The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-18
METHODISTS MEET
~ .NyUAL CONFERENCE AT SAND
rRsvILLE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THREE SAVANNAH PASTORS
LEAVE MONDAY To ATTEND MEET
ING OF BOARD OF MISSIONS.

examinations for Admission on Trial
aud of the Undergraduates viii
Re Held BY Board of Missions, of
which Rev. A. NJ. Williams is
president-Rev. j. a. Smith Assis-
t,nt secretary of Conference and
Editor of Conference Minutes
Glowing Report By Savannah
District-AH Pastors Will Probably
re- returned to Savannah with
Exceptfon of Rev. Mr.. Smith.
The center of interest among Savan-
.oh Nethodists is the South Georgia
conference which meets in Sandersville
rsxt Wednesday. 1t is of particular
interest to the members of the Ep-
worth Methodist Church, as new pas
+or will be assigned to them. Rev. j.
Smith has served his four years
ras+orate at the church. and shortly
alton conference, will leave to take up
bic studies in the New York Mission
arv school Later he will return to
Savannah and engage in the Metho-
dist Church extension work here.
Tbe conference will meet Wednesday
r,orning. Rt. Rev. Bishop ]. S. Key
Of Sherman, Tex, will be the presiding
bsbop. Bishop Key will be remember
cd nv Savannah Methodists as the
bisbop who presided over the South
Georgia Conference in Savannah seven
or eight years ago. This is the first
+,r7e that he has held conference in
Georgia since that time.
There are several matters of impor-
+anca to come before the conference.
The discussion of what is to be done
with the mission points in the confer
ence will be of great interest to church
members outside of Savannah. There
viii be a number of examinations held
for pastors certificates, and the assign
ment of pastors to charges for the en-
suing year will also be made.
Three Pastors Leave Monday.
Three of the pastors of Savannah
Methodist Church will leave for con-
ference on Monday morning. These
are Rev. A. M. Williams of TRINITY
Church, Rev. c. A. Jackson OF Grace
Church. and Rev. J. A. Smith of Ep-
worth Church. Rev. H. c. CHRISTIAN
of Wesley Monumental Church VIII
leave on IueSQdy LHOTIllllS'
Revs. Messrs. Williams, Jackson and
Smith are required to be in Sanders
VILE Tuesday morning to attend the
meeting of the Board of Missions. Rev.
A. NJ. Williams is president of the
board and Rev c. A. Jackson a mem
Der. Rev. Mr. Smith is one of the
assistant secretaries of the conference
and editor of the conference minutes
and in that capacity is compelled to
be at the meeting of the Missionary
Board.
There will be five examinations held
by the board A number of young
men will be examined for admission TO
the conference on trial. Besides this
class there are the four classes OF UNI
dergraduates, who will take eXamlna-
tions as a test of worthiness for ad-
vancement, and the conferment of
higher orders. All ministers who are
admitted to the conference on trial
are required to take a four years
course of study. At the end OF each
year they are examined for promo
ton into the higher classes. With
each advancement new privileges are
given them, the power to administer
the sacrament being the last that is
conferred. A committee of three will
examine each class.
The board will also consider all the
mission points in the conference. Al
present there are more than sixty of
these in the South Georgia Conference
The board will consider the adVls-
ability of continuing or disseminating
them, and make all necessary provis-
ions for their welfare for the succeed
ing year.
Glowing Report of Savannah Dis
trict.
Rev. T. D. Ellis, presiding elder of
the Savannah district, will make his
report for the year. This will be
glowing one and will break all records
In the history of the conference. In
his report Rev. Mr.. Ellis will say that
all the churches in his district have
paid their obligations in full, record
never before made by any district in
South Georgia and by few in the
Southern Methodist Church.
The report will show that all assess
ments for missions have been paid in
full and likewise all toward pastors
support and the conference claims.
Such report has been made possible
only by the united work of the pastors
their congregations, and the presiding
elder and is one of which any district
might well feel proud. The showing
Is all the more remarkable when it is
considerd that, outside of the Savan-
nan churches, there are very many
poor churches in the district.
In addition to these items of business
there are several Others of greater or
less Importance which will come before
tne conference for action. Many of
them are of unusual interest to indi-
Nldual churches but few are of gen.
eral public interest.
Assignment to Charges.
Perhaps the matters in which there
B the greatest general interest is in
the assignment of the ministers to their
pastoral charges. This work will prob
amy be completed on the Both, and the
announcement made late in the day.
~ the Savannah ministers it is proba-
pIe that all win be returned with the
exception of Rev. J. A. Smith. Rev.
Nessfs. Williams. Christian and jack