Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-23
TIE MEIHoDIsrs.


Asheville, N. O.. Saturday night. The
concluding exercises were conducted by
B shop a. w. Wilson, who, as senior
bishop, expressed the belief that In bis
opinion safe, sane and conservative meas.
u,es bad been adopted and that It was
his opinion the church would In the next
four years 60 forward In leaps aud
bC ulds.
A resolution was adopted which will
permit boards OF trust OF schools and COL
leges, II they find 1t advisable to 20 out
side OF the church to get men to fill not
more than 20 per cent. OF toe bosrds Of
utees, means, 1t is thought, that the
nulh-discussed Vanderbilt University
affair is practically settled. This will
make legal the election Of WilliSm X.
Vanderbilt and two other gentlemen
whose selection sometime ago as nu tses
Of Vanderbilt University caused a storm
OF protest from some of those who be-
lieved that only members of the Meth
dist Church should hold sucbIposilions.C c
The conference adopted new METHOD
OF settling appeals of preachers from The
findings OF the annual conference trial
committees. Hereafter, instead OF az sp.
peal waiting until the next session OF
the General Conference, g committee on
appeal has been created, which commit
lee Is to meet each year or oftener and 10
determine these matters.
The conference put itself on record as
highly fsvOring the educational move
meLt, when II adopted the committee on
e6ucstion's report increasing the assess
ment from $50, 0O9 to s95, 900 annually.
A resolution was adopted that tue
bishops, pastors and chosen leaders make
special efoit' TO widen the field OF the
church during The next pear until the
whole world becomes inAsmed with zeal
for religion.
DR.. NsPthall Luccock, the clerical
fraternal delegate from the Methodist
Episcopal CHURCH, made ga eloquent
speech of farewell. He presented the
conference with an inkstsnd, the base Of
which was made OF wood from the pu'-
pit in England where John Wesley
prescbed.
DR.. W. o. Murray, secretary OF the
board of church extension, announced
that |! WAS declared that DR.. George s.
Sexton should give his time 10 raising
funds Tor representative church 10
Washington.
The report OF the committee on timer
airy, recommending that the bishop be
required to snuou ice to his cabinet, Ia
open session, the app ointment of preach
ers before be reads them out to the con
ference, Was adopted.
The conference adopted & report OF
the committee recommending q COM
mittee on appeal to review ard deter.
mine all cases of appeal by travelling
PR aohers.
Bishop w. e. Lsmtuth announced
thtt, as q result OF o conference held
with representatives of the Methodist
Oh urch OF Canada a day OF two ago,
that ctur ch agreed to cooperate With
the Methodist Episcopsl Church South
In it, educational work 10 Japan. The
Methodist Episcopsl Church South
( unded college st Kobe, japan, called
the Kuansei Gskuin, for the support OF
which the Canadian Melhcdists bGve
sgrted to give $9S, 900.
Bishop Collins Denny has been elected
secre!fry OF the college Of bishops.
A resolution was passed asking tbs |
committee be appoir ted by the college
of bishops, consisting Of one bishop, two |
preachers end two isYmen, to consider |
a plan for increased activities of the lay |
men and for larger representation In the
annual conference.
The committee Of missions recommend |
ed that the general board of missions ap-
point committee on evangelism 10
operate under the home department of
thtt board 10 pro vide for the eyanRel-
Is,ic movement Throughout the church.
Warm debate followed this recommend
atlon and after long consideration OF
he question the conference voted in
favor Of The measure.
BY far the greatest confusion since the
conferences opened was created by the
DISCUSSION as to whether the conference
should strike out the words, "The holy
Catholic Church, "in the creed, and sub.
'iitute the words, "Obutch OF God"
Points OF order, amendments, questions
II personal privilege aud subslitu es
lev through the air thick and fast, and
It times 1t was almost impossible ID stat,
nst what was before the conference.
Rev. J, W. Perry finally made the
Joint OF order that the question had not
'een properly pu. before the conference.
The point WIS sustained and The afternoon
ession adjourned without tho question
'eIng settled.
The salary of the secretary OF the board |
I education Wss raised TO SO, 900. The
eport OF the committee on statement of
aith for world-vi Meihodjsm showed
hat its work failed on sccount OF another
hu:ch declining to cooperate 10 the
fort.
The last measure adopted by the cor
'rence was report that commit go
I FIVE be appointed to cooperate With I
he national committee on unifo rm
ivorce law.
INDICTMENT DISPOSED OF. l.
The indictment Of the judges of the
ectIou TAT Fiery Run precicnt, 7Fnu-