Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-13

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IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS COUNCILS.
THE NJ. +. CHURCH, SOUTH.
The Quadrennial General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met
in the Centenary church, Richmond, Va,
on Wednesday Of last week, and was called
10 order by Bishop H. N. McTyeire, often
nessec, the senior bishop. Four other bish-
ops of the church were present, to-Wit.:
Bishops Kenner, of New Orleans; Wilson,
of Maryland; Cranberry, of Missouri, and
Hargrove, of Alabama. Besides these there
were about $50 delegates, clerical and lay,
present. After religious exercises, consist
ing Of prayer, Bible reading and singing,
the conference elected Rey. John S. Martin,
of Baltimore, conference secretary, with
the following assistant secretaries: DR.. B.
B. GRAVEYARD, of Alabama; Rev. DIR. w. A.
Gambler, of the North Georgia Conference,
and Rev. John G.. Vincent, of the Missouri
Conference. The Rev. DR.. A. G. Bledsoe,
of the BroadStre Methodist Church, Rich
mond, then delived the address of welcome
in behalf of the people of that city, and
Bishop McTyeire responded, and in the
name Of the Conference returned hearty
thanks for the welcome from a people so
proverbial for their hospitality and from a
city so rich in historic associations of the
church as we'll as of the State.
The address of the bishops was then read
by Bishop Keener. 1t was a lengthy paper
and occupied one hour in its reading. The
rapid growth of the church in the past hun
dred years and the attractive simplicity OF
Methodism were favorably commented up
on. The history of the church and its
progress to date was fully reviewed and
condemnatory terms were used in connec-
ton with the violation of marriage vows
by obtaining divorces; of gambling in "fu-
lures" of neglecting to attend church, and
of Sabbath dissertation. Attending thea
tres, balls and matinees were referred to as
growing evils.
The conference will probably continue for
a month. 1t is composed of 2G4 delegates
divided between clerics and laymen and
represents thirty-nine Annual Conferences,
as the subdivisions are called in Methodist
nomenclature. In 1860 the white member
ship was 537, 1876; after the war in 1866, it
was 425, 400; in 1882 it had grown to 8Gl 900,
and in 1855 to 900, 1891. 1t is doubtless
more than 1000, 900 now. Both Bishop
McTyeire, the senior officer, and Bishop
Keener were editors. McTyeire is a native
of South Carolina; Keener, of Louisiana;
Wilson, of Maryland; Cranberry, of Vir-
ginia, and Hargrove, of Alabama. Bishop
Wilson is the preacher of the Episcopacy,
and has scarcely an equal among his breth-
There will probably be three new bishops
elected.
III BAPTISTS OF THE SOUTH.
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Montgomery, Ala, last Friday. Rev: DIR.
P. H. Nell was elected President. With the
exception of eight years, he has been Pres
ident since 1868. The following Vice Pres
dents were elected: Rev. Basil Manly, of
kentucky; Rev. DIR. j. B. Hawthorne, of
Georgia; Rev. G. B. Taylor, of Virginia !;
Rev. j.. G. Furman, of South Carolina.
Secretaries-Revs. Lansing Burrows, of Au-
gusta, Ga, and O. F. Gregory, Of Baltimore.
Rev. Mr.. Warrior, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church, welcomed the Convention n
introduced eX-Gov. Thomas H. Watts, who
delivered an eloquent address of welcome.
He said one source of regret was that there
was any division. He hoped there would
soon be but one Baptist Convention of the
United States. The Rev. DIR. Ellis, of Bal
timore, responded, making a grand address.
Fifteen States are represented by over
800 delegates. Missionaries from China,
Mexico and Italy are also present.
At the afternoon session DIR. Tichn0r, Sec
rotary of the Home Mission Board, read the
report of that board. 1t opens with the
statement that forty years ago the board
made it's first annual report to the Conven-
ton which then met in Richmond. From
that point the history of the board was
briefly reviewed to the present time. Near
ly every church of Importance south of the
Potomac has been nursed in IT'S infancy by
this board. 1t has borne the gospel to the
very verge of our advancing civilization.
Forty years ago the South had a population
of I, 900, 900; now there are more than three
times as many. Then there were 1000, 600
protested Christians. To-day there are
1900, and yet the work is three-fold greater
than then. For the last year the work has
been extended beyond any of its past his
tory. There have been in the employ of
the board two hundred and twenty-five
missionaries during the past year. The
board is e%ndeavoring to make the Indian
churches as far as possible self-sustaining, as
only by this course can their Christian man
hood be developed. The manual school is
in a flourishing condition.. The results OF
this school are most gratifying.
In church building more has been done
than ever before. Forty-nine churches have
beeu built upon mission fields in addition
to the Valence street Church, New Orleans.
The work in New Orleans and in Wash
ington is only an indication of what can be
done in many cities. The board reneWs its
appeal for 500, 900 from the several South
ern States with which to prosecute its work.
The board desires to enlarge its work among
the colored people, and needs aid in this
direction. The contributions were S94 ,522.
DR.. H. A. Topper read a report on for
eign missions. After three decades, says
the report, the Convention meets again in
Montgomery. The strides made during
that period have been marvellous. The re-
ceipts of the foreign mission Journal during
the past year have been 81 ,GS2, and eXpen-
ditures 81 ,632. DR.. Rider, a generous Bap-
fist of Maryland, has donated in trust to the
executive board of the Baptist Union AS
ISOLATION of that State $50 600 for missionary
purposes. The American Baptist Publica-
ton Society has made a donation Of $500
for the circulation of the Scriptures in for
eign lands. The total receipts of the board
for the year were S135,OO0 A large numDer
of missionaries are sustained in China,
Brazil, Mexico, Africa and Italy.
Saturdays sessions showed an increased
attendance. In the morning session the re-
port was adopted providing for raising Sl0,-
600 to be expended in evangelizing the col
ored race in the South. The discussion OF
means for better reaching the colored peo-
pie was long and interesting and consumed
most of the morning session. An event OF
the discussion was a speech by the colored
pastor of a colored Baptist Church in Chat-
tano0ga.
In the afternoon session the report on the
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