Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-09-11

The zowa VI. Il. Conference.

in this place on " ednesday last. The
greatest harmony and good feeling per-
vaded the assembly and they finished
their business on Monday morning.
/. During the sessions there were several
Interesting topics brought up for dis.
cnsslon, among which the efforts TO es.
tablish College under the patronage
OF the Conference, was not he least
important Resolutions were passed in
relation 10 this subject, which we
should like to have published. The
amount OF them was 10 appoint Com
miltee Of Visitation and an Agent for
the Iowa City College; and a commit
mittee 10 look into the claims of the
Seminary a, Mount Pleasant. The
Rev. Mr. Eustis presented the claims of
this latter institution before the Confer.
ence in most eloquent manner. but
majority seeming to be in favor of the
Institution al Iowa City, The subject
was laid over untl the next annual
Conference.
The Conference Missionary meeting
on Saturday evening was very interest
ing. The speakers were Rev. Messrs
Weed, Swams,ead, Tippeu and Jam.
ison. A collection, amounting to sixty
dollars. was taken up on the occasion.
In the Love Feast on Sunday morn
ing Eide, REED made an affecting alu.
sion to the late Rev. Mr. RuBLE, whose
remains now lie in our old burying
ground. Those two were The pioneers
in the Methodist church in this Terrific.
ry. The allusion led Elder Bowman
to make proposition 10 Conference 10
have the grave of Mr. Ru5le suitably
enclosed, which proposition was at
tended 10 at the business meeting ON
Monday morning.
The Rev. Bishop MoRRIs of Cincin.
matt presided over the Conference and
by his mild and dignified manner gave
general satisfaction. Several excellent
sermons were preached during the ses.
sion, but those on The Sabbath were of
superior character. Bishop Norris
preached in the morning, Rev. Mr.
SWAN STEAD of Cincinnati in the after
noon, and the Rev. Mr. TIppETr of n.
York in the evening. The interest was
heightened by the ordination of several
young men as deacons and Mr. Shinn
as elder. The effort Of Mr. Tippeu in
the evening was masterpiece Of elo-
quence. and caused considerable ex-
element in The vast crowd who were
present on the occasion The swearer,
the inehriate, the Inconsistent professor.
and the despiser of the gospel were all
noticed and eloqnently and affecilonale-
~ warned to change their ptesen,
course.
On Monday, vote of thanks was
rendered 10 the ciuzens of this place
for their hospitality in entertaining the
members, which was ordered TO be
published. but i, has not yet, al this
writing, been handed in.
1t will be seen by the following. that
Elder WEED is transferred 10 New Jer.
sey, and that the Rev. ANDREW Cole.
MAN late Of this station has been APP
pointed TO fill his place. Below we
give the appointments as they were
made on Monday
Burlington Dist. ANDREW COLE.
MAN, Presiding Elder.
Burlington Sta. E. S. Norris,
New London. d. Crawford, Laban
Case.
Mt. Pleasant, VIM. Simpson. Ian
don Taylor.
Clear Creek Miss, VIM. Hulburt,
John Jay.
Washington Miss. D. B. Nichols.
Wapello Miss, Robert Rice.
Yellow Springs. Michael See.
Fort Madison, Samuel Clark
bloomington Dist. G. b. Bow.
MAN, ?. Elder.
Bloomington Sta, D, burlington.
Grand View Miss. Sidney Wood
Davenport, Il. Ii Harrison.
Pleasant Valley Miss. S. W CHAM.
Salem Miss. John ii Dennis.
Cedar, John Hayden,
Iowa City, Jas D Templin.
Iowa Circuit, James Brier.
Cedar Rapids Miss, Alex auder
Bushnell
Du Buque Dist, II. ". REED. p.
Elder
Du Buque Sta. |. l Stewart,
Du Buque Gre. Martin s. Roberts.
Turkey River, Joseph w. Maxon,
Della ware, Joel b. Taylor.
Beiieview, Eldridge Howard.
SSonih Fork, George Larkns.
! Charleston Miss, John Walker.
Linn Grave, Allen w. Johnson.
Marion, Uriah Ferree. 800
Des Moines Dist, MILTON JANE.
SON, Presiding Elder. .asa... ,,,.#a..z
Farmingion, } Moses F. Shinn.