Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-04-11
MALnRIrY REPORT
To The LGnnans As,ociltiSn Of ME Cineiana
Conference, M. T.. Church.


MAJORITY REPORT
To The LGNnans AssOciltiSn ofhs Cincinnati
Conference, M. E. Church
BRETHREN.-As a minority of the com.
mittee appointed at your last meeting to re.
port upon the pr0priety of petitioning the
next General Conference TO change the prac.
tice and policy of the Church in regard tc
the appointment of effective preachers Ia
Professorships in our Colleges &c, to edit
our newspapers and magazines, and to the
management of our book concerns &c. we
would respectfully submit the following con-
siderations,
In disposing of the matters referred 10
your committee, we will consider, First, Ia
what extent the practice referred to, of an.
pointing effective preachers to Edtorships
Professorships &c, has prevailed
Second, AS to the propriety of a change
and to what extent and Third, As to the
propriety of petitioning the General Confer
ence on the subject
Ist AS to the extent of the practice re-
ferred to.
In regard to our Quarterlies, Monthlies
and Periodicals, as also the great families ol
advocates" North, South, East West. ev>
erywhere, they are, we find, all edited con-
trOlled and, even fnaneiered by effective
yea, our most powerful and influential
preachers. Go into our Book Concerns and
preachers there control every department
down 10 the minutest details, Most of these
preachers might be effective workers and
blessed instruments in the hands of God for
the cure of souls and the salvation of tbe
world. Nor will the case be found different
in our colleges, academies and seminaries OF
learning Our most active, devoted effective
and influential pastors and ministers are Ia.
ken from their fields of labor and usefulness
and made Presidents, Professors and Teach,
ers. So with our travelling collecting, solic.
iting and other agents, in every department
of the Church. So with our representative
in the Bible and Foreign and Domestic Mis-
siOnary Societies Such state of affairs
a condition of things going toaifect the
whole Church and every department of Il
temporarily, morally spd Intellectually should
be sustained, If at all, by powerful and con
elusive reasons.
I'd. Is il expedisnt that change ofpol
icy should be adopted, and II so, to wha
extent
1t is unquestionably the duty of all whc
are called to preach the Gospel to do so t
thu best OF their ability and in the way
wheFein they can effect post good
Messe not, with some, understand it tc
be the Anty of the minister Of the Gospel to
cOn6ne himself wholly to the public mora
mipistfatitn OF the word, There are many
Ways IN which the gospel may be preached
There are Limerous avenues to the soul
and salvation may be proclaimed effectively
iu athousand Inherent forms. Itis tbere.
fore tho dug . each isdiyiduaL called "a
stand upon thesateh to2er3 to preach the
everlasting gospel n that way through which
he can reach the hearts and oonseience a
men most easctaallg. II in. or shnaid he
the object ofereEy s6rgyman tolo IN
greatest good 10 the Rfe,test number Nav
if it can ba shown thai given individual
canfbest preach and prQ1aim the giad q
dings Of salvation AID pcasas by oditing !
magReines or one 81 6H &dl lsoates az the
S5rday School Books, thenflfit y. .st,is ,lace
and be issas mueh entitled to IT Is Nshg ono
eise--all other, fbinga being equal "a. faI
then as ediiora Us are e9ncerned tssSo
mere matter ekpdlicS, aa 70 whether q nib
lister shall OF VI not q 81 the pfolsai
sioh. Webb tieve thaf a % nany ii.
stances, might be found hos stlld dis.
charge the duties of TO editorial hair5with
ability zeal, fdelitYand prndeb as NJ 4
-in'the Church oroul q SlNald III. .lt bol,
icy pc adopted I'VE 9lilbc q to-snpnly
several effetige and hs opp Nod paStors
rs Aiting and als ION greeas
sssioE a. Heel that there is, az
ter al, SO 'Inn reason :. complain 81 Our
strong men being tied '8gh t6editorial du-
ties, as there is on account Of their being
elected to Professorships ia collegesN N.anS,
eAcademiaA TIA minister has u peculiar fit.
ness for the Presidency Of college, by al
means send him there, rhe will have oken,
fQre him q. vast field fora thl 6lI' and
Sse of'Rll bis poa Of Nd-
~ j 1hink of dOposin
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