Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-30
TWO MORE CHOSEN
All Five Delegates Selected to
General Conference.
FIVE BALLOTS ARE TAKEN
Revs. ]. W. Mcdowell and C. Her.
bert Richardson Complete List.
APPLIES TO LEAVE CHURCH
Rev. Ambrose Burgess Wants to
Join Ministry Of Another
Denomination.
FIVE BALLOTS ARE TAKEN
APPLIES TO LEAVE CHURC]

! Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, March 3O-After five bal
lots two more delegates. Rev. J. w. Nc
Dowen. pastor of Roland Park Church,
and Rev. C. Herbert Richardson, pastor
of Garrett Park Church, We're chosen for
the general conference this morning at
the Baltimore conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, at First Church,
st. Paul and ODD streets. Three others
were chosen yesterday. Rev John F.
Goucher. Rev. ]. c. Nicholson and Rev. ].
st. Clair Neal. Rev. Dr. Richardson came
within one vote Of election on the fourth
ballot, and was then elected on the fifth
ballot.
Others on the fourth ballot received
votes as follows: Rev. j. w. r. Sum
walt of Washington, Al: G.. c. Bacon,
30; j. r. Heisse. 81. and E. L. Watson
vote on the fifth ballot was: Richardson.
104; Sumwalt, SO; Bacon, %, and
Heisse, IL.
Rev. Ambrose Burgess of South River
near Davidsonville. asked to be released
from the conference to join the ministry
of another church. Mr.. Nicholson, who
read Mr.. Burgess letter, said that Mr..
Burgess did not indicate what church he
| intends to join. Attention was then call
! ed to the discipline not requiring any
| statement to future work.
The ordination service, which is one Of
| the important features of the conference.
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3
| o'clock at Monumea. Street Methodist
| Episcopal Church The address will be
by Rev. DIR. l.. J. Birney, dean Of the
Boston University School of Theology.
| His subject will be The Power of Per-
| sonal Appeal. Bishop Cranston and
many of the other leading members Of
the conference will attend this service.
Want pu1o nbearyod
The calling of pastors from other
| charges. a custom which has prevailed
| for many years in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, was opposed. The con-
| ference went on record as favoring alb
solutely the resolution passed by the gen.
eral conference of 1884. which put the
ban on negotiations between pastors and
churches previous to their selection by
the bishop. Such negotiations. says the
resolution, are contrary to the spirit of
| the ministry.
The delegates from the Baltimore Con-
instructed to take such action as is neces-
Sary to secure more rigid observance
of this rule. which is generally admitted
to have been very loose and but little OBJ
served.
Tomorrow morning there will be con-
ference love feast at 8 o'clock, at the
First Church This will be led by Rev.
G. w. Hobbs. Bishop Earl Cranston will
preach at IL am. at the First Church.
In the evening. at First Church, the
| anniversary of the board of foreign mis-
sions will be held. Rev. DR.. John F.
Goucher will preside. and Bishop Will
liam s. Lewis will speak on China
An important service tomorrow after
noon will be that at Appold Church, at
which addresses will be delivered by
Bishop Lewis and Revs. w. L. Mcdowell,
w. E. Bird, w. G. Hobbs and others.
Condemns Sensational Preaching.
Condemning in no unmistakable terms
sensationalism in the pulpit and in
church papers. Bishop Cranston deliv-
cred forcible address to ten candidates
for admission to the conference. He
scored as indecent" the sensational
topics chosen at times by ministers for
their sermons. These pulpit acrobats."
he said, reminds one Of trapeze perform
ers at circus getting ready to make
sensational swing. We want no pulpit
performing, but straightforward SER
mons. And. young men, do not be
ashamed of taking scriptural text
from your sermon"
The bishop next attacked editors of
church papers who write up what he
called sensational articles attacking the
policies Of the church. These men. like
you today. made a VOW not to attack the
policies Of the church. Yet they often
deliberately break that VOW to write
sensational articles for their publica-
tons. I hope it will always be a sen
sational thing to break ones VOW
The bishop in his address further COM
planned bitterly of the tendency to get
farther and farther away from the spirit
of old Methodism. He deplored the use
of the word salary as applied to
Methodist preacher. and said there was
as much difference between salary" and
support as there was between folly
and wisdom" minute later he ex-
claimed that he was in favor Of taking
the financial interest out Of the confer
ence. and cries of Amen, Amen" were
heard from all parts Of the house
May Be Resident Bishop Here.
Two memorials were decided to be sent
to the general conference yesterday-one
asking the restoration of the name of pre-
siding elder to be substituted for the
present term of district superintendent
| and the other asking that the general
conference reassign Bishop Grams ton to