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IlISTHDiBp, :." THE ST&rDiRD. HE TANDAR l MI(JFT PAPER ijsiir.n is coNCOiux- WE DO AL KINDS OF JOFWOEK . rtTMl 1 111 ft TTiTri IN THE D r ...... a'V nTTrrn. "rUK1;! THIS SECTION. fis Wcrk e!jGonferenoe. tM i (!! I.KTF. REPORT OF fl' i is i I'lio i:r.in(i(t. v. (vi-tinro onr report of the v.,-. ,.f the W. N. C. Con- f' I,,.,-,. v.v left off last week : ten-11 Thou .'l-nviil the nominat'ou of c-t,:c:': J I) Arnold, Bonfrd of L W Crawford, Board of "i'.Ti i .n; T H Pegram, Board of 1 NpBORO DISTRICT .vi'vfM !. Education; N V Supp, ,C , ii r.xtenfion; C II Arnold, g';:1y-n-hoo!; J A Odell, Col- flO!'..',-, r SIT. AIRY DISTRICT. r..i. ;il: J E Guv. Missions: ,S H ,.Wi-k, Education; 11 r Wiley, iTcliools; M Downuro, Colp,- Lav: E O Master, Missions; f Fiint, Education; Francis Mil r'Hmn h Extension; V W Hun x. Siuulav-scbools; J R Patter !in Coli'ortase. ST TESVII.LE DISTRICT. r.rioai: 11 Wood, Missions; J iV V.dueatior.; I" M Gentry, aurailA'1" ; ' r-; iyi--ll.Suu- nn T,Y DISTRICT. clerical: J T Fiulayson, Missions; JVClf-2. Eucatio,,; HHoyle, n.iivli Extension; S M Davis, Sun S i'ol- w T Hudson. Colport- UrL' Hoyle, Missions; G Y ltamseur. Education; -I A. bher rill fliun-li Extension; JW Bigger slaff. tVl'-'itag. iHAKlTTE DISTRICT. C erical: 11 G M Stevenson, Mis- JH Winchester, Church Extension; I'lnfer. Sunday-school; J M Dm.lap. Colportase. SALISBURY DISTRICT. Clerical: J G Baie, Missions; TW Sniitb. Education; L E Stacy, Church Extention; J D Buie, Sun davchools. Lav: A L Coburn, Mis sion; J M Odell, EducatiofT; A W Ellis, (.lurch Extension; C O Mnnt goxcry, SuudaYfichools; D M Mil kr.Colportae. TRINITY DISTRICT. Clerical: M M Bigby, Missions; O D Perry, Sunday-st'lmols. Lay: W iWocler, Church Extension. ASUEVILLE DISTRICT. Tfrca!: S H Hilliard, Missions; TTlarr. Education; E L Terrell, fiiTi Extension; J T Stover, Sun-t&r-i ioIs; J F Aiibtin, Colportase. lit: 11 Gudcer, Missions; J A Jicin, Education; J C Curtis, CbrcL Extension; H A Gudget, SaLy schools; G H P Cole, Col portage. I IUNKUX DISTRICT. Clerical: J O Shelley, Missions; E T ivilyer. Education; C D Smith, Church-Extension; J R L-'.gr. Sun (Uv schools; H M Bays, C'o.poi tace. Lim V W Stiinirrield, Mi-:or,' ; .7 XAnsoii. Education; J Td !!, uurcli Extension; 1 B (Jouie , Min di.vbchools; J W el' , Ciioit- 126. Aconimtinieatioii from the Mil lion i:-ms of the M. E. Church, S-ath, Xiiihville, Tenn., was read lv the secretary. lr. I'ottcr, Migjiouary Secretary, a introduced to the conference, ta ?rted the brethren and hoped t nuke thi-personal acquain'-auceof lut.'iy as possible before he leaves. The report of the colporter of the olJX. C. Conference tor the past Jfcir was read by the St-t-retary. Th-- following .ioard ' of trustees ns nominated: C. Norman, 11. S.WcU,. L W. Crawford, II. M. Kair, J. II. Weaver, A. P. Tver, J. I. Arnold. The Bishop introduced the Eigh teenth U.-atiot) W'H' ARK st'I'KRAXUATED? In n-akin; of the resolution in connection with the Ilols'on confer ee, that superanuated ministers tave the right t- choose to what con-fertnci- they s) A helong and look w aiij.port, i. Kerr requested to m traiisferr . to this conference ; wsoW. II. Cooper and J. V. Bird. The r-.-olution apjilying to widows of members as well, Mrs. duo. Reyn "'M ati.l Mrs. V. Keener request to Wonjr to this conference. ;-or-e K Wvehe, Daniel Culbreth, j ' ' 'J iiomas, Edward Howlanil, Na than A Hooker belong to the oth cr foi.fi-rt.iice. Vv' W All-ea Mr. Albea sends ?r''''""-' to the conference; on ao C'juu i,f Iiilirmity cannot be with tut-:n ; y, love, and is still devo. to the causi to which lie gave so jiiusiy y.Mi 0f ujs ife. Moved that his ca- referred to the committee " fonf r,.Ilce relations. . M Pepper Ca.-e referred to tOiliiiutt,.,. lohti Til let Dtad. J i' I', ue Reports that he is able y work ag'.m and casts his lot with t'ui-oiifcri.nce. S Ho' ton lieferred to com- Dlltt.-,.. Mi!. -j I-ov Stated that he wished 10 j 'li. the Eastern Conference. 'st at this point a motion wa3 "ad.- tl,at claimants whose uames j' itl.i., the bounds of this con-jr-nr(. -, .(.(; which conference they 'd d-jiend upon Here a discus '"''ue in as to the propriety of ,'M!l- th,. claimants the choice of '" conference to which they wish j belong when their work has been ,'' "" district as much as in another 'l :u averted that fully two-thirds 1 the superanuated milliliters fall m 5ti:-cu t f ,le w, x. C. Confer jsf 'i '' as t,iat ('nfc'ence fas furn- - "--i in .iv preachers fur the general u,rk 'limine other. "!(.''-e i that a committee of five-be 'N'wit.Mt to take" the matter into i fH-ivh Kx'eiiMOu; E Li fttrmev, RvVl' 'f !Sm-day Schools; F L y.i't '!, i1. Board of Colportajje. i. '.T.