La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1916-06-17
METHODIST BROTHERHOOD.
Five New Members Initiated-Inter.
esting Talk by Judge Miller on
Experiences at Conference.

The regular meeting of the Metho-
dist Brotherhood was held in the
basement of the Methodist church
Monday night. with large attend
anre. Following the reading of the
minutes and other routine business,
five new members were initiated
The new brothers are F. F.. Frasier.
c. c, Durkee, Stanley Goodall, J. p.
Cook and Ralph Knapp.
The main event of the evening was
talk by NJ. +. Miller on his expert
ences at the general conference of
the Methodist church. This confer
ence was held from May lst to 29th
at Saratoga Springs, New York.
There were S35 members enrolled.
one half being ministers and the 9TH
er half laymen. II is only since 1900
that laymen have been admitted to
the conferences in equal numbers.
and prior to 1870 none but ministers
we're admitted. An unusually high
percentage of delegates elected were
present at the first roll call and this
conference is the best ever held in
the history of the Methodist church.
in the opinion OF Judge Miller.
Several questions of timely inter
est came up In the conference for
discussion. On the proposition of
temperance. the delegates were
united. There was some division on
the amusement question, but the
amusement clause was allowed to
stand as 1t was. The labor question
came up also and was the cause OF
more sirited discussion than any
thing else in the assembly. In spite
of differnces of opinion there was but
little bitterness among the delegates.
During the conference. seven bish-
ops and two missionary bishops were
elected and consecrated. According
to Judge Miller the ceremony of con-
secration was very impressive.
Among other business affairs the
question of union OF them. T.. church
with the other branches of the Meth
odist church. the NJ. 4. South and
Protestant NJ. 4. was considered.
The assembly was enthusiastically In
favor of the plan and as the other
branches are known to favor the idea.
steps were taken preliminary to the
permanent union of all factions OF
M.tl ,.slI saIF
time to arrive at a basis of union.
but the desire of every one Is so
strong for this action that II will
probably be accomplished within a
very few years.
Another feature of the conference
was the preaching of the colored min
lister. Chas. A. Tindall. OF PhiladeI-
phia. who was described as the BIZ
ly Sunday OF Methodism. Many OF
Tindall's sermons are said TO be full
ly equal to those OF the great base
ball evangelist. while the colored
man is not as accomplished an actor
as Sunday. he is fully as impressive
and his sermons are more logical.
He ls the head of large church In
Philadelphia and has Sunday
school OF 1000
Colored laymen from different
sections OF the south took prominent
parts In the debates OF the confer
ence and they spoke ably and to the
point.
The chair and table used by the
presiding bishop of the conference.
were made by boys In the NJ. T.. In
dustrial school OF Venice. Italy. They
were articles OF great beauty. being
made OF yariously colorcd woods and
showing splendid workmanship. Az
ter III. conference they were sold at
auction for $500. which sum goes
to the school In which the articles
were made. Popular subscriptions
/ raised the sum to $1,000 and In ad-
ditlon. the Epworth Piano Company
offered to send piano prepaid To
the Italian school. The table was
/ considered to he especially valuable
ms n memento OF the assembly be-
cause OF the fact that the senior
bishops of the two main branches OF
the church sat behind II. which was
something that had never happened
before IN the history OF the church.
Following the interesting talk by
Judge Miller, the members of the