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Xr 3. ml -vr .1th ,I - nth ro- ail 1 1 s rs rior r rv i:rn reafc un a. LY. a ML -t j. loo- ' (The (Christian Vtorate. TERMS. Tho Christian Advooatc i furnished to eubsorl hen at f J 20 per annum iu adv&nre. ir payment be delayed six month. $.150; one copy, six months, $1.25. CLUB RAJES. Ten copies, one year, post paid ... $.00 Fifty eopie. one year, post paid. - - 1.75 Ol'K AGE.N TS. All tlie traveling and local preachers In tbe bonndt ol the Xirih Carolina Confereuce are our authorised ..gouts. Any person tending ua ten eubecrftiers. for one 3 ear, will recclr the pap r tree. A FTC MX MUSING. BT LIEUT. E . CCETISS BINE. Tin good when the rooks are calling. When the year is about to die, Whtn the painted leaves are tailing. And tue streams run moaning by, To muse on those who started With ns on the race of life. But who shook our hands aud parted, W-rn out with the cold world's strife. They drooped by tue wayside weary. And gaz d wita looks forlorn. As the day grew dark and dreary. And the thoughtless crowd rushod on. Ail LvoJ1asj ot heir sorruw, Likt the ocean's rentiers tide; But when dawns life slorious morrow. They'll standby their Maker's side. Thus muse I, long and otten. As the year draws near the end; Au J my eyes with tear-drops soften. As I think on many a friend. Wearied with life's rough journey. Sunk by the w .yside worn; And waiting with nuiet patience. For the dawn uf a heavcnlv morn. & o m in u nn'atr t. Kor the Advocate. AMAM AND Ills POSTERITY. VI 1 F.T. U. T. IU.AKK. X MB .It . lie 1 1 1 irii 1 n i--ii ni which in v liiiiiiiT It (It!!' hist parents. Would cel- tamlv liuni-ii just -rounds to impeach t lie wisdom and nv. 1 lness of (bid, had tie not caise 1 the instrument of their seduction. a'i i assured them that the u oman's s..,..! should bruise his head." Here 'hristianitv began: here the (ios pel was first preached by (bid himself. XeaWy six tiioii.and years ago it gilded lie dark cloud that hung in a wi'ul gran deur over tin- garden, of Eden, gathering new splen t-.i until it culminated in the u'iorv of r he risen Sa vi .111 , tiie Son of tie- Virgin Marv, whose maturity was thu c ntseer !! 1 by the birth of (ioil's w.-ll ii'i iv'! S in. In iiiis view of the eis - how .hi fill present himself to o.u' e mte npl.ttiou: n it as lie has been r . , I by a me; 'physical solution ol his abs.ilut'' soy.'reigiity. by which h-; f ! !' lain 1 .-rvtiiiu that has be - i. i- n i v an I will ! : im as a stern .In j. t call iiji t!i- crii.iiiials. and j'ro- a mil.' ' pi I 'i: li . a :i i "I'ln i aeui 10 e- i i ... i .... i ... a:i I order t! eeati :i. a ft -r th ia w!iic!i they had -i ilir -1 ii i 1 a ! rea i ." iii'li.-riii' "a th ' " a !i i-'ivi'e i'i i l tli d i even tii d :' iii We I I e- i!li "II ;iiat in sent to govern a r.ic .wilted itself. Iiv pa lishm -nt m ire i o! t'a 'ir bodies, s.nils Xor are a ' King Log," uao li.fl sprung 1 1 t:i i ii ile-: who c mi l aaiuse them selves with hint, and jok about his in o ,' .ii-iv..' nature. Y. must reg-ird him in the charact'-r in which he has, by it t i : 1 11' 1 au t 't - 'l. -ver iisi-iose i iiiuiscii " to lis, no t oniv m tlie starrv Heavens at. ive. n .r in tae m ii il law written m oar h'arts. iuti in his written word, and h;s pro-, i 1 u :1 d- iiins towards man, his noblest work. We must accept of (J. id a he has revealed Himself. To (ir first p.ii 'nts. h- is their Creator and their governor moved to this act ot c.vatioii bv his own beneficent nature. B re their creation lie c uld owe them j n thing: but after being created in '.is i.i .vii image they were the objects of ? m ist ten ler regard his complacent .! love. In them wen; shut up millions 1 of human beings, and unnumbered mil 1 lions more, just like themselves; to mul I tiiiv, to replenish the earth and subdue I it: that thereby his name might be glo- ritied from the ri-ing to the setting sun, as the only wise and true iod. Every ' I .rtribute of ( iod, therefore, was pledged j to perpetuate that happy state in which I (iod had placed the noble creatures, un- j der whose dominion he had placed the world and all living' things. Nothing was withheld from them but absolute independence on (iod who created them. Their obedience was made the means of perpetuating their happiness. They were therefore fully under the govern ment of ( iod, as a just, wise and good s.ivereignt v whose law is holy, just and good: as a master whom they were b' inie I to serve; as a father whom thev V.'ofe liollll' to respect and love. It was just as easy for them thus to love, serve and honor Cod, as it was to breathe. His law, the very image of 5od, was iu their hearts, and every faculty, every passion so disposed as to lead to the same result the spontaneous movement ot all their energies towards their Maker. lint t hey have sinned and a reversed all this. They are now eon : I fronted by their Maker. All hope is i gone. Expecting to hear Him say, "de- part ye cursed," they heard the procla ' .- matioii, Believe and be saved: believe I inv word, believe my promise and you I shall not die. They did believe; they 4 lived. Who will dare sav t'uev did not be- uicve, that i . . Jviciousiiess they added to all their this deadly sin to make Who can be so bold as to iod a liar. iv that with this unbelief in his heart, Iod reinstated Adam as the head of the ininaii race, with which the world was be filled. No ! though so degraded, V wa.: not beyond the rench of God EKV. J. B. BOBBITT, I). D., Vol. XXEI In my imagination, I have followed the adorable Saviour from his cradle to his cross. I have heard his groans in the garden of Gethsemane. I have seen him spitten upon, and shipped in his fact 1 liave lieard him pray for tlie butchers that crucified him, and grant pardon to the penitent thief; hut never to me does tlie love and mercy of Hod shine with greater lustre than when God saiil to the noble traitors who stood before lain in hopeless mise rv. Her seed shall bruise his head. For never lie fore and neci I.kv has pardon been extended to sinners who so eau'sclessly sinned, with Mich dieadl'nl consequences, and under a prohibition so consistent with the rights of their Creator, nd so easily to be submitted to, as abstinence from the fruit of one tree alone in tlie midst ol all the fruits of Eden. From this consideration we might be led to supimse that Cod's love for our li rst parent would be ne Mrever. Hut it was not so. He loveil them still. The treasures ol heaven were not exhausted. There were richer gifts than those already bestowed, and so shaineftill v abused. It was a new tortn ol lutiuite love, when .lusttce au Mercy met in the gift of (bid's only begotten Sou. lie alone explains iln mystery of life, and accounts lor tin world's creation. ( ; FX ERAL ( ( X FFIiFX ' E. ItV TllF. RKV. Hii.MKI! s. TllilAl.l.. Xo. 1 I. Previous to the acquisition of American independence, the Methodist Societies iu the colonies were under the supervision of Mr. Wesley, who ap pointed the preachers as he did iu (ireat Rritian. In 174, Mr. Wesley .selected Dr. Coke and Mr. Asbury to have the superintendence ol the work in Ameii ca. The first conference convened in Baltimore, on ( 'hristmas day. 174. -Out of the eighty-three traveling preachers then in America, sixty were present, representing 14,'dxii members. By a unanimous vote they elected Dr. Coke and Mr. Asbury to be their Su perintendents or Bishops; and with ciial unanimity declared for a separate ecclesiastical organization, called the ...cmou,. cp.scopa. - mucii. 