The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-29
METMoDlsT GENERAL COUNClL.
Preparations for the One 10 He Held In
London Ia September.

London II bePteMDeF.
NRw YoRE, January 2S.-At the meetinI
Of the Western Section OF the Genera
Executive Committee to arrange prellmi
lRries for the Ecumenical Methodist Con
ference, to be held in London in septem
ber next, Bishop Matthew Simpson
Chairman Of the Committee, presided, ant
Rev, A. O. George, D, D., acted as secre
tAry, Among the other prominent Melho
dists in attendance were Bishop II, N, Nc
Teire, the Rev. DR.. 7. o. Summers, and
Prof, R, W. Jones, A, NJ, OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church South; the Rev. T. B
Appleget, OF the Methodist Protestant
Church, and the Rev. D. B. Byers, OF the
Free Methodist Church, The Afternoon
was passed in discussing the preliminary
action to be taken by the Committee, bul
nothing definite was determined on, and
the meeting took recess until to-day.
Whatever 10 done by this committee must
be ratified by the Eastern Section, whiCh
represents British andContinental Metho-
dism. The main business OF the General
Committee, OF which this is branch, is
10 prepare and publish a scheme OF busi-
ness or programme Of exercises for the
Ecumenical Conference, and 10 make all
preliminary preparations for its meeting.
The conference will be held In City
Road Chapel, London, the first week in
September, lts powers will not be legis.
latiye, the main object being to secure co.
operation Of the different branches oil the
Church in the great work Of saving souls.
The conference will be composed OF 400
members, Of whom 200 are assigned to
British and Continental Methodism, and
10 their affiliated conferences andChurChes
in the United States and Canada, and in
their foreign work, One.half the number
oil delegates are to be ministers and the
other hall laymen. The number Of dele.
gates assigned to each Of the branches OF
the Methodist Church In this country Is
as follows; In the United States-Meth-
odist EpiCopal, 50; Methodist Episcopal
South, 3S; African Methodist Episcopal,
l2; African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, 10; Evangelical Association, 0;
Oolored Methodist Episcopal, 4; Union
American Methodist Episcopal, 2;
Union American Protestant, 9; Methodist
Protestant, .; American Wesleyan, 4;
Free Methodist, 2; Independent Metho.
dist, 2; Congregational Methodist, 9; 10 be
assigned hereafter, Q, Inthe Dominion Of
nada-Methodist Church OF Canada,
l2; Methodist Episcopal Church in Can.
ada, 4; Primitive Methodist Church In
Canada and the United States, 2; Bible
Christian Church in Canada, 3; British
Methodist Episcopal Church 10 Canada, 9.
In the British and Continental Churches
The apportlonment is as follows: Wesleyan
Methodist, SS; Primitive Methodist, 80;
Free Church Methodist, 22; New ConneC.
ton Methodist, u; Bible Christian, 10;
Wesleyan Reform Union, 4; Irish Yves.
leyan, 10; French Wesleyan, 9; Australian
Wesleyan, |. The different Methodist
bodies are to elect their own members Of
the Conference. A social gathering Of the
members will be held in London on the
day proceeding the opening OF The Con,
ference, and at lts close a farewell service
will be held In Liverpool for those return.
ing TO the United States.