The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-22
Most Of Delegates Have De-
parted for Home
MUCH BUSINESS YESTERDAY
Formal Answer Is Read to the Protest
Against the Plan Looking to Re-
vision and Restatement of
the Church's Greed.

After sixteen days of strenuous, con-
scientious, active work the fifteenth quad
rennial session of the general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church, south,
adjourned sine die yesterday afternoon
shortly after o'clock.
Business was put through with rush
at both the morning and afternoon ses-
sions yesterday. The calendar had been
sifted by a committee authorized by the
conference so that matters which mad
met the fate of ''non-concurrence' IN the
standing committees were not even
brought up. While there were no mattersl
of very great moment before the BODY
during the day numerous minor matters
were disposed of.
One of the features of the morning was
the presentation and reading of the re-
mort from the committee authorized to
nrenare a statement in answer to the pro-
Test which had been made by certain
members of the conference against the
decision looking to restatement ana
revision of the creed. The answer was
prepared by c. M. Bishop, o. E. Brown
and ]. H. Scruggs and is strong and
succinct statement of the position OF
the majority of the conference on this
important question.
Threatened to Arouse Feeling.
Another matter which came up during
the morning threatened at first TO en-
gender some feeling between the mission
board and the book committee. resoiu-
tion was introduced appropriating more
money for the publishing house in China
THE house at present is under the direc-
tion of the book committee. DR.. Young
j. Allen was given unlimited time IN
which to present the question and he
inalntafned that tho house should be un-
der the direction of the mission board and
showed that the house is by no means ac-
complishing the work in China for which
II was intended.
Collins Denny spoke for the book COM
mttee and maintained that change or
supervision could not be well made and
that 1T would require a special act OF the
New York Legislature from which the
original charter was procured. After con-
siderable debate the report was adopted
providing for the $4,000 appropriation.
caveI Presented to Hendrix.
Early in the morning session historic
gavel was presented to Bishop Hendrix
II was made from wood taken from
McKendree chapel, near Jackson, cape
Grardeau county, Missouri, the first Meth
odist church built west of the Mississippi
river. The chapel was erected In 1909 and
the gavel was sent to DR.. w. F. McMur-
nv by the Rev. ]. j. Lovett. pastor of the
church at Jackson, Mo-, with the request
that he formally present 1t to Bishop
Hendrix.
A resolution was adopted which pro-
vides that the paragraph of the discipline
relating to worldly amusments be
stricken out and that the bishops be em-
nowered 10 draw up a substitute para
graph on the subject.
II was announced during the morning
that Bishop Gambler had resigned as sec
retary of the college of bishops and that
Bishop Tigert had been elected in his
place. The reason for Bishop Gamblers
resignation was due to the large amount
of time he will spend in the far east
during the coming quadrennium.
A resolution was adopted calling upon
Congress to insert a clause in the bill
concentrating funds to the jamestown
exposition requiring the exposition to re-
main closed on Sunday.
,x,asso.o of greeting was read from
~, ..arar.I assembly Of the Cumberland
nv Ss..s.sax ohrrcb which &c in session
at Decatur, Ill.
All three OF the ne" bishops were gwen
an opportunity TO PRESIDE ior snor' 'iihe
this morning
Afternon Session
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AL the ai.eih hooii ~ ',s.i,o
adopted whicn pioeiue lo' a,,e. n,an,.S q az
able the services Vi iiio,e ',,eesi u.
the church ana the senoils ili.o i,ieien' ~
fields OF these men NY tne annual ., eon-
ferences with the appiosai oi 'ne oon
ference committee. Inc subject caused
considerable debate Il we" Oh the iac.
that it means in some cases pracucai
slight change was maae renardins IN ,ne seoet the