Omaha daily bee., 1907-10-06
Clergymen Vote Against Seating Col
ored Bishops in Church.
PUT TIME LIMIT ON PASTORS
Vote to Restore Old Custom in Case
of Preachers.
ELECT ALL PRESIDING ELDERS
Appointments Made as Result Of
Change in Pastorships VIII be
Announced mt Meeting
This Afternoon.

Time limit for pastors restored.
| Proposition for colored bishops defeated.
! Election by districts of presiding elders
instead OF appointment by bishops.
Ministerial delegates to Baltimore gen
| eral conference go unnstructed and free to
vote as they please.
These were the chief results of the North
| Nebraska conference Saturday in its ses-
sion AT Hanscom Park Methodist church.
The three ministerial delegates elected
Friday to represent the North Nebraska
conference at the meeting OF the general
conference of the Methodist church in Bal
timore next May will go to that meeting
untrammeled by any instructions and free
to act on all questions as they may see fit.
A resolution introduced Saturday morning
to instruct these delegates to vote In the
general conference all questions as such
questions have been voted on at the present
conference was laid on the table after an
active debate by a vote Of "a to 20.
The delegates themselves declared very
| decidedly that they would not go to the
general conference bound TO vote on ques-
tions contrary to the manner in which they
personally believed. But there were many
who thought they, as the representatives
of the North Nebraska conference, ought
manner approved by aimajority of the con-
ference which they represent and not ac-
cording to their own personal opinions.
Ministers stand with Laymen.
The ministers took decided action on the
proposition to have coored bishops for
the colored Methodists defeating the
proposition by vote of So to 13 On this
they are more pronounced than the laymen
who voted a tie.
On the question OF electing the presiding
elders of each district instead of having
thom appointed by tho bishop. the con-
ference went on record in favor Of the
elective method by vote of 4e to a.
Resolutions were adopted against polyg-
amy and the two Nebraska senators were
memorialized in a petition to vote for
constitutional amending prohibiting poiyg-
amy.
Dr. Graham OF the Methodist Book con-
Germ reported the biggest year of that in
sttution's 11s years Of history The con-
cern started with capital of $500. Now
It has $4,2OO,OOO capital and did $1,5OO,oOp of
business last year.
The ministers voted in favor of having
the time limit restored on pastorates
Under the present regime there is no de-
finite limit of pastors minlstraton In one
charge.
The afternoon was devoted to confer
ence business and the Jacob Adriance semi
centennial. Rev. Jacob Adriance told some
experiences and impressions of a long min
istry and there were other addresses by
early ministers.
Appointments Come Sunday.
The reading of the appointments of the
pastors to the various charges will take
place this afternoon following the ordina-
tion OF services at o'clock.
The pulpits of the Methodist churches of
Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs
will he filed by delegates to the Methodist
conference Sunday morning follows:
Hanscom Park church, Bishop w. F..
Mcdowell preaching the conference SER
mon; First church, DR.. C, B. Spencer in
the morning and Rev. ]. ii. spyker of
Fremont in the evening; Trinity church,
Rev. l.. II. Shumate OF Kearney; Seward
Street church DR., J. w. Jennings of Kan
sas City; Hirst MEMORIAL church. Miss
Isabel Mcknight, returned missionary;
Walnut Hill church. Rev. G. B. Warren;
Pearl Memorial church, Rev. T. r. DeWolf
of Columbus; First church of South
Omaha. DR.. T. ]. Wright OF Grand Island
Broadway church OF Council Bluffs. Dr.
c. w. Ray of Norfolk.
DR.. Z. c. Horn of Wayne will speak at
the Young Mems Christian association At
4 D. m. DR. c. N. Dawson OF Stanton will
speak at the Swedish Methodist church at
/ 1880 in the evening.
Thinks IL VIII BE General.
! Asked if he thought the action of this
conference in voting to restore the time
limit to pastors portended such action gen
l orally in the church, Rev Clyde Clay
Cissell, d. D., of Hanscom Park church.
, said
Yes l am incli1sd TO believe II does
l am of the opinion we shall get back
to that old custom and yet do not feel
very strongly on the subject, for think
the new plan has worked very we'll in most
instances"
,, Many of the clergymen are outspoken In
their approval of the vote TO take out OF
the hands Of the bishops and place in
the hands Of the church membership the
naming of presiding elders They view
this action as a move toward a more re-
publican form. OF government one that
will meet the approval OF the masses OF
!, the church. For many reasons, some OF
which are obvious. It is maintained the
bishops should not have the naming OF the
presiding elders.