Evening journal., 1914-02-05
DIR. WATT BALKS
AT MERGER OF
CONFERENCES
In Long Statement He Pro-
tests Against Commercial
ism Of the Ministry
BERLIN MAY ENTERTAIN
VISITORS AT OCEAN CITY

Tho Rev. Dr. Robert Watt, district
superintendent og Euston district Of the
Wilmington NJ. T.. Conference, has come
out against the proposition to merge the
Wilmington with the Philadelphia Con-
ference. which was endorsed by the vii.
mington NJ. /. Preachers Association re-
Gently. Or. Watt is one OF the leading
ministers oi the conference, and his at
titude against the merger, which was
suggested by District Superintendent T..
l.. Hohecker OF Wilmington district, is
interpreted to mean that determined OPP
position to the merger win be made ut
the conference session in Berlin. Md. in
April, and that the proposition will not
get beyond the discussion stage this
year at least
DR.. Watt in the course or an article IN
The Methodist. published in Baltimore,
ldiscussine the phases OF the suggested
merger. enters IAN emphatic protest
against this bald appeal 20 mere COM
/ imercialism in the ministry
According % reports from Berlin. that
+ town viii Dc taxed TO its utmost to en-
tcrtain conference, since the principal
hotel n Berlin was burned. The hotel
was expected to house at least fifty
conference visitors The remaining hotel
i- 90 be taxed to its capacity. as we'll
fas the homes of Berlin, and the enter
tninment committee now is considering
/ "a plan to have some of the members and
visitors tn conference entertained in
hotels at Ocean City, seven miles away.
8 plan now under consideration is for "a
special train on automobiles to be run to
/ Ocean City from Berlin each evening.
aud from Ocean City back to Berlin
each morning for the convenience of
conference members and visitors who
may be entertained there.
fhc Rev. T.. r. Nandyke pastor of the
Berlin Church and committee of lay
men now are wrestling with the ques-
tion OF entertaining the several hundred
minister. and visitors to conference, but
leNpcct TO care tor all in a most hos
imtablo manner.
In connection with the conference
sessions. the laymcn s. Association viii
mrct on Friday. Aprl 3. The loveieosi
wiu be in charge OF the Rev. james NJ
Misc. III Ne,g Castle Thomas Il. Fort
Jr.. d prominent layman of philadelphia
win Be the speaker at the Afternoon
-cs-ion. Thomas n. kaylins. of Sea
ford is picsucnt of the association, and
VIII make an address The proposed
meraer of conferences viii be considered
Dr. Watts paper in The Methodist
about the proposal to meI the confer
cncc i- as follows;
The Wilmington Conference letter
I'm the last issue of the New Nori
"Christlan Advocate" gravely informs
us that "tho Wilmington Preachers
Meeting was startled" recently by the
presentation OF a paper proposing
union of the Wilmington and Phila
, delphia Conferences. Why the preach
. ers' Meeting should have been startled
docs not readily appear There ia
nothing new in this proposition. /
has been whispered" at intervals iol
years. But the fact remains that The
5 meeting was startled" II it be asked
why has this startling proposition
not been given publicity sooner" thu
answer will not be difficult II in al
probability is because no one had thu
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