The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-13
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE.
BIsHOP DUNCAN SHOWS 4 TALENT
F'OR GETTING Ar norton FLCiS.
Tvoofthe Richmond Churches Want Rev.
r. II. Eawlinss-All the slate MAKERS
Are in the Dark.

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| WAS poor in promise At O'clock inc
hour OF opening, there were haruS
! fifty persons in the Conference-room' Inc
| Bishop came IN late. having mistaken the
time. and the preachers dragged slowly
after. deDressed by the heavy mist. Later
on people frightened mp a little thouSn
the weather did not. and b. noon the
/ house was nearly full.
The entire session was consumed III
routine work. but the proceedings were
! not without interest to the members ana
70 the spectators who filed the galleries.
,rbcro were no speeches, but there was
| an abundance of innocent wit ana bood
| roeliny prevailed throughout the session
/ rNCOUkAGlNG EDUCATIONAL RE-
PORT.
The report Of Dr. r. J. Bigham. secre-
! tarv OF the Board OF Education, was
re,d. The report shows that N52i2O
/ were raised BY the several conferences Tor
| the work OF the board The Children's-
| Day collection amounted TO N.0lll5; and
/ s. 1925. was raised for Paine ana Lane
Institute. The secretary IS grained win
/ the cordial co-operation which he has
received from many OF the preachers ana
laymen in getting tho work OF the Soar"
under way Tho colleges arc IN pros
| porous condition and are all reported dis
| tinctiycly Christian.
! THE sUNDAY-SCHOOL OUTLOOK.
/ The report Of Dr. James Atkins. sun
! day-SchOol editor. shows that tlefe mas
/ been an increase of i5lN in the NUMBER
! Of Sunday-schooi pupils ~ the sou'h'rn
! Methodist church. making total OF NN-
.lHtf -..h
Cuarteriics have "a combined circulation
/ Of gs2 0oo. an increase of $500. The cit-
cllation of the smaller lesson papers mas
decreased The observance o. 'hudron 50
| Iav has been neglected in many sec
tions.
REVIEW or THE FIELD.
Question g-"Are all the preachers
blameless I'M their life and oiilclHl ""-
miuistratiOn? was recalled, an" 'n,
presiding elders made their reports ana
passed the usual examination OF 'n"l-
aoter All the reports were encour"sl"5.
| Indicating progress in every department
OF church work Notwithstanding tNe
terrible financial depression from which
evcrv district has suffered. Rev ). ~.
EiIdick reported that one church ON the
| Farmvlle district OBoydtonl hdo paid
more for missions than was raised on
the whole district paid last year. me
( amount approXimates 5000 lie paid
nigh tribute 10 the work OF Rev. ). W.
Lee. the evangelist. who contributed
largely TO the success Of the revival ell
/ forts Of the year.
4 REMNANT FOR GODS ALTAR.
Rev M. p Wright spoke eloquently Of
tho noble poople on his district, VINO,
"pilIa-.d and plunderod by the hard
times. gathered from the wreck Of their
fortunes remnant for Gods altar. lie
said that "a lady brought two gold dol
lars which belonged to her dead baby. TO
her steward and asked him 10 pay the
nastor e for her. and keep the gold
treasures until she could redeem thom.
The following ministers. who have
| been IN the Conference two years on
trial. PASSED the examination or char-
actor. and were advanced TO the class or
tho third voar. W. &. Pace. NJ. 5. Co
lonna. Jr. J. ". Parrish. l.. r. Williams.
g. r. Gibbs D. W. Reed. W. T. A.
Iavncs. r. T.. Wingicld. q. w Jones
u r.. Johnson T.. W Davis. @. w. Dyer.
Roy. T.. J. Potts. who belongs 10 this
class. being detained 80 home on ace
count OF sickness. was continued ON
trial.
GETTING At THE FACTS.
In the examination of the character
of the Young men. Bishop Duncan eN-
Aibited a remarkable talent for getting
at the bottom facts. Tie not only got
at fhe facts. but ho made every one else
see them.
The following minister's. who have COM
pletcd the conference course OF study.
passed the examination Of character, ana
were elected 10 elders orders. T.. j.
Dadmun. r. =. Beadles, l.. r. Hit, l..
q. James. j. n. Latham. r. T.. Bentley.
j. r. Gill. W. A. Christian. A. l.. Car
SON. j. is. Jollin. G.. r. Greene W. j.
williams. G. n. Williams. j. A. Thomas.
s ". Day B NJ. Bcckham.
Rev. j. y. Chitty. OF this class hav-
ing early i'm the year surrendered his
credentials. was dropped from the con-
ference roll.
Dr. h. +. Johnson. OF the same class.
but already an elder. passed the examina-
tiOn Of character.
THAT'S a HEREsY."
= presiding elder. speaking OK the work
OF One OF these Preachers, said. bishop,
he was born pious."
That's heresy said Dr. Peterson:
FOR DE need not he born again. IL he
Was porn pious
Presiding Elder: III you please. Bish-
op. -, such is tne nnsc0m OK heaven.
Bishop Duncan. "Nc.y good, you and
Brotrer Peterson settle that
Key. Clark ". IeIlNlCu, who was re-
admitted into conference al the last scs-
sion. and appointed TO Trinity church
Norfolk but resigned his charge before
the close OF the year. passed the oxaml-
nation Of character.
Revs. -. T. Kesler. 5. j. Battin, u. T.
Merritt ANA j. d. Langley were elected
O. deacon orders as local preachers.
op. OF such is the kingdom Of heaven "
been de4cons for one year made their
reports and passed the examination OF
character.
a large number of visiting ministers
were introduced TO the conference. Among
them were Reys. j. G. Jones, b. T.. Paul
ana H. III. Kennedy. all OF the Baltimore
conference. Dr. II. G. Morrison, mission
AIRY secretary. Nashville. Tenn. Dr. Geo
g. Smith. cf Georgia; Or. Armstrong. Of
the Baltimore conference: Dr. Moore. OF
the HoistOn conference. Or. Carson. rec
tor OF ST Pauls +. T.. church, Lynch
burg; Rev. W. ). Campbell, secretary OF
the Virginia Bible Society, Richmond
Dr. Fleming. pastor OF the Second Pres
byterlan church. this city. and Bishop
Lane. OF the colored Methodist Episcopal
church.
Thus far the sessions OF the confer
ence have been unusually quiet, and II
il altogether likely that nothing viii come
before the body to disturb It's harmony
No characters have been arrested. and
there are no rum0rs 81 serious complaints
against any OF the ministers.
MORE GUESSES AT APPOINTMENTS
The "slate-makers" are busy guessing
a. the appointments. bur they were never
,,ora entirely in the dark