The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-18
n. i. CONFERENCE.
Third Day.

The Conference met at 9 o'clock y"s-
terday morning.
Brother Rothweile., of the CincinnaL
District OF the Central German Confer
ence, was introduced.
Brother Hall presented the credentials
Of II. Prince, deacon, who had withdrawn,
and SAID that j. Trainer had been ex-
PEELED and readmitted The credentials
were filed.
The Bishop called the classes of those
who were candidates for full connection
and OF those .or rcadmission.
Brother Ball moved that Brother A. j.
Lyda be readmitted. Carried. There
WAS a motion to grant him supernu.
merary relation. He said that he WAS
stationed at Huntington, but did not 60,
because his wife had heard that it was y
country for chills and fever. She bsd
them for nine imonths, and said she
could hot go. He therefore declined 10
go. Bishop Bowman approved his course.
/ The Bishop transferred him to the North
Indiana Conference. The motion was
| carried
: On the question Of admission to full
connection, n B. johnson, ". II. Reil-
datfer, ). Jones, I. 2. Ryan, g. II. Viii
I liams. l.. +. King, t. d. w. King, j, G.
/ Sidebottom, f. IT, ". Ford, E d. Buck
ner, w. A. Chieyeront, VIM. Ri,ton, w.
r. Lewis. a. ID. Berry, q. W. Parrot and
r. z. Van Meter were called, ami came
forward.
The Bishop told them they had reach
ed an important period OF their lives. He
snid that Methodism wisely provided for
long probation and trial before admis-
sion to the ministry. The fact OF their
presenting themselves, showed that they
hsd tried the work for two years, and
ham examined into Methodsm. They,
"a far as they were concerned, had set
tied tue question oftheir admission. The
FIRST question to them would relate, he
said, TO their conversion to God. The
second TO their progress IN the right
direction. The Bishop then read tho
questions: "Have you faith i'll Christ?
Are you going on to perfection? Do
YOU expect to reach the perfection OF
lover Are you going after IL? Are
YOU resolved to devote yourselves
wholly to God and his work? Do you
know and keep the rules of society?
Do YOU regularly attend sacrament?
Have YOU read the rules of discipline.
and do YOU intend to observe them2'
The Bishop read the duties OF preach
ers. He said the chief rules were: BE
dligent. be punctusl, and act in all
things, not according TO your own Will.
but as a son OF the Gospel.
All the questions were answered IN the
affirmative.
The candidates retired to their seats,
and their names were called out. They
were elected to deacon's orders, and ad-
mit,ed to full connectson. Several OF
them were deacon's before.
In the case OF Van Meter, Brother
Hall said that brother had been IN had
district, and his department at the time
Was not such as became Methodist
minister. He did not think lie had the
stuff of Methodist preacher.
Brother Webb said he had watched
him carefully, and thought him n proper
person to be admitted
Brother Shsrpes said that Mr.. Van Me-
| ter's labor under him was very sccspta
/ bic; that he Is good young man.
He was admitted and elected.
4 resolution WAS submitted requesting
Bishop Harris to give an account Of his
tour around the world.
Three tellers were appointed TO retire
and count the votes for delegates to the
General Conference. SO that the business
of the Conference might proceed.
/ Brothers Pre,tymss, A. Reilly and
Thompson were chosen tellers. They
collected the ballots and retired to count
them, in company with one Of the secre-
taries.
DR.. A. Martin read the report OF the
committee on Educstion. 1t SAID thst
the Methodist Church was the patron oil
popular education. 1t WAS question
whether the Methodist Church should
not establish school in West Virginia,
as there is ne Methodist school IN the
State. 1t should unite religious instruc
tion with polite letters. Resolutions were
appended in favor of popular education;
commencing Allegheny, appointing
visitors to it; and that special centen-
NAL collection be taken up, half for edu-
cstional purposes. Various communica-
tions accompanied the report.
Brother Steele said that the Methodist
Church did not occupy the position that
it should occupy, in regard to education
in West Virginia. There was not .
single school under its control in the
State. The wealthy men should put
their shoulders to the wheel He said
the West Virginia University wss as
much under the control Of the church as
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