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

plscoptl Onurch came to close st
AsheVille, n. O., Saturday night. The
concluding ekercisss were conducted By
Bishop a. W. Wilson, who, as senior
bishop, expressed the belief that in his
opinion safe, sane and conservative meas.
utes had been adopted and that 1t was
his opinion the church would in the next
icu, years 60 forward in leaps and
bt uads.
A resolution was adopted which will
permit boards OF trust OF schools and col.
leges, if they find 1t advisable to go out
side of the church to get men TO fill not
more than rs per cent. of the boards Of
u.tees, means, 1t is thought, that the
n ,h-discussed Vanderbilt University
affsir is practically settled. This will
make legal the election of William K.
Vanderbilt snd two other gentlemen
whose selection sometime ago as uu taes
of Vanderbilt Universally caused storm
OF protest from some of those Tho be.
lieved that only members OF the Meth
dist Church should hold sucbIposi,ions.C c
The conference adopted a new mtthod
OF settling appeals of preachers from The
| findipgs of the annual conference trial
committees. Hereafter, instead OF 90 sp-
peal waiting uatil The next session OF
the General Conference, 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 favoring the educational move
ment, when it adopted the committee on
&c ucation's report increasing the aasess-
ment from $50, 009 to $95, 900 annually.
A resolution was adopted that the
bishops, pastors and chosen leaders make
special efolt' to widen the field OF tas
church during the next year until the
I whole world becomes iphamed with zaal
for religion.
Dr.. Nspthall Luccock, the clerical
fraternsl delegate from the Methodist
Episcopal Oturcb, made al eloquent
speech of farewell. He presented the
conference with an inkstand, the base of
which vas made OF wood from the pu'-
pit in England where John Wesley
preached.
DR.. w. O. Murray, secretary of the
board of church extension, announced
that 1t was declared that DR.. George S.
Sexton should give his time 20 raising
funds Tor representative church In
Washington.
The report OF the committee on timer
airy, recommending that the bishop be
rjquired to saucu ice to his cabinet, 10
open session, the app ointment Of preach
ers before he reads them out to the con
ference, Wss adopted.
The conference adopted report Of
the committee recommending com
mittee on appeal to review ard deter.
mine all cases of appeal by travelling
PR achers.
| Bishop W. R, Lsmtu!h announced
thtt, IS result of q conference held
with representatives of the Methodist
Oh urch oil Canada day OF Two ago
that chur CD agreed to Cooperate with
thu Methodist Episcopal Church sou:t
in it, educational work in Japan. The
Methodist Episcops Church South
| unded college st Kobe, japan, called
The Kransei Gakuin, for the support Of
which The Canadian Melhodists bsvs
sgreed to give sos, 900.
Bishop Collins Denny has been elected
secretary OF the college OF bishops.
| A resolution was passed asking thst 8
committee be appoir ted BY the college
of bishops, consisting of one bishop, two
preschers and two ,aYmen, to consider
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 q committee on evangelism 10
operate under the home department o!
inst board 20 pro vide for the evangel-
is,ic movement thrt ughout the church.
Warm debate followed this recon- mend.
ation and after long consideration oil
the question the conference Voted in
favor of .he measure.
By far The greatest confusion since the
conference opened was created by the
distussion Ga to whether the conference
should strike out the words, "The Eolg
Catholic Church, ''in the creed, and sub.
slitute The words, "Cburch OF God"
Points of order, amendments, questions
of personal privilege aad substtu. es
few through the cir thick and fast, and
at times it was almost impossible to stat /,
jnst what Was before the conference.
Rev. J, W. Perry finally made the
point OF order that the question had not
been properly Iu; before the conference.
The point was sustained and The afternoon
session adjourned without the question
being settled.
The salary of the sacre t,ry OF the board
| OF education was raised 10 So, 600. The
report of the committee on statement of
faith for world wide Meihodism showed
that Its work failed On account of another
church declining to cooperate in the
fort.
The last measure adopted by the cor :
ference was q report that commit ee
OF five be appointed to cooperate with
The national committee on nnifo rm
divorce law.
INDICTMENT DISPOSED OF.
The indictment of the judges of the
election sat Fiery Run precicnt aFrau
quier county, By the grand jury at The