Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-30
WEARY PREACHERS.
ONLY Half an Attendance at the Session
yesterday Morning.
rEHoRIALs TO THE CONFERENCE
as,,oo NJ The Body on Tho various Prcpo-
si,icn. Presenscd--D'vision Memorial
defeated by Vote ofs7 toll.
.s.....,., ,elerram 70 the plspatch.l

,rr n little wearied. and they were slow
IN assembling. There was less than hau
Of them IN place when the body was
called TO order at cas-.
devotional exercises were conducted by
REV ]. r. whitley, Of Norfolk. The min
utcs of yesterdays session were read ana
on,roved An the preachers on the
Eastern shore District passed In eNami-
nation OF character and reported the
condition OF the work on their charges.
Action OF conference in refusing w. J.
Williams dcacon's orders was reconsider
Cd and after some discussion he was
elected 20 receive said orders. and con-
tinuei On trial
MEMORIALS.
The order Of the day being the re-
mort Of the Committee on Memorials to
the General Conference. DR.. q. il. Ray.
chairman. submitted the same as fol-
lows. a.,
Memorial No. l. That powers OF dis
trict conferences in regard TO licensing
preachers etc. be enlarged. Rejected.
Memorial No. . That the General Con-
ference shall be composed Of one delegate
10 every forty-nve members Adopted.
No 3 Amending paragraph 1870. answer
II. OF the discipline Adopted.
No 4 Granting right TO perform mar
rage and communion service TO ail
preachers in charge who are deemed
worthy by this conference. After
lengthy and interesting DISCUSSION II was
No !. That discipline be changed SO as
To make districts contain forty stations.
Adopted.
No. I Allowing 30 per cent. instead
Of 10 per cent. Of the collections on chill
10 arnFpnTiato0
schools in the mission bounds OF the
conference. Tabled.
No. 4 Proposing that the third Sunday
In May be celebrated as chtldren's day.
and 90 per cent. of the funds raised on
such day be expended In the conference
mission work and 10 per cent. sent to
General Conference colporsage fund.
Tabled
No. 2 Providing that all applications for
membership 10 the conference be con-
sidered IN committee Adopted.
No. l0 Providing for more rigid condi-
tions for church membership. Adopted.
No. n. Praying that Sunday-school mt
orature be cheapened. Tabled.
No. 10 Providing that the law be so
changed that presiding elders, after hov-
ing served four years as such, shall be
returned 10 the pastorate. Not agreed to.
DIVISION OF CONFERENCE
No. H. providing that the Virginia Con-
ference be- divided into North Nir.i1i1
and South Virginia CUcIfcr, no'., edo Ill
yiding line being from th' iI' Ridge
Mountains TO Hampton g.. .l. d!OnS the
lire Of the James rivci. thence up the
Elizabeth river by the Southern Branch TO
the Albemarlc and Chesapeake canal:
thence along the North landing to cur
ri;uck sound. thence TO the Atlantic ocean
10 old Currituck Inlet Light; and that
said division be pCt INTO chect at the
annual conference In ISL.
Memorial No l6 asks that in the event
Of the division the whole question OF
boundaries. &C. be left to this confer
once TO decide for itself. was offered as
substitute for No. 10, and was voted
down.
No. l6 was divided and discussion began.
which was kept up To the hour of ad-
journment The debate was the most in
teresting of the conference and called
forth the closest attention OF the minis
tcrs and visitors.
STATISTICAL.
Rev. r. T. Lipscomb. in answer TO sew
eral questions reported: There are in the
conference 40 local preachers, a569
church members, an Increase for the year
of 209l: infant baptisms, l,6H. adult bap-
tlsms. 353t; number Of Sunday schools,
100; number Of officers and teachers. S,2OS;
number Of scholars 56,402; total amount
collected for supcrannuatos and for wild
OWE and orphans Of deceased ministers,
SLICE: collected and paid for domestic
missions. Sl07S5: foreign missions, S6,Csl;
paid on church extension, S,692; number
OF church edihces. 75i; value of same,
tl7sl.59O number Of parsonages. l3l; value
OF same. s2iS.25O
The conference then adjourned to i.
NJ.
DEFEATED.
The body reconvened at 3 o'clock, and
discussion OF the question memorializing
the General Conference to divide the Vir-
ginia conference was resumed. During
the discussion the cadets of Danvile Mill
tary Institute in fun uniform and bear
ing arms marched into the gallery of the
church and took their seats. The dis
cusson was continued up to $50 O'Clock.
when there were calls for vote" vote
demand was made for the yeas and
nays. on the roll being called the ques-
tion Of of memorfalzing the General Con-
ference to divide the Virginia Conference
was defeated by vote of n TO ST. Be
fore the vote was announced Rev. Richard
Ferguson changed his vote from yea to
nay, ne having so voted IN order TO move
n reconsideration In case the question
should have been decided by less than
a two-thirds vote.
The vote was then announced as fol-
lows: Yeas. clerical n. lay g. nays cleri-
cal n. lay To-
The conference resolved TO hold n night
session beginning al s o'clock. DR.. Brown
moved that when the conference adj
jOurried at the night session II be to meet
at 9Ib tomorrow. and at IL O'Clock a
sermon be preached by Rev. DR. A. Coke
Smith-in other words a THANKSGIVING
sermon. The motion was adopted. and
the conference was dismissed with the
benedicton
Quite a number OF the delegates have
left for their homes and many were
anxious TO leave tomorrow morning, but
they have been disappointed, The con-
ference viii not adjourn before tomorrow
afternoon. and the body may be in session
up TO night
NIGHT SESSION.
Conference met at s +. NJ. DIR. ]. f.
Smith. OF Norfolk, having been designated
by the Bishop. In the chair. Devotional
services were conducted by DIR. w. j.
Young Checks were furnished by the
Joint Board OF Finance 20 such preachers
who are benefciaries under the preacher $
relief fund.
The report ~ the Board of Church
Extension showed that the board had at
its disposal $e2S79; so per cent. of S.690.9O
raised on assessment. and 1884 brought
over from last year. There Is a decrease
OF S2l2s6 as compared with last year.
The appropriations for the year aggre-
kate N,VA OF winch amount NiShnlohu
District gets $40
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The following were elected officers OF
the womans department Of Church Ex-
tension: President John w. Childs; First
Vice-President Mrs. T. Men SIMPSON,
Second viee-President. Mrs. Pollard; Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs. Nj. N Moor
man: Treasurer. Mrs. c. v. winfree; Re-
cording Secretary, Miss Rebecca Hard
wick District Secretaries-Ric
Miss II. liardwick; West Richmond. Mrs.
X. +. Michael; Rappahannock, Mrs. r.
ii. Lyle: Charlottesville. Mrs. w. ii.
Ricketts,: Lynchburg. Mrs. Il. 3. Moor
man; Danyille. Mrs. j. 7. Catlin; Farm
VILE. Mrs. Wall: Petersburg. Mrs. II. Is.
Davis; Suffolk. Mrs. George c. Wander
slice; Norfolk, Mrs. John III. Hall
Eastern Shore. Mrs. George Hopkins
memorial to the General Conference
was adopted memoraiixing that body e
enact such LEGISLATION as shall insure
uniformity throughout the Church on the
question OF baptism IN infancy.
SUPERNATURAL LIST.