The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-16

The third DAYS session Of the Virginia
Methodist Conference began at $3.50 O'Clock
Yesterday morning with devotional cxcr-
ciscs. conducted by Rev. DR.. II. =. Lips
comb. Of Berkeley.
Amer the hy.an GLOW Firm Founda-
tion. We Saints Of the Lord" was sung,
Bishop Wilson called the body TO order.
MEMORIAL.
II was decided 10 hold memorial services
for IN deceased members Of the Conference
on next Monday night at o'clock.
PRESENTED.
DIR. Wiley. of Emory and Henry College
uIolston Conferencc). and DR.. Denny. chap
lain Of the University Of Virginia tBalti-
more Confcrcncc). were presented to the
Conference and given seats on the plat
form.
TOTTKN's CASH.
Tho case Of Rev. Y. VI. TOtten. Of North
Carolina. who had applied for membership
in the Conference. came up as unfinished
business.
Aftcr some little discussion the applica-
ton was withdrawn, as the Conference u
already full.
LEXINGTON CHURCH.
Dr. A. Vi. Cackcy. pastor Of the Metho-
dist church in Lexington (Which Is in Tho
Baltimore Conference OSTRICH was intro
duccd 10 the body and made very interest
ing address on behalf Of his charge liz
said he had been for several years very
closely connected with the Virginia Confer
encc, though not a member.
In Lexington. he said. there are TWO very
popular instifutiOns-the Virginia Military
Institute and the Washington and Lee
Iniycrsity-aticnd-d by some four hundred
Young men, and any visitor 10 Lexington
can see the condition Of affairs, so far as the
IIH4
Look 20 your left rs YOU come across Back
81 - and YOU will see the Methodist
hurc sufficiently down in hole TO Jet
a. easement strike the pavement. II you
pass on further you will see church that
does credit 10 n large place: further on
are the handsome Presbyterian and Eplsco-
pal churches. Grace church, al the y M
Nersity cost from $4,000 10 Sij,O0O-a great
deal Of which was Methodist money.
The young men do not live nj the college
They board in Lexington at different places
and they have 10 be reached and impressed
by the clergy about in the same way that
new businessman would be on coming 10
city. The predominatng influence in Lex
ingtOn il Presbyterian. and when lOun.
man goes 10 the town they ask him:
"What church do you attendF
" he SAYS the Methodist Church, they
Will very probably say:
''Oi course Won are not going 10 attend tb'
Methodist church here-way down there II
that hole"
Many Young men. She speaker continued
who have been reared MethOdisis. on ac-
count Of these taunts and sncers. change
their church relationship. IL must bc said
however, that many stand up for their prin-
ciples
TIE DIFFICULTY.
The Doctor thought this explanation
was sufficient 10 show under what grell
disadvantages the Methodist church il
Lexington had laborcd for years, and b |
wanted the Virginia Conference 20 help d |
'out II the hole
For over two years efforts had been il
progress 10 remove the stain. 4 large lo |
had been bought for new church ana lnl' |
for. and plans and specifications TOR M |
building had been prepared. on the ampun |
needed for the building 5000 had been |
promised. and $1,000 more was needed 1 |
put up an cdificc that would be credit 4 |
The town and the denomination.
GLOW do you propose 10 raise the BAL
anccs" asked Or. Edwards.
IL don't know, Doctor replied DR.. Cack |
ley.
Dr. Clarke. Of Culpeper (who looks III |
counterpart OF the late Henry Ward Beech |
err said he had been sent 20 Lexington on |
three different occasions. The church Their |
was poor aud always had been. To rails. |
5000 he considered really wonderful. Tn |
pcople there are the most liberal he had eNei |
seen in his experience Of iOrty-One years |
t'lt they needed help and they ought to haN' |
IL.
Dir. VANDERsIICE.
Rev. DIR. Nanderslice. from tho Peters
htrs Conference. said that he had know |
the church personally for years. When h
and his father went there years ago the PEG |
ME asked his father If he was going 10 JOIN |
oh
YES. ana they told him he would not 10 |
thought ANYTHING Of If he dad. lie devoted |
thirty wears Of his life to the work OF Me |
thOdisn. At that time service was hell |
once month. and IL wasn't very certain
that il would be that often. The present
church was down IN a bottom ana the stu
dents wouldn't 20 there.
EXPERIENCE.
DIR. II. 4. Wilson. Of Petersburg, said h
had been educated at the '. NJ. l.. and ID
knew by experience the force Of the arsu-
ment used 10y Brother Cackley.
DR.. Brown, Of Norfolk. moved 10 com
mend the object as "A worthy one 10 tie
churches and to take up collection
The motion was carried, plates were
passed around and about 500 was gotten.
READMIrTED.
Tho following eN-membcrs Of the Confer
ence was readmittcd Yesterday: y.
Howell of Norfolk; Charles Green, OF MOI
folk; Walter Hubbard and Joseph ". shack
ford. The application OF Mr.. iiusoar
came from the fiith-strcct Methodist
church. of Manchester. Mr.. Hubbard leil
the Conference 10 20 20 RandOluh-Macon
College but did not long remain there.
Mr.. j. II. Amicss. Of the Danvillc dis
trict, said Mr.. Hubbard was a good worker.
The readmittcd ones are in the same plan,
~ befOre-ln the itinerancy.
BISHOP HoLsEY.
During the morning "a colored man cam,
into the church and was given seat ON The
ulatG,rm i'm "A conspicuous place. I'm az
ncarance the man looked an ideal Othello,
and he was neatly clothed In black. While
the collie on for the Lexington church was
being taken he was introduced 10 the Con-
ference as Bishop llolsey, of the Southern
Methodist Church
According 10 the usual form the body IT.
cei,ed him standing.
Bishop lIolscy made an excellent address
and was listened 10 attcntiNely, some of
his little .'hreaks" caused much amusement.
Removing his eyeglasses, he began 10y say
ing that he was glad of an opportunity a.
epcak To 80 honorable "A body. During the
war his church had some 3oO,OM members.
and whether they had gone 10 heaven on
were still living. they were a sign ana
seal Of the work the white people had done
fof them while they were in slavery.
Coming 10 the point of his speech, the
Rshop said he appeared before the Confer
ence in the interest of a work that should
commend itself to all good Mcthodists. In
Augusta, Georgia. stood the Paine Institute.
"A school for Young colorcd men who wished
20 become ministers. Prof. W. q. Walker |
is president of II. and all the instructors
were white. The place il very small, ana
new buildings are very much needed. There
are only four small recitation rooms, and
M stairs ten dormitorics loNl2 feet each. |
with three or four students IN each room.
Beside the furniture there Is not much room
for study. and more buildings are absolutely /
necessary.
B..nop lIolsey here took occasion 20 |
speak Of the progress Of his church, which |
was organized as a separate aud indie
uendent organization with two bishops IN
1870. Soon after discipline had been
adopted. "Our discipline Is boiling down