Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-10
VIGILANCE URGED
IN WAR ON LIQUOR
Temperance Board Warns
Southern Methodist Confer
ence Work Is Needed.

Vigilance of the Southern Methodist
Church against the campaign to hiring
back liquor must not be abared il
was declared by +. J. Lambert. CHAIR
man of the board of TEMPERANCE and
social service of the church in his re-
port submitted to the Baltimore an
nual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South today at th,.
Mount Vernon Place N l. Church
We dare not abote our vigilance
against the present crisis" Mr. Lam
bert said in his report until our
enemies. the liquor dealers and manu-
facturers. learn fully the fu,iiity Of
their "Horts 70 re-estabiSh the
saloon
Daniel c. Roper Commended.
We dare not abate our vigilance
Of Daniel G. Roper. commissioner OF
internal revenue. in his efforts to en-
force the law. and we urg. on his
successor equal diligence in every
/ tHoft TO compel Obedience to the law
ny TINS business whose malien habit
II has been TO always set at naught
every legal effort for its regulation
iu suppression. We urge not only
great fidelity to the principles of
temperance and prohibition but active
cooperation with such organization
as the Anti-Saloon League in it's fight
TOT the overthrow of this enemy. We
must also give serious consideration
TO the suppression of social vice
our enemies in the liquor traffic
nave by no means given up the fight
AGAINST prohibition. They have shift
cd the point of attack from flank to
nank and hope to gain by guile what
they have lost by impudent asser-
uon. tn" report was unanimously
adopted by the conference
Sees Need Of More Preachers.
Rev. r. II. Bennett. formerly pastor
OF the Mount Vernon Place Church
declared in an address that more
preachers are needed "if the Southern
Methodist Church is to live" He said
the backbone of the church is preach
ing. and that. while money is needed.
preachers arc needed more. Every
denomination needs more preachers
DR.. Bennett said. The Southern
Church is not alone in this need. but
| it is clearly up to us to take some
far-reaching step to urge more young
men to enter the ministry. We lost
last year siNty-siX more men than We
admitted on trial. We shall perish
without preachers The one hopeful
sign on the horizon is the fact that
we have received from the Y. NJ. c. A.
the names of 200 young volunteers
for field preaching work. We have
money and now We need men. We
are like a nation that has full
treasury, but an insufficient army to
protect itself"
Capt. J. B. Frazier, ranking chap
lain of the Navy. urged more young
men to enter the ministry in an ad-
dress before the conference.
DR.. r. f. Blackwell. president of
Randolph Macon College. will intro
duce a motion this afternoon looking
toward more religious freedom for
the colored race in the south.
Pulpit Assignments for Tomorrow
Preachers were assigned today to
pulpits in Washington and nearby
towns for tomorrow as follows: Mount
Vernon Place Church, love feast. Rev.
w. +. Miller; II am. Bishop f. r.
pm, DIR. Luther f. Todd and Rev. F.
A. Tyler: Mount Pleasant Church. $40
am. mems Bible class. Rev. n. B.
Harmon: l am, Rev. J. ]. Rives; Ep-
worth League. Z pm. Rev. r. K. New
lit. and pm. Rev. J. w. Smith: Ep-
worth Church. IL am. DR.. Luther E.
Todd; Epworth League. Rev. n b.
Harmon: st. Paul. morning. Rev ].
Halpenny: evening, Rev. G. Il. kidner;
Calvary, morning. Rev. w. H. Ballen-
gee: evening. Rev. H. l.. Hout:
Marvin Church CHI morning; Rey Will
c. Hooke: Emory Church, morning.
Rev. c. X. Ray; evening. former pas
tors invited. Mount Rainier, morn
ing. Rev. John Knox: evening.
Rev. D. A. Berry. Hyattsville-Morn-
ing. Rev. c. H. Cannon: evening. Rev.
II. c. Marsh. Observation-Disclosures,
Rev. s. r. Neel; evening, Rev. C. q.
Chappell. notwithstanding. Rev.
c. .. Bulla. MISUNDERSTANDING. Rev.
T. NJ. Swan. Fairfax (Andrew Chapel
Morning. Rev. G. NJ. Oliver. Fairfax
Court House-Rev. J. w. Rosenberger.
Leesburg-Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker.
Fredericksburg-Re ]. H. Light.
Rockville-Rev. F. NJ Richardson
Laurel-Morning. Rev. w. E. Holley;
evening, Rev. r. c. Maxwell. An
napolis-Rev. G. H. Fielding. Temple
Baptist Church-Morning. Rev. w. o.
Talbert. Sudbrook Church-Rev. c. /.
Flory. ST. Paurs Lutheran-Evening,
Rev. w. D. Keene. Church of the Pill
grims-Morning. Rev. J. H. Bean;
evening. Rev. D. L. Snyder. Central
Union Mission-Rev. J. G. Billingsley.
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