111 giving an account ol this conference, the Bisholis sav: "We toinieil miv- .."t ..i i: . i. : 1 i 1 1 . I 1 selves into an independent church: and following the counsel of Mr.i.lohn We- ey, who recommended the episcopal mode of church government, we thought n oesi in oeeome an episcopal ctiurcli: lnauliig tl piseopal office elective, and the elected superintendent or bishop amenable to the body of ministers ;md preachei-s." II. The Sci-ond ( iencral 'o..:. r-nc- met iu Baltimore, in Xovember, 17i2. All traveling preachers in full ennee- tion were eligible. There were, then 200 preachers and O.V.0 church mem- hers. At this session dames O' Kelly introduced an apple of discord in the shape of a resolution, to the effect that if any preacher felt aggrieved at the appointment given him by t Ii bishop. lie might aj.peal to the conference: and if the conference thought the complaint was well founded, the bishop must give him another appointment. The con ference refused to adopt Mr. O'Kelley's resolution, and he withdrew from the M. E. Church, and organized the "Re publican Methodist Church." This conference made provision for the ap pointment and support of presiding el ders. III. "Was held in Baltimore, Octo ber 20, 17!0, all preachers who had traveled four years were eligible. There were then 3D! ministers and 00,2111 members; a small decrease, owing to the O'Kellej- secession. This conference laid the foundation of the "chartered fund'' for the benefit of superannuated preachers. IV. The fourth conference met in Baltimore, May 20, 100. )t uf about 2o0 preachers eligible, 1 14 were pres ent, representing 01,0l members. At the request of the British Conference, Bishop Coke had permission to return temporarily to Europe. It was resolved to elect an additional bishop. ( n the second ballot there was a tie between Richard Whatcoat and Jesse Lee. On the third ballot Mr. Whatcoat had 50 votes and Mr Lee f."; and the former was elected and ordained. This con ference raised the .salary of a single preacher from .$04 to .0 per auiium; an allowance was also made for a wife and each child, but this allowance was not extravagantly large. V. Was held at Baltimore, May 7, 104, composed of 107 members, repre senting i annual conferences, 384 preachers, and 104,070 members. The Xew England conference had 4 dele gates; Western, 3; South Carolina, f: Virginia, 17; Baltimore, 2i); Philadel phia, 41; and New York, 12. TLe Book Concern was transferred from Philadelphia to New York. It was thought best to locate the publishing house at the leading commercial center of the country. VI. Met at P.altiuiore May 4, 10; 12'J members represented ;YHj preachers uid 144. "90 members. Bishop What coat was dead, and Dr. Coke absent in Europe; and they elevated "Win. M'Ken- Khitor asu Pcblwher. dree to the episcopal office. ( nly about one-fonrth of those eligible were pres ent; the body of preachers was becom ing too large to meet, and provision was made for a delegated general con ference. The ratio of representation was one for everv five members of an annual conference. Bestrictive rules, essentially the same as those now in tlie discipline, were imposed upon tlie pow ers of the conference. VII. Heretofore all the sessions had been held in Bait imnrt The seventh session was held in .ew aoik, .uav 1. 112. This was the first deiega:. .! con ference, and was composed of 00 mem bers, representing (JiW preachers and 14.000 m-mlieis. Wt believe Ir. Lovick Fierce, who was one of the rep resentatives from South Carolina, is the only member of the conference now liv- VIII Met in P.altiuiore May 1. 11(5. coinjioscu oi i o.- iieicu.oo, cju esem I !lt j l i- tow i.i - T. conteieiices, ti!n preachers, ami lil4. lio.'i members. Owing to the death of ISishop Asburv, and the enlargement, of the work, two additional bishops were elected Knoch f ieorgc and Robert R. j .Roberts. The ratio of representation I was reduced to one for every seven liiem ! hers of an annual conference. ! IX. Met at I!altini..ic, May 1, ISl'U; j there wore S7 delegato, representing 11 ; conferences, SI 2 proacliers, and 240,024 proaciiers, ami 40,114 1 ' members. A reviseil constitution of . . . the nnssioiiarv society was prepared and 1 1 a report adopted advising me establish ment of schools under the control of the 'several conferences; but the great ipaes i tion before the body related to the ore- siding eldership i-rointhe institution ol that office some of 1 1 1 - preachers had h.