Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-17
THE VA. METH0DISTS.
FIFTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS or THE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE.


70
saturdays session were read and APP
proved.
Yonszga MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS.
Rev. DR.. A. q. Brown presented the fol-
lowing paper; Il
where's the foYts-hfth annual report Of
sbe Road Of Missions, Methodist Epssco-
nal Church, South, credits the virginia
Conference By the sum OF $22.zlv.bl ana
whereas the said report shows that OF TINS
ssse U Treasufer. and that 81, $685. was
maid by the Rosebuds of Virginia. the Two |
foregoing amounts beng S2lS,6l IN excess
~ IKE Assessment Of our Conference Tor |
foreicn niaaions; and whereas OF the
handsome sam forwarded by the Rose
buds the larger part was not for the ms
saons of the board, tor whose support t the |
Assessment Of $4,000 was laid upon the |
Virginia Conference. but for other mis-
Reso,ued. That the Bishop be, and he is |
hereby, requested TO make answer to the
following question OF law:
Nav the Treasurer OF the denefal
BOARD Of Missions in his account with an
annual conference credit that Conference
bv any amount which may have. been
raised within the limits of the said Con-
fayence for the support of mission OF
missions. whose support was not estimated
Tor by the General Board, and consequent
~ was not embraced IN the assesLsn Na,S
annual conference for the support OF us
iSignedl "A. G. BRowS,
'sP A. PETERSON"
In responding to this question while not
officially answering the question, the bisnop
said that there is something alarming Ia
Che number OF orr missionary societies. An
Of these societies are dong great good in
their measure and way, and none OF then
ave doing better than the Rosebuds. III
we want to move on the world with
national breadth we must concentrate our
sforts. We have an underground tllIage
cot appearing on the surface wnieh Is
ayainine and sapping our strength. we
are draining IL because of the many enter,
.yrisss of our own. The Bishop suggested
as general principle that II we want TO
do thinpe connectionally we must deny
ourselves. We have inside and outside
0nferprises Foreign missions should never
3e connected with anything eIse. Ia
friends are on the outer edge OF the worid
lighting the devil with all their might And
We must support them. The Bishop re-
sefyed his decision on the question OF law
asked.
The Bishop reported to the Con ference
that on Sunday he ordained the follow
ing:
q. Pike Elijah 3 Gum Wl RiIia.t H. PiSS
tor, A. II. Goodchlld, III. .. Elhett' nion-
: ard II. Bennett. -
Local Deaoons e. A. Potts, William 1.
Owens, Roger G. Jones, James W. HicH-
Travelling gIders-John r. Tillery, Will
liam w. Southall, Charles l.. Bane, James
b. Babcock, Walter j. Hubbard. BenIa-
min +. Smith. Richard 1. WILSON, Cnarles
w. Turner.
Local EIdey-John T. Retter.
STRONG TEMPERANCE REVOLUTIONS.
Rev. William P. Wright offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unanimous
Rssoioed That on the subject of tenn
perance we reiterate the declaration that
the Methodist Church is Prohibition
Church, but not a "Prohibitlon-paTty |
church,; that true to the tradition and
history OF our Church we will give our aid
70 all Christian efforts TO secure total ao. |
etinence Of all our people from the use OF |
Intoxicating liquors IS beverage, and 10 |
secure the suppression in our country OF |
all traffic in the same.
Resolued, That this Conference appoint |
ave delegates ministers and TWO |
Iaymen--to represent US in the temperance |
convention to be held in Richmond IN |
December next.
EXAMINATION OF ELDERS.
The examination Of character Of elders
was taken up and the following passed
@. Z. Holiday, v. W. Bargamin; >. n, An
derson, w, f. Hayes, j. s. Wallace, ii. Z.
Mitchell, w. G.. Bates w. H. Christian, J.
u. Spencer Gail of the Eastern Shore dis |
triot), Rev. j. ID. Hank, presiding elder.
Mr. Hank gave highly encouraging re- !
port OF the general spiritual and financial |
condition Of the district. he gave the
number Of members of the Church IN the
school scholars, 4,574 number OF pap
tisms, 500 collections for ali purposes,
S8l, 81, of which S2,O1S was for foreign
missions.
Rev. DR.. n. O. Morrison, who addressed
the Anniversary Missionary Society on
SATURDAY. night, asked the Conference Tor
q further contribution to the shares OIL
ready taken for the care and support OF
three Virginia missionaries. The, Con-
ference very promptly and literally re-
sponded, and subscribed, including Satur-
day nights contribution, enough to take
care Of the three missionaries and the wife
Of one of them-ylz., S2.70O.
MEMORIAL KxEBcIsEs.
Promptly at II o'clock the Bishop called
the order Of the day-the services in me-
mory of tho dead of the past year; lmme-
diately there was o perfect hush In the
church. which was densely crowded, and
solemnity prevailed throughout the assem-
blage. The Bishop announced the 6l8th
hymn-"Why do we mourn departing
friends 9n-Which was sung in o grand
chorus by the Conference and audience.
Tho memoirs were read In the order III
which the deaths occurred, as follows;
Memoir of Rev. James II. Daily, read by
Rev. w. O. Walden.
Memoir of Rev. Robert A. Armistead,
prepared and read by Rev. DR.. William Z:
Judkins. Mr.. Armistead was minister OF
the Gospel for fifty years, and died In
Richmond at ahe age of eighty-three years:
Memoir of James w. Compton. prepared
and read by Rev. DIR. Paul Whitehead.
Memoir Of Rev. DR.. John +. Edwards.
prepared and read by Bishop John 9.
Memoir of Rev. william MCGEE. pre-
pared aud read by Rev. w. A. Crocker.
Memoir of Rev. John g. Rowe prepared
by Rev. J. B. Laurens, read by Rev. ID. q.
Q. Butts.
Memoir of Rev. John NJ. Saunders, pre-
pared and read by Rev. DR.. Paul White
head.
The memoirs were complete in the de-
tails and lfe-work Of the subjects. As
compositions they were without exception
very fine and Of q high order of merit.
The eulogiums upon the dead were ornate,
very beautiful. very just, and very touch
ing. At the close OF the reading OF the
papers the Conference, led by Rev. DR.. A.
g. Bledsoe, sang the hymn;
Asleep in Jesus"
VERBAL TRIBUTES.
Verbal tributes to the memory of the
dead followed. Rev. James A. Riddick.
the oldest member of the Conference,
passed beautiful eulogy upon DR.. John
4. Edwards, who was the second oldest
member OF the body and who was his
warm personal friend for over fifty years.
Mr. Riddick said that he is the only sur
Viving member of the Conference of 1883.
His references TO himself and the former
la6oreEs in the Conference brought tears
70 many who heard him.
Eul0gies were also pronounced by Rev.
DR.. Il. NJ. Peterson. Rev. ID. c. O.. Butts,
and Rev. A. NJ. Hall upon DIR. Edwards,
and by Rev. DR.. A. q. Brown and Rev. DR..
William r. Judkins upon Rev. William
McGee. These tributes were heard with
profound interest aud emotion. The
memoirs were unanimously adopted.
NEXT PLACE or MEETING.
Ths Conference proceeded TO select the
mart mara M TneofinQ Eli1abako Eitv