The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-20

"SaNiOur, thou Hle W."
was sung.
ArED-strEnNuMARY
Mr. lanes Moss. from the commiiiccon
O., r.nc, relations. recommended The ioi'
lo,ving M Nul efnumarafy aud supcrannu-
atcd ministers; ,,..,,.... a.
Sn,.suum.rarv. L. II. Early. William II
ram,er Thomas II. BOggs, II. {. BOwies:
Snnerannuatcd 4. NJ. Han. ,. J. "a
warts n. +. Woodward. Alfred WEE
Lines A. KiddiCk. II. y. Crooks, >. H.
Ianr,ns. j. Il. Dcy. Il. \. Armistead ID.
Wills. j. :. Il. Clarke. II. l. Bicon' X. D.
BeadIcs. ". 4. Cooke y. Mcclellan. W \
Robinson. John q. Rowe. j. NJ. saundeIs
loser. l.. i. Wilson. I. J.. Niilidnns'
Jamc> Il. WAGNER. and Jacob Sh"nsh.
In the ease u Mr.. Ii-on, ne all"he'
,,efnrr the committee aad said he could no
..on.l;,ntio,,.l, be made superannudtcd
minister. and asked to be put on the super
The commitiee decided to put him on til,
sIpcranuudtcd lisi.
All were accepted.
PREcAJrION.
Mfr. Moss stated tina, the committee hat
pass..l a resolution providing that all peI.
SONS referred 10 the committee asking To-
either of these relations should he requiTtt
no appear in person. or ~ friends On leliei
"a tbat the committee could haze ab intei-
ireni idea 81 the physical abilities OF IN
applicant
The report Of The committee ON temper
an y. offered by Sir. r. VI. Edwards, wac
s,.,,pfed without discussion. lhe req"
was the same as the one offered u'"hl "
fore. and published in This poi'er ~ lull' "a
cent that The prohiblilon 'iauee I'D the pr
anAi. was sr@ ,4pd Ga the following: "Ah'
-. ,,e helirsc the smferings Of WON'T
and children, ,gcihfr with the distress -
The r.eiiug victims Of this enormous cyl az
s,,iiirirpf cau~e for general uprising o.
the pcotle 81 this nation against ih'
f,ranus. and thai q thorough KNOW ltutc '
fbe DANCER threatening our land should b
kept constantly before lhe public NINA
LAY AITFRNArT~.
Tho last ballot for lay alternates 10 I'D
General Conference I'm ~. Louis resulted u
the election Of Mr.. James H. race. "l I'M
civ. and Nj. J.. l.. MARKS IF Petersburg.
CLERICAL hLrrHNArFs.
Tho ballot taken for clerical alieFnaies re-.
.ul,.d ip the election If W. j. illicit, l.. =
Reed and W. l.. Edwards.
Mes,rs. Lipscomb and Hot acted ms TELL
eTs.
MEMORIALS.
nr Peterson. from She committee on me
,aor.als Ia the General Conference, present
.d "A lengthy report. which, after beng reao
ma whole. was taken mp ana acled upon
al ecrj.fflD. Ihr first section SAYS;
~. l.. Edwards asks that the form Of re-
,..nti,u nf members DE- 30 CHANGED rs To re-
otlire candidate for membership. Formerly
and specifically. 81 promise lh't tuel VII
refrain from card PLAYING. VINE DRINKING
theatre going and participation I'D inc pro
miscuous dance. Believing maj lhese IN"
such like practices ar iWDhdeh hN us
Discipline. and thu persons received mo
Tho Church do promise tO refrain nom lnem
your committee deem IL unadNisable TO re-
commend the change proposed
Adopted without discussion.
INSURANCE.
Section reads: =. ,r,,.
Inc paper presented bv Mr.. i. Y. White
and ". \. Tudor, asks Tor legislation Di
the General Conference $50 as to make TN
church the insurer 81 lts own property. W,
deem such legislation ineNpcdicnt ana ad
Nisc that u be- not recommended 10 Tie Cen
eral Conference.
