The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-09
OF The 4. MI. CHURCH HOLLIS
INTERESTING SESSION Ar
HUNTINGDON.
Presiding Elder
VIII hc Rev. Downs. Formerly Pas
tor OF Local Church. who SIZE
ccetiS Rev. West, Transferred e,
Ci,illicothe, q.

PuutlnSlOn, NOV. 6.-Cn all the,
c 'hterNnces Of the African Methodist
Eoiscopal church. the West Virginia
annual conference is the yCunsest,
called The baby" ou:, by no means
the least promisinG. The session was
he!d here from N,vv> Is! and closed
Sunday night about II u. M, Nov
9TH. Bishop w. 4. Derrick, presided
and conducted its sessions in such ,
manner that good humor and har-
monE prevailed throughout. The
hlsh"D is 4 man mat the people love
10 hear. being Instructed rs well as
eve tanned. man OF intense self
CONSCIOUSNESS, militant and Of q cul-
ture from travel. association and
from the contact With brilliant char
acters as we'll rs from an early
training in the school. Mrs. Der
rick was constant attendant and
welcomed by tn, conference. ouite
friendly and made herself especianr
agreeable. Among the visitors were
the Rev. ]. NJ, Ross and !. G. Turner
from Ohio, men who are not ONLY
students and preachers OF the higher
lie, hut examples Rev. II. j. Askew
OF the-.Pittsburg conference contrib
uted TO the enthusiasm Of the confer
ence by his songs; DR.. Joshua II.
Jones by his eloluence, Dean Wood
son by his strong plea for the edu-
Gated ministry. All Of these last are
Ohio ministers.
Dr.. W. II. II. Fuller. the Bishon's
private secretary, represented the
Missionary department and was very
attentive TO the brethren because of
his candidacy for the position of
Secretary of Missions. Rev. 8 p
West, the secretary Of the conference
man esteemed, we'll known, useful
and intelligent was transferred TO
the OHIO conference and succeeds
Rev. Walker at Chillicothe. Ohio is
to be congratulated upon such an ac-
cesslon to its pastoral ranks and
West Nir@inianE regret the untitled
vacancy.
Mrs. Payne. an active, intelligen.
woman, represented the Publication
&c iartment and seemed TO nave con-
Siderable patronage. She makes i
socd agent and the concern will
profit thereby; She is also q GOOD
singer and adVertiseS her song books
oy singing selections
sometimes it appeared in the dis.
cusslon OF positive moral questions
that the standard was lost in the
maze and maze OF cheap sentiment
and sensual sympathy. This il :
Characteristic and general fact Of
most OF our public gatherings and
declares an uniting for sitting il
Judgment. It is ait of mercy to or.
lenders and but a fractional iusrica
friday night was given 70 discus
sion OF the Church Extension De-
Dartmeft Thee is an IMPRESSION
mat the department, instead OF prov
lls good business -.eniurc is re-
Harded a crutch for dependents, re-
hnquEhlnS responsibility. vitiating
oollgatlons and inculcates \ spirit OF
elVe-lne "a spirit of beggary
There is reported an uncollectable
sum Of over one huodred thousand
dofiars, loaned to churches to tid.,
them over embarrassments, which
DO not keep up the interest
'Ihcre Is strong demand in the
conference and U1Tt -upUr-the ficfi
Tor strong, able, heroic, intell,gen,
.'oung mel. The kind wanted are
those who pant for the gospel con-
flict with ignorance and sin, to labor
IN the " lde territory Of West Vir
glnla opportunity. The church is
*oihS to get them and push forward
her mission
Rev. r. K. Downs succeeds Rev.
w. H. Thomas as presiding elder
ana Rev. Thomas is assigned TO
wheeling; Rev. !. f. Jones. Of Ijunt-
lngton goes to BIuefeld, Rev. r. J
mcconnell to Huntington, Rev. p
". FORD tc Parkersbnrg, Rev. e. !.
FARLEY to Clarksburg, Rev. !. r,
Gibbons to MorSantown, Rev. f.. +.
Brown TO Buckhannon and Rev. A
). Smoot to Thomas and beverly,
IN the election Of general conference
delegates Rev. r. r. Downs leads
the delegation with rev. J. r. Glib
Dons second The conference pre-
Jentod the bishop through Or. West
Just before adjournment, with Il
purse or money. The next session.
1872, will be in Clarksburg.
The pastoral reports exceed those
oi last year.