The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-05
FOURTH DAY OF ME. CONFERENCE
Rocky Mount Selected as Place Of
Meeting Next Year.
Nine Persons Were Received i'm Full
Connection With the Conference.
Clerical and Lay Delegates TO the
General Conference Elected-Thc
Beauest of $4,000 by the Late
Washington Duke Suitably Acknowi-
edged
Especial to The Messenger.l

Especial to The Messenger.)
Wilson, n C., December 2.-Con-
ference convened this morning at $50
O'Clock with Bishop Wilson In the
chair and after devotional services by
Rev. r. A. Willis, the regular order
of business was begun.
F. A. Bishop stated that the commit
tee on conference relations was ready
to report with reference to the case of
E. Pope, whose case was referred
back to the committee on yesterday.
He stated further that Mr.. Pope had
been before the committee, and that
his statements were such that the
committee felt that they could not do
otherwise than TO grant him the sup
ernumerary relation which he request
ed. The conference confirmed the rec
Ommendation CT the committee, and
the relation was granted.
The following were received into
full connection in the conference: r.
E. Hunt. c. NJ Lance, S. F. Nix, ]. w.
Hoyle, -V. A. Royal, w. r. Royal, D.
A. Futrell. L. E. Sawyer and c. A.
Jones.
Bishop Wilson, before putting the
disciplinary questions, made a short
talk to the class in which he gave
them some excellent advice. He said
in part:
Remember your obligation to your
Lord, who has called you to His min
lstry, and your duty to Jesus Christ
whose Gospel you preach.
Nothing is of any worth to us in
comparison to the ministry of the
Lord Jesus Christ. This is to be to
you more than all else, If you are to
be true to the obligations you assume
today. You are to give all your time
to the work of the ministry. This Is
the requirement and the demand of
the chuch whose ministry you have
entered. There is not a preacher In
this conference today or in any other
conference in our church who has not
promised to give his entire time to the
work of the ministry; all have assum-
ed this obligation, whether they are
all true to it or not.
GO and labor your best wherever
you are sent; so, and remember that
God has work that He wants you to
do Don't be hunting for easy places
in the ministry, but do your best
wherever you are sent You must en-
counter sacrifice in this work but you
will encounter sacrifice in any work
that amounts to anything.
Keep close to God; it doesn't mat
ter whether you keep close to anyone
else or not, but keep close to Him
The election of delegates TO the gem
eral conference was next taken up.
Ballots for delegates were prepared
and. upon motion, the tellers retierd
with the secretaries of the conference
to count the ballotA The conference
is entitled to four clerical and four
lay delegates.
While the tellers were counting the
ballots, Bishop Wilson called question
As: Where shall the next session OF
the conference be held?" In answer
to this question. New Bern was nomi-
mated by T. A Green and recommend
ed by M. G. Thomas, G.. T. Adams and
F. D. Swindell Rocky Mount was
nominated by W. S. Rome and recon-
mended by J. D. Bundy, L. L. NNash
and D. H. Tuttle When the question
was put to the conference the vote
was in favor of Rocky Mount.
The tellers announced that the bal
lot for lay delegates to the general
conference were counted. The resul;
was the election of J. G. Brown, T. j.
Jarvis, Henry Page and r. A. Bruton
all on the first ballot.
On the first ballot for clerical dele
gates to the general conference, J. G
Kilgo and T. N. Ivey were elected, the
former receiving 11S votes and the
latter 81 votes.
In the will OF the late Washington
. Duke bequest of $1,000 was left to
the cause of foreign and domestic mis-
sions in this conference and $4,000
to the fund for superannuated preach
ers. The conference board of trus'
tees offeed the following resolution tc
the conference in this connection
"Our conference has received notice
| of the bequest OF the late Washing
ton Duke of the sum of five thousand
{ dollars to the superannuate fund cl
the North Carolina Conference, desire
to express our profound gratitude &c
our God for His gift of Washington
| Duke to our church, and TO the GAUGE
of Christ in the earth, and for the
deep affection for our church that he
nut into the great heart of His ser
want. We request that the executor ol
his will pay this bequqest to the Rev
| W. H Moore, treasurer OF the board
/ of trustees Of this conference"
| Hanks-ElIington.
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