches
having been relieved of debt and quickened
in spiritual activity, The reports OF the va
rious charges on the collections of mission
airy moneys were especially encouraging.
Congratulations to Bishop Warren.
DR.. J. w. Shenk introduced a resolution
during the morning session expressing con-
gratulations to Bishop Warren and thanks
giving to Almighty God for the recovery of
the presiding bishop from what seemed al
most certain death last summer. The reso-
luton was adopted by a standing vote and
that good old Methodist hymn, praise God
from Whom All Blessings Flow" was
o,n ztartal ptgh1D yNorrop fool
ingly expressed his warm gratitude to the
conference and paid homage to the God
above whose grace permitted him to recover
health and strength when death seemed al
most to have claimed him as a victim. The
serious illness referred to occurred In South
America a few months ago, when Bishop
Warren submitted to an operation for ap-
pendicitis, recovering after a trying siege,
made doubly bitter because of being in a
foreign country far away from home and
loved ones.
Some interest was manifested when Bishop
Warren invited DR.. w. P. Murray, pastor of
the Fremont church, to join with him and
Presiding Elders Tyndall, Hodgetts and
Gorst in a conference, DR.. Murray to repre-
sent Omaha district in the absence Of Pre-
siding Elder ]. B. Maxield. The fact of
DR.. Murray's selection as the representa-
IlV6 OIL IulS uISlIlCl 10 u " hAS0A
that he will be chosen as presiding elder,
succeeding DR.. Maxfeld. DR.. Murray has
been stationed at Fremont for the last two
years and prior to that time was for five
years pastor of Hanscom Park church.
The Temperance Question.
Temperance was the theme of Wednesday
nights session of the Methodist conference.
Rev. DR.. j. B. Carnes, state superintendent
Of the Anti Saloon league, presided, and also
gave the address in place of Rev. F. l..
Wharton, pastor of st. Paul's church at Lin
coin, who was unavoidably detained.
"The saloon" said DR.. Carnes, has for
its mother the flesh and for its father the
devil. 1t is the bottom Of more political
corruption than any other institution. 1t
lourishes where ignorance abounds. 1t de-
stroys the fine sensibilities OF truth and
pride and manhood. 1t ~endangers the gov
eminent by destroying its laws and openly
defying its statutes. 1t robs Its patrons OF
money, health and peace of mind. Its
heaviest blows fall upon the innocent who
have no redress for their wrongs; par
ticularly it falls upon defenseless women.
1t opposes everything that is good and favors
everything that Is bad. But, thank God, OPP
position to the saloon increases with the
onward movement of civilization.
ms sun Scttiu6 upoh CaSh "a . Sohi-
pletion marks the new-made grave of two
victims of the liquor habit. There is today
an army of 900, 900 drunkards. Every seventh
man is a regular drinker. Every seventh
dollar that you pay in taxes is the result of
the liquor traffic. Every sixth Christian
family furnishes a boy for a drunkard's
grave. You Methodists must help to keep
this thing up or the business will go down.
Twenty seven million church members have
fallen down before CSC, 900 whisky man
ayers. Men tremble and cover at the liquor
traffic.
sit is for the purpose of crushing the
liquor power that the Anti-Saloon league has
been organized in thirty states beside Me-
braska. Its formation came about after a
personal conference between Archbishop Ire
land and DR.. Kynett, formerly secretary of
the Methodist board of church extension,
and 1t has become already a powerful host.
1t is a non-partisan organization. We don't
want to run politics. We care not whether
a man is a democrat, a republican or a
p%opulist, but what We do insist upon is
that officers elected, to municipal, county and
state offices shall pledge themselves to en-
force the law"
In conclusion, DR.. Carnes exhorted his
hearers, and especially the ministers, to