Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-05-07

rspresented in the 4eaersl Ocafereaee, bot
urges that The Western Virginia Ooafrrenoe
rseoyatseo - ss,li IN ooanscaoa with the
0enefM Conference. a. before the neIt Gen
trai Conference that Conference will be ali
rignt Se$erd ministers expressed doubt as
% the Propriety Of . full recognition OF the
information Be received. The report was
Tie Prssidea, announced a certificate from
John Sexsmith as messeurrr from said MIS-
enrolled
The following item Of the jude nary commit
zee report was taken up. (The question pending
was on the motion to recommis which was
NOT DECIDES when Conference adjourned SAT-
urday mornlng:)
Conference q minister who has been trans
ferred 70 the unstational list not be received
into the Annual Conference without q recon-
menoauon nom the uarterly Conference; nor
ooes the employment OF q minister By the
president without q recommen dat,on from a
quafterly conference, entitle him TO q seat in
the Annual Conference
The motion 70 recommit was passed
The item recommending the Annual Confer
ences to clothe their representa- YES TO the next
General Conference with Conventional powers
was adopted.
The committee reported I'D verseiy to the sub
stituuon Of the word "membershtp" for .privi-
leses," page 25 OF the Discipline; and the change
was not concurred IN.
various changes in the discipline were adopted.
as follows-Page "A, line 25, strike out the
word ''rules on page rs" and insert .sreguia-
tlons OF the Annual Conference" Line 30,
strike out the words .sdiscipIinary allowances
As now regulated BY the Discipline" and in
sert ''salary fixed by the Annual Conference"
Pages l2s and 1913, strike out all after the word
"aHoWance TO ministers and preachers in the
employ Of the Annual Conference" and insert
the following Zach Annual Conference
shall regulate the salaries Of its own ministers
nv hny a.
that superannuated ministers shall be allowed
The same compensation a. is made to effective
minister's; and their widows and orphans shall
De entitled TO the same allowance as 10 made to
those OF ministers and preachers who die in the
itinerancy." We answer the following inter-
rogatory in the Affirmative :-"Can a minister
be member Of two Quarterly Conferences at
the same time, one by vIrtueof his being q SUI
perintendent OF a circuit, and the other BY vir-
tue Of his being trustee"
DIR. Bachelor offered q resolution af1rmins
that the president Of an Annual Conference
shall not employ a minister transferred to the
unstationed list, without a recommendation
from Quarterly Conference, which, on mo-
ton Of Dr. Murray. was laid on the table
The resolution OF DIR. Murray, which was
offered on Friday, inviting the Annual Con-
ferences 10 unite in a call for special session
OF the General Conference, TO be held in Mont
ygomery, Ala, in May, 1865, and also to clothe
the representatives with con ventional powers
was taken up, and referred to a committee con-
slstng OF Dr. L. w. Bachelor. Rsvs. DIR. Muir.
The Conference went into con vention on the
Book Concern, Rev. J. G. Whitfield in the
chair
On motion OF Rev. L. w. Bates, the salaries
of the editor and book agent were referred to
the Book Directory.
The President announced the committee TO
review and revise the conventional articles
governing the Book Concern, viz Rev L. W
Bates, Gen: Geo. Vickers. and Rev. S. b.
Sutherland.
The journal was read, corrected, and ap.
proved.
Rev. L. W. Bates moved that the secretary
be requested to make such extracts from the
journal as he may deem. proper for publication
ia the Methodist Protestant: agreed to.
Rev. L. W. Bates moved that the secretary
be requested to record the minutes of the last
and present convention in the book provided
for that purpose; agreed 10.
Mr.. q. w. Button offered the following reso-
vote:
Resslped, That the general convention hay-
ing in charge the interests Of the Methodist Pro-
testdnt newspaper deem proper at the present
session to express their grateful recognition Of
the services rendered as editor and book agent
by our late beloved brother T.. Y. Reese, ID D.
their profound grief at his sad and untimely
death, and their veneration Of his virtues as a
man and as a christian, which should embalm
ms memory In the church Of which he was SO
bright an ornament.
On motion Of DR.. Bachelor, the SECRETARY
was requested to transmit q copy OF this reso-
luton to the family Of the late Rev Ely Reese,
ID. ID. The journal was approved and the CON.
veption adjourned.
The hour Of adjournment having arrived,
the Conference also was declared adjourned