Word: bishops
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Reverend Charles henry Brent '13, D.D. LLD. of Buffalo, N.Y., Bishop of Western New York, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel this morning at 8.45 o'clock...
Despite the pleas of Bishop Bast's associates and friends, Bishop Edgar Blake of Paris and John L. Nuelsen of Zurich, the jury of 17 ministers upheld the charges, deprived him of his office. Also they agreed that a less severely penalized but more disgraceful accusation had been justified-namely, that Bishop Bast had gone on too many yachting trips with Mrs. Ellen Vedel, the wife of a Danish Government official. When informed of the verdict, which required only the expiation of an apology and which would permit him to continue as a member and minister of his church...
They also voted to give Methodists in foreign lands the power to elect their own bishops, thus settling a long vexed question in the church. No sooner was the overwhelming vote recorded than cheers and joyful shouts, mingled with hymn-singing reverberated inside Convention Hall. When the tumult subsided, Bishop Fred B. Fisher, of Calcutta, India, said: "Never have I witnessed a more wonderful session. . . . Methodism faces...
This done, the dark faces began to gleam with excitement. Black Bishops Abraham Lincoln Gaines, William Tecumseh Vernon, J. Albert Johnson and William H. Heard were haled before the Conference, charged with misappropriation of funds or maladministration of the law. Then there came the matter of electing four bishops out of 100 eager candidates. Wild scenes occurred. Presiding Bishop William Sampson, making himself heard above the storm, cried that a motion to adjourn was out of order. Thinking this an unfair move in favor of a rival candidate for a bishopric the Rev. R. L. Pope of Indianapolis climbed...
...Reverend Charles Henry Brent '13, D.D., LL.D., of Buffalo, N. Y., Bishop of Western New York, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel this morning at 8.45 o'clock...