-en in favor of the election of the elder by the annual conference. At this con ference a resolution paed making the office elective. Bishop M ' Kendree, who was very unwell, was ii.it in the cf iifcr ence room when the resolution passed. V, , , , s soon as lie was aide, he entered the , , , room and announced tiiat he regarded it , . . . ; the resolution as unconstitutional, and an infringement upon the third restrict- i-o rule ii-loeli I t. ir I liw! till fin 11 n f i.n 1 1 - ... iii i ,itli..l itiii.i'iiii.ii.i' -I..SI.IIO Si.n ii .,-li.. had just been elected a i ishop, declined ordination, as he said hi could not ad minister the office, hamieredas it was j bv tiiat action. l lie onterence sus- I p . nded the execution o the resolution j ,. y).a).s ., Wft Sllbw.,iu,.lltv . , .... . . .abandoned, l lie same iriestion is again abandoiied. The same j agitating the church. Mr. McFerrin arose, noticing Mr Simmons (cler. Pac. On.) up said, 1 : yield to him; he is ,v nior. Bishop ! ii j wish to be dutiful. (L.'Ulgh- ..... . ici . Mr.Simnio.is wishes (,. hold the speak ! ,.. i. i; ,i i. i in. "-iin. ii.. ,.i ,i iiieilLirci ilL ! tl(. ,.,,.,.,;., ., ullti, aiu ointment .,,,,1 ; out. ur economy is e.u'iueiit itinerant. ' ; Though he mav transfer he can repre- i j wllt the former Conference: but brother I ! McFerrin wishes to speak j j Mr. McFerrin: We have an episco- I ! ii,,.,, .,,,. o ' Bishop Paine: "Before this bodv as- sembled do now. I don't know v. lint you will Mr. McFerrin continuing' ; i nese j motl eallt,(1 lisR1pK hav0 rj..i;ts:l ..jght to transfer a man during a Conference. If a man can't represent a (.'ouference because he is transferred after election, the bishojis can break up (.iencral Conference by transferrin!; all the dele gates and have no ( icnenil Conference at all. Don't you see i; ? Laugh ter. The Conference s ready to vote. Mr. Peterson, (cler. Ya. Conf.) did not mi pi lose there was a jmeedeiit in the history of the church to jutifv the ma jority report a violation .f the funda mental principle of representation. If there was a called session of the Gen eral Conference tlie former delegates would be members unless there was a new election Tf tbe on,;,,, noll.wl J 170, and Denver does i ,t choose to elect new delegates, but Louisville does, and elects brother Morton, is he not a representative of Louisvill. and Denver? Take another view: Supp.. iC locates yet he is by the letter of tbj law a mem ber of the (iencral Conference. The precedents are not strictly according to j our economy. Mr. Cook called the jvoyious qucs- tion. Majority report adiuted. X. Met in Baltimore, Jay , 124: 120 delegates represcntet 12 confer ences, 1220 preachers ami 112,540 mem bers. The church was gn.uly agitated on the subject of admitting lavmen to a participation in the businc.s of the an nual and general conferencis. The con ference decided against q;ly delega tion" and the dissatisfied jarties with drew from the "SI. E. Clinch and or ganized the " Protestan Methodist Church." Joshua Soule and Elijah Hedding were added to tie episcojia- XL Met iii Pittsburgh, Jay 1, Jf!2; 170 delegates rcpretented 17 confer ences; 1,570 preachers, ;ij ;-l)))7 members; Martin Buter w.s secretary. The conference was prini'p;ly occu pied with the .controvers- with the " Beformers " or Methodst, Protest ants. XII. Met in Philadeljjda, May 1, 1832; 108 delegates rejuescted 19 eon- ferences, 2,010 preachers, :XH 613,114 members. ;')'. O AthIiotv and John i The Faith once delivered to the Saints. mmml in tfa gnferwte Raleigh, C," Wednesday, May 15tli, r.umry were elected bishops. As some were in favor of having the work form ed into episcopal districts, giving each bishop his work for four years, this con ference decided to leave that question with the bishops, to arrange