The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-29
THE M. {. CONFERENCE
The Second Days Session at tabernacle
Church Hickory Ground.
THE VIOLATION OF THE SABBATH DAY.
An Important Subject Considered nt
Length in II Report by Roy Dclo.
Ente kcelin.-Report on Church
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Considered
Largo Amount Raised.

The second days session of the Nor
folk District NJ. Il. Conference opened
| at Tabernacle church. Hickory Ground.
with an attendance Of about 1,500. The
session was called to rder by the Pre-
siding Elder. Rev. J: Powell Garlund,
ID. D.. and Rev. j. w. Baker. Of Gill
merton, conducted Devotional services.
The name of Rev. w. T.. Murphy. of
the Princess Anne Circuit, was pre-
scented as an applicant for rhc travelling
| connection and was iercr:cI.
| 1T was then decided TO hold the next
| meeting at Nimmo church, Princess
Anne county.
| Delegate w. w. Vicar then read the
financial report, which shows that 4
total OF S6S.S40.5G has beer; raised by
| the church in the past year, OF which
S2l5S190 was for the support of the
| ministry, $23,I12.7i for building ana re-
pairing churches and the balance for
missions and beneroiGnt purposes, etc.
The report was adopted.
The report on education was made the
order for the Afternoon session.
SABBATH DESIGNATION.
Lay Delegate N. e. Keeling then read
| the report on desa cration OF the SAL
hath and also on temperance. The re-
! port deplores the extent TO which laXity
in Sunday observance prevails among
professed Christians. 4 strong tcnlper-
ancc clause was a'so inserted. The re-
| port went over that the one OH educa-
| ton might be read
Rev. DR.. w. J. Young then read an
interesting report on church literature,
Whlch concluded with the recommended
ton of several Methodist papers
KEY. ~. q. Brown, d. D., spoke on
the report. after which further action
was deferred until the afternoon session.
SUBJECT OF MISSIONS.
| Inc order or the day, missions, was
then taken up. and the report was read
| by lay delegate ~. L. Kellam, as fol-
lows:
The subject OF missions is one that
addresses itself to all who are connect
! ed with our church. Since the day the
Master sent out seventy. bidding them
| so into every village and city and
| prcach the kingdom or God, the cause
| of missions has made 4 demand on us.
] This the church is endeavorinw
10 do by KS contributions, and lis victo-
| ~ over seltishncss il the strong index
| of It's spirituality, and to spend and be
! spent i'll the Masters service is TO lJJ--
come like Him and reach the Gates Of
| Pearl.
| The noble women of the district are
| doing their work through their organi-
| cations and deserve our encouragement
and commentator.
The report was ably discussed by Lay
Delegate Ecllam. Rev. j. S. Wallace,
| and Rev. Joseph y. Proctor.
THE SERMON.
| The sermon, which was also on the
subject OF missions, was delivered at
noon by Rev. w. III. Atwill, pastor of
Cumberland Street NJ. l.. church, this
city. who took for his text Matthew xvi,
10: And He said, 80 ye into all the
world and preach the Gospel TO every
| creature"
He held that the duty of the church
and the ministry is 10 send the Gospel
to the world. 1t must be the burden
OF the herald of the Gospel. The d:sci-
piles under Christ were commissioned
for the special wo!k. 1t is the duty of
| the church to give the Gospel to the
world. because it is loyalty to Christ
The church member who sulka when
the command is heard to send the Gospel
10 the unsavcd will merit the condcm-
nation Of the Master ut the last.
The church must give the Gospel to the
world for love of Christ
Lastly, likeness to the Lord Jesus
Christ requires the church 10 obey the
command OF the Master to give the Cos
pei to the world.
After the sermon n collection was TAX
On up for mission purposes.
y number of other delegates reported
after which the morning session OF the
tNJDu!Htu.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At this session bishop Mcnamara. an
"N-Roman Catholic priest, was intro
duccd to the conference
The report on education was rca / by
the Rev. J. D. Hank. This advanced
the claim that Methodism IS q ,l,utch
| for the education or the masses, the
devotion and salvation OF the people,
and that 1t has 4 noble work to per.
form.
The report referred to the Randolph
Macon system of institutions, which in
cludcs the Randolph Macon College.
valued at $4,000; Randolph Macon
| Womans College, valued at Sl2a 900;
neutrality-suspicious. Academy, Bedford
City. valued at 5000 Randolph Ma
con Academy at Front Royal, GlOI 900;
Randolph Macon Institute, ut Dan
Vile, valued 1T $4,000. giving the svs.
tenn two academies for boys, one for
girls one college for young man, che
for young ladies, valued at $4S2,JUo
| The report also warmly commended
the Blackstone College, the Southern
Seminary at lowing Green. ana Sur-
folk Fcmal" College, rs we'll as .hc Dis
trio; Board of Education.
| Following this the Rev DR.. j. a. Kern,
Of Randolph Macon College. addressed
tho conference on the claims that this
! institution has for Il very liberal sup
/ port. Ills address was strong aud per-
! tincnt. Interesting matters will come
mp at tc-day's meeting.
| THE PORTSMOUTH CONFERENCE
Business Transacted ut the Session Held
at Hampton.
| Hampton, Va. July 2S.-At to-day's