Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-10-30


/ am requested to write a few
notes on our last Conference session.
That is not difficult task, for it
was certainly the most pleasant ses-
sion Of the twenty-nine annual
meetings which I have attended.
The train put us into Pulaski at
10 o'clock on Tuesday night, and
the hacks picked US upland scatter
ed us over the town. DIR. c. G. Alb
ernathy stood at his front door to
welcome Bolton, DIR. Dunn and
your correspondent. We will long
remember the pleasant time spent
in that model family circle.
Bishop Paine, now over four-score,
opened the conference, but from
feebleness was frequently compelled
TO call in assistance at short inter-
walls. The GAINESVILLE pastor was
twice called to preside, and brother
Barbee filled the chair very well.
Bishop McTyeire was present part |
of the time and added much TO the |
interest of the occasion.
This will be remembered as the
Missionary Conference. DIR. Lam
buth and wife were there from
China, and two young men, Parks
and Loehr, were present, on their
way to the celestial empire as mis-
sionaries. John J. Ransom was
also with us fresh from Brazil.
These all spoke from time to time,
but the speech that most interested
me was delivered by Mrs. Lam
buth. On Friday night she was in !
troduced, and clasping her hands on
the Bible, she looked silently over
the vast audience till perfect silence
reigned, and then in a natural and r
conversational voice, with great
modesty and deep feeling she talked
to us for nearly an hour about
China. 1t was proper that she
should speak at that hour, for it /.
was the anniversary of the Wom- l
ans Missionary Society, and Mrs. |
Sawrie was in the chair. Among
other things she spoke of her school
for girls. These girls are Jealous
workers and are constantly bring 9
ing others to the school. Foot band I
ageing is practiced all over the en- Il
pire, but forbidden in the mission
schools. One girl for special reas- ?
Ons was allowed to come into the t
school and continue the practice. h
1t had a disastrous effect. Some u
lays after her admission the teacher
that the girls on enter
ing the hall made shutting and A
'lipshod sound in walking as if their !,
shoes were too large, and on exam :,
nation every foot was bandaged. -
Such is the sway of custom and n
:.
This will be remembered also as a,
he happy conference. From the h,
irst service to the last, not thing =
to mar the harmony of the =,
BODY. Everybody seemed pleased a.
With everybody else. And often e,
eligious feeling got so high that it -
vas difficult to close the services. Il,
Nearly two hundred preachers -
houting and shaking hands re- 81
minded us of 8 scene described in -
n old book, where the actors were he
ccused of being "full of new wine" ~
But the appointments were read, r.
rain time had come, and the streets
Ooked nearly deserted. Sun set -
Ound me in Nashville, and l slept M
mong the classic shades of the -
Vanderbilt University. A postal y,
ard from brother Beard, had called -,
ne there, and found him sick and
ighing for the freedom of the south NJ
ide hills. There are nearly six y,
hundred students in this great in :,
and siXty-two of them are 10
n the biblical department. Wesley N.
all shelters more than three-score Oh
young prophets. They asked NJ
ne to conduct their usual evening CT
ervice. Their hearty responses A.
,ere like storm, and their songs
lirly shook the building. Mrs. ~
orwell is the matron, and looks ,,o
fter their meals. G.. az
October %. 1880. w