Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-11-25
Virginia Methodists.

Virginia Methodists.
Petersburg, Va, November 18TH
The annual session of the Virginia
Conference of Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. began to day at 8
O'Clock in Washington street church.
Petersburg. The Conference was
opened with devotional services, con-
Quoted by Bishop A. w. Wilson, of
Baltimore.
The report of the Sunday school
editor showed that there had been a
gain in the circulation of the litera>
ture issued by the department since
April of $1,000 volumes. There are
now 93S,lS7 teachers and scholars IN
the Sunday schools, a decrease OF
1G,436. This decrease occurred in ~
conferences. In the remaining ~
there was a gain.
The board of missions at Nashville,
a communication to the Confer.
ence, reported that China had re-
ceiyed four additional missionaries,
Japan one, Korea two, and that thlr
teen had gone to Cuba.
The report of the board of church
extension showed that the collections
on the sixteenth assessment amount
ed to S57,717O9, being $5l9.79 less
than of the fifteenth assessment. VI
the A contributing Conferences ~
increased their payments and "a paid
less. The net increase on the loan
funds made for the year was $15, 739.-
on, bringing the total up to $173, 92l. :
"a Of the 1921 churches now own.
ed by the Methodist denomination
4 100, or a little less than one-third
have been aided, and of the 81, 200,
sos, at which the churches are valued
SIC, 4So.91, or little less than one
twentieth, has been furnished by the
board during it's brief history OF II
years.
Petersburg. Va, November 10TH
DR.. j. w. Young, chairman of the
committee in charge of orphanage
presented report which gave de-
tailed history of the enterprise. The
success of the movement was assured.
The resolutions appended to the re-
port recommend that the Legislature
he asked to incorporate the Virginia
Conference Orphanage OF the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church, South; that
the orphanage be located in High.
land Park; that the first board OF
trustees shall do what is necessary to
maintain the institution, subject to
the authority of the Virginia Con
ference, that no one shall be eligible
as a trustee except he be a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South; that the board shall I'LL al
vacancies subject to the approval OIL
the Conference.
Petersburg. Va, November 17th.-
The Virgins Annual Conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, met in third days session tc
day. The devotional services were
conducted by Rev. ]. w Bledsoe
Rev. B. F. Lipscomb, from the board
of finance, presented for the decision
of the presiding bishop the question
of law, when travelling preacher
dies in active work, does the claim OF
the widow and orphans upon the
Conference fund begin from the time
of his death or from the next session
of the Annual Conference?" Bishop
Wilson said it began at the time OF
the preachers death.
Rev. ]. T. Martin offered a resolu
ton to the effect that the amount OF
81. TAI OS, which was raised for col
portage purposes, which is now in
the hands of the joint board of Fl.
nance. shall be invested in reliable
securities, and the annual interest OF
same be reported to the Conference,
to be used for the free distribution OF
literature among our people. The
resolution was adopted.
Rev James Cannon, secretary and
treasurer of the board of education,
read the report of the board, which
shows the contributions by the diff
ferent districts to the cause of edu
cation to have been $50 2S1 81. Mr..
Cannon said that $4,000 was given by
GO preachers and their families.
Contributions to the Goth century
offering fund was next asked for, and
about $4,000 was contributed. To
night a grand rally of the EpwOrth
Leagues of Petersburg and vicinity
was held at Market Street Church
Petersburg, Va, November 10Th
The conference adopted report No. 2
of the board Of education, which was
only partly considered at the session
on Friday.
R. q. Marks, William R. Evans,
Joseph B. Langley, F. B. McSparren
and Robert P. Garland, candidates
for deacon's orders, were called be
fore the Bishop, and the usual ques
lions propounded to them. The
Bishop, in addressing the candidates,
told them, among other things, not
to preach sensational sermons, for
they were "a curse to church pull
PITS but to preach the Gospel OF the
Lord Jesus Christ. Bishop Wilson
charged the candidates in a most
forcible manner not to let anything
interfere with their prosecution OF
the work of the Master.
Petersburg, Va, November GOTH
Rev. W. W. Vicar, secretary of the
Preachers Relief Society, presented
the report of the society. 1t showed
the increase for the year from inter-
est and subscriptions to have been
$2,252.99. The assets were $34 ,OO2.7S,
no l.