The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-08
ALABAMA CONFERENCE
 CONFINES AT TROY
Bishop Wilson Is Conducting
 The Conference
MCCONNELL SUSPENDED
Wilson and In Opening Address Says That Science and Religion
 Can Not Agree


 Troy, December 7-(Special )-When the | seventy-eighth session of the Alabama conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south convened here in the Methodist church this morning 166 preach CTS answered the roll. Only 26 laymen answered to their names, but large number of them arrived in the city on later trains during the day and when the roll is called on the second day of the conference the attendance will be much larger than today. At the Metho- dist church tonight was held the anni- versary meeting of the Alabama confer enee Epworth league board, President H. M. Andrews in the chair The main ad- dress was made by Dr. Ed E. F. Cook | of Nashville, Tenn.
 l The conference was opened by Bishop Warren A. Candler of Atlanta, Ga, who | read lesson from the sixteenth chapter | of St. Matthew and from it he drew some wholesome remarks concerning the pres- ent-day church and its duties. Bishop Alpheus w. Wilson, senior member of the college of bishops of the Methodist church, is holding the conference, but on account of his advanced age and en- feebled condition, Bishop candler is as- sisting him in the business of the con 1 ference Bishop Candler in his opening remarks said:
 '"rhe world tells that we ought to make religion and science agree. I ask them which science? The scientists have utterly failed to agree among themselves. | You go to bed at night with science teach l ing one thing and wake up in the morn | ing and find 1t teaching another thing. | The church which lives by communion | with God cannot die Life is there and it cannot pass away. The organizations of men may be ever so good or ever so bad, but they have their origin in the wisdom l of men, and they proceed upon the basis l of things merely earthly. But the church | of God has no such origin. It comes out of eternity, its signs hang in the heav- ems, and it is solitary and alone among the organizations of the world. The au- thority which brings us to God is spirit ual and not intellectual. Pour out on us the best intellect of the earth, and we will have a debating society. but pour out on us the spirit of God and we will have revival meeting. And think we have the debating society now"
 Lamar Elected Secretary
 After the concluding remarks of Bish- | op Candler, Bishop Wilson took the chair. | Dr. A. J. Lamar was reelected secretary afid asked the conference to elect for him the following assistants: George Fontaine, E. l.. Crawford, A. E. Barnett, c. H. Motley, H. S. Ellison, H. M. Andrews, W. R. Bickerstaff, H. T. Strout, J. c. James.
 Dr. A. J. Lamar presented the pa pers of the south Georgia conference l to this conference concerning the restoration of credentials to Rev. R. s. Dennis who was at one time mem- Der of this conference, but who was unfrocked many years ago because of | his alleged indiscretions and immoral practices. Dr. Lamar also moved that the presiding elders of this conference be appointed committee to thresh over the matter and that their report should be final. This met with some opposition on the part of the members | of the body, but it was finally carried. The committee of presiding elders will doubtless make a report on the mat l ter tomorrow.
 Report On Education
 pr. Lamar, as chairman of the joint 1 commission on education, submitted the report of the commission and moved | it's reference to the conference board of education with instructions to make | it paper No. l, so that it might be made the order of the day for 10 o'clock Thursday morning. This also met with considerable opposition from Rev. E. A. Dannelly of Selma and Dr. J. s. Frazer of Troy. However, tn pa per went to the board of education moved by Dr. Lamar.
 Under the call of the twentieth ques- tion by Bishop Candler, who was asked | to take the chair, Are all the preach CTS blameless in their life and official administration? the following presid- ing elders answered to cir names and had their characters passed: w. M. Cox, E. c. Moore, o. s. Welch, J. B. Cum mings, J. M. Dannelly, J. s. Frazer, H. c. Threadgill, IT. T. Johnson, c. A. Cornell, O. c. McGahee. Each of the sub bishops reported the general condi- | tion of the church in the district under his supervision. It was shown that the Meth odists have been remarka bly, pros- porous in finances and accessions to the church during the year In all the dis- tricts there has been large number of people to align themselves with the church during the past year. The finances were reported in full in al most every district The Rev J. B. Cummings made the motion to have the action of the confer ence held last year at Opelika, by which the Rev. Byrd l.. Moore was located at his own request, rescinded. Bishop Cand- Ter ruled that there had been an error made and that the Rev. Moore was not properly located, and that he was en- titled to an appointment at this confer ence His character was then passed and he will be given an appointment at the close of the present session.
 Rev. Mcconnell Suspended
 When the name of the Rev. w. B. Me- Connell of the Stockton circuit was reached his presiding elder, pr. O. c. | McGehee of Pensacola, reported that he had been suspended and that a commit tee of Investigation which he had ap- pointed had reported that a trial was necessary. The following trial commit tee was appointed by the bishop presid- | ing c. A. Rush, D. c. Nave, P. M, | Guthrie, l.. c. Calhoun, E. w. Roberts, | J. E. Northcutt, c. s. Tally, T. B. Bar row, w. F. Arnold, J. P. Roberts, J. B. I Tate, L. P. Lathram, B. O. Glenn. The l Rev. J. E. McCann was appointed chair man of the committee and the Rev. c. f H. Motley secretary.
 The following pastors transferred to this conference from other conferences of the Methodist church were read out by the bishop: F. M. Atchison, Central Texas conference; T. w. Chalker North Georgia conferences; Andrew Sledd. Flor ida conference. The Rev. MT. Chalker