Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-09
LOCAL NEWS.
General Conference OF the a. VI r.. Zion
Goiored) Ghurrh

F,tpa Das.-The Conferrace reassembled
thts morning at 20 O'clock; IA sersntendent
ialfert presiding Bsnop. Alter reading OF
the =, riptures and other devotional erenc -rS.
gled by Eldrr =. @. Golden, Of tie Philadelphia
Confep nce,) reports being in order, thai on
sabbath schools was IRE read. AID Inferred 10
TIE committee On that subJeCt The report on
eaueation aRd the TePori of thr trustees % tae
hush ACaoemy were referrsd
flders Wsrnen, Dove and Johnson, OF tke A.
NJ. T. Church, were introduc 20 tie C0nt,r-
'hse, ana took :, ats within the bar.
'ter was reed IN regard 10 the ZION NrHd-
o's Sbd Be,kly Rtuiese. which Was referred.
49,, ~ constitution and ty-laws OF the Joint
80 10y Ccmrany q ne A. VI = Lton Church,
on NeM York city, was r al aud referred 10
IA, oom mmlttee on the Book Concern.
~ uoer OF other letters wen read and re-
N.Ieu 70 appropriate Committses.
heNs; Messrs. Willisms, BorreIl, Davis. and
MhcbeiL OF the A. NJ. +. Ohurch, were intro
ducsd 70 the Oonierence, and inyiuS 20 seats
within the bar.
The report OF the Commute on the Reyision
OF the Discipline wss re&d by Elder w r But
Ter, and referred 10 the apprupriate committee
The following committees were announced
On Revision of Discipiine--W. r. Butler, J.
Cole.
ON the State of the Church-J W. Hood. A.
L. Anderson, VIM. H. Pitts, VIM. IA. Decker,
and John Holiday.
On Zion's Stsndard-J. z. Thompson 3 T
Jones. W H Decker, NJ. Il. Gross and lay del
egats q. h. Washington
Ga the Book Concern-Rev. q A. SpywOOd,
Wm. ID. Decker, J. y. Thompson. J. A. VIII
hams. and ]. Davis.
on BonndaIies-Reys. :. T. Jones, j. w.
Hood, VIM. n. Miles, A. Hammun, and A. r.
Andersen.
On Episcopaey-Revs. ]. J. Msere, Jacob
Thomas, George A. SpySood, J. A. TrusGy,
On Educstion-Revs. W. J. Strong. James ".
Gi2weestrr, ~ Stubbs, W. r. Butler, and w.
ON Appeais.-Revs. ]. A. Williams. Fali.
Lavander, J. Alexander, George Price, and
John Tappan.
On sunday Schools-Revs. ]. W. Logan,
Dyson.
ON Tempererce.-John Holiday, James
Allen, Henry Debose, Vim. Martin. and W. q.
Marshall.
ON Stsiistics.-w. r. Butler, j. q. Strong,
j. w. Hood; j. Dutton, Isham q. Clinton.
ON Finance. Tappan J. r. Hammun, :.
Il. Jones, j. A Jones, and X. H. Dyson.
on examination OF Conference Jo0rnal-i.
W. Was hingto
On Post Office.-J. T.. Lee.
On Memorials. j. Moore, j. Holiday, j.
W. Hoed, J. Thomas, and n. Suits.
ON Consolidauon.-S T. Il. Jones, Moses
Burr, and others.
On motion, twelve O'Clock Monday next was
liked upon as the time Isr hearing the pre-
siding Bishops annual address.
The following appointments for Sabbath ser
vices tomorrow Were announced; after which
the Conference took a recess:
Wesley Zion Church, ID street, lsland.l-
Dempsey Kennedy at IL O'Clock a. m; j. w.
WOOD at O'Clock p. m. and A. T.. Anderson
at O'Clock p. m.
Union Wesley Church l. street, near Circle
w. II. Miles at III O'Clock a. m; J. J. Moore at
3o'clock p. m; and Allen Hannah at O'Clock
=. N.
John Wesley Church. Conn cticut avenue
I. A. DAVIS at II O'Clock a. m. q. II Wash
ington at O'Clock p. m; and ]. 4. Thompson
al O'Clock p. m.
GalSreath Chapel, l. street. between ith aud
5ih stree Is west.-Ellis Lavender AT III O'clock
a. m; :. @. Golden at O'Clock p. m and ID.
Il. Mathews al o'clock y. m.