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r i f f , i . ! f 1 TWELVE THE .MORNlNQ. STAR; WILMINGTON N C. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1918: EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION OF NsmemRmcEMEE :v . BY REV.-T.A. SYKES. "' . i?The eighty-second - session of Carolina ' conference '"".of " the "the North ' Methodist Episcopal tehurch, ' south, will orivene in St. , Paul's ' churdhi; Golds- Voro, Wednesday; vmbrnitigiVTOecember lVwith Bishop VU..-V.1 W. Darlington, Huntington, West Virginia, presiding. .NSChis session of conference gives pro mise of being of more than ordinary Interest. There are several new mat ters ' that will be presented for the ' consideration of the . brethren. Two onstitutional questions will be voted pon during the session, viz., the ques tion of laity rights for women and whether the word "Catholic" in . the apostle's creed shall be changed to ' read,.. "The Church of Christ." One whole session will" be given to the " launching of the great Centenary mis- ionary movement; a service flag with astar representing 'Soys who havgone triom parsonages o fthe conference-and aave entered the service of the gov ernment' during the war, will be pre sented, these and possibly other mat- ' ters,' besides the regular work of the inference, which consists of- reports coin the presiding elders and pastors, the appointing of committees which Will have charge of the routin work of the session, anniversaries which will be held each night, and the stationing " the preachers for the next year will decide the attention of conference. The ' quadrennial boards will also be appoint ed to serve for the next four years. These will be among the many items of business that will be attended to dur ing the session. The North Carolina i Conference Historical society will meet on Tuesday night, which will be the first service of the conference. iThe presidency of a new bishop over the conference will lend Interest this year. Bishop TJ. V. W. Darlington was elect ed bishop by the general conference ;held in Atlanta, Ga., during the early part of this year. He is 48 years old and a native of Kentucky. He was educated at Kentucky Weajeyan col lege, and three years ago his alma mater honored him by conferring upon him the degree of doctor of divinity. At the time of his election to the episcopacy he was president of Morris Harvey college, in West Virginia. Be fore coming to this conference he has only presided over three conferences, the Western North Carolina which met recently in Charlotte,' the Upper South Carolina and the South Carolina. The new bishop has wonderfully impress ed himself upon those three confer ences. He is brotherly, kind and ap proachable. In all of his deliverances from the chair and from the pulpit he if deeply spiritual as well as intellec tual. The North Carolina conference extends to him a most cordinal welcome understood, that he will soon move 410 the state, we would suggest to him that there is no conference that would rather have him as a citizens within !ts bounds than this one, and that no place in the state would receive him more gladly than the capitol city which is one of the leading cities of the con ference. It has been remarked that "Bishop Darlington is a real bishop, and that he himself has not found it out." On Tuesday night the North Caro- lint Conference Historical society . will hold its annual session. Rev. N. H. T. Wilson is president and will have aharge of the service at that hour. Rev. R. H. Willis, of Oxford, will deliver the address. This society was organi7 ed for the purpose of preserving' the history of Methodism within the bounds of the conference. . The conference proper will be called to order Wednesday morning at 9 a. m. by Bishop Darlington. The devotional exercises will be opened with the sa crament of the Lord's supper as this ' has long been a custom of the con ference. At the opening of each ses sion Bishop Darlington is expected to deliver an address to the conference. Dr. T. N. Ivey, of Nashville, Tenn., editor of the general organ of the shurch, will preach the conference ser mon at 11 o'clock on Wednesday morn ing. It is expected that the whole of Thursday morning's session will be given over to the consideration of the Centenary missionary movement, a movement which the church is launch ing for the purpose of raising. $35. 000,000 during the next five years, for missions which sum the bishops and . the various boards estimate will be nec essary to meet the new demands that . will be placed upon Methodism because of the new situation arising from the world-war and reconstruction times. The North Carolina Conference will at this session assume its share of this amount, and will set machinery in mo tion to raise more than $1,000,000. This is the biggest thing that southern "Wethodism or any other church in the south, has ever undertaken, but that it will be accomplished there is no loubt. ' The constitutional question as to granting the women of the church the same rights as male members will be , voted on. This is a question that was ' sent down from the general conference, and must receive a two-thirds vote of all the annual conferences in the con