The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-31
SOME coNFERENcE a1sroRY.
II Is Said tina. Rev Wood deceived . Curtain
Lecture From b shop Maiialieu-

There is leaf of history connected with
the recent Methodist conference at Well
iBgton that has never been published It
| relates TO Rev. Wood. the president of the
Sedgwick County Law and Order League,
whose pastorare the conference changed
from Goddard TO Burton
The information on the subject was
given yesterday 70 reporter for the
EAGLE by gentleman who attended the
conference.
Eyes" said he. Brother Wood was
changed from Goddard to Burton. Oon'I
get It mixed up by saying that he WAS
transferred. for such Is not the case. When
! n minister is transferred ne goes from he
jurisdiction OF one conference to anot her;
when he is changed he goes from cue
charge 10 another in the jurisdiction Of the
me conference.
did his activity in the Law and Order
league have anything to DO with the
chaBge@
II presume so. for the church at Gad
dafd did not desire TO retain him. The
fact is. it was very difiicult for him to get
a charge at all, aud Bishop Mallaiieu told
him SC. | am informed that Bishop Nal
lalieu gave him quite a severe curtain
lecture Oh account OF the attitude he AS
sumed in this county"
rs that an indication of the attitude of
he Methodist church towards prohibit
tiou?"
mo, not at ALL The Methodist church
has no objections to any man for the views
he may hold on Or 3h! bition. Iu fact. / be-
ileye, 1t Is favorable 10 prohibition; l know
it is earnestly la favor Of temperance and
anything thai will enhance Its cause. IL
has, however, objections TO man in the
ministry giving more OF his time TO
the enforcement of the prohibljory law, or
any other law. than TO the service ct the
"A ha nf
Bishop Mallalien made this very clear TO
the class OF candidates for the eldership at
Wellington. He impressed upon them
the tact that under the terms OF their
VOWS all their time, talents aud energies
belonged TO their calling as ministers, aud
that wien they made sheritfs. d-pu'y
sheriffs, constables and police officers out
of themselves they were violating their
vows. There Was no mIStaking what
Bishop Mallal-n Intended he meant
simply to hit Brother Wood over The
shoulders of the class. These remarks
we're public, but in private he iectured
Brother Wood in person. l am satisfied
Brother Wood had to make certain
promises before be conld even get the
Barton charge.
Isn't 1t "A fact that some of the minis
tiers of your church engage nearly alto
getber in the affairs of the world ?"
Yes, but they do so by permission.
You don't quite understand the diciplne
OF the church / see. We have what we
call sup-rnumaries and superauuates.
Supernumaries are those who have no
regular charge in the ministry. They are
male supernumaries when thev can't con-
form with the regular rules of the church.
These causes may be the ill-heaitn
of minister's wife which would
render It impracticable for him to move
about from charge to charge or his finau-
citl conditions may be such as to render
him unable to devote himself entirely to
the ministry. A superaupuste is one who
may be too old or permanently disabled or
afflicted. These of course can devote them
serves 10 the pursuits of the ordinary af-
fairs and business of life without violating
their vows of ordination. Bishop Nal
lalieu's remarks Were directed to those
who are regularly iu the ministry and who
get regular salaries for doing nothing but
teaching and preaching the Gospel.