Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-11-20
PROCEEDINGS OF W. n. C. CONFERENCE.
Will Meet In AsheviIe Next Year. The
Appointments Indicate Many Changes.

APPOINTMENTS IHNiUatG Wuig ohahoG0i
The eighteenth annual session
of the Western North Carolin'
Conference convened here las
Wednesday morning, Bishop Hen
ry G. Morrison, presiding. Thu
Bishop read from the third chap
ter of Malachai, and, in reference
to the matter of giving, among
other things said:
II am not here to emphasize es
pecially the tithing system, fol
that is being freely discussed, but
I will say this much-that 1 dc
not see how any man claim the
one-tenth which belongs to God,
The tan-tenths belong to God, but
one-tenth is all that He has asked
us to set aside entirely for Him
We talk about making gifts and
offerings to the Lord, when the
truth is we are only giving God
that which already belongs to Him.
If we could get the Church to
the point where she will render to
God that which she should, she
would witness such a revival as
she has not known before.
''The tithing system is Scriptu-
raj, but we never can get our peo-
pie to set aside this amount-one-
tenth of all their income-for the
Lords work until we preachers do
the same thing. Let US think of
these things and do not rob God
any longer, but render unto Him
that which we should"
The business of the Conference
was begun by calling of the 1oll,
which was done by the secretary,
Rev. W. L. Sheriff.. The roll
call showed that there were 226
clerical members with 131 present,
and A lay members with IS pres
ent. After this the election of a
secretary was gone into and Rev.
w. L. Sheriff. was reelected for
his thirteenth time. This was
followed by the report from the
presiding elders who nominate the
standing committees of Confer
ence. The report was made by
Rev. J. R. Scroggs and was
adopted.
The Goth question: "Are all the
preachers blameless in their life
and official administrations" was
called and the superanuated, su-
pernumeraries and presiding elders
were passed. A number of pastors
were also passed. The hours of
meeting were fixed and the first
session of the Conference adjourn
ed at 12 80, Rev. S. H. Helsabech.
the oldest member pronounced the
benediction.
The Goth question was contin-
ued and all passed with smooth
sailing.
The second days session, Thurs
day, opened by devotional exer-
cises being conducted by Rev. R.
M. Taylor, presiding elder of the
Franklin district. This vas fol-
lowed by a roll call of those who
were absent the day previous,
many of whom answered to their
names. Rev. J. D. Hammond,
D. D., secretary of board of edu-
cation for the church, and Rev.
J. G. Kilgo, D D., president of
Trinity College, we're introduced.
DR.. Hammond spoke Of edu-
cational work being done by the
church, and particularly that be-
ing done for the negro. A negro
teacher in Paine College of Au-
gusta, Ga, was introduced and
made an interesting report of the
church's work among his race, a
collection Of $243.32 was taken
up for this cause.
Communications from the var.
ious colleges and schools under
the control of the church were
read and referred to the board of
education.
The repert of the orphanage
commission, recommending the
establishment of a Conference
orphanage, to- be known as the
"Children's Home" was taken ur
for consideration. It was recon.
mended that the orphanage be
built by voluntary contributions
After considerable discussion the
report on the orphanage was
adopted unanimously and the