Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-29
MR.. GRADY ELECTED TO ORDERS.
Young Man Whose Faith Methodist
Conference Questioned.

COux0IS0Ce aUeSIlO0oo.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 29.-Rev. Col
lins Denny, the chairman of the committee
to confer with young Grady, as stated in
The Star. made verbal report yesterday.
saying that the young man had declared
himself ready to support and accept the
doctrine and ritual Of the church" Young
Grady was then elected to elders orders.
A resolution providing for change Of
meeting Of the conference from the spring
to the fourth Wednesday Of October was
introduced, but no action was taken, as the
order OF the day-the election Of delegates
to the general CONFERENCE.-THE arrived.
Presiding Elder J. w. Duffey of the Wash
ington district urged members OF the con-
ference to give the question most careful
attention. He moved that the resolution,
which is expected to cause warm debate.
be considered today. DR.. Duffey fayors the
change
A touching scene occurred yesterday when
the name OF Rev. Thomas e. Carson, pastor
at Vinton, Va, was called. Mr.. Carson was
admitted into the conference forty nine
years ago In the same class with Bishop A.
w. Wilson. Because of physical disabilities
he asked for q superannuate relation. AT
the request Of Bishop Galloway, Bishop
Wilson. who was present, spoke Of the
work OF Mr.. Carson, and tears were In the
eyes of many.
These were admitted on trial: Washing
ton district, s. X. CockreM and ]. Frederick
Peake; Winchester, James III. Haley and
George Washington Staples; Rockingham,
John M. Kline; Roanoke. l.. 5. Rudislll ana
VIM. ID. King; Moorefeld, Charles W..
Stump. Henry Lawson, a travelling preach
err was readmitted.
These were continued on trial and In the
class Of the first year: James P. Human,
Jerry c. letter, Edwin w. Brubaker, Geo.
H Fielding, Clinton F. McClintic. The fol-
lowing were continued on trial and adj
vanced to the class Of the second year:
john w. Smith, Claude NJ Hesser, Jesse d.
Pope and William M. Compton.
F. A. Sitter. B. A. Shreeve and L. s. Rudi-
sill, local deacons, were elected local eld-
ers. Ordinations will take place tomorrow
morning At Ii o'clock Bishop Galloway
will ordain those elected to deacons' or
ders at Trinity Church, where the confer
ence is meeting. At o'clock in the even
ing Bishop Warren A. Gambler will ordain
these elected to elders orders at st. Paurs
Church.
Members of the conference will occupy
pulpits of several denominations tomorrow.
Pulpits Of twenty-five northern Methodist
churches will be filled by members OF the
conferences. as we'll as Methodist Protestant
and Presbyterian pulpits. Rev. w. G. Starr
will preach tomorrow morning at IL o'clock
at Mt. Vernon Church, Washington.
Additional clerical delegates to the gen.
eral conference were elected today as fol-
lows: Rev. H P. Hamill, presiding elder Of
the Winchester district; Rev. ]. A. Ander-
son, presiding elder Of the Baltimore dis
trict, and j. s. Hutchinson, presiding elder
Of the Lewisburg district Five ballots were
necessary to elect the delegates. A long
debate took place over the change In the
Washington led the debate for the change
of time of meeting to the fall. substitute
providing for the meeting on the fourth
Wednesday Of March was adopted.