Smyrna times., 1860-05-17
Methodist Episcopal General Confer


The respective committees having all been
formed, ard the most of them considered the
various topics entrusted to their care, are be-
ginning to lay their deliberations before the
body. The most exciting questions are the
change Of the slavery rule, the troubles of the
Gennesse Conference, and the Mattson Memo
rial. The present indications are that they
viii have warm time.
a report has been adopted from the Commit
tee on Missions, favOring the plan of sending
missionary editor 10 Germany to assist Rev.
Mr.. jacob, and to take charge of the Biblical
Institute at Baden. ~
Rev. Mr.. stanton, of Black River, presented
the memorial of Rev. II. Matteson, in reference
to the administration Of Bishop Ames, in the
Philadelphia Conference, in March 1858. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Episcopacy.
The Bishop is charged with having passed
upon the character Of certain slaveholding
Members of the church without due deliberaiion
and with having taken partizan stand in ref
erence to certain slayehoIding preachers.
The Committee on Sunday Schools, through
their Chairman, reported 10 favor of publishing
monthly Sunday School paper, for teachers
4 of about the same size as the Tract Journal
. After some debate the report was adopted.
!, Already, although not more than half the
session OF the Confidence has passed, eight ap
: peal cases have been reported. The one now
under examination by the COMMITTEES having
such subjects in charge, is that of VIM. ]. Cree
: ryp of New York East. IL is alleged that hi
conversation and general department was un
becoming the ministerial Office.
Il On Thursday the venerable Senior Bisho
e Morris dilvered The eulogy on The late Bisho
4 Waugh. His text was
i 2 Beside these things that are without, ihs
which comeih upon me daily--the care of a
y the Churches .p--2 Cor. Ii. %.
= Rey. d. w. Clark, of New York, offered
resolntion of thanks 10 Bishop Morris, reques
ing copy Of his sermon for publication, whie
u was unanimously adopted ls
y, The report on the Slavery question, which
to 10 proposed to submit to the Methodist. Gener
IA. Conference, at Buffalo, has been printed.
recommends that the general rule be chang
of so that the clause on Slavery shall read as Il
ows: +" The buying, selling and holding me
~ women and children, with the intention of 9
ni- slaving lhem." The revised Chapter on s.
he very admonshes preachars and people /" 10 Ike
M themselves pure from the great evil. and
"A seek ITS exllr patton by all lawful and Christi
- means." correspondent states That thi
ss- out Of the forty-segen members composing
Committee on Slavery, are in favor Of this
N, port. ltwill probably be presented ID the G
ference on "Wednesday. but will not be discu
'si ed there before the end of The week. X
on Danial Wises OF Providence, ID the reputed
ot, thor of The proposed changes. The affair
! ed the Genesee Conference were discussed
,.s Iength 10 the session Of Saturday.
~ All the delegates understand fully and sp
pc freely of the probable result of the adoptio
reat extreme MEASURES by the ProgressIyes.
ARE Conferences b The border will separate {
the rest of tho Church. The Progreasivcs
they will secede. The Conservatives ih
Al selves say that they will only stand firml
ned lhe DcpIine as il is, aid that The Progress
nee will in effect be the seceders. The Baltiu
eIso. East Baltimore, Western Virginia, Kent,
rths and Arkansas Confereiices in d body w
ysrx Withdraw, and portions Of the Philadelphis,
Il ofI souri,, and, dpubtIess, Of various Copfere
q throughout tile North would unite with u
TAsy would not join The Methodist Ch
an. South they are fully committed sgainst
,lnel by all their Alsecedenssl But they would
stilute third Methodist Church -tho NJ