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_ had always claimed his heritage andl
_ seek the truth and to preach it as he
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representation in the General Confer-
ence, but arrived there at last.
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In His address on the epithet e!
‘What Changes Are Involved in the
Admission of laymen to the Annual! '
Conferences,"
, Rogers of Yale Law School made the, the field, fighting for votes for women;
significant statement that there were ‘ they have a common purpose, but their
only two churches which denied tofmethods differ.
laymen representation in the confer:
Dean. Henry Wade
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Two women suffrage armies are in
The. Congressional Union. the newer
i church, for they deserved it. and would of sex, while the National Association
ences. the Catholic and the Methodist.F and more um organization.
He hoped the day would soon come: would adopt the Susan .3. Anthony
when Methodist laymen would have I; amendment to the constitution, to re-
voice in the deliberations of the move from the mm m qualification
be efficient in the work of legislation» is supporting the Shun-om Amend-
Laymeu should be admitted to thel ment, which simply provides for m 1”
seseion, the passage through Congress
of the Federal Sum-age Amendment.
counsels of the ministers.
The subject of “Effective Lay Evan-
gelisui" was discussed by F. 1). Gilbert!
and John Callahan, superintendent of'
the Hadley Rescue Hall, both of whom
. said evangelism was one of the forces
j of the denomination. Mr. Callahan, as 5
i he had at the session of the conference
' in the morning. spoke of the work of
l his mission and what had been accom- i
it pitched.
i “What the Official Layman Ought to
3 Be from the Standpolnt of the Pastor,”
l
‘ the Rev. Dr. Fairbanks B. Stockdale.
i He said the ideal layman was as
i scarce as the ideal preacher. it was
i better to have an ideal layman in a
. church without an ideal preacher than
i to have an ideal preacher without the
‘women suffrage. they entirely agree,
i brought out a good strong speech by;
! pastor of Grace Church of Bay Ridge.
Ilev. Vi \ ..__..
i.‘ nod Swoboda, a myster-ihc is an American and that he.
ions character, who may be an has been selling goods bought in
a German, or a the United States to French con-j
'Ii‘renchman, is now under arrest tractors, who are supplying the
in Paris on the charge of having; army. His case will be taken up
tried to scuttle the liner Tour-,by the statc department. at .\'\v"ash-‘
ainc, which caught fire of? thoiugfon just as soon as he shall heart mm above all. of the Word oi‘
Irish coast on a trip form Now «1 have made protest against the tic-1 (30¢ He said that we}, ‘ pastor would,
i would attractto himself eifective lay-‘
.York to France. tion of thc French authorities.
H16 and his fircuds maintain that — J.
“w. ....._.
ition of this point he quoted the old‘
CiNFERlNCE iiifl’l ,
A wise old owl sat on an ; i
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard, >
- Why can't We be like that old bird‘r,
(Continued no.“ First page.) Bishop Anderson shook hands with:
Speaker Sweet and in again voting on and welcomed the young men. Ther
.1. attitude toward readjustment of ‘ReV- John Rippere. a cantor at Orient.
conference boundaries and indorsei 11- I., 51100“ hands With his 3011. R01»,
mom of Methodist federation; :9" H. Rippere, and- wept on his
Bishop William F. Anderson made a l shoulder. .
stirring address to a class of young: At this point Bishop Anderson
men admitted to full membership; called 13151100 Herman C. Slam of
There were five admitted, w. c. Judd,i “Helios Arm to the chair.