their work as they thought advisable. The re strictive rule had been modified and the ratio of repieseiitation reduced to one for every fourteen members of an annual conference. XIII. Met in Cincinneti. Mav 1. I 1 SttJ; pis delegates represented 'con- ieiene,.s es, , preachers and b.2.;28 members. i. ,rly AVaugii, Wilbur Fisk and Thomas A. Morris were elect ed bishops. I),-. Fisk was elected in I'.urope, and was not ordained. When he returned, he continued in the presi dency f the Wesleyan University until his death, The ratio of representation was again reduced to one for every 'Jl i members of an annual conference Met iii Haltiniore, May 1, 1S40, 1 - delegates represented lit conferences, o,.).7 preachers, ami 74!,'2Hi members. For the first time since the death of Dr. Coke, the liritish Conference sent a representative to their American breth ren, in t he person ;,f ev. Dr. Robert Xewton. XV. Met in Xew York, May I, 1x44: composed of ISO delegates representing :: coiil'erenees, 4,LS2 preachers and 1,- 11- .r,- , , . , , lli... ill eimiei's I 1 1 1 u u-ic tt.,. 1 ,1 , .. , . . ,, ',, f-oin.n loiiit-irucc 01 me united .i. i. 1 , ,, ,. ' liurch. I.eoiudas I.. Mainline :n Fdmuiid Storer .lanes wereelected bish- ops. In consequence, of the action of the conference in reference to Bishop Andrew, fifty-one delegates from thir teen annual conferences petitioned for a separate ecclesiastical organization. A resolution was adopted authorizing the conferences iu the slaveholding States, it they found it necessary, to form a "distinct ecclesiastical connection." The second resolution authorized minis- i tei s ,.l'i.v..o- ,n-,il.. I.i "VI V f'l 1. .vi.. v.ii . j. V 111 tin .u. 11 . llllliil i ... , to remain m that church, or without , , blame to attach themselves to the .,, , . , ( 'liurch. South i ne nrst resoiut ion, providing for a distinct ecclesiastical ' organization, passed bv a vote of 147 to ort 1.Y Nl'MBKIl 1. Loi isvii.i.k Coxvkntiox. The South ern Conferences, with unpa railed unani mity, ajiproved the course of their dele gates in the (iencral Conference of 1844, and in accordance with the Plan of Se paration adopted by that body on the e'K'ltn of dune, a convention of delegates ted by fifteen Annual Conferences if i '-ii i.- . i met in Louisville, Kentucky, May, i 1S4.Y Bishojis Soule and Andrew pre : sided. It was resolved with only three dissenting votes "to form a distinct re 1 l"'V, name and st-vle of,,,e Xk J,iM,ist Kpi-opal Church, SoI,th'" T,u r:,tiu 'f Tt sentatiou in " Coiifeivnce was fixed at one for every fourteen members, of an Aiiuti- al J'""'''- , , ' e first (.eneral Cwntercnce ot : the Church South met in Peterburg, Virginia, May, 140; 7 delegates rc : presented 1,474 preachers, 10 Annual Conferences and 4-",4!i church mem bers. William Capers ane Robert Paine were elected Bishojis; John Early, Book Agent; Edward Stevenson, Missiouary Secretary; II. B. Bascom, editor Quar terly Review; John B. M'Ferrin and Mioses M. Henkle, editors of the Nash ville Advocate: Win. M. Wightman and Thomas O. Summers, of the Char leston Advocate, and Leroy M. Lee, of the liichmoiul jiajier. II. H. Kavanaugh and Jefferson Hamilton were constitued the Book Committee. The Book Agent was authorized to receive our jn'ojiortion of the property of the book concerns in the North. A committee was apjioint ed to jirejiare a new Imnn book, and Lovick Pierce, was sent as a fraternal messenge to the M. E. Church. II. The second Conference met in St. IjouI.s, Mai 1, l8.