The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Sketch of Church in America and the
 South.

Ns1bvilie American. c.~..~~nce of
 The Eiftsenthh thhnGisconai Gsnsai Church. South, sne e.,.,ssnS af Birmingham May S. VII marx inc 160th anniversary or nr,ca. rmv troduction of MsSncf'Mslt H;rcf 'Msethodist Church tor tha cosntry was erected on sam rrasEs in Carroll County: Marylano, s Ds Robert strawbrtdge, ana innS,n1 n snS sn Xssr fsalip fo4h cisy anouti tEisStssn years later; tnn Nsfhodist Episcopal Church or America was organized as q conferenee' Mssting st M Bsl,imospe; s,ncn se.n known Ss Ss the arsa: arSr,.srnaa m na Confersnce." pr. Coke. who had been ordained by Welsey, was ordained Bishop, Erancis ASSIrs Enrs xt tSis conference the twenty-fiys Ar fic1ss of Reiirion were adopted. There were already at that early date ls'ooo Methodist in America. c....
 If was at the ninth delegated Gen arai C.onference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church of America; 1ss ;,tatoo neio m Of % the auestion of siave-ho1ding in the church ccsiminated in the adoption of the plan of eeparation, and the .organizatlon Q. 2, the Msthodi.t, Episcopal a Sa"aSs.n Snrcn sCi deie gates in Louisville the following year year Int conference was declared q distincs z denomination under the name SI Santh' he nmested to act as Bishop for the new body, the former. though symPa.httaaaee ta ae with the Southern sas,a'o body; yesr asrefrhs " . From the earlIst organization 9i vsiie tne Southern Methodist Church, NasnYlre has been a center of Metnod,sstt st,, sSat shirteen years after the separation of of the church and the organisaSionn nao -. the Southern church. the fouftn ihat eral Conference sn,,sn was nela wa. Beginning to fes, inc fur1uit that culminated m the war between the States, the reprSsStt tatives of every Mstnodiive is tbe Hail of Representatives at, the Capitol. and als- cussed not only the important matser0 .r n,, of the church, but the problems .ms,, !, being agitnaseSS ,ns Sarth ,n ,ne and S'sss South.
 Twenty-four years later Nasnviise se was again the scene. of this grsas as sembiase, the ninth Gsnerai rsa Chmrch in SHnseIsHsS May. issS Great changes had taken sn pIace since the previous conlerenSe ~, this city--changes that represehteaes as.orv orv of of Nations. ni vet through it all the church Rad exercised a helpful influence ana foresaw it's duty to help give nle anu strength to the war.stricskeh1, a1, is isoutheru Metbod;sm is turned to the fifteenth General Conference in Birmingnann ,1v neH ' month, and all those who are asep,y concerned in the faith are greatly inteI asted in the probable changes to be made ar any steps to be taken In re gard to the church at this con1erenfe,es Z The Methodist ministers or ths Gen. eral Conference recommending ion of the ritual of the churcn. statement of the General huiss, the ten by wesley; the extension or t9e fe terms of ministers from four years so eieht years, together with various otn CT changes of great signlIica9ce: hsvs lar memorials are understoou .hor cit. been adopted in number or other cie'
 Greater interest attaches to the con ference locally because or an invisa, s.el General Conference to be held in Nasn' vile. and this city Is once more cvu templating opening It's arms rts.ra 10 shis is k.tia aonht Entertained that the comm eonference will act favoraoiy on tns inyisaslothhi nyMivsaarvthing about this city encour-
 es fbe holding of a convention l.hav. inc for it's purpose the expansion 70, ol Msthodism and the perfecting or is' system of gSyeffnm9Ssnt fa9S whefe aege groups aes o carly settlers gathered to hear she ter, gor trines of Methodism expoundeo- nsa the early pioneers, csossitnbg nd tbe .a Garoitnas gSsstnst Mest Stopped, a and with Gods own na. 9s ture as their sanctuary. listened to rnI. I. earl. eyponentst sS6ss on to 0V wesley. ess t
 Since those primitive days, ,g sasfRes saatherr Methodism. a Being looked to as ,at int sducationai center of the hs%S,nx soS5n; T,te inte tthsouSanas tts ssf Of Southern homes. and like; wise the place where grreair grair zeai anJ ensrgy, %or in addition to being the s,, head, ], e,erfers of the Publishing House, !. bhas taken unto itself almost the cnar' aster ass " of the Mecca of Southern Metno' dism. s tha General Conference will be the si.tyalTIsct charch cay Si st having been declared dis,
 net antoa0TSs of qSs rom .no of the Methodist Episcopal SSurss of rAn AmeEiSs snerai at IT, ie9o. .bis the previous year in New one of fhst sore ,ed sla to tGi the ens
 & the sam Inc states so far ahead man., festing itself in bringing gf the apep North