Evening journal., 1911-03-20

125th anniversary Of the Conference.
At this point, the reports of the
Rev. George p. Jones. superintendent
Of Salisbury District, and of the Rev.
DIR. e. l.. Hoffecker, superintendent
of Wilmington District. were called
for. These were published I'm the
Saturday issue of THE EVENING
JOURNAL
Greetings were received from the
4 Central Pennsylvania Conference,
now in session.
In New Relation.
In accordance with report of the
! committee on Conference Relations. o.
L. Martin was taken from the super
numerary list and put on the effec-
i've list with one years notice to
serve or locate. ]. w. Talley. who
has reached the disciplinary limit Of
/ five consecutive years on the super
numerary list. was therefore placed
on the effective list. The Conference
felt that if Mr.. Talley's i'll health con-
tinued so that he was not able to take
a charge. he could be replaced on the
supernumerary list at the next session
of the Conference.
Want Children at Church.
Referring to the statement I'm Dr.
Hoffecker's report that children we're
not attending the regular church SER
vice. Bishop Neely agreed emphaticai-
ly. saying the same condition was TO
be deplOred all over the country. He
said that if the children were trained
to go to church, many churches that
} We're now half empty would be over
crowded. and also that not training
children to go to preaching services
was training them not to go.
Bishop Neely retired from the Con-
ference for a cabinet meeting with the
parting advice Tomorrow Is the
Sabbath. I think We would do we'll Ia
be religious. Don't worry about your
appointments. Don't worry about
Sunday preachers. Don't see the
Bishop, wait until Monday"
. The Rev DR.. Heben Jones. secre-
tary of the Foreign Missionary Socie-
ty. was a Conference visitor. and
spoke of the work of the church in
Korea.
Conference Paper Again Discussed.
Just as the afternoon session was
about the close with DR.. L. F. Barrett
in the chair, the question of the Con-
y ference paper was again brought up
and the most stirring half hour OF
the day followed. The Rev. r. T
!, Coursey set the ball rolling by a
warm endorsement of the Baltimore
Methodist. saying that previous ev.
r perience of papers in this Confer
= ence had been a failure. He said
that when the Baltimore Methodist
:. was adopted. il would become a VIII
mington Conference paper just as
b much as belonging to Baltimore. HI
said the Rev. Mr.. Budd was true
Il man. the peer Of any I'm the Confer
r. ence. one that would make good any
u where he was placed, that he woulS
d be a good principal. a good editor
:. but that no one man could do boil
jobs at once. He said also, that will
- the tendency TO undermine the es
o sential doctrines of the church b,
S higher criticism, It was we'll to hav
y an established, influential paper Il
h the Conference. which would speal
10 with no uncertain voice on these mat
n ters.
The Rev. c. W. Prettyman answers
n that he thought the paper propose
8 by AIR Budd would be just as ortho
dox as the Baltimore Methodist an
that he thought the Conference coul
is and ought to support a paper of II
l. own. especially when the establish
ment of his new paper meant no eN
r pense to the Conference any NOR
than the Baltimore Methodist would
m He said that Mr.. Budds plans wer
,e we'll sponsored and that II was ur
0, fortunate to have the idea get ou
T. that they were opposed by the Acao
emy trustees.
m Dr. A. S. Mowbrary then said ths
y I'm the first place the plan was In
in practicable. and In the second th
election was made with the undel
he standing that the editorial idea wa
T. dropped He said there was a prol
he ability that the election would be r.
called n the Conference wished II
O. Rev Mr. Budd to be an editor. as.
if was unfair to the trustees that
al should be both.
H. The Rev. Fl. c. Budd responded thi
r the trustees could recall his electiC
e. wherever they desired. but he cou
re assert that the paper would lessen h
r. work instead Of increasing It. al
in would he a great help to the Academ
He said he Intended to consult u
o. trustees before discussing the mattl
ga before the Conference. but the di
r. cussion over the Baltimore Method
90 had made It necessary to speak the
He said he felt that he was beir
mr. placed in a false light. There vi
70 some attempt TO finish the matter Sa
&c urday afternoon. as the Bishop h'
,r- expressed a wish to that effect. b
several members said that In spi
"a of this expressed wish they felt
~ was too important a matter to sett
~ so quickly. A dozen men were
their feet seeking recognition fro
the chairman but the motion to a
journ was carried. The trustees he
a meeting Immediately after the a
- journment and the delegates linger
on and talked over the matter Of q
a. Conference paper