The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-14
Man Who DeCries Dancing
Said Last Night that FouIke
Had No Right to Attempt to
Criticize Methodists.
SAYS MEN WHO BEMEANED
HIM DIDN'T HEAR SERMON
Do Not Know Therefore Cir
CumstanceS or QuaIifica-
tions Under Which the
Statements Were Made.

No answer is to be made through the
newspapers by the Rev. Tilman Hob
son, evangelist at Grace NJ. +. church,
to the recent attack publicly made by
William Dudley Foulke. in which issue
was taken with Rev. Hobson because
of his attitude toward dancing. At
the Services last evening Rev Hob
son fortified his position in some such
words as follows:
This is a Methodist revival. Such it
has been considered from the first.
The very first sermon | preached in
the city set forth in a clear and con-
else manner the basis on which this
campaign for souls was to be made. In
that sermon it was emphatically stat
eu that every address was TO be found
ed on the Methodist doctrines. The
discipline of this church fOrbids dane
ing. theatre going and card playing.
and as a preacher of the gospel from
Methodist standpoint, it is incum-
bent upon me to condemn those amuse-
ments which our church and EpwOrth
league disapprOve. " e don't ask 9th
er denominations to accept our disci-
pline, and no effort is being made to
force it upon them. Consequently
we are attending strictly to our own
business as Methodists. all seeking to
serve Jesus Christ in a manner that
seems to us the most acceptable to Him
in the light of His word. No effort
has been made to force Methodist
views on the public as stated at first
and will not be during the series Out
sders are privileged 10 attend and
come and go when they please.
Since | am speaking in a Methodist
revival. in a Methodist church. | can
not be so discourteous as TO step be
yOnd the bounds of the Methodist
church to carry on wrangle with rep
resentatives of any other denomina-
ton. Every denomination has pre-
rOgative to its own belief and if | am
a christian gentleman | will worship
God in my own way and grant the
same privilege to other denominations.
Again. I repeat this series of meetings
is being conducted by a union of Meth
Odist churches. and not by union of
various denominations. Another rea-
son why | shall not answer these two
articles is because they are not valid
No court in the land would accept
them as testimony for the reason that
neither of these gentlemen have at
tended any of the meetings and their
articles are based on second hand in
formation. They have not attended
the meetings and don't know the cir
cumstances or qualifications under
which my statements were made. As
l understand it neither of these gen
tlemen are MethOdists. therefore |. as
a Methodist minister have no right to
enter the field of some other denomi-
nation and encroach upon the flock of
some other minister. If they had
been Methodist gentlemen. | certainly
would esteem it pleasure TO call at
their home or invite them to mine and
discuss mutually the problems of our
own church"
Attorney Small. who is assistant to
Rev. Hobson. read that portion of the
Methodist discipline which pledges all
members TO abstain from these So
called questionable amusements." He
tsen asked for standing vote of all
Methodist church members present
who were in accord with the doctrines
being preached and the battle being
waged against sin. With but few ex
ceptions. perhaps. the entire audience
Immediately arose and subscribed to
the views of Rev. Hobson. thus show
ing a determination to stand by their
guns"
There were q number of conversions
al the meeting. The subject for the
evenings discourse was. What is sin
And who are sinners" Twas one of