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"; Taylor, colored, of Lexington, and

W. Tay lor, colored, Of Lexington, and
Osborne, Of South India.
"The Collect" WAS read by Bishop
Harris, and DR.. Vincent being one of the
elders cad, according to the Ritual, from
the Xxx chapter Of Acts, II 3b verses. DR..
Bingham also read from 81 Matthew
XVIII, lS 20 verses, after which, ad-
dressing the bishop and referring to
Bishoy elect Ninde, he said "We pre-
sent unto you this holy man to be conse-
Grated bishop" The other bishops.
elect were presented In similar terms by
Drs. Rust, Prentice, Vincent and NJ. W.
Taylcr, respectively. Bishop Foster then
moved the congregation to pray, and read
from the Ritusl the example set by Jesus
Christ in praying all night before he did
choose and send forth his IL sposties."
Prayer was read by BIsaop Wiley. and
Bishop Bowman propounded the usual
questions concerning faith and stlt-depisl
which were appropriately answered
Bishop Merrill offered prayer and Bishop
Andrews read the Vsni Creator Sp'Iitus
Prayer was then read by b shop Warren.
after which the bishops-eleot kneeled.
LAYING ON OF TBR HANDS.
The hands OF the bishops aud elders
were then laid upon the heads OF the
latter, a bishop repeating the form COM
mencing, "The Lord pour upon Il ee the
holy ghopt for the office and work Of
bishop In the church OF God, &c. :" In
the case OF Bishop elect Taylor the form
was changed so as to read, "And work Of
& missionary bishop In the church Of God
in Africa" The Bible, which once be-
longed to John Wesley, was then pre-.
sented to each OF the kneeling bishops,
with the command ths they ''give heed
INTO read ng, exhortatiou sbd do,lrine,"
go.
Bishop Simpson then offered the rem
cludiDg prayer, and after the bensiictiop
the conference adjourned.
In the M. Il General Conference, at Phila.
delphia Friday motion was made and
adopted to close the term at the end of the
session on Thursday OF next week.
motion was made aud adopted to limit
all speeches but those of the chairman Of
committees to five instead OF 10 minutes
The report OF the committee on Sunday
schools and tracts, recommending the pre-
| paration of Sunday school hymnal, having
been made a SPECIAL order for the day, was
| then called up by p. G.. Gilett, chairman of
| the committee. DR.. Webster Of Illinois,
| thought the proposed book would be too
much numbered il the Baptismal Covenant,
the Lords Prayer and the Apostles Greed
| were included as recommended, and he
moved that they be omitted. The motion
was laid upon the table, and the report
| passed.
Other reports from the same committee
were presented and adopted as follows Ap-
| proving the management OF the Freedmen's
Aid Society during the past quadrennium !;
giving the Freedmen's Aid Society leave to
appeal through the ministers Of the church
/ a
| quadrennlum advising that the name Of the
freedmen's Aid Society be not changed !;
amending the discipline to conform with re-
ports already passed.
DIR. Hartzel, chairman OF the committee
on freedman's aid and work in the south
called up the report approving the Blair Edu'
cational bill, which s now before the Con
gress OF the United States This was
adopted.
DIR. Buckley obtained the privilege Of read
ing resolution. II paid glowing tribute to
the public services Of the senior Bishop Smp-
son, and commended him for his devotion to
God and the church, his wisdom III counsel
and his ability in the pulpit Ii also recon-
mended that the appointments OF the bishops
be made with due consideration for Bishop
Simpsons delicate condition. The paper was
unanimously adopted.
