The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
PROCEEDINGS or METHODIST CON-
FERENCE CHARLOTTESVILLE,
A Spirited discussion on inc ''"''""''
n.no,,A slap at Loaa"oioH'
Women and a Reply

Pov n whitley, "a rham " pre-
committee ON pUhusIlns 80, ycafrning
sehtSq 49, OF the Methodist NnulSH
me - mighty work Of the pi.(tG9o, co.; Con
tCr Driuted PAGE. eNprcsSlhs -" ~ me
al the good financial soping the time
puini'sI'.e come when no author ol "" Va
Cburch viii feel CousUdlnru and when
other publishers than our oMw.Tijr ylll re-
Writers amonE our meHID,' '''f
COVE every cnVoui"N'ili''iit,' l,. commend
The southern MethQdst and the
Nashville christian AU,'frouagc OF our
F,uworth Era 10 ths pau
people. ,..,,
DIR. lArFEBrY's PAPER
rho, We heartily urge upon our pl Sfa,r's
ers and people 20 ula"c M the Rich
TO extend the clrCuIa'Io ,iboes uniaue
InyitG 80 ms and whose high ntILisiiS
Ie5H a make IL simply indispensable III
al 1,o our H ye highly appreciate the good
- 'C,.t is being done by lhe ,dHFlit
WctbodIst the Methodist ReCoiut'i anN
tbe eastern shore Methodlst IN tHeH -
sPe-.uIoo' ,,Sltv be- so extended that In every
Nethodist home throughout our tftIlIoI|
tbore will be d Methodist perloulCal lSeI
p.ys i C. Thrhsher ana hteut o. tle
rtttI1orc Conference. and A. b. Warick
ne Dduyille Female college were
i~troIuccl 90 tho Conference.
10
roferrei 10 the committee for "a super
animated relation. - ....,,.
TIE following deacons Of one year were
.N4mins1 as 20 character ana Work uliu
al.anced to the class OF the fourth year,
VIZ: G. II. Galloway r. a. notts a. %
j Rice. -. NJ. Beckdm, 9. II. SpVoHfi
Asa Driscon, W G.. Thompson. !: =.
VIM, l.. l. Banks, 5. W. Day. H. J.
The following were examined and con
tlnued on trial after advancemeht 10 we
class of the second year. g H.; Ky III
s G. R P4dsioI j. D. s & SHARPE SHARPE l. + Va
terrified, W b. Beauchamp' j. w Baker
a G.. A w '' Dyer was elected to deacons
o' Rev, DR.. J. j. Tigert editor, presented
the claims and merits OF tho 9ou'hsi"
H The order ~ of the day. the report of
the Board Of Education, was oHered pS
Professor A. NJ. BuEhlett of BedloId
city. Report No. / notes that me Co,
tinued prosperity Of our RandoIph-Macou
institutions during the trying hnancla'
depression rs a source Of great edISldJ
ton and gratitude sixty thouaanu t5 ~,
lars more IS TO be raised Tor 'It ~
dOlph- Macon work as soon as aH' I St.
The RandOlph-NaCon system mas ~
four teachers. 4D pupils anu 49,
worth OF property and endoWmeht' inSl'
has been a notable advance at the ran
dOlph-Nacon WOman's College, AT lsNhch
burg. where the same course OF STUDY anu anu
degrees are open TO the young Wo NJ
as are offered 10 the young men AT ASH
land The report recommends the correI-
lation of the Randolph-Macon system ana
the Blackstone Female Institute, ana tnt
union Of the latter with the Randolph
Macon system. This school has this first
year. teachers, II pupils, and properly
Of 81 900 -,-...
OF conference secretary OF education
dnd Of district boards and various leglS-
lation. The discussion was postponed ana
report ordered printed.
A TEMPERANCE DEBATE,
The most spirited debate of the SEES
sion followed the Offering OF the report
chairman The wording OF the report
was objected TO by Or. Whitehead, as
favoring the criticism of civil matters
by the Church. After accepting I)I.
Whitehoad's verbal amendments, the re-
port was passed.
NJ S C0l0nna, who was on THURSDAY
admitted on trial was, ON motion, APP
pointed ar student TO vanderbilt semi
j. willis Minter of the Eastern shore.
applied through Rev. w. i. wright ioT
admission on trial. The Conference at-
cided that the attachments of the appI-
cant were not such as qualihed MIN LOT
the Methodist itinerancy. There was
nothing against his moral character.
Rev. W. II. Atwin reported the new
committees on the course Of study for
the next four years as follows.
For Admission on Trial-R. A. comp,
ton, T. O. Edwards. r. NJ. MaXey and
rIT., YScar,ceorre e. Booker, J. r.
Bosnian; r. NJ. EHqrtQIn and } @. l'hodSS'
Thlrl Yar-R. r.. Wilson, T. j. Tay-
lor. W. II. Edwards and Richard Fergu-
Fourth Ycar-A. Coke Smith j., c.
Martin. j.. NJ Peterson and j. ). Hun
Rev r. II. Campbell presented the an
nual report Of the Rosebud Missionary
Society Total amount received dutl,n,ss
year s5,05j.G5.
sHp IaUGHTp LAST
The Bishop had great trouble keeping
the ladies and gentlemen from CONVERSE
ton.
a brother: silence in heaven for half
an hour means not woman there up TO
that time"
A ladies' reply, made privately: Not AZ
all, the first man arrived AT that time
and the unusual sight petrihed the ladies
Rev. DR.. Sledd reported from the Board
Of Missions that Notwithstanding the hard
times. the collections through the confer
ence for missions, domestic and foreign,
are ahead OF last year
Or Brown. The collections for widows
and orphans and wOrn-Out preachers Is
I'm excess Of last year, and during this
year of great financial distress the total
of the benevolent corrections IN TOUR de-
partments has fallen short only $40. This
Is "A fine report
Or. Tudor presented the report OF the
committee endorsing and commenting the
Bible Society of Virginia
Dr. T.. NJ. Peterson, from the Sunday
School Board. More scholars in our
schools than ever before, and more con-
versions Ina the sunday schools this year
than during any previous year"
The conference Is well attended. out
of 262 preachers only 10. and out of Al
laymen only 8, are absent.
FEATURES or TIL REPORT.
Appended to the report OF the Com
approving the present law of discipline,
declaring II to be the duty of the Church
10 educate the public mind TO appreciate
that to license an immortality is a sin.
''That we are Of the opinion that the
liouor traffic is one Of the most powerful
enemies of our holy religion, We hail
with 10Y the growing sentiment toward
local prohibition Of the traffic. and viii
do what we can to hasten the day of
freedom from the tyranny OF a legaiizod
enemy Of immortal souls.
From the joint Board of Finance II
was reported that the collection FOR the
wornout preachers had been paid in fuil
The collection for Bishops showed de-
crease OF Slj. that for the Church extern
sion $50 and that for education $il.
The mission board reported that though
the collection for home missions was IN
excess OF last year because OF increased
aupropriafiOn and the collection did not
come an 10 expectations, the missionaries
would only be paid eighty-seVen cents on
the dollar The foreign missionary col