-o. 101 delegates re presented lit Conferences, 1G42 preach ers 404,540 members. Henry B. Bas com was elected Bishop. John Early was continued Book Agent; Thomas O. Summers, editor of Books; David S. Doggett, of the Quarterly Beview, ; as sistant editor of the weekly jtajiers was disjicnsed with. Mr. Lee was continu ed editor at Bichmond; M'Ferrin, at Nashville; Sehon, Missionary Secretary; Ed. Stevenson, Assistant Book Agent at Louisville; C. Richardson, editor Tex as Wesleyan Banner; M. M. Henkle, of the Ladies' Conqianion; aud S. Pattoii, of the Methodist Episcopalian. III. Met at Columbus, (ia., May 1, 1854. It was composed of one hundred and nineteen delegates, representing twenty-one Conferences; one thousand nine hundred and forty-five preachers and five hundred and sixty-three thous and two hundred and fifty-two members. (Jeo. F. Pierce, John Early, and H. II. Kavanaugh were elected B:shojis. The claim of our Church to a prorata share of the old Book Concern having been decided in our favor by the Supreme Court, the" Commissioners reported that, including the jiroceeds from the Charter ed fund and Book Concern, they had re ceived available assets, amounting to .f 202,052. With this cajutal a Book Concern or Publishing House was locat ed at Xashville, and E. Stevenson and F. A. Owen apjiointed Agents. Sum mers was continued editor of books; Sehon was re-elected Missionary Secvc- i pattern in Horft tiaulttui. 4. f Ti TT . , .1 uiv, 11. u. uusron was elected editor ol the Ladies' Companion; Doggett was reelected editor of the Quarterly; McFer- rin, frf Nashville Advocate; Lee, of that at Richmond; I'atton, of the Holston rn.j.i;.. 1 1 .......... ,-m.st.au -vovocate; 1. I.. McAnally, w,dlat ,J"UIS' l;,""'s J- ' bb, the one at Memphis: X. H.McTyeire, that at Xew Orleans: Clayton C. Oil lespie, of the Texas Christian Advocate; and desse Boring, of the Christian Observer, San Francisco. I . The fourth session was held in Nashville, Teiin., May 1, 1 SoS. Twenty two Conferences were represented by one hjimh-ed and fifty-one delegates. ,l,h'r.,fyM.;V Jtheii in our Church two thousand four hundred and thirty-four traveling preachers, and six hundred and fifty-live thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven members. Instead of electing two Book Agents, one was elect- edaud a I .nancal Secretary. -I. B. Mcl errin was elected Book Agent, and j lH.rship in the ( b-neral Conference when R. Abbey, Financial Secretary. Sum- : Cver principals arc absent. There are lliers was re-elected editor of books- Huston, of tlie Home Circle; II. X. McTyeire. of the Xashville Advocate: l.eo. Resser, of the Richmond: I-. H. Myers. .,! the Southern; D. R. McAnal ly, of the St. Louis; S. Watson, of the Memphis; '. C. ! i iilcspie, of the New Orleans; .lames h. ('arnes, ot'th, I exas Advocate: O. I. 1,,gerald, of the; !.. '. ll . M . I I 1 t a a . t . . aciuc .iieinodist; a.,,1 y. .. .Moelmg, oi ii erman jiaper at (ralveston. I(. l.ilellin was elected editor of the North ('areliiia; Advocate: E. ". Sehoii was continue. I ,S Missionary Secretary. was held in 1SIJ2, . Xo ( 'onfereucc in consequence of the war; and the fifth session was held in New Orleans, April 4, 1015. i:: delegates represented 2." Conferences, 2,4.") preachers and .")0. 101 members. There had been since the last Conference, a large falling off in colored members; hence an apparent decrease. A good A-ood many cuanges intro- duccd by this ( onterence. Provision was made for Districts and Church Con- j The ( iencral Conference elects the us fereiices; and for lay representation in ' ua oflicers, Secretaries, etc. By ital the Annual ami (iencral Conferences, j so ,he Bishops are elected, Missionary Probationary church membersliip was Secretaries, ISook Agent, Editors, etc. dispensed with, the pastoral term was i The (iencral Conference has power extended to four years; provision was j tl, ,,iake rules and regulations for the made for the organization of the colored j Church, but under limitations and re people into a separate Church, and the j strict ions which sufficiently conserve all lauooi iepiese.ua! ion in tlie .eneral Conference changed to one (-clerical delegate tor every 2 members ot liiemoers ot an Vimual Conference, and an equal num- her of laymen. Win. M, Wightman, Enoch M. Marvin, David, S. Doggett and Holland X. M'Tyeire were elected Bishops. Two mission boards were created: and