The Paducah evening sun., 1910-04-28

the Quarterly Review, and DIR. q. b.
lWinton. editor OF the Christian Advo-
cate, will be reelected 20 their re-
spective positions, provided. however.
the bishopric lightning does not
strike ANY OF them. which is always
"a possibility.
Three Very Live Issues.
It seems to be the consensus OF
opinion that the three questions that
will bring on the largest amount OF
debate will be the Vanderbilt UNI
versity controversy, change OF name
OF the church by dropping the word
South. and the woman's question, all
of them more or less rather delicate
to deal with and over which co0sider-
able acrimony Is liable TO arise.
The Vanderbilt question will come
Up in the form OF several memorials
from the annual conferences asking
the General Conference ito take such
conclusive action as will fully and I'm
lally assure to the church the owner
ship and control OF the university.
with all the rights accorded to the
church and Bishops under the u0iver-
lsity charter and findings OF the Van
derbilt commission"
Federation Of Work.
| A joint commission from the two
great Methodist churches appointed
In 1902 on the closer relations will
probably have a report TO make. and
this will bring up some discussion.
The idea seems TO have got abroad
that this commission was appointed
with a view Of bringing about a mer-
ger of the Methodist Episcopal church
and the Methodist Episcopal church,
south. IL may be that this was the
luitlmatchope OF certain element In
both churches. but IL n a commission
loo federation rather than union. aud
It's prime purpose Is TO harmonic
the work In fields occupied Jointly
10y the two churches. To some ex-
tent this has been done In a few Of
1.-The mission fields and some progress
towards federation has been made In
the west where both churches ans do
ing active work. but az Co a general
merger. this Is at the time merely a
hope OF some In fact. this commis-
SONS authority does not extend this
far, but To what ends the harmonic
ling work may lead Is probiimatical.
The attempted organAc union OF the
Cumberland Presbyterian with the
Presbyterian church. u. s. A.. and
its results has 10 a large extent cool
ed the ardor OF some OF the Methodist
who have long wished 20 see a union
of the two great bodies OF that de-
lnomnation. and Il Is safe TO say that
no action even tending to this end
win De taken at the conference. The
commission on federation just met
in Cincinnati
Election of bishops.
u Is. OF course. a matter OF impos-
,siblllty to select the probable six men
TO be elccted to the ofice OF Bishop
get there Is stiI a lot OF guessing 20
Ing on. and Il looks Hike a sure thne
that the six men will be selected from
the following list: Drs. W. y. Til
Nh'AAf ANnIfnrtNf W " AeAHANMAA
Tennessee: Collins Denny. Virginia
J. c. Kiigore. North Carolina: w. y
Aiurrah. Mississippi: W. r. McMur-
ray. Louisyffse: J. A. Cannon. vir-
ginia: II. NJ. DuBose. Mississippi
Gross AleMnder. Kcotucky; s. H.
lwainright. ST. Louis; John A. Rice
New ORLEANS; u. O. waterhouse. Hoi-
ston: Frank n. Parker. Louisiana.
W. c. Mccoy. Alabama.
Daily Advocate.
DIR. John NJ. Moore OF 81. Louis has
been appoiated editor OF the Daily
Advocate to be issued during the ses-
sion OF the conference. and he has
appointed DR.. ]. A. Anderson OF Ark
aosas as his assistant. And II may
BE- of interest 90 know that DR. MOorc
is strong tip for a confessional Of
fee.