New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
CIERGYMEN IN COUNCIL.

THE BALTIMORE NJ. f. CONFERENCE.
a DISCUSSION RESPECTING THE TENURE OF PRE-
SIDING FLDERs-sENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF ii9
LIMITATION.
BALTIMORE, March 11.-ln the Baltimore
Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal Church 'ou's
she Rev Dr. Harman, OF Dickinson college, was pu'
opon the Committee on Mormon PoVgamy blSnop
Syiley desired the committee 10 call upon congress 10
,r action in reference to this matter. which he said
was a disgrace 10 the whole lana
The Rec / NJ Reid OF NewYork, missionary secre
tary made an address in aid of domestic ana Ioe's"
mssjous In the foreign missions there are 5|ooo he
bers and 55 9Sl attending public religious service ana
40 600 Sunday school scholars who have collected
$4,000 toward their support. In these anus ohy
ninety missionaries employed Besiues ths 'ne
society has 2,i3S missionaries at work IN our "nu
among the Indians coored people and the foreign popn
iaon The amount given to foreign missions
20 cents per member-formerly IL was 81.
" Leecb explained that now large amount Is gwen
directly to domestic missions formerly it was all sent TO
the parent Board.
The order of the day taken mp. which was the pa
per presented on Thursday and signed by the Kew
Messrs l. r. Van Meter A. II. Ames ]. A. McCauey a
NJ Courtenay, Charles W. Baldwin. W. +. Ward j. D. !"
Webster John I. GoucheT and John H. DashleH' IN rel
erence to presiding elders. as follows:
Whereas In the Bishops address TO the last GenerI
Confcrence the following sentiment was expressed; II
has Judgment in general that II Is ho WIS., ,
change G. der from one district TO Oher uLhs INV
Wkercas The General Conference took upon that por-
That the Committee on Epscoplcy has had under CON
sideration that portion OF the Bishops aaqposS ng
to the administra ion IN regard 10 appointing &
elders, aud recommended the following resoluIon Ioi
Rts1ired That we approve the suggestions Of the
Bishops address that the same men shall not DE kep III
consecnivey hut that do think it should be re-
cognzed rre in regard to which there shall not DC
Rssored While we recognize ii principle of our
church economy that the presiding elders are 70 De a
II hxf h snnS in lac
3udgmeni and while further we shall accept Obedieny
and trfu the decision & o. tne bGop opTende nUS we do
most respectfully but urgently, request HIM to
In making up these appointments the above sentiment
OF the Church expressed through the highest authority
The Rev W. 5. Edwards presiding elder of the Bati-
more District moved the adoption OF the paper lnc
Rev Job A. Price. presiding elder OF the West Baltimore
District also favored the paper. The Rev. j. B. Van
Meter asserted that it was the almost universal sent
ment OF the members of this Conference that presid
Ing elders should not be reappoined until aiter an III
erna of four years. and it the sentiment OF the
Ference similar paper has been adopted by the Penn
sylvania Central Conference The Rev James H. Brown
presiding ders should be continued IN ofhce -,
The A. NJ. COurtenay Thought 1t would ne mpoht
io 10 reappOint the presiding elders lie thOugn the Os
ical result of special fitness was life tenure Inc KeN
j. Mex Reilly thought rotation IN oc, f ofd ~, Ut ps"c"o0
Statesmen, and hc opposed She adoption OF the paper
The Bishop wanted the Conierencc ceary TO express
what they wanted in the matter. The Rev. D. H. AR
roll favored letting the Bishop know the sentiment OF the
Conference Further remarks were made %! the KEY
eieS-le W. = EuNhlus JOnn Lttidho, ''hu -
Lana an said that Conference would put its foot upon
stabuing man IA the dark when thy una rstOod H.
few brethren got together and went around log roll
ing. This objected to and Dr Lananan was
called TO order 10y several members of the Conference
MIR Ianahan that he stO upon clcal grounds
be was not afrai TO stand alone. Mr. Carroll charged
shat the words used by DR. Lnahaa OF saDblnS man
In the dark" and log roling" indecOrOus The
Bishop ruled that Dr. Llnahtn hal not mentioned the
name any minister of the Conference, and NJ one ad
right to appropriate what said 10 himself Ihe
Rev A. H.. Ames argued mat when man had nled tnc
office 10 best for HIM and best
for the Church hal he should revert 10 the pastoral Oh
fce Nj Am,s offered substitute Tor the ltterplit
of the resolution offered by Nh Van Meter and Others
requesting tie Bishop not to r,appJlnt any man 10 he
eldrrshp who has in the Uhce four consecutive
wears past" The substitute incorporated and tue
paper adopted.