The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-04
BISHOP M'INTYRE
WILL HAVE CHARGE
REV. C. A. MCNAMARA BACK
FROM MEETING OF COLLEGE OF
BISHOPS AT WINoNA AND
TELLS OF THOSE VERY INTER-
EsTlNe SESSIONS.

Bishop Robert Mcintyre OF st. Pau
Will preside at the session OF the an
nual conference of the Methodist EpiS-
copal church, which viii convene In
Grand Forks, Oct, H." said Rev. G. A.
Mcnamara. who is just back from the
Winona meeting, today
This will be welcome news to a
host OF Methodists in the state" con-
tinued Rev. Mr.. Mcnamara, land the
friends in the northern city will have
an opportunity to hear this eloquent
orator again. 1t is true that only two
years have elapsed since Bishop Mo
Intyre presided at the conference held
at Mandan. But a request was made
by the last general conference to the
bishop, to arrange plan whereby each
bishop might preside over the confer
ences contiguous to his place OF resi-
dence for the quadrenium. 1t has been
found difficult to carry out this plan
and much thought was gwen this sub
ject at the meeting of the college OF
Bishops, in Winona. AS the outcome
of this, Bishop Mcintyre Will have
charge OF Minnesota and northern
Minnesota, North and South Dakota
conferences.
THE proposition for church union,
which comes from the Protestant
Episcopal church, was under consider
alton and will be passed on to the next
session Of the general conference,
which is to meet In Minneapolis year
hence.
The Winona Meeting.
THE church in which the meeting
was held at Winona is one OF the An
est in Minnesota. 1t has a beautiful
chime of bells which cost $4,000. The
whole property which is so delightfully."-
situated, cost a dozen years ago $11O,-
600. The organ is very costly and the
inside finish is in oak. All the details
OF convenient modern church and
Sunday school are found at Winona
Rev. Frank Doran, d, D., is pastor Of
the church, he is well known to Fargo
people for he served the Moorhead
church and then had charge Of Grand
Forks.
Beside myself, DR.. Danford Of
Bismarck and Rev. Mr.. Vern1ilya of
Minot were in attendance, as also
were many other of the district SUI
perintendents in the interests of their
various conferences.
"Winona, Mimi, has been the CEN
ter of interest to the Methodist peo-
pie of the entire nation for the past
two weeks, because the college Of
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church has been holding its semi
annual meeting in the central church
of that city. There are twenty mine
bishops, who direct the worldwide
interests Of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Seven of them are missionary
bishops, having jurisdiction in India
Africa and Korea.
Bishop II. Bristol is assigned to
have oversight Of the work in South
America. Bishop Burt has charge Of
the conferences in Europe. Bishops
Bashford and Lewis have the care
of the churches in China.
There were thirteen of the bishops
in attendance at Winona- Bishop Will
son is visiting the African work with
Missionary Bishop Hartzell. Bishop
Mcdowell is making a tour of the
Asiatic conferences and will return
in September.
AT the semi annual meetings each
bishop makes q report of his recent
work, and the whole field passes un-
der revision, dates are fixed and plans
made for the next six months. The
next meeting will be held at Okla
homa City,"