The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-12-12
MANY ARE PASSED
ON QUESTION 22
Closing Hours of the Annual Confer
ence of Deep Interest to All the
Members and a Large Congrega-
ton.

The sixth days session of the Mis-
sissippi Conference was opened as US
ual this morning with the devotional
exercises and Bishop Mouzon's SER
mon, which was earnest but brief.
Rev. Ira B. Robertson led in prayer
and among other things Bishop
Mouzon said:
Two things which stand out above
all others are the gospel of recon
ciliation and the ministry of recon-
ciliation" Later, he said, 81 fear it is
true that the atonement hasn't the
place in modern preaching it had in
that of our fathers and it is all the
worse for us" He spoke of the
beauty of the death of the atoning
Christ by which He took our place.
"The atonement is not something
that is going on now. The gospel is
not Jesus Christ, but it is good news.
The ministry of the reconciliation has
been intrusted to you and me and we
must tell it again and again.
zone of the highest things to come
to any man is that we are ambassa-
doris of Jesus Christ. 1t is our duty,
working together with men, to see the
wonder and beauty of it.
After reading the apostles ideal oi
minister, the Bishop asked why Q
man goes into the ministry? BE
cause there comes to him knowledge
of the need of the world for the gos
pei.
God always incarnates his truth
1 When God would let men know wha
faith is He incarnated it in Elijah.
Brethren incarnate the gospel! lie
our lips and eyes express the faith WI
r profess"
v Business of Session.
p The minutes were read by DR.. A.
t. Watkins and adopted.
o A motion was made to reconside
n the action of Conference Saturday b
, which the principal boards of the col
Il ference were assessed $50 for prin
q ing the minutes and 1t was placed
s25 each.
Question Ii: "What travelin
preachers are ordained deacons?
+. Whiddon, F. l.. Applewhite, ], Y
Price, E. c. Gum, R. H. Keiser,
= Chisholm, Edw. W. harrington.
\ Question 10: what travelir
y preachers are ordained elders? B.
Meigs, C. ]. Stapp, J. F. Mcclellan
J. B. King, L. L. Roberts, S. J. Pu
sell, ]. E. J. Ferguson, ]. E. William
g and A. M. Broadfoot.
Iy Characters Passed.
n Question % resumed: Are all Il
r preachers blameless in their life al
administration? The following mat
le their reports and their characte
in were passed: ]. G. Galloway, w.
a Linfield, H. B. Watkins, w. NJ. Sui
O. van. C. C. Gibson, c. N Guice, T.
ID King, P. D. Hardin, I. w. Cooper,
nj F. Watkins, G. H. Thompson, ..
ir Lewis. B. H. Rawls, H. L. Norton,
D. Dominick, J. G. Chambers, }.
,d Golden, G. w. Huff, j. A. Moore,
nc W. Murray, ]. w. Thompson, &.
ut Anders, L. Carley, E. J. Coker, R.
Witt, C. C. Evans, ]. e. Gray, &.
Emery, ]. H. Guice, C. w. Crisler,
S. Parker, J. w. Ward, H. A. Gait
O. H. Ellis, w. w. Perry, T. b. u
ford, w. NJ. Williams, D. E. Kelley,
Y. Bowman, ]. E. Carpenter e.
"A Crisler. H. M. DuBose, A. F. smith,
n 7. Nolan, c. S. Harmon, c. M. Oh
man, I. L. PEBBLES, R. E. Rutledge,
H. Barr, j. D. Ellis, j. w. Ramsey,
N. Young, B. w. Lewis, B. F. Jon
zen w. G. Forsythe, r. A. Sibley, Jr.,
m L. Afford, w. H. Huntley, w. w. Ca
ia. mack, Robt. Selby, H. P. Lewis,
ing H. w. Van Hook, r. Bradley, H.
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