Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-12-08

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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.
GREENv1LLE, Nov. 80.
The seventy-second annual session Of the South
Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South convened here in the Court House,
this morning at o'clock, and was called to order
by Bishop JOHN EARLY, of Virginia. Prayer by
Rev. c. Belts.
Rev. F. A. Mood, Secretary of the last Confer
ence, called the Roll, and about 125 ministers
answered to their names.
Rev. F. A. Mood was then elected Secretary,
and O. A. Darby and Rev. F. NJ. Kennedy, As
sistants.
Vacancies having occurred in the Board Of Edu-
cation, by the absence Of Rev. Drs. Wightmsn and
Cross, they were filled by the election Of Rev. 8.
B. Jones and Rev. q. M. Mood.
ACommittee was appointed on Books and Pc
riodicals.
resolution was passed, declaring the design
of the body, that no member shall be placed on
two Boards of Trustees of our institutions Of
learning, to secure which Committee was order
ed to be appointed.
Rev. Mr.. Rowse, of Virginia, and Rev. DR..
Cummings, President Of the Asheville Female
College, were introduced to the Conference.
The report of the Publishing Committee of the
Southern Christisn Advocate, (Charleston,) was
read and referred. The paper is in fourishing
condition. The subscription list embraces II 500
Names and is still increasing.
Rev. E. II. Myers, D. D., editor of the 8. C..
Advocate, and Agent of the Charleston Book De-
pository, then addressed the Conference on those
interests.
A communication was received from Rev. C..
Taylor, Corresponding Secretary of the Sunday
School Society of the Church, South, setting forth
the interests with which he is charged. He urges
q more liberal patronage of the Sunday School
Visitor, published at Nashville.
A communication was received from Rev. VIM.
T. smithson, of Washington City, who has pub
lished book of Sermons by distinguished South
ern Ministers, the profits on the sale Of which are
being appropriated to the erection of a suitable
church edifce for the use Of our branch Of the
church in that city. The book is called "The
Southern Methodist Pulpit" Price So. The
Portraits of 80 or 40 of the most distinguished
preachers of the South, are alone worth the mon
ey.
A Committee was appointed to supervise the
above interest.
A Communication from Rev. DR.. A. Means, of
Georgia, submitting q proposition to publish
Monthly at Atlanta, as an organ for the Church,
was read and referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation.
A communication enclosing money for the Mis-
sionary cause, was received and vote Of thanks
rendered to the donors-the colored members of
Bethel, Charleston.
A communication was also read from the Trus-
tees of the Church at Charlotte, N. c., setting
forth the inability of that society to complete
new church building projected. Referred to the
Church Extension Committee.
Rev. DR.. W. Smith submitted the report of Co.
lumbia Female College, which went into opera
ton about the 1st of October last. Present num-
ber of students, 1872.
The class ofunder-g graduates, for the third year,
were called, pending which some discussion sprang
up, the result of which was to order the meetings
of the body to be held with open doors.
James NJ. Cline, VIM. j. E. Fripp, ]. L. Nc
Gregor, F. A. Morgan and E. A. Lemmo9d, were
found to have completed their literary studies,
and being we'll reported of, were passed.
The class of the fourth year, viz. A. J. Evans,
s. J. Hill, John W. Murray, R. R. PegueS, were
called, passed, and elected to Elders orders; r.
W. Burgess was also elected.
Conference then went into the examination Of
the character of Elders. Those of the Charleston
District were passed. G. W. Stokes was continu-
ed on the supernumerary list, and W. G. Connor
placed upon it, on account of i'll health. e..
After the publication Of appointments for the
meeting of committees, &c., for the afternoon Con-
ference then adjourned to Thursday morning.
THURSDAY, Dec. /.
Half an hour was spent in prayer meeting
before entering upon the regular business. Much
good feeling was manifested among the preachers
and large number of ladies and gentlemen pres
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