The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-10-19
Alexandria, La Captures Sunday School Congress Year Of 1S1S
.52ND SESSION NJ.
f. CONFERENCE
BISHOP FRANK BRISTOE PRESID-
ED-CLIMAX OF MEETING
REACHED SUNDAY-MANY
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT.

Tullahoma, Oct. 18th. Special to
tie GloI e.-This town has been high
ly favored this week in hav ng the
great honor of entertaining the Ten
nes ea annual Con. erenCe of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
At ll:l0 a. m, October 9th, the
train from Nashvil arrived with
81 eciai car, bringing II large crowd OF
preachers who directed their steps
toward Howard Chapel where they
were met ly the beloved pastor, DR..
Richmond who was on tue job, ready
to apportion homes and board ng
places Tor the delegation.
Alter dinner the Board of EXamil-
ers met and ORGANIZED themselves
under the able chairman, DR.. s. M.
Utley, who possesses such executive
ability, expedited much time in the
transaction of business Of the exam
nation Of candidates.
The even ne was spent in eXamin-
ing and grading papers.
Thursday morning at 900 the
presiding Bishop arrived from Chat,
tancoga and opened the 52nd Annual
Session of the Tennessee Annual
Con erenCe
Bishop Frank Bristol is very
punctual and is full of spiritual zeal
and his heart is full Of sympathy for
the members of the ministry, lie is
exceptionally adapted to business and
very careful in protecting the inter
ests of the Methodist Episcopal
Church His business sessions passed
off amicably. The devotional eYer-
cises were conducted by the Bishop.
His spiritual life impaired fire to
each exercise On Sunday at Hoo
a. m. he reached his climax in
preaching a great, intellectual, soul
st rring, spiritual sermon from the
glorious words Of the Acts of the
Apostles, chapter II, verse IS, And
Paul preached Jesus and the Resur
rection."
i The Conference brought to us manl
intellectual men of the race in the
persons of Bishop |. b. Scott, Drs. 5
NJ. Utley, l. Garland Eenn j. L
Sheriff. f.. A. White, A. E. Hughes
C. II. Wilson and several others.
One Of the characteristic features
of the session was the admittance tt
the Conference of the Rev. C. M
Lawrenc. B. d.. and Dr.. J. H. Wal
ters. b. s.. b. d., who are natives OF
Jamaica. Brit sh West Indies, ant
are students of medicine at Meharr'
Medical Collere. DR.. Lawrence wa
an Elder Of the Baptist Church o
Boston, Mass, and a graduate from
Calal ar COLLEGE, Jamaica, and is il
rre"aration for the mission fields i
Africa.
pr. Walters received an appoint
ment to pastor at SDrinGfeld Tern
He is a man of great musical quail
fcations and on his own init ativ'
conducte dthe choir throughout tn
session. With the help of Mrs. }
II Ellis, wife of District Sunerinten
dent of the Nashville District, Reva
Hall, Mitchell, Gordon, Sebastian
Mrs. Dover and others the Howar'
Chapel choir rendered first class mu
sic on Sunday.
HaiIy the sessions were largely at
tended On Saturday Rev. Carte
and his congregation of Deckar
Chapel fed the members OF the Cor
/, , ference. Over /ne hundred and thin
tv nersCus ate at the rOunteOus table
which were spread in the ice crear
parcr fthe Rev. Jenkins, pastor G
the Baptist Church of Fostervile.
: Bro. Jenkins is a broad-hearte
) gentleman, highly respected by man
, and orened his hospitabe doors
= the members Of the Conference an
= entertained Dr. Walters and Re
!, Rev. Di'ahuntv, always on hand fc
any emergency.
Sunday was high day here. HUI
dreds Of people from everywhel
l visited our town to sten to the ma
c terful sermons preached in the di
S ferent pulpits by the able men OF II
= Conference
S At the closing session OF the Te
U nessee conference of the M.
S Church, it was decided to hold Il
e hevt annual conference at Nashvill
y The following appointments
preachers were announced:
|, Central d strict-J. B. Booth, S
d rerinter dent; Anes and Lewisbur
]. w. Wade; Clifton w. C. Traver;
Crmt erland Furnaces. p McOona'C
Dickson, ]. W. Richmond; Dover,
be supplied; Farmington and peter
BURG, f. j. Re1dick Franklin al
n Srringhill, A. b Thompson; La
Y orenceburg ard West Point S. T. M
ID ler; Lexington, to be supplied; Mar
e field and Paris, w. S, Johnson; N
al Pleasant, - lie suppl ed; Savanna
N circuit, to he supplied; Selma Ct
N cult, G. A. Sanford; Springville,
Is BE- supplied; Wayneshoro, to be su
" plo1,
e. Cumberland River District-E
D. Guthrie rerintendent; Alevandrt
w S. M, Carm 'chael; Cherry Valley,
IS l.. Denton; Cookevile aud Algoc
le 7Go Te'oher; peohor1, d.
er Carter; Gallatin, ]. d. Chavis; Go
id donsvllie William Neal; Hartsyi'
a II. \. Erwin; Lebanon, 7 w, job
X. son, e anon circuit, a. D. Butle
le Liberty, ]. f. Neal; Livingston,
teysu lplied Manchester, to be 81