Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-31

| New YORK, May 3l.-When the General
Methodist Conference was called to order
by Bishop Fowler yesterday, the commit
tee or revisals presented a report referring
to the a...lission of probationers into the
church. After a brief depate the report
was tabled. Bishop Andrews then asked
the conference TO interpret the recently en-
acted law touching the pastoral term Of five
years, so that it might be made clear for
administration during the next quadreD-
| mum. To this end DR.. Wheeler, of Erie,
presented the following resolution, which
was passed:
| The new rule of pastoral service shall be
applied as follows: At the session of any
annual conference, next following this gen.
eral conference, preacher may be ap-
pointed in q charge which he has not
served for the three years preceding, and
be continued thereafter in said charge for
| FIVE years, and a pastor now serving q
charge which he had not served for three
be continued through a full term of five
years. In all other cases the rule of five
years in ten shall be strictly applied.
A discussion was participated by report
| from the committee on temporal economy
providing for the better care of superanu-
ated ministers This report recommended
the creation of board of conference claim
ants consisting of twelve members and
twelve laymen, appointed by the general
conference, with corresponding secretary
nominated by the board of bishops who
shall travel through the annual conferences
and secure pledges and make collections
for permanent and disburslng fund.
The report was almost unanimously
adopted. Itwas moved that st. Louis be
named as the place where the new board
of conference claimants should make its
headquarters. Chicago was also named as
the best place to locate the board and when
Chaplain McCabe said he hoped Chicago
would be the place chosen, as the thing
would be pushed through in Chicago, for
they push everything through there, the
conference voted to so distinguistthe Lake
City.
BY unanimous consent, the Rev. DR.. D.
P. Kidder was made Honorary Secretary of
the Board of Education.
The committee having in charge the ar
rangements for the next general conference
reported in favor of Omaha. This decision
resulted from promises made by Omaha to
furnish place of meeting and to care for
delegates free of costs.
The next report was from the Committee
on the State of the Churches, referring to
the admission of women as delegates to the
General Conference.
The report recommended that during the
months of October or November, in 1890,
an election be held at every place of pub
lie worship of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in the United States, and that
every member u the church over p years
of age be given vote relative TO his or er
desire to admit women as lay delegates to
electoral or General Conferences in 1891,
which Conferences could then take the
necessary legal action in the matter. The
report was adopted without debate.
The remainder of the session was taken
up by discussion on report offered to
bring about a Uniformity of public worship.
The report presented was attacked article
by article, clause by clause, and word by
word, and accordingly to Dr. Buckley 127
form of worship could be had under its
adoption. All sorts of substitutes and
amendments were suggested and after much
debate, one calling for the following order
of service was adopted in place of the re-
port presented:
l. Singing from methodist hymn book,
congregation standing.
2 Prayer, minister and congregation
kneeling.
s. Lessons from Old and New Testament.
4. Hymn, standing.
5. Preaching.
G. Prayer. kneeling.
Z. Collection.
g. Benedictior