The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-13
Rspo..-. s.~ the Baltimore Sun.

Rspo.,-a the Baltimore Sun.
Annual Meeting OF shs Baltimore
Conference Of the Episcopal Metho.
dist Church.
FIFTH DAY.
The Conference sitting in Trinity church
was opened yesterday with religious ser.
vices; when the Bishop called the body to
order.
The Rev. William X. Boyle submitted the
following preamble and resolution which
were adopted:
Whereas, by the impoverishment of our
people, only very moderate support is Sc
cured to our preachers, rendering them
thereby unable to secure the requisite
books and theological literature necessary
to fit them for their all-important work;
therefore
Resolved, That the Conference recon-
mend the formation Of parsonage libraries
by voluntary contributions Of books and
moneys, to secure standard commentaries
and other theological works Of value to the
itinerant minister; said books, when Sc
cured, to be regularly catalogued, and left
as part Of the usual parsonage effects.
There being no business ready for the
action Of the Conference, Rev. DR.. Meier
rim, Of Nashville, Tennessee, addressed the
body on a number Of subjects connected
with the general prosperity of the Church.
He also gave a considerable amount Of ad-
vice to the young ministers connected
with the Conference.
On motion, Revs. David Thomas and
John L. Gilbert were selected as q COM
mittee to wait on the Baltimore Methodist
Episcopal Conference, now in session at
the Eutaw-street church, and inform that
body that the Baltimore Episcopal Metho-
dist Conference, now in session at Trinity
church, does not relinquish its claim to the
large fund now claimed by both bodies,
some $4,000 belonging to the Preachers
Aid Society. ut will be recollected that
at tho last session Of tho body, similar
committee being appointed, the Methodist
Episcopal Conference refused TO treat on
the subject.
Bishop Pierce vacated tho chair, and it
was taken by Bishop Early, who introduced
the Rev. II. J. HamIniil, of the Montgo-
merry Ala Conference, and the Rev. Mr..
Bowman, of the South Carolina, the latter
gentleman having spent his life mostly as
missionary among the colored people of
that State, who, the Bishop remarked,
venerated him as a father. Rev. Messrs.
T. B. Sargent and II. o. Burton, of the
Virginia Conference, and Rev. DR.. Baird,
agent of the Virginia Bible Society, were
also introduced.
The Rev. David Thomas, of the CON-
mittee on the subject of dividing the Ma
ryland and Virginia Conferences into three
conferences, submitted report recon-
mending that the consideration of the SUBJ
ject be deferred at least until the meeting
of the next General Conference, which as
sembles at Memphis, Tenn, on the first
Wednesday of May, 1870. The report was
adopted and the committee discharged.
The Rev. J. NJ. Grandin, chairman of the
Committee on the Sunday School Cause,
submitted report, showing the cause to
be in fourishing condition generally,
although in some districts there still re-
mains some restitution. Report accepted
and committee discharged.
The Rev. Samuel kepler, chairman of
the Committee on Temperance, submitted
a report fully reviewing the evil effects of
ntemperance and the good arising from
total abstinence. Report accepted and the
committee discharged.
The Rev.. w. Bull, chairman of the Com
mittee on Missionary Funds, reported the
amount received to be s75 from the Balti-
more district, Sl55.40 from Winchester dis
trict, S64. so from the Washington district,
SEA sc from the Rockingham district, $S3.l5
from the Roanoke district, $3.50 from the
Lewisburg district, S. from the South
Branch district-makinga total Of $450.92-
of which $3.50 were devoted to foreign mis-
sions, and the balance to home missions
s. being counterfeit money.
The Rev. j. S. Lindsey, chaplain of the
University of Virginia; Rev. Mr.. Lump
kin, of the Virginia Conference; Revs. j.
J. Edwards and J. l.. Clark, late of the
Virginia Conference, but transferred to
the Baltimore Conference, were at this
stage of the proceedings introduced to the
Conference by Bishop Early.
On motion of the Rev. DR.. Finley, it was
RESOLVED, That Sunday school conven-
ton be held in the city of Baltimore
during the coming month of May, and the
preachers to be appointed to the Baltimore
churches were authorized to make all ne
cesSary arrangements for the same.
The Rev. j. l.. Gibbons, chairman of the
Committee on the Publishing Interest, sub
mitted a report highly gratifying to the
Conference, and recommending the publ
cations of the publishing house at Nash
Vile, Tenn, and also the Baltimore Episco-
pal Methodist. Report accepted and COM
mittee discharged.
On motion of Rev. David Thomas, a COM
mittee of three was appointed to make ar
rangements with Messrs. Selby & Dulany,
of Baltimore, as the agents for procuring
all books connected with the Church within
the Conference bounds, and with other
parties in different portions of the same.
The Rev. DIR. Thomas E. Bond then ad-
dressed the Conference at some length,
when the Conference adjourned until to-