Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-20
THE VA. CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS or THE FOURTH DAYS
SESSION At NORFOLK.
Preachers Passed on characteristics.
fscsery work oftbe Board Of Missions.
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rcorrs,pcndencs Of the Richmond Dispasch.l
NosroIx. Va, November I9.--Ths vir-
sinis Conference Of the Msthodist Epis-
copal Church convened at $50 this morn
ing. Bishop Hendrix presiding. Divine
service was conducted by Rev. j. III. An
Accommodating the Scriptures, singing,
and prayer.
The minutes were read by Dr.. White
head, secretary, and approved.
The Secretary read letter from Chris
tian mother OF Norfolk asking the prayers
OF the conference for her wayward son.
once member of the Church.
The conference accepted an 1nyitatlon
20 be photographed from the Norfolk
The Bishop appointed Professor Francis
III. Smith, OF the University. OF Virginia,
and X. w, Peatross. of Danyillo. delegates
10 the Peace Congress at Chicago.
PREACHERS PASSED.
cara all the preachers blameless in their
lfyesY" was called, and w. q. Boggs, DO
seph r. Potts, ]. X. Griffith, George II.
Ray, w. T. Bullard, B. +. Lipscomb, ]. j..
southall W z williams. q d. B9 Ra.d,s W.
W. II. Riddick, J. q. Rhodes, w. +. Balm,
Earnest Stephens. Charles l.. Bane. NJ. s.
Watts. J. 4. Bosmsn. j. L. Gates. Charles
Barrett h. Herbert N. Hope, J. S.
Hunter. J. g. Martin; T. Y p carson
n. o. Edwards. i. p. Duke, j. f. Desbazo,
i. ID. Forkner, NJ. L. Williams. Professor
w. +. Tillett. Of Vanderbilt University;
r.. W. Watts. r.. 8. Reed, q. O. .Werten-
baker, J. 7. Mastin, II. b. Blankepship,
j. W. nildrup, q. L. Spencer. ": I; t y0f-
dan, w. Il. Davis, N. X. Smithey. and VII.
liam A. Tompkins made their reports ana
passed on character.
what local preachers are elected
elders ?" was called, and Il. II. Rawlings
was elected.
Dr. N. Sledd, chairman of the Board
OF Missions, addressed the conference. he
said the collections are q little behind, but
he hoped TO have money enough TO MAKE
fion. which was adopted, accepting the
amount (s7, 4S3) apportioned by the parent
board for liquidating deot.
DIR. Lambeth, one of the secretaries OF
the Foreign Mission Board, addressed the
body as TO the great work conducted IN the
East by the Methodists. he briefly re:
viewed the field in Asia and the strong hold
the Gospel has there and tho progress 1t IS
steadily making. He spoke OF the great
development and resources OF the East, In
China and Japan, and their possible inhu-
ence as factors in advancing and establish
ing the Christian religion.
ONE HUNDRED MISSIONARIES.
To-day the Methodist Church of the
South has 100 missionaries In the foreign
fields. scattered throughout the Chinese
Empire Japan. Brazil, and Me1ico and
in going over these fields the speaker gave
avery interesting sccount and encouraging
statistics OF the growth of the various mis-
sIons. The speaker worked mostly IN
China. and his account Of the work OF the
stations there and the prlvatlons OF the
missionaries attracted the closest atten-
tion of bis hearers.
After remarks by the Bishop a collection
was then taken up for the foreign mission
cause and several thousand dollars raised.
DIR. Peterson moved that the amount
asked for to extinguish the Mission Board
debt be distributed among the several
districts and pastoral charges OF the Vlr::
glpla Conference and raised by the LIST OF
March. Adopted.
NOTHING TO BAR REV. II. Z. JOHNSON.
The case of DR.. Henry Z. johnson was
called up and the committee appointed 70
investigate the charges reported that after
patient and careful investigation the COM
mittee find nothing to bar the introduce
ton of DIR. II. L. Johnson on trial. The
report was adopted and the name Of DIR.
johnson was presented tor admission on
trial.
Rev. Dr. George L. Clarke took tbs floor
In opposition to DR.. Johnson, and relte-
rated the charges as TO the erratlc charac-
ter OF the Doctor in his ministerial career.
DIR. Brown stated that ali the charges had
been fully considered by the committee
and explained satisfactorily, and there was
nothing found detrimental TO his moral
character.
The matter caused very general DIS
cussion among the ministers OF the con-
ference. after which DR.. johnson was adj
united on trial
EDUCATION REPORT.
The report of the Board of Education
was presented by DR.. Tudor. the chairman
of the board, and stated that the extra
ordinary impetus given education in the
last few years within the bounds OF the
conference was reason for great graft
tude 10 God. Randolph acon College
has forty.seven theological students at
present and the debt IS S2s,0OO. -Four
students were sent to Vanderbilt Unlver-
sity. The Woman's College at Lynchburg
will be finished in 1893. The Randolph
Macon Academy and other institutions of
learning were alluded TO and endorsed.
The report recommended further endow-
ment of Randolph Macon College and
Randolph-Mscon Academy, ut Bedford
City.
Professor Smith addressed the confer
ence in regard to the work at Randolph
Macon, and Professor Iillett that at Van
derbllt University.
The assignments Of preachers for preach
ing tomorrow was announced and confer
ence adjourned to Monday morning.
THE BROTHERHOOD,
The Virginia Conference Brotherhood
held their annual meeting at CRANKY Street
church. The secretary's report shows that
four beneficiary members had died during
the year, to whose families the society had
distributed $4,000. The officers OF last
year were elected for another year.