The committees recommendation was
adopted.
APPOINTMENTS.
Tho third section Of the r,1ort opened uI
quite an interesting discussion, ia which
some of the ablest men IN the body took %
part. That paragraph reads;
We deem il unadNisthie tO iN the maxi
mum If appointments on "a presiding cldcrh
district lpSonj the present limit, as pro-
POSED u, !. rwiiiy. \. 6. Brown aud other.
Finding that there was great objection L
allowing the maximum 20 be mide as great
~ thirty. the number proposed 40 the mt
moriui. Dr Brown offered an amendment
placlng the LIMIT at twenty-five. Alter
lengthy discussion pro and coH the amend
mcnt was adopted 10y majority rising 'ole'
sAcEANENTs
Tho fourth clause of their report says;
The committee favor the objects sought "a
he accomplished 10y thc paper adopted 10y
the pauxiile ID strict Conference, and one
presented o., J. T.. Edwards IN regard to Tho
nnr.admnistraton Of the Stcr imcnts in
certa n pOlt ons of our work, and recon
n,c,,I GA # the General Conference DE memo
rallied 10 modify existing regulations 30 an
10 'rlvide remedy for this evil
Agcod to.
REPENTANCE.
In section ;, the committee expressed
their disApprnNM OF the amendment pro
posed hy Dr. Paul Whitehead, To para
grlphs $50 and 40 Of the Discipline a. ioi-
live. After the Nufh "rtWn'1hre insert
.,ot ,he crime Tor Which he was expelled
and IN place of the clause "crmc for which
h, was .Nncllcd." as IL now stands insert
the word - me-
ID. N Whitehead strongly urged the adop-
,,on of IA. proposed amendment and the IT,
lection of th, committees recommendation.
lie insisted that no person expelled rom
the Church upon legal conviction w Vfim'
Nh mid he rradmstted without expressing
his repentance.
DR.. Jefferson spoke in favor Of the com
mitta'- r,pnrt. and said thu many men
might under the laws oi the Church he cou-
N.cted of the crime of which ihel were not
guilty, aud IL would be Impossible Tor euvh
a. honestly express repentance where lhtN
We're moi conscious OF having committed
any olirnsc.
DR.. Ros-er endorsed the position Of Dr.
Whitehead, and after amending the memo
Ri 80 as 10 provide that the person con-
Weed shall. before being rcndmiued, cN-
Tres hi, repentance of tlc crime OF winch
lie was found guilty, Was adopted.
WOMEN PREACHERS.
The committee also decline. saws the sixth
section. Ia recommend the amendment pro
licensing women 10 preach or eNhOrt IN any
publ,c service or mixed assembly. The
Committee deems the proposed legislation
uncalled for.
pr. Whitehead said he disliked to oppose
theeommittce's report. and while This lrou-
ble might not hs Imminent. 1t was never
the c.s threatening m Virginia. aud as thC
Gcntral Conference only meets once M four
wears. be- thought IL hesi lo tike ihe initial
iory step 20 invoke the aid of thc iaW-makne
10 Is of the denomination To prevent womeu
from speaking on VNhoruns M public on
m Ned a~scn b les.
d.. Peter o. and others thought IL nm
necessary 10 take any ace ion In this mat
Ter. They were In favor OF women taking
active part In their own departments of
Church work.
Dr. Rosser opposed the memorial Me-
cause Il WAS cquNOcal. and said hc
hoped the women OF the South would not be-
implicit q. rAe Neueri be speaker said n
did not iik the issue, would penetrate q
S,u h. tn. SIMPLY raised bis voice in behau
of the women Of our land who he did not
IN would attempt 10 20 beyond the pro-
ar. job. e.. Edwards said DIR. Whitehead
WIS right: that there il a. disposition for
these ISSUES 10 b. brought 20 The 'front.' and
ne ae.lr..i ~ throw IA bcetkwattr m their
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