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Show CHURCH CONCLAVES. Lay Delegates Carry the Day in the Methodist Meth-odist Conference The Presbyterians. Omaha, May 25. The Methodist conference confer-ence this morning adopted a report commending com-mending the objects of the World's fair, urging it to be closed on Sundays and recommending rec-ommending the appointment of a commission commis-sion to make a church exhibit at the fair. The report recommending that ministerial minister-ial and lay delegates be seated separately at the next general conference was adopted. The report of the judiciary committee to the effect that bishops shall have the veto power over the action of the book committee commit-tee in all matters pertaining to elections, but have no right to veto in the meetings of the book committee, was adopted. The committee on lay representation reported re-ported in favor of equal lay and clerical representation. An amendment to refer the matter to the annual conferences was defeated by the votes of lay delegates. Ttie vote ordered on the adoption of the report of the committee resulted: Laymen, for 143; against IL Ministers, for 1ST; against 10S. The chairman chair-man held the report was adopted by the concurrent vote of both orders, but an objection ob-jection made required a two-thirds vote. A motion was made to refer the matter to the judiciary committee. Fending action recess was taken. Presbyterian Assembly. Portland, Ore., May 25. The regular order or-der of the day in the Presbyterian general assembly was the foreign missions. The report presented by Dr. Allison, Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, showed the board asked for ft, 180,000, and received $'.)30,000; also gave the statistics statis-tics of the number of workers, schools, communicants, com-municants, etc. Cumberland Presbyterians. Memphis, Tenn., May 25. The general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church in session here, decided to remain in the union of churches doing missionary-work missionary-work in Japan. |
