Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-30
THEIR FIFTH DAY.
THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE
METHODIST CHURCH. SOUTH.
ordinations Rcported-Thc Report
on Missions 80 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Wesleyan Female Institute
Tcmpcrancc--Strong Grounds.

rI-Al n ADNt A., MarCh Zt.-(Spo-
l1-This tho NTH official day of the
I'h session Of the Baltimore Conference
% the Methodist Episcopal Church
S..th. " an ideal day and a large
number Of visitors crowded the church.
devotional services were conducted by
.e Eev. B. w. Bond. Of the Randolph
Macon Academy. at Front Royal
questions and II were called
ami the Bishop reported ordination of
oh cons and elders yesterday The dea-
cons were G.. ID. Bishop. G.. II. Echols
s- Wckcl; travelling preachers Henry
lawson. R. J.. Eutsler, A. L. Harms
lreur. and w. O. Talbert: local
preachers and elders. w. j. Whitesen
F L Day. local preachers. d. H. Kearn
%. Lusby.
The report of the Board of Missions
showed that TO foreign missions SILL
-- and TO domestic missions S6.165.S5,
total OF Sl773N6i. were contributed
report of the Board of Education
WAS read, fixing the second Sunday i'm
juno or the nearest convenient date
thereto as the date whom the annual
sermons on education should be preached.
Ir John a. kearn. of Randolph Macon
NOie-a made o. motion that the confc-
renee meet this afternoon I'm executive
session with closed doors. and at
o'clock TO discuss the affairs of the
Wesleyan Female Institute of this city.
which institution has for a number of
years been financially embarrassed The
report of the Board Of Finance was read
and approved. The report Of the Tenn
uerance Board was then read by the
secretary of the conference.
OK TEMPERANCE.
Rev. ]. ~. Wightman. of Lexington,
reporting for his. Committee ON Tenn
poranc.. recited that the evil of intern
uerance was rapidly growing, and fear
fully multiplying the victims of pauper-
ism. disease. and crime; that the traffic.
use and manufacture of Intoxicating
LIQUORS as beverage We're Incompatible
with the teaching of the Word Of God,
and damaging TO the best interests of
the Church The report urges most ear
nest protest against every announcement
OF this the most destructive evil TO the
good morals of the community, and to
the prosperity of the Kingdom Of God.
ID says that the fatal history OF the
Uquor traffic convinced the committee
more than over that they should take
finn and decided stand against every
form OF licensing intcmperance, and they
earnestly call upon the people. In ac-
corIance with the general rules of the
discipline and the chapter on temper
auce. TO refrain from signing petitions
for such sales. or from becoming bonds
mon for any candidate seeking license,
ana from renting property 10 be used
for such sale 1t was requested that
the newspapers within the bounds of the
conference publish this report, and re-
eommcudation was made that the
PREACHERS preach at least one sermon
year ON the subject
Tho report is very strong I'm its de-
rlnciauon of the sale Of intoxicating
liquor. -
Attn o'clock the Bishop called the ques-
t.cu which had been made special order
..Whaf Preachers Have Died?' and be
fore hearing the report OF the Committee
am Memoirs the conference united i'm
-tnekrg the 6j5th hymn, SERVANT OF
cod Wen Done" and Rev. DIR. }. ).
Gardner offered "a prayer Of great feel
ire and thanking God for the lives which
mo deceased members had led The
oIowing have died during the past year;
III N. Grandin John ". Boteler, Robert
ROSS and Joseph H. Temple all being
superarnuatcd.
speeches We're made by many Of the
members. culog.zing the good characters
and the noble lives of the preachers. A
-.soluuon was adopted expressing the
.rr0w Of the conference in the death
OFF John w Numsan. of Baltimore, lay
member of the conference and treasurer
NJ the Board of Finance. In speaking
o Mr Numsan. the Rev. II. NJ. Whallne'
Of ST. pauls. Baltimore, said that many
were Jed 20 Christ through the EFFORTS OF
that noble laymau. The benedicton was
Pronounced boy Dr. j. W. Tongue.
HISTORICAL.
During the morning session the secre-
fairy of the conference, the Rev. j. T..
armstrong made a report Of the pro-
-rass that he had made in Baltimore
Conference in The preparation OF the his
tory of The Methodist Episcopal Church.
South. and stated that through the as
s.stancc az members Of the conference
.. had been enabled TO gather some very
raluab.a matter He read q passage
which Dc had contributed to the Review,
|el' tive TO the famous conference heid
n S.awton in 1861.
This afternoon q large number or tpe
members. together with their wives ana
friends. csOwded tho opera-house. at
tending q complimentary concert given
ll 'he Stonewall Brigade Band
Tor TWO hours or more the conference
t with closed doors considering plans
90 rchablltate the financial condition OF
SION was denied the ncwspaper-men, but
r was learned that no definite solution
or Doe difficulty was reached II Is under
stood that a committee Of nine was ap-
pointed 10 canvass the suggestions made
and pot them in practical shape rms
report may be heard tomorrow morDns
hlt 20 is not improbable mat II VIII De
beard fra special session tomorrow aiter-
roon 10 IS attracting q great deal OF
interest not only I'm local circles but
throughout the conference.
Yesterdays sermons by Methodist
preachers attending the conference
were heard I'm all the white
Protestant churches and many
Of the coiorod At Trinity Episc opal
church Rev. Collins Denny preached 10 Il
large congregation on the text Ath
Psalm 9Th verse. "They Looked Unto
Jim and Were Like. Him" In this
church. IN which the great clersymen OF
The Episcopal ministry have preached
and whose walls have resounded 10 the
eloquence OF the great Baptist preacher
Rev John A. Broadus. and the great
Presbyterian preacher, DR. hoyt, OF Ten
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