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P~AINFsyILLE, July 18th, 1886.
Tho services last evening had especial
sfsrsucs &c the Church Extension. The
,hrfeh wa VOL filed with members Ofthe
,61Esrsncs not engaged il work on com
and other citizens. HffEFl
Rev. Mr.. Dshdy, of Kentucky, late Of the
Mesa0aisf Episeopal Church South, deliv-
erod ! very abis discourse or the means Of
extending the church il the South. He
was followed by the Rev. DIR. Monroe, Sec
rstary Of The Church Extension Society o.
the Church. The address Of DR.. Monroe
was very clear and forcible, and gave an in
terestiug review Of the plans and work Of
,he society Of which he is the Secretary.
Through lis influence and labOrs the Church
Is rapidly gaining ground in the South and
west and especially among the Freedmen.
All the close Ct the services 6 large col
lection was taksn up for the Church extern
sion cause.
MORNIEG SESSION.
The Conference met at 8 A. M, and the
usual opening exercises were conducted by
Rev. n. Norton.
On motion the further calling of the roll
was dispensed with, the members Of the
Conference having generally reported.
The minutes Of yesterdays sessions were
read and approved. .
Rev. E. J. L. Baker was relieved from
duty as counsel for the Church, in the case
Of Rev. 10. Fisher, at his w request,
and Rev. R. B. Boyd appointed in his
stead.
The examination of Rev. E. j.. Bartlett
was announced as satisfactory, and he was
continued on trial.
The Committee on Church Extension re-
ported that they had examined the dOeu-
ments referred to them, and found that in
them, the interest of the Church Extension
Society, organized by the last general Con-
ference, was presented, and an invitation
given to this conference to co operate with
the Society. After mature deliBeration the
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adoption Of the following resolutions:
1st. Resolped, That We regard the Church
Extension Society organization especially
needed to give proper system and increased
efficiency 10 the works Of church extension
among US.
ID. ResOiped, That we proceed to organic,
an auxiliary church extension society fol
the Erie annual conference, according Il
the accompanying constitution.
Sd. ResoIeed, That we will take up, in al
our charges, the collection for church ex
tension on the discipline.
4th. ResolDed, That We will commend tn
cause to the large liberaIity Of our people
and report our collections in open confer
ence in the same manner as we now do on
Missionary collections.
On invitation Of Bishop Anes, DR.. S. Y
Monroe, Secretary of the Church Extension
Society, addressed the conference in regar,
to the condition, plans and prospects of tn
Society, closing with a strong appeal 70
material aid from the church, to assist thos
ministers who were bearing the Methods
flag in the South, in localities where III
war has broken up church organizations.
He spoke especially of the anxiety of tn
Freedmen for churches, and the gres
promise of the field in thai direction, giyin
many interesting incidents in regard to tn
work of the church among this ignoran
and despised class of our people.
On motion the report of the eOmmitte
was laid upon the table.
The third question was taken up and tn
class was called forward, and addressed i
a few plain, practical and pointed remark
by Bishop Ames, after which the usul
questions of the Discipline were PROFOUND
ed. The further examination, and the re
ports upon the characters of the candidate
were suspended as the time appointed 70
the Communion service had arrived.
FHE SACRAMENT.
At 10 O'clock the Lords Supper was ad
ninistered with the solemn and impressiy
rites peculiar to the Methodist Church, th
venerable Bishop Morris officiating. Th
Love Fest which followed, was an oe9a
sion of unusual interest, the experience
given being mostly those of veteran preach
ers who have grown gray in the service
the church. Nearly all of them were pic
neers in the early esttlements of the no.
pOpuloR and fOurising Western State
and helped e plant the gem which has ez
banded during their lives, into a church OF
ganization prominent in influence an
power.