Smyrna times., 1926-11-03
STATE MINISTERS ASK VOTES
FOR ALL DRY CANDIDATES
MINISTER'S PROTEST ANTI-PRO-
HIBITION ASSOCIATION
Rev. Disston w. Jacobs Elected by
Ministerial Members to Represent
the District in the Area Council

the District in the Area Council
At a meeting of the ministers and
laymen of the Dover District Of the
Wilmington M. E. Conference held in
Wesley M. E. Church, Wednesday,
October goth, resolutions were adopt
ed protesting against the purpose as
well as the method Of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment"
and commencing the work of the
Anti-Saloon League. The resolution
also calls on all voters at the coming
election to vote for only those candi-
dates known to be in favor of en-
forcement of the prohibition laws.
The resolutions follow:
Resolved, That we, the ministers
and laymen of the Dover District of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, as-
sembled in Wesley M. E. Church, Do
yer, Delaware, on this 2Oth day Of
October, believe unqualifedly in the
principle as well as the merits Of the
| 18th Amendment and the Volstead
Act, and we most emphatically pro
test against the purpose as we'll as
the method Of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment
in its endeavor to annul our Prohibi-
tion and Enforcement laws, and we
here and now vow that we will take
every opportunity to intelligently
contradict their visciously misleading
propaganda and will give to our peo-
pie the true facts relative to present
day conditions concerning this great
question.
eve further commend the effec-
tive work of the Anti-Saloon League,
our own Board of Temperance, Pro
hibition and Public Morals and the
Women's Christian Temperance I'm
ion and urge our people to continue
their moral and financial support to
these necessary arms of the church.
I'VE further earnestly request all
people to cast their votes at the com
ing election for only those candidates
that are known to be in loyal SYM
pathy with the full enforcement Of
our prohibition laws.
eve also appeal to each pastor in
this district to see that the respec-
tive representatives, both national
and state, know the desires of their
people regarding the appointment of
sympathetic enforcement officers and
the proper enforcement of all our
laws.
eve heard gladly Ernest A. Grant,
representing the Board Of Temper
ance, Prohibition and Public Morals,
IN his very earnest and lucid presen-
tation Of facts and figures in relation
to this great question of law enforce
ment."
The Rev. w. E. Gunby, ID. D., Dis
trict Superintendent, Of Dover Dis
trict, presided. The devotional Ser
vices at 10 o'clock, were conducted BY
Or. w. z. Gunby, after which the
Rev. F. a. Lindhorst, Director Of Re
ligious Education Of the Wilmington
NJ. E. Conference, spoke on "Next
Steps in Religious Education" in
which he emphasized the great task
Of the church to bring the spirit Of
Christ into the hearts Of the boys
and girls.
The Rev. Morris E. Swartz, d. d.,
of Washington, D. c., spoke on "Cul- |
tivatiOn Of World Service in the |
Washington Area" Reports Of the !
World Service, were given by the sew
eral pastors present. At the after
noon session, two laymen and one
minister were elected to the Area |
Council as follows: T. N. Rawlins and |
L. NJ. Phillips, and the Rev. D. w.
Jacobs, of Milford, with the Rev. E.
w. Jones as alternate. DIR. w. E.
Gunby, by virtue of his office is also a
member.
The afternoon devotions were CON
Quoted by the Rev. Alfred Smith, d. |
d. The conference Claimant Endow-
ment, was presented by the Rev. G. |
P. Jones, D. d., of Smyrna, field sec
retary Of the Endowment. The World |
Service movement was presented by |
the Rev. DR.. Linzelle.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That we, the Dover Dis
trict Preachers, meeting in annual
session, most heartily endorse the |
work of our Director of Religious |
Education, the Rev. F. "A. Lindhorst,
and pledge to him our fullest coop
Grafton for the realization of the |
forward steps he has outlined, name
~, local full time workers in our
rural districts as well as in our lar
ger charges; a camp for boys and
girls Of early teen-age; and sum
mer training school in our conference
similar to the present Dickinson
Summer School Of Religious Educa-
tion.