Evening star., 1925-03-30
SESSIONS
TO CLOSE TODAY
Southern Methodist Confer
ence to End With Pastors
Assignments.

Reports OF committees and assign
ment of ministers to their posts for
the rest of this year were expected
to bring to a close today the memoir
able one hundred and forty first ses-
sion of the Baltimore Annual Con-
ference, NJ. f. Church South, at
Mount Vernon Place Church, which
has been torn by dissention over the
vote rejecting Methodist unity.
Brief accounts of their work were
heard from ministers, including those
in Washington, who had not hereto
fore reported to the conference on the
status of their charges. and the first
reports of committees late this morn
ing were from the trustees of the
Home for the Aged Orphanage. at
>Gaithersburg. Md, and from the COM
mittee on conference relations.
Bishop Warren A. Gambler, presi-
dent of the conference, expected to go
into conference with his cabinet" of
presiding elders, after the close of the
morning session and conclude the task
of flllng pulpits of the conference
for the year. Announcement of these
assignment was expected to be made
late this afternoon. There were no
indications early today concerning the
disposition to be made of the Wash
ineton pulpits.
Washington and Mount Rainier pas
tors reporting to the conference in
cluded DR.. William A. Lambeth, Mount
Vernon Place, who announced that
plans for lifting the 331 200 debt on
the church during the year also
looked forward to "dedicatine" the
structure within 10 months; Rev. W.
A. Lynch. Calvary; Rev. f. A. Lam
bert, Emory; Rev. John Paul Tyler,
Epworth; Rev. J. T. Myers, Epworth
pastor in Japan; Rev. c. NJ. Hesser,
ant: G. w. Cobb, St Paufs, and J. NJ.
York Mount Rainier.
The Home for the Aged. Gathers
burg, Md, was said by Rev. c.. Nj.
Hesser, secretary of the board of
trustees, in his report, to be a prop
erty now valued at 100000. He rec
commended the reappojntment of the
Rev. ]. j. Ringer as superintendent,
and that offerings be taken for the
home on Mothers day and Christmas.
The report of the committee on
conference relations was presented
by the assistant secretary of the
conference, Rev. G. ID. kidner, and
adopted.
Benjamin King. an American, who
was educated and who preached in a
Methodist conference in South Africa.
was admitted to the Baltimore Con-
ference for assignment.
Upon his own request. George R.
Kiracofe was discontinued" in order
to pursue his studies for the ministry.
DR.. H Fl. Sheman, secretary of the
joint commission on unification, pre-
sented his report to the conference
from which he is assigned, but did
not touch upon the controversial
issue of the vote taken here last Mon
day.
Indications were that no further
moves in the uniflcation issue would
be made during the conference here,
but the questions of law raised would
be reviewed by the College of Bishops
meeting in Nashville, in May.
Bishop James Cannon, jr., senior
missionary bishop, in addressing the
congregation. including many mem
bers of the conference. last night at
Mount Vernon Place Church made a
plea for larger contributions to mis-
sionary work The foreign missions
board. he said, had cut the sppropris
tion for this work to 81 1,100,0 900, which
would mean reduction of the mis-
sionaries by one-ffth. or a reduction
in their salaries, which ranged. he
said. from 500 to 5000 year. The
latter would be impossible, he de-
Glared.