The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-05-26
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE
FOLLOWERS OF JOHN WESLEY
Assemble in General Conference at
Omaha Summary of Proceedings.
TursDAY's SESSION.

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list will be gone through again. The Com
mittee on the State of the Church indorses
| the formation of National Sabbath Union
Its second report condemns the Southern
ragesdemands that congress take suitable
action to suppress these growing unjust and
inhuman acts, and calls upon the secular
and religious papers to unite in putting
down the evil. DIR. Payne, of New York,
| denounced the Jim Crow car and detailed
| the ill-treatment of colored and white min
isters. The great Church should protect its
own membership. During the last year
100 negroes were lynched, seven burned
alive, one iaved alive and one disiointed
| He thought that the Methodist Episcopal
| Church should emphatically place itself on
record. The report was adopted.
wEpNEsDAY's 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
were received and referred to the Commit
tee on Equal Representation. The Balti-
| more Conference asked that the next GEN
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.
lhe action of some members i'm kissing
| Or. Tigcrt, the fraternal delegate from the
! Methodist Episcopal Church South was dis
cu,sed freely, and many unfavorable com.
ments were heard. The kissing was caused
| by remark by DIR. Tgert that "the south
ern whites are the best friends of the color
ed men," The dark. skinned delegates and
their sympathizers did not believe this, and
groIns and Kisses were directed at the speak
er. Il is the consensus of opinion that the
insult offered DIR. Tigert will delay the pro-
posed consolidation of the two churches.
Considerable discussion took place on the
report of the Committee on Itinerary, but
no decision OH the subject was reached
The majority report favors the removal of
| the time limit, believing Methodism could
be better subseryed by the permanent loca-
tion of ministers. The minority oppose the
removal of the time limit
II is a great surprise to those who have at
tended the Conference to be informed of the
excitement created by certain reported ac-
ton 10y this body on the subject OF dancing.
The fact is no action has been taken. \
memorial was presented and referred TO
committee on the general subject of amuse-
ments. The reported remark of one of the
bishops in approval IL without foundation.
IL is TO be remembered that this ST. biect has
not been presented to the Confererc, by the
committee and is not likely to be heard of
during the session. The resolution as re-
ferred briefly said:
Rcsoired, That all specifications of amuse-
ments not 10 be taken be stricken out of the
discipline so that il shall read instead tax
ing such amusements as 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 H.
IL. Wills, of Iowa, offered "A resolution ask
Ing that the hymnals be abridged to 400
hymns, and sold To the poorer churches for
30 cents per copy. The Central German Con-
ference asked that the presiding Elders of an
Annual Conference and its laymen consti-
tu,e an Advisory Board or Cabinet to assist
ne Bishop to station the ministers of the
Chy626 m m ioTca ore James Imes f. Briggs pre-
80, mutton adopted by the Central
P ~ 10 p ~ demanding that the editors OF
more al papers discontinue making them |
lagency for the promulgation, of their
made an official paper. II will probably be
accepted. Cleveland o.. is making hard
pull for the next Conference. The follow
ng officers were elected: DR. c. w. Smith,
EDITOR of the Pittsburg. Adrocote; J. Is.
Young, editor of the st. Louis Adrocdte; B.
+. Creary. editor Of the San Francisco Adj
rocdte Albert J. Mast, editor of the Christ
ian Apologet 4; +. w. Hammond, editor of
the Southwestern Adrocote Negro.
FRIDAYS SESSION.
c. IL Rayne was elected secretary of the |
Board Of education. The Conference decd |
ed to elect two coordinate secretaries, and |
ballot was ordered 10 fill the offices The |
committee on Columbian Exposition pre-
sented its revised report on the Worlds Fair
with the words in the preamble, "LincOln
swung transparency when Richmond ieil
that could he seen five miles away ellml-
mated. The committee on Temperance pre-
,ented resolutions denouncing the liquor
traffic and those engaged in II, and stating 1t
to be the Judgment of the Conference that no
political party has n right to expect the sup
port of Christian men so long as It stands
committed to the license policy, or Is not III
open hostility to the saloon. a resolution
asking that the Conference reconsider It's
action in deciding not to elect more Bishops
WAS quickly squelched being laid on the
table with a rush.
SATURDAYS SESSION.
Bishop Andrews presided. The report on
the Epworth League presents an amend.
mcnt TO the dis ,ipline providing for Board
If Control of 10 members, one of whom
shall be a Bishop. IL also provided that the
local leagues shall be under the supervision
Of the annual conferences with when they
are connected. The amendment also pro-
vides for the publication of the EprOnh
Herdid as the official organ. The Executive
office is located at Chicago. The report was
adopted seriatum. The name of the organi-
zatian was made THE Epworth League of
the Methodist Episcopal Church IL was
decided 10 low the Board of Control TO
elect the Secretary of the Epworth League.
but have the Conference elect the editor of
the EDrOrth H,r,id. II was also finally
decided that all young poop es societies con
nected with the church, whether Epworih
Leagues or not should come under the
jurisdiction of pres ding elder.
MONDAYS SESSION.
The Committee on Reyisals recommended
that petitions to abolish the six months pro-
bationary term be denied. A minority re-
port recommended that the time De reduced
10 six months. The Committee on Tenn
poral Economy recommended that the Con.
ference demand an adequate number of
chaplains 10 be appointed in the army; that
they be regularly Commissioned officers and
! not mere contract men; that three bishops
| be select d TO recommend suitable candi-
dates for appointment in the army; that the
nearest Sunday to July be known in the
| church as Army and Navy Day. and that
! services on that day pertain TO the welfare
| OF those bodies.
| Dr. Potts, of Michigan offered n resolution
empowering the bishops TO submit to the
annual Conference proposition 70 admit
women as lay delegates. Mr.. Potts demand
ed that the Conference act on the matter.
| Notwithstanding the opposition of the
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