The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-05-25
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Definite Trend Starts
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Definite Trend Starts
In 1908
In a fraternal message from
the southern church to the
northern in the general con-
ference of 1908, the conference
was stirred by a plea to reunlte.
In 1910, a fraternal delegate
carried the same message from
the northern church to the
southern one.
In the latter year, a joint
commission of the north and
south churches was meeting ana
the Methodist Protestant group
took an active part in the I'm
ion effort.
In December, 1910, the joint
commission made reports to all
three churches many points of
| which were foundation ideas for
, the actual union in 1879.
Period Of Great Activity
Repeated meetings of Joint
commissions and Sub-commit-
tees continued to be held in
1914, 1916, and 1918.
IA plan of union was preSen-
ted to the two larger churches
in 1924 but although it received
a majority vote in the southern
church, It did not receive the
constitutional thre-fourths ma
jority; the northern church gave
it the constitutional majority.
The plan was voted again in
1925 but failed in the southern
church.
In the next few years, joint
commissions and sub-commit-
ees of the Methodist Episcopal
and Methodist Protestant chur-
ches worked hard at union. Be-
tween 1923 and 1881 a pain of
union was devised.
Churches Accept Plan
OF Union
The M t hod: S t Protestant
church approved the plan OF
union and submitted it to its
annual conferences on May Is.
1895. The adoption came by a
roll call vote of 142 to 80. BY
November II, 1886, two-thirds
and more OF the annual con-
ferenceS certified their ratifica-
ton.
The h cd Episcopal
church approved the plan of
union on May "a, 1886. by a
vote of 470 to 80, ana submitted
it to its annual conferences.
Many of the annual conferences
had previously adopted the plan
of union and so did not need to
vote upon it subsequently. The
total vote in the north church
was la5men-for 6,747; against
y585: ministers - Tor, 1O,195;
against, 1924: giving the nee
esSary tWO-thirds majority.
The Methodist S COP a
| church, South, annual confer
ences in the year 1887 voted in
favor of the plan OF union and
the general conference cast a
434 to 26 vote in favor of the
plan on April 29,1938.
Uniting Conference
COnvenes, 1889
The plan OF union provided
that a uniting conference be
held within one year after the
final vote necessary for union.
The final vote was cast by the
general conference of the Me-
thodist Episcopal church, South,
on April 29,1938; hence, the
uniting conference was sched-
uled and did open in the mu-
c:cipal auditorium. Kansas City,
Mo. on April 26, 1889.
The first meeting was holy
communion in the Grace and
Holv Trinity Episcopal church
of Kansas City at $3.50 in the
morning led by two representa-
tives from each of the three
churches.
The organization meeting
took place that afternoon in
the municipal auditorium.
Uniting Conference
Statistics
All DELEGATES were seated at
desks on the floor of the aud
itorium-With 900 desks placed
where ordinarily 5000 chairs
took the space. Montana's three
delegates had desks four rows
from the front of the room,
halfway between the middle of
the room and the west side.
Conference is Constitutional
Convention
The task of the uniting con-
! ference was to harmonic the