Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-04-20
CIarksville District Conference.

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The 18th session of this body met
at Tobacco Port on Friday, April
-, 1878, at $50, A. NJ, Bishop TIT.
Fl. Kavanaugh, D. D., presiding.
A. T. Gooelloe was elected Secretary.
The Rev. J. w. Hammer, Jr.,
who was appointed to preach the
opening sermon on Thursday night,
being kept at home on account of
family affiiction, A. T. Goodloe was
elected to fill the pulpit in his
place. The Bishop inquired into
the condition of each charge, and
the fact was clearly ascertained that
the entire District was in a pros
porous condition. The pastors all
seemed well pleased with their
charges, and the Presiding Elder,
whose watchful supervision is over
the whole, was more than gratified
| to witness that his extensive charge
was in a state of perfect health. 1t
is the first visit of Bishop Kava-
naugh to this District, and he great
| ly endeared himself to the men,
bers of the Conference and the cit
zens of Tobacco Port. An unusually
spiritual influence pervaded the
Conference and community from
the beginning of the session, and
several persons protested faith in
Christ during the exercises of the
occasion. There was an average at
tendance of members at the Con-
ference, and Tobacco Port not only
entertained them with great ease
and hospitality but were prepared
to take care of more than twice the
number present. Taking altogether
it was one of the most pleasant and
profitable meetings of the kind ever
held in this District. The Clarks-
vile Female Academy was unani-
mously endorsed by the Conference,
and many nice things said about it,
and more particularly about the
lady who carries the keys there.
J. II. Richardson, r. H. Pickering,
S. d. Power and T. F. Elliott were
elected delegates to the Annual
Conference; A. j. Bumpass and
Jno. EdmOndson, alternates. Ash
land City was elected as the place
for holding the next Conference.
FINANCIAL.
The Conference, by unanimous
vote passed the following preamble
and resolutions:
Whereas, Our Lord has left in the
: church the ordinance that they who
preach the Gospel shall live of the
Gospel and he has left the promise
! that they who give shall be reward
E ed and compensated for it; anC
: also he has left us his cOmmenda
ton of the poor widow that none
are too poor to give to the Lord
e AMI,
Whereas, Although the amount
given for the support of the minis
try is left optional with the giver
yet the duty to give something i:
: held obligatory upon our members
1 both by the law of God and the Law
: of the church. And,
Whereas, There are those in Ou
Zion, who, by their example anC
D influence, are hindering the pros
e perity of the church by not con
+ forming to this Scriptural anC
church requirement. And,
Whereas, We are of the opinion
r that this evil could be mitigated i
e the authority to exercise cOntrO
\ over its members and to elect it
own financial agents or stewards
was located in the Church Confer
o ence, instead of the Quartely Con
e ference. Therefore,
: ReSOEUed, That this District Con
ference memorabilia the approach
ing General Conference so TO alte
u the Discipline as to allow Origina
!. jurisdiction to the Church Confer
@ ance over its own members to tn,
extent of granting it the right t.
: elect its own financial agents o
5 stewards, and to refuse office, or
S voice in the counsels of said Con
+ ference to those who do not meet t,
9 some extent their financial obliga
= tiOns.
4 1t is noteworthy that this item 0
: business was brought forward ant
O carried through by the lay mem
q bers of the Conference, and not tn
4 clerical. A. T. GooDLoE,
Secretary.