Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-15

revengeful He has declared war upon
the church and the forces OF righteous
ness. He has his political axe sharpened
Tor the decapitation of every man in
| our legislative halls who voted in the
affirmative for the redemption of our
land. His spokesmen have uttered no
uncertain sound. His official organs
have sent broadcast anarchistic utter
ances and threats ssvoring of the Boil
sheVist spirit.
No Truce with Booze
The report declares that no armistiCe
Will he signed by the opponents OF the
saloon with the brewery and liquor in
terests.
God demands that we slsy utterly,
and we must rout King Alcohol to ignO-
minious defeat and death" a sentence
reads.
Bishop Berry appointed the following
committee to appear at Harrisburg and
enter the conferences protest against
the Rorke bill: The Revs John B. Fox.
\. p. Hodgson, Gladstone Holmn. John
Watchorn and Il. A. Bawdeb
The report Of the board OF trustees,
which was read by the Rev. DR.. Ar
thur Oakes. showed that the conference
had an income of S557.O0O last year of
which $4,000 was invested in the third
and $500 in the fourth Liberty Loan.
balance remains in the treasury of
SSH.
H. $. !. Sickle a trustee Of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Home for the Aged Bel
mont and Monument avenues. told the
conference that the clergy was lax in
its visits 20 the home and urged that
more interest be shown in the 'old
folks" He said it takes $4,000 to sup
port the SO inmates each year and that
the home was behind in expenses. Death
carried off eleven persons last year. he
said, but their places We're Immediately
filled. and the home now has a waiting
list Of thirty.
The work OF the Seamen's Home vas
described to the conference by the Rev.
Benjamin NJ. ONeill. whose father was
the first pastCr of the Spring Garden
street church, where the conference is
meeting.
Mr.. O'Neill said that 1000 sailors
and seamen had lost their lives during
the war. Most Of these men we're
emergency sailors" he said, "and many
Of them we're spiritually encouraged in
the Spamen's Home"
An appeal TO send more young men
20 Dickinson College. at Carlisle. so
that they can be trained TO fill up the
ranks of the clergy, was made by Mer-
vine G.. Filler.
The business session began at 9
o'clock this morning in the Spring
Garden Church, Twentieth and Spring
Garden streets. Several committee re-
ports were acted upon before the vic
tory rally" was begun.
Rumbles Of dissatisfaction over the
Ash
reached the Bishop and his district
superintendents from congregations that
wanted to choose their own preachers
Bishop Berry denounced this trend
which he termed a "lapsing into con-
gregationalsm." He upheld the use of
g. mild autocracy" in the appointment
OF ministers. The bishop, he said. is
responsible for the results obtained in
his area, and should have untrammeled
power in assigning preachers.
Says Fault Lies in system
"If there is any autocracy it is in the
system he told the laymen. IF au-
tocracy is wrong, you must throw it
overheard But II it Is in the system
you must use it mildly for good re-
suits.
'If few rich, influential churches
have a right to choose their own pas
tors, then every little church in the
conference has that right. II it is the
right thing to do let US make it uni
Versal."
Bishop Berry scored the practice of
grading ministers according to the
salaries they received Ministerial
efficiency, he declared, should be meas
ured not by the amount of money re-
Ceived, but by the quality of the spirit
ual service rendered.
The Rev. DR.. Charles NJ. Boswell this
afternoon will conduct a pentecostal
service. II begins at o'clock
The anniversary meeting of the board
of temperance, prohibition and public
morals Will be held this evening in the
Spring Garden Church, beginning :. G
o'clock. Addresses will be made by DR..
Clarence True Wilson, Clinton NJ. How
ard and B. G. Moore.