The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-04
METHODlSTS TO MEET.
The QuadfienniaI Conference Will Be
Held al Dallas Ia May.
IT IS THE CONGRESS OF THE CHURCH
New Bishops to Be Elected and a Prop
osition to Establish an Order OF
Deaeonnesses.

May great gathering OF Methodists 10 /
TO take place at Dallas, the quaoriennlal
conference OF the Southern Methodists. |
IT Is the supreme body OF that church and
delegates win be present from all parts of
the world Three hundred is the limit on
the number OF delegates and they will rep
resent nearly 100000 members scattered
throughout the United States the West
Indies, Europe, China, India, Australia.
Mexico, Central and South America. In
addition to the delegates, there will be lay
men and clergymen, missionaries and those
who have been missionaries IN attendance
To the number or several Thousand, The
State of Texas alone has 200 900 Methodists
ministcred by more than zoo preachers and
many Of these will so to Dallas because the
meeting is SO close at hand. The expenses
Of the regular delegates are paid by the
church. but the visitors look out for them
selves
The purpose OF tho quadrennial confer.
cnce Is to consider the needs OF the church
financially and morally. The secular neces-
stiles arc to be given tho most attention,
but the spiritual viii also receive attention
in the way of going into tho laws which
govern tho great body, and there may be
some changes to make in them. There is
no change proposed In the creed, so far as
known, but strange ideas are rampant in
tho church worlu these days ana there
may be suggestions made FOR amendments.
the general conference is the highest
council OF the church, and Is tho supreme
governing authority. At Is a legislative,
judicial and elective body, and its functions
are to enact %Wn levy ,IAes sppr0P pots
nol.eS, make WnuicNcr Vnahses ~, IN PyVhT
or tu,e' ga ,, la - .ho NO.
tu the thureh WIZ cohgItsA Is 10 thc M
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lulc' helhg lmll' - spccned reslrictlohs
or certain conSt 'a9i provisions Known
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S"hlcrenC', i"uF III an pI"n"nilitA ~ ., 'e
least, Ihli office IS supposed to seek me
man ana mol the man the olnc'' uh9 MN,
lstGrA never formally announce so before
una NJ thcse quaultnIl,ui nl'N''nsS nu ,,.
/ o. many MINISTER'S are hearu III '"huec'i"n
| Win ths oInt'; ~ j.
ThG new bishop is hkely TO De touhd IN
thiS hS';, n tr,s, - u od,,o, ne m.
hrN. FL ~ iosS' - ~ Vul''I W Wv
Christian Advocate, a. Nashville Dri Hos
votes to elect four years ago, when Blshops
! only two bishops were to be elected he was
Rev Gross AlcNander, d d. Of the 4. Louis
yi'l1 G,entefoneI professor Of NeW ten n
mrnl creek any eNegGSls NJ aHn nH8t,. I'M IN
/ NcrslN ~ A.'NN"dr' ~ a n"VNe Ne"-
! tucb'Nh ana lc@ul mo Louisville coulcItIlVc
! deicgation' ahG ~ me eholce OF lHC Nct"-
| "dlst cIurch @' ml' H'nIS LOT lnS 9 "iuvy p,o
ltcN. John j.. llgcri; - ~ cul'oE 81 tne
| Methodist hcNleM ana hook cultor ~ Nash-
Nlll'' pr Ilgrrt !" on, o. tioo mu"sH ,,,,
! men 81 lhr tuul'h' ~" ~ ''.'' nm" "'i''
| c'oouence Is Known throughout the c"hhec-
ton.
Key James AtHhs ~; X SnhaaH ST g., ,ri
| edilo;. Dr. AtklnH IL NORM 'nrohn.An
/ ara Ia an eloquent preacher ana wen known
! and popular Throughout the cuurrn'
RcN. /. II. Nhlsner, -, d" or ne bhlti
| more conference, seCre'Ht,E % Wy cnu'tn ~
! extension society. pr. Nhlsner ls one OF
| the strongest men in inc church, ana pos
scsses every quailncalion 70 the episoSo-
| pary anu II ne is hol eleVhleu 70 the olnCs
| VIII be returned rs secretary on inc churVh
| extension boArd. .
! key. Collins Denny u. y, or NhhnefolI1
| university, hnq chairman OF tne p9ok CON
| mlti'e br bchnE'i as INC mean am. ., , cne
the conference upon the war claim ques-
| ton, ana u VIII ne wen uphe .,
Key, D. u. llahihonu, ~, - o. ,hv ,NI ~
| Georgia conference. secretary OF education
| at NashVille.
Key y. l. sawyer - -" o. the Lo"'s'""o
Key. W. H. Murrah' ~ ~ OF the No'bn
| Mlsslhslpp c"hLtl'Ict. - ~ e.h p
Rev. ". =. Vaughan. D. ID" of enc "a
enc Rcy g'p 4 Sole smIh D. H.. of the vlr-
gnia conference a., o,
Tho publishing interests OF the churon
are center Of interest AZ ms tme' anu
a new hook agent mUSt he e.ec{ed, si'r
Rev, j. D. Barbec' - ~ mas rrslRneu -
a. smith me aSSl .,nI, nroH srnn;; AMI,
pc iPiuIuou. M - : 49, =, -
l.shirg plant AZ Nashville ana l9igr stores
Mt other places for lnr saie OF BOOKS
Ihr hoafu OF missions " nppttniiou ~
the conference aud the wv" secretaries n g
elected. This Is one Of the important lhler-
cSts Of the church. ..... a.. alton. -
The conference also elects thc edltQrs OF
the various publications. FOR INC Church aud
Sunday school which are Puh'iShtd uh it I
the auspices OF the controlling nody OF me
church' ana 'nrre lnnA "V S3 Ir unt , -
among these. The beard OF church extern
sion when assists me ,ilte -. .
. ] Shin, Is also UilNff lHf confirm VI INV NAih'