The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-26
METHODlSTS MEET.
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the district, represented the missions
in the district. Bryan Mission, Eden,
and Mcbride raised every claim in
full. These missions were continued.
Rocky Ford having developed suf1-
GENTLY to stand alone. was discontln-
ued as a mission.
Rev. b Anthony as presiding elder
of the North Macon district, represent
ed the mission fields within the bounds
of his district. Every point gave evil
dence of development. Every charge
paid every claim in fun.
The other districts We're called, and
they were represented by the elders.
From the reports submitted it is certain
that there never has been year OF
such propesity in the mission fields.
The men who serve these appointments
are poorly paid, and yet without muir
muring these fields are served by men
of heroic spirit and of undoubted con-
seCraton. There are over sixty APP
pointnents in the conference known rs
missions fields.
To give the gospel to these points
the salaries of the ministers serving
them are supplemented by apprpria-
tons from the mission board The
wisdom of this course is seen in the
fact that some of the strongest APP
pOintments in the conference to-day
are churches that are now self-sup-
porting. At one time they were ben
efciaries of the board.
Glass for Admission.
The class for admission into the
conference composed of N. s. Kemp,
G. c. Ingram, Gus ]. Davis, w. S.
johnson, c. b. Cook, w. ]. Allabew,
William F. Quillian Jr, NJ. D. Hus-
sey, B. c. Prickett, c. NJ Meaks, John
F. Bross are standing the prescribed
admitted INFO the
conference on trial This class must
first pass a committee that will in
Quire into their gifts, graces, charac-
ter, etc, and the committee which ex-
amines then on the ordinary branches
of an English education, doctrines of
the Bible. and the discipline of the
church. To pass this committee the
applicant must show a high prof.
cheney in each study. They will not
know the result of the examination
until the committee has tried to make
up their percentage.
Four other classes are also being ex-
amined by other committees in differ
ent courses of study. These are
termed undergraduates. TO obtain dea-
cons orders, which will give to the
minister authority to baptize, receive
members into the church, and perform
marriage ceremonies. the student must
pass the examinations for two years.
10 OBTAIN elQer orders winch Will COLI
fer upon the minister not only the
above authority. buth the added pow
er to engage in the administration of
the Lords Supper, the undergraduate
must successfully pass each eXamina-
ton for four years.
Mission for COIIinsvilIe.
The afternoon session of the Board
of Missions continued the work of the
morning. The action of the board in
creating a mission to be known as the
Collinsville mission will be of special
interest to the Methodists of Savannah.
A young pastor will be appointed to
take charge of this section. While
there is no church at present at this
point, it is contemplated that a church
will be organized as a result of the
missionary's labOrs. With the creation
of this new work, Savannah will have
six Methodist pastors for the new
year.
In reviewing the work of the follow
ing districts, Dublin, South Macon.
Columbus Americas, Valdosta, McRae,
and Waycross, it was found that in
every district there has been a de-
cided increase in every department.
Indeed it is safe to say that this is
the banner year in the history of mis-
sion work in the conference.
Reports From Districts.
Under the call for reports from the
presiding elders the following elders
represented the work done in their re-
spective districts: Rev. T. d. Ellis, Sa-
vannah district; B. Anthony, North
Macon w. a. Morgan, South Macon:
G. G. N. MacDonell. Columbus; w F.
Smith. Americas; Ed. F. Cook, Tnom-
asville; ]. o. Branch, Valdosta; j. w.
Weston, Waycross; ]. B. McGhee, Nc
Rae, and J. NJ. Lovett, Dublin. The
reports on the churches and preachers
in the districts showed that there has
been large ingathering to the church.
Several of the districts have raised all
the conference collections in full. The
Savannah district, North Macon and
Townsville met all demands for min
isterial support and conference collec-
tons in full. 1t is a record breaker
in the history of the conference. This
will be most pleasing to the friends
of Rev. T. D. Ellis. Rev. B. Anthony
and Rev. Ed. F. Cook. The conclud-
ing hours of the morning session were
given to receiving reports from the
pastors