Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-23
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CONFERENCE.
DOinss of The Two Great ReIig-
iOuS Bodies.

D0In9S OF Inc TWO Great ReliS-
iOuS Bodies.
The Virginia Baptist Association,
which met in Richmond last week, was
one of the largest and most harmonious
of such gatherings.
Danville was selected as place of next
meeting.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars was
received during the year for the Or
phanage, and 5000 for helping young
ministers.
A half million dollars will be raised to
erect the Woman's College on the site
adjoining Richmond College, which was
donated by that institution.
A Baptist Evangelical exhibit will be
made next year at jamestown EXPOSE
ton, started with a fund of 50, 500 APP
propriated by the Association.
A little furry was occasioned when
the relations with the American Bible
Society was brought up. For some
time the Association has not been CO.
operating with the Society. The papers
state that the trouble grew out of the
printing by the Baptists of bibles for
the Asiatics in which the Greek word
''baptizo" was translated clipped. !"
The American Society contends for the
translation sprinkle" and refused to
aid in the circulation of the Baptist
bibles.
Strong temperance resolutions were
passed.
Greetings were exchanged with the
Methodist Conference sitting at Ports
mouth.
THE METHoDISTS.
Virginia Conference at Portsmouth
adjourned Monday.
Petersburg will be the next place of
meeting.
Rev. j. Sidney Peters aroused the
body to the highest pitch of enthusiasm
by notable speech. He declared that
the old antipathies had been forgotten
and that the whole conference was liv-
ing in brotherly love.
Rev. Jas. Cannon, jr., d. D., made
a strong appeal for the Advocate"
and in this he was followed by Mr..
Peters also. The Advocate Advisory
Committee made report recommend
ing the price of the paper be increased
from $3.50 to $500 per year.
The multitude of business was won
derfully dispatched by Bishop Hendrix
and his advisors.
The Bishop preached powerful SER
mon and delivered several eloquent adj
dresses. On Sunday the various pulpits
in Portsmouth and Norfolk were filed
by Methodist ministers. The two cities
were crowded with Methodists and
friends, probably the largest ever at
tending any Conference in Virginia.
Among other things Conference
adopted strong temperance resolutions
and highly eulogized the Anti-Saloon
League. 1t also provided for Metho-
dist exhibit at Jamestown. The fol-
lowing were named as a committee
for the jamestown work: w. ].
Young, H. Selden Taylor. Claude A.
Swanson, George Wesley Jones, w.
Mcdonald Lee, Bruce r. Payne, j. w.
Bledsoe, j. P. Pettyjohn, B. M. Beck
ham, Z. G. Moseley, w. H. Atwill, ].
l.. Jarman, James Cannon, jr., B. F.
Lipscomb, Augustus Wright, H. E.
johnson, w. H. Vincent, w. H. Starr.
j. l.. Roper, T. N. Potts, P. B. Tankard.
Rappahannock District led in Rose
bud work and contributions, Hopewell
church, Bowling Green, leading the
other churches of the District.
SOME APPOINTMENTS.
Rappahannock District-J. C. Reed.
Presiding Elder. White Stone, E.
Garner; Lancaster. Porter Hardy: West
Lancaster, w. j. Williams; Heathsville,
Z. h Williams; Bethany, E. E. Harren;
Richmond Circuit, w. A. Tompkins;
Westmoreland, H. II. Smith; Montross.
c. o. Tuttle; King George, C. E. Hob
day; Spotsylvania, G. H. Ray; West
Spotsylvania, to be supplied; Caroline,
G. 7. Forester; Bowling Green, r. /.
Busby; Hanover, ]. d. Forkner; King
William, Frank Burruss; King and
Queen, w. c. Pace; Essex, to be sup
piled; Middlesex, E. P. Parham; East
Middlesex, j. R. Laughton; Gloucester.
w. R. Crowder; Gloucester Point, J..
Gill; Mathews, Richard Ferguson; East
Mathews, w. L. Ware; West Mathews.
T. p. Duke.
M. 5. Colonna goes to Park Place; E..
L. Peerman, Highland Springs; w. F.
Davis, Hampton Roads; j. o. Babcock,
Fox Hill; j. 7. Mastin, Superintendent
Orphanage-all in Richmond District.
Lee C. Crutchfield, West Amherst:
G. w. Watkins, Gordonsville; A. S. j.
Rice, Culpeper-all in Charlottesville
District.
j. w. Fizer, North Bedford; w. B.
Jett, Concord, and Joseph w. Shack
ford made Presiding Elder of the Dis
trict Oynchburg).
w. H. Edwards, Market Street; j.
Sidney Peters, High Street and associ-
ate editor Advocate; C. r. James, West
Street; j. T. Payne, Prince George; ].
w. S. Robbins, Lawrenceville; j. w.
Eure, agent for Randolph-Macon fund
and the Advocate" in Petersburg
District.
j. b. DeBerry, Cumberland: C. T.
Thrift, GAINESVILLE, and ]. T. Whitley
Elder of District Farmville). james
Cannon, jr., principal of Blackstone
School for Girls and editor of "Ad-
vocate"