Mr. Sehon was elected secretary of the Foreign Board, and .1. j B. M'Ferrin of the Domestic Board. A. II. Red ford was elected Book Agent; Summers was re-elected Book Editor; I. ( J. John, editor of the Texas Advocate: W. C. Johnson, of the paper at Memp" his; MeAnally of the one at St. Louis : J. E. Cobb, of the Arkansas Advoea ;ate: lv Jl. .Myers, ol the Southern: and O ' "g-iai'!, i-rancisco l,!ll"'r- i i:e. ii i" . i . AT. Met in Memphis, May 4, 170; 120 clerical and 100 lay delegates ie jircsented 20 Conferences, 2,33 preach ers, and 471,241 members. Keener was elected Bishoji. John C. The two mission boards were consolidated, and 1 .ucrerrin elected Secretary. Kedtord was continued book-agent, and most of the editors re-elected. A. G. Ilavgood was elected Sunday School Secretary. VII. Met iu Louisville, Kentucky, May 1, 174; 137 clerical and 118 lay delegates represented 35 Conferences, 3,371 preachers and 070,(500 members. ' trial by a committee, and of an ajqieal; The most notable event of this confer- ! neither shall they do away the privi ence was the reception and speeches of leges of our members of trial before the the fraternal delegates from the M. E. ! Church, or bv a. committee, and of an Church, and the discussion on the sub ject " ! raternity .' by order of the Con ference, the Btshops ajijiointed three delegates to visit the General Conference of the M. E. Church, which met in Brooklyn in 170. The hook editor, book agent, missionary secretary, and most of the editors of church jiapcrs were re-elected. 1'iik (iencral Conference of the ! Church South represents, in round mini- bers, a constituency of about six hundred j tion, then a majority of two-thirds of thousand church members less than j the (iencral Conference succeeding shall one-half the strength of its Northern j suffice to alter any of the above restric roxFiiKHK. As compared with other ! tions. excepting the first article: aud al- denominations the Methodists of every name and polity in the United States number !f, 203, 400 church members to I the Baptists 2,147,411 of all shades of j opinion, and the Presbyterians 05,58, the Congregation,! list , 350i;5, and the Ejiisc.ipali.ins 11,0 communicants. Its ministers, too, largely exceed in numbers those of other denominations by 21,71 to the Baptists' 1(5,384, the Presbyterians' 7,00, the Coiigregation- alists' 3,333, and the Episcopalians' 210. Besides, the Methodists can call nt any time upon 2(5,443 local jncach- ers that is, unordained but licensed preachers -to fill their pulpits. The Southern Methodist Ejdseopal ('liurch has seven bishops, the Northern (.'liurch as eleven. The former will elect one in place of the lately deceased and widely lamented Bishop Marvin, and is exjiected to add one or two others to the i number. ' I Benew your subscription to. the An- j vorTK. Price $2,20 per annum. jit. REV. H. 1878. THE GENERAL CONFERENCE j OF WHOM COMPOSED ITS P( WERS. j It may be of use to many readers, ! - ' j particularly the young, to make a brief of , statement as to the composition, the of i organization. and the duties and powers of the Oeneral Confer ence. The Oeiieral Conference is composed of one clerical member and one lav member for every twenty-eight members of each Annual Conference. ( )ne-fourth of the lay members may he local preach ers. Each Annual Conference, whatev er the number of its members, is cut i tM tnhvo clerical and two lay dele gates to the (iencral Conference. The clerical members of an Annual Confer ence elect the clerical deleeates the lav lm.,bcrs, the lay delegates. Alternates ; ari. ei-tcl, who are ei.tit W to mem- now :57 Annual Conferences, and they have elected 14 clerical delegates, with an equal number of lay delegates. 