nection before it can become a law. If it is ratified by that number of an nual conferences then the sisters will have the right to serve on boards, stewards, represent churches at dis trict conferences and become delegates to the annual and general conferences. It has been predicted that the good wo men will- not -..have - as smooth i sailing in this conservative conference as thej have had i in others. , ' Another constitutional question to be voted on is -whether the. word "Catho lic" in the apostle's v creed , shall, be changed to read "Christ's Holy Church.'" A number of the brethren are afraid that, the old way is calculated to lead some to think that the Roman Catholic church is meant. During the year two active and one superanuate preachers have died, and on Sunday afternoon memorial services will be held in memory of these dead ministers. ' Early in the year Rev. Charles E. Vale, paster of the Jones charge, and a member of the conference quartette; died. He was just entering upon a life of usefulness i nthe conference and his going away is a distinct loss to the church. Rev. C. O. Armstrong, pastor at Stantonburg, fell a victim to influenza a few weeks ago, and died in a few days. He came to us from the Free Will Baptist church, and gave promise of becoming an influential member of the conference. Rev. W. H. Kirton, one of the vet erans,' fell during the year. The conference will adjourn with the reading of the appointments for next year by the bishop, possibly on Sun day night. The conferences that Bis hop Darlington has presided over so far have finished their work and the preachers received their apointments on Sunday night. There is a precedent for this in the North Carolina confer ence. Eleven years ago at New Bern. Bishop Galloway readthe appointments on Sunday night. Goldsboro has entertained the con ference several times and is a favorite with a great many of the members. That city always entertains with the far-famed eastern hospitality. In the year of 1888 the old North Carolina conference, which embraced all the state except he counties north of the . Albemarle sound and east of the Chowan river, was divided and the Western North Carolina conference formed. The following comparative statistics will- doubtless be of much in terest throughout the state. These statistics ;w.ere secured.lromvtlie-.Jpurnal lo'fvthe.dlde&iconfereh held ih.Reidyiil and tbjourrials Qf;tne NorthyCarolihat 'a&i iJWSstefn' Nbrt&aijlii3iteo-nf.e'rr ences of 191 r'lTbe- flgur insr ito ' do withthe-achievements iot the .church 'in the WtateifC,th)8ear,i:':s. which , it - is believed has. marked the greatest material- advancement; w any I s ,-1 year in -the history of - the churcn v in tii .stated; . ; r;':a:t'l'-k' 1 At Tthe; Reidsviile, conference there were reported; for the whole"4 state ; 2,- 873 -.white members mnd;-v2Ci8 ""Colored, making a total of white; and cqlpred of 83,081; last year's l .i total shows, 203,639 white members, an increase of 120,518, or an annual gainK bf r8&l:fpr the first 81 years. The reports,. bfr the preachers in charge indicate th'atthere were at that time 879 1-2 churches valued at $911,322. , A year ago the same. reports of both conferences snow that within the state there' were 1,694 churches owned, with a valuation of tfi 901 101 an IriKrAHEA nf X14.1-2H churches and $5,389,868 in valuation. During the year - 1886 the Methodist church in the'state paid for all mis sionary enterprises of the church the Bum of ,$18,113,4.5. Last year tor tne same purpose it paid $201,790 or an in crease of $183,676.55. During the year 1886 -the preachers of the Methodist ' church in the state received $129,888.87 in salaries. Last year they received $474,093 or $,344,204. 13 more than, in 1S86. " During: the year before the conference was divided there were enrolled in the Sunday schools of the church in the' state 57,067. .In the same territory last year there were enrolled 175.049 an increase of 117,971. At that time there were 13 presiding elder's districts, now there are 20,. At the time of the division there were only seven charges, ! nthe state that paid their pastor's more than $1,200, I nthe matter of salary at thatftlme; Front street (now.Grace) Wilmington stood at 4he head of the list, paying her pastor $1,800. At the present time in the state -there are more than' 25 charges which pay their pastor $2,000 or more. The average salary paid, to the preachers of the Methodist church in the state in the year of 1886 was $568. Last year it was $987. The average salary paid by the Western North Caro lina conference last year was $917 and that of the North Carolina was $1,001. pillllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllH Ian i f mm i i iiwi ri mm ii ii i in ii V Ih V 77 y : I I A v n mw IHours First dose of 'Tape's 'Cold Gompound" relieves the cold and grippe misery Don't stay stuffed up! I 1 x Relief comes instantly. ; . .. 