The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-01

these long unappropriated blessings. In
reply DR.. "A. Coke Smith, Of Norfolk, who
was afterward elected bishop. said:
IT anne from one Of the largest pas
toral charges in Southern MethodisH
For two. years that church has employed
a city missionary, who is doing the work
that is provided In this bill for deacon
esses. stand here to say that there IS
a work in our cities that only women
can do, and only women that have been
trained to do tina kind Of work are fitted
to do it. She must be trained for 1t, and
this is simply the name given an order=
{ of deaconesses. Brother PEBBLES talks
about class legislation. Why, when
woman marries and has family OF her
own, she has already 1egislated herself
out of that kind of work. She cannot
attend to her own household work ana
attend to work of this kind.
SKETCH OF DIR. WINTON.
The conference. of course: did many
other things besides establishing the dea-
coness order, but that was y, by y lar t tae
was finally closed, and though the CON-
promise was not entirely SATISFACTORY. ~
is recognized thatit IS the pest WHICH
The Church also went on record as not
being in sympathy with organized laoor.
A memorial was presented asking the cor
ference to appoint a commission 70 as
sist in the settlement of labor troubles,
The election of Dr.. Hoss and Dr.. Smith
to the b!shoprfc meets with general favor
ton M as esee editor - Of the Nashville Advocate
came as a great surprise. Since Mr.. Win
ton is but little known In this section
dueea fqom fh sf pey Of a M pubz
which it was printed at the time of Mr..
W1nton's election:
Rev. George B. Winton, the newly
elected editor of tho Christian Advocate
at Nashville, Tenn. was born in Spring
field. Mo, in 1861. He is son Of Rev. e.
Louis and Southwest Missouri Confer
ences. He was graduated from Morrlss-
vile College In ISL after which ne f fook
yersity, together with postgraduate work
in philosophy. He entered the Southwest
Missouri Conference in 1883 and was dur
ing that year sent to Mexico City by
turning to the United States in Decem-
Der, 1884, he was elected professor of Latin
in the Pacific Methodist College, rs, Santa 9ta
three years. During one Of these years
he was editor of the Pacific Methodist,
which work he continued another year
while pastor at Sacramento.
In October 1883. he was transferred to
the Central Mexico Conference by Bishop
Theological Training School at San Luis
seven years. During this time he edited
for five years the Evangelista Mexic;tno,
the official organ of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, IN Mexico and was
also property agent and revisor of trans
lations into Spanish. Weslev's Sermons,
Hurst's Church History, the Book of Dis
cipline, and number of minor works
have been put through the press in that
language under his direction. He was
from time to time during these years both
presiding elder and pastor In connection
with his other duties From 1887 to the
present year he was presiding elder Of
the San Antonio District. Mexican Bor-
der Mission Conference In February.
1902, he was again made principal of tlt
Theological Training School of his church
in Mexico, now located at Monterey. He
has since. that time also been pastor Of
the American Church In Monterey which
positions he leaves to assume the respon-
sibilities of the office to which he has been
elected.
Mr.. Winton has been frequent con-
tributor to the columns of the Nashville
Advocate. He has also published num-
Der of articles in the methodist Review"
and In various periodicals of the Church
He has in press in the Spanish language
: Method for. Learning English For
thirteen years he has constantly preached
and written in the Spanish language, of
which he is said to have excellent com
1nand. He is member Of the present
General Conference. as delegate from the
Mexican Ror6ar NIiccior