The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-24

| and his protection anu Delle'ips Ia,
tbe high and holy duty of every Methoai:.'
clerical and lay, cheerfully to acqulesoo :. :.
this serious and solemn work OF the Cnui0n
| therefore -, WIZ;
Is RESOLVED, l. That the laity of the Vlrgl-
nia Conference will cheerfully and aheS'l rtn
ate1v receive into their circuits ana SUI
.;ons their hearts and their homes, "nons
soever the Bishop, in the providence u
! God shall send to the work; ana recos
| nizinc the hand of God in this ahcleH.
,,sooe thew will, to the utmost OF men
ob;Iitv. uphold the Church and support .ne
ministry with their hands, their purSes'
and their prayers. -. protber
40. That the chairman ana nro'hea
rhonos whitehead be, and they are
barehv, appointed committee to lay tn1
action of this meeting before the AnnuAi
Thomas Whitehead, Esq, of Amherst
submitted few pertinent remarks ia 80. IL
ferance to the paper just presented 10 lne
Conference. and in advocacy OF inc 'ini0
bonored principles of Methodism. :.
Nv Toe addressed the Conference eioe
oucntlv and touchingly, being hln.se..
Under the influence of deep and manifest
emotion. lie said he was the Oldest me III
bnr of the Conference present but one. ne
was irving to grow old gracefully, ut
,ros the friend of young men. Ills hear1
had never grown old, and never shoulI 49,, Ia
bod seen an evil in the Church ne loVeu
and for which he lived. he nau laio MS
heart and talents upon her altar When u, not
twenty years old, and had never seen inc
div that he would take back the oferlngg.
The Virginia Conference had nurturea'
bonored. cherished and loved him. lie
could say with the English poet,
aTo sre thee hear thee. near thee stay,
With thee 10 live. with thee TO die
dare not to my hope deny"
He expected to die in the Conference.
He could not be drawn from it. But he
had seen and felt this evil-the laity have
departed from the old landmarks of Method
ism; they must have this or that preacher.
When he saw the developments of this
spirit he was constrained to cry, " Wo TO
the horse and wo to the rider" The rider
would he thrown, and the horse run bridle-
less and wild. The principles of Method
ism would be obliterated and destroyed.
He had seen boards of stewards which were
ready to say, as was said in Chief Justice
Taney's bred Scott decision, "Methodist
preachers have no rights which they were
bound to respect" He had seen, felt, and
deplored this evil. He honored the brethren
who had passed the paper just presented,
and if Virginia Methodism could be per-
meated with their spirit there never dawned
on it more glorious or beauteous morning
than rose before his vision. He thanked
God that he had lived to hear such utter
ances on the floor of the Virginia Confer
ence from such laymen as had just spoken.
Let us come back to the old paths. Let the
preachers resign all right to choose their
churches, and the churches to choose their
pastors. Then may we hope for an in
creased spirituality in our Church. he
hoped the preamble and resolutions would
be published in all our papers, and spread
through all our land, and adopted by all
our official boards.
Rev. G.. W. Langhorne thought this
suitable time for the elder members OF the
Conference to recognize the Kindness or
those resolutions and to express their own
feelings candidly. He greeted the paper
with an ecstatic heart. Like Dr.. Lee, he
could not feel that he was an old man. He
h ere referred to several of the older preach
ers, who, he said, were competent to bill any
and yet churches had oo-
iected to receive them. They could not
soar hirh enough. The fact was, these old
scared so high the people could
not understand them or follow the flight:
This paper was like oil on the troubled
waters. He thanked the brethren for that
report.
Rev. DIR. Edwards had heard the report
with more profound qualification than any
thing he had ever heard on the Conference
floor. and he gave glory TO God that Brother
Lanehorne had been converted to lay dele
CATION. [Laughtcr.l
Mr.. Lanchorne said he bad been con-
verified forty years ago, and had never
needed p re-conversion.
Rev. ]. a. Duncan, D. D.. offered the FOL
lowing resolution; e.
Resolued, That we, the ministers OF the
Virginia Annual Conference, most Warm-.y
reciprocate the generous Christian action OF
the law delegates to this body as expressed
in thc preamble and resolutions with which
thew have responded to the address OF the
Bishop concerning his important and re-
sponsible task in stationing the preachers
of the Conference" ;,
This resolution was unanimously adopted
By a rising vote.
John W. Since, John W. Dadisman, L.
L. Austin, Thomas Fulton, Wise Walker,
and J. D. Arnold, local preachers, were
elected to deacon's orders, and 9. L. Watts,
Il travelling preacher, to elders orders.
Reys. C. ii. Hall and DR.. Poisal, of Balti-
more. we're introduced to the Conference.
W. NJ. Jordan, J. NJ. Jones, J. L. Gar
rett, C. Z. Watts, and J. ". Hildrup, after
examination in open Conference, were adj
mitted into full connection. The Bishop
delivered an impressive address to these
Young men, in which he told them " not to
be afraid to break through syllogism to
head off a sinner in his way to hell"
On motion of DR.. Head, the report of the
Committee on Education was made the or
der of the day for Monday ct 10 o'clock.
Conference adjourned with bcncdiction
by Bishop Wightman.
Nothing has definitely transpired in re-
ference to the appointments, but II we may
believe Madam Rumor, who seems to speak
by authority, the churches in Richmond
will have no ground for complaint.
FIFTH DAY.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, November %.
All the pulpits Of this town were tilled
on Yesterday by the Conference. Bishop
Wiehtman preached an Impressive ana
nowerful discourse in the Methodist church
at IL 4, NJ, after which he ordained as
deacons John n. Jones, John w. Since,
Iobn W. Dadisman, and - Napier. AT