Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
HE ALABAMA CONFERENCE Concludes Its Work at Troy and
 Adjourns. A MINISTER IS EXPELLED On Very Serious charge-SeveraI Interest ing Talks by Ministers and
 Others

Troy. Dec. 4.-(SpeciaL)-The second
 days session of the Methodist Episco-
 pal conference. south. was one of har-
 mony and works.
 The following were passed upon as
 blameless in their lives. according to
 question 20:
 A. J. Lamar. E. L. Lamar. c. A. Con
 nell J. B. K. Spain. G. K. Williams. H.
 Trarck, E. G. Price. I. F. Bilbro, $. G.
 Boyd, w. J. Price, A. l.. Sellers, J. s. Will
 Hams, B. c. Glenn. J. S. Shofner, A.
 Hood, w. r. Arnold, A. s. Andrews, w.
 D. Bilbro, c. ". Jones, J. F. Baby, C. P.
 Atkinson, D. L. Lindsey. J. K. Powell,
 H. T. Johnson, T. H. Jones, D. J. Hart
 Briggs. w. P. H. Connely,aJ. M Dan
 nelly, J. o. Noble. J. B. Nelson, J. M.
 Solly. W. D. Taylor. H. H. McNeill, w.
 s. Street. E. l.. Loveless, l.. H. s. Chap
 pelle J. c. Johnson, J. l.. Skipper, G. M.
 Sellers, w. B. Dennis, E. E. Cowan, D. J.
 Wright, J. P. Sanders, T. L. Adams.
 pr. Rush reported that the committee
 of trial had found R. r. Denny guilty of
 adultery and had expelled him from the
 conference and the Methodist Episcopal church, south.
 Dr. Lamar read bis report as secretary
 of the board of education. He made def-
 nite reports regarding the progress of the Southern University and of the Alabama Conference Female college. One hundred and seven pupils enrolled at the universi- ty and 150 pupils enrolled at the Alabama Female college. The Alabama conference has aided ninety churches. There are about 1900 unsheltered congregations in the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States. He stated that to carry out this they had fallen upon the plan of securing 300 persons who would give s1o each. To this proposition there were sev- eral responses. This fund was to be a bonus to begin with.
 The following travelling prea achers were elected deacons: Harry c. Threadgil1, Centcrville circuit: Oscar J. Goodwin Coffee Springs circuit: Eugene l.. Craw- ford, Eufaula.
 pr. Lambert, secretary of missions, was introduced to the conference and made an interesting statement He had made a trip and found great necessity for educa- ton in the mountains of Kentucky. He urged the necessity of planting school house by every church. He found the key to the situation was the school, and he said that the organization of this board
 with the board of church extension was necessary for the church to be able to conquer. He attributed the fact that the gospel had had so little effect upon the mountaineers to the fact that 1t had been preached to them as matter of emotion and not matter of strict conviction. He urged them to begin early in the year to raise the collections.
 Mrs. Kendall of Atlanta of the Parson- age and Home Missions society. was in troduced. and said in coming she had | the assurance of the beloved bishop that | the wooden horse of ancient Troy would not be introduced. She would have in | troduced no horse at all, but she had come to introduce the latest born child of Southern Methodism-the Parsonage and Home Mission society. The child had had its ups and downs as any other child and she said that while the bitter had befallen her she had much of the sweet, and now she had been able to con- vince many that she was of respectable
 origin and would have her influence in building schools and churches and in put ting the word of the Master into the sums and outcast hearts. This society has been properly recognized by the church organ and several bishops. | Bishop Hargrove had given a $2000 en- l dowment and further showed his ap- preciation by marrying the secretary. l Bishop Galloway by this work reminded | her that to get married was the signal | for apreacher a to locate. but she assured l the unmarried preachers that this soci- ety proposed to do away with this cruel | ty The first parsonage was built by a woman. This is shown by an account of | it in Second Kings. She was rewarded. | The demand for parsonages has in l creased since that day and will continue | to do so as long as preachers continue l to marry. and one good brother said World without end" She told pa | thetic story showing how her society proposed to come to the rescue of the | poor wives and children on poor works. | Quoting Rev. Simon Peter Richardson. | who made strong point urging good care l for the pastor. nice home for him. etc. :: GO ye, into all the world and preach my | gospel to every creature" and we know | this means our own state of Alabama, | and our conference and our own Troy. This society has established two schools