Show METHODIST RITUAL IS IS- MODIFIED BY CONFERENCE VOTE Sanctity of Sabbath l Upheld I in Resolutions on Amusements Amusement I n Bj Associate 1 r Tress Puss s. s Des MoInes la Ta May ay 22 A A change chang Which which many delegates said was was ivan made mado o ma today In the ritual of tho the Methodist Episcopal church by bythe bytho bytho tho the general conference when it Jt adopted adopt adopt- ed cd the majority report of 0 tho the committee commit commit- tee teo on Judiciary which held unconstitutional unconstitutional the question queston In tho the ritual of or ortho tho the church for tor the reception of at members members mem mom bers hers which reads Do you believe beleve InI in inthe I the tho doctrines of ot the Holy Scriptures as set sot forth in tho the articles of ot religion I of ot tho ho Methodist Episcopal church church church- and the tho necessary answer I r do do tb Tho The report was adopted after afe long debate by an aye ayo and nay vot vote lyn 00 O fo for and 6 against Other Questions Unchanged The Tho report of ot the tho committee did not hot not touch on the other ther questions usually asked In the reception of members I because they were not Involved in the appeal which eliminated the tho report However the report Indicated that the I only qualification for membership is isa isa a In desire to flee Cee from the wrath to come conic and to be saved rom from om f-om their sins i i There will wll bo be no debate In itt the gen gen- en- en cral conference on proposed change chanse In Inthe Inthe Inthe the amusement clause of or the discipline of ot tho the Methodist Episcopal church if I tho the report of the committee on state I of church la is I presented and n adopted as 15 decided upon b by the committee Not only r has the committee decided to recommend recommend rec roe that no 10 change be made in amusement sections but ut also that the tho report be adopted opted a without debate Inn I-Inn Agreed Upon I The s same mo Committee has agreed I upon a definite denie plan for recreation in local churches intended to satisfy tho the wants wants of or tho the young people Appointment Appointment Appoint Appoint- ment mont of or a loc local l recreational director will wi be recommended and If iC that can cannot cannot cannot not be done suggestions will wil be made that some other officer of or tho the church take up tho the duties dutes Stand against tho the use of tho the motion moton pictures In time the church wl will not bo be taken according to a report which has been approved by the tho committee on state of oC the church and which will willbe willbe wH I be presented to the conference on I Monday or Tuesday r. r This report urges the establishment of ot local and state slate boards of censorship for pictures and calls cals upon all al le legislative e bodies to take early and ant effective e measures to abate tho the dangerous nuisance of or unwholesome unwholesome un un- un- un wholesome and unclean moving movinG pictUre picture pic plc- ture display It I also condemns all al commercialized exhibitions of or motion pictures on the Sabbath and urges all al the lie churches other organizations ana Individuals exhibiting pictures on Sundays Sundays Sun Sun- days las to to scrupulously avoid anything and everything that would in any way detract from the sense of or the tho ess essential essential essen essen- n- n Hal sanctity of oC the thc Lords Lord's day Would Stabilize Matrimony Congress would be petitioned to adopt a a Joint resolution propos proposing In to tho the several states a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress to establish and enforce marriage and di divorce divorce divorce di- di vorce laws throughout the nation naton In Ina ina n na a report which has been filed fied b by the tho committee on state of or the church and which will wil receive early carh ion tion ton The report of ot the committee on Itinerancy itinerancy Itin itin- will wil recommend two Innovations innovations in the work of or the church church church-a tons church church-a a provision provision pro pro- vision Islon permitting deaconesses of the tle church in necessary and urgent cases to administer the tho right of or baptism and permitting annual conferences to provide permanent endowment funds for tho the support of ot local Joca preachers Question Emie Tho The evening eveninG session tonight was was was' given over to the reception of fraternal frater frater- I frater-I sal nal delegates from the three colored Methodist churches Dr H. H Tobias who represented the tho colored i Methodist Episcopal church said saM The election electon of ot two negro bishops will wil do I moro more to erase the question queston mark written written writ writ- ten across the hearts of oC the tho black I Christians Christans than anything that tuat has happened since the emancipation proc proc- i a. a The he Rev Re C. C C. C Alleyne representIng represent represent- j Ing the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church paid high tribute to the work of or the tho Freedmen's Aid ll society of or the thc Methodist church The Thc third speaker was was' Dr Solomon P. P Hood HoC who represented the African i Methodist Episcopal church |