Evening star., 1926-05-18

trim. Other boards came perilously
! near the guillotine, but were given a
respite of four years, when the report
OF the commission on reorganization
was recommitted for four years.
Aspirants for the bishopric saw
their hopes Of elevation from the
| ranks go giimmering when the confer
ence voted overwhelmingly to forego
the election Of any prelates at this
time.
The body refused to raise the stand.
ards for the ministry to four years in
high school and accepted the Ecarrett
Bible School OF Nashville, Tenn, as a
cOnnectional institution. Both the &C.
tions brought forth debate, the first
and only fiare.up Of the day. Educa-
tors in the church made q determined
effort to get the conference to raise
the education requirements, but after
DR.. II. c. Morrison had declared that
God calls preachers and man cannot
defy God" the body voted 1870 to 1888
to leave 1t as 1t Is. At present, any
man desiring to preach under the ban
ner of Southern Methodism can do so
II two.thirds of an annual conference
vote him In, regardless of whether or
not he has ever attended school,
List of Assignments.
The bishops announced the Epis-
copal assignments for the coming
quadrennial as follows:
District No. Bishop Warren A.
Gambler. Louisiana Conference, Oc-
tober 81; North Mississippi Confer
ence. November 3; Mississippi Con-
ference. November 10; Cuba Confer
ence, February "a, 1927. (Bishop
Gambler has been serving district
No. %
District No. Bishop Collins
Denny; Baltimore Conference, Sep
tember 30; Virginia Conference, Oc-
tober 13.
District No. 3-Bishop Edwin B.
MouZon; Western North Carolina Con-
ference, October 13; upper South
North Carolina Conference, November
10; South Carolina Conference, No
Vember "a.
District No. 4-Bishop John M.
Moore; Mex Mexico Conference, Oc-
tober g.; West Texas Conference, Oc-
tober %; Northern Texas Conference,
November 10: Central Texas Confer
ence. November II.
District No. 5-Bishop w. f. Nc
Murray; Denver Conference, October
10; Missouri Conference, September 8;
Southwest Missouri Conference, Sep
tember %; st. Louis Conference, Oc-
tober 6.
District No. 6-Bishop u. V. W.
Darling; Belgian Mission, June %;
Czechoslovakia, July 6; Polish and
DanZig. October IS.
District No. Bishop H. NJ. Dubose;
Holston Conference. September %;
Tennessee Conference. October 6;
Memphis Conference. November 10.
Foreign Dates Set.
District No. S--Bishop w. n. Aims
worth. Korea conference, September
2; Siberian Russian mission, Sep
tember 16; Siberian mission. Korean,
September 20; China conference. Oc-
tober %; Japan mission, January 3,
1927.
District No. 9-Bishop James Can
non, jr.. Brazil conference, August
II; central Brazil. August 18; south
Brazil, September ~; Kongo mission,
February 3, 1927.
Beauchamp, north Georgia confer
conference November "a; Mexico con-
ference. October 81; Texas Mexi-
can mission and western Texas Mex
lean mission, no dates assigned.
District No. 11--Bishop James L.
Dickey. Illinois conference, August
IS; western Virginia, August 25;
Kentucky conference, September /;
Louisville conference. September 29.
District No. 12-Bishop Sam Il.
Hay, Northwest conference. Septem-
Der I; Arizona conference, October
l3; Pacific conference. Oct"her 20;
north Texas conference. y .ember
3; Texas conference. November II.
District No. 13-Bishop Hoyt NJ.
Dobbs, Florida conference, June 16;
north Alabama conference. October
81; Alabama conference. November
TO-
District No. 14-Bisop II. A. BoaZ,
Indian mission, September IT; west
Oklahoma conference October 20:
east Oklahoma conference, October
27; Little Rock conference. Novem
bsr It; north Kansas conference,
November "a.