The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-05
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Fourth Days Work Of the Meth.
Odist Legislators.
Organization of Committees
Observation-Disclosures
Business--NOteS
and News.

At the special session held at st. PauPs
Church yesterday afternoon, the General
Committees of the Conference were organ
lied as follows r..
Episcopacy-J. W. Trimble, of Ohio,
Chairman; James Fry, of st. Louis, Secre-
tary; and DIR. Fisher, of Georgia, Assist
ant.
Itineracy-D. H. Wheder, Of New
York, Chairman, and J. W. Joice, OF lndi-
ana, Secretary.
Missions-C. W. Payne, of Ohio, Chair
man, and J. o. Thoburn, of Indiana, Sec
retary. =..4
Education--C. Haven, of New York,
Chairman, and DR.. Hemingway, of Illinois,
Secretary.
Revisals-J oseph Cummings Of Massa.
chusetts, Chairman, and w. S. Terry, OF
New York. Secretary.
Sunday-schools and Tracts-Lewis X.
Miller, of Ohio, Chairman, and John w.
Hoyt, of New England, Secretary.
Church Extension-C. H. Fowler OF New
York, Chairman, and DR.. Parton, of Phila-
delphia, Secretary.
Freedmens Aid. P. Newman, Chair
man, and J. G. Hartzell. Secretary.
Book Concern-Amos Shinkle, Of Ken
lucky, Chairman, and G. G. Stratton, OF
California, Secretary.
Lay Represen satiou-E. o. Stannard, OF
| Missouri, Chairman, and DR.. Edwards, OF
Baltimore, Secretary.
| State of the Church--Dr. Oliver Chair
man, and Horace Benton, of Ohio, Sec
| retary.
MORNING SESSION.
The Conference came to order, and an
nounced that Rev. DR.. Olih, of Wyoming
Conference, would read the Scriptural les
son. The 18th chapter of Hebrews was
read ami the 66th h! mn was sung.
| DR.. Olin prayed for the blessing of God
upon the General Conferences; that grace
may be given them to strengthen the weak,
encourage the doubling and the grace and
wisdom of God upon all the proceedings
The journal was read and approved.
The Committee on Ecumenical Council
reported.
Absent delegates were reported. Promi.
nent among those reported was General
Clinton B. Fisk, a stanch and wealthy
Methodist
The order of the day was suspended and
the report of the Committee of the Ecu
menical Council presented as follows:
On May 31st, 1879, a committee consist.
ing of Bishops Simpson and Ames, Rev
Mr.. George Bowen, Donaldson, and Read
and Hon. Messrs. Martin, Heron ant
Wilson, were appointed to consider the
subject and the principal grounds for sucl
council, they considered were these:
The various members OF the Methodist
family are one in doctrine and object
With united ministry of over thirty thou
sand, and with more than sixty Thousand
local preachers, and combiGed member
ship of more than four millions should
consider through their representatives
the pre- emiNent If all subjects.
, The following branches Of the great Meth
odist family have favorably responded tt
the call of such Council:
Methodist Protestant Church, NJ. E
Church, South Meth dist Episcopal Churcl
OF Canada Methodist Church of Canada
British Wesleyan Church of Europe, Amer
lean Wesleyan Church, Evangelical Asso
citation.
Methodism must ever present bold ant
constant front against all forms of intidelitl
and skepticism. .,..... 49,,
Where can strength and enthusiasm b.
received so well as in such council a
proposed? Me hodsm Is already cosmo
politan-girdling the world-and SO il
spirit ecunenical.
OUCH u SOuuCll, WlLuVub IuuCu uOuDI
will be called, and perhaps would be th
. greatest religious Council ever convened.
A motion by Rev. Mr.. Swindell to re
turn the report to the Committee tor tn
purpose of revision and reduction was laic
on the table.
The report was them received and OF
dered printed in the journals OF the Churc
and inserted in the records of tie Confer
: ence. 1t was also referred to the Commit
tee ON Publication.
The order OF the day was again suspend
ed for the purpose of hearing the report
of the General Committee on Missions tn
Western BOOK Concern, California Pub
fishing Committee, and Church Exten
sion.
The reports were handed to the Secrt
8 tary and referred to the Committees O
the various SUI jects contained in the re
ports.
: The order of the day was again SUI
: pended, and the report of the Committe
appointed by the General Conference G
1916 to carry fraternal greetings to tn
. Southern Conference, held at Atlanta il
+ 1878, was read by Dr. Foss.
: The report gave an account of the visi
e and among other things stated that whe
they were received at Atlanta DIR. Payn
stated that when the people of the Mort
: could out love him to let him know it
: The report was received.
# Dr.. Woodruff, Secretary of Conferenc,
presented the report on lay representative
in annual Conference. The committe
q was ordered and formed May Goth, 1877
and is composed of the following gentl,
" men: Revs. l.. F. Morgan. Fuller, Kins
e Mullihew, and the Hon. J. A. Wrigh
Ray, Hoyt and Lunt
e The Committee had held meeting i
= New York March 10th, 1880. They ha
:. much trouble to get an expression of th
Church on this question, but the followin
Q plan for reaching this subject was adopted
That the various districts of the variou
Conferences appointa delegate to the annu
al Conference.
No layman shall be elected to the annu.
l. Conference who shall not be twenty-on
years of age, and has not been member ,
>, The Methodist Church for five consecutiv
=, years. 4... s. -
These lay delegates shall sit with th
ministers at their annual conferences an
shall vote on all questions except those ,
: a ministerial character. The report WI
lad ad