Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-23


the Methodist Episcopal Church, in this place,
on Wednesday, the 2Olh inst
After reading the fourth chapter Of I'd limo
thy, singing the 214th hymn, and prayer by the
presiding officer, Rev. Bishop Morris, and the
election of Rev. Samel Z. Dawson, rs Secretary,
the Bishup introduced the business of Conference
4 by some remarks about himself, and the pleas
ure it gave him to meet this body of Christian
Ministers in Parkersburg.
/ Ii seems that he introduced Methodist preach
ing in this place during the year 1917, forty
two Years ago As Paul was an Hebrew Of
the Hebrews" so the Bishop could say he was
a "Virginian OF. the Virginians'-his parents
having been of Augusta and Culpeper counties,
and himself born near Charleston, on the ha-
nawha river; on which stream his father and
uncles had been among the very earliest settlers.
! Nay he long be spared to ornament aud uphold
/ the cause OF Christ, with which he has been SO
/ honOrably and successfully, these many event
! fol years, identified; and may the palm tree,
which now hourishes on his head, ripen to
Crown of Glory.
The following, among other items Of business,
were attended to during the morning session:
Conference will meet at o'clock a. 81, and
adjourn at u O'Clock Il, daily.
The following brethren of the Laity were re-
ported having been duly elected Conference
Stewards, from the several districts, viz:
Nathan Gotf, Clarksburg; waitrnan i. Will
ley, Morgantown; Robert Hamilton, Wheeling;
Rufus Kinnaird, Parkersburg; Enos w. Newton,
Charleston, and Benjamin Darlington, Guyan-
dotte District
To the above were added by Conference
Rev. Bros Patterson, a. Stevens, Trainer,
Blakeney, Northcraft and Temple, as Clerical
Stewards.
The Board of Stewards were constituted a
committee on necessitous cases. The following
committees were also ordered and appointed:
The Presiding Elders, on Missions; A. j. LYDIA
and w. Smith, on Public Worship; a. Hall, j.
I " Df,a1, Rail an Gunlou Schools
j. w. Snodgrass, j. Garner aud S. Jones, on
Tracts.
JIM o'Flyng, j. NJ. Powell and V. SANFORD,
on the Bible Cause.
R. Brooks, on Post Offices.
"A committee of one from each District, on
Education, was ordered to be appointed by the
Chair.
The Bishop gave notice that the Sacrament
| of the Lords Supper would be administered in
Conferences on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Rev. Messrs. Lips and MMillan, of the Pres
byterian Church; Cook and ByerS of the Ohio
Conference; Hank and Israel, of the Baltimore
Conferences; BroclunniGr and SinsabauGt, of the
! Pittsburgh Conference, were present and seVe-
rally introduced by the Bishop to the Confer
ence. We also noticed Rev. MesSrS Poe, of
Cincinnati, and Read, of Pittsburgh, present. as
agents of their respective Book Concerns, and
Rev. Harrison H. Adams, of GallipOlis, and
| others, whose presence ut the annual reunion
is always hailed with delight by the brethren
of the Conference.
The Annual Exhibit of the Western Book
Concern aud Reports of the Western Book Com
uiiuec, were presented and read to Conference.
These show the following results, viz:
Aggregate Assets sSS9Sio 60
Aggregate liabilities l2I9dS a.
sales Re96Ti %
Profits ...'.'.'... z='oit -
! The Reports from the New York Concern
have not yet been presented.
81. Of nff hn
| from Cincinnati, were reported as follows, viz:
Western Christian Advocate. g. sS
oaqIstian Ppoio DIT jtisrmanJ SIS
SUNDAY seheo
| The Pittsburgh Chrslion Advocate was also
reported as being in more fourishiug condi-
ton than ever before.
CONFERENCE SERMON.
| Alto o'clock the Conference Sermon was, by
appointment preached before the brethren and
many of the community, who were present, by
| Rev. j. Boyd BIakeney. The text was John,
| chapter vi, verses and 9,-"Io whom shall
we go but unto Thee" &c. Eternal life, in
this connection, was explained to mean entire
4 renewal in the image OF GoD Its elements
were communicated when the soul is converted.
Its principal element Is Lors--the only real
source of happiness in life, death and enternity
"A deep. wide and over flowing fonnt OF enjoy
ment. The sinner carries in his own heart all
the clements of eternal death. Only COPS re-
TO him.
The text teaches that escape from this death,
and enjoyment OF this life can be obtained only
through our Lord and Saviour JESUS CnRsT.-
No power but that which made, can change the
heart. No blood but that of JESUS wash
away its sins. No agent bat the Holy Ghost
can raise the dead soul to life. Neither mans
works nor COPS law can effect this. Peter aud
his fellow disciples felt the utter futiliy of every
other refuge. Should they go to the heartleSs
Journalism Of the Pharisee-tO the Lords many
aud Gods many of the heather nations around
them? or surrender themselves to the embrace
of blank and cherries atheisn?-alI would be
alike vain. "7Aou alone hast the words OF
eternal life ="
Its COPS prerogatve to prescribe the means
by which man can be rcconcilei to him, and
the fact that he has exercised this right, en-
courages2us to apply to him. This scheme of
reconciliation originated in the Love of GOD.-
The SAvIouR's advent was to do the will OF the
Father. For this Coo engages to give him
soed-to prolong his days, &c. This has been
done-is being now done, even in our own days,
goriOusly.
Besides we are encouraged to so to CnRisT,
because there is merit in him to justify COP in
Ijustifying penitent believers. What he suffered
was for Us. If he was the sin.bearing man of
sorIOWs il WAS for us If he beiny rich ha