Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-27


= Meyers, Martha Washington
College
JoNEsBoRo CIRCUIT.
l.. G. Delashmet, JonesIurt circuit.
NJ. l.. Clendeneu, Blountville cir
cult.
g. w. Callahan, Rheatowu circuit.
G.. NJ. Brown, GreenevilIe circuit
transferred TO Baltimore Conference.
\. y. Waugh, st Clair circuit.
+. ID. Crumley, Fall Branch circuit.
som" discussion enSII-d aud the Gaze
was laid over.
q. r. Gray, Elijah .thion circuit, al.
sent; report read bv Presiding elder.
j.. w. Moore, Presiding Elder, of
Abingdon District, stated that Their.
were various rumors for derelicttun of
du'y against MIR. Gray, from h,- err
cult. and advised that "A committee be
appointed to investigate the mater.
MoRRIsTowN DISTRICT.
G.. ID. French, Morristuwn station.
!. X. =. Ball, Mussy Creek Statiuh'
J. NJ. Cfismond. died. Report read
10y Presiding Elder.
ID. Is. Carter, RuLledge circuit--In
making report, took occasion 10 cor
rect amO Int of salary actually received
and that reported in the Press and
Herald. He had been urged by Mr..
Boring. Z. + to go the supernumerary
list on account of age and give way TO
younger men. He was only - and
didn't wish to be superannuated unless
the Conference so desired.
Some discussion ensued, Rev. G..
Long thought he should he placed on
the superunnuated list. Messrs. Price,
/ Robesuu aud others differed.
The Bishop suggested that the in
| terssts OF the people should he consult-
ed as well as the friendship for those
I who had grown gray in the service.
/ The vote was taken and Mr.. Carter
! was retained on the active list.
/ Rev. \. J Frazier was appointed
assistant to Rev. r. n Price IN pre-
senting the case against Mr.. Massey.
FIFTH DAY.
The Conference was opened, Bishop
McTyeirr ia the chair, with singing,
and pray er 10y Rev. ii. 2. Waugh.
The minutes were then read aud APP
proved.
The Bishop ordered the following to
be inserted in the minutes:
On Sunday, October oath, after the
II o'clock sermon, | ordained in the
Methodist Church on Church street
Knoxville, the following persons e
the order of Deacon, viz:
TRAVELLING PREACHERS.
james Kerr Wolfe, Ebert l.. Bar
rett, Joseph IL. Sensabaugh, Isaac :
Ross, James /. Cash, Ayres Kincaid
John w Robertson.
LOCAL PREACHERS.
James A. Lyons, James n. Lot
speich.
Also, ON Sunday, October oath, aftel
the O'Clock, =. NJ, sermon, in BroaC
Street Methodist Church, | ordained
assisted by four Elders, the following
travelling preachers TO the order o
, Elder;
David W. Carter, VIM. d. Mount
castle, John &. Runyan, Return J
Only, John p. Dickey, Hezekiah w
Bays.
Also, at The same time and place
the following local preachers:
John d. Hixon, Thomas p. Sum
mers.
TSigued, II. y. MCTYEIRE.
PASSING CHARACTERS OF ELDERS.
The Conference then resumed tn
work of examining the characters O
Elders, beginning with
MoRRIsTowN DISTRICT.
w. II. Dawn, Rogersville circuit
read report, aud character passed.
Sneedville Mission-JOhn ID. Bald
win was Continued on the supernumer
E airy list.
w. Ii. Barnes, Kingsport circuit
report read and character passed.
w. II. Cooper. Rye Cove circuit, re
port read and character passed.
, +. A. Farley, Jonesville circuit, rea
report and character passed.
) DIR. II. Smith, POwell's Valley cir
, cult, report read and character passed
\. L. Woodward, Tazewell circuit
was released, and his work was take
J by Rev. Mr.. Strally..
The character of r. n. Price, of tn
Holston Methodist, was passed.
Rev. Jacob Smith, Conference Bool
Agent, made report of the work don
f by him during the year.
) KNOXVILLE DISTRICT.
w. G. i. Cunningham, Churc
Street Station, reported and characte
passed.
John /. NJ. French, Broad Stree
: Station, report read and characte
; passed.
MISSIONARY ADDRESS.
DR.. McFerrin being present he ask
ed TO be heard in hehalf of the Mis-
siOnary cause, ana the Bishop grantin
the privilege he spoke lvery feelingl
r on the subject. He touched up III
brethren rather lively for their lack {
' interest in this great cause, and urge
them to see to it, that they make thei
, missionary anniversaries of much in
terest, and in fact to work up tn
4 missionary cause more thoroughly i
J. the future. Before he ceased to spea
he gave his experience of the 80 yeai
= service in the church, how he left hi
= mother 80 years ago for the work an
would do it again had he to live hi
, life over. There was scarcely a dr.
eyein the house. His heart is in tn
, work, and we doubt not but the II
marks he made will have the desire
/, effect of stirring up the members {
the Conference TO a renewed energy
: behalf of the missionary cause, an
their reports will show so at the nel