Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-11
REV. DR.. REGISTER
.R{APP0|NT TED PASTOR
Marks Ninth Year as Pas
tor of NJ. E. Church
South Here
DIR. HAMMILL RETURNS,
Baltimore Conference nt VI. +. Church
South End Tcnight-Visiting
Pastors Occupy Pulpits

Rev, Dr.. +. ". REGISTER, today
was r:arpinted pastor OF the N. F !.
Church South of this city for ano he.
year by the Baltimore Conference Of
the NJ. L. Church South in session III
Roanoke.
News of his rcappointment vas re-,
ceived Rere early this afternoon. 1ns
reappointment Of DR.. Regester vas
received with general satisfaction b!
The members Of his congregation, he
having endeared himself not only t.
the members of that church by . ai,
others as wei! curing his long sta!
IN this city.
Only recently the chamber Of tom-
merce at It's meeting adopted reso-
luton asking the conference to re-
appoint him as pastor of this church
For the past eight consecut!1
years liz has served as pastor OF .hls
church and previous 20 tina. time vas
presiding elder e the Alexandria lis
trict of the VI. f. Church South and
also served for four years as prcsid
ing elder of The Washington dist"ic.
of the NJ. +. Church South.
Or. Regester will se.urn from Rca-
ncke tomorrow and as will also th@
Alexandrians who have oeen attend
ing the church conference.
The many friends of Rev. Hen:y' +.
Hsmmill also were glad to icasn Of
his reappointment as presiding elder
Of the Alexandria district Of the Vi.
f. Church South. Dr. Hamm;l! has
been stationed here for several raqr"
and during his time has made many
friends among the members Of the
churches under his jurisdiction.
Roanoke, Va. April 1.-THE pu.-
pits of practically all Of the Protcs-
ant churches of Roanoke were &c
cupied yesterday oy members OF :nt
Baltimore Conference Of the Meiao-
dist Episcopal Church, South, ana
large congregations greeted the vis-
ting ministers.
At Greene Memoria! Church the
annual experience meeting Of t!:G
conference was htld as the first GER
vice Of the day, beginning ct 8 4. m;
Rev. w. f. Miller. Of Mount AIRY
Nd. conducted this service and mary
members Of the conference took part
IN the exchange OF Christian cxpe!"-
cncc.
Bishop Hend.:x preached in sits
church at II a. III, using as his text
"If il were not 20 ] would have toic:
YOU" (John x!v.2>.
Following the sermon. BisToT
Hendrix ordained as dcacons four
travelling and ,Sc local preachers and
ordained as el0el3 five travelin..
preachers. In the ordination serSlc:
Bishop Hendrix was assisted by Bis'l,
op Darlington AID several members
of the conference.
Rev. H. c. Morrison, a, member d
TIE kentucky Conference, and one Of
the general evangeliSts! of the church
preached this evening in Greene Me.
morial- Church.
Il is expected that the conference
will adjourn tomorrow evening and
that. in order 70 d. so. three sessions
will be held en- that day. Il is no
proDable that adjournment will be de
laved until Tuesday unless some s'ib
iect yet 10 come before the confer
ence should provoke discussion o:
| length, and that Is no: expected.
The fact thatfRev D. J.. Biakenore
who has just closed four years .
presiding elder Of the Wincheste'
I Z
district, has consented to accept ap
pointmen. as conference miss!orar.
secretary. will make it necessary 70
| ore ctke- memner Of the conference
lat least. TO be appointed to the pre-
| siding e!darship. Ar>ong others men
toned in this connection is Rev. NJ
D. Mitchell. for fi'e years pastor, q
Stanton
When addressing the class Of apr!;
earts for admission into full connec
| ten in the Baltimore conference Q
the Methodist Episcopal Cnurcs
South, today, Bishop Y. Y. ". Dar
lington emphasized smong othe
things. t|ie necessity for preachers