The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-28
QUADRENNIAL MEETING
OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.
Cumb erIand and United Presbyterian
General Assemblies and other
Religious Gatherings.
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DUBLIN, Ind, May N.-The twenty-sec-
ond quadrennial General Conference Of the
United Brethren in Christ met at the beau
tiful church in this place to-day and Will
continue for ten days. This is the general
assembly of the church, composed of min
isterial delegates from all the conferences.
There are tl4irty-one conferences in the
United States and one in the province OF
Canada. These are presided over by four
bishops-Mlton Wright, senior bishop, of
Dayton; Fl. F. Barnaby, of Corinth, Mich;
Halleck Floyd, of this city, and William
Dillon, of Dayton, but whose work is on
the Pacific coast
The bishops, editors and all the general
officers are elected every four years by the
delegates to the General Conference, who
are elected by popular vote. There is one
woman delegate, Mrs. Jianetta Waters,
of st. Joseph Conference. Eight years ago
the church passed a rule to license women
to preach and there are now about twenty
actively engaged and eligible to member
ship in the annual conferences The work
of the General Assembly is the revision of
the discipline the election of the entire
board of bishops, editors, publishers, mis-
sionary secretary and treasurer. The
church has mission in the Imperah couh-
try, in Africa, besides home and frontier
missions. There are three colleges, two in
Indiana and one in Oregon. There will be
present delegates from Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia on the east eX-
tending west to the Pacific coast. Owing
to the radical stand the church early took
against slavery, it did not establish itself
to any extent in the Southern States
The conference met in general session al
2 p. M. with Bishop Wright presiding.
After singing two hymns, Bishop Barnaby
led in prayer, after which a Scripture les
son was read by Bishop Wright. The roll
of delegates was then called. Five front
seats were reserved as a bar for the dele
gates, after which w. w Nipple was elect
ed secretary and Mrs Luce corresponding
secretary. 1t was voted that no delegate
exceptional case Delegate Williams, or
Oregon, was admitted. Rev. c. w. Smith,
of the NJ. e. Church. and Rev. Montgom-
cry, of the Liberal T. b. Church, were rec
ognized as brethren by rising vote.
The conference is made up of S1Xty-SeVen
delegates, representing a total membership
in this branch now of about $4,000 with
over 1000 churches and 5000 ministers. The
attendance will reach six hundred. The
year has been a prosperous one. The mis-
sion work is increasing.
This branch has always been radically
opposed to all secret organizations, which
was the opening wedge that severed the
church at the conference eight years ago.
Harmony however, seems to be again TAX
ing the place of the bitter diScord that was
engendered when the division took place.
branches will act tremendously in this as
sembly.
The Rev. D. o. Tussng, an able minister
of the Sandusky Conference, preached last
night on the Importance of the baptism of
the Holy Ghost.