Arizona republican., 1909-10-18
Disposition of Ministers For
 the Ensuing Year BUSY DAY FOR THE BISHOP
Closing Business of the An nual Conference of the M. E. Church South For Arizona and Southern California.

The annual conference of the M. E. church. south, for Arizona and South ern California came to a close last night about 9:SO o'clock, with the reading by Bishop James Atkins. who presided, of the appointment of pas tors to charges for the ensuing year. The feature of the conference in which local readers of the Republican will be most interested is the announce ment that pr. R. C. Douglas. who has been the pastor of Central church. this city. has been sent to the Santa Ana lCal) church. and he will be F. B. Sinex, who has heretofore been located at Jacksonville, Fla, and therefore becomes new member of this conference. He is spoken of as a highly regarded minister. The church to which Dr. Douglas has been as signed in Santa Ana is said to be one
 
 California and the pastorate a very desirable one. During the conference also. delegates were elected to the general conference, the law making bOGy of the church. which meets quad rennially, and the next session of which will be held in Asheville. N C., next May. There are two delegates from this conference. one a clerical and the other lay delegate, with an alternate for each. Rev. R. P. Howell of Los Angeles was named as the clerical delegate and Rev. James E. Crutchfield as the alternate. Dr. H. A. Hughes of this city was named as the lay delegate and Hon. Nathan Newby of Los Angeles as the alternate.
 The Central church was filled prac- tically to its capacity yesterday morn ing to listen to a sermon delivered by Bishop Atkins. whose subject was The Spirit Stirred Life" It was re- garded by those who heard it as a powerful discourse, and one minister remarked that it was the best sermon he ever heard the bishop preach, and he had heard a great many.
 At the conclusion of the morning service four deacons were ordained, Rev. Jewett P. Bray, Rev. P. Morgan. Rev. Norman Burley and Rev Robert O Lawton.
 At 3 o'clock in the afternoon a memorial service was held in memory of Rev. J. J. Pritchett, who at the last session of the conference was ap- pointed to the Trinity church of Los Angeles, but who was taken sick soon afterward and died at the home of his father in Melrose, Mo. During this service Professor Kerr sang two beau tiful solos and Rev. Burley played q dirge during a season of silent prayer by the congregation.
 Following this service was the ordi- nation of two elders, Solomon Cheek and Rev. Norman Burley, the latter having been ordained a deacon in the morning This was a departure from the letter of the church law in favor of its spirit. Usually at least a year elapses between the conferring of these titles, but the candidate was one deemed to be eminently fitted for the higher honor and that he had not had the lower order before was due to his residing where 1t had been impossible tO receive it.
 Last evening Rev. Dr. Shoaff of Trinity church. Los Angeles, and now appointed presiding elder of the Cali fornia district, preached to a very large congregation. Though there was vet available standing room the seats of the church were practically filled. He delivered a very able sermon, at the conclusion of which the bishop presided during the finishing hour of the conference, which included the adoption of reports of committees and other detail business. A motion YVES carried that the conference adjourn immediately on the conclusion of the reading of the list of appointments by the bishop. Bishop Atkins then spoke for a short time, reviewing the pro- gress of the work of the church dur ing the past year, particularly the western conferences. He said that