Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-24
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
GENERAL CONFERENCE.

Touching upon the General Conference
at Memphis In May, the Memphis Christian
Adc0cdte says that the approac hing Gen.
eral Conference seems to be exciting
great interest throughout the connection.
1t is to be hoped thas Memphis is made of
elastic material, as it will need no little
stretching to accommodate the multitudes
that will be in attendance. Of course ''the
brethren" will not be expected to furnish
homes for any but delegates, of whom
there are 246-counting the Bishops, 255.
few others having official business may
be provided for, but others-well, no mat
ter-it is not perhaps our business to say
anything on the subject. The hospitality
of Memphis is proverbial-it has been so
much q given to hopitality' that it has be-
come natural and easy to it TO ''use that
beautiful virtue.
CONFERENCE DELEGATES.
The following are the Tennessee dele
gates, clerical and lay, to the Conference at
Memphis on the 18th of May:
Clerical-John II. McFerrin, Alex. L. ?.
Green, John w. Hammer, Roberta. Young,
Simon ?. Written, Richard P. Ransom,
Fountain E Pitts, Adam L, Riggs.
Lay-John F. House, William b. Wood,
Thomas NJ. N. Jones, William f. Holder,
Joseph b. Palmer, George G.. DibreI,
Watson NJ Cooke, J. W. Harris.
CLOSE OF THE PASSOVER.
Friday evening at o'clock terminated
the annual eight days festival known In the
ritual of the Hebrew Church as the Feast
of the Passover. During the past week no
leavened bread has been partaken by any
member of the congregation of Israel, in
obedience to the Divine command, and In
commemoration of the deliverance of
''God's chosen people" from the Angel of
Death when he carried death and mourn
ing into the households of Egyptian OPP
pressors.
The keeping in holy remembrance this
festival shows the tenacity with which that
peculiar people, everywhere and IN every
age, have held to the sacred rites and ira
ditions of their church
In the Synagouges here the Congrega-
tions have celebrated the three thousand
one hundred ahd eighty second anniver-
sary of the Jewish Passover.
PREsBYTERY OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT.
At the recent meeting Of this body at
Humboldt, the Committee on Sustination
| reported that of the twenty-five churches
| in the Presbytery, fourteen were supplied
with the ministry of the Word, and eight
| entirely destitute. Also, that only five
churches had contributed (253. 53) to the
| treasury of Sustintation. Six churches
were reported as contributing 1850 to
| Education: four as having contributed
| 65. rs to Publication; and three as having
| contributed so to Foreign Missions.
| The Rev. G. K Caldwell, and ruling elder
John W. Campbell, we're chosen commits
sioners to the General Assembly.
| CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL AS
| sEMBLY.
This body meets at Warrensburg early
| in May.
| Arrangements for half-fare have been
| made with the Nashville and Chattanooga
! and the Tennessee and Alabama railroads.
| From this point arrangements have been
| effected with the Northwestern and the
Iron Mountain railroads for half-fare, not
only for the delegates, but for visitors.
! Those, therefore, who expect to pass
through this city will please observe the
following:
They will leave Nashville Monday morn
ing at . o'clock, May the 10Th.
The cost of the ticket from this point to
Warrensburg and return will be about SO.
Ample arrangements will be made to take
care of those who will spend the previous
Sabbath in this city. To prevent contu-
sion, Mr.. John Frizzell, of this city, will
have the tickets prepared for all who will
forward their names to him. They need
not send the money.
QUARTERLY MEETING.
The third quarterly meeting tor bristol
Station commenced yesterday at the Meth
odist Church in that place.
- SUNDAY SCHOOL STATISTICS
The Methodist Sunday School Union re-
ports the following statistics of the demon
nations for 1863: Whole number Of
! schools, 16, 1913; scholars, LILO, 219. The
average attendance is 561, 747, less than
half the whole number. The increase fol-
the year is Schools, $50; scholars, 1905.
The annual expenses of the schools is sci
down at $435, 369.47. Number of CONVEX
sions, Al, 43S.
SACRED CONCERTS.
f The first sacred concert for the benefi
of Sawries Chapel, will take place OF
Monday evening, the 18th inst, and tn
second at the Elm street Church, OF
j | Wednesday, the 9th.
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES TO-DAY.
Rev. DR.. A. H. BEDFORD will preach a
= the Elm street Church at IL o'clock A. N
to-day.
Rev. Prof. Eaton will occupy the pulp
+ of the First Baptist Church at IL ocloc
I this morning.
b Rev. Mr.. Inman will preach both morn
y inp and evening at the usual hours at th
d Cherry street Baptist Church.
i Rev. DIR. Mitchell will officiate at Ii
6 First Presbyterian Church both mornin
S and at night at the regular hours of al
t pointment.
!. At the McKindree Church Rev. D