The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-12-17
THE METHODISTS.
MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE
CONCLUDES IT'S LABORS.
\ synopsis of the Proceedings
Where the Preachers Will
Work Next Year.

W mere the 1EtdCutiS WIN
Work Next Year.
The past week has been one of I'M
usual interest to the citizens of Brook |
haven. The session Ot the MISSISSIPPI !
ri annual conference of the NJ. f..
Church South. beginning Dec. 9 and
ending at noon Dec. II, brought to
our town over two hundred persons
connected with the conference as
ministers or lay delegates and many
others attracted 10y the meeting here.
The hospitality of our city was equal
to the occasion. and was handsomely
recognized in resolution of thanks
on the part of the conference.
Bishop +. Il. Hendrix, of Kansas
City. presided. The session opened
with reading of the 18th chapter of
st. John, singing the 18th hymn and
prayer 10y the bishop. DIR. c. G. An
drcws of Meridian, was elected Sec
rotary. Committees were then APP
pointed on the various departments of
church work. The Bishop called the
presiding elders to the chanccl and
charged them as to the duties of their
responsible office. Dr. II. c. Nor
riSon, of Atlanta, Secretary of the
Board of Missions of the VI. f.. church,
South, addressed the conference on
the missionary work of the church
and raised fund of 81, 200 for the
support of DR.. j. W. Lambuth and
wife, who are missionaries in Japan.
Mill>apS College, through its agent,
Rev. \. +. Watkins, made an encOur-
aging report. About S65 200 of the
endowment fund is lrcady i'll hand,
and there are subscriptions to double
| the amount necessary to secure the
second T25 900 of Maj. Mllsaps' dona-
/ ton. The corner stone of the main
! building will be land at an early day.
! The sermon ut night was by Rev. b.
Jones of Clinton, La, now in his S3rd
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year, who has been member of the
conference more than half century.
The second day of the session was
devoted largely to calling over the
different pastoral charges and hearing
reports from them. Reports were re-
ceived and read from Port Gibson Fee
male College and Centenary College
of Louisiana, which are institutions
under the patronage of conference.
Rev. j. NJ. Weem, ID. d., for the past
three Years a missionary in Mexico,
was received by transfer. Among the
visiting brethren introduced were
Rev. Lewis Powell, of Nashville, rep
resenting the Tennessee Methodist,
and Rev. DR.. NJ. b. Chapman, manag
ing editor of the st. Louis Christian
Advocate. In the afternoon Bishop
Galloway, DR.. c. w. Carter of the
New Orleans Christian Advocate, the
official organ of the conference, and
number of other members arrived.
Dr. Chapman preached at night to ii
large and appIeciative congregation.
When conference opened Friday
morning, Bishops Hendrix and Gallo
way occupied seats on the platform.
After devotional exercises conducted
by DR.. Il. S. West, of Wcsson, J. II.
Zachary, VIM. Nj. Sullivan, \. Thorn
as, and J. c. Campbell were elected
to orders as local preachers. |. ID.
Crymes, VIM. +. Barr, j. y. Ware
and w. l.. Linfield were elected dea-
cons in the travelling connection.
DR.. C. w. Carter of the New Or
leans Advocate, ably represented the
paper of which he is editor and urged
its claims to a larger patronage.
Though the circulation is increasing,
he claimed that by little more zeal
OH the part Of its friends 5000 sub
scribcrs might be secured. After an
animated discussion, the conference
declined to re,admit Rev. II. j. IIar-
ris, of Hattiesburg, who is now local,
but has been several times in the
travelling connection. The following
candidates for admission into the
| itinerant ranks were received Chas.
Crislcr, II. c. Brown, W. NJ. Stevens,
| p. ii. llOwse. II. l.. Norton and w. II.
Lewis. Bishop Hendricks charge to
the class was thorough, practical,
and at times eloquent. He very sol
EMMY warned them against errors in
doctrine, and the various causes
which lead to "arrested development"
especially Incidence and worldli-
ness.
a committee of 3 were appointed to
ascertain and report to the next con-
ference the burial place of the re-
markable and eccentric Lorenzo
Dow, which is supposed to he some
where on the Amite river, near the
Mississippi and Louisiana line. The
report of the statistical secretary
shows the following figures Total
number of church members within