Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-14
.EUGEN|Cs DENOUNCED
BY METHODIST BISHOP
liiIgo Glasses It's Advocates as 1.-THE
Vulgarist Crowd
Know Or"
MOORE TAKES DIFFERENT VIEW
Speaks Heartily in Favor of Soci-
illogical Religion, and Discusses
Missions ut Great Lengtll-Annual
Memorial Exercises OF Conference.

NORFOLK, VA, November I3.--With
the added stimulus OF two notable adj
dresses. one by Bishop John G. Kilgo,
in which eugenics was denounced. and
its advocates classcd as the vulgarist
crowd / know Of" and the other by
RSy. J. NJ; Moore. favorine sociologieai
religion, to-day's sessions OF the Vir-
Binia annual conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. South, were not
without features OF great interest.
Addressing the conference this morn
Ing at the opening session, Bishop
Nilso said II any of the ministers
wanted to put on aprons and become
chefs In celestial soup houses. they
Nigh, do so. but that his commission
was from heaven.
You are engaged too much with
temporal things" he declared. You
arc trying to make the gospel n means
OF temporal comforts. You talk about
Christian civilization as II 1t were a
sort OF hype-dermic to be administered
for earthly pleasure.
ut liz impertiucnt to stand up in the
face of God and talk about modern
sociology as the real thing. / suspect
any theology of having delir!um tre-
mems when 1t goes In for science"
DIR. MooRE IN FAVOR
OF SOCIOLOGICAL RELIGION
a few hours later. before practically
the same audience that heard Bishop
Kilgo at the morning session, DIR.
Moore. secretary of tho home depart
lnent OF the general board OF missions.
spoke just AS heartily In favor OF
sociological religion as his predc cessor
had disapproved II.
The matter OF religion is not only
Of teaching Christ, but Of taking hold
Of iifc." insisted DR.. Moore at to-night's
session In the Monumental Church.
I'VE want to send the gospel to men
that Will reorganizc the society In
which they live Customs. laws and
societies are but the expression of life.
The work, of Christianity, is TO take
hold of society and reorganize II. You
can't make great world out OF one
little class Of men.
I'VE arc going to have a new civil
iizauon and new ideal of thought.
Whenever man will chase a theory
and neglect humanity. that Is when
that man will lose his class"
DR.. Moore also went into the subject
Of missions at considerable length
MORE MONEY NEEDED
FOR MISSION WORK
'ro-nights meeting was preceded by
the reading OF the third report from
atne mission board by Rev. Il. H. Raw
iings. lie declared that unless moro
money was forthcoming, II would be
impossible to Increase tho mission
work. but that some OF the mission
aries In the field would have to be
the annual memorial exercises OF the
conference occurred this morning at
i,:ib O'Clock, Il memoir to each OF the
following being read: Rev. @. S.
Wamslcy. Rev. W. e. Edwards, Rev
r. p. Smart. Rev. e. n. Jordan. Rev
=. l.. Holiday, Rev. L. w. Guyer and
Rev. J. X. James. All OF these, with
tho exception OF Rev. G. s. Wamsley,
died during the past conference year.
Rev. Il. X. Hnrdin. u. D.. appeared
before the conference this morning In
behalf OF the donation previously made
by the Virginia conference of $4,000
toward fund OF 100000 to be raised
for the erection of representative
church at Washington. in which city
he lives After the address OF DR.
Hardin, the conference adopted a reso-
luton pledging further efforts TO raise
the amount previously pledged, but re-
FUSED to levy an assessment of this
amount or any portion thereof. on tho
congregations of the conference for tho
coming year.
Just prior to the adjournment OF the
regular business session at O'clock,
announcement was made by Rev w. T.
y. Haynes, chairman of the committee
on public worship. OF the assignments
of the visiting clergy for services on
sunday in Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Newport News.