The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-05-27
TIE RICHMOND CONFERENCE.
Election Of Four Bishops--Bricf sketches o
these OniciaIs--Othcr Matters Of Interest.

Conference adopted resolution to
reconsider the action Of the committee
on the board of missions, looking to an
important change i'll its financial arrange
mcnts. Action on the subject was post
poncd. The committee having consid-
Grafton OF the subject concerning preach
ers whose conduct in general is repre-
hcnsible and who don't pay their debts,
reported against further legislation ON
the subject
The report of the committee on pub
fishing interests affirmed the principle
that tho book agent should not decline
any advertisement that may not be
friendly to any patron of periodicals, but
thought that no additional legislation
was necessary.
The following Bishops were elected:
The Rev. DR.. VIM. Wallace Duncan, of
South Carolina; the Rev. DR.. Charles b.
Galloway, of Mississippi; the Rev. Dr.
Eugene Russell Hendrix and the Rev.
Dr. Joseph H. Stanton, of Kentucky.
The Bishops elect were consccrated on
Thursday evening
On Wednesday the Rev. w. M.
Prottsmccr, Of the Southwest Missouri
Conference, presented an elaborate paper
as substitute for the report of the COM
mlttee. The substitute eliminated the
word "South" from the name of the
Church, and transposcd tho words
"Mcthodist Episcopal" to "Episcopal
Methodist The substitute was rejected
and tho report of the committee against
changing the name was adopted. Dr.
}. f. Edwards, of Virginia, offered a
resolution that ministers be excused from
reading tho Discipline rules annually to
congregations, and that the question
whether they did or did not read them
be not asked at the Quadrcnnial confer
cncc. After n lengthy discussion, par
tlcipatcd i'll by prominent members of
the Conference, the resolution was re-
Jccted. DR.. Kelly and Judge Tyler, of
Tennessee, offered n resolution authoriz-
ing the establishment of conferences in
China and Brazil, and authority to legal
lzc ownership of property in those con-
tries. Referred.
The Conference consumed the prcotcr
portion of Thursdays session in dis
cusslnG the report of the committee on
missions. The board of missions WAS
increased to twenty five, and the Bishops
were made cX-oilicio members. A paper
was referred to the board of missions
suggesting steps towards unifying Meth
odism in foreign fields. Bishop Koncr
addressed the Conference in opposition
to the paper Drs. j. f. Cox, of Texas.
a. Il. Winfield, of Arkansas, f. +.
Wiley, of Virginia. and others also op-
posed the measure. Drs. NJ b. Chap
man, of Missouri, Horace Bishop. of
Texas, ID. c. Kelly, of Tennessee, w. G..
Black, of Mississippi, j. S. Gardner, of
Virginia, and others favored the propo-
sltlon OF unification and comfy. The
discussion was the most earnest of tho
present session.
At the conclusion of the debate the
committees report, recommending no
change Ill the status of our foreign mis-
sion work, was adopted by II vote of 1OG
to 81.
At o'clock i'll the afternoon the CON |
sccntiOn Of the four newly elected
Bishops took place III the presence of an
immense congregation. The sermon
wne delivered by Bishop McTycirc, and
the conSccration services were conduct
ed in accordance with the Book of Dis |
ciplinc.
The following is brief sketch of the
four Bishops elected by the Methodist
General Conference in Sc9sson in Rich
mond, Va.
The Rev. W. w. Duncan, ID. d., was
born December 27, 1889, in Mccklcn-
burg county, Va, graduated in Wofford
College, $. c., in 1858, and Joined the
Virginia Conference in 1859, where he
preached very acceptably, and was much
beloved rs II pastor In 1879 he was
elected professor of mental and moral
science i'll Wofford College. This posi-
ton he has filed up to the present time.
In his capacity of Financial secretary"
OF this institution he has travelled through
and preached in every part of South
Carolina. He developed considerable |
preaching power and gained great popu-
Iarlty. His election by such hnttcring
vote was n substantial proof that DIR. |
Duncan's reputation had reached beyond |
the narrow confines of his own State. |
Bishop Duncan is in his best years, Of
robust physique, and doubtless will do
good work for his church.
DIR. Charles b. Galloway was born in
KoScmSkO, Miss, September /, 1919. !
and was educated in the university Of
his State, entered the Mississippi Con
ference III 1868, and was engaged in reg
uInr pastoral work till 1882, when he was
made editor Of the New Orleans Christian
Advocate. He is probably the youngest
Bishop the Methodist Church has had,
The ltcy. Eugene Russell Hondrix
d, d., was born in Faycttc, Missouri,
May II, l8l7, graduated at the WESLEYAN
University in 1867, and at Union Thco-
logical Seminary, New York, in 1869;
joined the Missouri Conference in 1869,
served ON missions, stations, and in the
presidency of Central College,, Missouri,