The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-12
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YEARS REPORTS ENCOURAGING,

az JUDGE Jerome to Sell Whiskey on
sunday-Resignation Accepted.
Religious News.
Nearly every Methodist minister in the
city will attend the meeting OF the an
nual Conference in Newport News To-
morrow. Most Of them VIII leave Ricti-
mond to-day and will be away the entire
week.
The annual reports which will be sub
mitted by the Richmond churches ar,
of a most encouraging character. So iaf-
as is known all OF the charges here are
in excellent condition, financially anu
otherwise The past conference year has
been a most successful one and the pas
tors find upon reviewing the work dur
ing the twelve months that in almost
every instance it has hourished better
than ever before. AT the regular weekly
meeting held yesterday morning at Cen
tenary the reports were discussed by seI-
eralg of the preachers.
Several of the Methodist pastors
preached for the last time in their Rich
mond pupits on Sunday-some of them
possibly without knowing it. Changes
which mono now suspect may be made.
Rev. r: Finley Gayle, the only one IN
Richmond who has served four years and
will have to move, had a large congre-
cation to hear his farewell sermon on
Sunday night. Many were the express
ions of regret at Mr.. Gayle's departure.
Tears were shed by many at the parting.
During his service at the church MIR.
Gayle has accomplished a great work.
1t is not known where he will probably
be sent.
Bishop w. ". Duncan, who will pre-
side at the Conference, was in the city
yesterday, and attended the preachers
meeting. He left yesterday afternoon
for Ashland, and he will so from there
to Newport News.
Coldemn His Plan.
The ministers Of this city, so far as
they have expressed themselves on the
subject entirely disapprove the plan Of
Judge Jerome, recently elected District
Attorney Of New York, on the Fusion
ticket. to sell Whiskey on Sunday. Judge
Jerome, in a recent interview, declared
that he would abolish the Raire's law
hotel and allow the saloon-keepers to
Keep their places open during certain
hours on Sunday instead, Said the
Judge:
lat | am anxious to accomplish
is that the large class of our citizens
who do not desire to become intoxicat-
ed, but who do like to so out with their
friends and drink a glass of beer or wine
in q respectable place, may do so openly
and mot be obliged to sneak into some sa-
loon, with a guilty feeling that when
theY are served the law is being violat-
ed
The ministers OF this city disapprove
altogether ct the plan outlined by Judge
jerome. DR.. H. H. Battle, Of Petersburg.
the c{tv NaSter5or and ipcl1 rod
the sale of liquor on Sunday to be utterly
indefensable. DR.. r. p. Kerr, of the First
ChHreE, of this city. and DR.. Russell Ce-
Gil. sof the Second Church. are both ems
tirelS; opposed to the opening OF saloons.
BOUGHT a GOLD BRICK.
DER. H.. Pitt, editor of the Religious
Herald, speaking Of the matter yesterday
said,
.sUf course, we cannot here in our con-
serEative city understand all of the con-
ditions which obtain in a. great metro
politan and cosmopolitan town like New
York. Still, it must be confessed that
the proposition to open the saloons for
portions of every Sunday sounds strange
to those who have been observing from
distance the great campaign just closed
in New York. The. slogan of the Flu
sionists from start to finish was right
eousness and decency." They rang the
changes on. the fact that all the minis
tiers and churches and religious societies
were enlisted in behalf of the Fusion
and against the continued reign
Of Mr., Croker and his political partners
It was said with almost wearisome tier
alton that the election of Mr.. Low would
be the triumph of sobriety and good or
Her. lit is startling, therefore, to find
that the very first item of the program
me proposed by hese reformers is the
opening of the saloons on Sunday. 1t
was Charged over and over again that
the lawleSS element under the former city |
had far more license than
they've entitled to and far more po-
litical influence than they ought to have. |
Il seems that the first, and therefore pre-
sumably the most urgent. measure which |
the Fusionsts propose to press involves |
giving more privileges and greater license
to the most prolific source of lawlessness
and disorder with which civilized com
are affected. One cannot help |
suspecting that the preachers who took
so prominent and active part in the New
York campaign begin to feel that they |
bought gold brick
BISHOP GIBSON'S VIEWS.
Bishop H. a. Gibson said yesterday
that he was opposed to the sale of liquor
or1(of anything else on Sunday. He
thought it would be 2 great mistake for !
Jerome or anybody else to undertake to
put such a plan in operation.
The Rev. Carey e. Morgan, pastor of |;
the Seventh-Street Christian Church, de-
clarcd himself to be utterly opposed to |
the sale of whiskey on Sunday. Like
Bishop Gibson, he thought that the day
Should be carefully observed as one of
rests and worship.
The. Rev. w. w. Lear, D. D.. pastor of !
Centelsry Methodist Church., thinks that
the sale of liquor on Sunday would be an
outrage. He is also Of opinion that it is
a peculiar move by the Fusionists who
made such Il stand for principles of
sobriety, righteousness. etc.
The Rev William S. Campbell, secre- i
tary of the Sunday, Observance League,
is opposed to the plan Of Judge Jerome,
because he believes, in the first place, |,
that it would be a violation of the law OF
God which forbds ali unnecessary work
OF Sunday. 1t is also, he said a violation !
of the State law here and of the city or
dinances. 1t prevents the employees and
the pa trcns of the saloons from attending
cLr, CHI 1t creates disorder and drunken