Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-06
BaItimsre Annsal Cosferenee Of she
MetA0AfsS Episcopal Church Sonth,

Baitimese Anusal Cesfereaee Of she
Methodist Episcopal Church south. -
SECOND DAr.-This body met 1t the Central
n E. Church, Weet Lexington street, BSiu-
more, yesterday morning, bishop Dogeeti IN
the char.
Rev. Il. welty and w, ]. Perry were an
pointed committee on the publication OF ths
ann uai minute, and TO ascertain the amounts
collscsed for benevolent purposes and publish
the same.
The lay members Of the Board of Yiuance
were appointed az follows: Baltimore District
John N. Buck; Washing ton District-Stoug hion
Dent Winchcster District--Thomas Il. Luck;
Distriet-A. J. Lucas; Le~isburg Dissriet-
Isaac v Baer; south Branch Dis.ric.-M.
Hamilton.
A committee on financial statistics ~ss
Distriet-J. p. Etehison; Washington District
J. ;. Gardner; Winchester District-W. q
Egsfston; Rockingham District-Thomas
Brily: Roanoke District. 4. Iigyett; Lewis
burg Dsrict-Addison Weller; South BraGch
Districts. T. Butt.
Communications were received from A. II,
Rsdford, agent OF the Southern NJ. T. Church
Publishing house at Nashville, Tennessee.
showing favorable condition of affairs, and
recommending that the publication of the
Conference minutes be given 10 the publ sbing
house.
The net profits of the p ublis hing house Siurine
the past fiscal year amounted to Sls-37i ~; the
ChristtGn Adsocats, edited by DIR. Thomas %.
summers, has beeI nobly sustained, netting a
pront during the year Of q, 600 with a subscrip-
ton list increasing. The Suncay School paper
called the pisstCr has proved a success, circu u
lating 1900 copies, and subscribers increasing
weekly. The entire yalue Of all the property
of the book concern and publishing house at
Nashville. including buildings, presses TYNE
&C, is put down at s17l So, .03. The csmmuni-
cations were referred 70 the appropriate COM
mitees. .t ....
communication was read from Rev Dr A
ID. McPerrin, Secretary of Board of Dcmesti
Missions, at Nashville, Tenn, asking that full
ha 10 Af tt..
charges and missions, the number OF members
baptisms, houses of worship and SUNDAY
school children in each; Also statements of ap-
preparation made for domestic missions, with
prompt report Of the Treasurer, who is re-
CURED 10 forward one tenth Of the collections
TO the Secretary of the parent Board The com
municatIon was referred TO the Board OF Do
mestic Missions.
Rev. DIR McFerrin addressed the Conference
on the subject OF domestic missions, giving a
gratifying account of the success OF the dornes-
nc missions IN Kansas, Illinois, Tennessee, and
Missouri. Forty thousand dollars have been
expended during the year, and a Conference
established in Illinois, where one hundred min
listers could be employed. He made an earnes:
appeal for liberal action ON behalf Of the Con-
ference.
The Conference then proceeded to the election
OF a Vice President and Managers OF the Board
OF Domestic Missions The following ,xere
chosen-Hon. 5. :. Brady, Baltimore county,
Vice President Managers. Samuel RosseI
Charles l.. Diggs, i. Welty, w. V. Tudor
Samuel Rodgers, Thomas T. Carson, =
Brown, and II. Zimmerman. Charles Shipley
was elected Treasurer
Rev. DR.. Schon, Secretary Of the Board Of
Foreign Missions, addressed ihe Conference ON
the subject of missions. There is now under
the control OF the society el2,OOO, upon which
hopes are built for the future. The speaker
closed with a strong appeal for help
At the invitation Of Bishop DoggetL Bishop
Wightman took the chair, and made an address
II God would send down a rebaptism of the
Holy Ghost, a renewal of religion would take
place, and the crushed and degraded South
would arise again.
Presiding Elders w. $. Baird, of the Win
chester District; Ezra i. Busey, OF the Rocking
ham District; Dabney Ball. of the Roanoke DIS
trct J. Hoffman Waugh, of the Lewisburr
District, and John e. Dice, of South Branch
District, gave interesting accounts Of the minls-
teriaI labors in their various jurisdictions in all
OF which the progress of the good work is graft
Tying. The characters of all the ministers
called We're passed.
The following We're continued in superpu
merary relation w. ID. Rippetoe, Rockingham
District; j. r. Became and f. g. Jamison Roan
oke District; John Hank, Lewisburg District
and Henry Hoffman, South Branch Dis,rict
Rev. David Harris was granted a location
d,nn mad