A. h). Beebe, Robert H. Rippere. E. 1.1 A resolution was presented by the
Hamilton and M. A. DeGraff. the two: lev. E. G. Richardson, which indorsed
I
latter being absent. 4 the Metropolitan Methodist Federation
Bishop Anderson said he had some! and wished it the greatest success. It
onthusimus of the ministry which he: “I30 provided f0” “‘9 appointment 0‘ 3
desired to emphasize. He said he was” commission of two ministers and two
sorry the old world seer had fallen! with a similar representation from the-
largely out of the modern vocabuliary.i laymen by the bishop to co—operste
The old seer was a prophet. He said: New York, East German and Eastern
the Christian minister was a seekcri Swedish conferences to consider the
after truth, a discoverer, a proclaimcr.; general questions or church polity 35‘
Never in history was the heritage (”reflecting New York Methodism and to
the ministry at so great a place. lle’ recommend to the conference such ac~
3 lion as shall seem practicable.
signed by
would always continue to claim it. lie
said no man could be a good Methodist, Bishop William F‘ Anderson and 88° ‘
and be a narrow man', but as broad asi “’er “' B' ' Sanford. was sent to‘
the gospel of Christ, as John Wesley‘» Thaddeus '0. Sweet, speaker of the as;
- ‘ bly.
adeit.-Mn'i~ 'hd n h tisem ' ‘
m e d “a“ a a 1g ‘ 0| “The New York East Annual Confer-l
once of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, representing “310 ministers
and 75,000 communicanis, earnestly
urges that you, as a Christian man, use
. The following telegram.
saw it. He declared that a heresy trial !
was an annclironism, and he hopedi
there never would be another. t
; ideal layman.
; men of efficiency was a poor church it
; indeed. . l
A church without lay-.
t
_On the layman‘s side of the question
f a strong address was made by Charles
W. Harman of New Rochelle, who was
subsequently elected president of the
association. He said the pastor, from
the standpoint of the layman, should
be a man with rich red blood, Christ’s
man. the King’s man, a student or the
men.
i-A number offithe members of the as-
sociation discussed the new financial
plan. whether it had worked or not.
The new plan is the every-member
canvass, and the opinion was quite
generally expressed that the canvass
was a success. Treasurer Andrew
Moorhead asked for a show of hands
from those who‘had seen the good re.
sults of the every-member canvass.
Many went up, but on the other side
only a few hands were raised.
Dean Rogers. in reporting for the
committee on resolutions. read those
three which had been approved, ask-
ing the Legislature to pass the local
option bill. one IndOrslng the plan of
federation of Methodist interests. and
also approving the idea of making
such changes in conference bounda-
. rise as to make the work of Method-
ism more effective. The resolution
seemed to approve of the division of
the territory‘of the New York East
Conference so as to bring the Brook-
lyn and Long Island churches into one
conference. The president was re-
quested to appoint a committee of ten
to confer with the resident bishop.
Luther B. Wilson, on the matter. Arr
, other resolution indorsed the action of
. the Newark Conference on the matter
of federation and representation.
Interesting Address on Obligation to
City of Suburban Church.
Joseph B. Morrell or Northport, long
prominent in James Church, made an
interesting address on “The Obliga-
tion of the Suburban Church to the
' ' grass to the federal suffrage amcno~
ttiatlve and referendum on woman ,
mirage. _
“The Congressional Union and the
National Association pursue a common
aim, the enfranehlsement of women,"
declared Miss Lucy Burns, vice chair-
man of the Executive Committee of
the Congressional Union, to-day. “0n
the essentials of this question.—
but they differ as to policy and method
of work,
“Briefly stated our differences are:
i "The Union works solely to secure
Stile adoption of the woman suffrag
federal amendment. drafted by Susan
18. Anthony in 1875, which provided
that no American citizen shall be dis-
enfranchised became of sex.
i “The National Association supports
‘a federal amendment introduced in
he 63rd Congress by Senator Shafroth'
of Colorado and Judge A. Mitchell
Palmer, recently a member of the
House from Pennsylvania. It pro-
poses thst the initiative and referen-
dum. for one particular use, the can
slderatlon of women suffrage, shall be
bestowed on all the states through the
process of amending the federal con-
. stitutlon. '
"In other words, the Union seeks to
establish woman suffrage by 3 fed-
eral amendment the right to have a.
ireferendum on suffrage in the several
istates. '
J "At the present time. therefore, the
National Association stands practical-
. ly though not theoretically, for a state
" solution of the suffrage question;
,while the Congressional Union is for
.a national solution of the problem."
