The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-08

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n,.g-usT EPISCOPAL tUuKCu Sor1H.- var
.,,u... lu.. March G.-Thc Annual Confer
o ,-qr cC lie Methodist Episcopal Church
e. ,.,l me. here at . o'clock this morning and
W.. ot..urd ~ bishop Paine, who presd
Tho roll Of the Conference was called,
.,.,., ~cye,ty-~rvcn ministers responded
..v.uty-,wo absent.
rG. secretaries of the la>t Conference were
t..,rI - secretaries Of this, ana the rules
Is. l-1n adopted. .,
g,, tj>,> of the standin- committees OF the
,.-, ,..ar we're read. and the hours 1t when
{. are t, report liked.
Communications relative to the -AaSiFiltc
f,.li;,L;nr House, the Church debt, and The
......lt,ai,g Of II pull>hing-hou>e ana
..t lur Young ladies III Baltimore, were
n.t AID referred 70 tic appropriate conf
uai,r,> -,
/. ,&l- resolved That the Conference should
a.f ,,i.a open doors while MiSsin" upon llc
and uuhiic administration of the p.e3 Gil
,.,,,r Martin being called upon, all the
...ri,;rl> under his charge were named and
-...r characters t4rorahIy passed upon cH-
-; HAT oi .lr. Huston, Of Baltimore. NVno
.a- c!l"i h.; The Secretary, ht't was not nc /
r...u4, t.v Elder Martiu.-A.ecd'Ht'1a GI :
.....
! communication from \. II. BEDFORD,
a.,n, ot the Nashville Publishing House, was
rr-.y-d. lie reports treat prosperity, anl
rive. ,I net a>~ct- oftlc house At S2lG ,Ii' 10,
,q jurIta>c for tic wear Of $2S, 1910. y
Communication relative to rebuilding the
,I.!;,ln- house lately destroyed by tiie
Wl- received from I>nop NcTycirc, report
ina subscription OF IS t,00o by the cl,lzc's
..,,,l ;,,rr !
eau =! 70 reconstruct the whole establish
ii. ~,
\ f.r.tc,url letter was received from Rev.
Hltary na!l, in which he expresses hi great
rr-rrr,; :Iut luyc for his brethren OF this COL
f,..,.3cr, and reporting his health rCG,taI'li5h-
ID. and giving Il lll;trrjn- account Of Church
" tl.k ~, the Pacific coast. Rev. j. ii. DaNlS,
as -hc Virginia Conference. was introduced.
/ ,rcri.l committee 0t nine Oh the Book ana
vu.;i.uim- House at Baltimore was ordered.
The t.ycn'ictliCu question was called: Are all
Jna prr~ralr, bIa,Nc.c>> IL their lie and oiii-
r..! administration:
I:"y. J. :. Martin reported the work of the
Baltimore district as o-pcrln@; a number
ii churches have been built and many souls
have lr"H converted; Horc preachers are
wanted; some charges have not done their
Gniy l.uaHr"liyt iirrr" las also been dc
ci3"d Improvement in spirituality.
IG, characters Of the t"l!uWin" preachers
,'.rr examined ana passed: John :. Iartn,
T.. J.. Nuu>cy. !. ". Cantcr. james 7. Hall,
J. il. uujlN"y, William Il. b. Harper. John
l..i-I William X. BOYLE, \. 4. tskridgc, L..
J" ,;nl,.a>. !. &. Hammer. y. q. fialcrty, ".
i. Mcdonald, /. ianG~trc"t, j. /. Maxwell,
j.. !. I..li. q. V. Li@hucr. /. \. Mercer, H..
Nu-h. =. REGISTER. &. G.. brooke. This last
gentleman, the Sunday-school agent OF the
rnA,lyncr, addressed the body Is to his
work.
i:-ys. J. Y. Hank, John ". Bull, and W.
:. Perry, were placed OH the >upcrnumcrary
-. FoIy-unc dollars, is Il trcc-Wil oller-
IN. from Ch.t>Wurlh 10 the surclsnuatc
fud. was received.
i communication from the Book and Pub
iilat- Company of The Methodist Episcopal
hlrcn south, IN Baltimore, was read and
rc!crgrd also one from the Southern Lite
rlv institute 81 Baltimore Baltimore San