The Brookhaven leader., 1888-04-26
DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
The Ministers and Laymen At
tend i'm Large Numbers.

/ I. hCtutl, ~ l'.' vi -NtN Nll'tthS' III
the chair.
/ The opening sermon was preached
by Rev. IL. ID. Howell, of the Scotland
circuit, Thursday. ut 7:45 p. III. BY
that time quite number of ministers
and laymcn had arrived, and by nine
o'clock next morning about four-tiths
of the III inistcrS and Onc-third of the
dele gates were present and answered
to their names.
Rev. B. r. Lewis, the Pastor of the
| Methodist church, at this place, was
/ elected Secretary. and Prof. Il. :.
/ Ricketts,. of Whitwurth College,
/ Brookhaven, was elected assistant
! Secretary. The business of the Con-
/ ference progressed very rapidly, each
pastor. as his name was called, report
I ing on the condition of his work
/ spiritually and financially, and also
! on the number and state of the sun
dav Schools. At IL o'clock the Con-
ference adjourned for preaching by
/ Rev. =. \. Johnston. Presiding Elder
of the Brandon District, and agent of
Centenary College. located at jackson,
7 La.
/ At $50 p. IN. the Conference re-as-
scmblcd. The religious service was
conducted by Rev. L. l.. .Mcllen, of
/ Wcsson and Beauregard charge, after
which the Conference proceeded to
business, and by $50 p. m, the hour
appointed oradjomnmcnt, the Bishop
/ had called nearly every charge. At
/ the close of the evening session an cS-
say was read by Rev. Il. b. HollOman,
of Crystal Springs, on Finances, set
ting forth the best methods of collect
ing the various claims laid on the
. church.
At 7:45 p. III. Rev. w. b. Lewis, of
/ Canton station, in the jackson Dis
trict, preached from I'd Corinthians
/ IL, =: For determined not to know
/ anything among you, save Jesus
/ Christ and him cruciticd." This was
Il splendid sermon and listened to
, attentively.
At 9 o'clock Saturday morning the
! Conference was called to order by the
Bishop, and the religious service was
conducted by Rev. }. G. Siblcy, and
the regular order of business was re
Sumed. BY 10 o'clock the church was
nearly or quite filled with visitors. as
/ it had been announced the day before
/ that Rev. i. \. Johnston would adj
dress the Conference ut that hour. on
I the subject of Education. and the
! interest of Centenary College, III par
/ ticular. His address was appreciated
/ by all. Bishop Kcnncr followed Rev.
! MIR. Johnston i'll his talk on the Cen
/ tenary College. This is not to be
wondered at as the Bishop is the
| President of the Board of Trustees,
and has stood by that institution of
learning through all its changes.
| Rev. r. l.. MclIcn, of WcsSon, had
been appointed to preach at II o'clock,
/ but these addresses having occupied
so much time. the Conference and
audience listened to some very inter
esting and instructive addresses from
/ President l.. T. Fitzhugh, of Whit
worth College, and Rev. IL. Walter
! FcatherStun. of kavanaugh College.
| Rev. J. VI. Weems, Presiding Elder,
! endorsed all these two gentlemen
had said about these two Colleges
/ under their SUPPLEMENTARY. He
/ stated in addition that on the Scot
! land circuit there was Quarterly
/ Conference school, under the charge
of Mr.. w. G. Forsyth. 1t was the
only one known to the Presiding
| Elder.
/ The afternoon session of Saturday
was opened at 2:30 p. III. with prayer
by Rev. }. G. Jones, of llazlehurst,
/ the oldest minister in the Mississippi
( Conference. The Conference com
pletcd the call Of work by four and
| half o'clock and proceeded to select
the next place of holding its session.
Adams church Of the Adams circuit,
Pleasant Valley church of the Bow
crton circuit and McComb City were
put in nominations McCOmb City
was selected. The Conference then
/ proceeded by ballot to select the four
delegates to the annual Conference to
convene in Jackson, La, next Dccem
Der, and Mcssrs. X. Darlington,
J. +. Carruth, J. II. Thompson, and
l.. +. Fitzhugh were elected. II. S.
Ricketts, and Rev. Il. Havers were
selected alternatcS.
There We're present during the scS-
sion Rev. =. a. Johnston, =. L. of the
! Brandon district, and agent of Cen
tenary College; Rev. w. b. Lewis, of
Canton station, and Mrs. +. ID. Jones,
of Carlyslc, Miss, Secretary of the
Woman's Department of Church EX
tension; Rev. }. w. McLaurin, agent
| American Bible Society. Saturday
evening Mrs. Jones addressed the
! Conference in the interest of this
special feature Of church work.
We must not fail to notice an essay
on Foreign Missions prepared and
read by Rev. 4. l.. Mellcn, of Wcsson.
The Conference showed its apprc-
citation of this essay by endorsing its
publication in pamphlet form, and it
will pay any person of whatever de-
nomination to get and read this pam
phlet when published. On Saturday
night Rev. II. l.. Mellen preached
from 2 Kings XX-19: SIS it not good if
peace and truth be in my days."
At 10 o'clock Sunday morning the
Sabbath School was addressed by
Rev. T. Il. UollOman, of Crystal
Springs. For once he met his equal
III little boy-a young philosopher
who not only answered his questions
but philosophical like a sage on the
various points brought out. BY II
O'Clock there was scarcely standing
room in the church, and for one hour
/ Bishop Kenner entertained his audi
encc, preaching from Ezekiel xxXvii,
12; his subject was the apparation of
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