The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-30
The OttumWa Courier
J. M. HEDRICK, Editor.
oTTUN1wA, IOWA
Thursday =. April 30 1863
n. E. General Conference.

april 81, lSb
n. e. General Conference.
| The fifteenth delegated Geners
Conference of the NJ. e. Church /
to convene in the First NJ. E. Church
Chicago, May 1st. This vcnerabl
body consists of one minister for ey
cry thirty members of the severs
Annual Conferences, and will mum
Der not far from two hundred and f,
ty delegates. The principal question.
that will come before it, it is antici
pated, are the introduction of Law
representatives to the General and
Annual Conferences; the establish
ment of episcopal districts; the elec
tion, rather than the appointment b,
the Bishops, Of presiding.elders; tn,
organization of a deliberatiye ant
administrative body between tn,
annual and the quarterly conference
called District Conference, etc.
Besides these matters, that involv.
constitutional changes, the Genera
Conference has under review for tn,
previous quadrennial term..all the:act,
and doings of the bishops, the affairs
OF the book-concern; the Missionary
tract; Sunday-school and church-ex-
tension societies, etc. 1t re-arran-
ges the boundaries of the Annual
Conferences, forms new conferences
elects bishops, editors and other gen
eral church officers, and has full pow.
er to make all necessary arules and
regulations" for the church, limited
only by the Restrictive rules" that
are designed to guard the doctrines
and fundamental principles of the
church, and the constitutional rights
OF the ministers and members.
Among the questions that will
share its attention this year may al
SO be mentioned, the relation of the
freedmen, and the steps to be taken
towards a reunion Of the several
branches of the great Methodist
body. Many strong men will appear
on the floor of the General Confer
enc.
Glancing over the list Of delegates
elect, we notice from the Central
German Conference, DIR. Mast, the
commentator; from Central Ohio, DR.
W l. Harris; from Detroit, DIR E o
Haven, of the Michigan State Uni
versity, and DR. G B Jocelyn, former
ly Of Iowa; from East Genesee, DIR F
G Hibbard, and J M Reid, d D, edi-
tor of the Western Christian Advo-
cate; from East Baltimore, Horny
Slicer; from Genesee, DIR Carlton; of
the N Y Book concern; from Illinois,
Peter Akers D d, and DR. Peter Cart
wright; from Missouri, DR. Crary,
and Rev Leroy M Vernon; from New
England, DR. Porter, of the N Y
Book concern, and DIR Haven, editor
of lions Herald.
The New York Conference sends
DR. Foster, J B Wakely and DR. Nc
Ciintock; the New York East, DR.
Curry, of the New York Advocate.
Philadelphia heads her delegation
with DR. Durbin, the veteran Mis-
sionary Secretary.
Providence sends Daniel Wise. cd
itor of Sunday school papers and
books.
Dr's Hitchcock, Kidder and Eddy.
are in the Rock River delegation.
But we have not space for further
enumeration.
The conferences in Iowa will be
represented as follows:
Iowa CONFERENCE.-THE Holmes.
DrJ II Power, Rev E II Waring.
UPPER Iowa CoNFERENcR.-A J
Kynett, D D, William Brush, II W
Reed, D NiHolmes.
DEs MONIES CoNFERENcE.-Rev
Bennett Mitchell, Rev Daniel La
mont.
Such has been the extension of
the church in Iowa, in the last tour
years that it is expected fourth con
ference, in Northwestern Iowa. will
be organized this year.
For the first time in the history of
the church a colored man will oppear
on the floor of the General Confer
ence as representative. The Della
ware and Washington colored con-
ferences have elected their represen.
tatives who will, without doubt, be
admitted to all tho rights and priv
ileges of the General Conference.
Thus reconstruction is emarching
along" both in church and State.
Rev E. H. Waring has promised
to advise us Of anything interesting
in the proceedings, which we shall
take pleasure in laying before our
readers.