The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-05
Gen eral Conference Proceedings.


BALTIMORE, May 4.-bishop Ames
presided at the NJ. K. Conference this
morning.
The Committee on Reception of Fra.
ternal Delegates, was announced, and
the committees on Temperance, Pastoral
Address, and American Bible Society,
were ordered appointed.
The proposition by Rev. Jocelyn, Of
Michigan, to appoint committee of one
from each of the twelve General Confer
ences and one from the General Confer
ence at large, TO privide for meeting the
balance due the Book Concern and SINH.
lar expenses in the future, was referred
10 committee.
A resolution that the Bishop appoint
a special committee to consider and re-
port on the propriety of the revision OF
the hymn book, was adopted.
Bishop James then read a long paper
on the history OF the Church for the past
four years, its present condition, pro bable
future, etc.
At the conclusion OF the reading, DR..
Granville Mood, Of Cincinnati, deliver
ed b,lef speech. He felt that this great
address of the Bishop belonged to the
commonwealth of Methodism in both
hemispheres. 1t should be sent to every
lonely cabin and pslatial residences In
the country, it should be sent to the
army and navy, [applause It should be
sent to the President of the United States,
to cheer him up in the discharge of his
duty, [laughter] let it go abroad and its
thunder tones fail upon the ears OF that
octegensrain ut Rome, the pretended head
OF the church, let it go abroad
through both hemi' phercs; that the EN-.
pire of Anti. Christ should be rim packed
and the center shaken by it. 1t was the
proudest boast of Roman that he Was II
Roman citizen. 1t WAS his DIR. Moody's)
prouiest boast that he was an American
citizen and Methodist. Laughter.]
On motion DR.. Moody address was
ordered printed in ali the organs of the
Methodist Church, and that FIVE thou
sand copies be printed in pamphlet form.
1t was also ordered that so much of the
address MS relates TO charters be re'erred.
Regular business was then resumed
and tue Conference called for memorials,
appe' l., &c.
Papers were presented relating TO ere.
dcntials, election OF presiding elders lay
delegates, &c, and various other subjects,
which were referred to committees.
Rev. j Ii Wilbur, of the East Oregon
and Washington Conference, submitted
a preamble and resolutions condemning
u, protesting against the bill recently
passed by the House Of Representatives.
and now before the Senate, transferring
the Indians To the management and con-
troll of the War Department, and that Il
committee Of five be appointed to lay the
representation before the Senate
and the President. The resolu
tions declare that such trans
fer would be destructive to
the present policy of the civil and rellgl-
Gus institution The Indian subject was
laid over until tomorrow.
The Conference adjourned until $3.50
2. NJ, when tie business will be confined
to the organization Of committees.
The addres. OF the Bishop shows 49,
2s7 Sunday Schools and 207, ,ls2 officers
and teachers. The present membership,
o, the church, including 1923 ministers,
is l.642 456. The whole number Of
churches reported in the general minutes
of 1915 were 1858, whose total
estimated value was S7l.3l5,23 being
An increase of 1893 chucbes and OF
Sl44l33 "a IN the estimsted value. The
mum ber oi parsoaages was 50l7, and the
estimated value s9,73l, ,625, being an in
crease in the number OF parsonage OF 1OS
ard of sl,644 81 III the estimated value
The Concern erected unity
ing power on the chyrch
and its books, and its periodicals
have generally had that tendency. i's
management mas been IN interest Of the
whole connection, SO long rs it shall
be conducted On these principles, and
It's profits sbali be appropriated
for n palpable and common interest. 1t
will sill have that influence, bu: II 1t
shall ever fail in either OF these re poets,
it will not only lose its centrIpeial
force. but become source of
contention and strife, If not
cause of corruption and
deseniegraiion The address next reviews
the matter of the appointment OF Presid-
ing elders and ministers, the perPIe1ItIes
attending their duties, and concludes
with an eloquent summary OF the reiig-
lou. WORK and the future of the church.