The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-16
The Sacrament Administered by the
Presiding Bishop,
SERMON BY REV. W. w. LEAR.
The Exhibit ofthc Book Agents Shows
Large Gain in Business for the
Year-An Array Of Figures
ON Sunday schools.

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full attendance Of both clerical and lay
| delegates. A number OF ladies were also
| present.
| Bishop A. W. Wilson, OF Baltimore, the
| presiding bishop, read the 10th chapter Of
| ST. Luke and the hymn 22S was sung.
| Prayer was next offered by the Bishop
and then Rock Of Ages" was sung.
| The Lords Supper was next admins
tered by Bishop WILSON. assisted by
| Revs. Bane. Walden. Campbell and Jen-
kins.
| HOURS OF MEETING.
Conference was next opened for busi-
| ness. The roll was called by Rev. DR..
| Paul Whitehead, the secretary The
| hours for meeting was fixed as follows;
Met at $3.50 a. NJ. and adjourned at 1880
| r. NJ.
Rev Pau whitehead was elected Sec
| rotary. and Revs. S. S. Lambeth and
! George j.. snead assistant secretaries.
/ The following committees were sppoin-
| ted:
| On Sunday School Board-C. d. Craw-
| ley. DR.. Garrett Anderson. l. W. Lane,
| Jr. W. II. Atwill. q. l. Hunt. G, F.
| Conner. c. Forbes. John r. Minor, 7. j.
| Wray j. W Parrish. b. r. Davis, r. j.
| TAYLOR. 7. Talbot. John O.. Moss. w. II.
| Hubbard. f.. n. Dadman. r. y. Hartley
| r. O. Edwards. w. II. Vincent, @. H.
spooner. f. J. Whitehurst, George w.
| Jones. j. ". Price.
PUBLISHING.
| On Publishing INTEREST,". s. Wallace,
l. NJ. Nance. +. II. Rawlings Richard
! Irby. A. II. Hays, r. o. Peatross. ]. ].
| Rhodes. w. j. Kidd. w. a. Christian. L.
7 Evans. S. II. Johnson. Or. Edward
| williams. J. McSimpson, II. Z. Barrow
| w. G. Boggs, J. b. Harrison. W. T.
| Green. Or. A. W Eley, r. IL. Bennett Il.
| l.. Thacker, 4. r. Griffith and W. I.
| Wise.
| on Memoirs-George f. Booker, by l. ].
| Lancrty; NJ McClelland, by VIM. 4.
! Croker: d. W. Reed. by j. c. Reid; J. a.
| Riddick. by Dr. Whitehead; w. ID. Rob-
| inson by Joseph II. Amiss; Robert n.
| sIedd. by DIT. Whitehead; VIM. r.
! smithy. by DR.. W. W. Royal.
TEMPERANCE.
| On Temperance-F. NJ. Edwards chair
| man: r. Ferguson, John W. Bradbury.
| Church Fxtensi0n-C. L. Bane. II. y.
| Potts. J.. CockreI, J. w. Bledsoe. J. w,
| Shackelford NJ. S. Elliott. George w
| Wray. r. II. Mullen, G. II Vague J.
| W Nicholson. w. ii. Gregory
| To Examine District Conference Re-
| cords-George II. Wiley. c. w. Leftwich,
! j. O. ROsser ]. w. Bledsoe, a. 5. Conrad
| b L. Iedbetter. L. +. Garner. r. 3.
| Bankenship, Paul Bradley and X. NJ
| Maxey.
| Rev I Y Mastin. from the Colportage
| Board presented the following question
| Of law. what are the duties OF the Con-
! ference Board Of Colpartage. under the
! ,resent law. page 400. Of the discipline,
| And how far is the constitution under
which the Virginia Conference Board OF
| Colportage has worked since November,
1889. now operated?' The Bishop an
nounced that It was simply a Conference
affair
The total business OF the book agents
was Ss5O41629. a gain Of SiO.l4419 for the
| year a deficit OF 1886
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The report of the Sunday School edi-
| tor was read. 1t showed that the circu-
| latlon Of the Sunday school magazine
was Al 600: gain 1000; Children Visitors
| Weekly. $500; gain 5loo; Children Nisi-
tors Monthly. 13.l00 Senior Quarterly,
| 30g 900: gain 1900 intermediate Quarterly,
| 1909. gain 1000 illustrated Lesson Paper,
| $4,000 gain $780, Our Little People,
| 10000. gain 1900; Colored Picture Cards,
| 8 90. gain 5000; total gain in circulation
| % lcO on Monthly Visitor 1880, net gain
| q. 200. total circulation 109S.700
| The Sunday school statistics show the
| total number of teachers and scholars,
| s8q1S7 total decrease, 16 i36. This decrease
| occurred i'm twenty-five conferences. In
| the remaining nineteen there are gains.
Mr.. c. l.. Bane offered the following:
| Resolved. That all communications from
| our constitutional officers be referred to
| the proper boards and committees without
! first being read before the Conference, and
l if in the opinion of the board or the COM
mittee there Is anything in them that
| ought especially to be read be-
fore the open Conference It oe
| done by the board committees
! The resolution was lost
MISSIONARIES.
| A communication from the secretary Of
| the League Conference was read by Mr..
| Lambeth.
| The Board Of Missions at Nashville
| submitted the following report:
| "A large and increasing number Of our
| preachers and people are becoming in
| terested in the work Of saving the people
| I'm the regions beyond. China has received
| four additional missionaries, Japan l,
Korea ?, and the largest reinforcement
[ have gone 10 Cuba"
| CHURCH EXTENSION
| The report Of the Board Of Church Ex-
| tension showed. in part that ghe collec-
tions on the sixteenth assessment amount
| ed 10 S577170 90. being $57919 less than on
| the fifteenth assessment. OF the forty
| four contributing conferences. twenty in
! creased their payments and twenty-four
| paid less Your conference on the as
sessment Of 5000. paid Sil3.54. which was
| $t35.A more than the preceding year. The
| net increase Of the loan funds Eade for
| the year was $l5. $780, bringing the total
| up 70 Sl73 92l54 Since our loans are made
| at per cent, the calls upon us are In
excess Of our means of supply, which
/ opens to our people Of means an inviting
| field of usefulness that may be content
| either with the absolute gifts or gifts of
| the century plan.
! or the 1921 churches now owned by our
| denomination. ALSO. or n little les than
| one-third have been aided by our organ
| izations. and of the 500 OF. IS. at which
| our churches are valued. Sl6iSo.si, or n
| little less than one-twentieth has been
! furnished by IL during its past history
! OF seventeen years. 10 church buildings
| have been added 10 our number during
| the year besides the many new and bet
| ter ones that have taken the place Of
| others.
our churches now have 2.6H organized
| societies without houses Of worship. Tie
report was referred to the proper COM
mittee.
SUPERANNUATED.
| Cunaranpuoted relations were asked for