| Show NAME THE COMMITTEES Methodist General Conference Designates Several MAY CONSOLIDATE SOCIETIES Special Committee Appointed to Report Re-port a Plan for Consolidation of Freedmans Aid Society and the Southern Educational Society or I Either of Them with the House Missionary SocietyIt Will Submit Sub-mit its Report on Friday Next Yesterdays Proceedings S Chicago May 5After an hour of active debate unions delegates to tho Methodist general conference today a committee of one was appointed to report a plan for the consolidation of the Freedmans Aid and Southern Educational Ed-ucational society and the church extension ex-tension society or either of them with the home department of the missionary mission-ary society Into one society to be known as the Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church The committee was Instructed to report next Friday Rev A Leonard of the Cincinnati conference In discussing the resolution resolu-tion which was Introduced by him declared de-clared the unification of the societies i would lessen expenses and facilitate progressive work 11 L Thomas of the Washington conference introduced a resolution that I the conference greatly lamented the death of D L Moody the evangel I and prayed that another great leader might come forth It was adopted by a standing vote Dr H J Jackson presiding elder of the Rock River conference introduced a memorial signed by the twenty laymen lay-men providing for Important changes in the methods of governing deaconesses deacon-esses The memorial asks that a board of control composed of one bishop two members of each annual conference confer-ence two licensed deaconesses and two laymen be formed quadrennially by the board of bishops I A resolution recommending that in any proposed changes of the discipline the rules be supplemented to require a twothirds vote of both orders present necessary for adoption was referred to the committee on the state of the church A resolution providing that elections of bishops secretaries book agents and editors be held Monday May llth and that no measures contemplating changes In the book of discipline be considered after May 15 wore also referred re-ferred to this committee The committee com-mittee was Instructed to report next Tuesday and if Its report is In favor of the passage of the latter resolution resolu-tion the amusement question will probably prob-ably come before the conference without with-out delay The conference then ad jounled until Monday The standing committees have been organized as follows fol-lows Book Concern Chairman Gov L M Shaw Iowa secretary C W Mlllard New York Church Extension Chairman Dr John Field Philadelphia secretary J C Cox Iowa Freedmans Aid to Southern Education Educa-tion Chairman Rev Joseph Pullman New York secretary R S Lavlngood I Texas x Education Chairman Rev J R Day New York secretary I M De long Colorado Sunday School and Tracts Chairman Chair-man DI H M Hammlll Illinois secretary D S Payne Iowa Missions Chairman Dr William F Oldman Ohio secretary Dr James Mudge New England State of the Church Chairman ex Coy Robert E Pattison Pennsylvania secretary Rev Edward J Gray Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Temporary EconomyChairman Dr J M King Philadelphia secretary Prof S M Bronson Illinois Episcopacy Chairman Dr J M Buckley New York secretary Dr J W Bowen Atlanta Epworth League Chairman Prof R S Copeland Michigan secretary Dr Irving Penn Georgia Revivals Chairman Dr J E Sawyer Saw-yer New York secretary Charles A Goss Nebraska Temperance Chairman Dr Samuel Dickie Michigan secretary Dr J W Bashford Ohio ItineraryChairman Prof Samuel F Upluun New Jersey secretary Abram B Decker |
