Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-09-09

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Hymn the 500th.
"oh, for heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free;-
A heart that always feels thy blood,
SO freely split for me -"
The minutes we're read and approved.
E.H. Field. Chairman Of the Board Of Stew
ards made a Report for the Joint Committee Of
the Board Of Stewards and Committee on Ne
cessitous Cases. Upon some suggestions Of
of alteration in the report, il was re-oommitted.
Revs, Spahr, White aud Frazer Of the Ohio,
and Robinson, lato Of tho N. Y. Conference,
were introduced to the Conference Also the
following brethren, lay delegates on the finan-
cial COMMITTEES Of the Conference, Lggett Of
Georgetown District, and Barriere, Of the Hills-
borough District.
The following Preamble and Resolutions
touching the German department of our wolk,
connected with tho Cincinnati Conference, wss
offered by DR.. Mast
Whereas, We believe that part of>the German
work of the M Il. Church, which has been cons
nected with the Cincinnati Conference for the
last twenty four years, may be made still more
efficient in its soul saving influence upon the
German population by being set apart &C q
| separate annual Conference, and Whereas,
There is not sufficient time for the considera
ton Of questions Intimately and vitality counec
ted with the peculiar wants Of the German work.
Therefore Resolved, That we recommend 70
the General Conference to form the German
stations, circuits and missions connected with
tn Cincinnati Conference into separate Con-
ference by the name Of the Cincinnati German
Annual Conference"
| After some debate the subject was made the
order of the day for Monday morning.
Rev, Thomas D. Crow, Chairman of the
Committee on Slavery, submitted the follow.
ing report:
l. Resolved, BY the Cincinnati Annual
Conference assembled, that we concur In the
recommendation of the Erie Annual Con.
ference TO 80 change our General Rule on
Slavery that IL shall read "The buying. sell'
ing, holding or transferring of any human
being to be used in slavery
2 Resolved, That we recommend the sas
pension Of the Fourth Restrictive Rule, for
tho purpose specified by the foregoing Teso-
luton.
3. Resolved, That we recommend that the
Chapter On Slavery be stricken from our
Discipline.
4. Resolved, That inasmuch as "the great
evil of slavery" still remains, notwithstand-
ing the strong expressions of anxiety for its
"extirpation;" and inasmuch as even now
after all the discussion and legislation by
our church on this subject it is perhaps as
difficult to convict and exclude member
tor the sin of slavery as it would have
been at any time during the last third of a
century, It is our sober and profound con,
viction that we must not any longer give
place to equivocations or compromises. And
therefore
3. Resolved, That we hereby instruct our
delegates to the next General Conference TO
secure, if possible, the action recommended
in the foregoing resolutions. And, in the
event this cannot be done by them, that We
hereby further instruct them to cooperate
with the delegates from other Annual Con.
ferenoes, to secure such action as shall most
speedily and effectually free the church from
the complicated villainy" of slave holding,
and even from all completely with it.
The first resolution was adopted by a vote
of 100 to 10.
The second by ll6 to s.
The third, on the motion of A. Lowry,
was changed SO as to read as follows
Resolved, That we recommend the Chap.
ter on Slavery to be 80 changed as to con-
form it to the proposed change Of the Gem
eral Rule, retaining the following
Quest. What shall be done for the extir- |
patton of the evil of Slavery
Ans, /. We declare that we are as much |
as ever convinced of the great evil of SlaI
very
,. Our colored preachers and official men
bers shall have all the privileges which are |
usual to others in the dstrict and Quarterly
Conferences. And the Presiding Elders
may hold far them a separate District Con.
ference, when the number Of colored local
preachers will justify it,
8. The Bishops may employ colored
preachers to travel and preach, when their
services are judged necessary, proUided that
no one shall be so employed without having |
been recommended by Quarterly Confer'
ence.
The Fourth and Fifth Resolutions were
adopted and the amended Report was then
adopted as a whole.
At 10 o'clock the Conference proceeded
to the election of Delegates to the next Gem
eral Conference. The Bishop appointed the
following TellerE Bros, OOnery, Chaiiant,
and J. F. Marlay.
BY vote of Conference, j. ]. Thompson
and @. Calm were added to the number.
The Conference cast It's Hrss ballot, and
the Tellers retired to count the vote.
Rev Mr.. Conrad, Of the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church, and Rev. ]. W. Young of
the Ohio Conference were introduced
The examination Of the characters Of Of.
fective elders was resumed, commencing
With the Dayton District The exsminAtiCn n
extended through the Duyton, Urbsns,
Xenia, Hillsboro and Georgetown Districts
Bishop Morris appeared in Conferences,
and took his seat with Bishop Ames.
Rev S. Brown was granted a supernu-
merary relation.
Rev. Mr.. Vert Of the Episcopal Church
was introduced.
Bros. A. W. Sears, J. M. Leavitt, and W.
Rowe, were appointed as a oOmmitte in the
case Of n Green. After the usual notices,
the Conference adjourned
The appointments for preaching on Sab.
bath in this city, and the surrounding ooun,
try, will be published in tomorrow (SAturr
day's) Empire.
The Anniversary Of the Sunday School
Union will be held this evening, at Raper
Chapel, commencing at n o'clock.
The Anniversary Of the Missionary Soi