The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-22
METHODISTS
0FW.N.C.FAV0R
CHURCH UNITY
Unification Vote in Con-
ference Carries Thurs
day, 402 to u
MEN FOR GENERAL
CONFERENCE CHOSEN

CONFERENCE CHOSEN
ASHEVILLLE, Oct. 22.-Thc
Western North Carolina confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, in annual session
here yesterday voted in favor of
unification of the three branches
of Methodism. The vote was 4O2
to %.
The proposal to unite the three
branches of the denomination has
previously been approved by the
general conference of the north
ern Methodist church and by the
Methodist Protestant church.
The unification plan carries
the unity in common doctrines,
IN the law-making body of the
general conference. in the council
of bishops. and in the general
boards having charge of the mis-
Sionary, educational and benevo-
lent detectives of the dcnomina-
ton. The plan provides for vari-
ETY. and freedom in administrative
details.
The plan provides that bcnevo-
lent trusts will be continued and
that debts will be paid. and no
change in the established system
of conducting orphanages and
schools is anticipated.
Local churches will not be fore
ed into mergers with other con-
grcgatiOnS at all times.
Balloting for IL clerical and II
lay delegates to the general con-
ference began yesterday. Seven
clerical delegates and 10 lay dele
gates wcr" elected yesterday. Five
clerical and two lay delegates
were voted on, but results were
not announced.
Clerical delegates named were:
Rev. w. w. Pcclc, Greensboro,
Rev. w. A. Lambeth, Winston
Salem, DR.. G.. T. Rowe, Duke uni
versity, Rev. c. c. Weaver, Char
lottc, Rev. J. B. Craven, Char
lottc, Rev. G. II. MoSer, presiding
elder of the Gastonia district, and
Dr.. Paul n. CARRIER, Duke univcr-
Sity.
Lay delegates named were: w.
X. Odell, Concord, j. B. Ivey,
Charlotte, A. j. Kirby, Gastonia,
II. A. Durham, Asheville, j. f.
Lambeth, Thomasville. 0. v.
Woosley, Winston-Salem, j. A..
Jones, Charlotte, f. A. Cole,
Charlotte, L. l.. Gobbel, president
of Greensboro college, and w. IL.
Worth, of jefferson.
DR.. CARRIER spoke yesterday at
a meeting of the historical soci-
ETY. of the conference on John
Carlisle Kilgo as Christian Edu-
Gator, and DR.. Rowe spoke last
night at the observance of the an
nivcrsary Of the board of Chris
tan education on Methodism and
Christian Education.
Educating children is not like
raising cabbage" Dr.. Rowe said,
because there is always the pos
sibility Of the abuse of freedom.
An erring race put a cross on the
heart of God, and every child will
present anxious problems to those
who are deeply concerned about
its welfare. There is always the
risk of heartache, and call for
rcdccming love. But there is al
ways the hope that Gods good
purpose will be achieved and that
love will conquer in the end"
Dr.. CARRIER said that the educa-
tional PRINCIPLES which Kilgo put
into practice from 1894 to 1910
are worthy of emluation today.
1T is my sincere hope" he said,
that all our church schools may
be characterized by the princi-
Piles which were sponsored by
Kilgo." o
A crowd of more than LOO
was on hand last night to hear
DR.. Rowe, former pastor of Cen
trail church here.
ne MtlllOulot iHNNi ~ N"N'N'
of the Christian gospel is that 1t
is a message of present salvation
proclaimed to all, intended for
all, and experienced by all who
comply with the conditions" he
said. at is surprising that the
Christian world remained so long
in doubt of the good purpose of
God. or rather confidently assert
ed that the bulk Of humanity was
to be left eternally as mass
of ruins while only few were in
tended to be saved.
"John Wesley declared that he
believed in total depravity' as
thoroughly as John Calvin ever
did, but he proclaimed a doctrine
of 'prevenient grace through
which God moved upon the heart
of every child born into the
world. 1t is impossible to run
ahead of God in zeal for the spir-
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