Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-20

Wcii. III be damned.
pine to provide for the election OF
stewards by the church conferences
Bishop Denny retire and Dr.. j. C..
Reed. president OF the brotherhood
took the chair .or the annual meeting
o fthat organization. Rev. $. j. Battin
secretary treasurer. made his annual
report. showing receipts of s5,S67.3S
during the year. with balance in
hand at the close of the year OF
ssSL40.
The auditing committee reported the
accounts correct and the report was
The following new members were
elected: L. r. Block. w. y. Cunning
ham, j. W. Edward. G. a. Tucker
lanes Cannon III, W. NJ. Draper and
II. w. HouiZrnan.
The election of officers resulted as
president. J. w. Carroll: secretary
treasurer. S. ]. Battin assistant secre-
tary. l.. Frank Story; trustee. DR.. r.
l.. Lipsconb
The fourth ballot for reserve dele
gates resulted in the election of DR..
W. \. Christian, and Z ballot was or
6ercd for the election Of the fourth
delegate.
Or. w. a. Christian presented a pa
per mcmorializins the general confer
encc TO remove the time limit on pas
tors. II went to the committee on me-
MORALS.
WANTS no DIVIDE CHURCH
INTO EPISCOPAL DISTRICTS
DR.. James Cannon offered and had
referred tho following memorial 10 the
general conference:
Tho Virginia conference hereby me-
moriaIi2es tho general conference TO
.
"tirst---To divide the whole church:
into episcopal districts. said districts
10 DC compact and TO be composed. as
far as possible, OF conferences con-
tiSuoua one to another.
'Sc"ond-ro assign the bishops to
'hc districts thus constituted for resi-
Dental supervision for tho casuing
uuadrcnniun. the college of bishops to
determine tho presidents Of the sew
eral annual conferences as a: present
with The proviso that such prcSdcncc
shall begin thirty days preceding the
mcotiE. Of an annual convention and
shall terminate thirty DAYS after the
Adjournment or said conference. the
conference during the remainder of
the ycar TO he under the supervision
or tho bishop in whose district IL is
located.
''Third--To require that each bishop
make. uuadrcnniai!y, written report
OF his administration OF the confer
ences composing his district over which
lie exercises residential supervisors.
such reports 30 he presented 20 tho
general conference u an carly state uf
tho session snd pablishcd-as arc IN.
reports of the various conncctional CT
iicers.
"Four;h-Tt require that bishops in
charge OF annual conferences coll the
presiding elders OF each OF these CON
icronccs toEc'hc- at some convenient
place as carly as practicable after tho
session cf sai1 conferences 10 confer
with them concerning the needs Of the
field and the plans for work for the
ensuing conference year.
'F'if;h-To require that the bishops
assigned to reside in the foreign field
shall spend not Jess than one-half of
their time on the mission field.
tSisncd) James Cannon. Jr., T.. II.
Rawlings. w. e.. Deauchamp, Nrlrk
Talbot and John o. Mosc"
The conference tonight disposed OF
eleven of twelve Items in tho report
or the committee on memorials TO gen
era! conference, included in these be-
ing memorials fa"orinG woman's SUI
rage IN the church. giving them the
right to vote, 10 sit rs delegates in
district and annual conferences and TO
hold the Office OF stewards, and to re-
move the time limit upon pastoratcs
The wonan's suffrage led to IN ani.
h'Etcu ucDatc, ana n division resulted
in vote OF loo to 90. Four years ago
AFTER sim lar memorial was aaonted.
1t WAS later reconsidered. il being
claimed when fren ds of the measure
mad left the conference. This time.
however this was forcstalled by ami
mated motion for rcconsiderinE. which
was voted down ovcrwhclm inEIy and
without division.
either memorials adopted were to
permit deacons to administer baptism.
the Lords Supper and the rite of mat
rimony; put the election of boards IN
the hands of the district conferences.
10 give moe attention TO rural
churches. while the memorial to change
the election OF stewards to the church
conferences was iost The resolutions
providing for tho residence OF the
bishops in episcopal districts for four
years, which was offered by Dr.. James
Cannon, Jr. was under consideration
when a motion to adjourn prevailed
Upon recommendation OF the board
OF missions, the conference requested
the presiding bishop to make tic fol-
loving appointments: Rev. L. 7. Dad
man, Rev. l.. Il. Hail. Rev. Otis NJ.
Gillian. and Rev. Dumas Malone 10 the
army y. NJ. G. a. work. and Rev. James
Cannon, Ill. to Y. NJ. C. A. work in
Italy.