The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-13
HOPE FOR A REUNION
GREETINGS OF NoRTHEREERS
TO soUTHEnNERs.


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Dallas. Tex. May i2-This was the day
set aside for fasting and prayer by the
members Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. and the session of the
conference this morning was unusually
short. There Was nothing to pc done n
ness and after less than two hours OF
work the gathering adjourned until
O'Clock tonight. then the fraternai dele
gates presented their addresses from the
Bisaop Galloway OF Mississippi preside
today.
The address Of welcome delivered BY
the fraternaI delegates were sttentiveiy
the night session an important statement
with regard to the letters pertaining to
the war claim and sent to. Bishop
Gambler by Sen stors Bacon and Gay. was
Reports OF committees were called for.
The Committee on Temperance handed In
a resolution that the International Les
con Committee be- instructed to issue les
son helps on temperance.
A resolution for the payment OF the
TT W cling expenses. of delegates was
adopted under suspension OF the rules. 1t
was ams ne sh by ins se " Se ra ,s @
w. w. Smith, lay delegate from Vir-
ginia. moved a suspension OF the rules
for the consideration OF resolution 10
adjourn Immediately after the regular
resolution was read again by request and
a motion was made to lay 1t on the table.
A point of order was raised and sustained
by the chair and Mr.. Smith was given the
floor. He made an appeal for careful con-
sideration on the serious matter OF the
settlement Of the war claim and for time
in which to pray and deliberate on the
subject. He believed that not many were
The call for resolutions was continued
DIR. Tigert moved that when the conven-
ton adjourn 1t be to meet at O'Clock
tonight to receive the addresses OF ira.
Episcopal Church. The fraternai messen-
gers of the Northern Church are Rev. ID.
w. c. Huntington. ID. D., of Lincoln.
Neb., and Lieutenant Governor Bates OF
At the night session of the general con-
ference nearly the entire delegation
strength of the body was present to listen
to the fraternal addresses of the messen-
| gers from the Northern Methodist
Church. Goth messengers made impress
siye and brilliant efforts. While neither.
in direct language. advocated reunion
of the two churches. as previous to the
division o. 1874, still there were sentences
and sentiments that were readily identi-
fled as suggesting the hope of such an ui-
innate result.
dresses for Bishop Wilson to respond.
Fraternal messengers from The Church
| South to the Church North for the gen.
erai conference to be held two years
| hence will be announced in due time.
From a statement issued by one OF
4 the prominent Bishops of the church late
| tonieht-it appears. that the first press dis
| patches were in error in saying that the
letter of Senators to Bishop Gambler az
| frmed that the book agents and attorney
| for the war claim were innocent of de-
| ceptive methods before the Senate. On
the contrary the letter of the Senators IL
/ said to declare that such misleading
| methods were praCticed by the book
/ agents and attorney.
The point of the letter of the Senator:
| was that the money should not be re
| turned to the government by the churcf
on account of these alleged acts of tbs
| book agents and attorney; that the wal
claim was a just claim and should have
ben paid, and that the church was no
| to be censured on account of these acts