The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-20
ROUGH ON
Sam JONES.
Bishop Hott's Address to the
Young Ministers.
He TELLS THEM NOT TO APE ANY
OTHER MAN, ESPECIALLY NOT
SAM JONES. OF WHOM THE LORD
ONLY MADE ONE AND HE HOPED
HE WOULD NEVER MAKE AN
OTHER, THOUGH ADMITTING
THAT HE HAS DONE GOOD.

The third days session of the sixty
sixth annual conference of the United
Brethren in Christ met promptly mt 8
O'Clock yesterday morning and was opened
with prayer by Rev. w. f. Gruver, after
which the conference sang, so Land of
Rest, For Thee Sigh"
The minutes of the previous day were
read and approved. Prof. e. U. Hoen-
shell was introduced to the conference.
The report of the treasurer o. the etlu-
cational and beneficiary fund was sub
mitted to the auditing committee. che
report showed the total amount in cash
and notes on hand to be $42S.G9
The com mittee on the Union Bblicnl
Seminary reported and the committee
advised that DR.. Doh .er. agent of the
seminary, be Invited to solicit the con
ference for aid and that whatever remains
to be apportioned to the various charges.
at this point the examination Of charac-
ter was resumed, and the following min
listers passed: A. j. Sechrist, C. i. Dychc,
w. p. Bnzzle, G.. D. Bennett, w. l..
Childress, III. f.. Richardson, j. A. Neg
ley, 5. H. Smell and S. r. Ludwig, who
requested ordination. On motion the
conference recommended that he be eX-
amined for ordination. l.. A. Racey, j..
II. Drunk, WIN. Stearn, ". a. Black and
George NJ. Jones were called to the front
AMI they, together with others were ad-
dressed by Bishop Holt on the duties of
the ministry in the United Brethren
Church; after which all of the above
named were given their credentials as
ministers of the Gospel and members of
the conference.
lengthy and was full of good advice to
n Ia FL
preachers not to ape any other man.
Some men he said tried to ape Sam Jones
lie believed that Sam Jones was doing
good work. God never made hut one Sam
Jones and he hoped he would never create
another, especially in the United Brethren
Church. He charged the ministers to
avoid the use of slangSin their sermons.
AT the close of his address the bishop de-
livercd an eloquent prayer.
Upon the delivery of the credentials the
conference sang "a Charge to Keep I
Have.n
Upon motion of Rev. J. w. Howe the
report Of the committee on education was
made the order of the day at 2:30 D. III.
Rev. DIR. Carson, of Greene Memorial
NJ. f. Church, South, and Rev. Thomas
i. Shipman were then introduced to the
conference.
and treasurer was submitted, nd opted
and referred to the auditing committee
The report of the committee on confer
encc assessments was submitted. The col
lection for bishops salary was short, and
resolution had been passed last year
to require all members of the, conference
who came up with the collection short,
to make mp the deficiency by paying it
themselves. This brought about warm
discussion among the ministers. y mo-
tion was made to raise the deficit by n
collection Oil Sunday morning. A num-
her of members were in favor of forcing
the resolution. The deficiency amoupted
to only 5000 A committee on bishops
collection was appointed to look into the
matter and report at another time. The
conference adjourned at 1l:45 to meet
again at p. IN.