The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE
FOLLOWERS OF JOHN WESLEY
Assemble in General Conference at
Omaha. Summary of Proceedings.


ence was ushered in with sunshine aud
balmy weather. Bishop Hurst presided
this morning.
verbose resolution on Chaplaincies in
the army and navy was offered by Dr viii
liam Swndcll and others. IL directs that
the bishops recommend 10 the President
such members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church desired as appointees in the Army
and that no other be recognized, that the
nearest Sunday to July he set apart for
Army and Navy Day, when services will be
held for those branches Of the service, and
protests against the proposed attempt TO de
grade the chaplaincy from au officer Df rank
to mere hircling under the contract sys.
tenn. IL wa referred to the Committee ON
Temporal Economy.
The Conference lai on the table the re.
port Of the Committee on Epscoplcy relat.
ing TO foreign residences. This defeats
Episcopal residents abroad. The commit.
tees recommendation that no more bishops
be appointed was adopted.
The vcxing question of amusemcnts will
soon be slmmarily disposed of. II memo
rial signed by men of the most eminent
character receives the desired attention.
They petition for the removal from the Dis
cipline of all specification of improper and
yicous amuscmen,s. The mater is TO be
left 10 the individual conscience The
amendment will doubtless I've made. The
prohibition of dancing, theatre-going aud
other kindred amusements being removed
from the Dis ipline, IL Is said, will largely
deter young people from being led r.om the
Methodist Church 10 others more liberal in
this respect. A strong protest will certainly
be made Prophecies of spiritual decay and
death will be plentiful The young blood
will carry the day. II is lndorsed by tho
judgment of mans wise heads.
TUESDAYS SESSION
Bishop Bowman presided today. Each
Bishop has presided one day now. and the
list will be gone through again. The Com
nittee on the Sta'e ot the Church indorses
the fprmation of a National Sabbath Union.
I Its second report condemns the Southern
! nutragcS, demands that congress take suitable
| action TO suppress these growing unjust and
! tnhuman acis and calls upon the secular
/ anl religious papers To unite I'm putting
/ lowa the evil. DR., Payne of New York,
/ denounced the Jim Crow car aud detailed
| the ill-treatment Of colored and white min
/ istcrs. The great Church should protect It's
/ own membership. During the last year
| 30 negroes were lynchei, seven burned
| alive, one ilaved alive and one disiointed.
! Tie thought that the Methodist Episcopal
| Church should emphatically place itself on
/ record The report was adopted
! WEDNESDAYS SESSION
Bishop Foster guided the Conference this
. morning. Several resolutions declaring he
: Conference in favor of equal representation
| Of ministers and laymen, and asking that
| the Conference be divided into two houses
]
, tee on Equal Representation. The Balti-
more Conference asked that the next Cen
! eral Conference devise some means TO modi-
| ~ the functions of the offices Of Presiding
Elder, in order to secure greater proficiency
at less expense to the church.
! The action of some members in kissing
| Or. Tigert, the fraternal delegate from the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, was dis
| ,ussed freely, and many unfavorable COM
ments were heard. The Kissing was caused
by remark by DIR. Tigert that the South
| ern whites are the best friends of the color
/ ed men, The dark-skinned delega and
;her sympathizers did not believe this, and
yroans and Kisses we're directed at the speak
! or. N is the consensus of opinion that the
insult offered Dr. Tigert will delay the pro-
posed consolidation of the two churches
Considerable discussion took place on the
| report of the Committee on Itinerary but
40 decision on the subject was reached,
| The majority report fayors the removal OF
he time limit, believing Methodism could
1e better subserved by the permanent loca-
lion of ministers. The minority oppose the
| removal of the time limit
IL is a great surprise 10 those who have at
tended the Conference to be Informed Of the
excitement created by certain reported ac-
, ton by this body on the subject OF dancing
The fact is no action has been taken. A
memorial was presented and referred TO a
committee on the general subject of amusc-
bishops in approval is without foundation.
II is 10 be remembered that this subject has
not been presented 10 the Conference by the
committee and is not likely TO be heard of
! Turing the session. The resolution as re-
ferrei briefly said:
ResOirrd That all specifications ofamuse.
ments not 10 be taken be stricken out of the
discipline 80 that it shall read instead, tax.
| ing such amIsemeuts rs are obviously of
misleading moral tendency or in disobedi-
ence to the order and discipline OF the
church.
THURSDAYS SESSION.
Bishop Merrill of Chicago, presided. II.
p. Willis, of Iowa, offered a resolution ask
ing that the hymnas be abridged TO i0)
hymns and sold to the poorer churches for
80 cents per COPY. The Central German Con-
ference asked that the presiding Elders OF an
Annual Conference and its laymen consti-
tute an Advisory Board or Cabinet to assist
the Bishop TO station the ministers OF the
Church Referred, James H. Briggs pre-
sented resolution adopted by the Central
Conference demanding that the editors OF
the official papers discontinue making them
an agency for the promulgation of their
PARTISAN prejudices. Referred. The Omaha
Christian Idrocats offers TO donate its plant
and subscribers TO the Conference lift is
made an official paper. IL will probably be
accepted Cleveland, o., is makinga hard
pull for the next Conference. The follow
|
editor of the Pittsburg Adrocate; j. B
Young editor of the st. Louis idroc1te b
L. Creary editor of the San Francisco Id'
rocots Albert J. Mast, editor of the Christ
ian ApoLoget T.. w. Hammond editor oi
the Southwestern Adrocate Negro,
FRIDAYS SESSION.
c. II. Rayne was elected secretary Of the
Board of education. The Conference decid
ed TO elect two coordinate secretaries, and d
ballot was ordered to fill the offices. Th'
committee on Columbian Exposition pre-
sented its revised report on the Worlds Fail
with the words in the preamble, "Lincolr
swung transparency when Richmond fel
that could be seen tivc miles away elimi
mated. The committee on Temperance pre-
sented resolutions denouncing The liquor
traffic and those engaged in it, and stating i
to be the jud.ment of the Conference that n,
political party has a right to expect the sup
port of Christian men so long as it stand
committed to the license policy, or is not il
open hostility TO the saloon. A resolution