The Penn's Grove record., 1916-06-09
N. {. GENERAL CONFERENCE
Important Rules Made To Govern
Methodist Episcopal Societies
By Rev. John w. Lynch,

nv Nhil ~ ToNAOllu htItI IL 1OtltIEutB.
I which is the supreme court and congress
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church con-
vened in Convention Hall, at Saratoga
Springs, N. y, May LIST and continued
ill May Both. The Senior Bishop Earl
Cranston, ID, LID, called the con-
ference to order. Fully 900 delegates.
including 33 women, from every country
in the world, representing 1872 annual
conferences were in attendance.
An interesting feature of the opening
session was the recital of the Apostles
Greed, in eight languages.
A remarkable demonstration of APP
prevail greeted the Episcopal address by
Bishop John w. Hamilton, on May Sd.
when he made favorable references to
the proposed plan of consolidation Of
the Methodist Churches North and
South. He declared that the European
war was an example of education with
out Christianity and that the world has
gone wrong. He predicted that the pre-
sent wars in Europe and Mexico would
be followed by IA sweep of the Christian
faith which would amaze the world.
lie urged trade agreements. minimum
wage adjustments, favored abolition of
all forms of child labor, favored the
keating-Owen bill, and all uniform state
legislation. He strongly denounced Sab
bath dissertations, the marriage of di-
vorced persons and the liquor traffic.
Attention was called to the events to be
celebrated by the church in the next
four years. The 400th anniversary of
the reformation in 1917. the centenary
of the Missionary Society in 1919 and
the Tricentenary of the landing of the
Pilgrim Fathers in 1920.
DIR. Joseph b. Hingeley, who had been
secretary since 1908 resigned and DR..
Edwin locke of the Kansas Conference
was elected as his successor. DIR. Geo.
z. Mains who served as publishing agent
of the NJ. +. Book Concern for 20 years
resigned. The conference expressed
their regret to President Woodrow Viii
son for restoring the use of Intoxicating
wines at White House functions and
pettioned him as a Christian gentleman
30 Danish its use and urged his support
Of nationwide prohibition of the bever-
age liquor traffic.
A subject of far reaching Importance
came up on DIR. f. VI. North's plan for
an Inter-Board Conference designed to
correlate the benevolent and other de-
n~ominational agencies. 1t was propos-
ed to raise a centenary fund of 81 LOCO
600 for preparing students for mission
airy duty.
1t was moved that the Bible be read in
the public schools and against the ex-
portations of liquor to Africa.
The thrilling missionary reports of
Bishops Harris, Lewis, Warne, Stuntz.
Mcconnell, Hartzell, Scott and Neulson.
for their respective fields, viz Japan and
Korea, China, India, South America,
Mexico, Africa, Liberia and Europe
caused great enthusiasm. Mr.. Earl Tay-
Tor, Sec'y of Board of Foreign Missions
challenged the church by its a~lluring OPP
p~ortunities and drew a round of APP
plause.
The cigarette habit was condemned
and all church members were recon-
mended to abstain from the use of to-
bacco. 1t was unanimously voted that
Congress be petitioned not to grant any
more sectarian appropriations after next
year. 1t was voted in publishing the
new Church Hymnal that the word
again in the Apostles Greed be drop
ped and that the service for redication
of churches and a complete index be
printed.
Dr.. w. L. ouGIludu. 1ItSlltHI u llt-
Epworth League, reported a member
ship of 100000 young people. The adj
dress of welcome of Hon. Charles S.
Whitman, Governor of New York, on
May 9 was magnificent and was res
ponded to by Bishop Cranston.
<An attempt was made to eliminate
from the discipline the clause which pro-
hibits theatre going, card playing and
dancing, but was defeated by a vote
of 113 to 43. 1t was voted not to In
crease the number of bishops, but to
elect seven bishops to take the place o.
those who died during the quadrinnuim;
viz Bishops Walden, Bowman. Mcintyre,
Luccock, Moore, Smith and Warren;
also upon the resignation of Hartzell for
Africa and Scott (colored) for Liberia.
to elect missionary bishops for Africa
and Malaysia after four days of ballot
ing beginning with May 18th the fol-
lowing seven men were elected bishops:
Herbert Welsh, President; Ohio Wes-
Ivan University, Delaware; O. Thomas
Nicholson. sec'y of Board of Education,
New York City; Adna w. Leonard, Pas
tor VIM. Church, of Seattle, Washing
ton; Matthew S. Hughes, pastor First
NJ. E. Church, Pasadena, Cal; w. f.
Oldham, Foreign Missionary Sec'y, n.
Y; Charles B. Mitchell, pastor LIST NJ.
F.. Church, Chicago. ILL.,; inc Franklin
Hamilton. Chancellor of American Uni
~versity, Washington. d. G. DIR. Eben
8. Johnson, of Sioux City, Iowa, was
elected Missionary bishop to Africa and
DIR. Alexander P. Camphor, (negro), of
birmingham. Ala, as missionary bis
hop to Liberia.
New Episcopal residences were appro-
we'd at Wichita, Kan; Pittsburg, Pa;
Detroit, Mich; and SEMI, Korea.
Stirring scenes were enacted when a
resolution was unanimously favored by
a rising vote endorsing the proposed
union of American Methodism. A de-
finite plan for union will be presented
% tho Southern General Conference in