, Election Policy. ‘
l
3 There is a decided difference In the
ieleclionflpollcles of the two women
suffrage,‘parues. The Union Would
‘ put thereaponslbllity for lack of in-
terest in or activity in behalf‘of the
' suffrage amstidment squarely up to the
party in power at the capitol.
“The Congressional Union. recogniz-
ing the power of party organization in
Congress," said Miss Burns, “calls on
the party in power. no matter what
party that be. to initiate and press in
Congress the Woman Suffrage Federal ' ‘
Amendment. At election time the
Congressional Union stands ready to
support or oppose that party docordlng ‘
to the attitude it has adopted, while in
power. upon woman suffrage.‘
. “The‘attitude of the Congressional
Unlon' toward individual members of
‘ the party' is decided, not by their per-
sonal opinion on suffrage, but by the
record, of the party of which they are
candidates.
Helped to Defeat Candidates.
i "During the election of 1914. the
J Congressional Union campaigned
‘against all national candidates of the
Democratic party in states where
women vote, on account of the opposi- I .. .
tion of the Democratic party in Con- , ..
Bishop Anderson said that the young1
man should have an enthusiasm for
his fellow men. Make up your mind]
he said, to be as good preachers as;
you can. not aim always to bee. great!
preacher. To learn how to preach, he’
r
' said, was the business of alifetimcu:
‘ ' working'at it." 'The'nishop emphasis
‘4.
salt summer. He one cautioned
Preaching is the biggest buisness-Uin
theiworld.
“Some newspaper writers, in a shal-
low-pated way, declare that the day of.
preaching is past. It has just begun.
Editors are preachers, the man m the( schools of the country during the year.:
White House is a preacher, and for a.
number of administrations the men in
the White House have been preachers,
steep working at it. It is the biggest
business under: the stars. Brethren,"
said the bishop, f‘let’skeep up the bus.
ADD CONFERENCE—GAL 2—- p
iness otpreachiug, learningh’ow and
ed in closing .tlreJact that theyoung
men should have an esthnsiasmior
God. The inspirational study of man-
kind is God. No one can become a
great preacher until he has fallen in
love with God. which is to find the.
great secret in bfinging men to 'Him. '
Following his address, Bishop An-
derson asked of the young~men the
constitutional questions. He viold’i
them. in commenting upon the ques'
lions, not to turn «Way‘trom- the lad“
«say. He said he had half enough
letters-in his packet from men who
your influence to bring the optional
local prohibition bill to a vote on its
merits)" -
Just before the close of the mom-‘
ing session, it resolution, presented by
the'li.ev.'WillialiitM. Carr, was adopted
calling for a State Board of Censors
on motion pictures.
The report of the oBard ofISunday
Schools was read by the 'Rev. Henry
E. Meyer. There was an increase in
enrollment of 157,579 in- the Sunday
The Rev. Dr. C. W. Flint said the Sum:
day school was coming to its Own.
Yesterday was a great day at the
conference 'church. In the .morning
Bishop-William 1". Anderson. preached.
In the afternoon at 3:30 o'clock deu-
cons and elders were ordained and in
the evening the Rev. Ill-{John .Gowdy,
president of the AngloeChinese College
at .FoochownChina. spoke. ,
Emphasis Lald'on Effort of Layman to
, ' Get Representation.
