Evening star., 1909-02-25
THREE ANNUAL CONFERENCES
MANY METHoDISTS TO HOLD
SESSIONS IN BALTIMORE.
M. z. South to Convene March "a,
Baltimore Conference March 81
and NJ. p. Branch April Z.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 25.-Baltimore
will shortly be the scene of the annual
conferences of the three great branches
of Methodism-the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Methodist Episcopal Church
South and the Methodist Protestant
Church.
1t is seldom that all three of these gath
erings are held in this city in the same
year, as the conferences that include
Baltimore also include practically all of
Maryland the District of Columbia and
small portions of neighboring states.
The first conference to meet will be the
Baltimore conference of the NJ. E. Church
South. which convenes on March "a 1T
st. Paurs Church, Fayette street near
Carrollton avenue There will be about
4tt0' ministers and laymen in attendance,
most of whom are from out Of the city,
and they will be entertained by members
of the congregations OF the various
churches. These ministers and laymen are
now being assigned homes by a committee
headed by Rev. r. l.. Fultz, pastor of st.
Pauls The sessions will be presided
over by Bishop Alpheus w. Wilson of
this city, who has been assigned to this
conference by the house of bishops of
that denomination.
Question of Changes.
The question of changes among the
ministers is always an uncertain one.
There will. however, be four changes
from necessity, for the Southern Methodist
Church still maintains a pastors time
limit rule, and two have remained their
allotted time in their present charges.
They are Rev. +. j. Prettyman, pastor OF
Trinity and Calvary Church. and Rev. G.
II. Fielding, pastor of the Caermarton
Church.
The other two changes will occur IN
the board of presiding elders, for two of
these officers will have served their full
terms with the opening of this conference
-Revs. h. w. Bonds and John y. Ander-
son. Where these men will go and who
will take their places is the question
that is absorbing the mind of more than
one member of that body. Bchop Will
son will have the last word TO utter on
that subject.
Meeting Follows Meeting.
The delegates to the conference will
hardly have completed their work and
departed when the Baltimore conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. the
parent body of other branches of Meth
odism. will convene for it's annual ses-
sion, March 81, in Broadway Church
This will be the largest gathering of the
three, and extensive preparations are
now on foot 10 arrange accommodations
for all of the out-of-town clergymen
Bishop J. w. Hamilton will preside. The
committee making arrangements for the
conference is headed by Rev. DIR. W. l.
Mckenney. pastor of the Broadway
Church. and also comprises Rev Frank
+. Isaacs. Rev. j. NJ. NJ. Gray and Rev
Louis Gosnell. There is also a commit
tee of laymen at work preparing the
church building for the proper accommo-
dation of the body. Arrangements will
be made fog committee rooms u post
Office. telephones and other c)nveniences.
The members of this committee are A.
Y Dofeld, chairman: j. F. Pfster, J.
w. Sherwood, w. j. Morris and John Fl.
Lankin.
Special Anniversaries.