The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-13
Regarding Amusement Clause
of the Church
IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN
Vermont Methodist Conference Voted,
81 to "a, To day to Memorialize
General Conference to Give
Free Chance to Instruct.

| lHe EIHl0Hi AIelnUulst conference, %ncf
the following memorial to the genera
conference TO be held in Minneapolis wa,
adopted Whereas, 1t is the opinion
of the Vermont annual conference thai
all necessary instruction and admonitior
relative to worldly amusement is con.
tanned in that cha pter of the discipline
! entitled Special Advices,' and in there
most admirably and acceptably stated
and whereas, article 260 of the discipline
under the title 1mprudent and Cnchris.
tian Conduct is hndrance to the pro-
phetic and teaching functions Of the min
istry and is obsolete and imperative
therefore, we do respectfully memorial
ize NOu to so favorably consider the
remedial legislation and to free us from
the embarrassment, Inconsistencies and
inequablity of the aforesaid paragraph
After d somewhat spirited debate which
contained. nevertheless, no element Of
bitterness. the memorial was adopted by
a vote Of 81 to "a.
Apropns the memorial Bishop Hughes
said, after its adoption: II hope for
time when article 260 will be taken
from under the head of rules and placed
under the head of advices This will
not BY any means be letting down the
bars, but it will give us a free chance
to instruct"
Later this morning. DR. NJ G. B, Ma
son of Cincinnati, O., representative of
the Freedman's Aid society. was intro
duced to the conference along with DIR.
Guy Potter Benton, president of the uni
versity Of Vermont Burlington. and Rev
Or. Edwin NJ. Randall of Chicago, H.,
general secretary Of the Epworth league
President Benton of the Vermont col
lcge was a college mate OF Bishop Hughes
at the Ohio Wesleyan university.
Before adjournment, the class to be
admitted to the conference on trial lis.
tened Ia an address by Bishop Hughes
who took for his subject Temptations
OF Jesus Christ as a Lesson in Public
Ministry
OF particular interest to the women
were the sessions of yesterday afternoon,
when the Womans Home Missionary
society and the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society observed their anniver-
saries.
At the first meeting OF the afternoon,
Mrs. A. r. Webb Of Mortified, confer
ence president. presided. and Miss Ber
tha Fowler OF Philadelphia addressed the
At the Foreign Missionary So
ciety session, Mrs. William Shaw OF st.
Abaus presided. and an address was
given by Miss Althea Todd, a recently
returned missionary from China.
At o'clock the laymen's banquet was
held ut school hall, and an interesting
address was given by Col +. W. Halfonl
Of New York, chairman Of the national
Of the laymen's missionary
movement Lanes opera house was filled
last evening when Bishop Hughes gave
lecture ON "My First Church"
At the meeting yesterday of the lay
f rleetora conference, which selected w.
b. Locklin of Richford and w b. Lance
Of Cabot as delegates, and Mrs A. n.
Webb Of Mortified and J. Wesley Miller
ot Bethel as alternates to the general
conference to be held at Minneapolis in
May. the following officers were elected:
President. V A. Irish of Enosburg Falls
secretary, Sanford A. Daniels OF Brat
.leboro
Mr.. Irish offered a memorial to the !
general conference, which was adopted, I
providing for allowing laymen member /.
,hip to the annual conference, such mem
,ership not to include participation in 4
questions of ministerial character nor
n electing ministerial delegates to the (
general conference.
Resolutions were adopted providing /
hat the coming general conference be /
mplored to recognize and recommend 1
ncompromising prohibition, the seeming
Of local option by the last
general conference being deplored said
onference was 'implored to recommend
ur churches to make their contributions
or temperance work to our Church
temperance society in support of our
arrest and efficient secretaries, believ-
ng the Church Temperance society
hould receive such support instead OF
utside independent organizations sub
id lied by our churches to- in any meas
re. perform their temperance work for
hem"
As an amendment to the foregoing
/ was
Resolved That nothing herein CON
aimed shall be construed to show a lack
{ faith in the Anti-Saloon league or any
ther temperance organization"
The other resolutions were, in sub
tanee, as follows:
Whereas, Our present local option Ii
anse law is so framed as to make state
.ido prohibition practically impossible;
Resolved, That we request the next
,gislature if it will not pass pro- T,
ibtory law, to amend the present law
as follows;"
Then follows provision for the plac-
~ on the ballot for zach March meet !
x two questions:
First, shall the sale of intoxicating
quors be licensed in this state? This
, be q state wide vote. {
Second, shall the sale Of intoxicating
quors be licensed in this tcwn? This
, be a local vote.
If majority on the first question c
yes, then licenses would be issued
towns voting for local option. If t
aiority on the statewide vote is no. c
lere would be state wide prohibition t
lder the present law, which, shorn Of
; license features, is a very good pro
bitory law" 9
The two sets Of rpsnIutians were in 4