One of the largest laymen’s gather-
'ings torsome years. waslthat; in con‘i'of Stamford; secretary,
nection with the afternoon session of
the Laymen's Association of the New
York East Conference in the chapel of
the. 311311ch Avenue-Central Moth
106““ Emmi?“ Chm“ “my aim} wuus McDonald
,nom..‘EmDh3313 “81151.09“.an thei were appointed a cemmlttee by the the ““0““
i
effort‘made by the layman to get rep-
resentation "in. the . antics! conference.»
a “movement which has been going on
«wanted to setback to organise so: as: ffdfiyears inbuilt “1 the lamentin-
g!» rot-p
:fisot to talk too, much.
fifimsj' , t, ; . {angrily
n he mum-arm ‘ --
sdclationsi'iiilt‘ousbout fth‘e‘ - country-
wide Methodism. slay the action of the
mfmt‘gg
My.
City Problem." He said that the sub-1
‘ment. They secured the defeat of
urban and the rural church. in view or i l
the problem of the city church in thei three Democratic “2‘12““ 13"} ”8°;
matter of the influx of the foreigniiomrrgzn‘g, Mglogegel, rbemzecrsdtfc
2 population that shoul . ans s . . ., ‘
‘ d be reached, Candidate in Oregon. They greatly re-
. duced the majority of Senator Thomas
and «Representative 'Keating of Col-
. were in duty bound to confer with men
in the'city churches and help them
with their problems. The problem or
i the city church should be of interest to:
every serious man ‘without reference
to his religious affiliations. From
every suburban and rural church men ,
should be drafted to help with mom“ candidate to 'Umh’ and Mr'
work of the city pastors, Mr. Morrell, mmeimmfimfimmmm 0311'
declared. . ,., _ .
. Association does not
1 The following officers were elected. . The National s ‘
:Francis H. Taft, chairman, making the] recognize. the ,respegsiiblillty of thte
report of the nominating committee: i party mlltowititotlestzowzrdwfifimdt‘i‘al
* re 9. ,s a u , ,
President. Charles W. Harman of, meibers of Congress is determined
‘ New 'Rochelle; Vicepresldent; foruthe by their personal, (million and record
.Brooklyn Nortthstrict, J. a. Imus .. . 4 , .
rail or Northport; vicapresident..toc159¥1 W91"?! fit??? :1th;u;;eg:r&to
the lSDuth‘Bl-ooklynvnmtrlct. Williaml'therecordo , a.” y ey
G. Miller of Freeport; vice president are members. ‘
for the New ‘Haven District, C. B. , .
Rogers of Meriden; vice president for. not campaigned, “Email?" 5 W3
l the New Your District, John Roberts T i“; ”slimy: “$1323. :3me '2
John M. -B l- ’38 . . .
u .“black list" of anti-suffrage Congress—
tary, Charles A, Lent of Brooklyn; . men. and recommended that statew-
"mum'm’w1M°°'h“"“ °' NWI‘“‘“3‘.’§"Jliflittfihllt‘i‘l‘;
.sl-iaven. ‘ " ‘ own s . _ . ,
senn‘have [not undertaken
recommended by the NM
.Rrétirins president. Titanic A. not-no.0: tiamlfim’fifim 3 r“
:3f00klyn. to escortthe newl‘presldent * ~ “'0' 1°" "‘° "W“-
,to the chair. Mr. Harmsnvthsnked the, . ‘, . , .
i association for the honor . conferred 0383866 instinctive constructivecsm-
IHawley.~ Democratic candidate in
\
.winkle of Brooklyn; assistant secre-
and 0.3. Rogers. to “9.15“
orado, and contributed In large mess I
lure to the defeat of, Mr. James H. ’
ilraho. Mr. James H. Molye, Demo.
“Up ‘,to the present'tlib National has.
That'cpagrs‘sslonsitlulon is already 1
, . m. c ‘ Ni .
We“ hash-stern h the sb-
! In his “km the
states," about WA)“ women voters.
The CW Union is new mail-
tsining active headquarters in Derive.
Perth“ and he Fransisco. as! to
building up a large membership unit
women voters for use, if necessary. in
the next national election.
“The Congressional Union expects
by this strength. united with the
strength of suffrage organizations
throughout the country, to exact from
the majority party in Congress next
W‘s» "
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