The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-17
reported improved and dcrious Of rcgu-

reported improved and dcrious of rcgu-
1 lar work.
| a communication from the Young Mems
I Christian Association was read. inviting
the conference todvsit tic building and
offering tho use OF the rooms for commits
tee work The offer was accepted with
| thanks.
| Rev. Dr. Brooks, a supernnnuatc of the
| Western North Carolina Conference. adj
dressed the body lii the interest OF q
| publication OF which he is the author He
referred to tho Western North Carolina
| Conference as the granddaughte OF the
| Virginia Conference.
Rev DR. Atkins. Sunday school sec
rotary. addressed the conference at some
| length In the Interest Of greater effort
lalong the line5of religious education. He
took a rather resslmistic view Of cond!-
I3t!ons and deprecated the decrease OF
home instruction in the Bible and reli-
glouB belief
Bishop a. Coke Smith. former pastor Of
Court street Church. this city. was pre-
scented to the conference. but made n o adj
dress. He was warmly greeted s$by his
former associates In the conference. The
| Bishop occupied a platform seat during
| tie session. Il
Bishop Wilson then called the presiding
elders OF the eleven districts, and they
| passed examination OF character and
made brief general reports as to the work
| iof the churches Of their districts during
| the ycar. hi
Richmond District.
Rev. w. ". Tudor D. D.. Of the Rich-i
mond District was the first called. He
stated that the work in the district was
| relatively gratifying, with Improvement in
every direction. There had been activity
| III church building. dcdica ton and renova-
| ton. Gracious REVEALS had blessed the
l5churches. The preachers were In good
| health and were faithfully attending their
4 work
Rev. r. II. Wilson. of the West Rich
mond District. reported the spiritual con-
| dition Of the churches Of the district
I good. There had been reviyals of more
4 or less interest in almost every charge
and many additions to the churches,
4 Centenary had the largest number Of ad \
4 dItions-onc hundred and fifty gross. Ma
terially. there had been attention TO the
various departments Of church work.
4 There had been repairs to many churches
land anew parsonage at Barton Heights.
| Missions have been given especial atten-
1 ton and the missionary assessments have
1 generally been fully paid, and. IN some
cases, overpaid. The Sunday schools have
$been greatly improved and in almost
! every case will continue through the.
4 winter Assessments for ministerial SUD-
mort were met In full in most cases. The
district conference had been n spiritual
4 feast.
! This following presiding elders made
! reports OF the work of their districts:
4 Rev. j. II. Whitley. Rappahannock: Rev.
1 w. Nv. Lear. Charlottesville district; Rev.
G. Reed. Lynchburgs district; Rev. J.
/ ID Hank, Far Vile district; Rev. J. H.
/ Amiss,g Danville district: Rev. 3. r.
Lipscomb, Petersburg district.
"A Fine Report
4 Roy. Paul whitehead D. d.. Norfolk
| district. made carefully prepared writ
ten report. the most definite and complete
| ono submitted. He deprecate the mn
godly Influence Of the Sunday seasG or
rcsols,s. but declared that spirituality
prevailed to a gratifying extent among
| the churches. Tile work OF religious In :
| struction had been gratifying. more cut
5dren were receiving the communion than
formerly and conditions We're generally
good Four churches had been built. one
, REBUILT, Six parsonagos had been bullt
during the year and now bu one OF ina ina
eight circuits was without II parsonage.
THO new order Of worship had been intro
duced III munyacf the churchSs.
Rev. r. Finley Gayle was The last OF !
3tte presiding elders 10 report. All but
two preachers had been fully paid, IN
woman's foreign missionary work, ING
district leads the Conference.
Dr.. ". ". Smith. chancellor OF me
Randolph Macon system, extended an ill-#
vitation u theK Conference 70 visit the
Randolph Macon Woman's College near
Tic city, at 800 r. NJ Tomorrow l troll.
Icy cars will lie provided toEtakc the Con-
ference cut.
An educational ially In the interest ..of
wnml,,'s c,!,,''atsnn was anholllcc 9, w
FRIDAY evening Mt the Court Street
| Church. Addresses will BIZ made by Dr..
Edwinl9A. 4 Alderman, president OF the
University of Virginia, and !, BISHOP no., 8, =,
coke Smith, of Norfolk. Sin hundred
young ladies from the, Randolph Macon
NVoman's Collage and the ckstone M Z
istitutr will attend.
Rev. il Nv. Carroll will preach morning
and evening at the Cnbel Street Church
Danville. next Sunday.