, 1880-04-29

have been voted n non-se9nitur by nearly
urged with considerable force shat @ tns M'.ie-
years. Some, who do not sec the need Of my
chnngc, say they nre willing to accept this, 4
tho vofco of the Church lay as well as
will, they favor thB submission OF tho ques-
tlotl To q popular vote. Others acknowledge
Tic need Of 81, extc.,sfon n rare cases. ai,t!
nro willing to leia pltGolltty, SO M as to permit
pointn,cnts, rs NOW. up to SIX years, on the
Conference, Of ting church desiring The serv;
les lee Annan o1 h9 consfaes eu q asS Sc a
member. Even then It would be only
"May appoint" with the Bishop, who would
still ,e frce to refuse. rlisls surely home.
Sps'es 81 Sss s ad r. s Sse 5 's sy sss
from Melbourne, Australia. It IS probable
TINT the advocates Of broader measure lnny
spurn this; md 50 those who fear even This
ing to yfeid It, may shut down md refllse
n,iy change whatever. At the first, changes
were ninde most every two years, while some
fnnse ra SysTX M s ITS @ @1na 5 os oxtesd Syas eEssy c
two 10 three years. The drift Is to change
ts 6sne5e centeEsaee @
posed wholly OF ministers. The resistance
ADMITTING LArMEN
Ind more OF less entered Into soyeral OF the
schIsi1s which have befalfen, the Church.
After a 1leatcd controversy, md on a s'nEn.
lary Immature pla thp eas'ro ~ ,'otas.nry o. lay
majority, and ut brooklyn, IL 1872, the lnymeI
ence. mss ''sl Whsrsyer G an Annual Conference is
snst!sa srs te f 0ut ay one atlee'ss sSe
nfe confercnee be entitled 10 six ministerial, il
IS still restricted to two lay delegates, IS
9 ea 1d Il 9 y ssst hSss s eases e ho
disparity IN numbers nt this session already
mentioned. It Is now urged thnt layn,cn
must be admitted to membership lp In the ALI
cnt constituted, these have no Legislative
powers Whatever. 1t Is not probable that
this step will be taken, with quite tho prec!pi.
tntion Of the other, Us Is indicated by t''e last
General Conference referring tho whole nlnt-
ter to n Committee
TO REPORT At THIS SESSION.
This report will, Of course, bflng the matter
| sNunrely before ttelni and, as majority Of
| the Committee Mt least Will almost certainly
cla,nor. It viii cause probably. olie of the
liyclfeat debates of tho session. From present
prospects, It Is likely to receive fny9rabe
consideration to Mt 1cnst q homeopathic ex-
tent, like the extension Of the pnst0rate; vet,
like. TINT, its friends fight, chiefly for the
privilege Of getting the caHols nose Into tho
tent
| universal and obligatory will be presented
mt! pressed by the, National Local Preaclle, !
ers' Association. The measure has In 1t, IT
wisely arranged and used, inmanse power
ISI es opa and d IN ncrssasnE ST III te eeiency and
Of this Church.
at the last session Of the. Now England
| Conference, the recommendation OF
tlesprlghtly. fascinating, an1 1esoMtpastor q
s,1atchel-from-t tfie-E grave Methodist cliurcl!
In Hrooklyn-for ordination WaS presented
in DUE form by the Presiding Elder Ihe
Bs1p Fstss4 70 p!s d e soss Gio
Of the Annual Conference. It should be OK
plalhed that no person can be ordained tc
the ministry unless first elected to the order
WvScn 80 elected, il IS ths duty Of the Bshel
the present case, when the Bishop, refused
to put the question, The Presiding Elder ~, up
ference, which alone Gun review Bishop:
decision on a law question. This carries tht
whole question OF the ordination Of wolnc1
to the ministry to the General &. Conferences
and this, too, WILL no doubt Oe the occasion
THo probabilities are, that the old question
whether 1874.
THE rnEs1p1Na ELDERS
sl,all bo elected by tho Conferences, OF, q
now and heretofore. appointed outright b
the Blshops,-whlcli hns with varying fol
, tunes been up for eighty years.,@;wlll .,;. no W
have much OF n henring. L9tely TIC Clufc
: il Is in no way certain that, far as il SWIM
In that direction ut the Inst Conference, It tn
! yet reached the. maximum: Some illdee
. think they SEQ public signs Of return to II th
weeks from now, the kcen-eyed world wi
! be better prepared to Judge. This much
t ccrtAln: there seems little reason to look &c
yssar ssSs erngs EagFs u Wits s ey sf e RI pS ea
twt-thlrds Of the clerical members Of til
body that must make the change, And y
: the ground tl-9Well Of sentiment that brok
sSsas ow c s s cSsne sSs II gsosfst c san II III IT, n'y
i Tho probability is. tl,at
Il FOUR or SIX NEW BISHOPS
will be elected ut this. Conference. II
r names of parties favornbly mentioned WOu
indlcate that At lenst i,nnuTed t could
Il lieu, aud others East, md Hatfield, Walde
q Ninde, Fuller, and q dozen others Yves
sts st ay ys aSont se oi 18TH eM ot Kay oen sow %
!. port TINT will be a, surprise. III this list
4 Dr. ]. II. Vincent be noted: then don't r
y get pr. Reid, d,-,bothwell known tn the Mort
o the Sunday-schuol work of the land, aild Il
1t other formerly as editor Of the Nor.htgcste'
Clrtstitn Advocate, and lnttcrly as hlissi!,
ID nry Secretary. Another III this list Is L
lr Kynett, OF tho Upper Iowa Conference, q!
ID now Secretary Of the Board Of Church 4
10 tension,
10 rheru are about twenty-five offices n I I
III glft Of the Conference, besides the Episc
r. pacy, the various Donrils Of Managers, Fl
+ ternal Delegates, all Dook ertt hlissiona l
q formidable array, and suggesting some RI
r. sonable apprel'c'islons for the ability =.
ca | tim HynrfHA flnlhEntA to lYClu
curse OF pollttco-ecclesiastica trading
clccttoncerIng. It Ii q sober question, "
C. worthy OF consideration, whether many
cs these offices light not more safely be I'LL
[n- by Local Boards. .... .......
Of There .sucins just now!to bo strong ter
le ency to Lave the General Conference tn
re action
p- uN1pYINo THE EDUCATIONAL. Work
Of the Church. 1t ls q surprising fact U
er to-tlay the thirty-fnur colleges or universit
W. aMd ssyen Theological sol1inarles, ~ Gesl; s
Ns nnrlcs Of this Church., are practically it,