The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-06
First Move to Alter the Methodist
Book of Discipline
COMMITTEE REPORTS TUESDAY.
Book Concern Matters and Editors
Of Official Papers Will Prob
ably BE Passed Upon
May If.

ChiraSo, May .-Afte an hour of active
debate among delegates 10 the Methodist
General Conference to-day a committed or
fifteen was appointed 10 report a plan for
the consolidation of the ~freedman's AID
and Southern Educational Society, and the
Church Extension Society, or either or
them. with the home department Of the
Missionary Society, into one society, to be
known as the Home Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. The com
mi.tec was instructed 10 report next FIJI
day.
Reverend A. Leonard. Cincinnati Confer
~nce, in discussing the resolution which was
introduced by him. declared that the uni
faction of the societies would lessen eN-
ponses and facilitate progressive work.
There were numerous other resolutions
and memorials presented. most of them be
ing referred TO their proper committees.
p, L Thomas OF the Washington Con-
ference introduced a resolution that the
conference greatly lamented the death OF
Dwight /. Moody. the great evangelist, and
prayed that another great leader might
come forth. 1t was adopted by a standing
vote.
Doctor II. G. Jackson, Presiding Elder of
the Rock River Conference, introduced n
memorial signed by twenty laymen. pro-
vidine for important changes In the meth
DDS Of governing deaconesses. The memo
rial asked that a Board OF Control, COM
posed of one Bishop. TWO members OF eacn
annual conference, two licensed ieaconesses
and two laymen, be formed Quadrenniaily
by the Board of Bishops.
Change tn the Discipline.
resolution recommending that In any
proposed changes oc The discipline the rules
be supplemented to require a two-thirds
sSoD,ion Was referred TO the c m.nittee
on State of the Church.
A resolution providing that election Of
be held Monday. May ii. and that measures
contemplating changes In the Book OF Dis
cipline be considered after May 10, was
also referred TO this committees.
The committee was instructed to report
next Tuesday. and II their report is In favor
amusement question VIII probably come be-
fore the conference without delay.
Standing Committees.
The standing committees of the conference
have been organized as follows:
Shaw. Iowa: secretary. c. W. Willard. New
York.
church Observation-Disclosures, Doctor John
Iowa.
Chairman. the Reverend Joseph Pullman.
Texas.
Da-, New York. secretary. r VI. DeLong,
Colorado.
Sunday-schoois and Tracts-chairman.
Doctor II. Nj. Hammill, Illinois; secretary,
ID. s. Payne. Iowa
Observation-Disclosures. Doctor william F.
Oldham. Ohio: secretary, Doctor James
Nudge. New England.
state of the Church-Chairman. ex-Gov-
ernor Robert f. Pattison. Pennsylvania;
secretary. the Reverend Edward J. Gray.
Pennsylvania.
Temporal Economy-chairman. Doctor J.
NJ. King. Philadelphia: secretary, Professor
:. NJ. Bronson, Illinois.
Episcopacy-chairman, Doctor ]. NJ.
Buckley, New York: secretary, Doctor J.
W. X. Bowen. Atlanta
Epworth League-Chairman. Professor r.
s. Copeland, Michigan: secretary, Doctor I.
Irving Penn. Georgia.
Observation-Disclosures, Doctor J. E. Sawyer.
New York; secretary. Charles A. Goss. Ne
traska.
Observation-Disclosures. Doctor Samuel
Dickie, Michigan; secretary, Doctor J. W.
Sashford, Ohio.
Observation-Disclosures. Professor Samuel Y.
Cpham, New Jersey; secretary, Abram Z.
Decker.
Boundaries-Chairman not yet elected.
The conference. then adjourned till Mon