Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-23
THE PARSONAGE CONFERENCES.
This Important Body to Meet nj
Broad-strect Church To-day.


Broad-strect Church To-Day.
The woman's Parsonage and Home
Mission Society OF the Virginia Confer
enoe. Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
will hold its annual session at Broad
Street Methodist church. in this city,
beginning this morning at 10 o'clock.
There Will be a session for business at
that hour, a recess will be taken, and
lunch will be served 10 the delegates and
friends i'm attendance OF the noon hour,
and the business session VIII be resumed
afterwards and continued throughout tee
afternoon. AT quar,er past o'clock
tonight Bishop John &. GranbeTy viii
preach the annual sermon before the
society IN the same church. The transac-
ton Of business will be resumed to-mor-
row at 10 a. NJ, lunch viii be served at
the usual time, and business Will be con-
tiLued I'm the afternoon. The exercises
for Friday night have not yet been fixed.
but due notice will be given. The Metho-
dist ministers and people OF Richmond,
Manchester and the adjacent country are
specially invited TO attend these meetings,
and the public generally will be cordially
welcome. The ladies' desire II TO be I'M
derssood that gentlemen. as well as ladies,
are earnestly invited TO attend the bust
at night. All who attend the morning
meetings are invited to remain to the
lunch that will be spread each day by the
hospitality Of the Methodist ladies Of
Richmond
This society is a regular department OF
the work Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, having been Incorporated
into the Church law in 1885, In con-
nection with the Characterization move
ment It's object Is 20 unite the efforts
Of Christian women and children In the
collection OF funds by private effort, per-
sonal solicitation membership fees, de-
vlses. and requests, for procuring homes
for i,inerant preachers, and otherwise
aiding the cause of Christ" The head
quarters OF the Central Committee
having general charge OF the work are
in Louisville, Ky. and provision is made
for an auxiliary organization I'm each an
uuaI conference The funds collected are
disbursed by the Central Committee,
under the supervision of the General and
Conference Boards of Church Extension
IL Is the aim Of the society TO organize
as far as practicable an auxiliary society
I'm every pastoral charge. To give some
notion as to what sort OF work this or
ganization is doing these figures are
! quoted:
| began 10 stir up the subject OF parsonage
| building, there were reported 1880 par
sonages. Six years later in 1892, 3,Ol5
were reported, an increase In six years
| of 9s5, and about half as many as were
! built I'm the whole century prior to the
| birth OF the woman's organization making
the building OF parsonages its specific
| object, and the larger portion OF those
| built were directly aided by this society.
In the Virginia conference there are at
| present twelve auxiliary societies, with
a membership Of 269. The amount raised
during the conference year ending last
| November was 1861. The organization
at large raised S6,2S356: and there is a
loan fund" OF $5OS7.6O. The officers
OF the conference society are as follows
| President, Mrs. ]. w. Childs. OF Lynch
burg; First Vice-Presldent. Mrs. T. Men
| Simpson, OF Portsmouth; Second Vice
| President. Mrs. ID. Il. Elan, OF Farm
| Vile: Treasurer, Mrs. G. V. Winfree, OF
| Lynchburg, Recording Secretary, Mrs II
! f.. Wall, Of Farmville; Corresponding Sec
rotary. Mrs. NJ. n. Norman, OF Lynch
burg. The district secretary for the Rich
mond District is Miss Rebecca Hard
wicke. and for the West Richmond Dis
trict. Miss NJ. l.. Bennett
The present session OF the Virginia Con
! ference Society will be a very interesting
one. and II is expected that much i'm
portant business will be transacted
Bishop Granbery's sermon tonight will
doubtless be heard by a large and ap
| preclatiye audience.