The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-06
SECOND DAYS SESSION
GOOD TIME BEING MADE BY
 THE CONFERENCE.
Much Interest Taken in the Election of Delegates to the Conference to Be Held in Dallas,
 Texas.


 this morning at a few minutes before g | o'clock by Bishop Hendrix, and "Nearer | My God to Thee" was sung by the Con | ference.
 Bishop Hendrix called on Rev. w. A. | McCarty to lead in prayer.
 The morning lesson was taken from the l fourth chapter of Mark, and the Bishops remarks were delivered in a forceful and convincing manner. He said there was l too much preaching to the emotions and | not enough of the sermons of the ministry | was directed and addressed to the intei- | lect He pointed out that the conversions | had by intellectual convictions were | almost always permanent and lasting, while those obtained by preaching which l played upon the emotions were not so sure.
 | The Bishop appointed Dr. Moore to read the services tomorrow, and then the Con- | ference got down to regular business. The minutes of the meeting of yester- | day were read by the secretary and were | approved as read.
 l The roll call of delegates developed the l fact that many of the members of the | Conference who were not present yester- | day answered to the roll call this morn | ing.
 To the question "Who are admitted | on triaT' the committee reported the fol- | lowing named candidates and they were passed upon favorably by the Confer ence: l.. c. Calhoun, W. M. Curtis and | w. J. Simmons.
 To question 2O Are all preachers
 blameless in their life and official ad- ministration," the resident ministers were taken up by districts commencing with | the Mobile District. w. M. Cox, Pre- siding Elder, answered for the resident
 ministers in his district and their char
 acters were passed. In this district
 there was one withdrawal from the min istry of the church. Rev. J. A. Gorday.
 stationed at Daphne resigned and with | drew. The report was generally good | from the churches of this district.
 Rev. O. c. McGehee, Presiding Elder | of the Greensboro District. also made good report.
 l pr. Hosmer who has the work at the | Southern University in charge spoke at considerable length upon University mat ters, and among other information stated | that there were now 127 pupils enrolled
 at that institution, and that the Uni versty was in good shape in every way, l but that he was looking out for some one
 who wanted to build and equip depart l ment of science at Greensboro in connec- ton with the University.
 | Dr. F. NJ. Peterson also sopke at length
 on his charge at Montevallo He stated
 that everything from a religious view I
 dent preachers were passed by the Con- | ference.
 Presiding Elder J. R. Peavy answered
 that the Selma District was Ip good
 spiritual condition and that the resident
 ministers had done faithful work. Re | ports from the churches in this district | were made by preachers in charge and | the character of all of them was passed.
 Rev. J. B. Nelson spoke at some length
 upon the advisability of the Conference
 appointing the resident preacher at Sum- | merfield and the preacher at Selma as | members of the board of directors of the
 Summerfield Methodist orphanage. He | pointed out the fact that the board or | a large part of it lived considerable | distance from Summerfield and only made I annual visits to that place and remained | only two or three hours at each visit and | iE that way could not keep up with the | daily occurring needs of the Orphanage. | The point of order was made that he
 was not speaking on the state of his church and he therefore took his seat. 1 Rev. A. J. Cousins, Presiding Elder | of the Prattville District, reported his charge as doing well in a spiritual way l and that all of the preachers in his dis trict were blameless. Their character were passed.
 Rev. J. s. Frazier. Presiding Elder of the Montgomery District, was called and made an excellent report. He said that the churches in his district had received about 700 accessions during the past year, and answered that the character of the preachers in his district had been blame less. whereupon they were passed.
 pr. Andrews reported that the Dexter Avenue Church. so long incomplete. was now out of debt and he was high in his praise of the generosity of w. F. Van diver and of the late M. P. LeGrand.
 The report from the >Tuskegee station was also very good.
 Rev. T. F. Mangum, Presiding Elder of the Eufaula District, was called. He reported his charge in good condition. He said he had been preaching forty five years and thought that he could see a considerable reaction in favor of reli gious sentiment everywhere. The preachers in his district were reported bIameless and were passed. It was stated that Rev. G. M. Sellers was con fined to his bed with case of pneumonia and was therefore kept away from the Conference, and much sympathy was ex- pressed for him.
 Rev. J. P. Roberts, Presiding Elder of the Marianna District was next called and his report was that the work was in as good shape as last year in the main and in many places it was even better. The preachers in this district were re- ported blameless and passed
 At this juncture Rev. T. F. Mangum was recognized and he rendered his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors of the Orphanage. The resignation was accepted. The preacher to be chosen to fill the Selma church was then elected to the vacancy. Dr. T. P. Whitby was also elected member of the board to succeed Judge P. G. Wood, deceased.
 The Bishop charged the following class of the second year which was yesterday advanced to the third year: Joseph B. Trotter, w. R. Bickerstaff w. P. Slaughter and E. W. Coleman.
 Secretary Mason read the report from the orphanage located at Summerfeld, showing that there were eighty children there.
 The Conference Is making splendid headway, and there is hardly a doubt but that it will adjourn Monday after noon or evening.
 Considerable interest Is beginning to be manifested as to who will be elected to the general conference which meets this year in Dallas Texas. This interest is not confined alone to the ministers as an equal number of laymen will also be elected. Each body elects it's own dele gates. the clerical from their number and the layity from the lay delegates.
 Rev. T. H. Jones agent of the Sum- merfield Orphanage, and Dr. T. R. Me Carty of Troy occupied the pulpit this afternoon and evening. both of these gentlemen preaching most excellent ser mons