The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-05
New Orleans, to close tthe Sntes Of that s1

New Orleans, to close the gates Of that ex.
hihilion on The Sabbath day. 2 n,
3 In Sunday School matters the Confer
enco decreed several advances. Tbs B ,ok
Concern Ia TO publish ono new volume
each week Tor circulation In Sunday School
Libraries, aud tho Book Committee arc 10
consider the expedlsncy Of publishing q
first class weekly Sunday School paper A
Sunday School singing book 10 also 10 be
published by the Church, aad each year
during The qualrennium leu new pieces
are 10 be added, In securing which add.
tlonB tho Book Concern Is 10 cxpend $3.50
annually In prixes 10 musical composers
In addition 10 these provisions several dis
cipllnary ChRrRts have been made which
increase the authority Of the pastor over
the Sunday School. Y
wy DIFFERENTIATION, n
Heretofore the annual conferences have
been grouped Into l2 General Conference
districts. There arc now 10 be u such dis.
lricls. The annual conferences arc to be
asked In 1887 whether they will consent 10
have the b4sla Of ministerial representation
In the General Conference 90 changed that
the maximum shall DO one delegate Tor
every 90 members, aud the minimum one
for every 10. Sanction Of this project
would probably result In the basis being
liked ut one In 60, and II this should be
done thero will almost certainly DO con.
curren. increase In the number Of laymen
sitting In that body. s. f:%.{
All Method.s's will be Interested 10 know
Of tho changes that have been made In 70.
gard 10 Church Letters. Formsrly these
certificates wers good until presented, and
Instances have been known 10 which mem
bernhip has been claimed upon them after
4 lhpse Of score Of years, or more. Here
after these mlsaives, except In clearly dc.
fined cases, are to DO good for only twelve
months. Another change 10, that person
holding such letter, instead oil bis being
''scot lree" as 10 bis moral conduct until ht
bad depositst tho came In some Church, \
held responsible, while still keeping hi!
letter, 10 The Church which gave Ii TO him
In being required to say that they do no
uss tobacco, ctndidatfs Tor license IS loca
preachers and exhorters are now place.
upon the same footing AZ cand idstep for TIT
regular ministry. FrSternal deleil .es IRON
several Evangelical Churches attended III,
conference. and provision was made lor Ii,
return oil these courtesles. ., + q lii I. ar
| Ipr' rRArERNAL DELEGATES.
An important stipulation made by ill.,
body upon the latter point Is, that one 0
the iraternal delegates sent to THO Methc
; dist Episcopal Church South shall be taker
from the Southern part Of tho Church
This, to End out whether the brethren O
the body In question will treat ono VIII
works side by side With them with I'll
, courtesy they have extended to the gentle
. men who have heretofore been sent I
. them from tho North. The necessary &C
d. ton was taken 10 seture tho holding Of
. centennial Methodist Conference In Balti
moro In December next, and also to pre-
, pare the way for a second Ecumsncia
. Conference, 10 be held somewhere In Il,
:, United Stats in 1887. This being the Ger
( tennial year, the CHURCH was efhosted I
!, special liberality toward the cause Of edit
/ cation. As anticipated In my first letter,
J. change was decreed In the manner Of prt
yiding Tor the entertainment OF the Generi
Conference. The expense Of such enle
tainment Is 10 be borne hereafter by th
= Church at large, instead Of by the local q
i ciety. The next session will probably
;. held in Peoples Church, Boston. v 4
No one will be uosry 10 learn that Ger
L taiu clauses Of the Discipline, which uni
!! ye,sal practice had long rendered obsolet,
!. are Vt length 10 be left out Of that bool
Ono Of These Ia the clause making 1t mir
4 ister'a duty to issue quarterly love-tea,
" tickets, and another 10 that which iorbad
). young ministers from taking any steps t.
. ward matrimony without hmt consultin
|, with their brethren.