New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-13
To,al net profits for tho last four years.. s7s,oo1
SEVENTH DAY-Monday, May y.

1he call for petitions, &c. being in order,
was taken IN. and the roll Of fifty Conferences called
from nearly al Of which memorials In reference T. !ay
delegation change Of boundaries alterations III Dis
cipline &C.. were presented and referred.
test question was had upon motion 10 refer TO the
Committee ltnersney the consideration OF the SUD
jcct the extension Of the time Of pastoral service Tor
longer period than two years. IL was laid upon the
table by a count vote OF 1913 ~ 10.
The Committee on Reysals wcrc motion. instruct
ed Ia alter the Discipline as TO exclude all persons
aitaintcd Of TO the Government Of the United
States from membership of the Church
motion to refer 10 the consideration Of the Commit
tee Itnorancy the proprety OF 10 altering The Disc
pine allow the Bishop to appoint pastor for the
third year the church. when the Annual Confer
ence after hearing the circumstances OF the
case adopted.
InAsmuch our general rules which require those who
Join socoos to abstain from doing any harm and to do all
pobe good both 10 the bodies and souls Of sri
Client condemnation Of the great crimes Of piracy robbery
murder and adultery, without any specific enuDe alton o.
thee views and hence do without specific mfraon tti
emphstcaly conde the greater crime Of Slavery which
Is the sum Of all those ylainies
And since by tho speedy destruction Of this system Of
rnitgated wrong and cruelty, which We anticipate as
necessary result Of the declared policy Of the Government
in the pIO.ecaon Of The war ana the ~ 81 no
holding incorporated In the Constitution Of our Church must
become obsolete and could have practical effect but only
memorial Of the former completely Of Church snd
State with this stupendou wrong by which the civilization
and Christianity Of the nine,eenih century In our country have
sstingly dsraced without the Of extraordinary
means for perpetratins their shame therefore,
Resrsd That the Committee Slavery be instructed care
fully to consider the wisdom and propey Of recommending
IN their forthcoming report not only amendment 81 present
General Rule Slavery but elimination Of that rule by
the Of this Conference and the action oil
constitutional majority In the Annual Conference.
Roed That Committee Slavery be also instructed
INQUIRE whether there cannot be by this Conference and
before any change be effected IN the General Rules such
Of these rules and such statutory ensctmens
ths Discipline IN to tho questionWbAt shall be
done the eIrpaon OF the evil Of Slsyerylas shall with
out doing any violence the letter spirit Of consu'
tona law forbid the admission Of shareholders into com
muuion and a,o require the expulsion Of this class Of sinners
who may now chance to be members ofou Church
Referred 10 the Committee on Slavery
EIGHTH DAY-Tuesday, May 10.
The report Of the Book Committee at Ncw-Yorh was
submitted 1t sets forth that Notwithstanding the un-
happy condition Of the country these have been four
years OF prosperity which has increased annually en-.
abng the agents not only to pay the balance OF award
10 the Church South together with all the salaries ana
appropriations ordered by tho General Conference but
also TO declare dividend Of 600 to each OF the Annual
Conferences in 1862 and to make IL advisable TO declare
the dividend In 1864. They regret TO learn that
The Sunday School TsaeherS Journal 10 publishcd at
small loss comparison OF tho exhibits msdo by the
agents In 1860 and 1864 shows only about e2 moro
sssets In the latter year than in the former.
The Committee on Book Concerns reported that they
considered 1t nexpedent to report In favor Of deposit
ing with each Annual Conference Journal oil al tho
(fenerA Confarsooss