The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-10

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NAsHvnLE, My s.-Thc Metnodist Con
ference to-day elected Rev. Sonn .. mar
| tin, OF the Baltimore Conference, secretary,
to Gil the vacancy caused py Ine oea.n OF
DR.. Summers. A satisfactory iepcI' Oh tne
financial condition Of the Melnod.st war.
ferly Repiew was received ana Tue present
management retained. ..,
The following petitions were supmiiled
From the Little Rock Conference, 10 Iegal-
! lie the appointment OF women ~ sunday
school superiptendents; from the Missis,
sippi Conference, that clause oe inserted
in the Discipline forbidding tne ce'eora'ion
OF the right Of matrimony for persons Oh
vorced upon other grounds tnan sanction
ed by the teachings OF Christ; from the
Southwest Missouri Conference, 10 drop
the word "South " and SUBSTITUTE the
name "Episcopal Methodist church,;
A resolution was introduced ana refer
red to amend the general rules OF Josephine
so as to prohibit the manufacture ana sale
OF spirituous liquors. 50 -
North Georgia Conference Tor the organi-
cation OF general conference Oh educa-
don.
A resolution was received from the
white River Conference that 1t Is not advi-
sable for the Sunday-school secretary to
adopt the revised text OF the New Iesta-
ment as part of the Sunday-school lessons.
A resolution was adopted requesting the
Committee on Episcopacy to report by
Thursday recommending now many
bishops shall be elected by this Conference.
NASHVILLE. MAY g.-In the Methodist
Conference to-day the committee reported
"a tho CNllana of
Bishops to organize Annual Conferences in
China and Central Mexico during the mex
quadrennium. .
The Committee on Episcopacy presented
a written tribute to the memory OF Bishops
Wightman and Doggett; also, recommend
the granting OF the request OF Bishop Paine
to be retired from future active service,
accompanied with an eulogy OF bis charac-
ter and past service.
The Committee on Revisals recommend
that the Discipline be amended so that no
application for supernumerary relation be
granted by an Annual Conference except
on recommendation OF the Committee on
Conference Relations, to be appointed by
the Conference, consisting OF not less than
seven members, and said committee, in
making up their decision, shall not take
into consideration anything else than the
personal liability Of the applicant: provi-
ded, that I'm case the committee report adj
versely the Conference may, by a vote OF
not less than three fourths of the members
present, grant said application. Also re-
commended resolution for commission
TO prepare a graded system OF standard
catechism.
The Committee on Education, in refer
ence to the educational wants OF the negro
population, urge the improvement Of the
opportunity offered to preach TO their con-
gregations. The report says: "Our peo-
pie in the South have cheerfully borne
their share in providing for legislation for
the educational wants of the colored race
and endeayored to promote common-school
education among them"
The committee recommend proposition
to appoint Commissioner Of Education to
aid the Colored Methodist Episcopal
Church in America; to solicit contributions
for the educational fund for the benefit OF
the Colored Methodist Church, and the
creation OF Board Of Trustees for the GUS
tody OF this fund. DR.. A. A. BEDFORD, the
former book-agent OF the Methodist Pub
fishing House, began the reading OF v0-
luminous communication in reply to the
report of the Book Committee, which he
regarded as rejecting upon his integrity in
the management of the affairs Of the Pub
lishing-IIouse. Pending the reading the
Conference took recess until I p. NJ.