Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-11
4 BIC GATHE RING
OF C0I0REO METRODier5 IN
PINE BLUFF rOR SEVERAL
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Twenty y-SeVe0th Session u tos South
Arkansas Conference 81 n. At
riean Ne. Cl7uros
BISHOP TYREE is PRESIDING

als4oe rYRsE is PRESIDING
=Ibe 1We11yse1epA Session of lie
South Alzao eeef.~a.a.. OF Tue II.
rican Meth dist J'psear5l ohur,h
opened this morning in SIT. Joas.s 4.
NE. church, OF -. il no Rey Dr.
2 w, Wade is=pas'.... aa,I vii cen
tinue in session until Monday i.5an.
when Bishon Ee'ns Tyre u. D =Nao
is presiding. will assn tae miniyt4r3
ta their work ter tha ntxt twelve
III rnths.
kfhis is perhaps one Of he n4ost inn
portant sessions o. the conference in
its history, as delegates are 70 be
elected 10 the seSeral conference,
which eznyenes Hc.. MaV in f.hlr1-
so, ILL., 10 enact laws governing Tie
church. and the qn'' ION If admitting
women will be ajspcses Of, Several
importat changes have been sug
gested for the 4 sc,pli.e A large
number OF ministers are anxious 20
be elected to the honor. This alse con-
elldes the adm, i sati.sE of Bisnop
Evans Tyree of Naeh1iile, Tern. WHO
Is considerG one - the mos, remark
bic ea Of bis lfn5 llc last
'sHr years he - labore,l To- the
elevation OF his PEI :. in this state.
'}t "is arVice 20 H., people aavc re-
suited in much @o)i being accom-
p!ishcd for the "Aclr race.
The conference va. calIe, - order
t9is morning at Q O'clock and The
'eninS hymn was led fy The Kev ".
Mitchell G. A Hen!y male lie
ofening prayer, anG The second nvmn
was lined by Rev y y. Tahuscn pre-
! siei hg elder from the Arkalsa. i"a.
ference. Rev. I. II Jackson ID. T.,
president of Sh e" university, read
tie first scripture lesson The sec
ond lesson was read BY Rev. II I.
Johnson, d. d.. PHI d., of PhiIaacl
phia Rev. f. NJ W,l,i;,r.s conducted
the ritual exercises, ana ,hn annual
sermon was preacnrd by the Roy. f
NJ. Green. Holy cominuniul WAS ad-
minsttered by Bishop Evans Tyree,
who was assisted by presiding eld"'s
Reys. J. w. Whitcsides, Jas. Jones,
J. f. Neal and p. d. Dennis, tcge'k-
er with the visiting presiding e'ders.
In calling the conference to ore..
for business, Bishop Tyree made
few practical remarks. He spoke of
earelessness among some of his peo-
pie in worship, and thought that the
litae had arrived in the history cf
the race when more attention should
be r9id to the worship of God, ana
rpId the preachers that they sac.ld
take the lead You are examples 10
the people, he said, and there IS
more expected of you than of any
other class Of men. | believe in vital
religion, the religion which will help
Us to do anything in this word, will
direct us in the way of right, will
cause us to have love for all mankind.
After roll call the following officers
We're elected: Rev. J. NJ. Sutton. sec,
retary; H. J. Montgomery, recording
secretary; r. w. Powell, sta istiaal
secretary; Chas. Johnson, T. A. NJ
Dade, J. J. Harris, marshals; NJ. J.
Jackson, correspondent of the Chris.
tian Recorder, Philadelphia; L. Hus-
sey. to the Southern Christian Re-
corder, Atlanta, Ga; B. P. Turner to
the Voice of the Twentieth Cer;"ry.
Bishop Tyree announced list Of COM
mittees.
The session this afternoon was
spent in hearing reports Of pastors.
A reception will be gwen tonight at
which time addresses OF wecome wilt
be delivered by Mayor H. King White,
Rev. D. B. Harston, d. D., Of the NJ.
E. church, and Mrs. A. B. knight Re-
sponses will be made by Rev. T. H.