The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-01
MAY PERMIT DANCING.
Liberal Me hodists Conducting n
Campaign In Its Favor.
MEMBERSHIP OF YOUNG FOLK LOST

lave Voted ~ Eliminate Prohibits
vi List From tho Discipline,
II h moro ihnD u mere coincidence
that three VI tho most i|DlDnnilAl ~ the
pnslppD conferences Of Tho Methodist
Episcopal church have recently adopt
ad memorials ~ tho general o0nfop'
enoa requesting The elimination from
tho Book Of Discipline Of tho present
Inhibition ngnlnst danoIng, enrd play
Ing and lhnalpp going, This notion IN
part of a concerted movement on the
payt Of Tho younger and more liberal
element NJ tho church,
similar resolutions VIII DO pissed by
other district conferences throughout
tho oonDlpy, nDd some Of The bost IN.
formed oIopgymon IN The denomination
believe this mdlnnl change VIII be
adopted by n lApgn vote by The general
eoDfoppppe, which monls pnSt month IN
Gbimgn The Roneml conference,
which Nv tho supreme Legislative body
on tln Methodist church, meets every
f0up ypDpsi
lopfppnnoos which hnye recently yotr
I'd IN fNy0p NJ ibn 0llnge Arp The Now
Jersey conference, llG Now YORK east
conference, which Includes not only Tho
churches Of Manhattan elst ~ Fourth
npnDne, bul Nlso lh0an VI HpOollyn md
mDny IN Connecticut, md BE Now
YORK conference, Including OH tbose
wosl of Fourth avenue The pqstop
NJ ono ~ no lnpgnsl Methodist
churches IN Manhattan HHid recently ~
a reporter " he NnW YORK llnvWldi
oIl,lp nlanao IN lho discipline Nv ppaN
llNplIy u dpnd letter, so fnp ~ know,
nobody IN Ihp Methodist church hNs
hupH disciplined for ynlps, either for
dancing op for AIlonalpg tho tAoplnp'
The Roy, ESlp y, Vlpplp, pastop of
w. IAMns' church, Mnllson avenue
nn1 ono Hundred md Twenty SIKH
street, Whn introduced Tho resolution
Ia The ApW fnlk conference tho other
dry, ahlHi NVle proposed ahnnge, "
adopted, VIII oT0se from ~pQlngrnph
~ " llp discipline lhe words dane
lhA, plpylng ~ gNpNes ~ chance, ~
tending lllpnlnpa, hopao pNoos, alpQpsns,
dnn0lng WpiiaR ~ mtp0plHlHg dAnplng
gplO0lpr' Az n substitute Wn propose
lhp Insertion IN olnplnr \ ~ lhp special
discipline ~ u paragraph NlRlng Hnf
members lnlalnln from Nl such diver
sInpH IN cannot De used IN the nnnlp ~
le hOrl dpHnsl This would not IN
any why WeAkpn Tho position NJ lhN
Methodist church, Nv linplp sNld,
iloWnpl questionable nmnsnmenls, but
would rather strengthen W. Thn mn
aal III W Tho Individual conscience and
o The word Of God " does nol lnll'
lnio, 4, tendency " conform 70 Eha
WDllnlN
no Yen hpIIpyo lhAt danalAg II ain
MI mol dnn1lnR ~ tho HnyIHarkpl
kind, but dancing, foF Instance, Wllh
onaFH own friends and u oAn'a own
homer
~ III mol sinful nor No. " de-
ponds Nnnn tho an|pponNalngal The Glr'
O|Dmalnn0nH, tho Influences attending
VI mn IN n0l mpp ~ hr drnwn lnl0
q CONTROVERSY concerning lanalng,p
The Iloyr np, aeorap Y, MnlnAl fnr,,
mpply ~ llpoollyn nnd nav nopnpqlaa
With Tho MolhoAlhl HN0k Concern N
and Inns hnpn rnp Npnlh ono NJ lhn nnsl
ardent advocates 0f tho proposed
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pnNl M tln ohipollOnnhlp clause IN \
lnng article In The Mplh0dlRt llnYlnWr
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this apQtINn In or discipline, which
WAS Inserted nv lln Hon0ln 0nnfnl0Hip
nj 1879, mrRanNllna IN Tho 0hllpnll NJ
authoritative index NNpnpgnlnplNH ~
alnNAamenla, was n m0At crave hlnndnr
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have 0flna lind the fpellng lhnl IN WNNh
al nnr church lpNnllnA l|n mistake hnh
hnan mndn nj lNNnR nlrInW flpWh ~
thn legitimate sphere ~ nhFlhlnn llfnr
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membership NJ mnat excellent ynHnR
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