The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-05-27
AETHoDlsTs IN CONFERENCE


/ Proceedings Of the Twenty-Eourth Quad
| reuuiaI Conference OF the lIethodist
! Church az Omaha Eeh-
| BISHOP BowlIAs presided over the Method
I ist conference the lTth The committee on
| itineraey returned report recommending the
abolition OF The GVeyear limit on the appoint
I ment Of pastors The report favored the idea
/ OF permitting bishops 10 appoint pastors every
/ year without reference 20 the place which the
I As tho church law has stood for many years a
| pastor could not remain at one place longer
| than hve years in succession The committee
on the state OF the church vi as vehement IN its
! denuHciLtiou OF the trea tmeur Of the coiored
/ race In the south. It called upon the GOV
e=n.nents the state oIlelais' me Methodist
Episcopal church and oil good citizens 10
I art8e and abolish she iudiEuitiez and
J outr1ges that are put upon the coioEeu people
/ It declared that the colored people were treated
I shamefully on the railway trains and 1T hotels
| and In every way They were shot down like
l dogs and the law OF the land was trampIed un-
l der foot by the people who despised the colured
/ race, the resolution was adopted Dr. san
I agents Of the New York book concern aEu l5r
/ naIf concern BIessrs. Peck, hIcCabe and Leon
/ eoIored candidate. Dr Hammond, got. only two
/ votes The conference adjourned without com
/ BISHOP FOSTER presided at the Methodist
] conference or the i5th. The frateruaI deIegates
/ of the Independent Methodist church were
men intrcd,lreI f5-T3ressi1 tile saffzfart5,75 ~
the conference upon tlo Efforts Of the fraternal
| delegates from the Methodist Episcopal church
/ South and the independent Methodist church
| Gil branches of the Methodist church would be
come one body 1t was adopted The Official
/ vote was anne iced for the second agent for
/ the CiuclnnaE book concern show ing the cleo
| tion OF Dr. Curtis OF Chicago J. W. Mcuden-
] hall was re elected editor OF the Methodist Re
/ view j. A. Hurtburt secretary OF the sunday
/ School and Tract society; Dr. j. H. Buckley
/ editor Of the New York Christian Advocate,
/ and DR.. d H. Moore editor Of the Cincinnati
I Christian Advocate. The report Of the com
I mittce on itiucracy was then taken Up. 1t pro-
poses To strike out that section in the discipline
. providing limit Z %
ate and 10 allow the bishops the option Of send
/ ing minister back 10 the same place year after
/ the Northwestern Christian Advocate, favored
pIy enable ihe bishops and presiding elders to
keep men in those places where they could be
of the greatest benefit 70 the church, and it
[ would entirely remove the apparent claim Of
me pas joIs & up upon me right no 20 be kePI IA the {ne
/ 1ber debgied hut mo- finaI rrsIIit re5cbed
BISHOP MERRILL presided over the Method
! ist conference on the 18th Dr. Jesse Bowman
Young, OF kansas City, was elected editor Of
the St Louis Christian Advocate. A report
from The committee on the consolidation Of
| beucvoleucics was presented 1t recommended
that the Educational society and the Freed
man AID ana Soulhern Educational soclrtles
I be not consolidated. The report adopted
Ihen the regular order was taken up. 4t vas
the discussion OF the time limit resolution
t touching the itiueraCy. Rev. E. j. Gray Of
| Pcuusylyuuiar was opposed 10 the ubolisnment
OF the nNe-year limit. II would be drifting to-
/ ward Congrega tioualizm, he said, and break up
/ the whole plan of itineraCy- He said the aboli-
tion Of the time limit might help the better
/ class OF the churches, but would be hard the
| weaker churches 1t would create an oiiEarchY
q. | despotism, composed Of the bishops and presid-
/ ing elders 20 abolish the hve-year limit He,
therefore, offered a substitute for the minority
report providing for the submission OF the ques-
/ tion to the annual conferences The election
Of more editors then came up ,Dr; j.. p. g q
! sawyer was announced as elected eoltor q the
Christian Advocate "a paper in The interest Of
long debate. Revs Albert, present editor, and
son Of the present editor was chosen editor OF
& tnS ApologsIe Ie NE S5li,n Z I5r I,1S5 IN u % Sot
favoring thu election Of an additional secretary
for the work A special centennial session was
, BISHOP Foss presided ut the Methodist gen
/ eral conference on the goth Mr.. Amos Shinlzle
penses of the delegates. said that sufnCicu
Z / FUNDS had not been in from the annual confer
. crcc trCusurcrs TO nay the travelling expense
/, i Of the delegates After much talk, the confer
! tnce dcetdcd TO draw tha amount from the Jool
/ concern I-or secretary Of the board OF Cduca
lion Dr. C. H. Payne was elected on the sCcoug
I ballot The result of Iha ballot for editor Of rh
] ] uouuced, Dr. Hammond being elected 10 succeed
{ Dr. Albert. An effort 20 open up the question
1 OF clectng more bishops was made but the mo
3 tion TO reconsider was laid on the table A res
, Z ulution introduced by Dr Hammond, of Culifur
MIA, was adopted declaring that the iniquirou
opium naplt was making IcarLuL ha-a"ay el
: the Pacific coast, and vigorous steps should b
D taken To stamp IL out Judge Lawrence onere
{ resolution TO have o commission ppolHtcl 10
a the purpose OF ascertatninS what steps could =
-j IN 49, "a @ II il y y So ii, has 1-rrESl a r
g alton in the conference of 1886 a ballot wa
- taken for two secretaries for the church. bu
tho result was not announced before adjourn
meut- 1t is understood that the temperluc
= against the liquor tFafhe
BISHOP ANDHEws presided at the Methods
/. ! conference at Omaha on the 2Ist, Dr W n
SWindel leading ia the deVuuou5- Dcs A. j
g., : ILyu=tt and W. A Spencer were elected secre
; / taries Of the Church Extension society Tin
h [ report OF the Epworth league showed 400
n branches with 100 ol0 members DTS j. c
n I EIartzeu and J. W. Hamilton were electe
secretaries Of the Freodmcn's Ala society
. Discussion took place over the attitude the Pre-
, siding elders and other odcCrs OF the auuua
l. t conferences should assume toward the Eouu
: { Peoples Societies Of Christian Eudeavor an
. Z other young peoples societies in the Chure
o { not belonging 20 the Euworth league It wa
! finally decided that all young peoples societe
l. I connected with the church, whether EpWort
@ I leagues not should come under the lurisdi
~ Z tiou OF q presiding elder. The committee Al
: nouuCements were then made and the COME
< Z ence adjourned for the day.
l. BISHOP WARREN was in the chair on Oh
Z opening OF the Methodist conference on the -ai
- Many visitors were present DR. Hunt iltFl
p duced q resolution % appoint the bishops as
"a board TO appoint the various boards Of con tr'
for the different auxiliary department. Ca
ried- The auti-capitaI punishment reso-utlo
was tabled II was decided to draw the pay
the missionary bishops from the missiouar
l. fund instead OF from the episcopal fund Ut
IA woman delegate quest tiou was laid over TO a'Fi
S. the report Of the committee hlving the CouHt
! tuti0nal question in hand A resolution OF sSu
sr iourned-