-.1 .v. (I Staples. Missious; 11 It Iv: . Mooie. i-ions; jniobbn.r. K.iucHfi- i.; U O Sher fl! v buvch Extensi-.i. ; J DMinnick, sir lav schools.; 1 1 Davis. Colport- Trrr, Church l-.xtension; . vv nar ,1iVtj. Suudayschools; A E Wiley, Collet Lay: W L Parsons, Af i iii: H W Stinks. Education: VOL. III. NO. 47. consideration and report to this con ference as to the best methods oi providing for the claimaQts of this conference. Amendment proposed aud pasted that the committee report tomorrow morning. J II Wheeler Belongs to the other conference. Charles M Anderson Reports that he would like to be in the field again if his work is of such a nature as his health will permit of his doing. Movei Unit Ids name be referred to the committee. S D Peeler Re po -ts that he thinks he is able to take work. Re ferred to comuiitte. J W Wheeler, C W King Refer red 10 committee. J C Crisp, Thos C Mos--s Belongs to other conference. W II Bobbitt, Jos Wheeler Dead. Thos II Edwards Reports that he is not a candidate for snperauua tion. Seventeenth Question WHO ARE SUPERNUMERARIES? ,Tas D Carpenter Claims to be long to this conference and asks to come before the committee for su pernumerary. Isaac W A vent Belongs toother conference. Sol II Ilelsabeck Case referred to committee. E J Eudaly Referred to com mittee. Jas Wilson Referred to com mittee. Wm H Call, R 0 Rur'on Be longs to other conference. J R Long Reports that he is able to do light Avork. Referred to committee. Added to this coniereuce from the Ho'.fton work J S Burnett, EG Smith, J P Reynolds, J E Bruce. Tenth Question WpAT LOCAL PREACHERS BE ELECTED DEACONS. Sal 'suury District offers Ames L Co'ou rn Elec t ed. Charlotte District offers Geo A Page Elected. Asheville District offers D F Car ver. (To be considered later.) F A Vines Elected. Franklin District offers Chas M Carpenter Elected. Fourteenth Question WHAT LOCAL PREACHERS SHALL BE ELECTED ELDERS- None coming forward the report of the Board of Trustees of Daven port Female College was read by the secretary. Report referred to the Committee on Education. Dr. Payne, Presbyterian ministsr of this city, was introduced to the conference. Rev. F. L. Reid, 1). D., editor of the Christian Advocate, was intro duced and announced that he had placed the accouuts of the ministers in the hands of D. P. Tate, who would also have, a number of minu'es to sell to the conference. Mr. Cun ningham w ill be here every foreuoon and afternoon to atteud to any mat-h-r nf business. Dr. Yates was introduced and re plied that he was much obliged for :.i; introduction to his family. G. G. Smith introduced also the brethren. Law (Bible AcenO. North. Cunningham and Gattis. The latter announced that he would take sub scriptions for the Christian Advo cate. Mr Paste: In the name of the con?resation I welcome the Bishop, P . , - ....... r. . . uelegates ana menus to me urst ses sion of the W. N. J. Conference. I think it is fortunate that the Bishop has come amongst 113 just, at this time, when we are launching cur ship. We need a strong arm and a steady hand to guide us over the breakers until we get out whue the surface is smooth and the waters deep. lie knows the good points of tne North Carolina preachers, and he knows the weak ones, and I pray that the Lord will be with Mm and sustain him as He has done in the n;iar. jind cive him that reculiar wis- -7 - dem and unusual grace that will enable him, alter presiding over tne session of the conference, to give everv preacher here a first-class ap pointment, and every appointment a tirst-class preacner. jLdiugniei,; Another thing I wane lo say on behalf of the ladies. I have traveled in a good many parts of the State of North Carolina, and I want to say that the good ladies of Concord are the most pronounced anti-tobacconists that I have ever seen anywhere. (Applause) They have very little toleration for tobacco and almost as little for those that use it. (Laugh ter.) And I tell you, my brethren, from the reports that have come to them of conferences in other places, they have almost quaked and trem bled for the parity of the church and the places where you stay. Jf you knew exactly what they thought of it and said of it before you ca ne here, there is not a man of you that would have the hardihood to use to bacco, either chewing or emoking, within 100 vards of this church or any other church in this town. (Ap plause.) Bi hop Keener: North Carolina ought to be condemned to the use of tobacco, for they are manufacturing so much o: it that just, merely the statement that the ladies are opposed to it, would, it seems to me, be very inadequate compensation. I never smelt more tobacco than when I wa3 n.irluim. that is in the same length of time, and it was Methodist tobacco. (Laughter.) As to this matter of launching th3 ship, if you will loot into me h.mwhinfr nf the Ark. YOU will find . .. - f , W , V a very admirable thing about it; the events were all put down as 11 uiey k-ent a lo? book on board the Ark : I hae very little doubt they did, for every small incident is noticed with wonderful partionlarity, the time when everything occurred from the yery moment when the Ark went off into the water. It is one thing to build a ship and another thing for the ship to tit 'squarely and properly on the water, and it is a matter of great solicitude to know how the ship comports itself after it is launched. Now a word about being launched ; the thing is as to our behavior, when we are all square and right; that i what I will try to gee in the cabin. As to these poor circuits, I find out every day that every circuit is the culminating point of 6ome preacher. It takes him a good while to get np, and then by slow and easy stages he comes back to the water level. . I am glad to be here. I haTe no doubt the wisdom and religion which has actuated yon so far will carry you clear through." I suppose in the course of tea years yon will be nearly a 6trong a3 when you divided. We are happy to be in this delightful town ; I hope we shall rejoice to gether and long remember this de lightful occasion. Singing and the benediction closed the first day's proceedings. Services at 7 p. m. : A sermon on missions by Dr. Potter. He se lected his text from the 20th chap ter and 5th verse 01 St. John. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27. The church was decorated on this bright Thanksgiving morning most appropriately with fruits and flowers, with an immense basket or cotton in the foreground. Rev. P. J. Cara way opened the sessiDn wih th reading of Hebrews 13, singing hymn 220 and an earnest prayer. To the roll call the response show ed that many members of the Con ference had come in since the last session. After the reading of the minutes of yesterday's proceedings, which were accepted, the report of the committee to adjust the Conference Claimant fund was read, recom mending among other things that the joint Board of Finance hold the funds belonging to the claimants until the meeting of the North Car olina Conference when the funds should be consolidated, and such pro-rata distribution should be made within th;' bounds of these Confer ences as should be equitable. A discussiou followed, giving different interpretations of this report and the relations of this conference to the Holstou Conference, the Bishop giv ing it as his opinion that if all the money that his been raised in the Asheville district up to this time be? returned to the llolston Confer ence, that conference will provide for the claimants in their region. - It was finally moved that the reports be recommitted for the purpose of conferring with James Atkins, D. D. Kev. Mr.N Law, agent of Bible So ciety, who was yesterday introduced, spoil e for some minutes, of whose address the following is a brief synop sis : Mr. Law: I wish to bring before you a lew tacts in conrection witn what your agency, the American Bible Societ -, is doiug and wnat it nronoses to do. This society is en gaged, as it has been for the past seventy-five years, in the work of dis tributing the Bible. Last year it distributed in our own country about 1,003,000 copies or tne vv oru oi uou. In the foreign mission fields, in OliiiiH. Brazil. Mexico.andall the mis sion fields where you ba'eyour mis sionaries, we dis nbutea during tne last year nearly 500,000 vol"mes of C.I'u Word. We are thu endeav oring to meet a'l the demands of the church both at home and abroad, a free Bible in the bauds of all the people, without any profit to the so ciety. Just at this time we are entering upon a broader work, not simply to put a Bible in every home, but a Bible in the hands of every child that can read. In order to do tnis, we are denendins upon the co-oper ation of the churches; we ask your assistance to put tne ruoie in every Sabbath school and to use it there as the great revelation which God has made to us. In order to do this, we need your financial support ; I know vour discipline provides for a collection for the Bible cause, but in some way it seems very generally neglected. 1 thinu during ine last fiscal vear not a sinjrle church in this conference is reported to have sent a contribution directly 10 tne parent s- ciety, although their contributions may have gone to some of the local societies. Last year we expended in the State of North Carolina some thing like $4,000, and we received from all sources as general donations less than $220. I suppose one rea son nf this isthatvou imagine that it is a wealthy society, but it has noth, iug but the contributions tnac are made year by year. As you are in terested in the spread of the Gospel, I beseech you, give us your support personally and financially in this work of distributing God's blessed wordtothat home and in your for eign mission field. Dr. Potter next addressed the moMinor t we are sorrv that space for bids giving more than a very brief outline of nis address. Dr. Potter: Two or three things I wish to state in which the ministers iiwl representative laymen of the cnurch must lead, for in all great mnvementa there must be leaders, aud the leaders iu the church of Gc d are the ministers of the church ftnri the official members. First of all it is wry important that the collections tor toreign mis sinna be taken early in the year ; in the aggregate, early collections save to the uoara oi jjiibmuus iiviuwu to $5000. I am not urging that CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER every preacher tke up the collection immediately after conference ad journs, irrespective of circumstances; wnat 1 am urging is that everybody propose to do this. But again, in order to any great advance, men of large means must be induced to give largely, and all the membership must be induced to give