The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-17
EvANsv11IE. IND, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER II, Is
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Reported for the Vineennes Daily Gazette.l
INDIANA CONFERENCE.
THURsDAT, Sept. i;


T The Conference was opened with devotional
exercises by Rev. w. farrell.
On motion the calling of the roll was dis
lpensed with. The journals were read and
approved.
On motion of Mr.. Hill the roll was called,
and each member paid one dollar towards de-
Efraying the expenses Of publishing the min
utes
A communication from the editor of the
Quarterly Review was received and read. The
Quarterly numbers only tWenty-eight hundred
subscribers The Editor makes an appeal to
the church for an increase of the subscription
list: The letter was referred to w. V. Daniel
DR. Curry and B. F. Crary, as an especial COM
mittee.
Rev. J. Tarkingtion, of the South-East In
diana Conference, was introduced by the Pres
ident.
The Committee on Anniversaries made
their Report; but on motion of Mr.. Davidson,
the Report was re-committed
Mr.. Harrington, Agent of the Asbury Uni
Iversity, addressed the Conference in behalf of
his agency.
The account of Mr. Whitten, Agent of the
Tract Society of the Conference, was presented
and read 1t was moved by w. Y, Daniel that
the money necessary to meet the amount be
W
IWhereupon, E. H. Sabin moved that Brother
Whitten be requested to present all his ac-
counts to COMMITTEES of three, that they be
Iaudited and reported to Conference, G. B..
Davidson, John Kiger and w. V. Daniel were
appointed said committee.
The fourth question was taken up viz: who
are deacons? j. H. Bellamy, /. N. Thompson
A Wright A. w. Shive1y, VIM. K. Richards,
Peter f. Thornburg, having passed their ex-
animation, their characters were passed.
The fifth question was taken up, viz: Who
are elected and ordained elders? The charac-
ters of John w. Jackson A. Knox, Jas. Pres
ton, j. f. McCan, NJ. w Benton, I. S. Brooks,
A. w. Striker, S. B. Sutton, j. Wharton and
E. E. Rose, having passed, they were elected to
elders orders.
| The eighth question was then taken up, viz:
Who are superanuated or worn out preachers?
The characters of VIM. Shanks, L. w. Cad
well, c. b. Jones, George Havens, John G..
Smith and B. Y. Coffin, were passed, and by
motion they were continued in superanuated
relation.
The character of Ezra l.. Kemp was passed,
and by resolution he was made effective.
The name of Jacob Myers was called, and
after considerable discussion, in which Messrs.
Smith, Sabin and McGinniss took part, his
case was laid over for a few days.
| The character of T. M. Thrall was passed,
and after many remarks by Messrs. McGinniss,
Hill, -Kiger, Wharton, Noble, &C.; he was con-
tinued in the same relation.
The Conference then proceeded to the con-
sideration of Effective Elders.
| B. F. Crary, p E. of indianapolis District,
gave an interesting account Of his District, adj
verting to the financial and other trials through
| which the church. Lad been called TO pass IN
IL, y, ,tor
IN feeling and purposes, and much had been
done in the different departments ofthe work.
As to the charge brought against the preachers
by the enemies of Methodism, in reference to
political preaching, he declared the charge was
false. Although he had met with affiiction,
personal and family, yet his heart had been
Sustained and his zeal for the work of this Of
flee increased.
The names Of James II. Noble, j. R. Viii
hams, S. B. Sutton, III. S. Dane, Levi Johnson,
w. H. jackson, w. V. Daniel, S. Rawson, w.
S. Carter G. w. Ames, 7. H. Sinex and DIR.
Daily were called, and their moral characters
were passed.
Hayden Hays, p E. of Bedford district,
Represented his district, and noticed tlat some
Of the preachers under his charge had been
suffering from affliction; that in the bounds of
his district there had been some gracious revi-
tals; and in the midst of trials and persecution
the hearts Of Gods people had been conforted.
But though the missionary report from the
district will not be so good as last year; and
not much had been done in church and parson-
age building yet the church was urt in de
sires and affection and loved it's ministry.
The names of L. NJ. Hancock, j. M Green,
| w. H. Cornelius; E. Gaskins and j. ". Pow
ell were called, and their characters pissed.
j. w Powell was granted a location at his
own request.
! In the Presiding Elders remarks upon Z.
Gaskins, he noticed that brother Gas<ins had
met with serious and Jealous opposition while
in discharge of his duty, and that his enemies
had gone SO far as to manifest their hatred in
the form of physical force upon his body, and
to drive him from his work; but YET in the
midst of his trials his labors had been blessed.
Moved by T. H. Noble that Fridar morning,
at 9 O'Clock, be the time of the election Of Gen
Eeral Conference Delegates. The resolution
twas laid upon the table.
The Committee on Anniversaries made their
report appointed Thursday afternoon for a
lcalled meeting of the Conference, to attend to
to the business matters Of the Sunday School,
! Tract and other societies, appointing Thurs
day evening for the anniversary of the Tract
lSociety, Friday evening for the Sunday School
fSoclety, ana SATURDAY evening Dr ueHfer1ng
the Missionary sermon. The Report was
adopted.
The New Albany district was called, and
w. C. Smith, the Presiding Elder, reported for
his field of labor. He had witnessed in his
district gracious revivals and many happy
conversions. The money pressures of the
past year had affected to some extent the
financial interests of the church. Fiery po-
litical opposition and determined system OF
persecution had been met with; yet this infu-
ence, he believed, had not injured the church,
but rather bound the membership and minis