Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-27
THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.


ings of the Baltimore Conference at
Staunton was the application of the
, Rev. II. w. Gross, pastor of the Evan
gelical Church, of Hagerstown, who,
with the lay delegate, G. D. Lowery,
came before this conference seeking
organic union Herewith. The Hagers-
town congregation in it's application
said that they had 120 members, a hand
some church and parsonage. DR.. Gross
was introduced to the conference and
made plea for admission. A committee
reported to the conference favoring the
admission of Or. Gross and his congre-
CATION. Bishop Galloway warmly well
coined DR.. Gross, and the confer
ence evinced its pleasure at this &C.
cession of a large congregation to men,
bership.
Then the secretary read brief re-
port from the board of colportage,
showing the sales during the past year
to be $27 ,037.97, an increase Of $49O,2l
over the preceding year. The board
considered this report very encourag-
| ing and commended the work of Rev.
A. E. P. Neill.
Rev. T. G. hewitt and others then
spoke in the interest of the church pub
LEGATIONS, stating that the book stores
were coming in opposition with the
colportage board and that the support
of the conference was essential to the
continuance of its work.
The secretary then read the report OF
the committee on conference relations,
which report recommended the follow
ing brethren for the superanuated re-
lation: F. M. Mills, Nelson Head, Will
liam g. Eggleston, ]. NJ. Follansbee,
Charles G. Linthicum, J. 81. Waugh,
John W. Tongue, Robert Smith, Wes-
ley Hammond, Charles A. Joyce, f. A.
Mercer, E. l.. Kregelo, James II. Tenn
pie, Aaron Boone, William Hedges, L.
II. Crenshaw, Sylvanus Townsend,
Hamilton w. Kinzer, G. l.. Cameron
and John O. Thackett; and for the SUI
pernumerary relation: ]. Newman
Hank, A. @. Flaherty, ]. ]. Engle and
Jacob S. Hopkins. The report, which
was signed by j. III. Dulaney, chair
man, and W. G. Hammond, secretary
was adopted.
Bishop Galloway then introduced
Rev. w. S. Campbell, Presbyterian Sec
rotary and general agent of the Bible
Society of Virginia, who addressed the
conference on the Importance of his
work. He said that in Virginia there
were 40 900 people without Bibles, and
that in an old established city of the
State out of 700 families 12z were found
to be without Bibles.
Charles w. Moore, Daniel NJ. Brown,
CORTLAND 2. Smith and Linwood Ham.
mond were continued in the third year
class. Levi B. Atkins and William
Stevens passed the fourth year class. B.
Lee Parrott, H. NJ. Reed, James H.
Smith, Henry A. Wilson, Homer L.
| Heironimous and w. White Newbury
were continued in the fourth year
class. William ]. Whitesell and f. l..
Day were elected deacons. Rev. DR..
w. w. Smith was asked to accept the
principalship of the Randolph Macon
Academy, of Front Royal, in addition
to his present duties as president Of
Randolph Macon College. He ex-
pressed his willingness to assume the
new duties proposed to be placed on
him. He will succeed Rev. DR.. Bev-
erly W. Boud on April 10. DR.. Boud
has been president of the institution
since it was founded five years ago.
He retires from the presidency to take
preaching charge.
Bishop Galloway introduced DIR. j.
D. Barbee, agent of the publishing
house at Nashville, Tenn, who, in ad-
dressing the conference, referred to the
fact that the church's book trade was
diminished on account of hard times.
He commented on the commendable
qualities of the various books publish
ed by the church printing house.
DR.. ]. ]. Lafferty, of the Richmond
! Christian Advocate, spoke to the con-
ference of the need of disappearing church
papers. He said "Our conference pa
pers are having rough time. The
whole country is having q rough time"
but he begged for assistance in circula-
ton of the church papers.
Last night the annual celebration OF
the missionary society was held, at
which Rev. ]. w. Wooling, missionary
to Brazil, and Rev. Collins Denny, oil
Vanderbilt University, delivered ap
propriate addresses.
The corporate board of finance at its
meeting in the afternoon, reported the
sum of 81 ,391 81 as the proceeds of the
investment of about sos 900 cared for by
them. This is added to the collections
for superannuated fund, and is largely
the product Of a generous donation by
Charles Shipley of $4,000, made for
this purpose at the session of the con
ference held in Washington two years
ago. The joint board of finance will
pay in full the allowances to the claim
ants.
This conference takes exceptionally
good care of it's superannuated preach
ers, and the widows and orphans of
deceased preachers.
The conference to-day decided 10
meet next year at Hinton, W. Va.
FAUQUIER NOTES.
Miss AWE Milburn, of Catlett's. is
visiting friends in Washington and
Alexandria.
Maj. J. J. Douglas has sold his resi-