Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-24
GENERAL CONFERENCE NJ. q


CHURCH.
The Cincinnati Gazette furnishes the follow
ing report OF the proceedings of the Conference
on Saturday, May Il.
The Missionary Committee to whom the re-
port and resolutions recommending the appoint
ment of a Bishop for Liberia were rccommitted
yesterday, reported again to-day.
They recommended such modification of the
Tdusraut general superintendent system. as TO
provide for the election OF Bishop for any mis-
sion where the work may demand it; the iuris-
diction of the Missionary Bishop being limited
to the particular territory over which he may
be elected to exercise Episcopal functions. Un-.
der this provision they recommend the election
of Bishop of Africa, to reside at Liberia.
The committee also recommended the appro
.pFiation of funds for. the African mission; the
organization of Missionary Annual Confer
ence for Germany, France and Switzerland; the
of tbs free cities of Germany under the super
vision of the Western Book Committee of the
United States, and opposed to the division the
missionary organization into Foreign and domes-'
tic Societies.
The question of the division of the 8Iissiona-
ry organization into Foreign and Domestic So
cietics, excited warm debate, but the recon-
nendation of the Committee was finally sus-
tanned by large majority.
on RUFFLEs, RINGS AND LARGE BoSSETs.
'eTo wear no nceaLeas ornaments, such as rings,
earrings, necklace, lace. ruffies, Discipline, p.
81.
The Committee on revisal of the Discipline,
reported on dresS. They recommended a strict
obedience to the injunction of Peter, "whose
adjoining let it not be that outward adjoining of
plating the hair and of wearing gold and of
putting on.of apparel" Peter iii, 3.
The article on Dress in the discipline is as
follows:
Q-Shall VIC insist on the rules concerning
dress?
A-By all means. This is no time to give
any encouragement TO stipcrfuity of apparel
Therefore, give no tickets to any till they have
left of superflous ornament. In order to this.
list Let every one who has the charge of
circuit read the thoughts upon dress at least
once year in every large society.
Cd. In visiting the classes be very mild but
very strict
Sd. Allow of no exempt case. Better one
18th. Give no tickets to any that wear high
heads, enormous bonnets, rufiles or rings. y
Page 90.
10 the matter of enormous bonnets the COM
mittee did not specially refer. They perhaps
rejoice that the wholesome rule of their Disci-
pline had worked reform in this article and re-
duced the size of ladies' bonnets to as reason
able dimensions as the most rigid Disciplinarian
would desire.
The Committee on the Bible Cause reported
exhibiting the state of the Parent Bible Socic-
ty as being healthy and progressive. 1t recon-
mentlcl thorough exploration of the country
by the auxiliary socities in order to supply all
destitute families with the Word of Life. The
dissemination of the Bible in foreign countries
was shown to be on the increase. TRANSACTIONS
had been made into all the languages Of Europe
and several of the dialects of Asia and Africa.
DIR. Holdrich, Financial Secretary of the
American Bible Society, was introduced to the
Conference and made some brief remarks in re-
gard to the operations Of the organization with
which he was connected. The society had in
creased from very small beginnings until its
greatness was a matter of curiosity and atlmi-
ration. They were now running seventeen
printing presses-maklng 5000 Bibles per day,
or about per minute during working time
He alluded to the arrival in New York of an edu-
Gated Spaniard, asking for aid to distribute the
Bible in Spain. The power of the priests was
now gone from that country, and the people
wanted nothing more to do with the Pope.
Adjournedto Monday at % p. NJ.