Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-24
A. NJ. E. CONFERENCE.
Fourth Days Session of the Northeast
Texas Conference at " aXahachie
Various Reports Heard-Paul Quinn College in
aFlOurishing Condi'iOn-TO Meet at
Denison Mkt Var.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
WAXAHACHIE, Tex, Nov. 22.-The
fourth days session of the Northeast
Texas annual conference Of African
MethodIsts convened this morning, and
after devotional exercises By Rev. John
Brewer, recently transferred from the
Kansas conference. was called to order
by Bis hop Grant, D. d. , in the presence
of q numerous congregation.
Rev. Monroe Conner, pastor of Joshua
chapel of this city, reported as follows:
Number of members. ITO; cash, 81 43 80;
pastor = salary. 1915; presiding elder's
support, SO 80; Sabbath school mission
airy money, So: minute money, 81; en-
dowment money. 81 rs; children's day
money, So; Jackson monument money
81; raised for Sunday school, $40; raised
for building the church, 81 .49S. 80; mis-
cellaneous collections, S54. IS; total col
lected for all purposes. S2l4.l5; value Of
church, $1,000; value of parsonage, $3.50;
church Indebtedness, Sos. 80; three
adults and four infants baptized; four
marriages: three deaths; seating ca
paoity Of the church, 500; one Sunday
school; officers. 5; teachers, 5; pupils,
1888. with 100 volumes in the library.
Bishop Grant commended the work Of
Elder Conner in Waxahachie; that he
ordered him to come here and build a
church. and that he had obey ed orders,
and that he had been a success wherever
be was put in charge
Rev. 7. Il. Dean, pastor of the white
Baptist church, was introduced to the
conference and received the usual court
estes.
The report of A. J. Moore, secretary
of Paul Quinn college at Waco, shows
that Paul Quinn day in the churches has
proved u potential factor in aiding the
trustees of the college to liquidatr many
OF the small and hnrassing claims, and
that If faithfully observed throughout
the conference districts In Texas, II will
be one of the means Of eradicatinc the
college debt materially; that how wisely
and well 'our beloved Bishop Grant and
other far seeing men of the connection
have built in establishing and fosters ing
Paul Quinn college is clearly demon
siraied; and that from several churches
on Paul Quinn day S30l.35 were re-
ceived. Some remarks were made show.
ing the interest of the m iuisters and
pride of the conference in Paul Quinn
the state.
j. Stephens, Frelander George, Isaac
White, Richard Kemp, J. W. Warren,
Mack Steward and j. d. Flowers were
admit ted to the conference on trial, af-
ter passing the necessary examination
and in exhibiting graces and gifts for the
ministry. The candidates were brought
before the bar and Bishop Grant read to
them the rules and enjoned upon them
a faithful observance. The ceremony of
receiving them was made very imprss.
sive.
j. Fl. Frierson and j. B. Dickson who
have been on trial for one year and given
evidence of fitness were continued on
trial. motion was made for the re-
admission of B. j. Mcintyre. whose
name was dro ped at former session
for nOn-ettendance, wns, in conseq uence
of the informally In which he was pre-
scented, ruled out Of order.
The conference voted to hold its next
annual session ut Denison.
Miss Anna f. Perry, on behalf of the
Sunday school OF the A. NJ. E. church
at Corsicana, presented in q few Words
the sum of FIVE dollars to the confer
enee, which was accepted with q vote OF
thanks.
The committee on the first years.
studies reported that they had exam
ined j. B. Dickson, j. Il. Frierson and
George Thurman, and found them all
deficient because they did not have the.
books, and the conference continued
them another twelve mon tbs in the frat
year. class.
A letter of fraternaI greeting was re-