Evening star., 1866-05-05
Methodist Protestant General Conference.

FIFTH DAY-sATURDAY
AIter religious services, conducted by Rev.
+: L. b. Shaver, the President took the chair
Ihe journal Of yesterday was corrected and
Rev. John R. Nichols appeared and was
sMnIoliea as s, ministerial representative from
Rev. Mr.. Southeriand, from committee on
missions, reported back the amlndment to the
rule on missions, offered by Rev. L. W. Bates
in the following language to convert
into missions such circuits and stations as need
appropriation from the missionary fund to
to them BY the Conference" and recon- InenaeS
lts adoption; adopted. :
Rev. DR.. Murray moved the enrolment of
ths name OF o; Ames a. lay representative
from the Illinois district IL was 50 ordered.
Kew. MT Mc4ee, from the judiciary commit.
tee. reported as follows:
Resoired, That in the opinion Of this General
ferred 10 the unstationed list, cannot be re.
ceived into the Annual Conferences without A
recommendation from Quarterly Conference
President, without Recommendation from the
Quarterly Conference, sentitle him TO a seat In
the Annual Conference. 3D. That this Gener.
ty has not the power to amend the constitution.
art. Sec 1. 90 as 70 include Superintendent
of Sabbath Schools in the constituent elements
OF quarterly Conferences, as recommended by
we recommend that the Annual Conferences
take the necessary action between this and the
assem- bling OF the next General Conferences and
clothe their. representatives with proper au.
thority to make the amendment contemplated.
Sd. Having considered the paper Of Dr. Muir.
ray. referred to us, on certain changes in the
that the word embership' on page as, sec.
ond line, be displaced by the word spriyi.
leges," because we regard the word member.
snip IN sns Discipline as explanatory of the
word privileges" in the constitution.-Art 2.
sec. 2, page 16. 4th. We recommend that All
tne rest OF the changes asked for in the paper
Of Dr. Murray be granted. They are as fol-
lows Page "A, line IS, strike out the words
. ''rules on page l2e'' and insert regulations
OF the Annual Conference" Line 30, strike
out the words ssdisciplinary allowance as
sert ''salary fixed by the Annual Conference
Pages 12s and 129, strike ont all after the
words /" allowance to ministers and preachers
IN the employ OF the annual Conferences" !" and
insert the following Each Annual Confer
ence shall regulate the salaries OF its own min.
listers and preachers At Its ewn discretion, pro-
allowed the same compensation as is made TO
effective ministers, and their widows and or
phans shall be entitled to the same allowances
as is made to those minister: and preachers
the following interrogatory in the affirma-
-"Can 3 minister be a member of two
Quarterly Conferences at the same time-one
by virtue Of his being a superintendent OF a
trustee"
1t was resolved to consider the report bv
items.
On motion 1t was resolved that when the
conference adjourn at 12x O'clock II be to
meet in the lecture-room AT the regular hour;
Rev. Mr.. Tudor, Of the independent Metho.
aist Church, Washington, was introduced to
the Conference.
DR.: Murray, on behalf OF the Church, asked
tne Conference to designate q time during
It's session, when the members Of the churches
In Alexandra and the District OF Columbia
can meet together as Methodist Protestant
Iamity meeting, to b addressed by members
of the Conference.
On motion Of Rev. Mr. Southerland, the com.
mittee on pulpit supplies was empowered 70
make all necessary arrangements for such
meeting.
The hour for the order of the day having ar.
rived, the conference went into convention on
the anai0o 0of the Book Concern and periodical.
Rev. J. Whitfield in the chair and Rev. u
3. Michu Buecretary.
s Rev 7. IL. Murray, editor Of the church M.
riodical. presented the report Of the Book hi.
rectory upon the affairs Of the Book Concern
very fall exhibit OF the financial operations a
the concern during this entire time and f.ithf
fully shows the various changes which hax
attended those operations during eight vesre
past The Book Directory allude in approSriate
terms 70 the former editor, the Iate Dr. p
Yeates Reese, whose loss to them ana the
church is irfeparable. In concluding the re.
port tne directory says:-"Ailow us to expresa
our pleasure In being able to saw amid so m anv
and extraordinary dIscouraeements ts "a tbose ~
the past few years that the MeAodist Profesfanf
un0et zoos blessing has not only surmount- i
ca them all. but surmounted them ali as an ex.
cluslvey feliki0us Journal. and as such the
xveesH ENJOYS character second 10 noua In
ne tsaos W praise 70 IL all the churches" The