Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-11


Mr.. Adams, Of North Georgia, en-
dorsed the report Of the committee ID
few remarks.
Mr.. Hoss, Of Tennessee, believed
that II the request for evangelists wa
granted it would only create new
offices and open the door to class ol
people totally unfit to gil thems
DR.. Duncan, Of Tennessee, was in fs-
vor Of letting matters stand ss they are
He didn't want any evangelists.
DR.. Messick, Of Louisville, KY. be-
lieved that every Methodist minister
was an evangelist in the fullest sense,
and his work lay in saving souls. He
thought that il eyaDgelists were contin-
ually imported that it would be at the
expense Of the regular ministry, and
the people will become dissatisfied with
their own preachers. The people will
begin to look upon this function Of soul
saving as not the work Of the ministry,
but of special persons, who they will
want to come around once year and
preach for them.
DR.. Neely, Of Texas, wished to enter
q personal protest against the innova-
ton Of of'erangelists. 81 don't wish to
be rebellious," he said, "but no man
shall come into my church and put me
aside and proclaim the doctrines that
have heard proclaimed by these eyange-
lists and I remsin silent"
DR.. Winfield: ~ would not be a
bishop for any thing on top of the earth.
I'm too old and I'm too light. We
don't want any evangelists. Ill do
my own preaching and singing. They
shan't do it even | can't do it myself.
It's q big thing to be an evangelist.
To be boarded at q first-class hotel at
IS q day and take up q big collection
before you leave. Besides, il we de-
eide to have evangelists then in the
next five years every gum log in the
Methodist connection will be an evan
gelist. You don't know what q gum
log is. do you?" asked the Doctor.
swell, I'll tell you. It's one you can't
cut and you can't split and you can't
do anything with. When was in Eu-
rope with Bishop Wilson we were shown
q certain kind Of tree there called a
feminine oak. You can't split it or do
q thing with it. 1t is just like a wo-
mau-wher she will she will, and You
can't do anything with her if she won't" "
SAM. JONES BROUGHT IN.
"There is but one Sam. Jones in the
world" continued DR.. Winfield, "and
there will never be but one, and every
little fellow that tries to be like Sam.
Jones will fail. You can make no more
on that line. He is by himself. You
can have but one, and if you attempt
to duplicate him you will surely
fail. ILaughter.l lie has turned
Chicago upside down, and any
msn that has the courage to at
tack Chicago cannot be duplicated. IRE
newed laughterl lie is a man of the
century. We don't want any evanee-
lists among the Southern Methodists.
We have already the grandest machinery
in the work. Brethren, | tell you what
is the matter. You go along lifeless
and dead. Rekindle the fires in your
own Church for it is time the Metho-
dist ministers were looking this matter
in the face."
DR.. Andrews, Of Mississippi, offered
a substitute providing that the bishops
may have the liberty to appoint
evangelists, provided the Annual Con-
ierences want them and also provided
that they shall 60 nowhere except
where they are invited by pastor
himself.
DR.. Blackwell, Of Virginia, moved to
lay the substitute on the table. Agreed
to.
DR.. Potter, Of Georgia, requested to
know what motion was now pending,
and was told that it was oa the adop-
tion Of a substitute for the report Of
the committee and the amendment.
Dir. McFerrin deprecated any ten
deny to dispose Of petitions and
memorials without proper considera-
tion. The wish of our people," he
said. "ought to be respected and
treated tenderly. ] am not prepared
to admit change in our policy that
shall classify our ministers into evange-
lists and pastors. This is not the first
time that this question has come up.
This is not the first time that men have
wished to be evangelists. The wish to
be appointed to special evangelistic
work gave rise to the eccentric work Of
Lozenzo Dow. If we adopt this change
we will have a crop Of evangelists far
beyond all our wants. A great many
people want to be evangelists. II you do
not appoint these men they will go out
from you to abuse the Methodist
Church, the Methodist bishops, and the
Methodist Conferences.
Some brother intimated that the
women were also to be appointed evan
gelists. A brother here arose, saying
II rise to q question ofpriyilege." He
was not heard, SO he repeated, 81 rise
10 a question Of privilege " DR.. Nc
Ferrin, paying no attention to the bro
iher, proceededl. We are to have the
holy women coming up to be appointed
evapgelists. What Conference, what
bishop, dare stop the mouth of woman?
[Laughter.l Who will refuse to woman
the right to speak: Renewed laugh
teri hope the substitute viii not be
adopted, and that the report Of
the committee, leaving the matter
where it was before, will prevail.
Before resuming his seat he added
" These evangeliSts are very superficial
people. They call out, Brother, sinner,
are you tired Of sin? All who want to
go to Heaven hold upyour right hand
one, two, three, four, FIVE, six, seven.
eight, nine, fifty. Then the next morn
ing the report is published that fifty
people were converted. Probably not
one ofthat fifty ever feltconverted-ths
birth of new moral growth or the be-
ginning of new life.''
DR.. Morrison, Of Louisville, KY.
said this is vital question. He did
not rise to favor or oppose the motion.
He thought it ought to be carefully and
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