Show CHURCHES TO BE UNITED INTO ONE BODY Plans Maturing to Amalgamate Two Den Denominations With Aggregate of Members f CHURCHES INVOLVED IN MERGER MERGERS t fc 1 Churches Mem Mern f ff f United Brethren f t. If- If Methodist Protestant 2400 f ff f E an Evangelical ico f t tt 1 t rf United Evangelical f ff f 4 Cumberland Presbyterian f 4 i j f frt 1 rt Total 1280 f BALTIMORE Oct 13 Plans Plans for Cor or the union of the United Brethren MethodIst Methodist Methodist Meth Meth- odist Protestant Evangelical United Evangelical and Cumberland Presbyterian Preste nan rian societies have been quietly Ir under way vay 4 for tor several months until now It ma may maybe be announced upon the most reliable authority that there Is no doubt that the they will be carried to a successful Issue at an early da day The movement to unite these denominations was vas be begun un b by the Rev nev Dr W. W M M. Weekly a a. secretary of or one ont of the church boards In the United Brethren church Dr Weekly addressed letters to all alt the leaders of or the tile denominations proposing the union All the bishops of or the United Brethren replied Indorsing the plan Frank T. T Little president of the Maryland conference of oC the Methodist Protestant church the Rev Dr F. F T. T editor of or the Methodist Protestant the official organ of ot the denomination and other members their gave save support Since then the most mot Influential persons of or the other denominations have given their approval to the plan j I Dr dh discussing the proposed union eald said The churchea churches Involved arc similar In faith and practice The They differ somewhat somewhat some some- what in church policy or government but not to any marked degree The Methodist Protestants have no bishops The They are arc governed by the president of ot the conference who makes maltes pastoral appointments In doctrine they are arB I IThe The Evangelical a associations are arc like the polity worship and plans of work vork Like the United Brethren they elect their bishops They are In Inclined Inclined In- In dined to and their preaching is la evan evangelical The Cumberland Presbyterians arc confined mostly to the calley caney of oC the tho Cumberland river Tennessee 8 e. e The They are essentially Pre Presbyterian Their doctrine doc doe trine Is midway between Calvinism and but they are Me evangelical in Iii spirit I Dr said ald the first step would be for commissioners to be appointed by the various denominations These commissioners will draft a plan n of union which will bo bG submitted to each church or 01 pO possibly to a convention of all aU the churches for ratification Dr ro g added that propositions for Cor union have also come from the Primitive Methodist church the Methodist church and the Congregational Methodist church |