The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-23
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EPISCOPAL CON.
VENTION.
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There have been referred by tho Con.
ference to this Committee for report

There have been referred by tho Con
ference to this Committee for report
Asu.peular ftouAd L. 9. sO.,A, oor,s,
4 pon I'M Secretary q Tho Hpat4 Of Elu
/ catlopS0f the II. 3 Church" We Uni
with delight the appearance Of this abl
paper, and trust 1t Is only the first Of
great many yet to be received from tn
BamV excGIlent source The Bo1fd o
Education E one Of the results Of the cole
bration ofcentenary Of American Metho
diSmI GIt@as after careful dCliberation or
ganized by our last General Conference
1ts object among other things Is to diffusl
more generally tho blessings, Of ,edpcatiou
and Christianity, % receive md inyes
theprincipalSo f tho entbnhry Edtcation
81 Fund, and appropriate the Interest &
aid young men preparing for foreign mis-
sioplrg.Wprk, and for The 'ninlstrYtoe thu
chnrct- 10 itl 3 iblical 9bls College
and Academies, Ito aid swoEthy young
persons seeking an education, 10 care fol
specific Educational Funds, and for TIT
Sunday School Children Fund commene
ed, during, they Centenary yePrTapas spI
pr6bYi 4 a the iitere % SsisE Ind No fiSpi
sdhdasl Boho6E s6holdrSA I'M Obtaining !
more advanced education. Fund already
amounting To $84, 900 are reported as Ii
the hands OF the Board. 1tgiyeS us pleas
ure to say thatby ACT OF this jcodfercnct
at It's session in 1859, now IS years ago
there was secured from tho Legislature
at Richmond the incorporation Of "ThI
Education Society Of Western Virginia,
for the same general objects in our bounds
A certified copy Of tho Act passed May
9Th, 1853, may be, found Jon pRgeI1 o
our last annual minute& The funds 1t
tho hands OF the Treasurer, Hon. Nathan
Golf, was reported last year as amounting
~ $4,000 U II q VI O
We recommend to the Conference:
/. That our Conference Educational So
ciety be,instructed tQilcrcas9 the Bpart
so thattliere Shall be On itkat least ONT
Layman and one Preacher from each Pre-
siding Elders district In DIR bounds, ant
that theySat their discretion cooperate
with.or become auxiliary TO the Board at
New York
2. That we will carry out the resolution
Of the, General Conference which dcslg
mates tho second Sunday in June as thu
"Childrens' Day" on which collection
shall DO taken up in oil our circuits ant
stations for educational purposes, and tht
proceeds DO forwarded TO thos Ereasurel
Bro. N. COT at Clarksburg.
3. That We will on the above occasion
lay before our people generally, and more
particularly the syQuthOf our charges, the
importance Of higher mental culture, and
invoke donations from thG living and be-.
quests &om tho dying ipf this cansg. apd
especially toad in Vic education Of for.
vent, laborious and selE:denylng men who
have m view thepreachtng Of salvation t.
our dying r'lcc.
4. That in view of the increasing and
pressing dcnpndSo Of the age for the best
trimming as Welt as devotion In the minis
try,and Of the 4faet that many Of the
purest, most disinterested and efficient Ia
borcrs in other churches have been thus
aided, we recommend that tho interest &C.
cruing from the fund In the hand Of Bro
Golf be loaned without interest to Young
mon Of limited means who In this respect
arc trying to qualify themselves for adnlis'
sion into our Conference. s..t
8. That We aCCede to the Judgment Of
the Board at New York that no distttbu'
ton Of the funds in their hands shall be
made until they reach tho sum of 100000
a III JAI-i
In regard to the "North Western iYir:
ginia' Acade 1--we have only say that
tho status is as reported in our minutes
last year. In order 10 terminate this anonl'
Ialous state Of things, LeS0lued
!. That we recommend to, the Trustees
to ltltlla Into consider ti6n' the proprtety o
either securing a Principal and continuing
the Institution in It's former functions ,and
relations, Or selling the Academy and
S1ogGsSil z ~ ss9o0' Commissioners o.
9. That in case they deem this expe'
dent, the proceeds shall be placed in the
hands Of Brother Golf, as Treasurer Of the
Educational Fund to be by him invested
and the interest hereafter exclusively up.
plietlFt dN t1areducatipm fFthe "gons Hpd
tla1giits m bEthcg rbti ter &c th9fbYe |
VhEfhia Afintal Conference u tho De E
Church,
8. ThatBntherss Waiter Ebbgt Nathan
Golf, Moses Tlchenel, Andrew ]. LydA
Samuel Steele and Alexander Martin, hbt
q committee to'bfing the above action be
foro tho Board. m..