The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07
TO RECEIVE THE METH0DISTs.
THE HOMES OF SAVANNAH WILL
RE THROWN OPEN TO THEM.

A Cordial Welcome to BE Extended
Those Who VIII Attend the south
Georgia conference.-the Denomi-
nations Will Help to Provide for
the DeIeGates-MOre Than 1900
Visitors Expected-WOrI of the
Committees on Arrangements.
Services in the Churches To-day.
Including the delegates to the annual
meeting of the South Georgia conference
there will be between 1900 and $500 visi-
tors In Savannah during the first week in
December.
Fully $50 delegates will attend the con-
ference and of these two-thlrds or more
are ministers. outside of the delegates,
however, there are many who take great
interest in the work of the conference,
and who usually attend its sessions. The
reduced railroad fare, one fare and third
for the round trip, win undoubtedly bring
many to the city who would not other
wise come.
The work of making arrangements for
the meeting of the conference has been
almost entirely In the hands of Rev. A. M.
Williams of Wesley Monumental church,
who Is chairman of the central commit
tee, having that work in charge. The
question of providing for the delegates
has involved much work, though as
rule the committees met with great sue
cess and encouragement in finding homes
for the ministers and lay delegates during
their stay in the city.
The committee of ladies on securing
homes, and the committee on assigning
delegates to homes have been hard at work
and they have succeeded in providing
places for nearly all of those whose duty
it win be to- attend the conference. 80
far as the work has gone Wesley Monu-
mental church has provided homes for 49,
Trinity for 90, Grace church for 30 and the
Seventh street church for 20. Much aid
has also been received in this direction
from other denominations. The First
Baptist church has provided homes for IT,
the Duffy street Baptist for r. the indie
nendent Presbyterian church for 8, the
Second Presbyterian church for 2, the
Hebrews for 3, and all other denomina-
tions for A. This still leaves homes to be
| provided for only about S5 with more than
three weeks in which to do the WORK.
The conference will meet in Wesley Mon
| umental church on Dec. l. The commit
tee on the reception of preachers, OF Wnlch
| Mr.. j. NJ. Rogers is chairman, mas divided
| the CITY into seven districts, and has as
| signed a committee to each district. The
arrangements for looking after the minis
ters are in good hands, and this work mas
| been excelently planned.
The Tuesday before the meeting of the
| conference, the missionary board, COM
posed of one. preacher and one layman
| from each district, with the presiding eld-
ers will meet and discuss home mission
| work in this conference. 1t will take up
| for consideration the work on this line
| that has been done, and will discuss means
| for still further extending 1t. On that day
also the young preachers will meet and
their examinations will be held. The COM
mittee on applications will meet at Wes-
ley Monumental church, and the commit
tees on the first, second, third and fourth
| years will hold meetings at the other
| churches, for the purpose of examining
the young preachers in theology.
The conference is expected to be one or
the largest held in years, and it Is looked
| forward to with much interest.
Methodist.
The. topic of the sermon at Wesley Mon
! umental church tonight Will be Inc
Modern Betrayal Of Christianity"
At Trinity church Rev. J.. H. Scruggs
will preach this morning on the subject,
Temples of the Holy Ghost" and tonight
on the subject, "Will Receive According to
| Our Works"
There will be services at the Seventh
| Street Methodist church both morning
and evening, as usual, conducted by the
| pastor, Rev. e. F. Morgan.
| At Grace Methodist church there will
| be services both morning and evening con-
| Quoted by the pastor, Rev. James T. Ry-
| der. At the morning service his sub
| ject will be, 1.-THE Gospel of Cod and at
the evening service, '"rhree Forms of Re
| ligion."