Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-17
Southern Methodist General Con-


In the Southern Methodist General
Conferences in session in Baltimore,
Bishop John @. Keener, of New Or
leans, the senior bishop of the church,
now in his eighty first year, asked to be
relieved of Episcopal duties. He had
prepared a statement of his position, and
short time before the close of thesessiou
he arose and. in feeble voice. began.
reading it. Throughout the hall dele
gates could be seen much affected, while
GONE were SO deeply moved they could
not restrain from giving outright evi-
deuce of their emotion When Bishop
Keener finished reading one of the dele
gates began singing the hymn, Blessed
Be the Tie that Binds. He was quickly
Joined by others, until the whole assem-
bly, had taken it up and the hall resound-
ed with the words of the hymn. During
its rendition Bishop Keener sat with
bowed head aud seemed much affected
by the tribute of affection. During the
hush that followed Bishop Keener's re-
marks Bishop Charles B. Galloway, of
Jackson, Miss, came forward aud in a
trembling voice said "This hour is one
of profound solemnity. Bishop Keener
has been our father, our wise counsellor
and our faithful friend, whose life has
been sacrifice to the church, martyr
to duty. In his life we have no SELFISH
ness, but only the most loving kindness.
we shall cherish through the years which
shall be given US the fondest memories Of
him who has SO long been associated with
u.s."
4 Bishop Keener, who is a nephew of the
deceased wife of Rev. ]. w. Tongue, Of
this place. was relieved from active work
land placed upon the superanulated list
and Bishop A w Wilson, of Baltimore
is now the senior bishop of the church.
From the address of the Bishops is the
following extract: "The statistical table,
of our church show for the present quad
rennnium the net increase in the mum
bur of itinerant preachers to be 500, ant
of members 13S, 221. The present mum
Der of itinerant preachers is 1899, of 10
cal preachers 5,685-a total of 1867.
preachers-and of 1,47s, 4S1 members
The aggregate value of our church prop
erty of all kinds is estimated at littI,
over $50, 100000 an increase of $4,000.
600 within the quadrennium. The rec
ords show that the church is not receding
but advancing in its appointed work o
evangelization and in the accumulation
of means and agencies for still more rapid
progress. We have at present 14,1SI
Sunday schools, 104, 1876 teachers ant
SOL, 4sS pupils, an increase within thu
quadrennium of 725 schools. s, 459 teach
ers and 6,2O2 pupils. The EpwortE
League has been doing very valuabl,
work. There are now 8,4S6 leagues char
tered, with 126, 5S4 members TIE Boarc
of Education, organized four years ago
has made fair beginning ip the broac
and inviting field committed TO its care
The church now owns or has under it
control and auspices of all grades 76 edu
cational institutions, with over 1,0Ot
teachers, over 16 600 pupils, property val
ued at 81 ,661 $50 and endowment
amounting to 80, 1879 $685."
The Conference will begin balloting fo
two additional bishops to-day.
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