The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-23
Methodists Will Discuss Sev-
era| Important Matters
Four Years Hence
CHANGE OF time LIMIT
IS FAv0R|TE SUBJECT
Women Will Keep Up the Fight In
the Church for Laymen's Rights
and VIII Present the Matter
With Renewed Energy 49,

Asheville N. c., May 22-Nearly all of
the newly elected bishops created at this
session of the general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, filled
the leading pulpits in Asheville and vicin-
aty today. Bishop E. D. Mouzon preached
at the Central Methodist church, Bishop
J. H. Mccoy filed the pupilt of the Bethel
Methodist church and Bishop w. r. Lam
buth was at the Brevard Methodist
church. -s tsy
In the morning at the First Presby-
terian church Bishop Collins Denny oc-
cupied the pulpit and preached to a mag
nificent audience and at night at the
same church Bishop r. G. Waterhouse
delivered an eloquent and inspiring SER
mon.
The subject of the removal of the time
limit is still a favorite theme and the
failure of the general conference to pass
a law allowing a minister to remain so
long as his congregation, presiding elder
and bishop were satisfied will continue
to agitate the church during the next
quadrennium and a more hopeful effort
will be made at the next session of the
general conference to bring about meas
ure satisfactory to those who wish to see
the time limit removed. ---s-,.
The women's memorial was defeated not
because the women did not desire the
passage of the measure, but because the
more conservative members of the con-
ference were afraid that it would aid the
suffragette movement. The women are
stoutly denying that their measure meant
anything more than a sincere desire to be
of more and better service to the church
The question Is far from dead and from
the great number of letters and tele-
grams received from women all over the
country pledging their further support It
is safe to predict that a renewed and
more powerful effort will be made to
have women in the councils of the church
and fill all positions except that of
preacher. Notwithstanding the confer
ence discussed an entire afternoon the
subject of changing the wording of the
creed from ''the holy Catholic church to
''the church of Cod no action was taken,
due to the fact that at the last moment
the presiding offer Bishop H. C. Nor
rison, ruled that the paper was not drawn
up in proper form and for that rea son
could not be discussed.
1t is generally understood that the
old college of bishops. with the excep-
tion of one member, Bishop James At
kins, Is not in favor of the change in
name of the church to the Methodist
Episcopal of America. The question
will now be put before every annual
conference In the correctional union,
and some delegates who voted for the
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fore the conferences have already de-
clared that when the matter comes up
before the annual conferences they will
vote against changing the name
So far as the church is concerned the
Vanderbilt university matter is settled.
Many persons are of the opinion that
the subject of ownership nd the right
of the general conference to elect trus-
tees will not come UP again.
The remaining delegates are ex-
pressing the wish that If the are any
differences existing they be forgotten
and that all interest themselves in the
university which the church has said
belongs to 1t.
1t was proven that during the past
four years the church has made great
advances along educational lines and
at the session just closed provision was
made for larger assessments on the an :
nual conferences for the purpose of still
further aiding the good cause.
There was considerable discussion on
the subject of increased assessment
some claiming that the church already
is too heavily assessed. NJ
The theological department of Van
derbilt university will receive the benz
eft Of part of this increase and the
remainder will be turned over to. the
general board of education 1t is
thought that one of the best provisions
enacted at this session was the one
establishing court of appeals. which
will enable a minister under charge OF
his conference to appeal his case and
will not cause lin to walt until a ses-
sion of the general conference con-
venes The court will have full power
to either sustain the action of the an
nual conference or to reverse Its fnd-
ings, thus placing the man under
charges, IL acquitted in full possession
again Of all his prerogatives as a
preacher.
One of the most radical laws made
was that requiring the bishop to an
nounce his appointments at an annual
conference before his cabinet of presid
ing elders before giving them in oper
session of the conf srence. 1t Is claimed
the measure will protect the presiding
bishop, the presiding elders and the
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