The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-09

Conference convened at ; 30 a. m,
with Bishop A. Coke smith in the chair.
Devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. L. E. THOMPSON.
The minutes of yeSr-rday's session
were read and approved.
DIR. WINTON SPEAKS.
Rev. ]. D. Hammond. d. D. and Rev.
G.. e. Winton, D.. D., were introduced to
the conference. DR.. Hammond is sec
rotary of the board of education of the
Church.. and DR.. Wincon is the recently
elected editor of the Christian Advocate,
general organ of the church, published in
Nashville. Tenn This Is his first year
in this office. He spoke as ft lows:
Il suppose some of YOU ut odd times
have amused yourselves by reading the
editorial page of the Christian Advo-
cate. You a had sundry ideas as to
how I look and I wan that matter to
become clear and want you to know
that 1 look like Bishop Smith. Bishop
Smith said he"e II don . know on Whicf.
side that compliment is)
II have not been a correctional Off
Ger long enough to get a stock of stories
on hand to tell you as the other on
nectional officers have. / have been
trying to get hold Of the almanac out of
which the other officers get the stories
they tell the conferences. Dr. Ham
mond here loses almost everything else,
but he never loses that almanac SO I
! h4 va nnfh1np fn 6n h,f - t.Ily +n x-o,,
seriously n somehow l ak a good
deal about myself. Maybe I will get
over this after while Vnen I have been
in this place longer.
L believe God is IN our work and
that He will bring to p:iss that which
He wants done. What VIC neeG to do is
to do our work and trust Him for the
result.
Il have two special aims regarding
the Advocate. In the Grst place I want
1t to be a religious paper above every
thing else, n in tn second place !
want it to be a newspaper"
DR.. Winton then spoke with special
reference to the differont departments
of the Advocate.
10Th QUESTION RESUMED.
The call of the goth question was re.
sumed and in this connocllon Bishop
Smith called the names of the super
numerary preachers, 9. w. Smith, r.
w. Townsend and S. LETTERS. Then
characters were passed anc the first
two were referred to the committee OH
conference relations for the same rela-
tons. The last named was restored 10
the effective list. his health having suf-
f~ciently improved for HIM TO resume
active work.
The next names called were those Of
the superanuated preachers, NJ. g.
Thomas, w. S. Davis, J. Fl. Page. J. G.
| TN:1n NJ Do o~I IT r r-+%,- Tl1:-
characters were passed and their cases
referred to the committee on conference
relations for a continuance of the same
relation. J. T. Bagwell {, ~superanuated
preacher of this conference was trans
ferred last year to the indian mission
conference. Bishop Smith stated that
he had received a telegram from Bishop
Hoss saying that no work could be Sc
cured for him there and that he had
transferred him back t, this conference.
]. E. Underwood asked that no action
be taken in this case at resent and
the conference so ordered.
Rev NJ c. Thomas who has been a
member Of this conference longer than
any other man, spoke to Tie conference
when his name was called. He joined
the conference in 1855 in a class of thir-
teen and is now the only member
of that class left in this conference.
Three OF his class are now members of
lit WESTERN NOTIn CdTO'tn.1 conference,
and the others ave been called from
time to eternity. Mr.. ThCmaS is now
nearly Seventy-tWo years OF age, and
Is not able for active work. but he is
young in spirit. In MS remarks he
spoke of the youth of hs spiric and said
that he did not feel Did and never ex-
peCted to be old and said he did not
want the Younger members of the con-
ference to look upon him as ar old man.
Mr.. Thomas while old in years is the
possessor of a happy. bright DISPOSE
ton, a clear mind n I deep spiritual
experience. He spoke to The conference
of his love for the conference and the
Lords work and Of The many spiritual
blessings which he Is enjoying in the
evening of his life. N
A. R. Goodchild and Hutchinson were
referred to the COMMITTEES Tor the SUPER
animated relation.
coLLEcTIpNs.
r. B. John spokeft6 the ct inference
in behalf of the case fof "A. R. Good
child who became disaR'ef early In the
year. He Is SUFFERING Tren& paralysis
incurable. He has been cared. for ali
year by the church at southport where
he was sent as pas Or, but his sickness
has been expensive and he Is in need
OF money. Mr.. John made an earnest
appeal in behalf ST this afflicted minis
The collection WIS taken amC uniting to
sS..5 81.
B. r. Hall Represented 1he case of L.
Johnson who Is afflicted. in a similar
ann to Mr.. Goodchtid and a coIiec-
ton was taken for him also. amounting
to SAT-.
ELECTED TO ORDERS.
]. E. Holden ard u. r.. Rood were
elected travelling deacons. having passed
Il fha avamfn ton Of nhnrafnr ord hnr-
ing passed the examination of the
second year and being advanced to the
class of the third year. n. c. Yearly
was also advanced to the Cess of the
third year, but he has already been or
dained deacon. z. s. AlI;dge c. A.