The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-30
Judge Moore Has
Returned From Hot
Springs Conference

Judge J. II. Moore returned We'd
nesday from Hot Springs, Arkansas,
where hc attended the General Com
ference Of the 10Th Quadrenial sos-
sion Methodist Episcopal Church
South, which convened there May
3rd and adjourned May 22nd.
The conference was composed Of
three hundred and cighty-eight del
egates, one hundred and ninety-scy-
en- clerical and one hundred and
ninety-one lay members, represent
ting fifty conferences Of the United
States, Mexico, Brazil, China, ia.
pan, C0res, Manchura, Siberia and
Cuba, and in the conference which
these men represent are five thou
sand local preachers, seven thou
sand five hundred travelling preach.
ers and two million two hundred
thousand church members, nineteen
bishops, three Of whom are non.
effective hy reason 0f age and
sickness Five new bishops were
elected on this occasion, namely;
W B. Bcachaump, of Virginia, who
Is assigned 20 Europe; J. =. Dickey,
Of Georgia, who j. assigned 70 Tex
as and New Mexico; S. Y. Hay, Of
Houston, Texas, assigned % China ;
II W. Dobbs, of Alabama, assigned
20 Brazil. IT. a. Boaz. Of Dallas,
assigned 10 Corea, Manchura and
Japan
The NORTHWEST Texas Confer.
ence vas represented by Judge
Moore, and four other laymcn and
five preachers
An Texas conferences combined
we're represented by dx hundred
delegates. the best represented single
conference being the North Alaba-
ma, having eighteen delegate at
Hot Springs
According 20 Iudgs Moore the
Hot Srrings meeting is reported 10
BE- the loft conservative and best
held for many years.
The most important change in
frfrfrhff 10 Lay representative end
their activities was the fact that
this conference recognized the lay
men, they being recognized By the
creation of a board, with a general
secretary, the new board being
placed on the same basis as other
boards IN the church.
The Mission Board was rcorgan-
izcd and placed upon different
basis, the general secretary office
having been displaced by the APP
pointment u two secretaries for
foreign work and two for home
work This, according 70 Judge
Moore, il an important change, and
created much interest In the con-
ference.
Fraternal messengers from all
Methodist bodies in the world were
present and addressed the confer
ence.
Church Union with the Northern
Methodist Church remains in about
the same status as before, the con-
mission being continued There is
very strong probabilities that the
Southern Methodist Church and the
Church Of the United Brothers viii
be united. Bishop Fouis of that
church addressed the conference and
urged church union Of the two bod
les. A commission was appointed
which will meet with commits
sion from the United Brethren
Church, with power TO formulate
plans looking 10 q union, and 20 re-
port to proper authorities, in which
event special session Of the gem
eral conference may be called, 20
effect the union. The United Broth
ern have church membership Of
about seven hundred and fifty thou
sand, and this will give us a mem
bcrship Of about three million.
Judge Moore ia very enthusiastic
about the great work being launch
cd by Mcthodism, and II Is certain
ly fortunate that he went as n rep
rcsentative Of the Northwest Tex
as Conference. lie wns made a
member Of the General Board Of
Lay Activities, which IL made up Of
one member from each conference.
CQ0cQyTOH ROY ATTENDING