something. It is of the hr3t importance that the entire church be furnished with such intelligence concerning the movements of the gospel all over the world as shall stir their hearts a.d move them to prayer and to work for the salvation of the world. This information can be furnished through periodicals, through the papers, through the leaflets which can be had by the thousand ; there will seem to be waste, but the abundant use of them will accom plish the end. - There must be . leadership in another matter. In conviction on the subject; this matter must be brought to the conscience of the people of every church, the convic tion of duty to give the gospel to the world. We must love men or we never can lead the church to the effort to save mankind. I do not say, 'Love the cause ;" there may be a glamour about that word "cause. A man that don t love the poor, the down-trodden, and, in many respects, the offensive, at home, he cannot love the heathen abroad. Once more : there must be lea er ship in the demonstration of that love in large giving; I mean large m proportion to our means. And right here I want to say, for the benefit of these ministers, some of whom give until they see not bow they can give another cent, I want to say that I do not know a rich preacher in the Methodist chnrch, that is not at the same time a very liberal giver, who has any visible fruit of bis ministry. (Applanse.) I wish now to make a simple statement and close. The mission aries sent out are charged with the duty of raising enough money to pay the salaries and traveling expenses of 16 missionaries who have been ac cepted ; then there are nine others called for, and ti.e board has con sen ted to send them provided enough money to pay their expenses can be raised. The" assessments are oming short and the secretaries must raise from $40,000 to $60,000 in order to avoid increasing the debt upon the board ; in order to meet this, we have been presenting the cause, and the conferences in one way or another have been giving enough to support one or two or more missionaries, as the case may be." At the close of the address the cause of Mr. Mosely, the missionary to Japan, was presented to the con ference, and within a few moments the sum of $800 was subscribed. The Rev. L. W. Crawford was ap pointed to collect any amounts due, before the first of April, next. Jno. W. Puett transferred to the W. N. C. Conference. Case refer red to the Committee on Conference relations for supernumerary rela tions. Thanksgiving Nervier. Services were held this morning in the Lutheran church, the Metho dist church and the Forrst -Hill Methodist church. The pulpits were all filled by members of the W. N. C. Conference. Rev. Dr. II. W. Bays preached af Forest Hill, and his discourse has been complimented by all whose good fortune it was to hear him. Rev. Dr. Dixorcfilled the Lutheran pulpit, and his sermon was beautiful with his usual elegant expressious, and made powerful by the depth of thought Bishop John C. Keener preached in the Methodist church, and the highest expectations of a delighted audience were fully realized. He was in a good humor, and spoke with great ease, often branching off on a hue oi brilliant thoughts expressed with most pow erful eloquence. At this church, a collection was taken up for the benefit of Oxford Orphan Asylum ; it amounted to $72.70. For proceedings of Third Day see Daily Standard, which is sent as a supplement FRIDAY NIGHT. The anniversary meeting of the Church Extension Board, last night was one long to be remembered. Even the opening services seemed to bi unusually impressive, as led by Dr. Thomas. Rev. T. II. Pegram announced that there was still more than $2000 needed towards completing the churches in the WN. C. Confer ence, and spoke of the help that the women's societies had given. He introduced Mrs. E. E. Wiley, Presi dent of the Women's Parsonage and Home Miss'on Society, Mrs. Wiley ; I represent the wo men's department 'of the Church Extension, which is now known by the name of the Parsonage and Home Mission Society. Our department follows along by the side of the Church Extension department, building homes, where that society builds the church. We were author ized to go forward in this work at General Conference in Richmond, and how Bishop Keener could say what he did today, I do not under stand, because he was one who an thorized us to go forward. I am sorry he is concerned ; we are not go ing to swallow him nor the church ; I ant you to tell him that he need not be afraid of us. I have had in my failing among the churches the co-operation and hearty sympa thy of all the bishops. When I was at Abingdon, the bishop there canea for me to read my report in confer ence ; he stopped the business of the conference and said, "brethren, there is no more important department before you than thi3 home vbuilding for the preachers." He gave me his blessing, and so"have the other bish ops with whom I have attended con ferences, and I feel so thankful to God that I have the light of their countenance t in tnis work. I am going out at the instance of the General Conference and because I, too, feel that it is