The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-29
Co,orc, Methodist Conference.

| Iyier's absence. Mr. Wynne Is graduate
Of Bethany.
Colorcd Methodist Conference.
The fourth days session of the Colorcd
Methodist Conference of this district was
held in the Third-Strcct Methodist church
| yesterday morning, commencing at 8 o'clock
Rev. j. Is. Hamilton, presiding elder, in the
chair.
| An appropriate prayer was offered by Rev
o. Carroll, and after other religious exercises
the Conference proceeded to business.
The report from the Committee on TEN.
perance was taken up, discussed by Revs
William B. Deiterick, o. Carroll, NJ. Mar
| shall, and r. Crusoe; after which it was
adopted. This report embraces the follow
ing resolution
| THAT we recommend our minister to
| encourage the cause of temperance also,
during the Conference year four sermons
shall be preached in each station circuit
and mission. -.--
"We further recommend all young men
coming into the ministry TO refrain from
| the use of the filthy weed called tobacco,
and encourage them in doing the same
| also recommending that no person or per-
sons be admitted into this Conference who is
guilty of this filthy habit without laying it
aside"
The reports from the Committees on sun
day-schoolS, Missions and Education were
Severaily taken up, discussed by Revs.
Messrs. Deterick, Marshall, Crusoe, and Car
roll, and adopted. The following is the re-
port on education:
"We, your committee appointed on edu-
cation, have had the same under considera-
| tion, and beg leave to report the following: !:
From all information we have been able to
elicit from the brethren and from all other
sources, we find, 1St. That the State of
Virginia, where moral darkness and the
night of prejudice have existed so long, has
| at last made ample provision for the colored
children; that the common school system
of education of said State applies equally
to all the people, and thus the colored
children will enjoy school privileges the
same as others. Already this State has
| given an endowment towards an agricultu-
raj school for colored youths, known as
Hampton High School. I'd. Other States
are wheeling into line, and in many cities,
towns, and districts throughout the South
our people are enjoying the benefits of the
common school fund. We hope the day is
not far distant when the Virginia Annual
Conference will!be able to build an institu-
tion of learning for the benefit OF those
| within her bounds, and especially for the
education of our young men contemplating
entering the ministry, for we feel the time is
past when we should be satisfied with an I'm.
educated ministry. The light of the age. in
which We live forbids it, the interest OF the
| Christian Church forbidS it, the adya need
position of other denominations forbidS it ;
aud we assert that in the utterance OF these
| sentiments we only reiterate the opinion OF
the whole Church, that the chief wants OF
our race and the worth of immortal souls
imperatively demand an enlightened minis.
| try. Therefore let us do all that we can to
urge and encourage our young preachers to
educate themselves for the ministry. AS for
| Wherefore University, near Xenia, Ohio,
your committee feels Respondent from in.
formation received pertaining to its finan.
cial embarrassment; but withal her head
still floats above the pillows of visible and
invisible foes, who would, if able, sink her
| beneath the soil. Therefore, in order to
| assist Wilberforce. and in pursuance OF our
new. law, we shall try to collect all our dol
lar money, that the portion for said institute
may be turned over for the purpose of aid
| ing in the great undertaking, maintaining
the only school Of its sort, managed and con
| trolled by cOlored men, in this widespread
Republic. We would further pledge our
selves, as ministers of Virginia District Con
terence, to do all we can toward building uI
said school, which is destined to be the Har.
ward for the rising generation. We therefore
Resotre, That while the States are max.
| ing provision for the education of the colored
children, that much remains to be done or
the part of parents and guardians of children
! to prepare and send them to school. We
should urge upon our people this great and
responsible duty.
| Resolued, That we deem it duty tc
ourselves, to the young people of our com
munion, and to the Church of which we are
ministers, to patronize, and urge our people
to patronize as far as possible, Wilberforce
University, and all other institutions that
may come under our care.
"[Signed,] NJ. Marshall, Richard Forres
ter, and William B. Deiterck."
a vote of thanks was then rendered the
trustees of the church for the use of tha
| editice, the ladies for their attendance, an(
to the reporters of the daily papers for th'
| impartial manner in which they had reported
the proceedings. On motion of William B
Deiterick, Rev. j. B. Hamilton declared ths
Conference adjourned to meet in Farmvlll'
at the call of the presiding elder OF the dis
/ trict