Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-17
EVANGELIST SUNDAY TELLS
METHoplsTs ABOUT DISCIPLINE
Methodists At Minneanoiis Vote To
Restore Doxolosy And Decide To
Adjourn May zS.

Adjourn May zs.
Minneapolis. May Evangelist
Bnly Sunday Monday afternoon ad.
dressed a house packed from orches.
ira 10 pit with delegates 60 the Gen-
eral Conference of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church. in session here. aud
many of the tewnspeople
According 20 the promise made for
him. Bishop Joseph + Berry, who re.
quested that conference hear the not.
ed former bali player sunday made
no mention of the amusement question
which Is being considered by this con-
ference. Never once did he refer 10
il, but so wildly did he picture the
fate OF some of those WHO INDUCED in
such amusemenia that Al the meeting
the committee considering the amuse.
ment paragraph. held on the adjourn.
ment OF Billy's service, BY vote OF
100 TO 81 the paragraph was ordered
retained In the church discipline.
This paragraph has to do with card.
playing, theatre-going and other forms
OF worldly amusement The report
will be sent 10 conference today,
1t made no difference % the baseball
evangelist that his audience was com
posed largely OF ministers. while two
dozen bishops were grouped ON the
stage in his rear. His thlrd.rail Eng
lsh. with It's pointed Illustrations
held the attention Of the crowd, He
spoke with true Methodist ferver and
when he concluded HIS collar had melt
ed and his hair was considerably dis.
turhed.
my mother was a Methodist and
that may account for son OF the ging
er, tohasco sauce and pepper OF her
children" he began. = have no pa
thence with those reformers who al.
ways want to start new religion.
When a man gets little mixing of
what ia In the Bible he runs right out
and, by virtue OF the thirteenth amend
ment OF the Constitution, starts a new
church.
by theology you preachers shut up
the door of Heaven so tight | don't
wonder the world IL going 10 hell so
fast you can't see II for the dust, You
bereaye this world OF Christianity and
you sound the death knsll OF Christi
anity There Is no way a sinner can
be saved except by the blood OF Jesus,
don't care rap whether he's a mill
ionaire or a crap shooter You can't
keep men out OF hell ~ refinement,
not on your life. II takes more than
the sewer pipes OF sociology TO fan the
spark of Righteousness into flame.
Sunday Knows His lngersoI
What are you going to do to help
the boo2efighter get on The water Wag
onq What win you do to help the girl
in the red.light district trot straight
Half the church people. in my exper.
ience, never had experience. The
Lord don take of bis hat to nobody.
He IL not going TO knock bis Views In
to pie TO agree with yours You've got
TO shell the woods for God and those
iong.tailed bipeds In pants with alpha
betical appendages 10 their names
who try to convince you religion Is a
mistake, are down and out.
1--WE read everything Bob lngersoll
ever wrote, but / laid those lectures
alongside the Word Of God and saw
where they we're unfair. Economic
condIdtions are pure hot air. We are
trying TO apologize for the eussedness
of man.
when started figured II out In
the gray matter and said. TITS up TO
me to show the bunch ! got a learned
lecture, but there was nothing doing.
Then loaded up with lpeacac, dyna-
mite, slugs. tin cans and everything
else and lot her go. an the feathers
have been flying ever since
With Billy" Sundays sermon ring
Ing In their ears, the committee on the
state OF the church met to take final
action on the amusement question
Two reports had been made By the
subcommittee, the majority recon-
mendlng that the paragraph be taken
out. while the minority urged that IL
be left as at present. The minority
report was adopted, and then the
chairman OF the committee, Lieut.-Gov
A. J.. Wallace, Of California. stated
that as he was opposed 70 the minority
report some other man would have to
present II TO the conference. At the
same time Chancellor James II. Day,
OF Syracuse University. New York,
served the notice that minority re-
port fayorlng the removal Of the para
graph would be introduced. This will
put the matter squarely up to the con-
ference and that body win have to de-
eide the question.
Chinese Arouse Enthusiasm
Patriotism and religion joined hands
In the conference at the morning ses-
ton followed the plea OF the Chinese
delegates for American recognition OF
the newest of republics. A resolution
asking the American Government TO
take the initiative in this recognition,
not waiting for the other powers, was
unanimously adopted.
RlRine above the applause. the yOic,