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Great Gathering Of Metllodists III
Alabama On Next
Thursday.
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Question Of establishment Of Uni
versity for WonenHii1 South.
Other Matters. II
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lBy Associated 1oress.l

(By Associated press.)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA April 2o.--The
! quadrenne general conference OF the
| Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which
convenes in this city next Thursday
| morning promises to be one Of the most
important in tho history Of the church
THE general conference Is the only law
| making body OF tho church and It's action
Ia supreme III all questions " Of
church government It Is mndeSup OF
delegates from the forty-seven confer
enccs WHICH embrace the Southern
church's sphere Of action. There VIII
be 242 accredited delegates to the general
conference, half Of whom are LAY ano
| half clerical delegates, They Will come
| from not only every State In the South
p,ut there will also be representatives
from Japan. China, Brazil and Mexico.
Texas alone will have thIrty-three dele
gates
Many Visitors.
In6addtion to the accredited delegates
It is expected that there will be q daily
attendance Of visitors from other cities
OF between 500 and 1000, since special
rates have been given on all railroads.
One of the most notable foreign dele
gates will be DIR. Young ]. Allen. who has
spent the past forty years IN China. he
Is the editor Of n paper In China, mas
published many books, is In close touch
with the government and the great men
In China, and his opinions on the mis-
sionary work In that field are Of great
value.
Among the fraterhal messengers from
other churches VIZ. he Vlce-Prcsldent
Fairbank who comes from the North
ern Methodist Episcopal Church. 1t Is
expected that he will speak either on the
evening Of May or May TO- &
University'for Women.
Dinsdale II. Young comes from London
as the representative Of the Wesleyan
church of England.
B. The general conference will be in ses-
sion about three weeks and the sessions
will convene each day at o'clock and
adjourn at /. Ali committee meetings
Will he held in the afternoons, and each
night meetings will be addressed by the
prominent members present. Among the
more Important matters to be taken up
by the approaching conference are these.
The establishment Of university for
women in the South, to be supported by
the church. It Is the intention to make
this institution rank with anything OF tho
Kind in the United States, and It is pro
POosu W luISc u lcist q y tIil!IOH uoi1dES
as beginning.
ship system. Presiding elders are at pres
ent limited to thirty charges and they
are supposed to, visit each charge at least
4 i is probable that two more bishops
will be elected because OF the increased
demands Of the, church. The churchmen
pen M y Sa as dG
Tenn; DIR. y. +. Tigcrt, Nashville. Tenn,
editor Of tho Quarterly Review, and Inc
Rev. ". B. McMurray, St. Louis, No.
Is that Of institutional chuf oa ~. It is
pointed out that the growth Of cities in
the South and the increase " what are
ieur-year tenure emu Of pastors s. which Is Iron
clad under the present ;aHs Of re
successful club work that should be done
in the "down-town' churcne; Is nunlll-
capped ;1,lI, BY the pastors teenne hat he
someone else at the end OF fouc scars.
Senior Bishop.
The general conference will probably be
called to order Thursday morning by
Bishop A. w. Wilson, OF Baltimore Md,
who is the senior bishon, and the bishops
w n5ssd IL sys Ss5on the 4arq Ss
Wilson, Baltimore; Bishop John G. Gran
berry, Ashland, Va; Bishop w. W.. Dun
can, spartanburg.. S. c.: Bishop. Charles
3. Galloway, ackson.. Miss; Bishop -
r. Hendrix, Kansas City. Mo-. Bishop =
s. Key. Sherman. Texas: Bishop o. P.
Fitzgerald, Nashville, Tenn, Bishop W
A.. Gambler, Atlanta, Ga; Bishop E. e.
Hoss. Dallas. Texas Bishop A. Coke
Smith, Asheville. N. c., and Bishop II. G.
Morrison, New Orleans, All OF these arc
on tho active list except Bishop Gran-
beryfan Bishop FITZGERALD.
" Senior Bishop Wilson has had one OF
the most eminent careers OF any man In
the Church. He was born in Baltimore In
February, 1884, was made secretary Of
the Board of Missions In 1878 ana was
made bishop in 1882. Flo was delegate to
the Ecumenical Con ference IN London In
1881 and has made four Episcopal tours
around the world,
Like Congress.
The work Of the general con ference VIII :, i
as legislation Is conducted In the National
Congress- There are fourteen standing
committees. to which all subjects arc re-
ferred. The most Important of these com.
m!ttete g. are those on 'lsp'scopdoy a'd
The conference, while in session will
known as the DAILY Advocate" THIS
Will contain, the gist Of the work accom-,
over os,srs the South to those wishing It who
arc unable to attend tho conference IN
person.
for. the entertainment Ut
tho fEliests have all been IN ade ana the
vision for thousand visitors each day,
A ROCK IN THE BALTIC.
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