The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-03
.METHOD|STS WILL
MEET AT DANV|LLE
Virginia Conference to Gather in
l3lst Annual Session
Next Week.
BISHOP DENNY WILL PRESIDE
Question OF Changing Name OF
Church Among lnpor-
tant Matters.
BISHOP DENNY WILL PRESIDE
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I Especial TO The Times Dispatch.]
+ Danvillc Va. November 2.--Ths non
~ OF acting AZ host to the next re-
! ligious gathering at Danville Will fail
i TO the pastor and membership OF the
Main street Methodist Church Begin
ming on Tuesday. November II. tho
Virginia Conference OF tho Methodist
Episcopal Church. south. will hold the
l5lst annual session or that body NJ
I Dany!llc.
meeting Of this conference was We'd
ncsday, November - but owing TO tho
additional amount OF business TO be
transacted on account Of the election
OF delegates TO tho general confer
enco. which VIII be held at Oklahoma
city in May, 1914. tie time for tho
converting OF tho Virginia conference
was advanced one day
When the plan Of opiecopal visitation
was made for this Year, Bishop Al
pheus W Wilson. of Baltimore was
appointed 70 presidc over the coming
session Of III. Virginia conference and
he may be present, but owing 10 the
fac, that h. is not well Bishop Col
Inns Denny ~ >nichmond vin prob
ably preside.
Eighth Time nj DanyiiIe
This VIII be the eighth time this
conference has been held at Danville
u" previous sessions having been
held here in tho following years--lss5
( !sI6. 1850. 1857. 1893, 1897 and 1905
Should there he ? full attendance Of
tile members ~ tho conference ses-
sion. IL viii mean there will he pres-
ent 265 pastors, ten OF whom are pro-
siding elders: thi-ty-fve preachers .u-
perannuated and ten sustaining the SUI
+ pctnunorary relation and forty lay
delegates. four from each OF tho ton
districts. There will be present also
several Of tho conventional officers.
representing the general interest OF the
church and a large number OF Visitors
Election Of Delegates.
Aside from tho entcreet which al
WAYS centres IN the election Of dele
gates u the general conference, the
fact that siX Of the Ten presiding OIL
Gers have completed the four con
| tricts they now serve and must, in
/ keeping with the time limit Of the
church. receive other appointments
constitutes another feature or inter-
est 20 this session OF the conference
Two other questions 10 come prom
inenuy before the hody VIII be the
( vote as 70 whether the name Of tn.
church shall be changed .; the next
session OF the general conference and
7 tho expression Of opinion regarding
\ tic recent endowment which Andrew
| Carnegie offered to the medical de-
Y. q
Nashville Tenn, and which the major
I !ty OF the trustees of the university and
/ tho coltce. of bishops decline TO re-
/ cc!ve, which the chancellor DR.. James
+ e. kirkland, and the minority Of tho
I trustees desire 70 receive. The nlnt-
j Ter Of this endowment will probably
be brought before tho conference IN
the form ot Il resolution. while that OF
The expression regarding the change
OF the name ~ the church will come
under the head Of disciplinary re
quireirent. the general conference hav-
ing specified during the session OF 1910
that IN the year 1919 the presiding
bishop Of every conference snail Sc
cure the vote OF the body on this Ques-
tion. the vote 10 DC reported to The
general conference next year
Number of Memorials
There will be also n number OF me-.
morials presented 10 the Virginia
conference touching other questions
TO lie considered by the general con-
ference.