Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-18

used penknife for gaveI In calling
the conference to order.
Is standing rule OF the Virginia
conference that the sacrament OF the
i'ora supper shall be observed at tho
BEGINNING OF each annual session be-
. iofe the conference is organized for
the transaction or business
Bishop Gambler led the conference in
inc singing OF IL hymn ut the close OF
| me sacramentnl service. and then
caiieu the body to order for business
lie requested. Rev. =. T. Lipscumb scc-
rotary OF the last session, to call the
ron VI inc conference, and a large
part OF the clerical and lay members
answered answered TO their names. III several
instances the names OF alternate l.,.
delegates were substituted for those or
the principals. by the presiding elders
DIR. LIPSCOMB ELECTED
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF,
On motion. DR. Lipscomb WAS elected
! TO succeed himself as secretary. and IN
his motion Rev. J. 4. Whitley and Rev.
Frank H. Wells were elected assistant
secretaries. Rev. & j. Buttin Is atatis-
tical secretary.
ON motion. the hours of \. 81. and
Il. NJ. were adopted az the time for
the meeting and adjournment OF tho
daily session.
On motion. the bar of the conference
was HNed to include all OF the audi
torium OF the church az far back as
the fourth window
\ large number of communications
were announced regarding eoanectional
interests of the church. most or them
being referred TO the proper boards and
committees without reading.
Among those read to the conference
one was from tho board OF education
OF the church. touching the recently es-
tablished universities, one at Atlanta
and the other at Dallas.
Another communication lead was
from the trustees of the superannuated
endowment fund in which the confer
ence was urged To increase contribu-
tons TO this fund and thus enable the
church to provide more literally for
the support OF all conference claim
ants--5uptra nnuated preachers and
widows and orphans Of preachers
Following this n resolution was pre-
scented recommending that the Virginia
conference establish endowment
fund for the support of conference
claimants Of this conference. On mo-
ton this resolution was referred to the
joint board OF finance.
Rev. j. c. Reed was appointed to
send a telegram OF greeting from tho
conference to the Virginia Baptist
General Association. which meets to-
morrow at Clarendon.
CHANGE rs MADE IN
TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE
on motion OF REV w A. Christian.
the committee on temperance was dcs.
fgnated temperance and social re-
form and the motion included the
recommendation that the meinbers OF
this conference who are members OF
tn" executive committee of the Anti
saloon League OF Virginia constitute
this committee. The members of this
committee are T. Men. Simpson. W. \.
christian, X. H. bennett. s. G. Hatcher.
ll.,,l,
Peters. J. +. Bellows. James Cannon,
.fr.
y resolution was presented recon
m"uiinc that the pastors in the con-
ference receiving large salaries be re-
CURED To hold one Or more protractcd
meetings on smaller charges during
the coming year, without financial re-
enumeration, and the conference board
OF missions to direct where these
meetings shall be held.
This resolution was referred Ia a
special committee Of one preacher and
one layman from each district in the
conference.
\ resolution was presented recon-
mcnding that. on account of the year
1916 marking the lo0th anniversary
OF the death OF Bishop Asbury, who
presided over twentythrce sessions of
the Virginia Conference. every pastor
in the conference preach a sermon
on the life Of Bishop Asbury on sun
dny, March IS. and appropriate excr-
ciscs in honor Of his memory he held
during The session of tho conference
next year, with an address by the
presiding bishop OF that session.
CHARACTERS OE' MINISTER'S
PASSED By CDSFEIESCE
Minute question 10 was called Are
all the preachers blamclcSs in their
life ana official administrations An.
Sw tring this question. this characters
az the ten presiding elders zero passed
and they submitted fhcir reports. These
reports showed progress mace during
the past ynar throughout the confer.
cLcc, both materially and spiritually
The reports regarding. tho number OF
revival meetings held and the num-
her of additions TO the church On pro
f"Ssicn of faith were especially en-
ccIraging.
Continuing the call OF tho twenty
second question. the characters of the
preachers sustaining the superannuatc
relation and those sustaining the su-
pernumcrary relation were called and