a very important work and I would not neglect it and I do not believe in my heart that Bishop Keenei is opposed to it. I think I understand him in his remarks to-day, and if he really did mean anything by it, I am going home and tell Dr. Wiley on him. (Laughter.) . We have been organized four years in active work. We have helped to build 204 parsonages; we have raised $33,000 ; just a month ago. I sent to the Western field nearly $500 to atie ver the pleas q preachers there who are without homes for their families. This work is two-fold; we aim to make a conifortcble home or help to place a comfortable home on every charge in home conference. At the same time we are helping to make the preachers who are out on the frontier work comfortable. Many of them are homeless ; many of, them write letters that fairly make me try, and I cannot help thipiu at all, because the treasury is empty; the treasury is empty because so ew" of our women are interested ; they are not interested in this work beQause they do not know anything abut it ; they do not know anything about it because our ministers have npi looked into it as I think they ought; perhaps' there is some excuse for them because they have a great deal to attend to of their own work. Now I come to place this cause before you for your consideration, and I want to tell you how I ask you to help me by not placing any mre burdens on your shoulders I would not do that for the world, but I want you to instruct he ladies of 3our charges. Brethren, when you go to your circuits, stations, districts, do this by sending to the district secretary of the district, and I am sorry the r residing elders are not here tonight; tell them, will yon, breth ren, that I want each presiding elder to find the most effective workers in bis district and get tlio.e ladies iu tereVed in this work by talking with them and distributing the literature that they get from the corresponding-secretary. You, brethren, find the most effective worker in your charge, aud send the name to the district secretary ; we have nomina ted a lady for every district. I don't know whether-rfie will serve or not I have prayed God to direct the hearts cf our women and make them willing to help us in this work. Get the ladies to write to the district secretary and let her communicate with them, sending the literature necessary, and you, pastor, have these women some Sabbath, after j our ser mon, organize under the constitu tion, and tell them that any number of women may join the society by paying annually to the regular fund. Now if you have ten women in your charges ho are willing to give in this work, say 10 cents per month per member, and you have five that cannot pay that much, and perhaps some that cannot pay anything, but I hardly think so. If they cannot payNiny money they can give me prayers and sympathy aud that helps so much, and it will help them to have the money by and by to put in to the tre isury, for God always helps the willing heart If ten women, for instance, give $10 per year, $5 of that stays in the conference treasury, and is disposed of as is needed by the parsonages of that conference ; then 50 per cent, goes to the general treas ury at Louisville, and from there it is sent to the western fields. If a member pays in 15 cents per month and says 10 cents of this now is to be retained at home, it can stay just where the giver says it shall. Yfu are helping three ways: you are helping your 'local parsonages, and in your conference, and you help the woman who lives in a par sonage out west that ought to be called a hut or a dug-out or a tent, because it has not anything more of comfort. Now our watchword is this : "A comfortable home in every charge fOr the preacher." Is not that what you jtvant ? Are all these preachers comfortable.'' When you go home, will you find a comfortable parson age, will you find it furnished with good heavy furniture? Will there be anybody there to make you com fortable withja good dinner and warm room, or will you come to a house shut up, nothing there to give you a welcome, no loving hearts to meet you? Why, I beard a preacher's daughter not loug ago say, "I can lie on my be. I at night and count the stars through the roof ;" the home is not finished yet Another preacher's wife told me that when it rained the water swept two inches deep in her dining room floor. Why are notour women alive to the duty that lies before them in this work? Sister, how would you like to come to a place like that? Brother, you who have a comfortable home, living from year to yea, and not taken up at the option of the hUhop, how would you like to go to such a place as that, when you had perhaps given up an employment or business that would have -yielded you a comfortable income, going out at the call of God Almighty, among a people that care nothing for you ? Why is this state of things ? Do not our women love the Lord Jesus ? Are they not will ing to make him comfortable in the persoffof the preacher and his wife? I know they will. Brethren, you must talk to' these women ; help me to 6rganiae them, help me to do this 4, 1S90: work, so that you can have your homes