Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-05-22


remarks the Conference resolved
to do all it could to increase thu
circulation of the AdrocGte.
On motion, the Conference a
greed to meet at s o'clock ant
adjourn at IL :45 a. M, and at
O'Clock and adjourn at 5 p. m.
The following Committee
were appointed, viz:
On public worship-Rev. G
p. jackson, w. A. Gill, .jr., anc
B. M. Hatcher.
On quarterly conference rec
rd-books-C. A. Mcdaniel, w
G. Commons and Rev. L. r
Amis.
On missions-Revs. w. A
Gill, j. G. Mails and w. B.
Lowry.
On Sunday schools. A,
Lumpkin, Rev. w. b. Lowry
and DR.. w. F. Thompson.
On finance. III. Reese, Hill
man Bledsoe and Rev. Samuel
Parks.
On the spiritual condition of
the church-Revs. S. l.. Fain, w.
j. Brown, w. j. Collier, and j.
b. Nicely and f. G. Buchanan.
Committee to solicit subscrip-
ton to Christian Adcocote-
Rev. A. r. Farlis, G. NJ. Hens
ley and f. M. Kelso.
The different Stations that had
brought their quarterly confer
ence record-books with them
turned them over to the Commit
tee on the same for examination.
Rev. j. b. Tigert of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church and
Rev. w. ii. Anthony were in
troduced to the Conference and
invited to seats in the body.
The committee on public wor-
ship reported that DR.. j. B. Nc
Ferrin would preach in the eve
ming in the absence of Rev. Mr..
Brown.
In the afternoon session TWEEN
ty-nine more members who were
absent at the morning roll-call
answered to their names.
On motion, DIR. S. e. III. Dance
and j. j. Rawls were added to
the committee on sunday schools.
The afternoon was consumed
in the different stations report
ing on the condition of the Sun
day schools and finance of the
district.
Conference adjourned till Sat-
urday a. m.
Conference met Saturday a.
M, 8 o'clock.
Decidedly the most interest
ing portion of the proceedings
of the body were the answers
elected from the several pastors
to the question proposed by the
presiding officer, to-wit: +" That
about the spiritual condition of
the Church,"
Whilst the discussion was 60
ing on the venerable DIR. Meier
rim arose and asked to be heard.
He delivered a very interesting
and effective as we'll as affecting
address as to the pastoral visi-
tings, class meetings and other
exercises and duties;
giving wholesome advice to the
younger pastors. After DIR. Nc
remarks the subject of
the spiritual condition of the
church was continued with una
bated interest till it was finished.
Medium, Marshall county, was
unanimously chosen as the place
for the next meeting of the Dis
trict Conference.
AS had been previously an.
nounced, DR.. McFerrin address
ed the, by this time. large assem-
bled, audience on the subject of
the Nashville Publishing House.
After stating the amount of in
debtedness hanging over the
Publishing House and the prob
ability or possibility of selling
the House to pay off the indebt-
edness, and also showing how
important the House was to the
interest and welfare of the
Church, and what an ilreparable
loss it would be if the property
should be sold, and after depict
ing in his own inimitable way
the scene that would be present.
ed when the officer of the law
should offer for sale under the
hammer "THE GREAT SOUTHERN
METHODIST UBLIsHINGHoUsE,"
he touchngly and forcibly APP
pealed to the audience to assist
in relieving the House of debt
by subscribing for the A per cent.
bonds. The Doctors whole soul
seems to be wrapped up in this
enterprise, and all the energies
of his great mind and body are
bent on the accomplishment of
his pet idea of relieving the Pub
fishing House of its debt.
He received subscriptions a.
l.