The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-06-24
The District Conference.

The twentieth session of the dis
trict conference for Columbia Dis
trict was held in the Methods
church in this city beginning
Thursday at 8 o'clock a. M, Jun.
II. The delegation was the larges
that has ever assembled in dis
trict conference in this district
numbering more than one hundred
There were a great many visitors
from this and adjoining counties
The hospitality of Pulaski was -un.
bounded. Every body delighted with
their homes and hosts and hos.
tesses.
The Rev. B. F. Haynes preached
sermon at IL o'clock Thursday
pronounced by many who heard it
to be a master piece. Many have
expressed a desire for its publica-
ton. He was chairman of the com
mittee on the spiritual state of the
church and produced report show
ing the district to be in com para
lively good spiritual condition.
The Rev. L. r. Amis from the
committee on quarterly conference
records brought in a report show
ing clearly that the committee had
done faithful work and that the
quarterly conference records could
be greatly improved if recording
stewards would take more pains in
keeping them. The presiding elder
offered gold pen as premium for
the best record during the next
year.
The Rev. W. H. Wilkes from the
committee On education made a
very able report which was adopted.
Pending the adoption, Prof. w. r.
Webb, for many years connected
with Culleoka Institute but now of
Bell Buckle, Tenn, made an earn
est talk in favor of Profs. Wall and
Mooney and Culleoka Institute. A
noble hearted man and christian
educator.
The Rev. w. j. Collier of Culleo-
ka station, chairman of the COM
mlttee on missions, made a report |
winch, for the facts it contained and |
the labor required to read them, was
more valuable perhaps than any
made duringEthe session unless it
be the report on the spiritual state
Of the church. 1t brought to light
the fact that this life-giving arm of
Methodism was growing upon our
people as never before In the histo-
~ of the church in this section of
the country. Everywhere this re-
vival of missionary Interest is felt.
People really and consciously poor
are no longer pleading their power
~, but with the love of Christ in
their own hearts they are giving of
heir means to have that love shed
abroad in the hearts of those who
ire in the darkness of heathenism.
Three fourths of the amount called
'or had already been raised and it
vas estimated that nearly all would
De collected by the annual confer
,nce. To pay is the rule,to fail the
exception.
The Rev. j. H. Nichols of Pros
)ect circuit and chairman of the
on finances made a re-
port which ought to be published
n every paper in the district. The
that preceded the facts
md figures and resolutions was IN
The Rev. Jno. M. Jordan of Lew
sburg and Cornersville station pro-
luced a report from the com mittee
IN Sunday schools, of which he was
chairman, showing that while there
vas great lack of interest in the
Sunday school work there was an
Increase in that interest since the
asst annual conference, a gain of
more than nine hundred in atten-
lance.
The spirit of the conference was
excellent thr oughont. The discus
iions free, open and bro!herly. The
Investigation of the work was as
searching as the presiding officer
could make them with due regard
or the feelings of bis brethren. If
here were delinquencies they were
with charity; evidence of
and success were
to the surface in the facts
ind figures only.
Three months of faithful season
ire yet before US. The field is
white unto the harvest. With some
If us it may be our last reaping.
Let us put our hearts into the
Masters service. Exert every soul
saving energy in US, and not forget
hose who are dependant on our
for subsistence.
T. J. DUNCAN.