The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-01
THIRD DAY OF CONFERENCE.
Business Transacted at SATURDAYS
Session Complete.
THE CLOSING SESSION SUNDAY NIGHT.
s.vorts OF Committees Received nnd
Adoptcd-stntistics of Interest
10 the Church World.

The German Methodist conference ncin
us third session yesterday at the churcn
corner OF Mckinney and Milan streets.
The conference was opened with rcligi-
o,s services by Rev. II. Jordan.
The minutes OF tho previous session
verc read aud approved
Rev. c. kurz. lay delegate, from som.
srsot mission. arrived and was reported
nrrscnt at roll call.
Rev A. u. konkcn, having passed mn
approved examination before the commit.
,ee OF the fourth year. was elected tc
eder's orders.
Reports from the committees on the
cause OF temperance. on conference min.
u,es on conference relations, from the
treasurer or committee of publication or
-per Missions Frennd," on church cxtcn.
sion. on books and periodicals, on cdtica.
cation on church property and an tbo
Epworth League, were read and ndop,e,i
Tho committee Oh temperance reported AZ
follows:
enioined 10y he Bible to Danish ont nj tnn
land incompetence in any form whntcy,r
Rev. G. a. l.cmhbcrg, after AN impress
give address by bishop Key aud discip
llnary questions, which wcrc promptiv
answered, was admitted to fun menbrr
shin IN the conference.
Ne" F0uhlilh' Nierlna county, was sol
ected as tho next place OF meeting for
The conference OF 1896.
After announcements. the conference al.
iourned to meet IN closing session sun
day night after tho regular church srr.
vices Unfinished business viii hc IL
rosed OF aud the appointments read by |
Bishop Key.
NOTES or THE CONFERENCE.
The Methodist Episcopal church. soutb
has A membership of ! 400. 900.
The reports show that during tho past
conference year li6 infants and three
adults were hnptlscd.
For the support of the preachers I'm
charge Of churches. tho sum of y3426 VIVA
reised, according 10 Secretary Rabc.
For missions, foreign and domestic dur
ms me year 1879, the sum OF si7ig was
nscd, making II per capita of over 81
per member.
The German Methodist misslon confer.
enco has twenty four churches fourteen
pMs0nagcS, III local preachers and mem
beers, twenty-five Sunday schools and Nis
members.
Interesting services win be held today
and tonight at tho German Methodist
ehurch, corner Mckiun and Milan
STREETS. Amer church services touipnt
mere VIII be a short business session oil
The conference.
The board Of education OF tho Mcthod,s,
Episcopal church. South. ITO place tnr
wv ulS'ltullon7 Tor colpfrd people which
~ under cur care upon a firm ana ani 4
sM iy looiigg ask specifically for H..
" as II special gift.
me missionary Anniversary meeting
~, ~ neih frlHhF evening, Rcv. H. H.
hendry, for msmy years "A nlsslo,nrv n,
. and famed for the zcs,lousnrss dis
r s N an cndcavor 10 lead the dis ,
s . OF toniucius to. christ, delivered
a.,sTy interesting address on misslnue
sna ~ missloharies. lis years OF experience
Y w lhe foreign field and his wide knowI-
~ ~ OF ne obstacles ever in the path.
w. Wv o. nose whose lives have been CON
80. sS,a,ol IL the service OF the Master
Y, ,Ds'vypshiy comps tho reverend gcuticmnn
vi ncluIr platform. Bishop Kcv M
ZeehVrred a short address ON missions ~
go s.l and domestic. Afterwards "A col, =.
MuM amounting TO S32 was tnkcn nm "
az ,orcifn mission fund Row. Icr- "a
80 H. mere to recuporatc his health Hn o.,
~ .smpihtcs returning to China at an IN
~. WY 10 resume his labors anon. ,m
ne living God '''' from OF