Evening journal., 1916-04-12
WILMINGTON Church
PASTORS Returned
Few Changes Are Made
This Year in NJ. P. Church
PaStorateS
LAY CONFERENCE
DELEGATES NAMED

BALTIMORE. Nd, April 12.-The
plan Of appointments which were read
by President Bowers at the closing
session of the Maryland Annual Con-
ference Of the Methodist Protestant
Church, in West Baltimore Church
last night, revealed fewer changes
among the ministers than for several
years. In the 14O-Odd charges in the
conference district and the 145 minis
ters who are assigned each year. there
we're scarcely a score OF changes
made.
Only one OF these changes affects
the larger churches of the denomina-
tion in this city. The Rev. DR.. j. NJ.
Gill; late Of First Church in Seattle,
Wash. was sent to West Baltimore
Church to succeed the Rev. G. I. Hum
phreys. who goes to Rhode Island
Avenue Church. Washington.
AS was forecast several days ago,
the Rev. William A. Melvin becomes
pastor OF the recently-aCquired Lowe
Memorial Church in South Baltimore.
He comes from First Church in Wash
ington and will be followed there by
the Rev. Charles NJ. Compiler. pastor
AZ Lynchbure. Va. The Rev Louis
Randall. who for the last few years
has been pastor Of Rhode Island Ave
nue. Church i'm Washington, was sent
TO Taylor Memorial in Philadelphia
as its pastor. The Rev. r. T. Tyson
was loaned by the conference TO the
Board Of Home Missions to fill the
place in the Seattle church made va
cant by the resignation OF the Rev
DR.. Gill
Some Surprises.
Some OF the changes came as great
surprises and not few of them occa
stoned loud applause as they were read
by the president The appointment of
the Rev. j. J.. Ward 10 ChestertoWn was
r. surprise. as was also the sending of
the Rev !. W. Balderson from George
town, d. c., 10 Cumberland TO succeed
the Rev. Mr. Ward I'm the East Balti-
more Church, where a change was ex-
pected. the pastor, the Rev Dr. ID. l.
Greenfield. was returned for another
year.
Tho hour was rather late last night
when President Rowers announced he
was ready with the appointments. The
West Baltimore Church. In which the
conference was held. was packed, and
despite the large congregation, every.
thing was as quiet as could be during
the reading of the assignments Presi-
dent Bowers, before reading the list, eN-
pressed the hope that the appointment
would please everybody and that the
ministers would 90 where they had been
assigned. and try TO make this year.
work I he very best in the history OF the
conference.
Because Of the fact that no invita-
tion was received to entertain the con
ference next year, the place Of its next
meeting will have 10 he determined
later by the standing district commit
tee, of which the Rev Or. L. T. Littl,
is chairman.
An attempt to take the ministerial
appointing power out of the hands OF
the president and to place it in the
hands of an appointing committee
was quickly and decisively checked Il
the session of the conference yester.
day morning. The matter came up
I'm the shape OF a resolution offered
by the Rev. c. p. Nowlin. OF st. Mich
sels. Md. when asked that the abso
lutte appointing power Of the presi
dent be largely cuItailed aLd that the
plan OF appointments be worked out
by a committee composed Of two min
listers ana TWO ldymeni Win the pTesl
dent OF the conference as chairman OF
that committee. There we're several
interesting speeches on the subject
both for and against, but when II
came to a vote it was quickl.- defeated
Conference Delegates.
After balloting for five days the
list Of ministerial and lay delegates
10 the General Conference was final
~ completed late yesterday after
noon, the conference having taker
nine ballots. The complete list o
the ministerial delegates elected fol
lows:
The Revs. John S. Bowers. II. L. El
derdice. T. Fl. Lewis, f. 7. Little, J
II. Straughn. F. T. Tagg. G. w. Had
daway. f. T. Benson. l.. F. Warner, J
NJ. Gill. J. w. Kirk. f. G. Klein, 7. o