The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-14
Convention OF Ministers Of The 8esh'
od;st q. CErFeh. smith

NeHftHttVh Va AtAt1iCtA 90 "a, aiNSAi
Odist z. Church, South.
Pursuant to cali made by n Cohven-
ton of Delegarea representing Minis
tiers of the Gospel Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and members
Of the ST. Louis, Missouri, louisville,
Kentucky, Western Virginia, Tonnes
see, Memphis, and Kansas Mission An
nual Conferences, assembled in the city
Of Louisville on the 9th day of April,
a. d. 1864 In accordance with a reso-
luton of the Convention, / herewith
furnish you with an abstract Of its pro
ceedings, with request for its publica-
ton in your paper.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
TuoNAs M FNNEY.
! The Convention was temporarily Or
| gained by calling Rev. T. Bottomly to
the chair and Rev. Thos. II. Finney to
act as Secretary.
The roll Of the members Of the Con
yeDtiou, representing the several confer
ences named, was duly ascertained, IS
follows, viz:
St Louis Conference.-F A. Morris
and T. n Finney.
Missouri Conference-P. II Pinck-
ard and B. H. Spencer
Memphis onference-Samuel Wat
son and G. y. Robinson
Kentucky Conference.-J D. Onins
and J. s. Bayless-
Tennessee Conference.-S D. Baldwin
and Elisha Carr
Louisville Conference.-T Bottonly
). L. Murrell, w. H. Anderson, J. H.
Owen, g. w Brush, Dennis Spurrier, c.
B. Parsons, J. S. Woods, l. P. Crenshaw
A. Brown, J. c. Petrie, Gid Gooch, y.
Niakerk, and J. N. Lawson.
Western Virginia Conference-John
D. Onins.
Kansas Mission Conference-Nathan
Scarritt, r. johnson, c. Boles, 4. c.
Meek, j. King, J. Q. Foresman, Y. T
Shaler, w. Bradford, Joab Spencer, and
F. n Williams
The Convention proceeded to its per
nanent organization, and elected the
following officers:
Rev c. B. Parsons, D. D., President;
Rev. P NJ Pinckard, Vice President;
Rev. Thomas NJ Finney, Secretary.
1t was resolved that each delegation
ba entitled to two votes, to be cast as
the delegations may severally direct
p NJ Pinckard, Samuel D. Baldwin,
and Charles B. Parsons were elected
committee TO prepare business for the
action of the Convention, with iEstTuc-
tons to report at o'clock; and duly
reported the following preamble and
resolution, viz:
Whereas, an information has been
fled in the United States Circuit Court
for the Middle District of Tennessee for
the confscation of the Southern Meth
odist Publishing House at Nashville,
Tennessee, on sundry specifications un-
known to us, but generally on the
ground Of disloyalty;
And whereas, said Publishing House
is the property of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South-a legitimately or
gauized ecclesiastical organization, and
recognized as such by the laws and
courts of the United States;
And whereas, it is the duty of said
Church to respond to said information;
and as the regular General Conference
of said Church lowing to the existing
agitations of the country cannot be
held according to the laws of the church,
And, whereas, we, delegates in Con
vention assembled, and representing
loyal members Of several Annual Con-
ferences of said Church, are, as such
Delegates, fully empowered Tin view Of
the disability referred toy and do here
by in the name of and for the loyal
members of the Annual Conferences OF
said II. E. Church, South, assert their
right~to, and claim the possession and
administration of, said property for the
purposes of the original foundation of
said charity; therefore
RcS9lrcd, That -- be and they are
hereby appointed Board of Commits
sioners, with full power and authority to
assert the rights of the Church in this
behalf, and to do all things that may
be necessary aud proper to be done to
effect the same and to continue in the
exercise of this power until meeting
Of the General Conference may direct
otherwise
The report of the committee was
unanimously adopted, and, on nomina-
ton Of a committee appointed and con-
sisting of one from each delegation, the
blank in the above resolution was filed
by the election of ?. NJ Pinckard c. B.
Parsons, and s. D. Baldwin to compose
said Board of Commissioners.
A committee composed of one from
each delegation, viz: P a Morris, P
". Pinckard, j. D. Onins, j. S. Bayless, |
w. H. Anderson, G. n Robinson, and
Elisha Carr, was raised to take into con
sideration the general interests of the
Church and report what action, if any,
this Convention should take for the pro
lection and security of those interests |
at an adjourned session of the Con-
vention, the committee presented the |
following as their report. which was
unanimously adopted: