The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-09
CONFERENCE HOLDS
MEETING
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Delegates Pay Touching and Beau
tiful Tributes to Bereaved
Queen Alcxandria.
NE wTRIAL FOR MR.. Cow
Case Of Minister Recently Ex-
PEELED Referred Back to Mis-
sion Conference.

are men with red blood in their veins.
They are in the thick of the tight tor
every good reform and for every up
lift of man. Behind polished oratory
and flashing wilt and buhbling humor
there is evident far vision, a ire
mendous purpose and sublime con-
secratlon. The thoughts OF these men
are with the stars and their hands are
on the material that is to build there
to.
The third house, the gallery. has
many strong men in it. They seem
to be saying that the general con-
ference is like the State penitentiary
"a few are there who possibly ought
not to be in there. and many are
outside who ought to be within.
The torrential rains of Sunday did
not prevent the preaching some great
sermons. The favorites seemed to
be DR.. Young. the Canadian delegate,
and DIR. Simon, of England. Each OF
these distinguished men paid touch
ing and beautiful tributes to their
Dowager Queen Alexandra In great
meeting of sympathy for the Queen
In her bereavement. held In Central
Methodist church Sunday evening.
AT the close OF the sermon resotions
of sympathy were passed. Bishop
Hendrix also spoke.
Bishop Morrison Is In the chair to-
day. Rev. Hori Japanese. the frater-
nal delegate from Japan. and Rev.
Mr. Tonaka, his companion. were In
troduced. The Japanese delegate is
striking looking gentleman. favor
ing the Likado and with second
story top head.
Psalm Memorial Passes.
The memorial from the Virginia
Conference offered by r. H. Bennett.
asking for a fuller version of the
Book of Psalms in the hymn book,
has passed the committee favorabiy,
and was to-day placed on the caien-
dar. The committee recommends
that the book editor and the dean OF
the theological department OF VAN
derbilt University be appointed to
make the proper selections from the
Psalms for this purpose.
The committee on appeals. Bishop
Hendrix. chairman: Rev. r. A. Meek.
secretary, reported that they had re-
manded the case of Rev. G. w. Cow
back TO mission conference for a new
trial. The appellant was convicted OF
immortality and expelled from his con-
ference.
A communication from the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor at its last
meeting in Toronto was favorably re-
ported from the committee on re-
visais. with the recommendation
that the requests In the paper be
adopted. The paper sends greetings
and requests.
DIR. Whitehead Missed.
No one is more missed from the
conference than the late Dr. Paul
Whitehead. OF Virginia. His Well
known figure and voice have been
familiar and potent factors In the
general conference for many years,
DIR, Whitehead was at his best In a
deliberative body He seemed 60 have
the law OF the church and the tactics
of parliamentary practice at his
tongues end. 1t was one OF the hu-
mors of the general conference to
note the vigorous way In which he
corrected the chair when an inadver-
tent bishop made a parliamentary
clip,
bishop timber In the Virginia confer
eaee that while courteous, they DO
not treat a bishop with the extreme
adulation given him in the West and
South. II used to bring a laugh to
hear DIR. Whitehead say TO the chair:
You've got that wrong. That's not
the proper way to put that motion"
One bishop replied years to such a
vigorous corrections: Il am willing
to be corrected by my good friend.
DIR. Whitehead, even though he uses
Gideon's instruments on the Midian-
ties. thorns and briars Of the wilder
ness"
One scarcely realizes how much
the church is bereaved by death until
he looks at the platform and notes
the absence az six familiar figures
OF the bishops and Of many others of
the conference who have passed away
since the last general conference.
Election OF Bishops.
II Is now believed that six, II not
eight. new bishops will be elected.
1t Is thought by many that a resident
bishop will be elected for Asia and
one fer South Americas. 1t Is believed
that Virginia will be given a bishop.
The two men most often spoken of
In this connection from Virginia are
DR.. James Cannon and DR.. w. j.
Young.
Mr.. Frank Talbot. OF Danville. a
member of the Virginia delegation
accompanied by his wife and son. ar
rived Saturday night
Rev. II. c. Tucker. of Brazil, in
his able speech OF Friday night, paid
Wis when United States minister in
Braztl for his great assistance there
In Christian work. and also to Hon.
William Jennings Bryan for similar
services recently rendered. The Bra
xiltans could scarcely heiiera that a
statesman was a devout Christian.
They were even more amazed to hear
the announcement that Mr.. Bryan
would conduct services Sunday morn
ing at the Methodist church in Rio de
Janetro.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Shotwell, OF
Washington ward. Richmond, va, are
Interested spectators on the confer
ence sessions.
There will be held this week a
great echo meeting from the great.
national missionary conference just
held In Chicago May Is. This Chi
cago meeting. the close Of the great
campaign of seventy conferences. held
In cities all over the Union, and
is preparatory to the missionary con-
ference of the world. to be held in
Edinburgh. Scotland. next month.
Two OF the conference sensations
will be discussed before the commit
tees Monday afternoon. Sensation
hunters are saying that II II q case FOR
the 8. p. c. A. that these two CUB
jects come up at the same hour in
different committees. These are the
woman question and the Vanderbilt
University matter.
Miss Belle Bennett. the author OF
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