Evening journal., 1915-03-26
BISHOP cooke
Tells PREACHERS
TO BE REAL MEN
Has No Use for Language
of Billy Sunday But Ad-
mireS His Power
LIVELY DISCUSSION
over Jubilee FUND
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL. |
LAUREL. Del, March 26.-"The
first fundamental condition Of success
in the ministry is TO be a man.
don't mean a male. BE a man, a man
who is honest in the dark as well as
in the light"
Thus spoke Bishop Cooke before
Wilmington Methodist Conference
this morning in addressing Zach w.
Wells and James A. Leach, young
ministers who today we're admitted
into conference membership. and ad-
vanced to studies of the third year
and who will be ordained as deacons
on Sunday.
"The reason there are so many fail
ures in the ministry is because God
is building upon a rotten foundation"
concluded the Bishop. There are lots
Of men who are pious rascals. The
strong man is not going TO stand and
hold women's hands and talk puppy
talk to the babies.
no man ever successfully hid him.
self No man can successfully preach
the word of God unless he has it deep
down in his soul"
you can trace some men all over
the country by the debts they leave
behind them. / heard of a minister
who had the audacity to remark to a
man to whom he owed money. You're
better able TO do without lC than | am
TO pay IT, Why, that man didn't raise
to the dignity of a first-class heather.
Such men have not the right 10 be in
the pulpit of Jesus Christ Take this
man Billy Sunday. | haven't any re-
spect for his profanity, for his black
guardism in the pulpit, (cries Of hear.
'hearJ but l bow in reverence before
any man who has the power of God in
him to stir men as he does. If we have
the power of God in us there is no
reason why we can't do the same thing
in Wilmington Conference OF in any
place"
Counseling the young men to win
appointments on their merit, Bishop
Cooke remarked: 81 know conference
politics. il any OF you think you havo
a patent on them. want to say that
the patent long ago has been applied
for"
Fund For Laymen.
Consideration Of a project to raise a
two hundred thousand dollar jubilee
fund within the Conference for sup
port of retired ministers and their
dependents, occupied much of the time
of Wilmington Conference this morn
ing. and action was deferred until this
afternoon, when joint session Of the
Laymen Association and the Minis
terial Conference will be held TO con-
slider the subject.
The Rev. George A. Cooke. OF Wes-
ley Church, Wilmington. opposed the
plan as originally outlined Contend
ing It should be referred TO the quar-
terly conferences and sentiment Of
the laymen should first be learned
about the plan.
II is expected the plan will be en-
dorsed and the Rev. w. G.. Rooms, of
Lewes, will be appointed field secre-
tary to gather the fund the next two
years.
DR.. Martindalc called up the subject
and told of a meeting in Wilmington on
> December at which the subject was con
sidered and recommendation was
q made that the two hundred thousand
: dollars be raised.
Dr. Martindale moved adoption of hi:
report and asked the privilege of th,
floor for DIR. j. B. Hingley, secretary oi
the Board of Conference Claimants.
as there a motion before the Confer
encef" asked Pastor Cooke, of Whining
ton. "Will we have an opportunity 70
discuss this subject" ?"
Dr. Martindalc explained that he had
made the motion and Bishop Cooke said
the subject could be discussed fully.
DR.. Cooke Objects.
as DR.. Hingley a member Of thi;
/, Conference F" inquired Pastor Cooke
eve are concerned in this subject more
than DIR. Hingley is. It is matter fol
this Conference TO decide. DR.. Hingley
is a specialist in this. subject and / don't
understand by what right he should
come here and dominate and override the
wishes of this Conference"
Cries OF NO." NO" in protest of
Mr.. Cookies last words, rose from
ministers on all sides.
Bishop Cooke arose. looked steadily
at the militant Wilmington pastor of
the same name and in a low voice re-
marked:
1T would be just as orderly TO rule
me out as it would be to rule DR..
Hingley out. We both are officers OF
the General Conference"
> Dr. Hingley then launched into
advocacy of the jubilee fund campaign
for support of retired ministers.
= John p. Holland. a layman. for
. merly of your conference, who moved
to Sacramento, Cal. inaugurated tn,
D first movement in Methodism for this
!. campaign" DR.. Hingley stated amil
= applause. Mr.. Holland formerly live,
+ in Milford.
c Pastor Cooke again discussed thl
= subject. 81 suppose it would be
= waste Of time for me to talk he said
IS He urged Conference to proceed care
IS fully, cautiously about the iubile
e fund plan and claimed the sentimen
5. Of the laymen should be ascertainel
It and the subject should be referred q
a the quarterly conferences. "I cues
n tion the wisdom of providing this BIZ
c fund.- he added. Il fear that some
( thing Of this kind will make our fu
a turo little too easy"
e While Pastor Cooke was speakin.
Rev. S. NJ. Morgan raised a point tha
he had spokcn for ten minutes fh,