The Washington herald., 1911-05-27
WITH THE ME7HODISTS.
A Methodist Supreme Court.


Methodists, the large Northern body.
are to have a supreme court. 1t will be
known as the Final Court of Appeals.
Its membership will be fifteen. three
bishops and six each of ministers and
laymen. Members are to be chosen by
the General Conference, the bishops to
serve four years. or between General
Conference sessions, the others four, and
eight years. Co-ordinated with this new
highest court will be others for men,
bers. local preachers, and ministers.
Methodists find the General Conference,
meeting every four years. to be both too
large and too much burdened with other
work TO sit as a court. They reason, be-
sides. that the. same body that makes
the laws ought not to construe them. so
the new and highest court will have as
its chief function the Interpretation of
Methodist enactments. commission has
just made report on this matter of
courts. and II is considered certain that
its report will be approved and the courts
established by the next General Confer
ence. meeting in May, 1912. Presbyteri-
ans recently perfected their judicial sys-
tenn: so did Episcopalians Other large
are studying the question, because they
realize the time to be approaching when
they must have such courts.
Methodist Organic Union.
Definite steps are now being taken to
bring into one organization Methodists
North. Methooists South. and Methodist
Protestants Sessions Of committees rep
resenting all OF them have just been held
at Chattanooga and an address issued to
Methodists OF America stating that prog
ress Is making toward organic union.
The Chattanooga sessions were ad-
journed ones. Some held earlier at Balti-
more and Cincinnati talked simply of
federation, but so strong was the feeling
for union that the federal idea was aban-
doned. The Chattanooga meeting proved
that organic union Is possible. Difficult
ties in the way are confined to history
and tradition and are said not at all to
reach to doctrine or ritual A report is
preparing to submit to the General Con-
ferences, the details of which are not
made public. Meanwhile suggestions are
asked for from Methodists. and II is pos
sible that further sessions may be called.
A strong argum ent made in favor of or
ganic union is that il will pave the way
for other unions.
BY courtesy of the pastor and official
board OF Foundry NJ. Z. Church, the
memorial service of the Department OF
the Potomac. G. A. R.. will be held on
Sunday evening at s o'clock. The sermon
will be preached by the pastor, Rev. w.
r. Wedderspoon, D. D.. on THE nations
tryst." (Joshua, :v:2D.
Department Commander George c.
Ross will have charge OF the arrange
ment at the church. This department Is
composed of seventeen posts, with 1,9oo
members.
At the last NEE ting of the Mems Club.
Of Foundry NJ. E. Church. the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President, F. w. I3olgiano; vice president,
A. Leftwich Sinclair; secretary, E. X.
Staley, and treasurer, ]. P. Ault.
The Rev. Joseph NJ NJ. Gray. of Ham |
line Methodist Episcopal Church. will
preach tomorrow evening the second of
a series OF four sermons on Modern
men with Christ The theme of the
hour will be THE man who took care
of number one" On June his subject
will be The man who had to be shown
and on June II The man who thought |
for himself" The services begin prompt |
ly at o'clock and the public will be
very cordially welcomed to any and all
of them.
The Young Peoples Glass OF Foundry
NJ. E. Church held reunion on Monday |
evening, May %. and surprised the Rev. !
Merritt Earl and Mrs. Earl, of Congress |
Heights NJ. E. Church, who We're former |
members of the class. In honor of their |
recent wedding the class presented Mr.. |
and Mrs. Earl with a picture.
NINE. Lydia NJ. Mountford will give |
her lecture on shepherd Life In Pales-
tine." at the Congress Heights NJ. E.
Church on next Wednesday evening.