now, and your hearts free and happy and filled with love to God and man, and go forward in this w ork of saving the world. That is what yoa ought to do. How can I stand alone and do this work. I cannot go to every circuit ; I can not begin to go to the homes in any one conference. I have only to come and make my plea to the preachers, that you may help the women to make you comfortable and others more comfortable. I tell you it does seem to me that if there is any class of heroes on the face of this green earth it is the Methodist preacher who goe3 at the call of God, no matter where that call lead?, and stays there if he starves to death ; that is the sort of spirit that charac terizes the Methodist preachers, and not only heie but out West where men are going by the call of God snd doing the best they can, and they are dying at it ; there is iron in their blood and the Holy Ghost in their hearts; th.y are going to the death, and what 1 want to do is to make those men comfortable, so that their blood will not be on our skirts. I tell you it is just as much our duty to take care of the preacher, as for the preacher to preach to the people, (xod will take them to the Home of Many Mausions ; many of them have gone, and some of them are crippled with rheumatism now from' living in such poor homes. One man out in the West had -no place for himself and his wife now this is true he could not rent a house ; there was no parsonage, and his salary was not sufficient to jus tify the renting of a house if he could have gotten one, and he actually dug a hole in the side of a-hill and took his wife in there and lived so for a solid year ; he is now a cripple and laid up for life with rneumatism. Do you say he ought not to have etayed ? Dr. Green once said, when some one had left his work because the people did not support him, " Brother, you ought to have stayed there if you had starved to death." That was hard, was it not ? Well, I reckon there wa3 some truth in what Bishop Keener said yesterday that if you did your duty God would take care of you, aud I believe that too, and God has s .nt this woman's de partment to take care of the preach ers. Now you help us to take hold of this, won't you ? I heard some one of the N. C. Conference say that this woman's department of church extension was a fifth wheel ! How could that be ? Brother, if you have comfortable homes in the N. C. con ference io every station, we have not in the llolston conference. I could paint you many pictures that would make you feel like crying, whether you did or not, and we love our preachers there, too. I would have been workiug there long enough ago if I had been told, and now tha: my eyes are opened, I just go with all my heart, and I do the very best 1 can, but I caunot do what I want to, unless the preachers give me their sympathy. Talk to your women wheji you go back to your homes ; tell that that it is just as much the duty of the woman who lives on the outermost boundary of the circuit as it is of the woman who lives under the shadow of the parsonage. Or ganize every woman in the circuit, L't every woman help with your par sonage; it is her duty to do so, and I will tell you if you will do that you will be successful in your year's work ; you will come 111 with your assessments all paid, and you will have a year of grand, spiritual suc cess; it is bound to be done, because if a woman's heart is once opened to its duty, it will grow larger and larger. God mace a woman's heart just that way to take in the whole w orld. Thank the Lord that he has given me the privilege of doing something for my Master, not only in the home field, but over the ocean wave where the poor heathen live waiting for day. I want to do some thing for Him wherever there is a need for it, and I believe every wo man who loves the Lord Jesus will cone right up side by side with me and inarch with me to the close of the world, in our department I don't want any representation in the general conference. ('(Laugh ter.) I would not have it if you would offer it to mc ; that is not my place. I read something amusing in the New York "Christian Advocate," jvherc Aunt Jemima was expressing her opinion about this female repre sentation in the Northern General Conference. Said she, ' in the first place it's agin nate.1. In the second place it's agin Scripture, for the Bible says that the bishop shall be the husband of one wife, but it no where says that the bishop shall be the wife of one husband." (Laugh ter.)' So I don't care about that part of it; God has given woman her sphere and she is walkingdn it. Just look at the Woman's Missionary Society; some of the brethren frowned upon it ; and yet the second woman that ever I heard get up before an audience of people was Mrs. Keener, Bishop Keener's wife, and part of my inspiration came from God through that woman, and now this Woman's Missionary Soci ety is filling tlie whole earth. Don't you thank God for that? Are we not helping you, brethren ? Have we stepped out of our place ? Never. Never. What I want is for woman to know her sphere and not go beyond that ; woman's work for woman, that is her sphere. - How -else, can you save the women of heathen lands but through the women of this land ? ' Now, dear sister, don't let what Bishop Keener said, affect youj h.e WHOLE NO. 160. did ' ot meau that at all, but I am going to "sass" him before I get through with it. (Laughter.) I don't think he had any business to say it. z This w as all I wanted to sav that this Woman's Department of Church Extension is now called the Woman's Parsonage and Home Missionary Society. At the meeting of " the Board in April they made me the President of the Central Committee; they made it my duty to visit the conferences and lav this work before the pre?.chers, especially the circuit linisters. Now, brethren, help me ; help your conferences: wjite Mrs. Brookes,. sending her the name3 of 60 many who will work, so thai where there is a parsouage in your conference that is not in good repair, or it needs a little money here and t there to make it comfortable, these women can be put in a good work ing way, they can save their money and appropriate it for the purpose. Then, let this 50 per cent that goes outside go to the far West to meet the demands that I cannot answer. because I have not the money. There is a brother now in New Mexico who has not any home except as. he rents it aud pays it out of his meagre sal ary. He has consumption ; he is a good preacher; goes to his charge and comes from the pulpit: has a hemmorrhage of the lungs ; his wife nurses nim out,, she has not the money to make him comfortable; she patches him up by good nursing for the next Sunday, when he comes Duck with another hemmorrhage. ne is as ing me lor neip and l can not answer it because I have not got it. I just want to mention one more instance that occurred in the Colum bia Conference. A brother went to the conference and said, "I want to get enough money out of the Church Extension Board to eke out my sal ary, for I had to take part of my salary to pay house rent ; if I don't get that 1 don't know what I am to do." He sent another brother to ask Dr. Morris for a small part of the amount in the treasury. Dr. Morris shook his head, because he could not give him for his salary the Church Extension funds. The preacher was sitting where he could see the min ister. When he saw Dr. Morris shake his head, his own fell on his breast and he $ried like a child, for it meant starvation. Dr. Morris saw the man's distress and said. "I can not give you that money , but God helping me, you shall have seme money." That night when he had called conference together, he made a plea for the brother, secured about $80 and handed' it to him; he touched the hearts of the good women in Lynchburg, too, and they sent him a barrel of clothing and enough money to make the money and barrel together worth $185, and that man is now tolerably comfort able. Today there are calls for ten thou- an 1 dollars to help the preacher's wives who have no home at all, ex cept as they rent a house and have to pay for it. out of vthe preacher's salary ; one man is living in a house writh the boards lapping over each other, another one in a stable, and another In a tent, another in a dug out, and I tell you when you read these letters coming from these west ern preachers, and know the fiery trials through which they are pass ing, I just feel like" I wanted to give overy thing that I could get to supply these wants. It is Jesus, suffering for me; his blood has built the beau tiful mansions ; how can I enter into the rest that remains for the people of God when the Son of God ' is homeless and poor. That is why I waut to talk to you and get you to help me, to make your own parsonages comfortable, and to help the preacher who is not so com fortable ; and may God help us and save us all. Dr. W. II. bays was introduced, and it is with the mo it sincere regret that we cannot give his addresain full. In" 'he mosc fitting and very pleasant words he- endorsed the adr dress of Mrs. Wiley, and stated that his talk would consist maiuly in tak ing up a-collection. When he closed there was scarcely an unmoved countenance in the house, and the people proved their interest aud sym pathy by giving, in addition to the regular collection for church exten sion, $100 special collection for Mrs. Wiley's work. SATURDAY MORVIXG. There we e not so many visitors present as usual at the opening of conference this moruing, at which Rev. J. R. Scroggs presided, but in a short while the building was com fortably filled, and before the eud of the first hour, crowded. Minutes of yesterday read and ap proved. " Question Eighteenth resumed Who are superanuated ? W. C. Gannon referred to the Com mute on Conference Relations for s.iperanuation. J. B. Bailey referred to Committee on Conference Relations for super anuation. ' Question On "Who are admitted on trial ?" resumed. Trinity district, Jas. F. Crocker, W. M. Curtis, P. E. Parker,' W. II. Nelson, admitted. T. Weaver, fiom llolston Confer ence, taken in as having been ad mitted at Holston. Franklin district, T. B. McCurdy, E. Myers, admitted. John II. Totten admitted as an elJer into full connection with this conference from M. P. church. Report of Hayesville male