Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-03
Give Enthusiastic Response
to Mrs. Fechert's Appeal
for Support of Move.
ment to Defeat Liquor
Men at Polls.
Billy" Sundays Methods
Praised by Entire Body of
Delegates to 10th Annual
Conference Which Opens at
Atlantic City.

| ATLANTIC CITY March 3-The New
Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
with great enthusiasm, lndorsed woman
suffrage today, voting to do everything
possible to align the church members NJ
tho State for equal franchise Mrs. f. ].
Fechert of Plainneld, president of the
New Jersey Suffrage Association, had
asked the pastors to support suffrage.
"The Liquor Dealers Association of this
state has ordered its followers to defeat
our cause" Mrs. Fechert wrote. "Can
we depend upon the help Of the good peo-
pie of New Jersey?"
"she CAM dozen pastors shouted
and resolution of Endorsement was
adopted.
An allusion to Billy" Sunday by DR..
w. D. Kelly of New York, as "the man
who came from the baseball field"
brought the ministers to their feet
"If any man can make good and save
souls" he said, II say let him go ahead.
1t makes no difference what eccentrlcities
he may have"
The New Yorker predicted, with irony,
that the 400 might yet produce an even
gelist ITO save the pets of society"
I'VE are with this man Sunday to a
man--horse, foot and gums" declared tho
Rev j, Morgan Read, one of the militant
leaders of Methodism in New Jersey. I'VE
don't care whether he is a Methodist
or " Presbyterian, for he is a man of God
and dragging souls out of the mire."
I'VE thank God for the revival spirit
now sweeping the land" said the Rev.
George l.. Dobbns, who has had some
of the most important pastorates in the
Conference. Religion is receiving an up,
lift of unparalleled proportions, and new
agencies are working for the spread OF
the Gospel"
Organization of the Conference was eff
feCted Immediately after the memorial
service, with Bishop Theodore S. Hender-
son, oil Chattanooga, in the chair, and
nearly 300 New jersey pastors got down
to business at once.
The Rev. NJ. E. Snyder, educational
secretary, was made secretary of con-
ference; Walter l.. Shaw, Hammonton,
statistical secretary, and D. c. Bobb,
Asbury Park, treasurer.
DICKINSON MEMS REUNION.
The greater part of the opening day was
devoted to preliminary work. The an
niversary of the Women's Home Mission
ary Society was celebrated this aftre-
noon with an address by the Rev. j.
Arthur Edwards, South Dakota, on work
upon the frontier. a reunion of alumni
and friends of Dickinson College was held
at the Hotel Denis, the speaker being
the Rev. j. M. Read, acting president
Pentecostal services were conducted in the
Central NJ. b. Church this afternoon, with
a sermon by the Rev. Thompson w. Nc
CoatesvilIe, Pa.
Dominies. young and old, interested in
promotions in the shake-up to come when
appointments are announced in the clog
ing hours of the session next Tuesday,
listened today with great attention to
a Dronouncement of Bishop Henderson
respecting the relationship and duties of
pastors and people.
Touching upon the poor salaries paid
by some congregations constantly clam
oring '0r the most effective pastors avail
able, Ishop Henderson said:
"If some people didn't pray any better
than they pay God would never hear
them. Congregations, to qualify them
selves for respectful consideration, should
praise up, pay up, pray up and push up.
never knew the right kind of a man to
30 hurt by praise. If he isn't the very
pest man, praise him enough and I'll
move him and give you another man. But
praying will not help congregations a
whole lot unless they also pay well. The
great trouble in many churches is that
90 many of the members are leaners,
when they ought to be lifters."
Most of tomorrow will be devoted 10
of the conference claimants,
3r proposed pension fund plan, under
which it is proposed to create a budget
If 100000 to be amplifed by bequests to
provide half-pay retirement system
or worn-out pastors.