The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-05-18
MANY CHANGES
ARE FAVORED
By MethodistS in General Confer
ence at Birmingham.
THE TIME LIMIT IS ONE
Bishops Taking Part in Discussion Re-
gatiing New Articles OF Faith
are Called Down.

DR.. w. w. Wadsworth of the
North Georgia conference, who was
suspended at the session of that body,
held at Newman, Ga, last year, has
won his appeal before the general
conference at Birmingham. Friday
the committee on appeals reported
that it had reversed the decision OF
the North Georgia conference sus-
pending DR.. w. w. Wadswortn on
the charge of immortality, the specific
charge being kissing a woman" DR..
Wadsworth was pastor of the Hart
well church, and was suspended for
a year
The itineracy committee made
announcement report on several me-
MORALS asking for removal OF the
time limit from the pastorate of a
church. However, it approved a me-
mortal recommending that six years
be the time limit, and reported an
amendment to that effect A minority
report, signed by fourteen members
Of the committee, said they deemed
the extension q. the time limit to
six years unwise.
A resolution was Introduced by w.
r: Lambuth and others, requesting
the college Of bishops to appoint a
commission to meet a similar COM
mission Of the negro Methodist Epis-
copal church, appointed by the gen
eral conference in session at Mem
phis. The purpose of this conference
relates to the holding of the insti-
tutes for negro preachers, the fur
therance Of educational work, the pro-
motion of missionary effort at home
and abroad, and such questions as
may pertain to federation or union Of
the colored Methodist Episcopal
church with other negro Methodist
churches in the United States.
The report of the committee on
colportage was adopted, carrying with
it provision for a tract fund Of $780,
900, to be used In distributing tracts
The conference also adopted the re-
port of the special committee rec
ommending changes in the articles OF
religion allowing foreign conferences
to substitute the names of their
countries for the United States.
The special committee appointed TO
consider the advisability of a joint
commission to make a new statement
of the Methodist articles of faith re-
ported favorably and lively debate
followed, in which Bishops Wilson,
Hoss and Gambler took part, oppos-
ing any change, while Bishop Hen
dirk spoke for broadening the work
of the church. Bishop Galloway put
stop to further discussion on the
part of bishops by saying he hoped
that time would never come when
bishops would feel that they should
enter into the discussions before the
conference.
Adjournment was taken for the day
without putting the question to a vote.
The venerable Bishop John c. Gran
berry, Of Richmond, Va, occupied a
seat on the rostrum. His arrival
made a fetal of eleven bishops in at
tendance upon the conference, com
prising the entire congress of Dish
ops
After the approval OF the minutes,
Bishop Cranberry was introduced ana
made brief talk. He was given a
cordial reception. A motion was unan-
imously adopted to send a telegram of
greeting to the Southern Baptist con-
vention, which met at Chattanooga on
Friday. The telegram said.
THE general conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
sends greeting to the Southern Bap-
fist convention. The grace Of our
Lord Jesus Christ be with you"
A committee Of physicians submit
ted to the conference resolution
adopted by the medical association OF
Alabama opposing the insertion Of
certain medical advertisements la re-
ligious papers.