The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-17
! i setles OF handsome resolutions to pre-
sent 10 him before ne goes
The Session in Detail.

serles OF handsome resolutions TO pre-
sent 10 him before ne goes.
The Session in Detail.
About $40 o'clock this morning the con-
ference OF the fifth day began with an eS-
celient attendance present. After prayer
nv Dr. ~. q. Starr. the bishop delivered
the fourth Of his fine lectures on ihe
Holy Ghost" his subject to-day oe'ns
.oThe Temple of the Spirit"
Business began a. half hour later WIN
rs TN. reading OF minutes and other pre-
iin,inarIes striking and pathetic incl
dent occurred shortly after the opening.
The Rev. oscar Littleton. the Oldest et-
fective minister In the conference, arose.
after fifty-three years OF work, 10 dsh
for superannuated relation. Iears stoo'
in the eyes of the aged brother as ne
thus appeared before his fellows 20 az
clare that his work was at an emu. ..il ~.
cident similar but different loho"eu
Immediately thereafter During the con-
ference year the Rev, T. j. Wray, OF
Bowling Green, has broken down IN
health and is now in destitute oircum-
stances An appeal was made TO me tiiiii-
listers. and n large collection was taken.
In the course OF certain announcement
that came next the -'amens' OF Dr , SShn
Harmon were ia Their frequent. me pisIiup
is,irhingly. handed the Richmond MINIS
!
and where to say "an,en.
Temperance Report.
n, almost unanimous vote the confer
pnce adopted the report of the Committee
m Temperance, which report was IN Ell,
feet as predicted yesterday. 1t enlbodled
series of resolutions. az calling upon
The people to insist upon the enforcement
Of the temperance law; C). urslhs .ti.s
enactment OF laws supprcssins soclai
clubs and dlstilleres; CD. endorsing tho
Ant-saloon League: "a, calling Tor ser,
mons on temperance and advising al
preachers and members to abstain IRON
the manufacture or sale OF intoXlcarl. ~
etc. 90, providing for comm't.ee ~
present the following memorial 10 inc
State Legislature:
.-o the Honorable Members OF the senate
and House of Delegates:
We. the prca cheers Of the Virginia con,
ference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, representing mem , "ha
khin of o. 900 respectfully request that the
1.ss,siature now in session. amend the
law known as the Mann law so as 10
make 1t more effective, especially IN sup
pressing the social club and dstillery'
Unfermented Wines.
A brisk and lively discussion followed
the presentation Of the report. ". JUN
Ramon of Richmond, arose to pro-
nose that there be embodied in the paper
n suggestion to the churches that unfer-
roented wines be used in the Lords sup
ner.t He recognized that this was per-
hans a. little extneme. but lie thought eN,
treraes were necessary In battllne Will
the whiskey evil. There should pc
head-on collision oet"een ,ts snua III, "a
and the whiskcy shop. DIR. Harmon saio
h wanted to see the whiskcy devil sui
Ger such wreck that 1t would take him
\, thousand years at the Hot Springs OF
Perditon to recover.
The conference debaters lined up on
the question. On the ono side 1t was
declared that the proposed resoiutlon
he given the utmost liberty in non es-
sential matters, and this was declared
to be '.an infinitesimal non-csentlal.
Bre thren known as "unyieldins on the
whiskay question" took the Same view,
some OF them declaring that 1t was by
no means proven that the wine ,Eed by
Jesus Christ Himself was not liko the
fermented wine Of the present day, An
effort was made to lay the matter on
the table, but 1t failed
several OF the prominent ministers. IN
Guiding DR.. Judkins. chairman OF the
Committee on Temperance. spoke IN
favor Of the movement. The argument
made by them contained three or toul
essential points, as follows: That there
was no grape juice at all in the "decoc-
Il tions.. from the whis1ey shop: that the
fern, ented wine placed before many weak
men an irresistible temptation; that the
church in purchasing the fermented vine
was dealing with the saloon 1t was Try
ing to abolish. The discussion was rapid
and lively but thoroughly good natured,
and at times humorous. DR.. Hannon
set the conference in a roar with MS
a bright sallbss. The upshot of the maj
ter was the adoption by large majority
Of the following:
',Resolved, That we recommend to our
people the use OF untermentcd WING AZ
III the communion"
Educational Plans.
Other committees now came forward.
The Epworth League Board made an IN
teresting report which was adopted the
report OF the Sunday-school Board was
accepted after there had been stricken
out resolution refusing help to schools
that neglected Children's Day.
On behalf Of Me Boprd Of Education
President Blackwell, of Randolph-Macon
College, presented report No. 2. This pa
per showed a gratifying increase In at
tendance everywhere. and made an ur-
gent appeal for more endowment for all
the schools The report of the conference
secretary the Rev. James Cannon, Jr.
referred to tho growing Importance Of the
IA public school system, and drew attention
TO the necessity for giving careful thought
10 the question of the relation Of the
church to public education. In an epochal
manner the report then went on to dis
cues these matters. 1t quoted largely
from speakers who in effect declared that
the State should provide simple sys-
tenn of education for those who would
never get any elsewhere, but should stop
here. allowing the private schools TO
spring up again. each denomination do
ing Its own work. not submitting long to
the miserable compromises now In vogue,
According TO the report OF conference Sec
retayy. the thing to do was TO realize
the evils and then endeavor to solve the
problems.
The MaXey Incident.
Resolutions were then presented by the
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