Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-24
General Conference DivA.
ed Over Question Of
Making Change.
RECONSIDERATION
EFFORTS PUSHED
Report Of Committee Heldins One
Question in Ritual Uneenstitutise-
al Adopted at Saturdays Session
Friends Of Clause Declare u One
of BuIwarks Of chureh-Nsw Dish.
ops conseerated at Services Sunday

Des Mcines. May 2l.-Enorts 70
have reconsidered the action Of the
general conference of the Nethodist
episcopal church Saturday in chang
ing the ritual OF the church wero
made al to6ay's session Of the cou-
ference. The revised vote on the QuGs-
tion Saturday was said today to have
been 3s4 for the change and SeS
against 1t. Several Of those voting
aye" Saturday said today they de-
sired to vote against any changes Il
given an opportunity.
The efforts to bring about recon.
sideration caused considerable tomult
and confusion in the conferences, var
ious deleaates demanding recogni-
ton and motions being made rapidly.
The change in the ritual eliminated
what many call one of the .test
questions" which reads: "DQt you
believe in the doctrines Of tie Holy
scriptures as set forth in the articles
Of religion Of the Methodist Epts-
copal church," The question hereto
fore has been asked applicants for
admission to the church, and the
answer has been Il do" The commit
tee on judiciary OF the conferences
reported the question unconstitu-
tional.
Many Of those who desire that the
question he retained declared that
the action in eliminating It strikes
at the doctrinal bulwarks OF the
church.
New Bishops .censeeratsd.
Over 1000 people gathered In ths
Coliseum this afternoon to witness
the service Of conservation Of the
seventeen new bishops. Of the Meth
odist church. elected TO the Episce-
pacy by the general conference last
week.
It was an elaborate servies. u
xhich Al of the spgnloe hishapo =
the church bartic1pased aG61s6
appropriate sacred music furnishes
by double male quartet iof minis
ters. S..
The following wsrs the bishops
consecrated: Francis Wesley Warna.
John Wesley Robinson, Ebsn 0amuo1
Johnson. Lauress J. Biney, Ffod-
erick Bohn Fisher. Ernest L0a wal
dorf. Charles Edward Loc4o, n.
nest Gladstone Richardson. Charles
Wesley Burns. Anton HAst. EAgaR
Blake, George Harvey Buckley. Ffsd.
erick Thomas Keeney, Harry Lester
Smith, Charles Larew Mead and two
Eegro bishops. Robert Elijah Jcneo
and Matthew. Wesley Clair.
The list Of the places 70 which IL
bishops are, to be assigned II not yse
completed. but it IL understooA thao
Bishop Thomas Nicholson win BE- re-
turned to Chicago, Bishop LoeAe
will 60 to Portland. Ore: Bishop
Blake to Indianapolis. Bishop Nod
TO Denver, Bishop Mcconnell to Pitt1-
burgh ~ Buckley to Nsxico Cltys
Bishop t,--Aardson to Siugapoeos
Bishop Burns. to Paris ana BishoD
Waldorf. to Manila. Bishop Dtrnev
and F. T. Keeney win 60 10 China
with Bishop Lewis. and Bishop Loo-.
ter and Smith to India with Hishopg
Warne and Robinson.
Merger Plan Adopted.
The report Of the committee a
unification Of the Methodist Etisco-
pal church with the Methodist Epis-
copal church south was adoptsd to-
day by the general conferences. Tho
report recommends joint coavea-
tion Of the two conferences. with not
TO exceed 400. members. to work out
the details Of an acceptable unificA-
ton plan.