The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-05
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A review OF Tho work Of the Gsnera

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A Review Of tho work Of the Gsnsra,
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Special Ctrpp0dfrss " w iait.t0meT. WI Z |
Relative TO tho late General Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the
question 10 being shked on oil hands,
"WhM cbangts did It miio 10 the laws
and us,gts Of tho dentmlta .ioI2' In an.
swer TO ibis question, I present the follow
Ing summary Of rtsults:
The itlnerant system 81 tho church
CONES rem the conference with scarcely
any alteration. Tho blabops supgssted that
|. would be well 10 consider whether the
time llni! might not DO extended 10 meet
e.cep,i:nal cases, and many II emoriala and
resolntlnns were presented on :hi8 subject:
The Committee on 1,inerancy gave careful
and pIptractsd attention to the matter, and
finally reported In favor oil leaving thingss
as They were. A Enbslituts wRa Offered
proy,ng for an extension Of the limit
rom three TO five years In certain casep, but
| Il gRs voted down and the report OF the
comnliIe0 adopted. The laws governing
minIsaB werc 70 changed that one can
now b. expelled from the ministry without
nece+ slily losing his membership In the
Churct, and preacher may still remain o
member Of the Church In case oil . v0ll,n'
tary withdrawal from tho ministry. Other
slight rhangeB were made as follows:
MlSIlTElIs rnoM oTIlER noDlRs
Ministers coming 10 the Methods! Epls
cops Church from other Melhodist bodies
are 10 be received as here ofore, with the
exec, tion that the annual conference, DO
| lore A4milling then 10 full standing, may
examiae them. II 1t chooses, rs to literary
fines, Those coming from evangelical
! bodis outside the Methodist fold, instead
al beng required, Rs heretofore, TO SC
: through probationary period, arc now tt
! be received into lull connection II. once
/ In cf.er 10 do this, however, they mus
. come lp to the educational standard, ant
. mus, AXE tho Methodist ordination yowB
: lisrtsl.pr tho annual conference will hay,
! incrrssed power In the matter oil locating
0 minseys who for Gny cause havo becom'
inefficient. These bodies will also tind
!. easier in future to finally get rid oil thca
whcts moral conduct Is not up 10 th'
= maxi Expelled mininteIs have the r'gh
!. oil appeal to q judicial conference, and ire
o oueaily these courts Of APPEAL have or
, dvrtA now trials simply because In the frs
. heariag some II fling technically WAS yio
/. lated; but hereafter case Is TO be remand
cd back only upon such points a. clearl.
aGect the guilt or innocence Of tho part.
accused. In this connection II may b
note that tho conference took aatio
n which adds scmswhat to the authority ex
erciqd by a travelling preacher within Ii
bounds Of the charge he IL serving. II
:. local, located, bupernumeTary, or nupefar
O nus.,d preacher insists upon holding rel
n rious services in any travelling preacher
territory, sgainst said preachers protest.
0 such Invader renders himself liable to b
n brought 10 trial Tor ippIudent conduc
:. This is aimed st q set oil irresponsible mer
calling themselves eYangelisis, who wor
entirely outside Of regular ministerial line
Q aud who frequently make trouble both ie
1t the resident minister and the local Churcl
!. ADMINISTRATIONS or BISHOPS.
:. Part Of the work Of the General Comic
i; ence Ia 10 pa.s upon the character and q,
!. ,nin;slra.ion Of its bishops. In the preeel
|. instance both were found perfectly astiaia
1 tory, and 1t Is worthy Of note In this col
3 neclion tina. no bishop Of the Method;
q Episcopal Church has ever brought di
. grace upon the body, Oh. dono anything cal
/ Ink for serious censure. The deceaso
, ,hres bishops during the preceding qua,
- renrium Was commemorate by Apr,
PIRATE memorial services, and four ne
i. men were added to the board. Three
thes,, Bishops NInde, Walden and Fowle
are Western men. Bishop Mallalieu 10 frol
: Boston,. All are eminently qualified Il
A ,heir high position, and will doubtless d
1 cood service for the Church. Bishop wi
;. liam Taylor, who was specially set apart +:
the work in Africa, viii got leave for hi
pos. Of duty unit! late in the fall, Hej
ull :ol enthus:asm In regard to his me-
= tield, and the conviction is spreading tht
;. tho telection Of this remarkable man "a
this special work wss one Of the bei
! thingB tho conference did.
For long time 1t has been moote
8 point with some, whether the epiecopac
p ci this church WAS an office OF an ordtl
The conference settled this dispute b.
' ailtming 1t to be an Office and by placiu
4 no,e to this effect at tho beginning Of tn
. disciplinary form used in consscratin2 til
1 bishops. The conference determines wher
the episcopal residences shall be located
' bu, each bishop is left TO choose which c
8 thee he will occupy, the selection bein
!. mlle In the order Of seniority. Such real
teuces have been filed by this conference
:, in five places not previously houored Ii
J ltia way; namely, Buffalo, Topeka, Ne,
r Orleans, Denver ard Chattanooga, Will
!. D4Moines, Iowa, which has had bisho
. 10, the les. four yearp, Is left out in th
= caId. A strong effort was made TO get III
t episcopal residences fixed in Asla an
n El,ope, but Tor want Of concurrent yol
!, OF tbs ministers and laymep, It failet
Il though having a majority Of all the vote
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