The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-03
CHAT ABOUT THE
BIG CONFERENCE
Bishop McCabe's Surprising Figures on
Methodist Activity.
MILLIONS SPENT FOR GODS WORK
Questions Of Vast Moment Con.
sidcred, Like Time Limit, Lay
Representation and the Like..Per.
sonality Of Leading Delegates.


Representation and the Like'.fer'
.o,,,;,, ofI.,a;ny Dc,e,otes.
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lnere rs hU ME, al ,.. saraI
workers JUST nke 'ne Me.moois, ,, s,svnnod sud
conierehce, Mnicn mas ~. Jes' NS;oaI,,,
anu NO emu.en ,,s,s Mn,.u ss ~, AS Nv
tue thorousn M aun .isu.s LIS ~ ,h;s
means OF the noisy proceedihgs Oh TINS :
snac,a,tv Of church statistics. youches
for the statement that one-third of this
church. as II stands TODAY with its
o75O 900 members. is the creation Of the
last twelve wears, and that in the for
eiCn missions of the church more con-
yerts have been made in these last
twelve years than In all the years pre-
ceding. Another Of his astonishing
statements Is that this church gives
annually to the work of God at home
and abroad about se4, 100000. So THAI
as he graphically puts it, the Methodist
Episcopal church could annually by 1t
contributions reproduce the great
White City of the Worlds Fair, and
have each year a surplus of S4,000.0Oo
FOR pocket money. 4
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SAo" iN i'hr o
The marvellous success OF tnis cnurcn
has its Influence, no doubt. IN causing
the conference to move as SLOWLY as II
does In making changes. Inc woman
question has been acute Ior more tnan
eight years, yet IL IS sun unsettieu;
Longer sun nave tne iagmer cianioasu
Tor addltiohal Iecosnl.'om' ySs .nis III III,
ference mas voted tnat IL VIII NOT give
the membership Oh the cnulch d u'!sI.
Vote III senuins [epIeseh'a..Nes " ,.,s ~.
pody ana mas IeIuseo 10 toiliIii. nsya
70 tne'ons pehuins proposi.,un % W 'man nan,
the iaynlen III ~ equai ~ num,ue, ,,',n W
the Hinisteis' Ihe on,y .nins posS .hinS
is 10 supmlt .ne dues.,un soas nor 'nnd and
tlhe ~ .ms annuu. ~, -. t, .ha ,.aaH GA"
what .ne lesu,a LII, 10 I'M s,,oo ~ 20 ' so,a tho
san ,o.o, ILL., 's In ,re ,,,e. srou, those hod~
sane proposai snn,,,,, mas ne. ,,' ,,,St , oIosad
1eS Sauon u, mro W. tha ,oitv ns Inc chnrch
Ne'S. -. W.. -, ~, rosnr;,, ard IN tho,r
nnodi, :, ,ho,,,d u he sa;d thev never
iS ,n,,.n sm ,,maa' b.,tar oontro,
n,a ,,o;rt ss snao,oi sorarass 10 that the
,,,,o, o,starS ,ns,St Sti,i nnnn tseninp 70
tha,nse,ves oil tho groat cburch offices
,Thaw ha va refused apaj in oven to hermit
iavmen 70 a share in the resnonsible
mana cement Of the hook concern.
strictiv secular though. that business II
The two law Candidates. Charles r.. Ma
cae For the New York agency. and
George r johnson for the Cincinnati
honse each ran nm to about 10 votes.
hut thew could get no higher. Never
theless the Law delegates though they
felt sore kent n cool head. They did
not draw the line very closely in the
voting. and this was the first general
conference at which they failed to show
their strength nv demanding a vote by
orders.
THE TIME LIMIT.
Tho vote In committees for removinp
he eve, vote i'm. IN % IL ior forer ~ -
against. a vote which would probably
represent the sentiments of the entire
Conference II is very significant. by
the wav that the demand for removal
isters and that the ,aitv are overwhelm-
inrly AGAINST II. There probably came
10 the general conference as many me-
-rrrrisls iiroinp the continuance of the
ti,,,a ii,,it o. netitions asking that II be
ohoi,shed Not few urged a return
20 Tho Sorr,er limit of three wears. The
COMMITTEES m itinerancv reported that.
~ the farthast there should he no
chance other than IN nrovide that in
extremelv excentionai ca ses the term of
a noetnrote nnov avtend 70 TON wear and
ever this 10 not advised excent as II
NAV he demanded hv three. .fonrths
vnte ne the n,,arterIv conference and
nc S,,bsaonent concnrrence ne the
h,shon and thrae. .fomrths of his "a h,net
Not nniv On h,t The nresidinp elder of
tho Sistr,ot ,o,,st nisp connmr. ond oil
the.o nhoors onS GRO I'd. ave- 70 nnerate
sntiveiv IN every vear So that even
Tr the now n,on sbomId he adonted r.
ro,,id not oil fn,,om tha+ tha man who
,vout hoct ~ fnr cS b,S si~th vear would
contirva IN mndistnrheS nossess,on ~
Nc oh,,ro,, tor tha nronosod Init of ton
vaors ~. thot ha ,vo,,Id necess.ri,v ha
.n~n,,,tna so, a,,a,, u "uo sa,,a,,t,, ,,aar
"fr Ino,aontoII,, nc Shr;.t;on EnSaovor
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