The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-21

rary preachers, declared such during this
Conference, have no claims on the Confer
ence Fund.
The order of the day-a report from the
Committee on Ministerial Support-was
taken up. 1t recognizes the divine ap-
pointment of the ministry; states the scrip
tural duty ofthe people to support preach
ers of the Gospel, and recommends,
LIST. That ministers shall admonlsh the
people on this subject.
I'd. That each member Of the Church be
assessed his proportionate share in the sup
port of his pastor.
The report closed with several resolu-
tons:
|. That the Boards Of Stewards be recon-
mended to make assessments for the sup
4 port of the ministry at as early PERIOD IN
the year as practicable.
Q. That the preachers in charge De re-
auired to notify his various congregations
of their assessments at as early date as
practicable that committee assess eacn
! Individual, and collectors appointed 10 re-
ceive the amounts assessed.
3. That each appointment secure nome
for its preacher before the close OF the
wear, if there be no parsonage; ana tfat
ladies form societies to keep the homes
provided with proper furniture. ;,
4 That the presiding elders be required
| IN present at each Conference written re-
norris of the finances of the different
charges on their respective districts, ana
state whether the DEFICIENCIES be charge-
able to the preachers or to the people. ;.
The report was adopted after some dis
cussion about the fourth resolution.
This report emanates from committee
composed exclusively of laymen.
1t vas ordered, on motion OF a. ".
Brown. that 5000 copies of the report be
published for general distribution through
the Conference Joint Board OF FL
nance to meet the expense of publication.
Rev. George W. Langhorne offered q
naper to the effect that erroneous OPT
Mons were held in regard to the propriety
of dancing, visiting theatres, operas, and
other places of fashionable amusements !;
and declaring such practices hurtful to
personal piety, and contrary to the spirit OF
the Bible and our Book of Discipline
therefore 80,
l. Resolved, That Bishops Early and Dog
gett be requested to prepare pastoral ad-
subjects as soon as practicable.
2. That as ministers of Jesus Christ we
will strive to arrest and Danish these great
and growing evils.
This paper was unanimously adopted by
rising vote.
Rev. P. A. Peterson moved that no
speaker be allowed to speak more than
twice on the same subject, nor more than
ten minutes at one time. Carried unanl-
mously.
The unfinished business of yesterday,
which was the Report Of the Committee On
Education, was taken up.
A resolution was adopted that the pre-
siding elders be requested to act as agents
for the Randolph Macon College, with such
cooperation as they may be able to secure
from the preachers. 1t was adopted.
A resolution to give the preference to
schools under our own UNCONVENTIONAL
patronage and control was adopted.
Resolutions were passed warmly COM
mandatory Of the female colleges men,
toned in the Dispatch of yesterday.
The Bishop was requested to appoint
Rev. William Grant agent for the Wes-
leyan Female College at Murfreesboro'.
A motion was made here to recommlt
the report to the committee, that some
commendatory notice might be taken Of
the Female Collegiate Institute of Rich
mond, conducted by Messrs. Edwards &
Parham, who were represented as gentle
men of the highest moral and scholastic
qualifications for their position.
Rev. G. W. Langhorne said that the
Richmond Institute was Of high grade,
with full board Of instruction, and every
way worthy Of the patronage of the
Church. He spoke Of the school as offer
ing every facility for a thorough education,
and as deserving the commentator Of
the Conference.
After some statements made by Rev. j T..
f. Edwards, D. D., in relation to the origin
Of the institution and its present prosper
Gus condition, the motion to recommit the
subject to the Committee on Education was
Withdrawn.
The report of the Committee on Educa-
ton was then adopted as whole.
Rev. J. II. Davis, chairman Of the Com
mittee on the Religious Interests Of the
Colored People, reported that the colored
people had very generally Withdrawn
themselves from our pastoral care, never
theleSs 6 that we feel no abatement in our
interest for their spiritual welfare" and
advising the preachers to serve them
! whenever they can, and also recommend
ing the establishment Of colored Sabbath
schools when practicable to do so. The
report was adopted without discussion.
Rev. II. P. Mitchell, from the Commit
tee on the Publishing Interests of the
Church, made a report commenting:
/. The publishing house at Nashville.
2. Recommending the Richmond Chris
tan ADVOCATE; lauding it's editorial ma
'nagement by Rev. DR.. Bennett; repre-
senting an improved financial condition
asking the patronage of the whole Church
to increase its circulation.
8. Recommending the Sunday School
Visitor at Nashville, and the Sunday School
Magazine to be published by DR.. Bennett.
4. Asking the presiding Bishop to con-
slider the propriety Of appointing an agent
to promote the general circulation of the
Church literature, the same person to be
also the general agent for the Methodist
Sabbath School Society of Virginia.
The report of the Committee on Pub
fishing Interests was adopted as whole.
Alexander G. Brown, from the Joint
Board of Finance, reported the whole
amount of Conference collection to be
So, 367. 6S, which was divided among the
several claimants on the fund, the dividend
being SO per cent. The only claimants on
this fund are the widows and orphans Of
our ministers and the Superannuated
preachers.
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