The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-15
THE MISSISSIPPI
CONFER CE
ITS LABORS CLOSED ON MONDAY AT
I2:SO NEXT MEETING AT
nATTIESBURG
The List Of appointments Bishop Good
70 The Preachers Few Changes
Made fol Coming Year.
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One Preacher IS UnfFOcked for Grossly
immoral Conduct.

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the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, closed its sixty-sixth annua
session last Monday at 1890 p. M
and adjourned to meet next year
at Hattiesburg. The business D.
the Conference, which was tot
volnminous to report in full ii
these columns, was all finished VI
in due order and plans mapped oui
for the future.
On Sunday the preaching at the
Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian
and Episcopal churches and al
Whitworth College by members ol
the Conference took place in &C.
cordance with the programme an.
nouhced.
II At IL O'Clock the Methodist
church was crowded beyond its
capacity by the congregation as
sembled to hear Bishop 3. 3 Hoss,
After reading q portion Of the
sixteenth chapter Of Matthew, the
bishop took for his theme, What
Think Ye Of Christi, The sermon
was one Of the most comprehensive
and powerful expositions of the
personality and character of Christ
and His mission ever delivered
from the pulpit here.
After the sermon Bishop Hoss,
assisted BY DR.. H M. DuBose, Dr..
w i. q. Hunnicutt and Rev.
Robt. Selby, ordained as deacons
the following John Lambert
Neal, Robert Tilden Pickett,
Charles Thomas Noble, John An.
drew Mcbride. William Elijah
Dickens and John w. Chisholm.
Preachers ordained as deacons
were: s. A. Crook and s. Al. Fer.
guson. The following were or
Edained aselders by the laying on
4 of hands &C. Chambers, e. j.
Coker, j H. Grice. w w. Graves,
E. P. Lipscomh.
The conference memorial SER
vices Sunday afternoon were pre-
sided over by DR.. j. M. Weems.
The preachers Of the conference
who died during the conference
year were Revs. Fl. d. Howell,
j. w. Chambers, G. "A. Powell and
I'D. P. Bradford. A memoir oi
each of these departed brethren,
which had been prepared in ad.
4 vance, was read and adopted. BY
remarkable coincidence, the
memoir of Rev. H. D. Howell,
which was read on this occasion,
was lovingly prepared by Rev,
I. Clarence A. Powell before his owr
4 death a few weeks ago.
i At the Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon at the same hour DR.. Fl.
NJ. DuBose addressed a large
audience of young people. incIud-
ing college girls, on the work Of
4 the Epworth League.
Sunday night at the Methodist
church, special memorial services
were held in honor Of the
lamented Bishop Charles B. Gallo
way. On this occasion DR.. DuBose
read life sketch and eloquent
| tribute to the great churchman who
has fallen on sleep that will be.
come historic; followed BY a short,
touching extemporaneons tribute
by Bishop Hoss.
The delegates elected to the
next General Conference, which
meets at AshvilIe, N. C.. next
{. May. are as follows: Clerical r
M. DuBose. /. W. Cooper. H Wal
ter Featherston, a. F. Watkins,
with M I. Burton. reserve clerical
delegate. Lay delegates r. w.
4 MiIlsaps. Il. p. Brown, w. WI.
Ellis and a. G. NorreIl; reserve
lay delegates, John A. Mcleod and
j. G. Cavett.
A report from the trustees of the
Mississippi conference orphanage
was read and adopted. The report
showed 162 orphans III the home al
present. The disbursements for the
past year have been $l4,485. with
cash on hand for running expenses,
$3. 452. w. M. Hampton gave
ST, 900 during the year and DR..
Luther Sexton of New Orleans, a
native Of Mississippi, offers $40, ,00(
1 fo Ehp home On candifion that d