The sun., 1908-05-10
BAN ON ADJUSTMENTS TO STAY
uIIHODISI CONFERENCE NOT
TO CHANGE THE RULES.
committee which Considered Bishops
Recommendation Is Against II and
Petitions Are POURING In-PIah fer
smaller Conference Is Presented.

noa concerning amusements made on
thursday by the board Of Bishops In their
Episcopal address TO the General Conference
n the Methodist Episcopal Church, in ses-
non At the Lyric, probably will be rejected
" large majority.
Two movements against a radical change
IN The discipline came TO light to-day which
viii have great weight with the members
NJ the General Conference and will 60 far
toward defeating the proposed measure.
The committee on state Of the Church 70
which that portion Of the episcopal address
uas referred is preparing an uniavorable
rspor on the matter, and one petition
usned by 1000 Methodlsts has already ar
rysd in Baltimore protesting against such
,cflon by the General Conference.
Ihe Recommendation 10 strike out that
,ortion Of paragraph 2B Of the discipline
which prohibits dancing, attending theatres,
.rcuses &c, has bsen the general subject
# conversation among the delegates. The
conference ia divided into two factions but
,be greater portion Of the membsrs at this
ume seem to be against any change. Every
fort is being made by the members Of the
committee on the state OF the Church to
,sep the nature Of its report secret until
? "a submitted 10 the conference, but the
eminent Of the committee on the subject
FAXED out to-day.
IN appeal was referred to the committee
m judiciary from the Rev. C. j. Fowler
Il the New Hampshire conference, taking
,yception to the action Of Bishop D. A,
,ooisell at the last session OF that annual
difference but one. in locating him instead
Il continuing him in his fun relation as an
'inerant minister. This is the hrst appeal
ever made from decision Of Bishop Good
ell since his conservation a. a Bishop
renty years ago. Behind the appeal lies
he whole proposition Of the Holiness
movement which has been troubling the
Methodist Church in New England for
,syeral years.
Until three years ago, at the sessi on Of
ne New Hampshire annual conference,
,roSided over by Bish0p Earl CTanston Of
Washington, D. c., the Rev. Mr.. Fowler
rad bad a supernumerary relation 10 the
conference. In that time he Ia said TO
have spent the most Of each year IN preach
ing at Holiness meetings, which we're
being run in competition with the work
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church In the
New Hampshire conference jurisdiction.
A. the annual conference Of 1905 he was
made an effective, or regular. itinerant
preacher. and therefore according to the
Church law got sn appointment.
He refused to take the appointment and
~ the following conference Bishop Good
sell. who presided. located him, which
action amounted 10 practically removing
nim from the ministry. From this action
= rho Bishop he has appealed 10 the Cen
aral Conference, The matter will Be set
led by the conference after q report on
he subject has been made by the Judiciary
committee.
The Rev. John ?. G Goucher, president
& the Wowan's College, Baltimore, pre-
SartSd the Erst report Of the committee on
federation containing a proposition for .
union Of The MOthodist Episcopal and
Methodist Protestant churches. In the
preamble 10 the resolutions. which the oom-
nttse asks that the conference win adopt.
It is s1t forth that tho radical differences in
poliT which oooasinned the separation
~ the churches has been 90 nearly elmi-
rSted that many among the most godly
n both denoninations are convinced that
bere is 40 Longer sufficient cause for the
uAirtanapoO Of two distinctive ecclesiastical
7TTSninAhons.
Judes G. 3. Lincoln Of Albany, n. Y, a
member of the Troy Conference, introduced
to-day the FIRST resolution TO reduce the
UsS Of the General Conference. This 10
NJ II the problems that will cause
nsu debates, as a wide difference Of
7rtnjuA exists The Troy Conference
plans call for only 500 delegates instead Of
81 the present number. The plan was
referred 70 tho committee on temporal
economy. Of GhicA Judge lincoln is
. member.
William Burt, missionary Bishop In charge
q toe Msth0dst work in various countries
4 Europe. read his report. European
Episcopal Methodism, he said, now extends
iiotn :he Black Sea on the east 70 the British
Channel Oh the wes; and from the North
loln 70 Sicily. The Church has ten confer
snccS, Iss ministers, o8,OOO members and
IS mn Sunday school pupils and teachers.
rishop Burt made sharp attack upon
4 manarr.' 1T is on the continent OF
lGrope, he said "thSt MethodisIn is brought
lNce 20 face with tho Greek and Roman
Tho Greek Church has become
nrurt. Il IS pagan in all but name. The
sv Is oi ilr Greek Church are multiplied and
e-.phasizei in Romanism, but with the
r:"erpnce that the latter is Jcsui.ically ag-
l"'ssivc.
I. il marvellous how successful the
jtsu's have been in breaking down opposi-
tloa . tho system by getting US to look
~ The p-rson. The person may he humble
n 'sh priest, 4 seif-forgetting nun, a decent
Bishop or a Soodish Pope, 1t makes no
'iSsraaco 20 long So they can influence
e., 10 btlIsye that because certain indi.
,1dlaIs are not ss bad as Romaninm Is repre-
Ssnted 10 ne, therefore that system has been
Il the Papacy chsll triumph, or IL Roman
.ithoIe hurope shall be allowed to sink
in;o atheism, what will be the final effect
M ths Christian civilization We are seeking
10 establish in China. India and Africa7
We must save Europe and America II we