The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09

LI ASsO&NsslulHLlOJ2AOe ~ 8.lcOOs
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acies s2s1s7s; increase, s154.s55.' Total
endowment. $1,000, 462; Increase, s171,a59.
Volumes in libraries. 2s0441; Increase,
1895. Number Of teachers, 1854; in
crease. Al Number OF students, 2e,078;
increase, $3.50. Free tuition students, L.
700; Increase, 26s. Students looking to
the ministry, 27s; Increase, 81. The 1s5
Institutions ut home and abroad report
an income of s1,dS7,11 but many schools
refuse to report their income.
Church Extension.
The general church extension boards
report shows payments to It's fund from
forty conferences. was sloo13S.se The
foreign mission conference paid $1,667.7o
more than double their assessments. In
the foreign mission conferences there
are 3C9 societies. and 100 churches. OF
the 1919 churches now owned In homo
and foreign lands, 1854 have received
aid from the board; 1857 congregations
+ are without church buildings The as
sessment OF Virginia conference this year
Is sS,2e3. 64
Church property Is valued at $1,504, 449,
more than last year, which shows that
some fine churches have been built with
Ill d year. 55
The general report OF the Church pub
fishing House ut Nashville, shows gross
sales Of books and periodicals for The
year&to have been 4s7,691.4S, an increase
in sales OF s2s,3b2.o2. The profits on these
sales were ss7,3s1.4s. The total assets
Of the Publishing House are ssss,s96.33.
and total liabilities are only $27, 455 s..
Sunday School.
The report of the Sunday School Editor
shows number OF schools, 1888, gain, 565;
Teachers, 1o7,427 loss, 1,4l4; scholars, IL
007.S3o. gain, 1885. A great Increase in
circulation Of literature IL reported.
The above reports arc from general
conference officers and cover the whole
annual conferences for the information
OF the churches.
Or. ?. NJ. Whisney. the general agent
OF the church extension board, was In
4troduced to conference and made
strong speech.
The bishop took up a collection for the
new church and school building at Ynmn
Guchi, Japan, of which DR.. Whsner had
spoke. Two hundred and thirty seven
dollars were raised.
The EpHorth League general superin-
tendent reports that organization in
flourishing condition. and for the first
time in It's history the Epworth Era, the
league organ, Is on a paying basis.
At II o clock the bishop commenced
calling question 20: care the lives OF the
preachers blnmeless, = etc. All the SUI
peranuates and presiding elders passed
in character. Rev. Mr.. Brannen, one Of
the supernnuates In replying, said he had
been a member Of conference sixty years
Rev Oscar Littleton, another super
anuate, has been a. member fifty-flve
years. At O'clock conference took a
recess until 8 o'clock. ,''8
Opening Sermon.
At 1890 r.. NJ tonight an immense con-
gregation gathered in Main Street Church
to hear the opening sermon which was
preached by DR.. Paul Whitehead. Or.
Whitehead Joined the conference IN 1858.
by request he preached his scmi-centcnial
sermon. Opening hymn ga, How Rich |
Thy Bounty was read by Rev. DIR. r. D.
Smart, of Epworth Church, Norfolk. The
opening prayer was made by Rev. w. f. |
sJudkins The preacher selected psalm IL
II, Is as his text II said the preacher
Of the Old Testament times was tho
prophet. II, Priests and Leyites some times
had a warm heart which God had touched
was the minister. The text states tho
expepience and the opinion Of an old min.
churches which cali their pastors we
sometimes find an old minister who has
long number of years-men like the late
Dr. Moses Hoge. who was the pastor
Of the Second Presbyt erian Church, Rich
mond. for fifty-four years. But in our
and this high regard for the old minister
must attach itself to s3those who have |
spent long unbroken lives In the ministry.I
I'll Is not my PURPOSE to relate merely !
but to give a brief history OF the old!
preachers life as seen from the view point
Aof the Bible. First, the aged ministers
from his youth. does not mean merely
that God furnishes the message but that
God guides and commands the life Of the;
minister: He must !. st 60 when and where
stand On inward call to the ministry
Friends urged me 10 give up my chosen
work and enter the ministry, but I would
not move until felt the inward call
have never doubted the call from that
day to this. The preachers business Is
to declare the wondrous works OF God.
I can never understand how the gpreach-
lie where his whole mission is to declare
Gods saving grace to perishhg m ems
The old minister's purpose: He faces
to the West and views the incoming tide
Of young life He wants to touch that Z
The old preacher may lodge some thought
in the mind OF the youth that may bring +
forth a. harvest Of good, after the old
man has ceased to ! live The doctorl|S
then proceeded to give a brief history of
his own ministerial life, which proved
Of the profoundest interest to the vast
audience that overtaxed the seating
capacity of the large church.
Half Century Of Service.
He was admitted into the conference In
the city OF Lynchburg. October 90. 1853
Bishop Paine, OF Mississippi, presided
His ministerial life had beer, divided into
Female Colleges, and Presiding Elder Ii
In oncAunng tho sermon " he doctor 4,
referred very pathetlcally to the fact that
he and his wife, who SO recently passed.
away had touched and influenced soil
many young lives. RI
The committees held meetings this az L,
ternoon and MAPPED out consldornble
budget of business for. future days OF con-
ference. The Indications now are that
The bushes will be heavy and the body
will be III session as MANY rs eight tlaYa. |