Evening journal., 1913-12-15
DOES PARSON
VISIT If YOUR
NOT AT HOME?
Some Meth0diStS Preachers
Say Yes; Others Emphatic
ally no
DISCUSS CHANGE IN
CONFERENCE RULES

The report of the committee ap-
pointed by the Wilmington Methodist
Preachers Association two weeks ago
to present resolutions dealing with
the liquor and vice questions in this
city to Judge Churchman was receiv-
ed at the meeting of the association
in Grace VI e. Church this morning.
The report of the committee was
that the committee had presented the
resolutions to Judge Cnurchman on
Wednesday afternoon and that Judge
Churchman thanked the commit
tee for the interest they had
taken in the questions and stated
that he felt that they were behind him
in his efforts to enforce the law
The members of the committee
were District Superintendent e. l..
Hoffecker and the Revs. George Ed
ward Reed. Vaughan S. Collins, S. NJ.
Morgan, w. L. s. Murray and w. b.
i Greenfield.
The matter OF holding Union serv-
ives in the city the first part of jan
uary was discussed The services
were held for about two weeks last
year and on account of the rather
small attendance, several of the
preachers thought this morning that
the services should be dispensed with,
! especially as many Of the churches
have made special arrangements to
hold their own services about this
time. Nothing definite in the matter
was decided.
A large part of the time Of the
meeting today was taken up by q
discussion of some methods Of i'm
proving the methods within the VII
mington NJ. r. Conference. DR.
Vaughan s. Collins said he thought all
I changes IN the conference rules that
would be beneficial to the conference
should be made. He referred to ono
rule of conference, which prohibits
members who have made motions
or committees which have made re.
! ports. from speaking in favor of mat
] ters in which they have made mo-
= ton or reported on after adverse
argument. DR.. Collins favored chang
/ ing the speaking time on the floor o
| the conference to ten minutes, with
! out extension, and stated that the rule
y relative to laying matters on the table
I is unfair inasmuch as such motions
= are usually made by persons agains
D the original motion.
Dr. Collins advocated that the VII
+ mington Conference should stand b.
p the General Conference in all matter
a Of educational requirements.
{ 'What is a pastoral visit, was anoth
e Ter question discussed at length today
e The meeting hinged upon whether whel
n a pastor made a visit to family an
? found none of them home that he shoul
consider it visit DIR. Reed though
that all calls of this nature should b
: considered as visits by the pastor max
on ing them as the trips took up the pai
tors time. Dr. Murray said that eve
though he called on a non-member an
talked TO him about religion or aske
him to become a member Of the chure
that he considered it call. IT. 5. \
= Morgan thought the pastor was boun
i to sec his people and that he should nc
count call as a visit where he doe
not see the family. The Rev. George
!, Anderson said that r record of all cal
y should be kept and the Rev. w. A. WIS
= said that unless he intended to make
Z call he did not consider a friendly cha
Is as one because there was no inten
e He keeps a record of all his calls. Ii
u Rev W. E. Tompkinson, retired mil
le lister also smoke on the question.