Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-11-27
SOUTH ARKANSAS
 ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
Graphic's Special Correspondent Tells ci First Days Session at Warren Many Pine BIMii Negro Preachers In Attendance.

to Garphic) .--The thilty-fourth seS-
 sion of the South Arkansas Annual
 Conference opened here today with
 Rt. Rev Bishop J. $. Flipper, D. D..
 presiding. The devotional exercises
 were conducted by Rev. J. D. Den his, and others. The secretary Of the last conference called the roll. and
 one hundred and thirty-eight minis
 ters answered to their names
 Rev. J. w. Johnson, of Pine Bluff, was elected secretary; J. W. Curry, 'of Monticello, recording secretary; C..
 R. Ashford, statistical secretary, and correspondent to the church papers;
 Dr. H. G. Montgomery to the Christ
 ian Recorder; II. Scott to the South ern Christian Recorder; c. l.. Roed to the Western Christian Recorder: IS. J. Altheiner to the Voice of Mis-
 sions; w. II. White. of Little Rock reporter; H. s. Scott to the Voice of the Twentieth Century; D. K. Turner.
 Marshall. Committee on finance-H. G. Montgomery, l.. Hussey, w. E.
 Pruitt, H. Scott and s. j.. Altheimer.
 The following committees were an- nounced on Public Worship-J. w.. Shumpert, James Jones, r. w. Walls, J. D. Denis and J. w. Whitesides. Annual Sermon-G. w. Mitchell. Ad- mission--G. w. Swan, H. G. Mont gomery, H. M. Denver and J. D. But Ter. First years studies-E. T. Boone, c. 4. Henry, s. l.. Franklin and D. R. Hoard. Second years studies-R. w. Powell, B. J. Finney, A. McDade and l.. Hussey. Third years studies J. M. Fonville. A. \. Fiemmin5, $. T. Brown and x. T. Thompson. Fourth years studies-P. w. Walls
 Fl. Scott. w. E. Fruit and R. Boone
 Dollar Money--P. H. Greene, R. .4. Pipkins, D. K. Turner. E. ?. Turner. Missions-H. c. Clay, J. J. Harris, ]. w. Clayborne and H. Harris. Educa- tion--S. J. Altheimer, r. K Washing ton. II. D. Brown, G. W. West. Min ute Money-J. J. King, II. A. King, H. c. Cary, P. NJ. Martin and A. Mon an Children's Day and Church Ex- w. Colon, T. ]. Hill. K. l.. Mead, N. E. Richardson, and G. H. Smith. Temperance--J. W. John son, R. w. Gillespie. J. J. King and
 ( II. Johnson, s. l.. Harris. C. II. John son. $. l.. Taylor, D. l. Manly and J. B. Pitts. State of the Church-James Jones, H. $. Scott, l.. A. Dangerfield, G. w. Mitchell. II. c. Montgomery and T. H. Randolph. State of the Coun- try-P. w. Walls, ]. H. Harrison, Smith.
 Bishop ]. $. Flipper in his address said: II want you to deport your selves as Methodist ministers while here in the city, and elsewhere. l have come to preside over you and not to boss you, but I warn you now Llldl l Wdut SOu lo plCt1Il1 t% olLhptS gospel to the people, and be as near like the Saviour as you can. The Christ did not go about preaching science to the people, but he preached a simple gospel. l want you to go back to the days of Wesley. He said 1 never found Christ in the study Of science, and I don't believe in the latter day religion, but I believe in a change of heart and if a man has that. he will not think of his learn ing Preaching is a statement of facts of the gospel by . the living voice. If you preach rom a manu- script the devil reads it first and telis you what to say. like teXtual sermons lrethern.