Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-22
Ringing Bells and Talking Cos
sip Not Pastoral Work.
Anniversary Meetings and Other
Business al Conference.
Transactions at the East Maine
Conference at Old Town.

| Biddeford, Me-, April 21.-"Many a
minister, who was a perfectly pure
man, has had his reputation ruined
by staying too long on pastoral calls"
Bishop Thomas B. Neeley of New Or
leans told the attendants at the Maine
Methodist Episcopal Conference, over
which he is presiding, here. today.
| Long visits are dangerous he said.
bells and talk gossip. When visits are
necessary get to business right away.
| Don't give gossip a chance to enter
| into the call"
| A resolution was introduced at the
morning session and given a passage
| looking to the closer uniflcation of the
Maine and Eastern Maine Conferences
now in session in Bangor. 1t was
adopted by that Conference yester-
day and its adoption by the Maine
| Conference will allow of it's provisions
| being carried out
The resolution provides for the au-
thorization of a commission to be
known as the Commission of Maine
trict superintendents of the two Con-
ferences, as members ex-officio with
two other members from each Confer
ence, one to serve for three years and
one for six years, to be elected by bal
lot from four names which shall be
placed in nomination by committee
OF three appointed for that purpose by
| the President of the Conference and
thrna 1ax
| elected to serve, two, four and six
years each, by the Laymen's Associa-
| tions in such manner as they may
provide. This commission shall per-
feet its own organization and render
report at each annual conference.
The dispute between the Boston Dea-
conesses' Association and the Maine AS
sociation with headquarters in Portland,
also came up for consideration by the
Conference. The matter was discussed
at quite a length and it's final settlement
was put over to the next Conference, the
question being referred 10 a committee
| composed of seven members to be made
up of two district superintendent, two
members of the Conference favorable to
the Boston institution. two from the Con-
ference favorable to the Portland Branch
and a seventh to be appointed by the
bishop. Provision is made in the resolve
for the committee to report at the next
Conference. In the meantime all active
work by the Boston Association is to be
discontinued within disputed territory un-
til after the report of the committee.
The greater part of the morning ses-
sion was occupied with the hearing of
| reports. among these being that OF Rev.
NJ f. King Of Waverly, Mass. who is a
member Of the Conference and secretary
at large for foreign missions, and who
| reported upon the amount of subscrip-
| tions received for missions, his report
showing an increase of two and one-half
times over that of 1910.
At the Anniversary meeting of the
| Board of Sunday Schools this afternoon,
| Rev. D. A. Downey of Chicago said that
| 95 per cent. of the ministers of the gospel
are indirect products of the Sunday
schools At least s150,O0O is needed to
carry on the Sunday School work of the
Conference along modern lines, the speak
| er said.
| Rev. r. ]. Elliott of Manchester, N. H.s
addressing the Anniversary meeting OF
! the Womens Foreign Missionary Society
| said the work during the past year has
been satisfactory.
"South America. the Coming Continent"
was the subject of an illustrated lecturs
delivered tonight by Bishop Neeley. The
speaker gave glowing prophecies of ths
future of South America, the result of OBJ
servations made during four years serA
vice there.
The next Conference will be held at the
Park Street church, lewiston
Old Town, Me, April 21.-The menu