Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-11
THE METH0DISTS.
ann VIRGINIA ANNUAL CONFER
v,crs COMMENCES TODAY.
hundred and Fourteenth scs-
90 re called 60 order by
,.,.top DuEcan-somc Interesting
.,,dshcs and Facts.

,vNcHBURG VA. November io.-(spo-
,, rbe one hundred and fourteenth
~ thc Virginia Annual Conference
.,. Methodist Episcopal Church. South.
..at Court-Srcct church tomorrow
Tho conference ron OF last year
'l.oeei clerical members. and four lay
., f-5m each Of the eleven districts IN
....r.r,nce win make body Of Soj
.rs The reports from the various
.....s last year showed membership
.. church within the bounds of the
.-...e NJ $3.50 This is an apparent
.so of q. ia6 from the number report
.r. vs.r before. but the setting on
[.t. territory tn North Carolina form
t.lanrinr TO this conference ac-
..-. for tfat apparent loss. Seven hun
and thirty church edidccs We're re-
......-s decrease of 2S-which decrease
counted for in the same way.
CHURCH PROPERTY
.. ..lue of church property last year
e>eu>E. TO this must be added
- Cine value OF other property
.. nv tho Church. making i'm all
...r st--.he value Of AN the property
....I,t he church within the limits Of
.r,rence territory. The Virginia
.-.-re docs not embrace an the
... Dad, a,v means: but It does take in
.. Eastern shore small part OF the
.. off Maryland ana Delaware. Inc
.r.- OF the Conference are. ON the
rHrH ..H|rH h.a
Shore or Virginia and an the
r. of Delaware and Maryland not
.. .r the Baltimore Conf renee on
..-.r hy the Potomac river from It's
.. t1 ne line of stafford and King
,.s counties. by said line from that
ia "Raprahlnnock, ana by
-rrrnrauucck river teNciud-
..tssure statiom 10 the
rr.. on .he west. by the Blue
-. fr. North Carolina State line.
.- tre south 10y the said state line
PHI. Atlantic ocean.
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE
an .r. fertile valley OF Virginia is fin
r..i-ere Conference. In the State
.,.....-Ia there are nearly, If not quite.
.. commandments in the Methodist
.- church. South. with church
-, amounting TO more than $500
r.. minutes of 1886 report the mem
.-.r. .n Virginia 20 Dee 1881 whites and
r.-.f hrt this included "Holstcin'
..... r Thor. was then no conference
- .f virginia. Ten years later 1907
... members and 4.j4S col0red members
.....ltrd 90 Virginia. This number
.r...- about half of North Carolina.
-- ,o. ID. districts reported in Viz
- ra. Norfolk. Meherrin. James
rr.- lKn New Bernie. ana Eaieleh'
rr.-r appears as station in the
-.- n,s+r..t with membership of
.- r.f-.- and 81 colored. That year
. rlv was presiding elder of the
.--.r District and Christopher $.
-.r- was stationed a. Lynchburg.
rZTrNT OF THE DISTRICT.
. t.., Of the extent Of the district
lie Gathered from the appointments.
INV wore. Petersburg. Greenesville.
.rbur- Cumberland. Amelia, brlns-
Bedford. Lynchburg. Manchester.
-..I Mead was ON Amelia Circuit, ana
I4. on Brunswick. Then the
t.rs came to conference on horse
and travelled their circuits i'm the
- rr They were heroic men. ana
-- nob-v Tor God and humanity.
t..r $50 abiie in the increased
.- Increasing numbers who now COM
I..I lIl CUES NNA tAtN't % II t"
rI. heritage they have bequcathed
- Ibis generation. and 10 calls for work
81. t..uc though under different ccndi-
rrs
OPENING OF CONFERENCE.
ming of conference is always
-- impressive scene. The hymns sung
v.. Composed hy Charles Wesley. him
.n rilorant and they voice 10 this
.ar fl- -aurlments OF an itinerants
i.- Th- singing is always hearty.
s.. .,s- of men can Outsng "a company
Methodist preachers. and among no
men is there more genuine good
i Some come from hard fields
D ...r and some from delightful city
Uut for "a week an are as one
us gam and laugh and jest, and pray
Hs an. tears and rcioiclugs characterize
f. communion a. this large family OF
brothers.
BISHOP Duncan VIII call the conference
ar sJ o'clock tomorrow morn
After taa opening devotional eXor-
D rr"-e business win be taken up
lr from day TO 5ay 20 the close.
Tomorrow night ar 7&e o'clock Rev.
|. Young Of Norfolk Wiz Ra3sGk the
,rr sermon.