Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-08
WANT THE OLD HYMNS
iaa|hodIsts Desire The Name Of Christ
IN The School Songs.
ARE AGAINST THE DAH on DANCING
New York Conference Votes to Re.
woke Article of Church Discipline
Which Forblde Many Forms of Am.
usement.

York Methodist Conference ut todny's
session devoted much time TO n dis
cission Of the school question, and
placed itself squnrely on record as be-
Ing opposed to the altering OF the re.
liglons exercises In the school. The
resolution. which was adopted, was
offered by DR.. Thomas Bond, who said
In Introducing 1t:
There Is a persistent attempt ln-
ing made to blot out every Religious
reference in our schools. | had mos,
peculiar example of it last February.
when one OF our Methodist boys In the
public school wrote In an essay, The
Lord we should pattern after ana he
was ordered by his teacher 10 blot Il
out. He protested. and the matter
went to the school principal, who de-
cided that the phrase must be blotted
out.
Directly or indirectly. the impress
sion has gone abroad that anything of
peculiarly Christian character shall
be stricken out OF the school hymns
sung.
Name Changed in Hymns.
They have changed the hymn
Holy, Holy, Holy. Lord. God AL.
mighty to 'Holy, Holy, Holy. Ora
cious, Adorable Divinity And In the
HMM Come Thou. All Gracious LORD
all such reference Is stricken out. His
name has been left out In editing the
hymn, Now the Day Is Over Jesus
has been changed to Father in the
hymn. Father, Tender Shepherd,
Herr Us"
Abraham Stern. member of the
board OF education. was asked If It
was true that the school hymn books
had been changed. MIR. Stern denied
II. and said:
That is not so. The name of Jesus
mas not been touched. nor have the
hymns been altered at all. As mat.
ter OF fact, there have been no new
school books put upon the list"
Protest to School Board.
The resolution as passed by the
conference. reads rs follows:
Although the highest courts In the
land, both state ana national have do.
clarcd Che United States TO bo
Christian country. there seems TO he
widespread attempt to nullify such
declarations and In the city OF New
York The board of education has both
directly and indirectly, In Difference In
the demands made by certain citizens.
put It's veto on any reference TO the
name OF our Divine Lord and Master.
us song book, introduced last fall.
contains hymns In which the name OF
Jesus Christ and any reference to Him
nave been cXpunged and the sense IN
tended by the anihors has been vic
lated.
therefore. resolved: That we. the
members OF the New York Conference
OF The Methodist Church. In annual
session In New York assembled. most
earnestly protest against the lishon
or mt on the name of Our Lord Jesus
CHRIST, and call unon the board of ell
ucation Of New York CITY to reverse
IT'S policy In this natter
ADJUSTMENTS Are Favored.
resolution was passed calling on
me reneral conference to revoke arti.
cie 2iS OF the book of discipline. which
iorpidS many amusements. among
'hem being dancing, The motion was
attended. however. with many bitter
at'acHs on the Sunday shows. Sunday
games. and even Sunday newspapers.
rhe concurrent resolution providing
ior change in the method OF elect
ing bishops was voted down at to.
DAYS session OF The New York East
Methodist Conference in Brooklyn.
fhc vote on the resolution stood gs
against AZ In favor of racial bishops.
For Prohibition Here.
memorial to petition Congress to
'eglslate against the sale OF intoxi.
cants on United States possessions,
including the District OF Columbia, on
the theory that there should be no
saloons under the flag" was passed
unanimously.
proposal that induced much
Speechmaking. hui was adopted by n
substantial majority. was the resolu-
Ton appealing TO the general confer
ence TO restore the time limit uEor