The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
Methodist.

Methodist.
The board of trustees of the WESLEYAN
Christian Advocate, the state organ of the
Methodist Church. will meet on Oct l9
at Atlanta. Among other business that
VIII come before the board viii be the
election of the editor of the paper and the
associate editor and business manager.
The board of trustees consist of ten
members. OF these the North and the
South Georgia conference each have six.
Rev. Or. J. o. Branch pastor of Wesley
monumental Church, is a member of the
board, and the other members from this
conference are Rev. DR.. J. b. McGehee,
Rev Or. J. w. Hinton Rev. Dr. w. c.
Lovett Rev. G. G. N. MacDouel, and
Mr.. M. Day of Hazlehurst, a lay member.
Rev. Dr. w. r. Glenn has
been at the head of the pa
He Is to retire. and Rev. DR.. w. c. Lovett
is prominently mentioned as his prob
able successor. 1t is not thought there
will be any opposition to him Rev T. r.
Christian of the South Georgia confer
ence is the associate editor and business
manager. II is understood that some min
lister of the North Georgia conference will
Try TO win the place at the eiec ZION. Both
1Jr. Loveti and Mr. Christian are
wed known tol the leading Methodists of
the conference.( DR.. Lovett has been sec
retary Of the conference for several years
and has fulfilled the duties of that posi-
ton admirably.
Rev. DR.. J. o. Branch, pastor of Wesley
Monumental Church, and Rev. +. +. Nor
gan, pastor of the Seventh Street Meth
odist Church, will leave Tuesday night
for Ainesville, where they so TO attend
the annual camp meeting at the TAYLOR
Creek grounds. These camp grounds are
more than fifty years old and meetings
have been held once year or more often
since the first worShippers gathered there.
The meeting wiz continue over next sun
day. but DIR. Branch and Mr.. Morgan wiil
return before then IN order 10 fiji their
pulpiis on that day.
The Methodists in the city feel price
in the excellent showing that has thus far
been made this term by Wesleyan Female
College at Macon. DIR. Branch is a menu
Der of the board of trustees of the iust.-
tuition, and he SAYS the year bids fair to
be the most prosperous it has ever had
Under the new president il seems to be
more popular with the people of the North
Georgia conference, particularly. near At
.anta DR. Branch was in Macon last
week and il was then reported 10 him that
there are eighty-seven new pupils in the
college. He thinks ia likely that the num-
Der of new girls Will run as high as 100.
The services at Wesley Monumental
Church to-day win be conducted ia the
lecture room. Repairs in The au-
dtorium, rendered necessary by the Au-
gust storm, have not yet been begun. as
some delay has grown out OF a failure 20
arrive at an understanding wiih the ad-
Juslers of the insurance. The pastor Rev
Or. j. O. Branch, VIII preach at both the
morning and evening services. His subiec,
at the morning service viii be Christian
Greatness" At night he will preach upon
IN
Creature in Christ Jesus"
Efforts are being made for the organ,za-
ton OF a chorus choir for Wesley Monu-
mental II is desired TO organize aha,
eighteen or twenty voices inio a chorus
The singing of such choirs is ALWAYS en-
Joyable, and the congregation would doubt
less be pleased TO see the efforts that are
being made in that direction crowned with
success. Mrs Crittenden has the matter
IN hand. II is not proposed to have fhe
chorus as a. Permanent choir. After a