Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-13
METHODLSTS TO BALLOT
ON FIVE BISHOPS TUESDAY
Georgians Take Leading Part
Wednesday ip Warmest
Debate So Far-Change in
Name F favored
BY REV. HOMER THOMPSON

! HOT SPRINGS, Ark, May IL
By vote of 17S to $50 the general
conference of the Southern Meth
odist church refused Wednesday eve
ming to empower an unordained
pastor, in the absence of an elder,
| to administer the sacrament of the
Lords Supper.
The committee on itineracy, to
| which the memorial relative to the
! amendment of the law had been pre-
| vfously referred,s reported non-con-
cu1rence, but minority report,
signed by Rev. w. P. King, from
| the North Georgia conference, and
! DR.. Charles r. Jenkins, of the South
Georgia delegation, and others was
also submitted to the conference for
consideration. A debate followed,
which Immediately developed q soar
| ing temperature and thunders of APP
peal followed flashes Of eloquence
until far past the hour for adjourn
ment. Georgians were conspicuous
| in the forensic fray, Rev. w. P.
| King, DR.. Charles r. Jenkins, DR..
Charles c. FARRELL, DR.. J. H. Fakes,
| Judge w. A. Covington and DR..
Bascom Anthony all speaking to the
motion, for or against. 1t is gen.
| orally, believed that the measure
would have passed by a safe margin
| except for the influence of the
| bishops, practically all Of whom are
| said to have strenuously opposed it.
Change in Name Favored
The committee on reVisals late
| Wednesday evening voted to change
the name of the church from the
| Methodist Episcopal church, south,
| to "The Methodist Church" the re-
| port of the committee recommend
ing, however, that the new name not
| be adopted until after the commits
! sion on unification completes it's
pending negotiations with the Meth
! odist Episcopal church. Strong
pressure is being brought to pass
| upon the conference by the western
p, and border delegates to change the
name in order to avoid the sectional
! term South" declaring that it him
ders the growth Of the church in
! various other sections.
! True to prediction, the committee
on espicopacy in executive session
! Wednesday afternoon recommend
J the election o at least five new
! bishops and designated next Tuesday
as the day upon which to begin bal
! loting. 1t is highly probable that
( the conference will follow the rec
| ommendation of its committee and
elect exactly five.
[ Another recommendation which
will cause a hard fight on the con-
| ference floor is the report of the
| committee on revisals proposing that
| the words in the apostles creed be
| changed from 1.-THE Holy Catholic
church" to 1.-THE Church of God" 1t
is claimed by the advocates for a
| change in the creed that the
| word Catholic church is often con-
/ fused with the Roman Catholic
church and is, therefore, misleading.
| Opponents of the change declare
that to substitute a word is to
! mutilate the creed and place a
premium on ignorance. The final
disposition of the measure by the
| conference is problematical.
! Greetings from Siberia
Rev. J. S. Ryang, of Seoul, Korea,
during the session Wednesday, pre-
scented a gavel made from the wood
| of a tree under which the first ST.
berian annual conference was held
recently by the late Bishop Walter
r. Lambuth to the conference with
greetings from his people in Siberia
and the request that a resident
bishop be assigned them for the next
| quadrennium.
DIR. Luke G. John, of Atlanta;
Rev. o. L. Kelley, Of Lumpkin, and
Rev. w. T. Watkins, of Tate, are
visitors to the conference.
FRATERNAL DELEGATES
DAY AT CONFERENCE
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, May IL
(By the Associated Press).-This
was fraternal delegates day at the
nineteenth quadrennial conference
here of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and representatives
of several branches of Methodism
were scheduled to be received by the
| conference.
This evening a greeting from the
! northern branch of the church will
be given by the Rev. David A.
| Downey, of New York. Greetings
also are expected to be brought by
| representatives of the Methodist
churches of England, Canada and
Japan. When the conference met
for its business session this morning
officials were hopeful that some of
| the more mportant(matters sched-
uled to come up might be reached.
| However, the time limit has not yet
| expired for the introduction of
bills, memorials and other measures,
! and it was said hat the press Of
j that character of business might
make today's meeting another of
! routine nature.
One of the more important matters
still in committee, but which is ex-
pected to be reported out, possibly
| today, is that of unification with
the northern branch of the church.
! Persons in touch with the delibera-
tons say one of the principal ques-
tons now at issue h"-"-eon the
members is whether there shall be
appointed a joint commission on
unification together with provision
for a joint convention of the two
bodies, or whether only a commits
sion should be named. There have
been intimations from individual
members that majority and minority
reports may be expected and if that
is done, the matter will be finally
| thrpShed ont on the conference floor