The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-20
GEORG|ANS MAY
Be APPOINTED
AS BISHOPS BY THE METHOD,
isr CONFERENCE AT AsAE-
VILE IN MAY.
Several Welt Known Ministers of This
State are Being Mentioned for the
Higher PIaees-conventien is to BE
Largest Ever Held.

1He comlnB CT the general confer
ence which meets in Asheyille N.
C., in May is attracting the atten-
tion OF all Southern Methodists at
fresent, perhaps to a greater ex-
tent than any other matter.
The conference is the greatest
event in the Methodist church, for it
Is the supreme lawmaking power of
the church, and whatever is done
must be done by the conference or
ratified by it. before it will stand.
While it only meets every four years
that is frequent enough for it's meet
1ngs on account of the system by
which all matters Of business per-
tanning to the Methodist church are
carried out.
As 4 meter of course, the next
meeting of the conference will be
the largest in the history of the
church on account Of the Methodist
church being stronger today than II
has ever been before, and will there
fore be more largely attended than
any conference yet held.
There are many very important
matters that will come before the
conference one of the chiefest be-
ing the election of six of eight new
bishops to take the place Cf the six
that have passed away since the
meeting of the conference four years
ago at Birmingham. Several new
bishops were elected at that time,
but on account of so many having
died there are hardly enough left
to carry on the work of the church.
There are many differences of
that will be elected, the church will
be where it was four years ago
without any additional bishops to
help carry on the great, work of the
church which has grown rapidly in
that time
Many are OF the opinion that there
will be at least eight new bishops
elected. There are Il number of
foreign fields that have grown won
derfully within the past four years,
and it is belived that the necessity
of having a sufficient number of
bishops to carry on the work in the
foreign fields will be recognized by
the general conference and that the
number of bishops will be increased
to meet the demand.
Among the more important fields
that are now attracting the atten-
tiCn of the Methodists of the south
are Cuba Mexico, Brazil and Korea
The work in the foreign fields has
become so important that it cannot
be passed by lightly and the gen
; eral conference will have to make
provisions to meet the emergency.
One of those who are very much
interested in the approach of the
general conference, is DR., w f. Tig
ner, and in discussing the matter a
! few days with representative OF
the press, the doctor expressed the
belief that Georgia would get at least
two of the new bishops out of the six
or eight to be elected at the comfy
ence.
DR.. Tigner continuing stated tina;
he beliveed that when the genera
| conference began to look around fOl
men to whom bishops could be made
! that the first man that would be Sc
| lected would be Dr.. j. f. Dickey
who is at present president ot
Emory college, while other selections
would result in the naming of DR.
W. y. Ainswcrth, president OF WeS
! leyan at Macon, or Dr. j. p. Meier
rim, pastor of the Methodist church
, at Dawson, one or both bishops.
| The selection of either or all three
OF the ministers mentioned above as
! bishops would he most gratifying tC
the people Of Brunswick as they are
all very popular here. Dr. McFer
rim has held services in the Methodist
Ghurch in this city and it would be
most gratifying to mis- friends here tt
learn that he had been selected as
bishop by the conference.
DR.. Tignor was of the opinion that
there would be q large number who
would attend the conference from
this state for ap art or all Of the con
ference. AS its session usually ex
tend through several weeks it is not
likely that all those who attend will
remain throughout the session Of the
conference,