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criminals, ana many OF our olu veterans |
about the soldiers homes have disgraced !
their honored calling and dishonored (;
the nug OF their country.
Resolved, That we condemn the suber- !
iuges resorted to by the administration
at Washington to submit the Will ot The
peope and annnl recent act ol Congress
prohibiting the sale of beer aud other
iqu us in the arnF and navy a1d
Wheteas, tho hdmiliHtiHg fac5 comes
10 us that in Aiaeka and in the Islands
OF the Atlantic and Pacific, wherever
our hag has been tlniurled as the stand
ard pi authority, tie cufsc 0f the liquor
saloon is being imposed up0n the people
under the fosta,iGs care 81 orr govern
ment Therefore
Resoll ed, That We consider IL to be
the policy OF all good peop,e to use every
legitimate means to secure the n5iTe
lprohibiaon of'tha liquoi ttaliic aud pray
that the tine may soon come when We
stall be iiee from the curse and it caH
pe truly said ii as, Blessed is the na-
tion whose god IS the Lord" for
Righteousness exalteth nation; but
sin IS reproaeh 10 any people"
Popular AmuseHlcnts.
Whereas, From present indications
| ference viii be one of vital interest TO
the church; therefore
| R solved, That our lay representation
To that body be instructed TO work and
vote agsias. that sentiment " hich seems
| to be gaining ground within the bounds
OF onr church that would in a measure
at least remove the old safeguards OF the
past and open the way for the popular
amusements for the day;
! Resolved, That the ringing declaration
OF former years with regard to the legal
lied rum traffic shall te reiterated and
maintained, that no organization should
stand in the way OF TIE final and com.
plele annibiiation ii tie business, te-
! iieving as we do, that It is the greatest
barrier ta the progress OF civilization, our
attitude should he one OF uncompromis-
il G and open hostility.
| Election of Elders.
Whereas, In our opinion, the interests
Of our general chutch would be much
better served by change in the manner
of eecting our presiding elder Tnert :
| fore
Resolved, That it is the sense OF this
| lay electoral conference this presiding
elder should be nominated by the menu
bers of the annual conference and that
we memOrialiZe onr general conference
through our delegates to so change our
discipline as to make this possible.
Resolved, That the thanks OF the mem
bers OF this lay electoral conference are
due and the same is hereby extended to
the good people OF the city of Whining
Ton for the exceedingly kind and hos
pitable manner with which they have
received and entertained US in their
| homes.
Tie conference adjourned until 8
o'clock this morning. The first half
hour will be given over to devotional
exercises.
Conference Organizes.
The first sessionsof the Lay Electoral
Conference was held at 10 O'clock yes
terday In the lecture room of Epworth
Church. X. M. Cooper, OF Cheswold,
secretary of the conference of four years
ago, called the delegates to order Chief
Justice Charles Il. Lore was elected
temporary chairman. X. Nj. Cooper
was elected temporary secretary. Short
, Iy afterwards they were made the per-
m4nent officers. The following were
appointed the committee on credentials
Wilmington district, S. A. Stewart; ;
Easton, DR.. A. f. Sadler; Dover, DIR.
George P. Ellegood; Salisbury, I. A. s.
Nelson and the credentials given into
! their hands. The following were APP
pointed on the committee on elections:
Member, at.large, George w. Todd Will
m'ngton, Amos r. Brown; Easton, JOS
eph Smilhers; Doyer, Henry r. Lewis;
Salisbury, B P. Miles.
Rivalry in Money Raising.
The following resolutions were pre-
sented by Dr. L. N. Cooper, of Camden:
"Whereas, The bishops of our church,
through three of their number, have
deemed the decrease in our membership
az well as the decline in our spiritual
power 81 omiro.s .cr .he future in ref
erence to our status in the great wUIk
OF hum in tvaneelzalinn, as to issue an
open letter calling attention to the sane
and reciting therein the probable causes
Of these SAD facts which raid causes ex-
it more in omission OF duty than com
mission OF wrong; and
"Whereas, Alter cordial reading and
q th ,ughtiul and powerful consideration
thereof we beleve we can, from cur
standpoint as lay men, suggest the fun a.
mental cause or Origin OF this lamentabie
but confessedly v true condition, not only
OF our own Nj. T. Chntch, but OF the
general Christian people OF all ohNrches
a ld hence le4l il is cur duty to do SO.
And
"Whereas, We firmly believe that the
present livary between past ors, churches
and denominations III the III ney raising
question has reached suuh Il point that it
has become a burden on the people, a
standard OF the religious Character f
I'll e church member ard the evidence Of
the efficiency OF the past r and Las
paced evangeIizing work in ths lack
ground With al, ludeed, we know in
our church, pastors often, when bv their
m st energetic AMI faithful effolts-
t If rts that sometimes seriously di-
mnish their poser-have failed to
reach the apportionments assigned
III, m, feel compelled to take from their
own meagre saalies, sufficient to make
up the deficiency, or loss tHer standing
with the powers that be. And We be-
Iisye further, that unless some stop be
put to the continual advance in this de
reclion, and our pastors be placed Or
graded on q son,-savirg basis rasAsr
than a money getting one, our chussh
wi be compelled TT open its G.,.-s
wider for the admission OF members as
was attempted at the last general con-
ference to meet the demand and hence
| -ill ,x.ootI,, foil firm, itu raf aatatQ tho