The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-04
BISHOPS ADDRESS
ru,sodying the Position on Current
questions Of the MethOdists.
READ By BISHOP ANDREWS.
Will Continue to Fight the Bum
Troalc and the cunteen Law.
stands Firm on It's Old Policy
relating to Marriage and Divorce.

CHICAGO, May S.-The interest Of tht
,,'ratss to the Methodist general con
-, to-day was conferred In the read
,be bishops quadrenntai address
r,5 n.spop E. G. Andrews. The address
,sbIrb wis prepared at a recent meeting
,,ss BOARD OF bishops in indianapolis.
,a,s HE'D for by Dr. Frank NJ Bristol
gtgbsp Andrews was given close atten
,,or and when the spectators gathered
,,,m The report that while the country
sad increased fourtsen-fold during the
rrs, hundred years. the Methodist Epls-
.aD,r church had developed ninety
.syrn.fold, they appIauded enthustas.
tcally,
rba bishops address stated that the
,trreh will not abandon Its position on
,bs liou5r question. on the contrary,
"arousea and indignant at the aggres-
sITn5 Of The liquor power at the mex
snslb. Miscarriage OF the anti-canteen
law ana at the new periis In which the
r,pon Is involving It's new possessions,
twin summon and pledge all our min
istars aud people to more determined
struggle against this enormous evil"
Firm on Marriage and Divorce.
A. 10 aarrlage and divorce, the adj
dress continued
Gin the presence Of this evil the
church cannot allow its rules on the
subject OF divorce and re-marrlage TO
i. in any way imperative and void.
Iat IL need be, the church law be
amended to more perfectly express thu
New Testament rule Of marriage. BUT
Nv m. voice of its public assemblies, by
Ms pulpl,s and by the judiciots exercise
of discipline, the church should keep It.
self pure, and aid the civil law and the
practllgs OF society to become pure.
CLOSELY associated with these evils
Is the popular passion for unwhole-
some. coarse and debauching amuse-
ments. whoever watches the daily
prass cannot miss the evidence Of
shameful degradation in the theatre corr
cert and dance hall, and on the race
course And the tendency to great ex-
cess also in other comparatively inn9-
cent forms Of amusement cannot escape
attention.
Seriousness of Life Forgotten.
"rhe seriousness OF life seems largely
forgotten, It's opportunities Of useful
ness unoccupled, the vigilance neees-
saiy for righteousness relaxed and the
love OF the passing world gaining in
n,istsrfulness. 1t is not to be wonder
ed at that every earnest age has tended
to reprobate all amusements as lncom-
patfbc with the Christian life. Elk
perlence has shown that 1t is impossib!a
to impose on youthful and immature
Christians a law which many a sanity
soul. Of thoughtful choice, Imposes on
itself The attempt to enforce abso-
lutte abstenslon from recreative amuse-
men,s reacts toward unrestralned In
dalgpacs. A discrimination between
the admissible and the Inadmlsslble. is,
therefore, imperative. So great is the
danger to spiritual life that we sugges:
that it would be profitable to place
among the special advices Of the Dis
cplIHe = brief but cogent statement OF
the perils which attaches to many
amusements, OF the evils lnseparable
from others, and of the principles by
which the Christian should regulate his
choice among and his use of them"
AS to the Time Limit.
The address recommends the abolition
Of the time limit on pastOrates, or a re-
turn to the old three year limit rule.
When the business session got under
way twenty alternates were seated in
place OF absent delegates, Frank Kern
being given the seat made vacant with
the withdrawal OF Mrs. NJ. Y. McMahan.
John II. Cissell, Northwest Indiana con
ference, then made motion modifying
a former action and directing that the
committee on boundaries be formed in
accordance with the provisions OF the
rules Of the discipline. The discipline
provides that this committee shall be
composed of one minister from each
conference and presided over by bish-
op Dr.. J. NJ. Buckley protested against
the adoption of this motion and substi-
tutel another giving the committee an
equal number Of lay and of clerical del
egates, DR.. Buckeyes motion was car
ricd under suspension of the rules.
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