Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-22
FOUR CITIES BID FOR SPECIAL
METHODIST CONFERENCE TO
CONSIDER MITIGATION PLAN
Bishops Gambler, Denny, Darlington and Dckey Dissent
From Decision Made tuesday, to Call Meet
So Early a S July z

of each jurisdiction to be effective.
Section 2-Subject to the limita-
tons and restrictions of the con
stitution, the general conference
shall have full legislative power over
all matters distinctively correctional
and in exercise of said matters shall
have authority as follows:
1. To define and fix the condi-
tons, privileges and duties of church
membership.
2. To define and fix the qualifica-
tons and duties of elders, deacons,
local preachers, eXhorters and dea-
coneSSeS.
3. To make provision for such or
ganization of the work of the United
Church outside the United States
as may promptly consumate the un-
ity of Episcopal Methodism in for
eiGn lands.
4. To define and fix the powers.
duties an' privileges of the epis-
copacy, to fix the number of bishops
to be elected by the respective juris-
dictional conferences and to provide
in harmony with the historic prac-
tice of Episcopal Methodism for their
conservation as bishop of the whole
church.
5. To alter and change the hymn
nal and ritual of the church and
to regulate all matters relating to
the form and mode of worship, sub
restrictive rule.
6. To provide for judicial sys-
tenn and for a method of judicial
procedure for the church, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Z. TO govern any and all enter
prises and activities which may be
agreed upon as being of a connec-
tional character.
s. TO provide for the transfer of
members, preachers, churches, pas
toral charges, districts, annual con-
ferences, mission conferences and
missions in the United States from
one jurisdiction to the other, pro
vided that no transfer shall be made
without the consent Of the member,
preacher, church pastoral charge,
district, annual conference, mission
conference or mission that it is
proposed to transfer.
Sec. 8. In making rules and reg
u!ations for the church the genera!
conference shall be under the fol.
lowing limitations and restrictions:
l. The general conference shall
not revoke, alter or change our arti-
cles of religion, or establish any new
standards or rules of doctrine con-
trary to our present existing and
established standards of doctrine
2. The general conference shall
not change or alter any part or rule
OF our government so as to do away
with episcopacy or destroy the plan
of our itinerant general superin-
tendency
3. The general conference shall
not revoke or change the general
rules of the United societies.
d. The general conference shall
not do away with the privileges of
our ministers or preachers of trial
by committee and of an appeal
neither shall they do away with the
privileges of our members of trial
before the church or by a commit
tee and of an appeal.
8. They shall not appropriate the
produce of the publishing house or
of the travelling, supernumerarv. sl1.
perannuated and wornout preachers
Article VI
Bishops-The bishops of the two
churches as at present constituted
shall be the bishops Of the United
church without further action. I'm.
mediately after the union shall have
been consumated the bishops shall
meet and organize as d body and
shall arrange for the superintend.
of tn
A bishop may be assigned to adj,
minister in any part of the church
provided that when he is assigned
TO administer within the Jurisdiction
other than that by which he was
elected it shall be with the consent
of the majority of the bishops of
the jurisdiction involved.
Article VII
Presidency of the General Confer.
eAce-The bishops shall elect bz- q
majority vote of the bishops of each
jurisdiction one or more of their
number from each Jurisdiction to
preside at the session of the general
conference.
Article VIII
Jurlsdlctonal Conferences-Each
jurisdiction shall have a iurisdic.
uonal conference, possessing the full
powers CT the general conference Of
the church now constituting said
jurisdiction, except such powers as
are herein vested in the general con.
ference or which may hereafter from
time to time be legally delegated TO
the general conference bv the iurfs-
dlctlonal conferences.
Each jurisdictional conference
shaI! meet quadrenniallv where the
general conference is to assemble
and Immediately prior to its as.
sembllng and when deeirable NAV
meet during the session of the gen.
eraI conference and NAV meet at
Such other times and places as il
may determine.
Article IN
The Judicial Council-The aoneral
conference shall at its first session
provide judicial council to he
composed of an equal number Of
members elected by each iurisdic
| uonal conference. and the judicial
council shall provide its own meth
obs of procedure.
The Judicial council shall author
lze uFon app,-J of one-fifth of the
members OF the general conference
or OF either jurisdictonal confer
ences or on an appeal of a majority
of the bishops on constitutions
grounds the acts Of the general con.
| ference and Of the iurisdictionar
conferences: to hear and to deter
mine all other appeals and matters
coming to it in the cause of proce
dure
| The judicial council shall have the
| rlSht on its own motion subject tC
! such rules and regulations as shall
be determined by the general confer
! ence TO review the legislative acts
| of the general conference or of eli
! Their jurisdictional conference and tc
pass on the constitutionality of such
acts.
! The judicial council shall have
/ pSWer 10 arrest an action of a con