Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-17
WAR PASTORS FOR CAMPS
NEAR VIRGINIA CITIES
Methodist Conference Provides 49,.
600 for Equipping Men for
the Service.
THIRD DAY ONE OF VOTING
Memorial Looking to Change In
Method of Selecting Delegates to
District Conferences Is Adopted.
Night Session for Further Voting.
Special to The Times Dlspatch.l

hiStricG conferences Is
Night Session for Further Voting.
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L.YNCHBURG. VA, November To-
The third days session OF the annual
virginia Conference of the Methodist
church to-day saw the transaction Of
Il large amount OF business. and the
morning session WAS adjourned until
q O'Clock Tonight for the further bal.
ioting of delegats to the general CON-
ference. Tho re-ult OF the first three
ballots for lay Delegates resulted in
tho selection Of II. l.. Barrow. John
J.. PettyJohn. s. w. Ames. r. $. South
gate. Frank Talbot. S. d. Scott and J.
{. Parker. The first ballot for the
clerical delegates was taken. but the
work OF the tel!crs could not he COM.
plotted before Tic night session.
The memorial looking TO Il change
in the method Of selecting delegates
TO tho district conference was adopted
ana when the committee on memori-
AIS was making it's report. DIR. w. -.
Beauchamp secured the floor. AS chair
man OF the board Of missions. he got
the consent of the conference to CON-
slider It's war work report. as we'll as
that Of the board Of lay activities. the
latter bcinS read by T. S. Sou,hgate,
dealing with larger activities on the
part OF the lay members.
The war report. which was adopted.
piovioes for the employment OF camp
pastors at Portsmouth. Petersburg.
Newport News and Norfolk. and pro-
Vides for = minimum of $4,000 for
these men for their work
and for their salaries. When the re-
port was adopted, the conference sus-
pended routine work while bishop
Denny. who haG succeeded lsishon
HOSS in the chair caIled sor rtaJ-r,
Tor the work. In half an hour slight
~ more tnan $4,000 had been sub
scrihed by individuals and for the
churches.
The conference adopted the report
OF the committee on preaching. which
named Rev. r. L. Reeves as the
preacher for the next conference SER
non. with Rev. l.. G.. Crutchfcld as
alternate. and the ordination of elders,
rev. II. j. Paylor. with Rev. IL. IL
smith as alternate.
DENNY RELIEyES
BISHOP loss AFTER CHARGE
Bishop Iioss presided wei mort o.
the session, giving way to Bishop Den.
ny after the charge to tho class Of
hvc minister's. which was received into
fuH fellowship OF the conference.
These ministers who came from the
second class were Rev. Joseph s.
Gresham. Leon w. Hcndr.ckson. I'D
gar w. Davis, g. r. darrell and
Charles J.. Salmoads.
This afternoon the members of the
conference went to Randolph Macon
Wonan's College for u reception which
was held FROM 4 10 6 o'clock.
The cali of question 1 was begun by
Bishop Hoss, and the following dIspo-
sitions were made of the second class,
the character of each member being
approved:
r. r. Barnett. continued.
Edwin w. Davis. approved.
Wade II. Fletcher, continued.
Joseph S. Gresham. passed
Leon w. Hendrickson. passed.
Edgar q. Hi, continued.
w. c.. Johnson. continued.
Geerge II. ]. Mayo. continued.
Leslie C. Salmonds. passed.
G. T. Harrell, passed.
The members admitted were Joseph
:. Gresham. Leon W. Hendrickson, Ed
gar w. Davis, G. T. IIarrell and Charles
Leslie Salmonds. These were charged
briefly by Bishop IIoss, who told the
class that theirs was a hard ministrs,
but there is no cas-: place in the world
Tor an honest man. lie told them the
conference demanded OF them that they
he good men-men who know the
meaning of repentance; OF faith: the
experience of a consciousness OF par
con; growing in grace. 1t was Z ouch
ing appeal for the men to trust God.
to be students for a cnuIne religion
makes a man mentally alert. First he
dtligent about the Bible. studying II
and It's helps. I: was advice helpful
to tho young preachers. and il was not
lost upon the veteran members of the
conference. for the bishop was able to
get tho undivided attention Of all
within the range OF his voice.
The class was unanimously admitted
into the ministry.
VOTING ny PROXY rs
OVERWHELMINGLY ADOPTED
The secretary announced there we're
312 clerical and forty lay delegates.
and that tho conference was entitled
to seven clerical and seven lay dele
gates TO che general conference.
The matter of permitting she use Of
proxies In the election OF delegates to
the general conference caused discus
sion, some opposition developing over
the establishment of a precedent. It
was asserted that. inasmuch as the
state could trust an absent citizen, the
conference should trust a clerical mem
Der who WAS absent because Of sick
ness. who had sent his sealed ballot.
Discussion WAS ended abruptly by de-
mand for the question:. and the vote