People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — METHODIST BISHOPS. [ARTICLE]

METHODIST BISHOPS.

Law-Mabaaa *f tIM Ohinhte geewlon at Toledo, O„ Oct. 31.—The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States are in session here. They are the law-makers of that denomination. Among those most prominently known are Bishop Bowen, who is the senior bishop and will preside, and Bishops Newman, Andrews, Fowler, Joyce, Merrill, Fitzgerald, Mallahew, Foster, Vincent, Ninde, Hurst, Foss, Goodsell and Warren. Among the more Important questions to come up in relation to the discipline of the church are the work for the national Methodist Episcopal conference to be held at Cleveland, strictures on amusements as prohibited by the discipline, admission of women to the conference, proposed amalgamation of the Epworth league and Society of Christian Endeavor, and the abolition of the itinerancy system. The following forecast seems to be made: That women will probably be admitted to seats in conference bodies of the church, that the Epworth league and Society of Christian Endeavor will not consolidate and that the itinerancy system of the church will be either abolished or such a move defeated by a close vote. It is doubtful if the discipline will be changed in regard to amusement strictures, but that there will be numerous modifications in the discipline. The bishops will also look after apportioning work in the various conferences over the United States for the coming year. Much interest is manifest all over the country in the work of this body.