Evening star., 1905-10-28

mails as was the case of Dr. Briggs in the
Presbyterian Church. The board Of bish-
ops spent the whole Of their forenoon ses-
sion discussing it today. and adjourned
after II without reaching vote. It had
been thought that a vote would be taken
at the early morning session and the after
noon would be devoted to visiting the
American University, on the heights above
Georgetown. But though the automobiles
were brought around to the Foundry
Church at II 30. the discussion inside the
church went on heatedly. with but little
prospect of reaching vote.
Finally some of the warm supporters Of
Prof. Mitchell went away. presumably for
luncheon, making 1t certain that there was
no prospect of a vote in sight.
Bishop Andrews came out of the confer
ence room almost on run and closed the
door not quite softly behind him. He put
crowd in the vestibule. He announced from
the bottom of the church steps that he
had no opinion to express and proceeded
on his way.
That is a fair indication to me-" said
one of the waiting clergymen, that the
case is going against mitchell. Bishop An
drews was one of his supporters, and he
does not look IL matters were progress
| ing to his satisfaction
The debate behind closed doors con-
tinued.
Views Of Two Bishops.
"'They are talking. talking. talking" said
one Of the bishops, with close-set lips
''UnfortunatelyI may say think unfortu-
nately-we are like the Senate. We have
no previous question and no limitation Of
debate When will a vote be reachedP Pos
sibly this evening, possibly next week. We
are deliberative body"
Toward the end of the session Bishop
70 ha a ha fDh finc Nho nj LOT,
of Libby prison fame, strollad out to the
lobby. mopping his brow.
"Yes. DR.. Warren prayed with me and
the bishop. "and prayed that we might
be able to put down heresy wherever we
find it"
Then he took a turn around the vestibule
and delivered to a small but interested
audience a lecture on orthodoxy, winding
up with the statement:
You see these fellows want gradually
to do away with the authenticity of every
thing. Moses didn't write the Pentateuch.
Abraham couldn't write at all. David didn't
write David and Isaiah didn't prophesy;
what they are doing"
Slowly the time dragged on and one by
one the bishops drifted out, finally closing
their session at nearly 1870 o'clock.
Bishop Walden was left alone to meet the
Inquiries OF newspaper men. and he said
softly, mo, there is nothing much OF public
trine. The Mitchell case? Yes. that was
mentioned, but there Is no vote yet.
Resent Political Turn in Ohio.
manifested among the bishops at the re-
port from Ohio that the Methodist leaders
there had threatened Vice President Fair
banks and Secretary Taft with political
death II they went into Ohio to help the
election Of Gov. Herrick The bishops were
not inclined to discuss the report in de-
tail. but through Bishop Walden 1t was
said that the Methodist church as a. body
had no political interest nor affilia tions. but
that the individual members would, as
usual, vote in accordance with the dictates
OF conscience.
Several other of the bishops, who were
not willing to talk for publication, said
they agreed heartily with Bishop Wal
denis statement. but did not want to en-
ter into any personal discussion OF the
matter
Reception Last Night.
More than one thousand members OF the
clergy and laity were present at the recep-
tdon given the board of bishops Of Foundry
Church last night. There were speeches of
welcome and replies. music and refresh
ments served by the ladies of the Methodist
union. 1t required nearly hour for the
guests to pass in line before the bishops,
whom they had met to honor.
The bishops were seated the platform
with pastors Of local churches. Rev.
George e. MaydweH. president OF the
preachers meeting. presided and opened the
meeting with prayer. A welcome on behalf
of the clergy of the church in Washington
was made by DIR. H. r. Naylor. presiding
elder OF the District and formerly pastor
OF the Foundry Church Judge Anderson
followed with address OF welcome in be-
half of the laymen. Replies were made by
Bishop Walden Of Cincinnati and Bishop
Burt of Europe.
Preceding and following the addresses
there were songs by two quartets. The
new hymnal was used for the first time.
Following the exercises In the auditorium,
the bishops were escorted by DIR. NJ. NJ.
Moffitt Of the Metropolitan Church to the
prayer room where they took their places
In line to be greeted by the assemblage.
DR.. Moff1tt. at the head OF the line. In
troduced Bishop Thoburn of India, who
introduced Bishop Andrews, and he In
turn introduced Bishop Warren the others
In the line holding positions in the order
OF their seniority, except Bishop Cranston,
who stood at the end