Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-10-14
Tennessee Conference.

! tantS.
The time of meeting was ixeC
at 9 a. M, adjournment at noon
The meeting was opened BY
DR.. Rivers, of Pulaski, wht
read the 18th chapter of John
The delegates nextsang: "Or
Jordan's stormy banks | stand
DR.. Rivers then led in brief
prayer, returning thanks fol-
the prosperous condition Of the
Conference, and asking for {
continuation of Divine favor.
/ The Bishop introduced to the
members DIR. L. T. J. Brandon
of the North Alabama Confer
ence, Drs. Wood and Duyal
of the Cumberland, and Hall, Of
the Presbyterian denomination
DR.. Kelley reported the
preachers in the Nashville dis
trict hard at work and meeting
with success.
DIR. Cullom reported the Car
thagc district faithfully at work.
He had had five hundred con-
versions.
DIR. J. ]. Conner said they had
had success in the McNIinnville
district, and that there had been
six hundred conversions.
DR.. Sawric reported the Muir
frcesboro district in excellent
condition.
Rev. T.B.Fisher reported the
Fayetteville district doing as
we'll as could be expected.
Mr.. Mooney, of the Column
bia district, reported the good
work prospecting. He announced
the death Of Dir. A. W. Smith,
Of Columbia, and delivered a
touching eulogy on the dcpar-
ted brother. At lis close many
Of the members were observed
to wipe away tears. DR.. Kcl-
tey read a letter from the wife
Of DIR. Smith, detailing the in
cidcnts of his last illness and
death.
DR.. Young announced that
Mrs. Frierson, Of Maury coun-
~, had bcqucathed the Confer
cncc $500, and that he had col
lcctcd it, but had received no
tee that the heirs Of Mrs. Fri
crson intended to contest the
claim Of the church, and had
instituted proceedings in court.
He had given the money to the
Preachers Relief fund, in COM
pliancc with Mrs. Frierson's
wishes.
The committee on The exam
nation of candidates for adj
mission INTO the Conference,
reported that they had examined
the following, and they had
passed crcditable examination
ID. w. Gavin, of the Nash
Vile district; @. W. Johnson,
Of the Gallatin district. Eli
jah Dickens, Of the Carthage
district.
The committee appointed to
examine charges preferred a
gainst DR.. w. T. Dye reported.
They found that at different
times DR.. Dye had contracted
debts and never paid them. He
had done so, they said, from ne
cessity, and had not intended to
deceive his debtors. They rec
commended that DR.. Dyes char
acter be passed, but that he be
cautious in the future. The re-
port was adopted, and DR.. Dyes
character passed.
The case of Rev. John w,
Hammer, SEN, who was charged
; with immortality, was referred
to the following committee
Revs. @. T. Henderson, j.. B.
Hamilton, r. @. Irwin, b. NJ.
Stephens, j. Ii. Nichols, K. K.
Brown, \. Mizell, S. 2. Whit
ten, J. G. Putnam, j. j. Pitt
man, w. G. Doris; W. IL.
: Wilkes, President. Tuesday
5 morning the committee unani-
! mously reported that in their
opinion Mr.. Hammer was
guilty of immortality, and they
suspended him from the chris
tan ministry.
Religious services were held
each day at 3 and Z p. m, in the
different churches, which were
: filled on each occasion by inter
: ested audiences. At II O'Clock
a. m, Friday, DR.. j. B. Meier
:. rim preached a semi-centennia
sermon at the Methodist Church
commemorative of his fifty
years in the ministry. Being
l historical, it was, of course
e largely statistical. Figures, i
: is we'll known, are dull and un
' interesting to the general read
er or listener. D. McFerrin'
sermon was an exception t.