Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-10-09

Bishop Hendrix Presiding,

the Tennessee Methodist Conference.
wssopened in The now Methodist Church
In this city Wednesday morning, Bishop
Eugene r.: Hendrix presiding, and
about three hundred delegates in atten-
dance.
The session YVES opened With prayer
by Bishop Hendrix. DR.. VIM. Left
which was elected secretary, With the
followinge 'is':,1ts: Welborne Mooney,
recording clerk; w. T. Melville. record
ing secretary; I. B. Holt, s,t'sti-
cal clerk; w. III. Morrow, assist
sut. Business Committees sld
chairmen we're appointed IS fol-
low: Public worship, J. w. Hill
books and periodicals, W. M. Green;
Bible cause, G. L. Beale; Church prop
erly, ]. M. Jordan; memoirs, ]. B.
Erwin; conference relations, w. J..
Collier; district conference records.
Lewis Amis; temperance, B. F. Haynes
publishing minutes, r. K. Brown. The
hours OF meeting we're fixed from ga.
m. 10 1890.
The conference when assembled in
session presents diglitied appearance,
aud the presiding officer, Bishop Hen
Dirk, reminds one very forcible ofthe
distinguished Gen. John G. Brecken-
ridge. Taken az body the conference
Is fair representative of the men Of
Middle Tennessee, men whose fathers
aud brothers have added fame . he
proud St1ts of their birth end who
have stood in the front rink in the pull
pit, at the bar, in the halls OF leg.sla-
ton end Gin the battle fields Of the
country.
The routine business OF OF the confer
encs, calling the rolls of presiding eld-
ers, examining their reports, sud sim
liar denominational mattez1 were at
tended to Wednesday, end on Wednes-
day night the new s1d elege1t church
WIS brill's-ltly lighted and lthe large
auditorium WIS filed With IN audience
Of Indies end gentlemen representative
Of the best intellectual culture Of the
city s1d vicinity, to herr the opening
Sermon by Rev. ]. d. Barbce, dist.n-
g1ished member of the conference.
Expec alton wa excited I'D the audi
ence VIZ all at; sltion. No higher CON-
pliment could have been paid TO s1y
speaker, even to ne distinguished gen.
tlenc who yrs - address them, for
Mr.. Barbce is e1 acknowledge f:yor-
its among nc ople OF ClarFsyile.
HIS ,xsw .,''cscd Tom tie Ac,
oithe Apc3.' :, FIST crap r and gh'h
We u, ~ follows: "Eut We shall receive
powera; Z bas the Holy Gho3; is come
upon you; s1d ye shah b. witnesses
rntome both in Jeruf lem, and in al
Jude, a I'd in Samaiia, s1d UNI. tie
fNs "mc3tef 6: se'e ~
The gce ID theno We, wor " o, the
le..raedr u abo.a dscds9 on gwen
it by the Is. NJ ',shcd speaker, and
bis cit tion o. ey.d &C ''ining the
t3:S 6. 5e proof OF the fact 'has he dis
course We ''s r. I'll OF m cure thop9n
ID deep ilvcstiga .ol. His n !ly
rse oftbe iaducs've mode OF re olire
provo also that the spr kec w iJ'ly
in accord with the me7ner now genera
among al SPEAKERS nd WI $ who di
rect their eio4'1 Ia ne conv, &c,
he re- on than frigh 81 he supe' siii
tious or tickle the f. ICY OF ,e pop1's
with wo:ds icll OF sor1d s,d iory, sis
ri;y .ng nothing. u this .vancinj
O, 70, when the liz gepce OF The | vi
isreG er on a level with the pulp
the eve. befo- e, it well bccon"s Nr,
che -ch to put iowa d i abb ) men
mel OF culture, iami,iac with genera
literature I'D the pl o. the poole
it is trOth OF history that white
the uredrcsed fshe. men could eacc.
ivelg rect, the Jewish traditions t,
their own poole in Palestine, it rcqu,i
ed the leaning III trS lad eloQuenc
OF S.. I'arl conmc ID the attention
o, .let a. 4 * ID e.. g..
from Ne tlem1lir3 Ii o. | ugh;
Agripp "Almc :: thou persuaded m
to be a Christian"
TaE following Ministers we've admit
ted into the conference on trial Thur,
day:
! w. B. Pat,y, B. 7. Smo;hermal
: and J. l.. Srothermsn, of the Mur;ree'
boro dis riot, ]. F. Eatuett, P. ]. Luz
te~ and ]. w. Gilbe-sS, o. the Can bag
> dist let, ]. B. Seay, Wodd Bouldin, i
: w. Erown, T. J. Ecckho n, o tn
! Columbia district, J. L. Cnelnau
end j. P. WDiman. of the S,varna
district, WI. II. Hrnisr OF the Ger
tels-lle dist c., VIM. Lee Jackson I
rIo.f ~ y