Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-10
SOUTHERN METHoDISTS.
Third Days Proceedings of Their Con-
ference in the City of st. Louis.
Among the Delegates is Rev. David ]. Waller,
the First Delegate Ever Sent from
the Mother Country.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 9.-The- thir,
day s session of the general conference
or the Methodist church, South. began
this morning. After religious exercise
the report of the board on church extern.
sion was submitted by David Morton
secretary 1t shows the total receipts o
the board for the past four years wer,
Slo9. 1887; disbursements, SlO9 1904, leav-
ing as balance S63S. The report says
"Under an organic act forty-two auxil.
larry boards, one in each annual confer
enee, has been organized. Much val u.
able work has been done by them.'' Tn,
conference boards, after turning ovel
one-half OF the amounts received by
them to the general board
aided with the remaining half during
the four years ending March 81, 1890,
$50 churches, to which they made don3-
lions amounting to $50, 1907.
The standing committees reported they
had organized, and then the call for
memorials and petitions was begun.
A memorial from the Northw est Texas
conference was allowed for sundry
changes in discipline, one of them being
a prohibition of licensing women to
preach.
Miss Helen IS report of her operations,
after detailing some OF the difficulties she
had to encounter in getting the depart
ment into good working order,
says: Notwithstanding these, we re-
jolce in the knowledge that with the
blessing of God we have laid q founda-
tion deep snd strong, that, if wisely
built upon in the future, will make this
society one of great usefulness in
Strengthening the church and extending
the knowledge of good. During the four
years past we have organized APT
adult auxiliaries, with 1928 members,
and eighty-five Juvenile auxiliaries, with
1888 members. The number of local So
cieties that have been organized is far
greater than that of the correctional
auxiliaries. For the parsonage So
cieties have sprung up every
where, announcing their intention
to work for their own parsonages
first. The number of these Is very large
indeed, and while we cannot yet count
them among our auxIlaries, and the gen.
eral fund receives nothing for them, they
are none the less the result of our
labor and their own work a part of the
general plan. Many of them have re-
ceived the benefit of our literature.
Some of the societies given above
as auxiliaries once reported and work.
ing as correctional must now
be relegated, we fear, to this
GLASS for time, but we have reason to
hope not permanently. The parsonages
helped this year by the general
board and conference boards, and
also by snxiiiaries with special
donations raised outside of dues
or local work, are as follows:
By the boards, 40; by the auxilisries,
43; whole number, SO. In the four years
the boards have helped l01; the auxil-
iaries, 103; while number of parsonages
helped ,709. Had all the funds retained by
the conference boards been appropriated
at once and to parsonages we could add
several more to our list, but the reports
from the various conferences show an ag-
gregate of some hundreds of dollars lying
idle. The parsonages represented,
helped by auxillaries, were principally
district parsonages, secured by the aux
iliaries of the district. They have been
to take these as special work
The funds raised in three and half
years from all sources amounted to
S33 1903. 81"
The proceedings were interrupted |
by Bishop Cranberry. who was pre-
siding, to Introduce to the conference |
Rev. David J Waller, secretary of the |
British Wesleyan conference and Wes- |
cyan educational department train |
ng college, Westminster, London,
England, the first delegate ever sent |
Episcopal church South from the mother |
country. Mr.. Waller was received by |
he delegates standing. He expressed |
lis satisfaction in the completion of his |
Journey, ana said on some future ocoa-
lion he would lay before the conference
me message he brings. he then took a |
Ieat on the platform with the bishops.
Discussion on the laymen question,
which was left unsettled yesterday, was |
hen resumed end q number of brief |
peeches made for and against the prop |
,sition. The substitute of DR.. Philpot |
If Texas TO make laymen eligible for |
on all committees |
except the committee on ap-
1eals was defeated by large |
majority, and the original resolution to |
admit all laymen to all committees was
adopted almost unanimously. A large |
lumber of memorials, including one |
ZACH from East Texas, North Texas,
Vest Texas and Northwest Texas were |
,ffered and referred to prepef commit
ees.
Adjourned till tomorrow. sS