The record., 1911-09-28

ing, 40 the large OcCft l!oNSc "Vui-
forum, beautifully decorated with
old gold and blue s,rcamers. walls
and judges s,snd adorned With gold
IN rod, Eistop J H. Mccoy OF
lH.rwm,aaa,. N'. op,neo ihc sixty
,iAth session ot ;Ie I.ouisvil, An
aust Contereacc The Bishop led
in a touching. uuc'ious prayer, then
read lesson irom thc s,orY ol
loCht.st Before riAte." Wheroupon
he gave q strong address on the ne
ccsNly Of ministers standing by the
fundamental teaching; OF he B.blc
! lie declared taa; mo- man is capable
Of being preacher of The Word, if
,uovledsc is limited 90 ihc intellect
lal processes taught ia scAools. lle
gave q mos; striking Illustration as
10 ,he way wireless messages are
seut and protected, ;his could only
he accomplished by The receiving in
,,rumca; t,ius IN peticcI tune 0iih
he sending instrument The con
crencc was thrilled when The appii
cation Q a.shcd upon lhcm. No man
caa receive truth from God if his
aeart is not absolutely in touch aad
harmony with God.
Rev J 5. Chandler, Of Horse
cave, The Secretary Of The last con
terence, called the ron, About $50
regular members answered to their
aames, besides some twenty proba-
uorers, aud Lay Delegates, four
from each Of the seven districts.
rhen Rev. J. 5. Chandler was elect
ed permanent secretary and was al
lowed to name his assistant, Rev.
). :. Miller, Of Bowling Green, was
selected, Rev +. L. Lewis, of Clio
scrpor, railroad secretary end Rev.
| 3. NJ. Curric, Of Columbia, staIisti
cal secretary.
The secretary Of the cabinet then
named the various conference COM
mi,,ees: viz. Public Worship, Dis
tricl Conference. Records, Orphans
Home, Temperance, Sabbath OBJ
servaucc, Books and Peuodicals,
On ADULTS, On Resolutions, On
I.aymens Movement, 70 Collect
Money for Preachers Aid Society,
Conference Cashier.
y discussion then arose as to
which night the various anniversaries
are to be held. Itwas finally agreed
that the Board of Church Extension
shall be held on Friday night, and
the Preachers Aid on Saturday night.
Rev. G.. p. Dillon, the Confer
ence Host, moved that the Confer
ence meet at 8. 50 in the morning,
and adjourn at IL O'Clock sharp.
l At this time, Hon. +. n. Belcher,
5 of Greenyille, was introduced to the
5 Conference, and gave an eloquent
address of welcome, which was
punctuated by frequent applause.
Il was the consensus of opinion that
no more eloquent and appropriate
1 welcome address was ever given to
the conference. Bishop Mccoy
said that he, without hesitation,
would say it was IN every way equal
0 to the series of welcome addresses
Il delivered by Bob Taylor while gov
. ernor of Tennessee, to the variou:
: orders that were given special days
J al the Exposition.
Rev. c. b. Campbell, then, witt
an appropriate address, presented
to Bishop Mccoy table, which
J. was used by Bishop Asbury, wher
g he held the Tennessee conference
a early in the nineteenth century
IS Greenyille was then within th'
IS bounds Of that conference.
o DIR. J. d. Hammond, of Georgia
o DR.. John NJ. Moore, J. r. Camp
a bell, DR.. Gross Alexander, and DIR
5 w. W. Pinson, all of Nashville, will
p some local ministers, were then in
d tro oduced to the conference.
g The general routine of conference
work was then taken up, unde
Question 20, Book of Discipline
"Arc all the preachers blameless il
'0 their life and administration? Tn
Presiding Elders were then calle'
upon TO make reports of their work
Rev. A. p Lyon, Rev. T. l.. Huls
DR.. J. W. Lewis. Rev. S. J Thomp
8 SOP, Rev. J =. Adams, Rev Foste
4 Hayes snd DR.. Z. NJ. Thomas.