Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-15
PASTORS CONFERENCE
Rev. e. B. Jackson, of Alexandria,
Conducts DeFotienal Exercises.


@orfolk. Va. Nov. 1.-THE after
fs;oon session of the Pastors Confer
I ence opened with. song after (which
Rev. E. B. jackson, Of lAlexahdria,
conducted the devotional exercises.
The program as printed was fol
lowed and much interest taken in the
subjects discussed.
The topic first taken up was eff
ficient Denominational Organization,
the speaker being DR.. j. W. Cam
ack, associate editor of the Religious
Herald. He said i'll part: "Organlza-
ton is needful if we would do any eff
fcctiye work. An illustration of the
effectiveness of organization was seen
recently in Richmond in the efforts Of
the Baptists there to raise $4,000
for general work. The organization
was as complete as the politicians
ever effected. The organization that
gets the thing done is efficient. Or
ganization should be based on intel
ligence. People have a right to know
what We want them to do. We must
have fraternal corporation and this
might be done if we only knew Our
District Associations show the great
est lack of efficient organization. In
many Of the Associations we are
guided by sentiment and not by sense.
The executive committee of these
bodies do not earn their salt as
rule. The fifth Sundays ought to be
utilized in the country and the prop
er men on the executive committee
with the pastor might do much on
these days. Churches which do not
pay their pastors salary ought to
have their names read out in the
meetings of the District Associations.
The disclosures might startle US"
The next speaker on this topic, DR..
r. E. Pitt, was not present. Various
i,rethcrn took part in the general
discussion. Brother Belts of Raleigh
N. c., refreshed the audience with
a beautiful solo entitled, II want to
sec Jesus.
Rev. J. II. Couch. offered the fol
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this Conference that when one men,
Der removes from one church to an
other, the clerk of the first named
church will send a letter of dismiss
sion TO the clerk of the church to
which he goes.
The second subject, "I'hc perils
Of the Preacher" was discussed by
Dr.. w. w. Hamiltoa, OF Lynch
burg, Va. He said in part: People
seem 10 think the preacher has no
peril. But this is great mistake.
The first Of these perls are those
which besct the body. Few preach
ers have ally day of rest. Preachers
should not ovcr-work, hul, Oh the
other hand, they cannot afford to
become lazy. They should i.now how
to play, but must be careful as to
how they play. The preacher must
he very careful in his personal habits.
Hc must give up every questionable
habit.
The intellectual perils lie on ever:
hand. He must net preach The same
old serrnons, but might Use Oh! ser
mons as a basis for n2w lemons.
Boohishncss is as ,langc-nys as il
!itcracy.
The last topic considered wa. eth,
Preacher and His Devotional Life"
This was discussed by DR.. o. f
Sans Of hynchburg, Va, His speech
tittingly terminated this the frs;
session Of the Ministers Conference
Of TIE Virginia Baptists. The Con
ference IS TO be necessary pre-
ccde@t of every session of the General
Association. Many of the attendants
Oh this conference believe that the
high "atcs' Har'; has been reached
It has given tone 70. and set the
key Tor the corning 72ssjcas Of the
GcncrGi sa1ei2 zion which is to con-
venc tonight =. 1880.