The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-14
With Certain Restrictions Min
isters Will Remain on Charges
Indefinitely.
RETIREMENT OF BISHOPS
War Work Committee Will Re-
quest General Conference in
Atlanta to Authorize Raising
of Million Dollars.

AldhId, Nd., May lo.-Wltn the
disposal Of the question of the time
limit on ministers by the general
conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South. indications were
that the next big issue to reach the
debate stage would be the demands
OF the women for laity rights, al
ready favorably acted upon by the
committee on revisals.
The conference after a two days
parliamentary wrangle, adopted the
minority report on the time limit
proposal. which inserts in the dis
cipline a paragraph permitting bish-
ops to appoint ministers indefinitely
on recommendation of quarterly
conferences together with the vote
of the majority of the presiding ell
ders in the bishops cabinet. The
status OF the presiding elders was al
lowed to remain unchanged and they
will continue to be forced to move at
the end of four years
A movement to restrict the elder
ship exclusively to four years was
defeated.
Change i'm Creed.
Showing the unaminity Of the de-
mand for change in the creed and
other portions of the ritual where the
words holy Catholic church" ap-
pear, the conference, without debate
and by vote of 172 to 76, adopted
the committee report recommending
the substitution of the words
Church of Christ" The movement
for this change has been before the
church for eight years.
The retirement by unanimous vote
of the conference of bishops, p. C.
Morrison, r. G.. Waterhouse, T.. f.
Hoss and j. S. Key and the assign
ment of Bishop j. II. Mccoy for light
work for one year because of re
cent operation led to discussion as to
the number of bishops to be created
at this session. The Episcopal ad-
dress recommended the election OF
five but indications tonight were that
this number may be increased. Fol
lowing the vote on the retirement OF
the bishops, Bishop Morrison made
farewell address to the conference.
To Clarity Constitution.
In response to an effort to clarity
the wording of the constitution Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, committee was elected con
sisting of Bishop f. d. Mouson.
chairman; the Revs. A. j. Lamar, III.
NJ. Dubose, f. NJ. Thomas, o. f.
Goddard and U. ". w. Darlington
and Layman Judges John S. Cand-
Ter, Fl. r. RAIDER, j. III. Reynolds, ].
A. Mccullough and II. III. White.
prolonged discussion followed a
report of the committee on church
extension recommending that all
moneys collected in churches be
turned over to the board in Louis
Vile, Ky. An amendment providing
that half OF the amount collected be
kept in the annual conference and
that the other half be sent to Louis.
vile was defeated. The original
finally was adopted.
resolution from the committee
on church publications that quadren>
NAL boards OF Christian literature be
established in every annual confer
ence received the almost unanimous
vote of the delegates. A telegram of
greeting was read from the Colored
Methodist church in America. now
holding its general conference in
Chicago.
The committee on episcopacy at its
decided to recommend to the
general conference the plan of dis
tricting the territory OF the Southern
Methodist church into 13 episcopal
areas and the bishops will be re-
quested to live as near the centers of
these districts as possible.
The special war work committee |
will request the general conference
to authorize the raising OF $1,000
ooosa year ~ use In war, work.
In the edf mittee <on church rela-
tons a measure 5slkposed, TO, ask
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