Evening journal., 1908-03-17
has nlled Tor many years.

has filled for many years.
Aside from the problem Of electing
delegates TO the General Conference,
which in all likelihood is to precipitaJe
vigorous contest among the ministers
and laymen, the conference will have
two other important subjects confront
It. One is the investigation OF tho
charge preferred by the Revs y. n.
Cantwell and f. p Shipman that the
credentials on which the Rev. A. W.
Lighthourne was admitted into the
Conference from the Congregational
| Church were irregular. The other is
an inquiry that is TO be made into
certain actions of the Rev. +. j. Nc
lSinsey Of Red Lion charge. Pastor
McKinsey has given up his pastoral
duties at the suggestion Of Presiding
Elder Mowbray until the Conference
can make an inquiry. No charges have
been preferred against Mr.. McKinsey
Contest For Delegates.
The struggle for General Conference
delegate honors among the ministers
as we'll as among the laymen will be
acute. II is the ambition Of every
presiding elder to be chosen a dele
gate, but at the same time several of
the pastors also have aspirations 10
gates. and this will make the struggle
the keener. There is always more or
less political activity and wire pulling
at the Conference sessions at which
General Conference delegates are TO be
chosen, and this year will be no ex-
ception.
II is said that the Rev. DR. Wilbur
T. CorSran. who has been three times
delegate and the Rev. DR.. G. S.
Baker. who has twice been a delegate,
are anxious to be chosen again this
year. and their ambitions may arouse
some OF the factionalism that for a
year or two has been dormant with
in the Conference
And so It will be in the Lay Con-
ference which convenes on Friday, Cor
there are numerous names mentioned
for General Conference laurels. Four
lay delegates are TO be elected and
there are at least half a dozen names
mentioned for each district.
Some Secret Sessions.
1t is expected that the sessions al
which the characters of the Rev. A. w.
Lightbourne and +. ]. McKinsey are
passed upon will be secret, and the
public will be excluded.
The Epworth League Of Asbury
Church is to give a reception to the
visiting clergymen and laymen on
Thursday evening. for which an in
teresting program has been prepared
Most Of the visiting clergymen are
expected TO respond to the roll call
on Wednesday morning. but the great
body Of laymen will not flow into Will
mington until Thursday evening OF
Friday morning for their two-days'
session.
The visitors. OF whom there will be
four hundred or more. will be hospt-
ably entertained while in Wilmington,
as homes have been provided for them
by the general committee appointed by
the NJ. f. Preachers Association, and
through the kindness of Wilmington
antilles and individuals.
Discuss Changes in Procedure.
Memorials to the General Conference
to provide some changes in existing
church law also may come before the
Conference sessions. Washington
Heights Church, which will pass out
Of Methodist control during Confer
ence, will submit a resolution advocat =
ing equal lay and ministerial represen-
tation in the annual conferences.
As nearby conferences in Pennsyl-
vania and New ersey are advocating a
change whereby presiding elders shall
be nominated by the ministers in open
conference instead of being appointed
directly by the presiding bishop, such
a change in procedure may be discuss
ed in the ministerial and lay confer
cnces this week.
Examinations Begin.
Conference examinations began last
night in the GLASS rooms at Asbury
Church. There are many divinity stu
dents being examined, those already
I'm the studies of the first year and
on trial oeing as follows:
First year-W. Fl. Hudson, w. II
Briggs. J. Richard Bicking, E. A. Gil
lespie, Tlllman Smith. Oden B. James
cyrus 2. Keer, Henry D. Stewart anG
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