Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-25
PASTORS TO PACK UP
At Least Once in Every Five Years,
as in the Years Just Gone By.
THE ITINERANT LIMIT REMAINS.
ALI Young Peoples Societies Except the
Epworth Are Notified
THAT THEY INTRUDE IN THE CHURCH

OMAHA, May 24-Bishop Hurst occu.
pied the chair at the Methodist Episcopal
General Conference. The Committee on
Judiciary reached q very important conclu-
sion upon the meaning of the word 'lay.
men" In the discipline. 1t provides for lay
representation. The committee is OF the
opinion that the word does not and never
has included women, but has meant and
does mean men only.
The Epworth League matter was dis.
cussed at length, lively debate arising over
an effort to deprive the League of Secre-
tary of its own. The special secretary wing
of the Conference, however, won the day.
A rather warm alteration took place be-
tweed Murray, of Pennsylvania, and DIR.
Berry, Chairman of the committee, over q
misunderstanding The Conference was
discussinga section providing that there
should be no effort made to disturb the
Christian Endeavor and other young peo-
Piles societies in the Church for the purpose
of planting Epworth Leagues in their stead.
AFun Right of Way for the Epworth.
Secretary Monroe offered resolution to
strike out the section. Mr.. Murray held
that the committee had agreed to this Sec
tion as a compromise after week of warm
discussion. He was opposed to the idea of
striking out the section. DR.. Berry de-
clared that Mr. Murray had misrepresented
the committee, and after shooting CONTRA
dictiops at each other for few moments
they got together and found that they were
not very far apar. after all
DR.. Spier was in favor of giving the Ep-
worth League the full right of way in the
Church. He thought the section was in
tended to give Christian Endeavor societies
an additional lease of life in the Methodist
Church. He wanted to see the Epworth
League installed as the young peoples So
ciety of the Church, and all encouragement
for the organization of other young peoples
societies in the Methodist Church should be
shut off
Dr. Maxfeld, of Nebraska, wanted the
Epworth League to have a full and free in
dorsement of the Conference, and other
young peoples societies to understand that
they were not at home In the Methodist
Church, but were occupying the territory
of the Epworth League while in the Metho-
dist Church.
only the Epworths Need Apply.
The motion to strike out the section re-
suited in vote of 265 for to 164 against
1t was a decided victory for the stalwart
Epworth League.
A motion was Immediately made to have
the section which had been stricken out at
tached as a foot note. DR.. Kynett, Dr..
Leonard and several others made ringing
speeches in behalf of the Christian En-
deavor societies. There were thousands of
loyal young people, they said, in the young
L. otal y, 21,,A h.
dist Church, and they were perfectly loyal
to the Church. They should be recognized
TIE section was added as a foot note.
Chaplain McCabe aroused the greatest ap-
plause of the day. He arose to question
of privilege, and announced that he had
just received a subscription of $40, 900 to as
sist in the erection of Methodist headquar-
tiers in the city of Rome. The gentleman
who gave SO literally was Rev. G. A
Reeder, of the East Ohio conference.
Other sections of the rules intended to
govern the Epworth League and other
young peoples societies connected with the
Methodist Church were then taken up.
They provide that the league shall have
officers who shall report to the District and
General Conferences.
Made Members of Quarterly Conferences
DR.. Buckley held that 1t would not be
wise to make the presidents of the local
leagues members of the Quarterly Confer
ences A section providing that all pres
idents of the Epworth League must be MEM
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and members of the Quarterly Conference
was adopted.
Mr.. Shaw, of Iowa, made very neat
speech advocating the idea of giving the
young people of the Epworth Leagues the
iuh m oil hair nff1a hop
to allow the Quarterly Conference to assist
the leagues in the election of their presi-
dents He said:
1 feel inclined to trust the young people.
] would rather trust your children than
trust your fathers, my brethren. l am of
the same opinion as Robert Burdette, FORM
erly of the Hdlckeye: 1.-THE world is better
than it was before you came into it. and it
will be better still when you get out Of it"
lLaughter.l
After adopting the rule relating to the