The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-03
APPOINTMENTS MA JE BY
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE
Resolution Of Regret at Illness
81 isl,op,NVilsoil
{f,5g. Adopted. s
LAST DAY Isl VERY! Ter, I! BUSY .!'
Bishop Candlcrsp OIL Church,
a Ciif+ttsst Gifts Condition ,tl1It7'18 81
Conference.
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| la CEN1B1tl1L4 LAND MID. y April 2.-At the
opening 81, the fifth day of business Of the
Baltimore Conference the nj. e. Church
(SoutlD Redortler Q. Register rad q
letter from a. member Of the household
Of Bishop Ia lphel,s IVY. Wilson, stating
that he was threatened with bronchitis
and Pneumonia but,thAt ho,'was yielding
to medical treatment, A5rcsol,ition Of sym
pathy was adopted 5..
rhe report Of tho conference mission
airy treasurer u was 81 read and accepted
after few corrections. The certificate
Of ordnatlon, which occurred SUNDAY va, was
read. Tho session was onlvened by Blsll-
op Gamblers Humorous comments on
preachers REPORTS The passing Of char
acter', i Is always a. number or Interest
In a conferei1ce programme. Bishop Cand-
Ter deprecated but apprecinted:t that some
should show a. spirit%of haste 2 ,tois set
through, with the 5.''wprl OF the Lord,
especially when /. conference ,llcets but
once a year,G411e said Notwithstanding ne
had to ho In Cuba saturday hight, ho pro-
posed to make haste slowly with work.
Urged Liberal Giving.
Bishop Gambler preached briefly TO the
conference lIe,urged liberal giving. lie
said that money Intended to buy the way
to Heaven simply blocked tho road to
Rev. David IL. Bush, D. D., presiding
elder of &Stauhton,T Va, and Rev. .. =.
REGISTER of Baltimore, were elected cleri-
cal alternatesTto the general con ference.
The report Of athe board 81 ina'sSss s S " y,
adopted. 3 It#showed that while TO a1s;1 :,
trlcts were behind In Their ass essmeHtts,
there had been q general increase over,
the amounts received last year. III.
The report sof the church extension
board was read. [, All districts reported
Increases In funds except Baltimore. N 4
Or. r. H.gtNNhlsler. OF Louisville, gen
eral secretary Of the church extension
board. addressed the conference and
urged greater appropriations for church
extension. Bishop Gambler took up the
matter and urged along the same line
as Dir. Whistler. TEX
The report Of F. ~. D.. Conway. treas
urer of the Baltimore Conference Board,
was read. HI, II q 3.i- sats&3tsfis -aS1.
stanton was decided upon MS the place
for the noxt annual meeting Of the con-
ference.
Dr.. Hyde Resigns.
It was announced that. Rev. II. l..
Stevens, ofSthe Memphis Conference, has
been transferred %to Baltimore Confer
ence. Tho committee on memoirs made It's
report, and itsSs,y recommendations were
ya;Swho forss..nari years has filled the
position OF aoi, fsrence transportation
agent resignea Is hat ton. and Rev,
e. &stnntonsf bs Tax iaRprg, w. Va, was
appointed to- sIhSaaaiG ath1m. Resolutions
wers adopted DON pendsng the publishing
interests tS 81 SllsaSeh. The Epworth
League Commit ttea Supported large
syroWthi and greiatsp y IN that or
s7 The. conference Bible board reported 2
large d Increase IN receipts and In the
distribution OF Bibles and tracts.
1lz homes for Superannuated.
THE report of tho sunday-school board
showed large growth. The committee APP
pointed at thes Roanoke session on the
securing Of homes for the superannunted
recommended the appointment OF a com
mttec to solicit, fundsss for4lathe erection
of such, homes e S forsj d lAtr1rt,. superan-
nuaates, at aasccst ofsHabp 300 each
n. 7. Fishbur,1, OF Roanoke, q offered
I to- give $500 towards such.s Homes I'm each
district. & Tho Hoard OTIS Education re-
ported prosperous ,condlti ton in the con
ference and Iii the general church
.4SlnS temperance CCIlllllt Ssr ICCOilAiI'EloSN
d. strong and ACTIVE work against the
drink evil and that ministers and lay
men urge more strict. enforcement ; OF
the laws regulating the liquor ira Hc.,
I Tho report OF tho condition. of the Bal
timore con ference sho we'd local !preachers'
ss;tmembers, 55.419; infants hap tized, l3,-
o42:a adults 'baptisedissG 4 s5i I. EpWpEth
englles 162; League nlen1lpT ri
day schools. i97: steach Teri. ssctolars,
i. nto,g ujifer0OnfiHfrI
ministers, $4,000 !; for foreign missions,
S12,S15l5; for domestic missions, sl0S96.65;
for American Bible Society, S933.67; number
Of church societies. 665; houses Of wor-
ship, TT: value Of churches, Sl423,lS2. In.
dcbtedness, SOLOS,; number OF pastoral
charges 165; parsonnges. la1: value or par
sonages, 1894 900; Indebtedness. IS. G'2; con-
ference districts. S; district parsonages 3:
value of same, SCI 900: churches damaged
or destroyed during year, 4; to the amount
of SlS,035 covered In Insurance.. Total In
surance carried on churches, sS16s5l pre-
MUM paid, s2,7A. Il, ssl,o, 81 aataT
Preachers Institute.
The following committee was appointed
to have charge OF the Preachers Insu-
tutc. which 1t is intended to hold in
Front Royal In June: r, j. Prettyman,5
Baltimore. Nd: J. W. Duffy. Harrison
burg. Va; j. 8. Engle, Baltimore, Md;
David X. Kern, Woodstock, Va; D..
lIammll, staun,on, Va; G. Buchannon,
Bructon, Va; ]. Fl. Lightly, Frederlcks-
burg, Va; II. n. Sherman and y. @.
| Register, Baltimore. Md, and Ernest l..
! Woolf. Rockville. Nd.
| A committee TO have charge Of Home
for Superannuated Preachers was mp
| pointed MS follows, ROY, j. s, IIutchn-t
son, 8, w Cnnter. j. A. Anderson and
| NIessra, y. r. F'shhurn, ]. y. llouck.
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AT THE FIRST BAPTIST,