Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-28
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Case of Mr.. Grady Referred to a Com
mittee.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. March 2s.-Seldom, IL
ever, has the Baltimore conference, Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, which is
now meeting at Trinity Church, this city,
been so stirred it was yesterday when
Rev. DIR. B. f. Ball, presiding elder of the
Moorefield district. charged Rev Seymour
Grady, candidate for elders orders. with
falling to conform to the ritual Of the
church in the administration of the Lords
supper.
Bishop Galloway addressed Mr.. Grady as
follows:
DO you not accept the ritual of the
church,"
II accept it, replied Mr.. Grady. 'ff Il
means what l understand it to mean.
What do you think it means?" asked
chorus of voices.
LAS l understand it," he replied. cit
means that before taking the sacrament
there should be confession of sins. If one
has been converted, what need is there for
a confession of SinS?'
While this answer was not definite It was
sufficient to let all present realize that Mr..
Grady has subscribed to the holiness doc
trine. As the discussion continued, it as
sumed more serious aspect, and several
expressed themselves as unwilling to vote
in favor of Mr. Grady's election.
Then Rev. Collins Denny moved that
committee be appointed to confer with
ference.
After some debate, the following commit
tee was appointed TO confer with Mr.
Grady: Revs. Collins Denny, l. w. Canter
and j. S. Engle.
A gavel with historic associations was
presented to Bishop Galloway by Rev. ]. S.
Hutchinson. presiding elder of the Lewis
burg district. Part of 1t was made from
Church west of the Alleghenies, erected in
1871. The handle is wood from one of the
Spanish ships destroyed during the Span
ish-American war. Bishop Galloway thank
ed the presiding elder for the gift. He re-
ferred in touching words to Francis AS
bury, who had preached in the old meeting
house from wood of which the gavel was
fashioned, and expressed the hope that the
humble and simple piety which was then
such distinguishing feature of Methodism
would still be preserved amid these days.
The Woman's Missionary Society report
ed an increase in interest In the work.
The report Of the Woman'S Home Mis-
sionary Society showed an increase Of
eleven auXiliaries.
A resolution was adopted providing for
the appointment of a committee to consider
the propriety of an assessment on the
charges for the purpose of assisting such
churches as may invite the conference to
meet. The committee is composed of Revs.
H. P. Hamill, B. w. Bond, David Bush, ].
NJ. Canter and Mr.. J. T. Fishburne.
Rev. w. r. Lambuth, the missionary sec
rotary, spoke of the success of the mis-
sionary work of the church.
Joseph H. Balthis, Lloyd w. Kincaid.
Ernest l.. Woolf and Jos. +. Valiant were
admitted into full connection and will be
ordained tomorrow. Rev. w. NJ. Wagner
of the Holston conference and Rev. III. ].
Stevens of the South Carolina conference
have been transferred into the Baltimore
conference by Bishop Galloway Rev. III. A.
Murrill, deacon, was located at his own
request.
Only two ministerial delegates were
elected to the general conference today.
The voting will continue. The ministerial
delegates are Rev. Collins Denny of the
Vanderbilt University: Rev. DIR. p. HI.
Whsner, secretary of the board of church
extension, Louisville, Ky. All of the lay
delegates and alternates were elected. as
follows: Delegates, NJ. L. Walton, a lawyer
of Woodstock. Va, and the author of the
Walton law; Arthur b. Pugh. assistant at
torney in the Interior Department, Wash
ington, and a member of Mount Vernon
Church; T. 7. FiShburne. a prominent
banker and merchant, Roanoke, Va; A. Z.
HuddleStein, merchant and wholesale lum-
Der deal of West Virginia; c. f. Muller, d
manufacturer of Baltimore. Md. Alter
mates, r. H. Hiner, district attorney OF
Franklin county. Va; E. S. Conrad. a
lawyer, Harrisonburg. Va; c. w. Pretty
man, lawyer, Rockville, Md.