Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
NJ, T. CHURCH AND
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
General Conference Decides to
Call Attention of Congress and
President to Its Action.
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DEs Mo,Nes, Ia. May Z,
At the NJ. T.. general conference SESSION
here yesterday the committee on state.
of the church has voted to report iaNor-
ably a resolution which would instruct
the conference officials TO send to the
president of the United States and Con-
nressmen a paragraph from the address
ri the bishops relating to the League oi
Nations. and which virtually Endorsed ~
league as guardian of world peace.
There was considerable debate before
the committee. touching on the religious
and political phases of the question.
Among matters before the committee
or itinerancy are the fixing ct a MINIMUM
YEARLY salary of 81 500 for ministers end
recognition of women III the ministry
An effort will he made To limit the
powers Of the bishops. by requlrlnc them
10 nominate candidates fur district super
intendents and allow the annual confer
Cnce to confirm the nominations.
Should the annual conference refuse
10 confirm selection the bishop would
he expected to nominate another person.
The matter is receiving spirited discussion
in the committee on ItinerancN and VIII
probably be reported out OF committee
within few days.
In an address at the last evening
session. President Lynn Harold tough
of Northwestern University, made plea
for an adequate salary for publc school
teachers. He spoke on the subject
"NIethodism and the intellectual lAte.
urging intellectual freedom in educational
institutions.
CENTENARY NOV EMLNI.
The centenary movement of the Nletho-
dist Episcopal Church and the Methodist
Episcopal Church South held { he attention
ri the general conference nearly all day
This movement. which resulted n the
raising Of Sl66 600. 900 by the two churches
was called the greatest sum ever ral-"d
nv voluntary subscriptions Tor Christian
work. Following the marvellous success.
~ other denominations have lnaugurated
similar campaigns and many OF them nave
achieved proportionately great success
The Interchurch World Movement and
its present campaign for more than
1886, 600 900, combining the bud gets
= largo number Of denominations, Is
claimed rs another by-product 81 the
centenary.
DR.. :. Earl Taylor made tle chief
report. He said that The cost 81 the CAM
paign was about 81 per cent and that
one of the outcomes WAS tho cnrollne
of 9n0.oo0 tithers. with 4 total annual
income of 100000. 600 which assures
the financial future of Ire church
USIoNisTs FACE STRUGGLE.
Bishop ". L. Mcdowell, Of Washing
ton, has been made chairman ot the special
committee on unihcation which is con-
sidcring the report Of the JOINT unitra-
ton commission on the plan oi union
NTH the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. The committee is under nstruc-
tions TO report as soon as possible. IL hc
biggest fight Of the conference will hc
over it's adoption. with the chances at
present apparently favoring the opp si-
ton. But there are some great orators
on the side OF union. and the conference
is responsive to oratory. as Bryan proved
last night and as Bishop Mcdowell
proved Sunday in the Episcopal address
which took two hours and 20 minutes 20
deliver and which did not exhaust the
enthusiasm Of the conference.
special program showing the work
of the church among colorcd people occu-
pied the afternoon, with Or. ]. Garland
Penn, colored, of the Washington Con-