Evening journal., 1916-03-13
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Change in Discipline Would
Put Church Into Gold
Storage Preachers Hear
MUNHALL FAVORS
A C0LORED BISHOP

In two hour address on Live
General Conference Topics" at the
meeting OF the Methodist Episcopal
Preachers Association this morning
the Rev. L. w. Munhail, D. D.. All
evangelist OF national reputation.
made many interesting statements.
One Of these was the declaration that
If the amusement paragraph prohibit
ing members of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church from dancing. playing
cards, theatre going. etc, was strick-
en- from the church discipline at the
coming general conference the Metho.
DIST Church would be put in ''cod
storage" for twenty years.
DR.. Munhali first spoke OF the pro-
posed amendments to the church con-
stitution He opposed the Colorado
amendment. which would permit or
daiDcd members assigned 70 mission
conferences being allowed to vote on
constitutional questions AZ the annual
conference. He favored the Whining
ton conference proposed hy the REV.
ijE George A Cooke giving bishops
tie veto power over unconstitutional
legislation. In regard TO tho Missis-
sippi proposition relative to the eiec-
tion Of colored bishops. he said he
favored the colorcd people having a
separate church and colorcd bishop
Jio scored church politics and espc-
cialiy the msnipuiations used 50hi5-
times TO secure the elections OF bish-
ops lie favored the continuation OF
the probation period for new mem
bers and pleaded for the retention 6;
the class meetings.
lie favored lay representation in the
annual conferences.
lie opposed what is known as the
nonresident membership roll liz
thought the time limit on ministers
should be restored 20 Four years. aud
/ favored the election Of district super
intendents by the members OF the an
inual conferences lie thought that al
! the next general conferences there
should be no additional bishops elect
ed.
He said there were too many organ
izations and too much machinery II
the church
He favored the removal OF the com
mission on evangelism, created by thl
General Conference, saying that Il
hindered the spirit OF evangelism II
the church aud as result all Tn
great evangelists of the day were mem
1 bers Of the Presbyterian church. whic
E fOstered the evangelical spirit II
/. pointed 10 DR. Lyon, BILLY" sunda
b. Dr. Slough and others. all of whom h
o said we're Prssbyterians.
He dwelt at some length on the pu
e fishing interests OF the church sa
4 ing that the Book Concern was M
@ founded 20 make money. but TO pul
y lish the doctrines of the church; ths
j the church could live without NONE.
/ but not withou. the fundamental dos
irincs. lie SAID he did not favor puh
fishing doctrines which were nc
Methodistic.
In regard 10 education he said tha
not one college in Methodism stoo
'four-quare" on the doctrines OF tn
church.
He strongly commended the vii
mington conference for the stand
took at Pocomoke City IN 1906 Ii
the charge made that ratIonallsti
doctrines were contained in the Sun
day school literature sent out as Of
fetal church literature. He state
that in his opinion the last Genera
, Conference had not treated the Wi
r mington Conference right in not cor
= sidering its memorial adopted in 191
: in respect TO the same matter. ThI
Z memorial was drafted by Or. E. !
: Honecker-
bishop T. b. Neely. OF Philade
! phir, will address tine meeting O
next Monday on general conferenc
I topics.