The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
WILL INCUR NO DEBT.

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WILL INCUR NO DEBT.
The board of trustees report that the
Southwestern university does not owe
single dollar, and as custodians of a sa-
cred trust, we will not incur debt; but hope
and pray for the day to dawn when the
church and our friends will rise to the
measure of our opportunity and their re-
sponsibility, by furnishing and endowing
the only institution of learning held as
the joint property of the several annual
conferences of the state of Texas, repre-
senting an aggregate membership of
about one hundred thousand.
Total amount reported this
year. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S118,3s6 55 1-3
Total amount reported last
year.......: .,............ 103,S05 90 1-3
Net increase. SS,0oU 81
LAID ON THE TABLE.
A resolution Joined in by Messrs. Ora
ham and Greer, asking the committee on
public worship, and others, to give up
certain of their time to the Woman's Mis-
sionary Aid society, for anniversary pur-
poses, was laid on the table. This, it must be
said, was not done through any discour-
tesy to woman's work.
ADDING TO COMMITTEES.
Upon motion, Messrs. Lemons and Nc
Clurdy were added to the committee on
Temperance, and w. G. helms was added
to the committee to examine under grad
yates of the fourth years class.
CLERICAL CoURTEsIEs.
Rev. DR.. Hunt, of New York, secretary
of the American Bible society; Rev. DR.. R,
X. Smoot, Rev. DIR. Wright, and Rev. H.
A. Bourland, of Georgetown; Rev. Messrs.
Buckner, Harris, Jno. S. Gillette, and R.
Belvin, of the west Texas conference, were
cordially invited to seats within the bar
. of the conference.
COMMITTEE REPORT.
- Committee on confereice rela-
lions reported, Recommending that the
following supernumerary and superanu-
ated ministers be continued in their pre-
sent relations;
j. M. Matthews, Jno. M. Whipple, W.
Shapard, James Peeler and C. L. Penn
ington, j. H. D wilson, Thos. W. Blake,
James M. Turner, Alexander Hickler, T.
McShan James j. Johnson, Wesley
Smith and n. A. Cravens, Sr.
DEAooN's ORDERS.
Presiding Elder Allen, of the Calvert
district, for an absentee, read the church
Headville circuit. This was case of a
young man who wanted to be assigned to
some junior preachers position, that he
might be enabled to go to school. He
was very poor; his parents we're not re-
ligious, and he had never
BEEN INSIDE OF CHURCH
until after he was twenty years of age.
kind word from christian lady put him
to thinking of Christ and his goodness
He had accepted the charge given him
and had worked faithfully, but he wanted
to complete his education, hence he asked
for some humble, junior position, where
he could work and preach Saturday an6
Sunday and thus earn sufficient to live on
and
EDUCATE HIMSELF.
The Bishop-'This brings us face to
ace with a concrete case. There is nc
law by which we can crafty this young
mans wishes. 1t is indeed creditable to
him that he should want to learn, but
cannot see how to adapt our laws to his
case.
The matter went over
Rev. Messrs. G. A. Evans, j. T. Simp-
son, John E. Green and Josephus Stephan,
having served the necessary probationary
term, were severally passed by committees
and recommended by the church
FOR FULL CONNECTION
with the church.
Messrs. Henry Jones, t. w. Woolsey
Gideon Powledge and Thomas B. Graves
were satisfactorily passed upon and adj
vanced to the class of the fourth year.
Mr.. James M. Lawson was discontinued
from trial as third year undergraduate
The cases of @. NJ. Keith B. F. johnson
and E. w. Tarrant, undergraduates, were
laid over.
ELECTED ELDERS.
The following gentlemen having served
the necessary length of time on trial. ant
having passed satisfactory examinations
were each unanimously elected as elders
Seth Ward, Columbus A. Evans, John E
Green and Josephus Steven.
Enon G.. Hocutt was continued on tria
in the class of the third year.
The advanced probationists were givel
some truly encouraging and wholesom,
words by Bishop McTyeire, who an
nounced that
ELDER JosEPHUs STEPHAN
would be transferred to the conference o
Missouri, where an appointment awaited
him. The bishop took occasion to sa.
that those who had not served their full
time in the three and four under graduate
classes, would be required to do so, not
withstanding their advancement at thi
session.
AN INVITATION.
An invitation was read by the secretary
from the faculty of the State university