Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-22
CHURCH CONFERENCE ENDS
Resolution Passed Asking for Uniform Law
that Will Restrict Divorce
GAMBLING IN ALL FORMS DENOUNCED
Churches warned 60 BE Careful Of
Encouraging Prize schemes and
Devices OF Getting some
thinR for Nothing.

NEW YORK Nov. a.-After an eK-
haustive interchange Of views by the most
distinguished divines representing thirty
seven denominations from all sections OF
the country, the inter-church conference on
federation, which has been I'm session for
the past week adjourned today. After
the adjournment the delegates to the con
ference were entertained tonight at a re.
ception at the Waldorf Astoria by the de-
nominational social unions and church clubs
of the city.
Rev. s. Parke Cadman. Rev. ]. Ross
Stevenson, New York City. and Bishop r.
r. Hendrix OF Kansas City were among
the speakers today. Bishop Hendrix spoke
on THE Ideal state"
Some OF the resolutions on social, re-
ligious, political and business problems
which the business committee presented TO
the convention were as follows:
Resolved. That We urge upon law makers
the need Of uniform divorce laws and that
these laws shall conform to a high stand
ard.
That we believe that the manifold and
often distinguished forms OF popular gam
bling now In vogue. especially betting on
elections and on college games and the
prompt the churches 20 increase warnings
and instruction on the subject that all may
know that whenever 1t is determined by
chance, what or how much one gets for
his money IL is a lottery, and also that the
essence of the sin OF gambling consists in
trifiing with the sacred trust of property,
and in getting something Of value in a
business transaction without fair exchange.
Urging an investigation of the Congo
river basin in Africa by an impartial
tribunal and urging the United States gov
eminent to further this international in
quiry.
Another resolution inserted the words Ito
the utmost limit righteousy enforceable
in a declaration favoring laws restricting
the liquor traffic. The word graft" in an
other resolution provoked long discussion.
II was finally decided that this word should
remain. This resolution was introduced
yesterday and condemned the widespread
commercialism which Jesus called covetous-
ness and condemned more severely than
any other vice"
CaIvIn's Dream Realized.
Rev. DIR. Roberts, the permanent chair
man of the conference, delivered an adj
dress. He said:
blies of believers in Jesus Christ that has
ever been seen. For four centuries fedora
ton has been In the hearts of Christians.
John Calvin wrote to Cramer, archbishop
of Canterbury, and declared he would cross
any sea to make sucn union effective.
The dream of the great reformer and
the great archbishop has met with realiza-
ton in these latter days. II remained for
the twentieth century TO give II realza-
ton. Here are thirty-scven denominations,
who represent by their affiliations the
whole OF Europe and America and through
their emissaries the whole of the world.
Three things l wish to say. Let 1t be
clearly Understood that we are not an
tagonistic to anybody claiming the Chris
tian name, rather let us cherish for them
the charity illustrated In the life Of our
Lord and Savior. Let il be clearly under
stood are ready to cooperate with all
gond of ALI CrppdS and races for the
moral uplifting of mankind both at home
and abroad.
Bishop John H. Vincent, the founder of
the chautauqua movement, made the clos
ing address, in which he declared there
was room in the federation for everybody's
individual beliefs and that the most seri-
Gus reverses of the church today are caused
by pastors failures to VISIT educate and
train individuals.