The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-15

course OF study. and were advanced
to the class OF the fourth year.
EXPLANATION was made that the
reason Granville B. King and II. P.
Read had not passed their examination
in the course Of study was due to Ill
ness, and they were continued in the
class OF the third year. The other
exception was tho John w. Fizer. and
his case was the basis for discussion
on the conference floor. in which sew
eral OF the preachers took part. An
nouncement was made first, that Mr.
Fizer has now spent ten years on trial
| in the conference. but has not yet com
pleted the four years course of study.
B. NJ Beckham, presiding elder Of
the Danville district. and in whose dis
trfct Mr.. Fizer has been a pastor the
past year, stated that Mr.. Fizer was
a very earnest Christian worker and
successful pastor. but that unfor-
tunately. he had long INDUCED in the
habit Of procrastination with regard 10
his studies. DR.. Beckham said he
had urged him to prepare himself for
his examination through the Cores
| pondencs School before this session of
I the conference. and that he had pro-
l missed him he would 30 so, but that he
| had again failed to accomplish this
| desired end. .
He said further that he considered
| Mr.. Fizer a man too valuable for the
| conference to drop, and that he would
| recommend that he again be adnson-
| ished that he must conform to the
regulations of the conference with re-
gard to his course OF study.
B. F. Lpscomb spoke along the
he.
Fizer possessed ample intellectual
ability to have completed his course
Of study in the required time. and that
he also considered him = man too VAL
liable to be lost to the conference.
Bishop Wilson said he thought the
conference should locate men who re-
peatedly fail to pass their examina-
lions, unless they have good excuses
| for the failure
W. A wray SAID he thought it would
be q good thing for Bishop Wilson to
admonish Mr.. Ffzer regarding his neg
Hgence in the matter of his studies
The conference voted to continue Mr..
Fizer in the class Of the third year
| for another year.
W A. Christian, presiding elder Of
the Richmond District. surrendered to
the conference the credentials of John
F. Tuttrell
Tr,,sferred to North Carolina.
A resolution was presented which
| recommended that the part Of the Viz
| 1infs Conference included in that part
| Of Patrick County which is west of the
Ararat River be transferred to the ter
| ritory OF the Western North Carolina
I Conferences. and the resolution was
adopted.
| Minute question 1 was called: Who
are admitted on trialr' Answering this
question. the following named appi'-
cants were admitted on trial In the
conferences: W. H. Onscr. from the
Charlottesville district: A. W. Ln'ni-
cum from the Danvil!e district: b. ID.
steven. from the FarmvilIe district;
C. C.. Bell, from the Portsmouth dis
trtct. and Edward Avery, from the
Richmond district
The following resolution. onered BY
] James Cannon. was adopted:
| ~whereas, the General Conference OF
I 1905 provided for the employment by
the annual conference board OF mis-
sious Of suitable persons to hold even
selisf.c services. TO make missionary
/ addresses and TO take collections Tor
IN. support Of the missionary work IN
der the care Of the board (see Dtsctp-
line. paragraph 37sD. and.
l -.
! 1910 created a general committee on
evangelism. and provided that oaid
! committee shall work in harmony with
I the annual conference boards OF mis-
sions (see Discipline. paragraph s5D.
and,
where's. the b~ard % missions 81
NJ r. Church. South, has appointed
the general committee on evangelism.
as provided by the action OF the last
, General Conference. which committee
! has issued . general appeal to the
church concerning the employment OF
suitable men for evangcIistic work
and the development Of the evangci;s-
tic spirit among our people. therefore.
be ie
Resolved, That We hereby request
I the board OF natseioSs Of She Virginia
Annual Conference to give careful con-
\ sidera,icu TO the matter Of the en-
pioy mont - o suitable person or per-
sons to do evanselistic work iE sc-
cordancs With Tho provisions Of para
| graph 37S % he Discipline.
X. LArGHroN
~yAs CANNON. JR.-
~ AZ U0oAseQo.Nees0.
". 81 Beckham submitted the fol-
lowing resolution. which WIS ADOPT
81.
Resolved. That. in view ef the fact
that the RanAsleh-Aoso Institute ;s
| located within the bovnde Of THE d.
tySca aoA % Wv g he foet tAos