Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-23
the Sunday observance law in Mary

Ifor the American Bible SOCIETY," eA
lplained the work of his organization
and made strong plea for It's sup
port. At the conclusion OF his re
marks, Bishop Mouzon said he approx
cd the work of the society and de-
clared that money raised for the Am
erican Bible Society was money raised
for foreign missions.
TheRev. c. D. Harris, announced
the plans for the Baltimore trip tt
hear Billy Sunday, details OF
which are published in another col
umn.
Announcement was made of the
meeting to be held tonight al 1:3C
o'clock in the Washington Street
Church under the auspices of the
Sunday School Board. fhe speakers
on this occasion will be The Rev. Dr.
!. Charles D. Bulla, superintendent OF
the adult bible class work. and the
, Rev. J. j. Rivcs. the conference field
secretary.
Dr.. Bulla. as is well known, was
Cor four years pastor Of the WSah-
inpton Street Methodist Church South
in this city and was one Of the strong
est pastors the church ever had. He
gave ur his work here four years ago
to 90 to Nashville. A large congrega-
ton of his friends and admirers here
will attend the services tonight.
The Rev. John NJ. Moore pronounc-
Aed the bcnediction.
At ;hc opening OF this mornings
session religious exercises were led
by Bishop Mouzon, who read from
the second chapter of Corinthians.
Dr.. H. NJ. Canter, presiding elder o.
the Washington District. led in prayer.
The conference united in singing "a
Charge to Keep Have. The journal
Of yesterday was read and approved.
1t was announced that Bisnop Col
l;.>s Denny. of Richmond who had eX-
pccted to attend the conference, will
not be able to come. Bishop a. W
Wilson, of Baltimore. is expected ana
if he comes will take part in the ser
vice TO be held on Sunday afternoon
when the 50h. anniversary of the
connection of the Southern Methodists
with the Baltimore Conference after
the split over the slavery question.
will inc observed.
A large congregation attended the
services last night in the interest of
the Epworth League. The Rev. DR..
J. Paul Tyler. Of Clifton Forge, pres
dent of the Epworth League Board.
presided and conducse{i the religious
exercises. The speakers were Thco-
dore Thomas. president of the Balti-
more Union of the cpwortn League.
Dr.. II. NJ. Dubosc. of Nashville.
GILL. cNllOl VI luS 'ooutlitiH u lNSNitN'
and DR.. +. S. Parker, Of Nashville.
general Epworth League Secretary.
Among the many subjects of inter-
est to come before the present session
of the Baltimore Conference, Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
none is Of greater Importance than
that of the Superannuate endowment
fund. 1t was the general conference
of this church of 1902 that authorized
the raising of the endowment fund,
the interest from which is to be ap-
piled to the support N retired preach
ers of Southern Mcthodism and to the
support of widows and orphans Of
preachers. The figures which the gem
eral conference set for this endow-
ment fund was $5,000,000 ,and it was
recommended by the general confer
ence that this sum b. raised by volun-
tary contributions, from individuals
anu SullSlCSQlluiiS. ~ wa" s''S" i''','>
the duty Of every pastor in the church
to present this interest once each
year to each congregation and call
for subscriptions to the fund.
During the years that have passed
since this action of the general con-
ference of 1902. however, compara-
tive few pastors have complied with
these requirements, and the custo-
dians Of the superannuate endowment
fund, who are the trustees Of the
church, have been compelled to rely
largely upon their own efforts to
bring this matter to the attention OF
the membership of the church. AS yet
the endowment func has grown to
little more than 100000, but preach
ers in different sections of the church
affirm that it is gratifying to note
that this fund is growing more rap
idly now than at any time since the
effort to establish i. was begun.
There are in the Methodist Episco-