Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-01

Tennessee Conference First Round of
Quarterly Meetings.

Mount NaTmeI, Oct. rs.
GAINESVILLE, October 80.
Palmyra, Nov. 1.
Wiley's Chapel, Nov. 2.
Stamper's Chapel, Nov. 8.
New Providence Nov. 4.
South GAINESVILLE, Nov. 5, 6.
Antioch, Now.
Mallory's Chapel, Nov. IL.
Ashland City, Nov. IL, IL.
st. Bethlehem, Nov. Is.
Sadlersvilie, Nov. Is.
Cedar Hill, Nov. II.
Wartrace, Nov. 10, 20.
Springfield, Nov. 26, q.
The district stewards will please
meet the presiding elder at the Meth
odist church in Clarksville, ON Mon
day, Oct. 81, at ten o'clock a. m.
Their names are as follows: b. w.
Macrae, r. E. McCulloch, r. g. Pick.
ering, T. HI. Batson, B. I'll. Dunbar,
j. o. Hunt, E. l.. Brewer, j. M.
Dickson, George Doubleday, l.. L.
Warfield, w. G. Warfield, 7. J.
Ayres, E. s. Doe, G. G. Bell, and one
from New Providence and Bethel
charge. Brethren, let me urge you
to be present. Your work in this
meeting is important. You cannot
afford to be absent without a valid
reason. II any of you find that you
cannot attend, please notify the al.
ternate SO that your charge may be
represented.
We urge the official members, and
especially the stewards, to be present
at the first quarterly meetings. Your
presence, counsel and co operation
are needed and greatly desired. 1t is
important that we should organize
our work throughout the district
very early in the conference year,
This we can do by early quarterly
conferences, and full attendance Of
the officials. Let no member be alb
sent without valid reasons for his alb.
5ence.
The stewards will please endeavol
to make liberal payments on the
preachers salaries al the first quarter.
lylconferences. The preachers sne.
cessities are great in the beginning o.
the year. Many of them have little
or no money with which to begin
their years work. Some are already
in debt. Winter, the most expen
sive season of the year, is upon them
For the expense of attending confer
ence and moving, for provisions, fue
and winter clothing, for their books
church papers, ETC., their expenses
are necessarily very heavy. Many
good and faithful pastors will be EN-
barrassed and discouraged unless
you administer promptly to theil
necessities. 1t is not enough to pay
the salaries of preachers, but at least
one-fourth should be paid just after the
conference so as to enable them tt
prepare for winter. Besides all this
it is better tor numerous sreasons tc
pay the salaries quarterly, or month
ly, and not leave so much to be paid
at the end of the year, orl neUer paid
Brethren, please rally on the first
acknowledgements.
There is another mistake. Some
good and worthy members, who are
willing to support.the, church, have
been neglected by those Qhe stew.
ards) who administer the business Of
the church. Every member OF, the
church is obligated to support its in
situations. By neglecting members
they lose sight of this obligation, and
are caused to feel that the church
does not need them, and thereby one
of the strongest bonds binding them
to the church is weakened or broken
All have the same obligation. When
some are neglected, or wilfully on
their part, neglected to support the
institutions OF the church, theiburden
is very heavy on. those who do sup.
port it. Let our resolutions be: l.
That we will make. liberal provisions
for our preachers. 2. That we will
keep these claims before every mem.
Der of the church. 8. That we will
endeavor to pay quarterly in full. A,
That we will endeavor faithfully to
pay all claims of the church in full.
God loves the cheerful giver and the
willing worker.
HERSCHEL B. REAMS.