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NTS OP 1W8. 



MtoWtlelNMMr of lhe"time limn.". r the 

 ,rtodd^n*wMSiaminiPUrcan be * 



and ^appointment t.. the 

 t hire to four yean; 

 commission to revise the 

 hm-iplin*. who work is to be 

 J f (>r approval nnd ^lamination t<> 

 asjsjJMT leifer oorotnmcr. and then reported to 

 Ike Beat Qemral tVnfm -- * u ~ *-""" 

 a* ITMlisii imi s trr --- p-| f " r tlu ' Young 

 ftopA Allianrr: ami the adoption -' 

 fork? rvprvMtation in the QtMCtlOopfi 

 i tC harts of oot la? doJogifn for each anno*! 

 -ferem haviaf tSOO menibens.nl ' 

 o* bavin* fuOOD embers. but no < 



... -, ,'.: :. ...l,:.,,!^ i- - 



, formed intodiMrn -is. 

 th same regulation as 

 hi.-h lire entitled to 

 Lay delegates were 



qual right* with the ministerial delegates 

 sect* in the trial of nnni-tcr>. the n-.-rj,- 

 oandklatf* into the n "> ordination <>f 



ini*rr>. and the transactions of annual <-<>M- 

 tramsooooMrning trials of ministers, cjuali- 

 ioatkm for election to be lay delegates was 

 limit! to male members of at least thirty years 

 of age and of seven years' standing as members 

 of the Krangrlioal Association, and who " have 

 proved themselves faithful." A commission was 

 appointed to prepare nonresident and corre- 

 spondence courses of study and reading for 

 preachers, supplementary to the regular course 

 for junior preachers, in English and German, and 

 a course of reading in German anl Kni;lMi in 

 the various departments of knowledge adapted to 

 the young people. Propositions to make presid- 



ers eligible 



ing elders 



for only two term- in suoces- 



efcm, to insert a question concerning membership 



oath-bound H list ,,f 



aoastions addressed to candidates for license to 

 the ministry, to question such candidates con- 

 cerning their use of tobacco, and to make the 

 presidents of the colleges ex-officio members of 

 the General Conference were not approved. To a 

 rsottest for a definition of the relation of baptized 

 inUnts to the Christian t 'hun-h, the General ('. .n- 



i responded that, whereas the membership 

 of such children was divinely recognized and the 

 Kr angelical Association had receiv<-<l them fmm 

 the time of its organisation and had made pro- 

 vision for their registry and enumeration, no 

 farther action was necessary to explain its posi- 

 \ rule was adopted that no preacher 

 aould be permitted to remain longer than two 

 without appotetmeot 

 favoring divorce on 



owUeal froonds only, and wcommen.ling the 

 Urmooixlng of the divorce law* ,,f th- .lilferent 

 teuson a sound moral basis; pledging opposi- 

 ^ toaUeocroachments upon the sanctity of 

 aUi;eiprssiniciit 



of dealing witg the liquor traffic that 

 'lor iU motinuanoe, ir,i warning all 

 traffickin it. 



years in the itinerant 

 1U*ii4utkiui were passed 

 owUeal froonds only, an 



. -..,,_ H 



uoatlnff liqoon of the penalties prescribed 

 tfcew in thr I- ; ciuin-h; 



wMgrnntrnanrinK the use of tobaoc< 



to acquire a liberal and, if noieflMe. i 



gel, and William Horn, bishops for tho 

 \-ars, were re-elected for unotlu r tmu 

 ..f four vrars. 



MINIS 01 IM>:. Thr y. 

 \vith a great war in progress in tin I 

 Hemisphere, and several lesser wars nu<i 



us elsewhen- i r dir.rilv involvn 



ii and Wivti in mtrivMs. It do-. 



.lapan tin- >t fornil'lal>lr of tin- n 



fSJ \Mth an allied KiiMpeaii ll , 

 within easy reach of tin- hardandl.- ; \\itii ihe 



iii-uri. !..rer- in Cuba ihr. ;,t. inn- liie 



a|.|'ioa<'|irs tO lla\ana. tin- Spaiii-h capil.i 

 an aniM-ii but unaiit hori/ed I'.nli-li im.i-i'.ii of 

 the T' .11 South Africa; and a 



crave diplomatic enmpliralinii U-twren 

 Britain and the United States. Tin- n. 

 plorable conditions of the year ha\e Oei 

 al-out Armenia in Asin Minor, 

 thousands of C'hri-t !.,, nii 



murdered by Moslems in spite of pi 

 the civilized powers and seem iiiL'ly in delil 

 defiance of half-hearted measures f r<'| : 

 on the part of the Sultan. On the whole. || U . 

 year seems to mark a transition period 

 than the realization of any great mo. 

 toward a higher civilisation. 



January 1. New V<.rK f the Le- 



nt Albany; Hamilton Fish chosen Speaker 

 Assembly. Kaunas: Anderson Grey nentenc. 

 hanged for having coinmitted a murder by Ir. 

 ing another man. Dispatches from eastern 

 confirm reported massacres of . \rm- ni:m chriMians. 



Senators N\ lo i*4l 



M.-Millun. of Michigan, re-elected l.y the K<-nubW 

 ana. England: A committee of tin I 1 

 reverses tne decmion of tin- 'anadi;m Supri-un 

 in the Manitoba school cow, giving t! 



nment power to legislate in b-half <>r the Boqfl| 

 Catholics. Russia and Kn^lund airree upon an snjKl 

 able settlement of the I'amir -li-p y: MAl 



Iznirlian confirmed 1'utrian-h f Am. 

 grants amnesty to purtieij-ai.t.- in the lute rebellion. 



8. Washington: The President nominate* 

 Norman Lieber to Ix; ju-L 



the army. Gecnv h**wl 



Democratic gains. Maine: United States SenaW 

 Fry unanimouHly rsnominatsd by the i 

 Ban Franoiso ration organ 



a crusade against 



istria : The Government protests againsfll 

 /mating duty impoHcd b^v the United 8f^H 

 tariff u nlnst treaty nglits. Turkey Ti;.- 



"M p..\vet> "under the Berlii! 

 for protection against Great Britain and 1 

 garu t< An 



5. WashinL't-n: A meet inir "f Cabinet officer* e^H 

 sidcrs the Gennau j.r.ti-M.H uirainst alleged tn-a 

 lations on the pnrt ot'ttu- Cniled States. .' .M> l'> r r,-. 

 M. I'.. kill f-r h"i,.. I ranee 

 Captui' ! 'the army, is publicly de^radH^H 

 Paris for having sold Fren.-h mil/ 



cign govern menu. Itwl 

 ment 



6. Washington: The publi 

 archive* in the mModv of 

 mended by tlie Becretarv of state. r :i 



tor scandalises tne public by a 

 rtuiu' man as police conn 

 San Francisco. 



7. Tennessee: Senator Ish;.- . G. If 



nated by the DeiiKK-rutH. Kngland : The KfNl 

 Yacht Squadron agrees to tin- t -nns of the New 

 York Yacht Club for an international yucht ? 

 September. 



8. Chicago : Debs and his associates of the . 



