Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-17

specially to him. Not percelYlDg the
doctor in the audience at one time during
his discourse, DE-. Lee turned and asked,
"Where Is Doctor Hamilton7' DIR. Ham
iiton, sitting on the railing of the altar,
answered. "Here / am" Where Is that
i~ron-bound man." continued DIR. Lee,
" where is he who would net grant another
day to the length of time? IDr. Hamil-
ton Not an houri"1 Not an hour, he
says; listen to that Not though the
mandates of Heaven should say : let him
stayp rDr. H." Heaven is not going
to send any such mandates."l Not though
fearful congregations should beg for the
retention of the beloved pastor, he must
be hurried off by this inexorable itine-
rancy."
DR.. Lees address was remarkable for
it's forcible arguments, n for the husncy
with which it was delivered.
The Rev. r. H. Powell, of the Alabama
Conference, spoke in favor of the minor
ity report. After he sat down, the secre-
tary created some merriment by asking
what side he had spoken on. When the
laugh subsidized, the secretary explained
that he had been called of, and had not
heard Mr.. PoWell's argument.
The event of the day, however, was the
speech of DIR. McFerriu, of the Nashville
Conference, and we only regret that we
cannot reproduce it here, with all the
q%uaintness and originality with which it
was spoken.
He said that he was sorry that the gen.
tlemen arguing for the minority had been
compelled to go u of their way to be-
little their own church; and that DIR.
Garland had made a great to do in praise
OF the Presbyterians. Now L" said DR..
McFerrin, twas born a Presbyterian, was
baptized a Presbyterian, was chatechised
a Presbyterian, and was taught TO hate
the Methodists. One day a little itinerant
Methodist preacher came along, and he
taught me the word; the consequence was
I threw of Presbyterianism and en-
braced Methodism; father and mother,
and all the family did h samel That's
what Methodist itinerancy did for Pres
byterianism in that family. Laughter.
Yes, sirsl and to-day there are ninety
members of that family, among them
eight travelling and one local Methodist
preachersi That's what that little circuit
rider did for Presbyterianisml Laugh
ter. Why, 1 don't know if il had not
have been for that itinerancy that you are
talking so much against, but that L
might nos be practicing law-Or
even a member of Congressi lGreat
lsughter.l Itinerancy took one family
away from the Presbyterians, and l reek-
on rid them of a great nuisancei And 1
want you all to understand that l am of
one of the first families of Virginia, too!
anu APPLAUSE OhDA AhhAAC
and fifty years ago, a Scotch-Irish Meier
rim was preaching the gospel-the Pres
byterian gospel, in Virginia, and l am in
a direct line from that same Scotch-Irish
McFerrin. And 1 might have been
preaching the same kind of a gospel if it
hadn't have been for that little Methodist
circuit rider. And now, about another
thing that Brother Garland said: He told
US about how the Presbyterians prayed in
their families, and how good their children
were. Now, 1 do believe that the Metho-
dists pray Just as much as the Presbyte-
rians in their families; and L do believe
that Methodist children are Just as good
as Presbyterian children. Laughter
And now another thing that Brother Cot
trell said the other day, when he referred
to the Bishops and said that Lhey had
never been itinerants.' Here DR.. Nc
FerTin turned to the Bishops and adj
dressed himself to several of them and
asked them if they had not beenitinerants,
each answering on being addressed that
he had. "Now!" said he, turning 10
Rev. Mr.. CottreIl, Take it backi Take
it back! TAKE 1T BACKlD lGreat ap-
pIause and laughter.1
That is all l wished to say, 1 believe"
continued he, "eXcept I do want to i'm
press it on the brethren, and beg of them
don't run down the Methodist Church,"
r. Go on-go oni" from several. Yes
there is another thing, now that L think of
it (the fact is they've travelled over so much
ground in their arguments that / can't
begin to follow them6 Brother Lee said
that Itinerancy was not a divine institu-
ton, and nowhere commanded in the Tes-
lament. What do you call that text, 60
We, and as ye go, preachp What is that
but an order to itinerate? Again, Go ye
ont into all the world and preach the Cos
pelp What is that? Yes-and, more
over, Christ said, go We, therefore, and
teach all nations, and 10 1 am with you
always, even to the end of the world
What do you call that's Thank Godl
Christ, too, travels with as. He, too, is
an itinerant!" [Applause.l
sin conclusion" DR.. MeFerrin said,
"a Brother COttren said he wanted to see
the man who had never sought a place. /
want to answer that question. l am one.
1 have never asked but two fsvors of the
Church-the one was tQAbe ordained, and
the other was to be sent riding the cir
in a sort of "a way signify
to the Bishop that l 4nted to be sent to
a certain place. The boys had all gone
into the army, and were away off to the
front. and 1 confess / did ask the Bishop
to send me to preach to the soldiers Lcom-
motion1, and he sent mel l~applausel, and
1 went, and l stayed there till the very last
uhy II Vic ONChAh6s L1AUoS 6RPAAAoO anu
laughter. 1 surrendered in the last days
of April. There was a rather curious in
eident occarred yesterday Sunday at
Rienzi, where | preached. In my re-
marks, l referred to Major Carr, of that
place, who was mortalIy wounded at
Chickamauga, and to whom l ministered
on the battle field. After church was
over, / was approached by a gentleman,
with a lady leaning upon his arm, whom
he introduced as the widow of Major Carr.
She expressed her great JOY at meeting
me, and asked how her husband had died.
| told her, t~riumphantly, and that woman
went home with a light n joyous heart.
I could not have siven her this great joy
had l not been itinerating among the sol
diers. And now l want it understood
that from this time henceforth, 1 am a
Methodist. Sink or swim, live or die,
survive or perish, an itinerating Meth
odistl"
The doctor closed amid tremendous APP
plause, which the gavel of the Speaker in
vain tried to arrest.
Judge Byrd, of Alabama, moved an in
definite -postponemehS Of the whole mat
ter.
Pending the motion DR.. CottrelI rose to
a personal explanation, ande said he
thought DIR. McFerrin had made Unfair
use of the remark in regard to the
Bishops. What he meant was that they
did not get the enthusiastically those
chosen at the last General Conference, by
riding over the country, but that they
were chosen for their attainments, and
meant nothing more than to enforce the
argument that the opportunities for study
given by repOse and access to books were
what was needed for the proper advance
ment of the ministry, and to ut men to
fill the Bishops chair. As to the remark
alluded to, in regard to those who praise
itinerating most being those who have
itinerated least-he would not alter it;
he spoke advisedly. It is a notorious
fact that those settled comfortably as pre-
siding elders are those who talk most
about it..
The vote on indefinite -postponement
was then taken, and the motion prevailed
by an overwhelming majority.
A memorial was returned to the Confer
ence by the Board Of Foreign Missions,
from Reuben Wright, praying for certain
n due him for some years.
1t was read and laid on the table for
future action.
The Conference then adjourned till 8
o'clock pm.
a Bishop Marvin In the chair.
= The minutes of the the morning session
were read and approved, when Bishop
Kavanaugh, at the request of Bishop Mals
win, o the chalr. Ihe majority and
minority Reports on Education were
stated to be the subjects Of discussion.
DR.. Simmons suggested that the order
of the day be suspended.
Judge Byrd asked whether a vote would
be taken this afternoon. He was an
afirmatively by the chair. 1t was
msved that the matter be- pOstponed till
Judge Jackson, of Athens, Georgia, said
that when he was in Congress there were
night sessions, and that speeches were
then delivered and never heard by
the body to which they were
seemingly addressed Therefore, he
supposed this pm. session was ordered