The St. Louis Republic., 1904-05-11
SCORES TENDENCY
TOWARD MYSTICISM
The Reverend Mr.. Waddy Moss
PillOries Inclination of Meth
Odists in England.
CHURCH GROWS IN IRELAND.
Thirty-Three Memorials Before
General Conference - Many
Favor Restoration of the
Pastoral Limit.
CHURCH GROWS IN IRELAND.

Los Angeles. Cal. May Ic.-Tbe sixth
days session OF the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church was most
ly taken up By addresses by fraternal dele
gates. No business other than the presen-
ta.ion OF a few resolutions and their
reference TO appropriate committees WAS
taken up.
The Reverend waddy Moss OF Diddsburg
College. Manchester. England. came be-
fore the conference IN behalf Of the Eng
lsh Methodist Church. He pilloried the
prevalence OF mystical tendencies In the
church abroad and drew attention to in
clination of Methodist teachers and
preachers TO depart from material'stic ten
cts to idealistic doctrines.
The Reverend Charles Crookshank of
ireland spoke for the Methodist Church in
Ireland In contradiction OF the claim
that all denominations In Ireland have
lost steadily in membership through the
depicting effect of emigration. Mr..
Crookshank asserted that the Methodist
Church has gained. numerically.
Brief addresses were made by the Rev
erend Doctor William Dobson of Canada
and the Reverend J. c. Kilgore of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South, presi-
dent OF Durham College.
RECREATION.
A few OF the more important commit
tees held meetings this afternoon, but a
ma iority OF the delegates took advantage
OF the afternoons leisure to visit points
OF interest in the immediate vicinity OF the
city.
The final report OF the Book Comrnittee
to the General Conference is In the hands
OF the delegates in pamphlet form 1t Is
n detailed report of the business transacted
by the book concerns during the past
duadrennium and OF the various funds
unGer the supervision Of that committee.
The report shows the total sales OF the
book concern of New York for the past
fou- years to have been S.SS7. .6s2. and OF
tEs Western Book Concern for the same
created for ministerial support. shows a
cash balance of Si27. .l31, q substantial in
crease over the total at The close of the
previous quadrennIum-
The report makes only casual allusion to
the important question OF unihcaton OF the
publishing houses. as the matter Is fuiiy
covered IN a special memorial IN the BOOK
Committee to the General Conference, in
which fourteen members pass the proposed
plan OF consolidation and five disapprove
The treasurer to-day commenced the
10 the conference upon the presentation Of
the itemized and audited accounts Treas
urer Oscar p. Miller estimated that 100000
would be paid out by the church for the
expenses OF the delegates during their stay
in Los Angeles.
PASTORAL LIMIT.
Before the Committee on 1tineracy
there are now thirty-three memorials and
petitions from annual and quarterly con-
ferences on the subject OF the pastoral
limit Many OF them favor the restoration
OF the limit. There is. however, spirited
opposition among the delegates to making
any change in the present unlimited ten
ure on the grounds that four years have
not sufficed to give thorough trial to the
plan. The subject is now in the hands
OF a subcommittee of fifteen. which Will
report back to the Committee on Itiner-
acy. with their recommendation Of action
on the subject next Friday.
Everything indicates that there Will be
a vigorous contest on this question. which
is likely TO be finally fought out on the
floor Of the conference.
The negro delegates. through the Rever-
end Mr.. Harmon Of Tennessee. put them
selves on record in a strong protest against
the action OF certain Los Angeles hotels and
restaurants IN refusing to entertain negro
guests Mr.. Hammond presented reso-
luton condemning the attitude Of these
places. which was adopted by the confer
ence.