Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-12
MINISTER'S RESENT
,WESLEYAN DANCE
.,,;on Of Masters Association
nsoIared Insult by Meth
odist Conference
woMAN AssAILS M0RMoNS

,,,oo,ch TO Evenino. Public Lsd0er
sy.eial D'SRgh Park. n. j., March ~, =
Mys n the New Jersey Methodist
Minss.i conference in session mere
Eplscprn;nq expressed their resentment
ths n'V aston of the American National
o. wy Zion of Dancing Masters in CIV
hssoehn name Wesleyan to new
ing ."' The following resolution. pre-
dance; hv The Revy. George w. Ridout.
sntsrence ssatsp evangelist, was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted: r,. ,usrican National
,N","tion Of Dancing Masters has
Ad AiVa.ted n new dance which. they have
ersWn.I eW.I tho wesleyan in order to con-
csi,,H c;l;stc, Il they can, the Methodists on
,he dance question
'" "Resolved. that the New Jersey
uo,bodist Episcopal conference views
~ action of the dancing masters
lh lG disdain and hereby registers itS
..ost W.a at this most disgraceful at
i'w,y wnt TO associate the revered name OF
;,s founder with the sensuous ana
ElE,nSfnl ~ modern dance. To name an
nhnly dance after the name of the
gI.i gIniy Wesley is nothing short of an
.rtrauc ., on dccency. and a direct insult
"a Wethodists everywhere.
" "upesolyed. that we maintain an in
..,.ant and unrclenting hostility to the
T, So institution In every form. re-
s.d;no uam II Ms inimical to purity, men.
sat to our church work and source OF
"nmitirated n moral evil wherever per-
mitted and practiced'
Woman Assails Mormons
ava other church in the United
c..tos with the exception of the Chris
.;on Science Church, is making such
sains In membership as the Mormon
sbnrcb " declared Mrs. Lulu boveland
Shsnord known as the "silver- -tongued
nrator Of the Rockies" in an address
Isst night on "Mormonism, National
Menace" ~
Mrs Shepard said that ninety one
rsars ago when the church was started.
cne out of every 400, 900 persons in the
United States was a Mormon. Now, she
said. one in every seventy IL a Mormon.
She declared that more than 1,OOO,O
nersons in the United States are mem :
hers Of the Mormon Church and that
thp church has another million mem =
bers abroad
Meeting in special session in the First
Presbyterian Church yesterday, the
New Jersey lay electoral conference OF
The New Jersey Methodist Episcopal
conference registered it's disapproval of
three proposed changes in the church
discipline. the first. which would re-
duce the representation of lay delegates
In the general conference, being defeated
BY vote of 1870 to 0.
Two Amendments Lost
The second amendment. which would
change the term quarterly conference"
70 local conference" lost out by a
vote of 81 to 80, while the third. which
provides equal representation of lay
delegates with ministerial delegates at
the annual conference, was defeated by
an almost unanimous vote. because II
did not provide for lay representation
in the general conference. A correc-
tiOnal amendment. providing this fea
ture was adopted by II vote of 40 to IA.
J. L. Rossell. of Haddonfeld, ia =
vored holding on to the old land
marks
III the church keeps going as it is
he said. 1T will not be long before II
wouldn't be recognized by the fathers
Of the present generation. Some people
would like to have a single service or
Sunday and let it 60 at that. We should
hold strictly to the things that are
good"