The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-05-22

FROM ST. LOUIS.
Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS
OF METHoD1sTs.
TEACHINGS AGAINST RoMANIsM.
Report Of the Committee o., aIi''lonarls.--
Suicide at Detroit-Railroad
Rate War.
TEACHINGS AGAINST RoMANIsM.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May 16.-The genera
I difference of the NJ. E. church, South, me
again this morning and after the usua
religious services the committee ON Epis
copacy made report recommending tn,
selection of two bishops, one to tax,
the place of Bishop McTyere and the othe
to be bishop of new See to be created
The motion to amend by making the mum
Der of bishops three instead of two wal
voted down and the report of the commit
tee was adopted. The election of bishop,
was made the special order for next Mon.
day.
| The committee on revisals made ma
jority and minority report on the question
of permitting laymen to be represented or
all committees of the church. the minority
being in favor and the, majority against the
proposition. The committee on boundaries
reported generally thatNthe present bound
aries be left undisturbedAhs. a few excep.
tions were made, howev6
The committee on publishing interests
recommended the establishmentofac church
organ on the Pacific Coast. A memorial
was read from DR.. Marshall of Vicksburg
Miss, recommending the distribution of a
healthy light church literature.
A memorial was read from the German
Mission Conference Of Texas requesting
that they be not disturbed as conference
A series Of resolutions signed by number
of delegates were introduced denouncing
Romanism and recommending that the
Sunday school committee be directed to
have such instruction as they deem neces-
sary placed in the catechlsm informing
children OH Professionalism, teaching them
why they are ProtesIants and impressing
on them the great evils of Romanism
After debate the resolutions were referred
to the committee on Sunday schools,
Delegate Magee of Georgia stated that
the impression had gone abroad and the
statement was published that the resolu-
ton on worldliness which was before the
conference last week had been tabled, and
that the opinion had gained ground that
the conference was afraid to place itself on
record as opposed to wordliness and boldly
face the question as other denominations
had done heretofore. He therefore moved
that the resolution be taken from the
table and considered.
DIR. Chandler informed Delegate Magee
the resolution had passed the conference
but that motion to have it placed in the
book of discipline had been tabled. A long
discussion, at times quite heated, then en-
sued on the subject of worldliness ard the
resolution tor appointment of committee
of fifteen on the spiritual state of the
church to draw resolution ON worldli-
ness to be inserted in the appendix of the
book of discipline was passed. Meantime
the original resolution was referred to the
committee on revisals The discussion of
this question took up large part of the
time OF the session and the fate of the reso-
luton is not yet quite certain.
A resolution to limit the term of pre-
siding elder to eight years was defeated.
The report of the committee on mission
aries, hich contained several recommen-
dations and proposed amendments to the
present laws governing the board OF mis-
sions was read, after which the conference
adjourned,