Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-26
STATE SCHOOL CODE
IS APPROVED BY
N. {. CONFERENCE
Action Follows Address BY p. D
du Pont Before
Clergy.
BALLOT FOR DELEGATES

Episcopal Conference TINS morning iht0
action, which, with the approval Oh SUI
frage, constitutes pronouncement OF thc
attitude of Delaware Methodism on the |
ma;or Questions before the Legislature, |
followed an address by flcrre D ou o"'
on the new code. :,
Tho resolution, which was signed by |
Rev. DIR. George White Dawson ana /
Rev. DR. Howard T. Quigg, Is as follows;
Resolved. That we the members 81 +
the Wilmington Annual Conference, III
| session in Grace Methodist Eplscopal
! Church Wilmington Delaware also hold |
! mo charges in the State of Delaware, ex-
press our confidence in our State Boaru OF
| Education and do hereby express our taIth
and lend our support IN Their eh9ft 10
/ improve the condition OF schools ana ecu
cation in Delaware. We also thank MT.
Pierre :. du Pont for his great interest IN
the youth of Delaware !
The relationship Of the ministry and
the church to the life ofAhe day was the
subject of Bishop Thomas T. Mcdowell
address this morning TO the prohationers
admitted to membership ~ the winning
ton Methodist Episcopal Conier' NC.
Bishop Mcdowell made clear the dutN
Of the minister 20 keep IN touch with the
time. without losing touch with any OF
the permanent springs OF the church
message.
Preaching in these days. Bishop Nc
Dowell said in opening his address mas
centered so largely on reference 70 thcSe
troubled times that 1t has tended 70 y
more something. The times are troubled
he said: there is little need OF telling Us
81. The world is agitated: II the preacher
! equally acita ted. something has been
lost Ii is an evil day for the world when
tho ministry has lest that tranquility,
that superiority to the world which comes
of contact with that Leader who said to
the troubled waves Peace tc suii.
'It i true that ministry and church
out az touch with the times and the world
is a pretty poor ministry and a pretty
moor church. But there is n difference
between being in touch with the times and
being in potent touch with the tunes
between lust contact and that influential
relationship which makes It worth While
to have contact
In my youth those who discussed
propbecv did not seem to realize this.
They assumed that the prophecies re-
lated to some age far ahead. But there IS
need now TO bring out the timeilness OF
pronhecy. We do not get anywhere by
-apea+Ing Obsolete shibboleths from which
the life is all gone ] knew q man who
uss.d to shout himself hoayse repeating
message that was timely 100 years ago,
az II shouting would make It vital. The
message II self must be q message for today
MESSAGE SHOULD DE SINCERE.
THE second element Of a prophetic
message is its permanence, ITS eternity
1t has IN it the solIdlty oi the ages, the
soliditv Of Jesus Himself. Yesterday he
spoke TO men who had never seen an
automobile or an electric light. the mes
- mt. > ba tfx-p II
the world Today he hears the same
relationship to mer whose surroundings
are Of the same orde-. lie viii DO the
same tomorrow.
II am not quite sure how far our church
has lost lis ancient passion for the souls OF
men. MANY OF the ancient controversies
have been well lost You could hardly
get no debate today on the form OF
baDtism. or some Of the theological aspects
of the atonement The question for the
colleges today is how will the death OF
one good man affect the life Of the man IN
the streets of Wilmington today
In relating has ministry to the HE
about him afTectation will not get man
anywhere | knew a man whose PRIDE II
was to pose as an old-fashioned brother
from the%country. Equally lutte Is the
afTectation of the man who processes To
be tboroughiy-modern We used to COM
mare youth 10 wax. waiting for impression
10 be nut upon It, 4 beautiful hgure
utterly false. Youth Is not like that
Youth Is like a tree that IS growing, a
stream that is fowing-it does not SIMPLY
sit around waiting for impressions TO be
made upon it. The glory Of our leader IS
hat he was in touch with the tunes and
In touch with eternity.
I'VE used to sing a song The old-tIme
religion is good enough for me; it was
good enough for Abraham, it was good
enough for Moses we could go on IN
definitely What was good for them IN
their religion IS good for US: but II you
Young men have no larger concept OF re-
lgion than they had, ] should be glad to
transfer YOU 70 some other denomination,
''The minister must live in contact with
lifes major issues There are men who
make profession Of devotion to the little.
who chain themselves to the minor issues.
II is the duty and opportunity OF. the
minister 10 hold TO the major ones.
Have YOU heard that revival Of doe
trinal preaching would be good for the
church? I knew a man who heard that
perfectly good man, utterly destitute
of all sense He came home and preached
a sermon on the doctrine of repentance
Oh. If was finc-for a museum. ] asked
/ him afterWard If he expected any results
from that sermon. He said No, sir.
elf YOU take these great truths and pour
the rich. red blood Of human experience
into them, you can have any revival Of
doctrinal preaching you want. There Is
nothing | would not give To do At all oyei
I to preach the Gospel for 40 years more
in the light OF the new day, TO the men oi
, the new day"
The following probafioners were ad
mitted 10 full membership: Walter A
+ Hearn. Harry ID. West, John w Wootten
: John L. Rowlenson Wade II. Cummings
Willard v. Moore, William u. Anderson
I The following were continued IN then
5 studies: Robert S. Hodgson, August +
Zimmerman, Edmund W. Henvis, JohI
3 w Chappell
The order Of the day for ID o'clock wa
: an address by p s. du Pont, who dis
; cussed various phases of the school code
UPHOLD AMUSEMENT BAN.
The maintenance of Methodist oppositio
n to worldly anusenlents" indicated IN tn
|, memorial submitted two ays ago, wa
I upheld today by the adoption of tn
following resolution, introduced by Rev
DIR. w T. Corkran:
Resolved that we hereby instruct on
Il General Conference delegates under NJ
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