The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-08
Discussion at Southern Con-
ference Takes up Morning
and Begin. Again Today
DR.. JAMES CANNON, R.
STATES THAT v RSiNlA
FAVORS THE NEW PLAN
Saw. it VIII Mean Opportunity
for Bishops to Show Their
Leadership $500 Misiits in
Churhc. Could be Adjusted

fspecial TO The Richmond Nirgintah }.
Atlanta, Ga. May ! ,--~lhe III "as
Of big debate was witnessed toaas IA
the general conference OF 'he 'nct M.
dist Episcopal church South.
the question of removing Tue
limit on the pastorate was the SUD
tart ~ the Methodist debaters- Inc
big resSmeter guns biazed away fof
MARTY the whole morning ana tno
question went over till tomorrow WIN
Dr Lamar on the floor, Ut baSCoiii
Anthouev. of South Georgia opposed
the removal of the time limit II.
sais tn do SO would breed class OF
nampered fayorites He would raehei
be moved automatically
Dr e G. r. Mann. OF KENTUCKY
called the four-year limit 10 me oen
inform appendix of Sethodism an"
urged that IL be cut of. pr. puoo7e
went into the history of the qoesti"',
Ind showed that in 1855 the gehei .
conferences held TO remove the hfAt'
afterwards reconsidered the taVoFe"
removal
mr. n II Kern. OF Roanoke. "a,
,.,ua.s ia co,npromise on an eigh'
ear limit. DIR. c. o. Jones OF ~" ",
lanta quoted Bishop fierce US
uir resign If you remove tne. 't'1's
limit now" Said Dr. Jones II
~ the gentlemen who expect 10 ~
elected bishop In the next rev q ~. :
feel that way let them no" "A
Nv Rris,o Carter. OF Louisiana sal"
$50, ~ thn limit would cause
- ,raacher TO use up his barre
OF sermons and ne vouio nav
r7ars and new ones
u IF Texas a lAfftANtbs
"A &c ~as in favor or the time liu'l1
rs, .s.4e the people tn The ps" At0s -
offering and rnendtng misery
aob how weary I have heen. NJ
Ia when I have gone 10 church
bunrrv 10 get some ~piFitusl 1000 90
90. only rhetorical curls anout ho"o'S
md stars.
said pr. Kinickerhoker: Ana wac
once that mans rreAcner. <.,-oroa
q. Parker. Of virginia tatN "a
,ha removal Of the limit which NJ
.,,aa IAN ecclesiastical narcotic
mr. John O. Wilson. OF South Caro-
4irz declared that the longer The pas
lorafe the poorer its success
pr. James Cannon. Of Virginia sa'u
,t,a virginia conference has for
four years favored the re-
rnoval of the time limit the reh'oNa' =
he said, simply means that al eve
session of the conference the h'Sh"p
.,S his cabinet would have before
hem all the pastoral charges, -
ms privilege of moving men VINO
snou,d he moved or keeping men VINO
should be kept
at means" said DR. Cannon, IAN
onnortun.ty for the bishops TO show
their leadership. Some of US are nor,
ing that this General conference VIII
give the bishops a n opportunity TO
shov their leadership sometime
churches let preachers remain Tor
four wears rather than remove them
sooner. but with the limit removed
,ba rristits would be sooner adjusted
Few of our Methodist pastors In cities
ara called on to lead in interdenoml
oa,tcnal movements because their
short pastorates do not bring them
permanently before the pubic as IL
the case with settled pastors
M. r. Howe. of 81. Louis. vtSor :
ousfy opposed any change in the law
DR.. Edgar Blake of Chicago. the
sunday school editor of the Northern
Methodist church, stated last night
in his speech that the Methodist
church. with per cent of the popu-
laticn OF our country. has already fur
nished 1871 per cent OF the soldiers
of our armies
The German mission conference in
south Texas asked for a change OF
name.
The committee has recommended
iaity rights for women. This is yet
to be voted on
DR.. s. Earl Taylor. missionary sec.
rotary of the Northern Methodist
church. delivered tonight one of his
travelogue missionary round-the-
world lectures. illustrated with beauti-
mi pictures great audience heard
h I'M.