The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-19

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csivsd Of his critical illness
An invitation was reed % he con
fsrencs for the members and Other
frae.ds TO visit DR.. w. w. snstA %
te.morrov ut Randolph-Aacon couAgs
IN keeping with his expresssd desire.
Another resolution was adopted sx.
pressing the sympathy OF the CONFER
enos for DR.. Smith in his iHnsss and
expressing appreciation OF his WORK.
! The report Of the committee ON as
trtct conference records ana me amend
ed report Of the Sunday schooi board
were presented. The former was ADOPT
ed and the latter was on motion mace
tn. order Of the day for ~ O'CLOCK
to morrow morning. The conference
then adjourned.
will be read before the close OF the
morning session tomorrow. and .sili
certainly not be delayed longer tan
the afternoon
Opening Of Conference.
The session Of the Virginia Confer
ence this morning opened At 8 O'Clock.
Bishop Collins Denny conducted the
opening devotional services. ana Hss
C. A. Wertenbaker led the open'ns
prayer. Bishop Denny presided over
the conference during the nrst part o.
the morning. Bishop Wilson not being
present, until 10 o'clock. The business
Of the conference was resumed at $3.50
o'clock. The minutes OF the session OK
Saturday were read and approved.
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ton, Are all the preachers blameless
in their life and onacial administra.
tion?" was resumed and was concluded
The names of all the members OF the
conference having been called. and each
one having passed the Examination OF
character, the answer to the twenty
second question with reference to every
member OF the conference II YES.
each one having been declared blame
less in his life ard Official adminis1a-
ton.
Expression Of Appreciation.
A message from Fl. w. Davis was
read to the conference, being an ex-
preston Of appreciation from himseif
and his family on account OF the teIe-
gram Of sympathy sent to him In the
name Of the conference. on account
E. H. Rowe spoke to the resolution
which he had presented to the confer.
ence on Friday.
DR.. Rowe emphasized this morning
the fact that it Is necessary FOR the
church to take into consideration the
cardinal points of the Bible in the
direction of the. finances OF the church.
On motion, the resolution Of DR.. Rowe
was referred to the joint board OF
finance.
Committee On Bible Cause.
The report Of the committee on Bible
cause was submitted. An amendment
to this report was offered. which rec
commended that no part OF the Bible be
eliminated or excluded from the pub
lie schools.
E. H Rawlings, a member OF the
Virginia Conference, and the educa-
tional secretary OF the general board
Of missions of the church. addressed
the conference.
Dr. Rawlings called attention to the
fact that FIVE years ago the virginia
Conference gave $25,o03 to foreign mis-
sions, and that, on account or an
awakening on the subject Of missions
throughout the conference during the
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conference to this cause the past year
ask the conference to keep up this
record. and do better. by making
further increase IN the amount con-
tributed to this cause.
Emphasizing the need Of this increase
DR.. Rawlings said that unless the
church does contribute more largely
to this cause the coming year, the
board of missions will be unable to
send one additional missionary to any
foreign field. and further, 1t will bt
necessary to recall one-fourth of tn.
missionaries now on the field. Thi:
retrenchment. he said, would be made
necessary because OF the increased cos'
Of living on the missionary fields. ane
not because Of the extravagant man
agement Of the board of missions II
the administration Of the work OF thu
church in this department.
Speaking especially OF the Virgins
Conference. he stated that this con
ference contributed twice as much pc!
capita to foreign missions as does AM
other conference Of the church.
The report Of the comMittee on pub
locations was submitted Speaking t.
this report, Graham Lambeth, ASSOCIATE
editor of the Richmond and Baltimore
Christian Advocate, represented tina
publication, and urged the conference
to increase the circulation OF the pa
per.
The report OF the committee on pub
LEGATIONS was then adopted.
ReDset On EADeat1sn.
The report OF the board Of educa'
ton was submitted and was adopted
including the following resolutions
presented by James Cannon. and which
were adopted seriantim:
The board has considered the pape1
from the Portsmouth District Confer
ence referred to II BY the Annua
Conference. and respectfully suggest
that this action taken By the Annual
Conference Of 1911 on the subject o.
questionable amusement sufficiently In
dicates the attitude Of the conference
| upon the subject
The board has considered the reso
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