Oxford eagle., 1913-12-11
ACTION OF BISHOPS
WILL Be InDORSEO
MISS. CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE
CONSIDERS CARNEGIE GIFT.
Language Of Resolution Offered Too
Strong and Is Referred to Commit.
tee to Be Bishop
Gambler Talks.

matters before the Mississippi Ccnten-
nal Conference of the Methods, Epis-
eopal Church. South. that relating 10 the
action Of Chancelios \. n. Kirkland aud
the board Of trustees Of Vanderbilt Uni
versity over the Carnegie gift, va.
sprung at the spe.ing session. but the
language in condemnation OF the chan
eeli0v and trustees was regarded a. too
severe and IL was referred to a commit
tee VI five 10 b. rewritten. The confer
enrr siil insio-se the action Of tn, bish-
ops Who oppose and condemn terms 0f
the gift. The rrsoiutian "a. offered By
Rev. ". " Fratherstun. Rev e.. ".
Crisler obiectd 20 some IT the terms a.
uniigniiisd. and asked that they b. cor-
recse.i. Bishop Gambler appointed Ress-
VI y. Scarborough. /. w. Cooper. w. w
Featherstun, y r. Harmon and G. ".
CrisieF TO rcwute The resolutions
In opening the conference. Bishop Can
dler read the Goth aud eist chapters Il
-. Matthew and throughout b.. dis
course h. mais II plain that Christ.
Wv NsHAAANWaAF ~ INV AAkNAfAN ~ Wv
vineyard, sheweth that tod i debtor
unto no msn. foretelleth His passion b.
answering the mother Of Zsbcdee'. chii.
dren. tsarheth His disciples 10 b. lowly,
and giveth two blind men their sight.
Again. Christ driveth the buyers and
sellers out q the temple, curseth the fis
tree. putteth 10 -ileuer the priests and
shlers and rrbuketh them by the ~lnili-
tude OF the tao sons and the husband
men, ~hS slew such as were sent unto
them Hs emphasized the fact that the
church is the house Of God. should b.
conducted a. .ueh, and be had no pa
tienee With men who said the church
should adopt business principles.
lie condemned the ecclesiastical poii-
ticisn. whose vsulting ambition male
him worse than the professional poiiti-
clan. for the ehurchsis no place for am
bition. sxcsp, TO do good ~ork for the
Lord The gospel rightly stimulates the
preacher in his work and stimulates his
seif-respeet. He deprecated the tend
~rey Of preachers Who have suppcsed In
tluential friend. pull for them. saying
he loved IN. members % the eonference
respected them, but he could not b.
pulled.
Bishop Candler's address was replete
with spicy epigrams. Dr. J. y. Chisholm,
pastor Of the First Presbyterian Church,
was presented aud said the Methodists
had multiplied and he hoped they woad
multiply until they would be a. the stars
in the heavens, and the bishop remark
ed: "Yes. We are multiplying; We have
taken lot of Presbyternns where YOU
didn't have preachers, but il you run us
out I will Join the Presbyterians.s lie
referred to the press, saying sometimes
the reports are inaccurate. a. he had
Deen reported as preaching in Atlanta
when he was in Cuba.
lie also spoke about the Wesleyan
Church at Atlanta, saying he wanted all
the relies and memoirs OF Tobias Gibson.
Winans Sellers. He wanted pictures OF
them and their l,tters.
Rev. \. +. Watkins of jackson was
reelected secretary, with Revs. q. $.
Harmon of Meridian and John A. Moore.
Magnolia. as assistants
Rev. J. L. NeiIl. Hattiesburg. George
p. MeKeown, Flora, and J. /. Decall,
Mount Olive. were appointed statistical
secretaries.
All Of the presiding elders made verbal
reports, when their names were called,
reporting their churches as flourishing.
many aecessions. Reports will be sub
mitted in writing. but Bishop Gambler
said the aceessious for the year would
approximate 1000.
Rev II. h. Watkins, local pastor, pre-
senisd the bishop with an oak gavel.
made from a post taken from the Foster
home at Pine Ridge, where the third con-
ference was held.
Rev J. l.. Neill preached and Dr. W.
w. Pension, SECRETARY of the mission
board, Nashville. Tenn. preached at the
missionary anniversary.
That there Is considerable work 10 be
done by the conference Is signified by
the fact that there are seven conference
standing committees and 10 conference
boards and committees The boards and
their respective tTeasurers are as toll
lows: Missions, Rev. c. W. Crisler, Hat
tiesburg; education. r. W. Millsaps,
Jackson; Sunday School, W H. Morse.
Tylertown; Epworth Lea9ie, Rev. J. l.
Neill, Hsttiesburg; Bible class, Rev. J.
T. Abney. Morton; joint board of fl
nance, :. A. Tomlinson, Gulfport.
There is a conference committee on adj
missions, which relates to the admission
of preachers; committees on admission
on trial for first, second. third and
fourth years, an auditing committee,
committee on memoirs and hospital
committee.
During the conference one hour each |
day was given to preaching the gospel.