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.DRS. ". N. AINSWORTH
AND \. NJ. DUBOSE ARE
CHOSEN NEW BISHOPS
Dr., F, N, Parker of Emory
University With DrS, Moore,
MCMury and Darlington
Complete the College

general conference completed the cleo
ton of the six new bishops. In the
order of their election they are as fol-
lows:
DR.. John NJ. Moore, managing editor
of the Nashville Christian Advocate,
! Nashville, Tenn, who received 1873
votes and was elected on the first bal
| lot, Tuesday afternoon.
! DR.. w. f. McMurry, of Louisville,
Ky, who received 1877 votes and was
elected on the first ballot, Tuesday aft
! ernoon.
DR.. U. V. w. Darlington, of Barbour
Vile, w. Va, who received 1873 votes
and was elected on the second ballot.
| Tuesday afternoon.
DR.. F.. n. Parker, one OF the theologi-
/ cal professors of Emory university, who
received 173 votes and was elected on
the third ballot, taken Tuesday after
noon and announced Wednesday morn
| ing.
Dr. H. NJ. DuBose, book editor of the
Methodist publishing house in Nash
willie, who received 173 votes and was
! elected on the fourth ballot, taken We'd
nesday morning.
Dr. w. n. Ainsworth, pastor of Wes-
! ley Monumental church, at Savannah,
who received 159 votes and was elect
| ed on the fourth ballot, taken Wednes-
| day morning.
Conservation Friday
The six new bishops will be conse-
| Grated at a special service to be held
! Friday afternoon at o'clock. The con-
! secration service is probably the most
| impressive of all services in the Meth
odist ritual. 1t will probably draw the
! largest audience of the general confer
ence
! The clerical and lay delegates from
! the North Georgia and South Georgia
/ conferences will give banquet FRIDAY
night at the Piedmont hotel in honor
of DR.. Ainsworth, the celebrated Sa-
vannah pastor who was elected blshop
on the fourth and Lass ballot
Immediately following the completion
of the election of bishops, the general
conference went iEto the election OF
publishing agents, and reelected tle
fir MOI Smith 6 Lamar, or nashville,
who have handled the publication or
Methodist books md periodicals for
many years, and who were pracucally
unopposed for reelection.
Immediately after the election OF
Smith & Lamar as Methodist publish
ing agents the conference went into
the election of a book editor to sue
coed DR.. DuBose, who had been elected
bishop.
|. on the second ballot DR.. F. M. Thomas,
pasotr of Fourth Avenue Methodist
church, Louisville, KY, was elected 10
this position, receiving 259 votes.
Unifcation Debate
Then came the report of the commit
tee on church relations with its report
on unification with the northern church,
which brought on a lively debate.
A majority Of the committee, headed
by DR.. James Cannon Jr.' retommenoeo
that the commission on unifcation be
continued, and expressed the hope that
it would succeed in its efforts to bring
about unification with the northern
Methodist church.
A minority of the committee headed
by Judge John S. Gambler, of Atlanta,
brought in a report recommending that
the commission on unihcation be dis
missed.
Judge Gambler moved the adoption of
the minority report and delivered a red
hot speech against ratification, declaring
the southern church has gone as far as
decency and self-respect permit, and
the time has now come for 1t to await
proposals from the northern church.
Or. Cannon supported the majority re-
port, as did also DIR. e. w. Anderson,
of Bonham, Tex, the latter declaring
that the church should take no step
which can be seized on by the secular
press and distorted.
The conference adjourned until 8
O'CLOCK while the ueDdIe was OH.
How Bishops Will be Consecrated
The senior bishop, E. r. Hendrix, of
Kansas City, will preside Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the conservation
of the six new bishops
The ceremonies will open with the read /
ing of the Collect after which one of
the elders will read the Epistle, Acts
XXX, 1885. Then another will read from
the Gospel according to St John XXI |
15-17, or st. Mathew, XVIII, 1920 !
After the Gospel and sermon are ended /
each of the bishops-elect will be pre-
scented to the presiding bishop with the
words: 1--WE present unto you this holy !
man to be ordained bishop"
The bishop then will call the congre- |
CATION to pray. The prayer says in |
part: "Mercifully behold this Thy |
servant, now called tothe work and min |
istry of a bishop; and replenish him so |
with the truth of Thy doctrine, and |
adorn him with innocency of life, that, |
both by word and deed, he may faith
fully serve Thee in this office"
The bishop will then address the .
man to be ordained, concluding with |
the question: Are you persuaded that
YOU are truly called to this ministration,
according to the will of our Lord Jesus
Christi"
The answer is. 81 am so persuaded"
The biShOp-elect then is asked Whetn-
err he is persuaded that the Scriptures
contain all doctrine required for eternal
salvation, and whether he is determined
TO instruct the people out of these
Scriptures
He shall answer: 'T am so per-
suaded. and determined, by Gods grace"
Asked whether he will call on God
by prayer for a true understanding of
the Holy Scriptures he shall answer:
II will do So by the help of God"
Then comes a question as to whether
the bishop-elect is ready to drive away
all erroneous and strange doctrines con-
trary to Gods law.
81 am ready, the Lord being my
Helper"
The bishop-elect shall then pledge
himself to deny all ungodliness ana
worldly lusts, and live soberly, right
eousy and godly; to maintain and set
forward quietness, love and peace
among all men; to be faithful toward
others; to be gentle and merciful to poor
and needy people and to all strangers
destitute Of help.
Following a brief prescribed prayer
then shall Veni, Creator, and Spiritus
be said, beginning:
Come. Holy Ghost, our souls in
spire"-
The congregation responding: