The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-22
WAYNE COUNTY CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS

standing.
Minister Requests Withdrawal.
Superintendent Murdock of the
Scranton district reported that min
lister of his district, Rev. e. G.. N.
Holmes, wished to withdraw from
the conference to affiliate with the
Protestant Episcopal church. Per-
mission was granted to make the
change, but when Rev. Mr.. Holmes
asked that his parchments be return
ed him there was a lengthy debate in
which the chief point of argument
was one of sentiment. Conference
finally decided to return the parch-
ments in order that the minister may
keep them in remembrance of his
work as Methodist minister.
Veteran Minister Retired.
A motion was made by Rev. DR..
Murdoch and unanimously carried
that Rev. j. G. Laycock of Scranton
an aged minister, be placed on the
honor roll and be granted permission
to retire. The aged worker in the
cause of Christ arose to express his
thanks and with fervent voice he
thanked his fellow workers for their
kindness and declared that he would
still be willing to work when called
upon. Rev. Mr.. Laycock is one of
the oldest ministers in the Confer
ence in point of service.
Bishop Comments Sunday.
First, there should be on the part
of church people pronounced dis
play of cordially and an exhibition
of genuine Christian democracy.
Then the finding of something for
each convert to do in church work.
Idleness is certain to produce, among
thousands who have been aroused,
a return to Indifference.
Every Christian worker in the
community is especially obligated to
get busy and lend a helping hand to
his minister to see that, now the
evangelist is gone, the good he is
credited with accomplishing will not
lapse. I cannot state this point too
emphatically and l wish ministers
and laymen alike to remember it.
"I have been in communities where
the aftermath of revivals has been
disastrous. Some church people have
sat back, folded their hands, and. in
congratulating themselves on having
accomplished so much have failed to
maintain even moderate degree of
progressiveness. Ministers and
church people of Wyoming Valley are
now under greater obligations than
ever before We are living in an era
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of of nat
ural resources, of social resources,
and a duty of this community will be
a conservation of the results of the
Sunday revival,
81 have observed in several years
that a larger proportion of converts
of Rev. Billy Sunday stand by their
renewed obligations than do many
others. His work is not of the sup
erficial kind. 1t is genuine, due per-
haps to the fact that he breaches the
truth, unvarnished and not smooth
ed over to please any particular class.
His organization of personal
workers leagues is one of the best
features of his system. Great results
sometime follows with these organi
cations, even greater in places than
the campaign itself. l earnestly
trust such will be the case in the
splendid organizations he has effect
ed here"
"Sanctification" was the theme on
which Rev. DR.. Munhall of Philadel-
phia, thrilled Wyoming Conference
in the devotional service Saturday
morning. He reviewed his talk of
Friday, stirring all with his plea for
combined evangelism to accomplish
which there must be a complete
sanctification of those who want to
inspire and convert others to Christ.
He said no sanctified man or woman
would indulge in dancing or card
playing. There must be spirit of
forgiveness in the sanctified person.
There must be purity of speech, no
telling of dirty stories, no polluting
of the tongue with vile words. There
must be cleanliness of body, and
there could be no one of this with the
user of tobacco filthy habit,
which he said he discontinued forty
years ago, and he trusted if there
were any ministers who had the hab-
it, and he heard there were some,
they should get in line with him in
cleansing their mouths of this filthy
disease. No man has any right to
have any habit that will interfere
with his leading souls to Christ. The
churches should be open to holiness
in the doing of good works; get sane
titled, know what to do and do it,,
and then you won't have to coax peo-
pie to come to church or prayer
meetings.
Resolutions were adopted COM
mending President Woodrow Wilson
from eliminating from the Inaugural
tion festivities the inaugural ball,
and the position of his cabinet off
GERS in relation to wiping the use of
liquors in all social functions so far
as they were concerned; for stopping
all unnecessary work in the depart
ments on the Lords day; commend
ing congress for passing the Webb
bill prohibiting the transportation of
liquors into dry states, and giving
hearty thanks and commendation to
the Pennsylvania state legislature
for it's action in providing for the
reading of the bible in the public
schools of the state.
Rev. DR.. L. c. Floyd, of Bingham
ton; Rev. DR.. T. G. Dickinson, of
West Pittston, and Rev. DR.. Francis
King formerlV of TaVlor brought