About 20 reports from the committee OH
: the Judiciary were then called up by Judge
Reynolds, the chairman, and finally adopted
D The reports decided II number Of contested
questions aud law points, among them being
| the following Allowing the trial of loca
preacher TO be transferred to some othe
4, quarterly conference In the presiding elder
district when in the judgment of the latte
the accused could not have received an i'm
partial hearing i'll his own quarterly confer
i. ence declaring that a bishop cal
: transfer an effective preacher, witt
into
!, conference under the jurisdiction OF anothe
y bishop, without at the same time himself Civ
= ing him an appointment, but holding tina
|, every effective preacher X entitled to an az
appointment within the conference OF whic
r, he IL member and that, carrying this righ
n with him, he should not he Transferred with
out Its being protected, unless he himself =
:, desires recommending that an amicable aC
" ton be brought III some competent trlbuni
81 OF the state of Pennsylvania to test the rigl
IN Of the trustees OF the chartered fund, undt
their charter, to appropriate any portion {
n the moneys i'll their hands to III
! foreign conferences; directing preacher
~ charge to enter upon therecOrds OF his churcl
~ notice given by a member i'll good standing {
'u all intention to withdraw from the connection
N taking from the committee on boundaries IL
Ill right OF final action, as, for instance, in IL
id matter of the appeal OF the Troy Conferonc
and requiring that ''when the committt
a hhhll udNo uAou lLt DOunuhGlth OF all u
conferences it shall submit its report to Il
General Conference, which shall immediate
AH act upon the same AS a whole, wlthol
80 amendment and without debate"
The report of the committee on the Amel
a, can Bible Society was also read and adopte
of II set out that the benevoence OF the socie
had reached every section OF our own Ian
y; and that agents ''who are in communicate,
iu with nearly all OF the missionaries support,
Dp by societies in the United States,r are ret
at dent iii Turkey, Persia, China, Japan, Ur
re quay, Brazil and Mexico.
of The following figures touching the work
the society during the past quadrenniu
We're then given Number OF Bibles issue
ot G4G3, 1924 receipts, 52,3is. .069 % dsbur=
IN meuts, 253J,62i57 families visited
&C. agents of the society, 3,4i9, ,0s7 famili
he found destitute 5Oi, ,993 families supple
he 3j7,13l individuals supplied in addluo
!. 2Ol, ,72l.
80 The report recommended increased cont
~ buttons for the prosecution OF the work
I'D the society, and declared that the Bit
ey 'should never be excluded from the pub
Jgr schools in our lands"
nd DIR. Lanahan, chairman Of the commit
ON centennial celebration, called up a rept
OF that committee, which spoke OF the CO
tennihls OF 1899 aud lSGG marking the ri
Il and organization Of British Mlethodism a
Ja the planting OF Methodism upon the Anne
no eau continent, and added that the thii
", which IL at hand, signalIzea the organizatl
lie OF the Methodist Episcopal Church 100 We,
he ago next Christmas.
ne 1t was then submitted that special tina
OILS offerings should be solicited, and that /
ID chief object should be for the cause OF cd
cation. The report was adopted.
PHILADELPHIA, May "a. AZ the TWEEN
ed first days session of the NJ T.. G,ne
ad Conference the fraterual address of the hi,
ION Methodist Conference OF 1888 was presenti
red The Rev, j. ii. Caldwell OF Wilmington @,
ia ference obtained suspension of the rules
=, orcer to present a resolution. In reachi
VI the objective portion Of his paper MIR. Ga
oi well read preamble, as follows:
ool WHEREAS, The Rev. William Taylor, d.
lat who was elected by more than two-thirds
&c the members OF the General Conference q
ed; then solemnly consecrated missioni
lite bishop for Africa has been invi
srs to occupy seat on the pl
~ form with the other bishop con
''y Grated ut the same time and
- the same ceremony but declined to accept
Ind invitation, we are therefore constrained
ace feel painful sense OF the popularity OF
position which he accepts in this body |
gad Il singular position anomalous and unlike a
In thing that has ever occurred in the yearr
aa. our history.
nal At this junctIre, the Rev, w. H. {
'l moved that the regular order be taken
,eo any by an overwhelming vote the rever,
hts gentlemanf rom Wilmington Conference
OF ruled out of order.
the That part of the resolution which he
,ad not permitted TO finish had for its object
- remOyAll of limitation To the eniacn