The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-12
OF PENlNC
SESSION OF
CONFERENCE
All Sing My Faith Looks. %
Up to Thee.
BISHOP CONDUCTS
THE EXERCISES
Talk Of Compromising Kellun1-
Christian Affair-Christian Says
Has Nothing to Compromise
The CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
MATTER MAY, GO OVER
Rev. George II. Ray Preached
the Conference Sermon al
Night, Which Was the Cele-s
bration Of His Seni-C Gem B ],
tennial in the Ministry. sit 1,
Only Six Now Alive.
The CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
MATTER MAY. GO OVER
fstafrl correspondence.l.


The one hundred and twenty.nrst annual
session OF the Virginia State Conferences
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South.
convened In the Methodist Church. OF this
city. this morning at 0 o'clock. The meet.
Ing was called to order by Bishop 2. r.
Hendrix. Of st. Louis. Mo-, who conduct
ed the opening devotional exercises. Ths I
whole assemblage then sang with fer
vency the familiar old hymn My Faith
Looks Up to Thee. !, l.,,s, & 81 ,iS,s 81
Tho Bishop read the Scriptural lesson on
Christs intercessory prayer for His dis,
ciples as recorded in the seventeenth
chapter Of tho gospel OF ST.: y Ohm. I. Then
followed the administration the Lords
Supper to members Of the body assem- bledt i
by the Bishop. assisted by the following
members OF his cabinet: Rev. Paul Whito-
head. D. D.,s Rev. ". " Tudor, p, p. Rsy.s
r.; n. Wilson, D.. D.. and Rev. R Y H.;
The regular BUSINESS session Began Il III
10 O'clock The Rev, DR. Paul yvh hitehead.
presiding elder Of tho Norfolk and Eastern
Shore District and secretary OF the last,
Session OF the conference In Richmond
lied the roll OF the clerical and lay mem
bers OF the body. 81 4. i
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Conference organized for business
by els$s,.ins the following officers: Secre-
tary, ,EsDr. Paul Whitehead; Assistant Sec
retaries, Rev. S. s. Lanlbeth, OF Norfolk
md G. F. Green. OF Blackstone. The Con
ference decided to meet daily At $3.50
o'clock and to3adjourn ut 1;3O p NJ, IsfSA
!, Dr. A. j. Lamar, of the Alabama Con-
ference. the Junior agent OF the Southern
Publishing House, at Nashville, Tenn,
was introduced to the Conference. and IN
his report explained the reason for the
deficit in tho retail house. He announced
to the members OF the Conference that he
would speak to them again on Wednes-
day,
Committees were appointed as follows:
Mcmoirs-Paul Whitehead. A. g. Jordan.
John Harmon, James Cannon. Jr., and VS.
". Royal; Conference Relattons-R. "a.
Compton, J. B. Askew. j. NJ. Anderson,
G. F. Conner, s. j. Battin. a. a.. Whit
more. w. G. Boggs, Paul Bradley. and
J. w. Stiff; Admisisons-A. b: SHARPE.
r. r, Gayle, p. v. Carson,sJ. N. Latham.
w. y. Twlley, Porter Hardy. g. VS..
Crawley, T. NJ. Potts and Eascom Dey.
IMPORTANT RULING.
At the instance Of the Rev. y. T. Whit
ley Of Ashland. the Bishop made a very
Undergraduate Committee OF the Confer
ence,
The chair stated that such committees
had no authority to accept certificates
from any school. college or university ex-
cept the denominauonal correspondenea
school In Nashville This ruling will
have an important bearing upon the ex-
aminattons. f. III
number Of Communications from
the connecuona officers and boards or
the church were received, read and re-
ferred to the proper comalittees These
were OF routine character concerning
the years work OF the publishing house.
tho Sunday-school Board, the fund Tor
superannuated preachers and widows ard
orphans Of deceased preachers, the Board
Of Education. the correspondence school,
the Epworth League Board and the
Board Of Missions.
THE sUPERANNUATEp.
Several of the prominent connectlonal
officers were then presented to the con-
ference among them the Rev, pr. Lamar
of the publishing house at Nashville, The
names OF T. ]. Dayton. Fl, g. Bowles.
iJ F. Brannin. John w. crider, r. N
Crooks, Alexander NJ Hall, Richard g,
James, w. p, Jordan. W. a. Laughep.
John T. Moore. Thomas II: EARLY. Co- s
lumbus s. Wamsley, ]. Watson. John
p, Woodward. ], p. McSparran, John y.
Z.
Edwards, Edgar P. Parham, w. HI Gre
gory, Joseph A. Proctor and G, H. Hoggs
Mere referred to the Committee on Con-
ference Relations for the superannuated
Relation, ard the names of W. II, Camp
er. John @. Rhodes and r. T. Pell, were
referred to the same committee for the
supernurnerary relation. Three Of the
s,perannuated ministers were reported
dead and their names referred to the
Committee on Memoirs-H. Y, Bacon.
Iohn "a Dew ord Tar,es = fctes
so'I,, EXAMINATION OF CHARACTER.
Under minute question 20. Are all the
rreachers blameless in their lives and
ofticial administratlon?" The names OF
the ministers on three of the districts
were called, and each passed IN examtna-
tion of character,
An affecting scene occurred when Or.
paul Whitehead read a pathetic Letter
iron, the Rev. N. II. Robertson. one of
the older members of the body, stating
that he wss too sick and inarm to attend
the sessions.
After tha reading OF the letter the
members arose and sang 'Blest Be tfs
Tie That Binds" Before the mornlna
session closed the conference, by rtslng
.yot., adopted resolution OF rssrsf ~.