The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-11
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
uiny Of Then Read Before the Hetho1.
ist Genera Conference at Memphis.
CHANGE OF Law ON CHURCH TRIALS.
xhs Report Of the Committee Proves Cn-
satisfactory and 10 Withdrawn-A
Rusn of New Business.

c. +. vawter Of Virginia, was grant
cd leave OF absence for the remainder
OF the session.
The following committees presented re-
ports which went TO the calender: Epis-
copai and amendment TO the law lot
bidding bishops and presiding elders en-
ploylng preachers who have Deen IT,
iec,ed. discontinued, or located, except
at their own request, unless at the tnne
of such location, etc, authority d. e''e"
70 TO do.
Revisals. No. 3: In favor of the trans
ferrinS OF license Of local preachers ana
recommending preachers for admission
into the travelling ministry. ana TOT Or
dination from the quarterly conferences
10 the district conference. The comm
tee maintains that the adoption OF the
amendment while they hoped wou'd I'M
prove the grade OF local preachers, ana
as the travelling minority came from the
local ranks IL would tend TO improve
this rank also.
A mino-ity report was filed which an
tagonized and gave reasons against the
change.
NUMEROUS RFPoETs.
Reyisals. No 4: In favor OF requiring
10 quarterly conferences on. missions ana
education.
Revisals. No. 5: In favor OF the me
mortal which requires ministers trans
ferred from other churches TO the South
ern Methodist Church to stand examinh-
ton on the course Of study prescribed
for probationers.
Publishing house. No 3: Against pub
fishing the Episcopal address in pamphlet
form. but in form of publishing chapter
in the discipline boundaries in the
Spanish language.
Report, No. 2: Education on the subject
OF establishing a general board of edu'
cation.
Church extension. No. 2: Providing for
the establishment Of city boards Of church
extensions.
The same board reported I'm favor OF a
proposition 10 add inquiry into the work
of church extension of the business of the
subordinate conferences. The Committee
on Boundaries made several reports, af-
fecting conference lines of southern and
western territories.
The Committee on Temperance reported
favoraby the resolution 10 use infer
mented wine st the communion. The
Committee OF Sabbath Observance was
organized by the election Of DR.. L. Il. Yates
Of North Carolina. as chairman and J.
ii. Priichett, secretary.
The Committee on Fraterna Core
spondence reported a resolution that the
Board OF Bishops appoint one Of their
number to bear fraternal greetings TO the
Colored Methodist Episcopal General Con
ference. now In session in this city. and
Bishop w. w. Duncan was appointed.
TIE BARNES BEoUHsr.
Af he Tr.I4f
ference. chairman Of the committee TO
make acknowledgment Of the Barnes be
quest Of more than a million dollars to
establish "A hospital in ST. Louis. made a
report. The rules were suspended. and the
report was adopted by rising vote The
paper was a graceful and grateful recoG-
milton OF a great benefaction II quoted
the saying Of Mr. Barnes, that man
should invest in charity as he does in
business where his money would do most
good. The Methodist Church. though
poor itself, does. he thought, the best
work for the poor and so he entrusted
his fortune to II.
As the day draws nigh when the rule
shuts off the Introduction of new bust
ness. the memorials and resolutions rush
in. and to-day there was deluge of new
matter, which was read by title and re-
ferred
One paper which was a deliverance on
the call to the Episcopacy, may prove
10 have some significance when it is con-
sidered.
REPORT WITHDRAWN.
The order OF the day which was the
report Of the commission to change the
law on church trials, was taken up. and
T.. A. Yates. OF North Carolina. proposed
to refer the matter TO a special commit
Whitehead, which declared that the re-
port Of the commission was evidently
unsatisfactory TO the Conference in very
many particulars, is defective in style
and subVersive Of several of the prCvi-
sions OF the general conference. which
appointed It, and. therefore. 1t was moved
that the report be referred to a commit
tee Of seven. which should report as
quickly as possible.
After a very lively discussion. Dr.
Whitehead withdrew that part Of the
resolution rejecting on the commission
and the committee was ordered
Its members are: Paul Whitehead, +.
w. Anderson, G. II. Hayes. L. a. Yates,
j. II. Carlisle and G.. White. A substi
tute, providing for new commission to
act In the interval of the General Con-
ference. was shelved.
resolution was passed that mem
btIS Vi tlt DOuy having amendments 10
present on the subject OF church trials
might so before the committee with
them. as the idea 10 perfect the re-
port before II comes back.
Most INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
report Of the Committee on Publishing
Interests was then considered. and that
part OF the report against publishing one
hundred thousand copies of the Episcopal
address was adopted. but that part which
was unfavorable 10 the memorial. that the
General Conference legislate for the pro-
lection Of papers published by a secre-
tary OF the General and Annual Confer
ences. and require preachers from promot-
ing such competing journals was sub
sittuted by resolution that the preachers
discourage the publication Of papers whose
tendencies are to injure those papers pub
lished by authority Of the General and
Annual Conferences when. In the judS-
ment OF the annual conference. they were
regarded as detrimental. The discussion
OF this church paper question was full of
life and interest.
Despite the plea of the freedom of the
press. against monopoly are for the
Democratic idea OF free trade
The report of the committee was turned
down by a large majority. That section
of the report requiring that annual con-
ference secretaries be furnished with a
copy OF the general minutes and the Jour
nal OF General Conferences was adopte1
Henry Wade Rogers, the president OF
Northwest University one of mo fro formal