The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-19
NORTH ALABAMA METHOO|STS ARE
 IN CONFERENCE  Bishop H. C. Morrison Presides Over Sessions Being Held
 At New Decatur
THE PRESIDING ELDERS
 MAKING GOOD REPORTS
Committees Busy Working Out Prob lens Before conference-one Hun dredth Anniversary of Method
 ism Observed By Service.
By E. M. GLENN,

1 NeW Decatur, November 1S.-fSpecial.) J. The thirty ninth session of the North Ala bama conference of the Methodist Epis-
 copal church, south, convened at o'clock l this morning in Central Methodist church,
 New Decatur, Bishop H. c. Morrison pre- l siding.
 | The conference opened with devotional service. conducted by the bishop, reading | from the scriptures, sRomans 14th chapter l The bishop, speaking to the subject mat 1 ter of the lesson read, called the atten- | ton of the body that no member of 1t had lived altogether to himself this year. Every man here has affected some other for good or i'll.
 The supremely great thing before us is not in the virgin forests, not in the
 unreckoned mineral wealth of our land, not in the snowy cotton fields of our sunny southland-the supremely great thing is the kingdom of God, and that kingdom is within you. The bishop stressed the absolute necessity of a body of Methodist preachers giving good heed to that scripture which imposes upon each the demand of esteeming others in truly charitable and Christian spirit. There is
 no place in the body of Methodist preach CTS for such ugly things as bitterness and evil thought and speech. These are the things that lay the basis of the judgment in the final estimate at the bar of AL
 mighty God Therefore" said the bishop, "let us not judge one another any more, and be careful not to put a stumbling block in another's way. Sometimes men I unconsciously put stumbling blocks in the way of others. If somebody has treated you badly, don't say anything about it; tell it to Jesus Christ; He will help you bear it, but don't tell anybody else about l it."
 159 Clerics Present. 1 After the bishops address the confer 1 ence sung hymn 560:
 And are ye yet alive And see each others face?" l Following the singing of the hymn the l bishop led in prayer
 1 Roll call showed the presence of 159 | clerics and IA laymen.
 | Dr. J. w. Newman was unanimously
 elected secretary. The secretary noni-
 mated and the conference confirmed, the
 following assistant secretaries: W. E. 1 Morris, H. E. Wheeler, E. M Glenn, F.. L. @Aldridge, W. M. Mcdonald. J. c.
 Francis, A. L. Mathison, T. w. Ragan. Committees Appointed. The following committees were appoint ed on nomination of the presiding elders: Public Worship-G. E. Boyl, J. A. J. Brock. J. S. Robertson. District Conference Records-T- K. Tierce chairman; H. B. Urouhart, S. J.
 Griffin, L. A. Watts, Robert Barton, w. E. Aldridge, T. J. Scott, J. H. Leslie, T. ". Ragan, B. B. Cooper. Books and Periodicals-W G. Henry, chairman; l.. F. Parrish, J. T. Self, J.. w. Ledbetter w. L. Hendricks. J. A. Bowen. R. H. Jones, o. l.. Millican, J. L. Fer guson, P l.. Abernathy. Sabbath Observance-J. w. Tucker, chairman; A. J. Ozane, w. M. Buchanan, W. E. Draper, T. w. Hayes, c. s. Free man, J. H. Jennings, Charles Wolford, A. L. Mathson w. F. Herndon. Temperance-R. F. Lovelady, chairman; c. c. Godbey, E. H. Harris, J. T. Lane,
 T. E. McCan, Robert Wilson, D. L. Par
 rish, l. B. Sargent, R. Y. Hannon, G. L.
 Jenkins.
 Conference Relations-T. G. Slaughter, chairman; J. w. Norton, Joshua Warren, A. M Yoe, J. Q. Melton, J. H. vann, c. c. O'Neal Memoirs-J. S. Glasgow, chairman; G. E. Driskill, G. T. Harris, R. w. Ander-
 son, J. H. Mccoy, F. T. J. Brandon. Substitutes Named. Dr. W. A. Barcleft of Hartselle was
 substituted for J. s. Mitchell on the board of church extension.
 H. l.. Aldridge was substituted for C. l.. Herring on the American Bible society
 board.
 Dr. H. c. Howard resigned as member of the joint board of finance.
 J. P Oliver of Dadeville was substitut- ed for w. A. Rodney of Wadley on this same board.
 Dr. Gross Alexander book editor for the
 Southern Methodist church and also ed itor of the Methodist Quarterly Review; Dr. J. M. Mason, presiding elder of Eu faula district, Alabama conference; Dr. J. M. Donnelly, agent of Womans college, Montgomery; Dr. Ed F. Cook of the gen eral board of missions; Dr. Thompson, superintendent of the Sunday League of America, and w. E. Stubbs, Esq, sec retary of the>Laymen's union, were intro duced to the conference.
 MT. Stubbs spoke to the conference at considerable length, and with force and eloquence, as. to the far-reaching import ance of the character of the work now being undertaken by the laymen's move
 ment for the evangelization of all lands. He was heard with intelligent attention and aroused interest
 communicatlons Received.
 The secretary of the conference an nounced communications received from the general church extension board, from the Sunday school board, from the Ep-
 worth league board, all of which were referred to proper committees for consid- eration.
 The Bishop called Question 20: Are all the preachers blameless in their life and
 official administration
 Under this question the list of super annuate preachers was called, and the following names were referred to the
 committee on conference relations for superannuation: w. T. Andrews Thomas Armstrong, H. l.. Booth, r. T. J. Bran don. M F.. Butt. J. N. Dupree, J. v. Elm erson, F. K. Hewlett, M K. Johnston. T. A. Kerr, M. N. Morris, Rufus Nicholson, w. T. Pattilo, ]. c. Prince. c. B. Rid dick, G. w. Sellers, G. G. Smith, R. A. Speer, J. G. Walker. D. W. Ward R. J. Wilson.
 Superannuates Die. bo fro mn ,I,ar. af au-