and female college presented to the com mittee. A. M. Lowe, elder;withdrawn from the M. E. Church, South. Report of the Board of Trustees NEATEST MANNER -ANDAT- THE LOWEST HATES. of Trinity College read and adopted. iieport ot President of Trinity College read by President Crowell, aud referred to the Board of Educa tion; Verdict in the case of Rev. A. G. Gautt given that the accusation was not sustained. Dr. Atkins, President of Emory and Henry College, Va., introduced, and states that if this conference is ready to settle on the plan adopted hj the llolston Conference, he is au thorized by the conference as agent to close the matter in this way : Tho plan in brief is that if the Board of Finance of this Conference directs that all the money collected in that section he paid over to the treasurer of the llolston Conference, they would pay the claims m that section. Dr. Smith, communicating from Dr. Cunningham of the Nashville Publishing House, stated his belief that it is impossible to take a system of uniform lessons aud make them intelligible to little children. Among the Nashville publications he men tioned first the "Infant Catechism," then the "Child's Catechism," of which there are copies here that can be examined. Then a more advanced catechism. "Little Children" is considered to contain as simple and direct teaching as can be found any where. "Illustrated Lesson Paper" comes as' intermediate. In maga zines tho "Sunday School Magazine" is the best commentary on the Sunday-school lesson that can be found. ( The "Visitor" is good. In conclu sion Dr. Smith hoped that if any fault is to be found concerning tho periodicals, the objections will be sent to tho Publishing House ; so give us a chance to improve. lie hipes all churches will have libraries, whether the books are sometimes lost or not ; a good book is never lost Resolution that committee be ap pointed to determine the proportion of representation in the several dif ferent conferences, refereed to com mittee. Dr. Guthrie announced that Dr. Crowell; of Trinity, is prepared to receive payments on endowment notes. Report of the Minutes Committeo of last conference read and referred to committee. Report from Board of Trustees of Trinity College asking this confer ence to ratify the removal of the college to Durham, referred to com mittee. Resolution of the Board of Trus tees of Trinity College requesting the continuance of the educational collection of $5,000 to be equally divided bettf jen the W. N. C. Con ference and tue N. C. Conference on the same basis and apportionment a3 before ; referred to the Board of Ed ucation. Report of the Committee on Con ference Relations read und adopted, except as to Rev. Mr. Peeler and Rev. Mr. King. ' Rev. Miles Foy, character passed and referred to the committee for superan nation. Report of the Committee on Book3 and Periodicals read and adopted as to the publications of the Publishing House, Nashville. Motion made to lay that part of the report referring to the establish ment of an organ on the table. Mo tion lost. . - An earnest discussion fol owed. Maj. iiobbius expressed his opinion that this motion vas a monopoly, and that the proceedings of the con ference should be published in all three church papers, each one of which contain much valuable infor mation. He thinks such an organ would draw the line of division and discord in this conference. Let us put this motion by and leave these brethren to print their newspapers and get every one to subscribe for them that they can. Many a poor woman will find tfie difference l)e tween a $1 newspaper and a $2 one. And if you shut out the $1 newspaper and say yon must take the $2 one, you will shut out -many a poor man and woman. It is harmony and jus tice I want, and if you shut out those two newspapers, you will not live to see that discord all healed. I know I am destroying myself in all probability by this, but I am here to protest against discord and mo nopoly in the W. N. C. Conference. God forbid that the politician's way should creep into the maneuvering of the W. N. C. Conference. Let us try to love one another and live in peace, and the Lord grant that noth ing I have said shall have any effect to eow discord here. Discussion of this question was postpoi.ed until Monday morning. A Row at a Festival. Friday night the daikeys had a "festibule" at Cedar Grove church, near Flow's Store, and the whole thing ended in a row. One Dave Caldwell was drunk and of course showed his worse side. -He picked a fuss with Tom Kenedy, who soon grew tired of Caldwell's insults and to impress this fact upon the drunk man's mind, he gave him several well directed stunners which landed him under the bench. At this juncture a maddened mob took a hand in the row, and when Caldwell was pulled from under the bench he looked as if he had been pulled out of a slaughter pen. He was pushed to the door, but before he was landed on th ground he made a frantic lnan towards Kenedv. who was being held by his friends, and mi der several ugly wounds on his head. After this things were restored to quietude, and the order of the "fes tibule" was carried out without a iar -