The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-30
CONFERENCE NEARS
!. END IN BALTIMORE
BISHOP DENNY PUBLICLY CON-
MENDs BODY ON HIGH STAND
ING OF MEMBERS.
DELEGATES CHOSEN
TO DISCUSS TODAY THE RIGHTS OF
WOMEN TO THE FLOOR OF
THIS CONFERENCE

BALTIMORE, MD. March 90
When the last name on the roll of
preachers in & cd standing of the Bal
timore Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
had been called yesterday at the close
of the fourth days session in ST.
Paul's church and the presiding elder
had pronounced Nothing against
him." Bishop Collins Denny publicly
commended the conference body.
THAT statement of Nothing against
him is statement Of which / never
grow tired" he said. II pray that
not only here, but before the Almighty
God the same. answer of Nothing
against him will be made for every
preacher in this body.
"There is nothing like this roll of
character in any other body that
know. 1t Is a wonderful thing to give
opportunity willingly for any charge
against any Southern Methodist
preacher to be made openly and to
his face.
MANY mans usefulness has been
destroyed by the blackhand method
OF spreading charges against them in
private. When you have charge
against Methodist preacher say 1t
openly here"
lie TIL &C NlcliIdI uctGSdtSS 10 lI9
general conference elected yesterday
were II. II. Sherman, of Staunton,
Va; D. H. Kern. presiding elder Of
the Alexandria district, and j. II.
Wells, of Roanoke. Va. The delega-
ton will be headed by III, p. Hamill.
OF Gaithersburg, as he was elected
on the first ballot, and the full cleri-
cal delegation consists OF the Rev
Drs Hamill, E. V. REGISTER, of Wash
ington district; Sherman. Kern and
Wells The clerical reserves are w.
II. Hammond, Of Woodstock. Md:
f. l.. Woolf. of Keyser, w Va. and
II. NJ. Canton of Harrisonburg, Va
The lay delegates are l.. w. Lewis,
of Baltimore: Charles w. Ray. of
Washington: r. Z. Thomas, of Roa-
noke: f. Chase Bare, of Anderson.
Va, and Edward S. Conrad. Of Har-
risonburg The reserve lay delegates
are Judge NJ L. Walton. of Wood
stock; benjamin H. Hiner. OF frank
lin, w. Va, and ii. X. Field. OF Alex
andria.
One OF the most remarkable reports
made at this or any other recent con-
ference was that of Trinity church,
in ehis city, of which the Rev. John
Paul Tyler Is pastor. OF the entire
income OF the church for all pur-
poses in the last year. hree-ffths was
given for missions and other benevo-
lences. 1t is more customary for the
churches to expend three-fifths of the
income to current expenses.
A visitor was the Rev. Dr. w. r..
webb, president of the Randolph Ma
con College for Women. at Lynch
burg, Va. His wife Is a patient in
Johns Hopkins hospital
The petition for granting to women
Of the churches equal laity rights with
the men is still in the hands of the
memorials committee. though Its adj
vocates are working diligently for ac-
tive support of the delegates and the
moral support OF the officers of the
women's boards of the conference.
The Rev. J. b. Henry and p. w. JET
fries are most active in the fight.
The memorials committee also has
several other important resolutions to
place before the conference, and
which are likely to precipitate lively
debate when they appear. But II Is
not expected that they will so hold
up the business Of the conference TO
prevent adjournment being made by
midnight tomorrow.