Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-29

| The Principal Business Considered by the
A. NJ. e. Conference eYesterday-Church
Literature Also COnsidered-WOrk of
the Outlying Districts.
Bishop Arnett, of South Carolina, pre-
sided yesterday morning at the annual A.
NJ. E Conference. An election for dele
gates to the Gene raj Conference, to be held
in Philadelphia in 1892, was held, resulting
in the choice of W. H. Brown, Presiding
Elder of the New Brighton District G.
Asbury, of Wylie Avenue Church, and I.
n. Ross, of Brown Chapel Fl. A. Grant
was continued for another year doing mis-
sionary work.
The afternoon session was devoted to a
D. S. Bentley, presiding elder of the dis
trict, reported that the district had an area
of 1000 miles, that during the last year he
had visited 27 societies every three months,
and that the persons in them, although not a
W Wealthy class, were industrious and willing
to work and contribute to the extent of
their means In the Sunday schools there
were 1883 scholars, Is Sunday schools, a
library of $3.50 volumes, and that in the dis
trict $17, l79 so had been collected for varied
undertakings.
recommended a division of the Sunday
school district into two sections, inasmuch
as it would convenience those who live at
distant points and be of more general good.
The recommendation was agreed to and
committee was appointed to lay out the dis
tricts. P. E. Magee, of Reighley county,
West Virginia, reported that the churches
in his vicinity were doing good work and
were prosperous.
Rev. r. c. Bronson, Of the North Ohio Con-
ference, made an encouraging report of the
Bible work that was being carried on in
Ohio. The report of the Electoral College
showed that James H. Page and Robert
Brady were elected delegates, with John
Bruien and Joseph H. Butler as alternates to
May, 1892. Tho second Tuesday of July, 1892,
was the date fixed for the annual Sunday
school conference. Washington, Pa, was
the place selected for it.
The rest of the afternoon was given to
Rev. DR.. B. +. Lee, editor of the Christian
Recorder, who gave an entertaining talk on
the subject of church literature. He advised
a more general subscription to the A. NJ E.
Review as an organ and exponent of the
views of the church.
Last nights session was well attended.
Bishop B. W, Arnett presided The meeting
was devoted to educational matters. After
the devotional exercises Elder j. NJ. Morris
read the report of the Committee on Educa-
tion. The committee consisted of j. NJ.
Norris A Z. Walden, S. G. Honesty and III.
G. Thomas After touching on the benefits
of education and the great results derived
from 1t, the committee recommended that
q scholarship in the Wilberforce, o., Uni
versity be granted by this conference to one
student
The reading of the report was followed by
an address by Prot. S. +. Mitchell on the sub
ject of education. He urged the adoption of
the committees recommendation and spoke
of the onward march of the graduates from
the colleges and universities. There are p
universities and schools of the colored A.
NJ. E.'s in the United States, he
said, and they have turned out
240 graduates. They have marched onward
and he wanted to see as many as possible
follow in their footsteps. Prof. Mitchell
was followed by Bishop Arnett, DR.. B. F.
Lee, editor of the Christian Record Rev. DIR.
j. A. Handy also spoke on education, show
ing its benefits and arguing strongly for the
good of the African race; that strong efforts
be made to. obtain as much OF it as possible
The conference will continue to-day and
tomorrow.