Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-12
METHOD|sTs CONSIDER
MEETING IN NOVEMBER
Conference Hears Proposal to
Change Date of Annual
Gathering.
HOLD MEMORIAL. SERVICE
Tributes Arc Paid 10 Fonr Mini.t~rs
VIII" Have Passed Away Since 1921
S"ssi"n-Hishop Gambler ENpeditrt
HusIness,
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE
IRy Associated Prcss.l


NORFOLK. VA. oct. IA com :
mittec Of tho Virginia Methodist Con
ference. which opened its one hun
drcd and forti",h annual session
here to'iay, was directed 10 report on
proposal Ia change the dat" "f
the conference from october To the
middl. Of November.
The demand for a change In the
date 81 the conference meeting cam:
from IN" rural districts. delegate.
stating that IN" farmers arc just
completing their harvest AZ this time
OF year aud that attendance ~ tho
conference ~ consequently restrict. ed
10 som" extent
Thu conference formerly mot in No
Ncnh.r. Hshnp W A. Gambler. Of
Atlanta, who is presiding. appointed
committee composed Of one minis
tor aud one layman from each dis,ric,
10 tax" M the matter and report to
tn" conference as early - possible.
Memorial Services H-,d.
Memorial services for memhcrS Of
the conference hogan At noon and
tributes We're paid 20 tho four minis
t"is VII" had di-d during III" year.
hy fellow Workers both ~ tn. cieryy
and iaIIncn The annual memorial
s"rvic" Is always fcatur. ~ The
opening day "t tn" conferences
s'h" ministers wa" died w.rc Rev.
i NJ Greene. uf Concord circuit: Rev.
j. l.. frihhl". sup"rannua'"d: Rev. W.
" Edwards. ~ -. then pr-sid liza e
elder ~ the Petersburg diutric' aud
Ncv. ! i Woodward. sUporanuuated.
COMMITTEE" wer" announced 10y
Bishop Gambler as follows
Commute" Z" nominate committee
"a al 4
g - Tuttl. aud u. r. Merritt
CUmmitt"" IN public Worship Dr j.
Bradford and pastors ~ Norfolk.
Commute" =" "Namiu" d!.trt-t con-
fer"r"" records H. en- j. g
Murah : +. Lucas 4 VI CIark. !
W B"uld"n. r j g Hca,h. \ y
l."wls. -. . Suits. w e. Green and
r. y Proctor.
Committee on memoirs Rar, n
stephens. T. y Potts. Il y. BLACK
Well and q r. Booker
>rnrl, 500 In Attendance.
WIN nearly 500 ministers and emf
neut laym"n 81 the M",hodist Church
from all parts ~ tho state PARTED
morning IN Euworth Methodist Epis-
copaI church.
The featur" "f tn" carly session
was tn" celebration OF the Lords
supper tn. devotional services 81
NnI"h communion was a part. were
conducted ny bishop Warran \ |aud
I'r. Of atlanta, VINO Is mere :" pro
40" over tn. conferences. Several
eminent clcrgymen assisted In the
ceremony.
business l. Expedited
Much OF the routine work 81 the
c"ni"ron"" is being handled by com
nlt'ees. leaving the floor az tho con
f.rrnc" clear for tho eNp-ditirg OF
matters which arise during III. e.t-
slons. Considerable progress. WAS
SAID This moruins ~ have been made
IN" work OF fixing the appoint
Wcnts assigning preachers. who are
- be given ne" charges. to their
fields for the coming conference wear
The work on appointments is in
IN. hands Of the bishop and his
cabinet
Several ~ IN. conference commit
tees among them the committee on
educational work OF tho conference
Tad brief sessions yesterday.
~ - Tho aim Of bishop GAMBLER
I" haze ~ much 81 the routine "a
poSSihl. handled early
breaches Conference Sermon
Without holiness NO man can see
his Lord" e, is in the dirt OF this
world that holiness i needed. rather
than I'm Heaven. when The Bib.
becomes the basis for the actions Of
The people Of the world there will be
only one law, and that one will ne
The law OF love" were some OF the
striking sentence. IN The Conference
sermon delivered tonight in ED.
worth Church. In which IN. Confer.
encc Is being held by Rev. Lloyd T
Williams, Of Richmond