The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-10
M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Thirty.Thir6 session


John L. Sawyer was elected secretary ant
VIM. Hat assistant secretary.
DIR. A. w. Wilson wes invited to address tbs
Conference on Friday, Mt II o'clock.
The following standing committees were
elected.
On Public. Worship Linus Parker. chair
man John Mathews JOS b. Walker. John
| Hnnngn and y. II. Wsrlein.
Pies aaS jos W aqs gofd'n chairman 'no
p s ss"asy snS d r.t Grown chairman
| On EduelIeli-Jot1 II Dawes, chairman; A.
q. Calhoun. Thos. Armstrong. IL. Il. Isbell aud
| On Church Publications JOS. D. Walker,
chairman: d. r. Alexander, JOS. 4. parker
John P !, J94. e. Cobb John y. Marshall ana
On Bible Cause John A. Miller. Baxter Clegg
On Tsmpereiee-J. Pipes. A. O. Calhoun and
| Il. III. McClendGn.
SECOND DAY.
The Conference was called to order Mt 90, a.
| m ~ Brother John A. Miller.
| The servieesof the day were opened Ivy the
sloging # tho hylrnn. "A Charge to Keep /
Have. sitsr which prayer was offered by
Tue roll wls called. and forty members
answered to their names
ra Ths n q yesterdays proceedings were
The bard Of trustees Of Homer College pre-
| scented their report. which was read. IL is very
lengthy ana protests against the Legislature
being. petitiohed to change the charter. Re.
feIted t. the committee. on education.
icy. mr.. Mfthews asked to DO relieved from
service on hdcomniittee on Sabbath observance.
Question twenty was called Arc MI the preach
ere bfmses4 In their lives and official admin
Mes,rs. Mathews. Walker. Beard and Werlein
Mr. Mathews church Is valued at $4,000 Il
has Cos whtH members. aud three colored: s4gg
mas been colscted Tor the poor the general col
lecions have been sisi5 for foreign and do
nestle missions s78g were collected. For the
support Of the ministry Of the Church $4,000 has
been appropriated. Collected for Widows and
Sssoas s sncs Mr MRss%
with the Catonaelet Street Church $40 members
have been added to the roll. His pastorate
The STATUE Of Mr. Walkers sf church is: Value
Of building 800 0G0 members twhite) 3iG: col
iected for widows and orphans and supeiannu-
$1,000 The general collections have been about
5000, making an average. Of about Gil so per
member For .oreign and domestic missions.
Ut, The Lafayette Avenue Methodist Episcopal
G ~ .aroh so,h T. H. Werlich pas,or T. valued
Der OF SUNDAY schools q: teachers and officers.
3 M; Beard. pastor Of the Agiers church. re-
general collections. 1921; collected for foreR n
and domestic missions. sio: for bishops. $40
preacherst SIS; the preacher in charge was nj
loved 5000, Of which bio had received ss2s. 80 -
The ,,epprt OF tho committee on second year
y. II. Wdrlein was elected to deacon's orders. |
,,. The REPORTS q J. I. Sawyer and 7. X Faun-
r. X. Fanntleroy was elected to deacon's or
ders.
The reports Of Tiff Foster and W. H. sehroe-
der were !, read 10y presiding Elder Linus Parker.
Lane hosdss o CARERS Henry Z, j. Wis WIS
saser oSJr a%es nm McKee, eGspa Grsbn ASM
Wales. y. y. Trpett and Thomas y. Rande
Brotber John Harmon. of the 81. Charles Az.
nnue church. read his report: Value of build
Ing. 0.Vp0; number OF members. 1t3; general
collections. $685.; for foreign and domestic mis-
and supeFannuated preachers. SGT for bishops
l5o; amount allowed the minister. $1,000; paid
Il0O0
Homer District = Reports were read from
lanes A. Parker, Robert Parvin. John X MIL
eer. ThoTas J. ugton. A; A. Cornett Robert r.
Brother John r. Paterson was elected to
4 eomitiiiss Of investigation was asked for
Dawes saa W HHs ws Ssh npr a%nss
dr. Dayes asked to be excused not granted.
Rev. DR.. Young. Of Nashville. addressed the
list Publishing House. He said. IL every mem
yer ct TIE Church were TO buy a cory of the
,sT, Church Dsoiplipe the profits Of the Pub
s,hool literature Of the, Methodist Episcopal
huron is the best In the United States. The
ge froin Methodists that II ought to- W
ave. !. reaehed the day when an Intelligent man
phpor one The e H bs ORLEANS
gious papers. published in this I
TSs dfbt & R.dt The pabshng
{ the Publishing House. twelve years ago. In !
his City in this building, the Publishing House !
'as 10 dbbt 10 the amount OF $1,000. The build !
ne sum OF s2s3sso a. These figures are got
rom tho books of the house. The General Com
.rence mt its last session acknowledged and
ave It's word to pay that debt o. 100000. The
ook committee. composed OF thirteen mem
ers. has devised the following plan to pay the
ot be paid by passing around the hat. The plan
ken to pay the debt was. to issue bonds to The
Der cent Tne whole propepty has been fn,o p
aged, II $4,000 of the bonds ara not sub. 4
,ribed for. the Publishing House will be let 40.
hen Mat amount is subscribed. those sub !,
,ribinG will be called Oh 10 pay their subscrip- q
ons. atd not before. This Is business. not a
mar Inc bonds b are No Investment as
e seven present. after the plan was adopted.
nmedia,ely subscribed for $4,000 of the bonds. g
tbe tennessee oed Conference between $4,000 q
". Nearly $40 600 OF the bonds have en- "
described for ct eleven conferences which he
as attended. He subscribed $500 himself. He
ID 1t because he. rs Southern Methodist,
anted a publishing house. The only denomi.
alton without u publishing house is the Hard
hellbBaptists. Because we were conquer ed BY
e war can we Rave nothing? Must everything :,
u He heard Bishop Keener say that a Meth y
list minister. ten years in the service ought to
anage township. Little Nashville took ov b
900 oCo OF the governments4 per cents in less c.
IAN month. He prefers the Church's bond
the governments bond. He started life q,
fth .sb worse than nothing; for he bor- al
wed IS from his Bishop to 20 to the
.st place to which he was designated The
ississippi Conference subscribed $4,000: Ala =
INA Conference. $780, Upwards of 100000 y
Is b. on subscribed already. The bonds are I,
'st mortgage. They run for forty years. The o.
lblisAing House has the privilege Of redeem
z them at any time alter twenty years and d
reforty. ci
The sum of $3.50 was subscribed by the Lou o
lana Conference at this days session. and D.
0uJ more promised. to
Mrs. Parhan presented the Conference with a
qntliul supply OF oranges. for which Bishop IN
.Tybre returned thanks. 81
The report of the Board of Trustees of Cen r
nary College. Jackson. La was presented and N
nd. Referred tohhe committee on education. m
NOTICE YVES given that on tomorrow vote OF
,uld be taken on the question of concurrence
non- concurrence In the matter Of the ratio o.