The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-10
Annual Conference Will be
Opened at 10 O'clock in
Main Street Church.
BISHOP DENNY TO
TO BE IN THE CHAIR
Assignments and Transfers the
Most Interesting Question
Before Body--Changes Ex-
pected in Many Pulpits.

The annual conference Of tho
Methodists of Virginia will be held IN
the Main Street church, Danville, De-s
ginning Tuesday morning at 10
O'Clock. The conference will be pres
sided over by Bishop Collins Denny.
of this city /. IS understood that
the venerable Bishop Alpheua w. Will
son. of Baltimore. viii also be In ats
tendance
The great question at this session
will be the changes in the assign-g
ments to be made by the presiding
bishop. From Information at hand Il
is expected that there Will be an uT1-
usually large number, especially for
an of" year--that is, when the time
limit of four years does not apply
To very many of the more prominent
charges.
For the first time in many years the
Randolph Macon college matter Will
not he the subject of a protracted de-
bate. the matter of control of thar
deartment of the work of the con-
ference having been sent TO the courtS
for decision and adjusted in way
which Is wholly satisfactory 10 ths
church.
Satisfactorily Settled.
The great contest was TO have the
college system placed on the Car
neeie foundation for the benefit OF the
instructors. and TO do that the church
would have had TO consent to sur.
rendering the control of the college
system, an idea at once repugnant to
many in the church.
Temperance. and the abolition OF
the! all4r-aala4- feafs. + Sal H
he another topic which will command
attention at this time. Conditions in
Virginia at this time are reported tn
be in accord with the sentiments Of
+ IS, N91t f1T 5zfG nj haN n f@z
In favor Of carrying the struggle tn
I the end
4 Many Pulpit Changes.
+ That there are many changes in
contemplation is no secret. Unless
there III a change of sentiment after
the conference shall have gotten to-
gether 1t is not believed likely that
there are any of the ministers in thu
State today who will be sent to other
conferences. And from all that can
be gathered there is very much less
likelihood of "giraffes' being brought
into the conference-"g CRATES being
the name applied To those ministers
who enter Virginia from other COM
Terences.
In this city there is one charge at
which the allotted four years for .
stay of a pastor requires new min
lister That Is In the case Of the Rev.
i. ~.
He will today have his farewell to hi1
congregation. and on Tuesday morn-
ing at an early hour he will take this
train for DanvIlle. there 10 give an
account Of his work for the year. and
then possess his soul in patience until
the conference is ready to adjourn,
and Bishop Denny rises to make the
assignments for the year--niways the
last thing and the most important.
according to some of the minister's
that is done at many of the annual
conferences
Three to Leave.
It is no secret that the Rev. Frank
L. Wells now at Broad Street churchs
expects to receive another assignment
from the conference. Recently there
was agitation for the moving OF thAt
church to site in the West End
in which he took a part, and this y
said to have created some little OPP
position on the part of the older
/ members of the congregation. who
still reside In the sectin In which
the church is located He thought the
best interests of the church demands
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