The news & observer., 1905-12-05
Where Conference Ap-
pOintees Serve This Year.
SESSION ADJOURNED
Final Reports Were Made Yesterday.
Sabbath Observance Emphasized.
The 0rphanage. Missions Well
Supported. Most Successful
coecinn of ConForonnn
Session of Conference.
Especial to News and Observer)


Carolina Methodist Conference ad-
journed at noon today after the pleas
antest and most successful session in
it's history For spirituality in
church work and liberality in con-
tributions to every Christian cause,
the reports of this session far sur
pass any that were formerly made. and
the progress of the denomination in
North Carolina east of Greensboro
has not been indicated by gradual
and measured steps, but it has been
marked by great leaps and bounds
forward and upward.
Bishop Wilson has been the centre
OF the conference. Around him
there revolved all the various phases
of the conference work, and he has
been as true and constant and stable
as the sun, and he shone everywhere.
There was not a disagreeable feature
connected with the session, and the
God-spirit moved among the preach
ers in all their deliberations. The only
disorder noticeable was when they
testified for Christ, and this disorder
was like the Holy Ghost which rest
ed in flames upon the heads of the
disciples, and made their hearts and
their tongues praise God all at once
The brotherly feeling, harmony in
! their thoughts as well as in their ac-
| tions, was perfect They met as
| men elected by the Lord to His min
! istry, and were there to confer upon
/ the work of the past year and learn
| its lessons for the next, and to be as
| signed TO their charges for the COM
| ing year; and these appointments were
received in the spirit in which they
were made: as though they were di-
| rected by God. Conference to all
was mount of inspiration, and to
many no doubt it was a mount of
TRANSPORTATION. 1t was notably a
conference of song, Thanksgiving and
prayer. There were no tribulations
or lamentations, and the places here
tofore deSolate in some of the dis
| tricts had during the past year bios
somed with heavenly flowers. The
hand of the Lord Stretched over the
conference did not hold the rod, but
! descended upon the consecrated
heads Of the ministers with an elo-
quent touch, and His voice uttered
the thrilling: 'sWell done, Good and
Faithful"
The principal event Of the last day
of conference is always the announce
ment of the appointments for the in
coming year. 1t is not an unusual
thing for some preachers, a few min
utes before this occurs, to see clouds
gather, and while the appointments
are being read to hear the spiritual
elements thunder and hear and see
| lightning crack around the corners
and burst up and down the aisles of
the church. But at this conference
they saw nothing but their duty, and
heard naught save the voice OF the
Almighty.
Wilson has been blessed, too.
Hardly any religious meeting ever
held here has done the community
more good. While the members of
the Conference Jared on the choice of
the land, the citizens enjoyed the best
of the gospel. Religion was never
served more nobly and earnestly, and
the hospitality of the conference was
as great, free and hearty as the whole
souled entertainments of it by Wilson.
story in DetaiI.
The Conference met at $3.50 O'Clock
and the devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by Rev j. d. Bundy.
Election of Delegate.
The ballot was taken for the remain
ing clerical delegate to the General
Conference ana clerical alternates.
and the election was announced as
follows
Delegate: j. \. Cole.
Alternates: f. d. Swindeil, and j.
Z. Gibbs.
The joint Board Of Finance report
cd for the past year
The committee on Conference Rela-
tons reported, and Rev. II. T.. Dick
son was Granted the supernumerarY
relations. and Rev. J. d. Langston was
elected 20 the suDerannuated rela-
tions.
Secretary Cuninggim recommended
that the old records and journals of
the North Carolina Conference for
the past 6S years be coDied and for
protection be placed in the archives
of Trinity College.
DR. e. O. Yates embodied the sug-
gestion in motion, which was adop-
ted
The committee on Epworth League
reported showing great progress, and
increased interest in the work of the
League The renort said the best
work is done in the Junior League,
preparing children for the Senior
League. An Epworth League Confer
ence was recommended to be held at
the Summer Sunday school course at
Wrightsville Beach in June. The re-
port was adopted.
The committee on church property
reported unusual prosperity this year,
as all the districts reported new and
the New Bern Centenary church was
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