The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-19
Pitts burg Annual Conference.


Reportsd expressly for the Wheeling Daily Rsgstsr
BARNEsvILLE, BELMONT COUNTY, o., q
THURSDAY, March II, 1854. s.
Conference met at the appointed hour,
g o'clock A. M. The religious exercises
were conducted by ]. j. MIllyar, of Pitts
burg. KS 10 b9S Ilim -
The attendance is stilis larger than yes
tsrday The roll call showed that thirteen
additional members had arrived. .sSss
The rapport of the Board of Trustees OF
{ the Pittsburg Female Seminary, were pre-
sentei and on motion referred to committee
ON Education - LAESt1 ~ - :,
TIE Chair presented paper from Carls
ton & Porter, agents at New York, urging
/ the claims of the Quarterly Review which
was read to the Conferences. "A Acommittee
was appointed to receive subscriptions to
the Review. ra
---Fhe report of the Executive Committee
of the Christian 4dcocate and the exhibit
of the financial condition of the paper for
year ending Nov. Both, 1864, were present.
ed. read and referred so sEi--zi,Sk
: The circulars of the Sunday School Union
and of the American Tract Society Of the
NJ. E. Church were read to the Confer
enee -- a. b. -.sss - ~y-s
A paper from the Local Preachers As
sociation- was read to the Conference after
which, on motion it was ordered that the
Secretaries be requested hereafter to pub
Flish in the minutes OF the Conference the
rames and Post Office addresses Of the Loc
cal Preachers of the Conference. A com
Rmittee was appointed to receive said
names.
The Chair presented recommendation
of J. M. Thoburn, Missionary from the
Pittsburg Annual Conference to India sent
by VIM. Butler, Superintendent Of the
Mission, which was read to the Confer
ence. - q
A letter was read from Rev. H. R. Kern,
a former. member of this Conference now iu
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and a certificate signed
by Thos. E. Corkhill, P. +. Of tho Mt.
Pleasant District, and Geo. b Jocelyn
Pastor of Asbury Chapel, NJ. Church, in
Mt. Pleasant, were read to the Confere oce,
as also his certificate of location, after
which his request to be admitted into the
travelling connection in the Pittsburg Con-
ference, was granted by rising vote, after
which, on motion, he was granted super
aruated relation.
The Annual Report of the Book Concern
at New York, and the exhibit of Carleton
and Porter, the Book Agents at New York,
we're read. when DR.. Carleton was intro
duced to Conference, and delivered an in
teresting address to tue members, on the
Book and Periodical interests of the
Church. 53s p ~
The examination Of character was re-
sumed. The ministers in the Pittsburg,
Blairsville, Uniontown, Washington. Barnes
Vile, MOonnellsville and Allegheny dis
tricts made their reports. The reports
show Q cheering increase In contributions,
both for the Missionary cause aud that OF
ministers. At Canton, sta
tion in the Steubenville District, six thous'
and and fifteen dollars were contributed to
the cause of missions The announcement
of this contribution was received with rap
turous applause. ..,
JG Brown was granted a location at his
own request.
The Second Question, viz: "WLo remain
on trial2n wa. taken up, and James
Mills. Mp Kerr, John II Ekey, William
Allen, Jacob B Uber, J NJ Bray, jr., Lewis
Payne, Noble G Miller, Thomas 5 Hodgson.
James j Jones, and James Gledhill were,
on motion, continued on ial.----
A letter from TT Scott, Missionary to
India, was presented aud read to the Con
ference. ..-ef.S go
DR.. w Harstshorn, Agent of the Bible
Society. and S @ Lakin, of the Ohio Confer
ence. were introduced to this Confidence
Closed with doxology and benediction'