The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-27
PRo0xxDn0s or THE METHODIST AN
NUAL CONFEREHCE.
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TODAY, IN III about IL O'clock when the doors
were opened 10 the crowds eagerly awaiting
admission.
INN sdiateiy thereafter Rev. II. Il. Cewles,
chairman, submit report from the Com
mittee on the General Publishing In terests of
the Church, which eli, tied some debate from
Hessrs. STANLEY, Head, Cowles, EDWARDS,
Wills, and Smith. There was really no dit
ference Of opinion between the speakers as 10
the r al In/rirs of the question involved, but
My as to matter of taste and verbal criu-
ism The report as presented by the Commit
adopted
Turing this period Rev. d. S. Doggett was
IN the { hair
The difference then adjourned after vari-
Gus notices had been given, among which was
one from the Bishop, calling the Presiding
Elders together to consider OF the anpoiat-
ment5.
TIE AYnIvERsAav MEETING of the Mission
ny Socie1y OF the virsinit Annual Confer.
ence was h ED at 4 o'clock, at the Cumber-
land street Church. Nearly haif an hour
earlier the house was nearly Id. and when
The services really commenced the building
was crowded la every part.
John r.. Edwards, PRECEDENT of the Society,
ca led the meeting 10 order. when Kew. FRANK
Stanley conducted relie ious exercises, read
ing as the lesson the second psalm, singing the
nymn--
Jesus shall reign where'er the sum-"
and off ring an appro pirate prayer.
Rev. Charles IL. Hail was eieoted Secretary
pro terapore, and read the report prepared BY
That document gave Il very interesting ac-
count OF the'ialS eions under the SUBDIVISION
# the society within the bounds OF the IT.
SAuIa Conference. Reports had been received
rom only Jour of the missions among the
VIII les, aid six among The blacks Ct the
former was the mission 70 the Germans, un-
der lie charge Of heY. n. 5. BlogS. During
lne year he ndu visited 100 German familles
III Richmond, 70 III fe,eisourg, - in Lynch
burg. aud - III Alexandria: had distributed
over 10000 pages German tracts, distributed
20 soldier, 10, $40 U.ges tracts, 81 Bibles, 81
IesJalaen's, 3 testam-nts in Germ l., i'll
rr-..ch 2u5 vols BOOKS. Ito pam pin lole; pI each
Ell 50 sermons in English, IS Iii 2eru.an; ana
attended lUGeThis. his mission Was only
establish Ell last year
The tacl WIS stated that the Norfolk Col
cared 4Iie=ion had g.lEed 81 200 IL pay IS pas
lUI and CIu,cA expenses.
ne Treasurer, darcy Paul, Esq, read
the T. port the amOunts coIiecLed t,r mis-
sicnS la life Circuits alo stalIol Il lhe Confer
eLlt. Evre ana There The word ''nCae' w,
req GteC, usually accom- panied win the tx
ptaAailUn ani.t The tsaeiai f3rces had sea-
Tered th5 people ana chs $50 away tha pig
turs The total OF tbs Sc COLLECTIONS
anopnt. q 10 ----, whereas The COLLECTIONS
u iast ytar dIno Ia tea ~ more thQu ~, 900
the mex. orusr II business n rs lac erection
u oiiic,gs III the cucie iJr The eusul year,
Wneu ths neV. WIZ. b ,itUW1e WAS rascIeu
fstsideAt; Rev. tranA StanIey, Vice Presl-
uent, Ret. Charles b. HALL, Secretary; aud
Atcy PAU, tAQ IleoAurer.
has rulshed Lne.bL .htes 81 the evening,
when VI. Siuent EuWarus arr -, ana staGeu
that tie ndu the prom,st # an lddr. s, ircm
he hey. Dr. Clce>, ana - ,ed, Us Dr Cros6
n The hUh ~ NJ res Spouse. he Qu.sL!ol.
Was repeated ana somebody trom liie cnuir
W.reu, " DE-. Gross Is III TIE gallery.
sun no Dr.. Cross she Yea himself, u .hot GA
The PIts dent repeatedly III gud his appe..l-
tDCe,
At length Dr.. Cross arose in the gallery, de-
claIlug himself III TIE tigatesC place that ever
lie was IN, and attempted to deciuo positively
~ c0.ne down iLd speak. B1h no deniai
would be heard, aai last the DR.. weuGvd
his way 10 The platform aud briefly but Most
1eICltl0usiy addressed the lnueuse au-
dlence, y more beautiful elocuuonist il has
lever been my lot 10 near, nor Was the etiur,
Whiting III point aud pItn W!thul
Nno,l Dr Crurs lad concluded, Dr.. Sehon
the missionary Secretary OF tn6 Southern
Methodist cnurch, addressed the audlcuce-
lie is 1t niau OF uUp4e presence, IS MANY ut
your Richmond Readers wili well rem, lIoer,
and OF iuUie intellect Ilis address though
ufiei, ike the preceding one, was I, mas tcli}
effort, and melted and moved the people A
splenuId plea lur ml-olJua IL Was, ;.iu rigul
nooly dlu The audience respond to its ia tu-
mites aud arguments.
fersVns w-Is t"en appointed to wait upon
the congregation Tor contributions, and when
TIA v PISSED tEroul nuuL the house Ii large
t!uOuAt o. notes Of YaTIouS DENOMINATIONS
l4;tl been taken.
But III. chief collection was taken in
ano liner 1orn4-that is, Cy propositions ana
pledges, thus: One person proposed 10 be ont.
OF auy number who would JON him each 10
give one hurd!e eli dollars. mother PROPOSED
10 be one CT QUE hundred each To gave ten dol
lars, and very large number OF persons re-
-ponded promptly. Another MODE WAS that
OF making parsons Iite IleInbe OF HE parent
missionary Society, which required the sum
Of twenty dollars. Among peIsons thus con
stltuted life mem bers OF the Society we've sun
d.y lacies ana Gentisraen OF Norfolk, Jet.5r.
-on Wis, General Beauregard and, what
pleased me most OF all, thu Watchmau who
ieieated the .e1rts OF The traitors in East
tennessee 20 burn 4 bIiige, nd whose noble
words, " They have murdered ne but the
bride is f. are worthy * be written IN
gold az AZ illustration Of the virtue Of ndelity
TO q trust.
But for tins fear of consuming too much
sp ce, should give you several most delight
ful incidents OK this meeting which, t. Ike il all
ia all, was perfectly charming. The sum
total OF the collection was Gbont = 200.
While this meeting was in progress in Nor
folk 81 somewhat similar scene was euactipr
in UinWidsiie street Methodist Church, Ports.
month. ". James Il. Duncan preached q
suitable sermon there, and collection was
taken afterwards amounting TO fffy-eight
dollars; SO that the amount Contribu ted in
the two churches At tbs TWO nestings reached
about . ,5oo-a prstty good nights work.