Religion: Methodists Meet

Two-thirds of the world's 12,000,000 Methodists live in the U. S. Last year their three main U. S. branches—Methodist Episcopal Church; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Methodist Protestant Church—merged to form the nation's biggest Protestant church. Fortnight ago united Methodism met at Atlantic City for its first general conference. The 776 delegates and their thousands of camp followers met morning, noon & night, spent small time even on mild amusements, though godly Governor Luren D. Dickinson of Michigan, a delegate for the last 32 years, roller-chaired down the boardwalk with delegates from India and...

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