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Oh my, what welcome re lief! Good - for backaches alio, HEADACHES impair the nerres and prevent one from doing -Jus 'best work; ' therefore should not be allowed to run on. Stop it at once. CAPUDINE does not contain ace tanilide, tho coal- tar Jbeart de- Ipressant, norrany -dope," so can be taken' without fear. p- Much quicker and more agreeable than tablets, powders or pills.Trial bot tle 10c 2 doses' Larger sizes 30c and 60c at drug stores Try it. 5 Ml V Sunday, December 8. BEGIN NOW. (2 Cor. 61I-IO.) Daily Readings: Monday Put Christ First. Matt. 8:18-22. Tuesday Begin to. Serve. Eccl. 11:1-6. n, ; "Wednesday Begin to "Worship. Ps. 95:1-11. Thursday Begin to Think. Eccl. 7:11-29. Friday Join the Church. Acts. 16:1-5. Saturday Begin to Give. 2 Cor. 8:1-15. Begin now to make Christ first in your life. If you have not definitely accepted Him. as your Saviour do so now, this minute and the first Sunday after this decision connect yourself with a church so that you can begin to serve Him as a member of His church here below. It is easy while young to confess Christ, but as the years multiply it is hard and. harder and if you fail to make this decision now, it is possible that you will never be able to make it later in life. There fore, do no put it off. Begin now to make this decision for eternal life. Every boy and girl has the ideal of perfect manhood and womanhood be fore whom they try to model ' their lives; it is called the age of hero wor ship. Acquaint yourself with Christ, the matcfeless hero of all ages, and model your life as He directs. Begin now to study His character and begin again day by day. forgetting each fail ure, to conform to His teachings. Begin now to read the Bible every day and to have a regular time for communion and prayer. No life can be complete, as God intended it should be, apart from this communion with Hfm. "We may never assume a position in this world which will entitle us to be written up in "Who's Who in Am erica," but it is a fact that each of us can have that distinction in God's great record of us, and the longer we delay the beginning of this record of worthy deeds the shorter and less in teresting that record will be. f Let us now begin to take account of our spiritual progress during the year that is fast slipping past us, and find out our failures and short-comings so that we may be ready to frame our New Year's resolves intelligently.! Is our faith stronger? Have we added to our 'supply of grace? Are we more filled with the Spirit? Are we more' gentle, kind and sympathetic? Let us fearlessly face our short-comings and begin now to strive for the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Begin now to think of your respon sibility to God for your income. Does God require us to give Him a. tenth? Are you sure .tWat you are living up to what He has a right to expect from Or has His tender mercies in your life this year made you fear that your tithe was only your duty . and above that you have given Him , a thank offering? Many are realizing: how very gracious He ha3 been in the past year of anxiety and sorrow and are fiinding new in terests in which to invest for Him some o the money entrusted, to them, and these are being enriched by a -spirituel experience never known befo-e. Are we losing some of the rich experiences or God s love and tenderness by with holding our Thank offering for His great mercy in restoring and bringing back to us those we have entrusted to His. care? Begin now to look out for the ""little sister" 1 n,our midst; she Is always just "around the corner" from , each of us. The following copied from the Presby terian Standard is a good example , of what we may find to do .each day,- and the article is entitled, "Keeping an Eye on Tina." , - '' The little old woman looked at the clock as the girl v came in. It, was a small bare room. The ,old woman's figure was bowed by years of unrelax lng toil. . The younger showed the ef fects of going into a, factory when she should have een playing in the fields and searching - the 'woods 'for wild flowers.- It -was a depressing picture they made,- L-r i, . v, . rira htfr h9 gi acknowledged EASY T her eyes following the direction of her mother's gaze. "I went out of my way, walking home with Tina." The mother made a sound of disap proval. "And after standing all day on your feet. Sue? It isn't right. You're too tired." The girl sat down at the table weari ly. In the light of the litle kerosene lamp her features looked sharp and thin. She put her hand to her head, as if she still heard the hum of the great factory wheels. "Well, you see, it is this way. Tina's the sort that must have company. She can't bear to be alone. She likes me, but if I am not there to walk with her, she'd rather go along with some ' of those girls on the hill than trudge off by herself. There isn.'t a bit ot harm in Tina, but she couldn't be with those girls long and not learn some. And so, even when I'm tired, I'd rather walk a little out my . way and keep other folks, but that's one tning I can; E foy BraSS JBancL And if we .will begin now to "keep an eye" on our little sisters of the street we will find less and less use for reformatories and places of cor rection, because by our watchful care there will be less and less need xor them. To many a man and woman there are so many duties and privileges cla moring for, attention that it is difficult to know where to begin. 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