The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-27
DR.. ]. N. BUCKLEY
W|THDRAWS FROM
ACTIVE SERVICE
Bishop Maker Retires From
Field After Thirty-two
Years Service.
Ten BISHOPS TOOK THE
CHURCH VOWS YESTERDAY
Service Of Conservation Was Alike
Simple and Beautiful and its I'm.
pressiyeness Felt by the Great Audi.
ence Which Saw it.

Buckley of New York. editor Of the
Christian Advocate. known in the
Methodist Episcopal church as "bishop
maker and for thirty-two years edi-
TOR OF one of the strongest church pa
pers has withdrawn from active sery.
ice. ''e-
IN services remarkable alike for
tneir simplicity and solemnity. eight
plshops or general superintendents.
ana two missionary bishops elected at
the present session of the general con-
terence. Sunday afternoon took the
VOWS which bestowed upon them both
the highest power and honor in the
possession of the church. As a climaS
10 the services of conservation. the en-
tire board of bishops. including those
newly elected. repaired to the grave in
local cemetery Of Bishop Isaac w.
Joyce to pay homage to his memory.
Those who by their repetition of the
VOW II will so do. the Lord being nv
helper, took upon themselves the ad
mlnlstration of the church's affairs
were: General superintendent
Homer G. Stuntz. New York: T. s.
henderson, BROOKLYN; w. o. Shepard,
Shlcago; Naphtali Luccock. Kansas S
City, kas.: F. j. Mcconnell. president
'-'''NNA''ieH, vi GtIlSdSllG, ln0,,
+. d. Leete, Detroit. Mich; R. j.
Cooke. New York: w. p Thikield
president Howard university, a negro
institution at Washington, D. C.
Missionary Rishops-John Wesley
Rohlnson. Lucknow. India: W. p. Eve
land' president seminary. Williams
port. Pa.
Hours before the auditorium was
opened for the general public. an inn
lnense crowd filled the street before
the police guarded doors. and passed
the the time in the singing of hymns
when the curtain was raised at three
o'clock upon the members of the
board Of bishops: the hishops-elect
their presenting friends and other Of
hcials of the church. not "A seat was
vacant and scores had been turned
away.
During the entire preliminary serv.
ice In which bishop after bishop took
part In the reading of the scriptures
or OF the ritual of conservation, there
was hush over the audience that per
mitted the low tones of the speakers
'",;1d,,,G :" pnnetrate every portion of the
charge. the consecrating bishnps with
hands laid upn the heads of the kneel-
ing candidates. urged them to "be SO
mericful that We he not remiss. so ad
minlstrate discipline that YOU forget
not mercy: that when the chief shep-
nerd shall appear. you may receive the
never falling crown of glory through
Jesus Christ. our Lord" tears fell
from the eyes of numerous bishops
elect upon the open pages of the bible
Dr. Stuntz was the first to be con-
secrated. the venerable Bishops Henry
w. Warren and John NJ. Walden, both
OF whom now are retired. performing
the ceremony. Others received "the
laying on of hands in the order in
which they were elected, two min
isterial friends presenting them. and
two different bishops officiating in
each case.
Tomorrow the conference will begin
upon the closing of the business OF
the church. the principal event being
the selection of editors of the variou.
church papers. Wether a successor
shall be elected to the position of Mis-
sionary Bishop w. F. Oldham, who has
been chosen for position of the
hoard of foreign missions also will he
decided as will the question of "hish-
ops OF races and languages" This pro-
Vides for the election of bishop for
a race Of a person of that race, the
question of negro bishop for the
negro churches of the south being that
chiefly before the conference. If
agreed to by the present session. it
must go before the annual conferences
Of the church in the next four years
for approval and then must come up
at the next quadrennial conference for
final action.