Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-30
A. NJ. E. CONFERENCE
Third Days Session of the Central
Texas Gathering at Bolton.
An Elder In an Unpleasant. PosItion-Admis
sions to the Ministry-Next session TO
be Held at Austin.
Correspondence o. the Gazette.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Bolton, Ten. Nov. 2S.-The third
day 8 session of the Central Texas an
nual conference OF the African Methodist
Episcopal church convened this morning
in Bethel chapel and was called to or
der by Bishop A. Grant. The deyo-
tional services were conducted by
Elder C. Fl. Phoenix OF Hilisboro, who
commenced by lining the hymn,
"A charge TO keep have,
a God 10 giorify.'
after which he offered up tervent in
vocation for ali conditions of men and
for the members OF the conference in
particular. He then read the tenth
chapter of Romans as the scriptural les
son.
Elder B. W. Roberts was appointed
reporter for the Christian Recorder, one
of the correctional organs published at
Phiiadelphia.
Elders &. H. Phoenix, J. e. Edwards
and B. c. Edwards were appointed on
the Judiciary committee TO pass upon ali
complaints against the members. There
appears to be nothing serious charged
except ministerial Indebtedness.
Elder J. E. Edwards. pastor of St.
Paul church al Waco, repor'e 259 mem
bers; SIPS in money; pastors salary,
S7G6. 05; presiding elders support,
81 G5: contingent money, 81 90;
bishops travelling expenses, Sl3; con-
ference missionary money, Sl0.0 S; Sum
day school missionary money, SPOIL;
Paul Quinn day college money, $40;
children = day money, $50; raised for
Sunday school purposes, Sl0t %; col
lected for building. S70l.25; mIscelia-
neous collections, $751; total colIec-
tons for all purposes, 1886. Is; value of
church, $40 900; church indebtedness,
$3.50: seven adults and four infants bap-
tized; one Sunday-school with eight
officers. seven teachers. 175 pupils and
400 volumes IN the library.
ELDER j. H. CONNOR,
one OF the most successful and respected
members of the conference, is in serious
trouble and has been placed in an EN-
barraSsing position, without any suspicion
attaching to his integrity OF character,
though his Judgment is somewhat i'm
pes"hed. Last year Elder Common had
charge of Rockdale circuit, and Cox s
Providence chapel in Milan county was
part of it. Ephriain Pleasant was
elected bv the church to hold the dollar
money collected from the memb ers of
Cox 8 Providence chapel, and the sum
of ST. 40 was raised and paid over to
Pleasan which he claims to have
lost after he drew It from The bank to
pay it over TO Elder Connor, as he was
about to start for conference.
Bishop Grant Informed Elder Conner
that he had the fullest con tidence in his
integrity of CHARACTER; that the general
con ference looked TO the bishop for the
faithful collection of the dollar money,
and the bishop holds the minister in
charge responsible for its safe transmits
sion from the people to the annual con-
ference; that no one has right to tine
custody of the dollar money after it is
paid into the church but the pastor in
charge; that he Is the steward Of the an
nunl conference, especially with refer
ence to conference funds; that if any
one has misappropriated it the confer-
ence requires the pastor to replace il:
and Elder Conner was ordered TO return
to his charge and get the amount of
money reported to be lost, and if he does
not get it, he need not return TO the con-
ference.
D. f. Snowden of Harrison, upon the
of his quarterly con-
ference was. after sustaining the neces-
sgry examination, admitted to the con-
ference on trial.
ADMISSIONS.
James Gibson of Waco, s. Morgan of
Uvalde, John Meel OF Cameron, J. w.
Walker of Coleman City, James Grant of
Leander aud I. H. Smith of San Angelo
having given evidences OF gifts and grnces
n nd n i'm ho
ton were continued on trial.
James a. johnson of Rifle Point cir
cult, e. Holmes of Ell Paso and c. o.
Mitchell of San Angelo having faithfully
served out their probation, and having
given evidences of future usefulness were
formally and impressively received as
full members by Bishop Grant, after
reading to them the rules and pointing
out to them their duty.
The death of Deacon Theodore Steel,
who died at Cameron since the last ses-
Sion of the con ference, was announced,
and his name WAS referred to the commit
tee OF memoirs for future action.
The conference voted TO hold its next
annual session at Austin, where the min
listers and people can better express their
appreciation to Bishop Grant, as that
" i'll be his last session az presiding epis-
copate of the Central Texas conference,
previous to his assignment b the gen.
eral conference TO another district.
The committee on Sunday schools re-
ported that 1t regarded the Sunday
school work as highly important to the
success of the church; that the Sunday
school is the beautiful garden OF the Afri.
can Methodist Episcopal church, from
" hich the future laity, preachers and
lxiahops must come; that on each Sabbath
Effaught some moral lessons, and some
reiR ious truths are impressed for the
of the youths and the future
OF the church; that the Sunday school
teachers should be possessed OF
HIGH MORAL STANDARD;
that the African Methodist Sunday
school literature should be taught in all
the Sunday schools, which are generally
ia prosperous condition; that it is the
iuty OF the pastors to see that the chill
1ren are furnished with che necessary
means for their moral, intellectual and
spiritual Development; that the eongre-
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