2!li in all ; and as they will nearly all doubt less be in attendance during the session, the present Oeiieral Conference, doubt less, is the largest ever assembled in the : history of Southern Methodism. The (iencral Conference meets in th, ; of May in lour . vcais. It met iu Petersliiirg. Ya.. in 14i; : St. Louis, Mo., in lX.'iO; Colum bus, (Ja., in 1S.")4: Xashville. Temi.. in i LSoS; (no session in 1SC2 on account of ' the war It was to have met in New j, reaiis): New Orleans, La., in lSlJC; i Memnhis. Tenn.. in 1S70- Lom'sville Ky., in 1S74;and now in Atlanta, (ia. It requires a majority of the delegates of all the Annual Conferences to make a quorum for transacting business. ( ne of the Bishops presides iu the (iencral Conference, and they preside iu sneees- j si((Il fl,)U1 ,lav t() A iu ,vl!.tl.M. thev mav determine among themselves. j vital interests. We quote from th quoie irom ttie Book of Discipline the very words, lim- j iting and restricting the powers of the (iencral Conference, viz: '1. The iencral Conference shall not w,'i.t.-ii ..I,.. .... il. ......... . r '. """"i'1'"1- "'" -micies oi Religion, or establish any new stand- anls or rule of doctrine contrary to our i present existing and established stand ards of doctrine. "2. They shall not allow of more than one representative for every four teen members of the Annual Conference, nor allow of a less number than one for every thirty: i'uovlm:i, nevertheless, that when there shall be in any Annual ('ouference a fraction of two-thirds tin . number which shall be fixed for the ra- tiu of representation, such Annual Con- ! fcrence shall be entitled to an additional d.-le.-ate for such fi:u-t5oii-.ni.l Mi. o n. i.-,. also that no Conference shall lie denied the jirivilege of two delegates. "3. Thev shall not change or alter any part or rule of our overnnient, so j ;s t(, .,wav 0pisep:u.y, , destroy the plan of our itinerant general superiu tendency. "4. They shall not revoke or change the (iencral Rules of the I'nited Socie ties. "5. They shall not do away the priv ileges of our ministers or preachers of ajijieal. "(5. They shall not ajiju-ojiriate the pioduce of the Publishing House to any purpose other than for the benefit of the traveling supernumerary, superannuated and worn-out preachers, their wives, widows, and children. I'ltoviiuui, nevertheless, that upon the concurrent recommendation of three fourths of all the members of the sevcr- al Annual Conferences, who shall be present and vote on such lecommenda- so, whenever such alternation or altera tions shall have been first recommended by two-thirds of the ( iencral Conference, so soon as three-fourths of the members of all the Annual Conferences shall have concurred as aforesaid, such alternation or alterations shall take effect.'' I he National Library ol 1 ans ; i iii,! i r ia tins a globe dated 1040, on winch the j course of the Congo Biver is shown just as Stanley has delineated it. On an other globe, dated 1701 , in the Public Library of Lyons, the sources of the Nile and Congo are quite accurately traced. The Portugese were very fa miliar with the geography of the inte rior of Africa as early as the fifteenth century. "How to keep an umbrella,' is the title of a newspaper article. We know. Dig a hole sixteen feet deep and bury T. HUDSON, Corrksi-oxium; E. PIToli. Number 19. G ENER AL CO X FEREXCK CEEDIXfiS. PRO 1--S1 U- . AF'i'F.KXOKN SKSSIUN. A session was held in ' the afternoon to arrange the sittings of the delegates and to attend to other prelimin.iiv business. Rules of order were adopt ed. Rev. . F. Cook. I). D.. of Atlanta, offered an appropriate resolution in re ference to the death of . C. Willis, ot Missouri, ami R. P. MeCa wry. of Tex as, which was adopted by a rising vote. A Committee on Finance, one on tin JioIe ( ausc, and one on Tempera in were appointed. Tin; Bishops are all present and in Usual health. They present a venera ble appearance, though not so aged as we bad expected to sec. Dr. Summers is an excellent Secretary, ami seems to be full of life and vigor, and as the papers an; full of talk about I In: elec tion of Bishops, we venture to remark that there are few men iu that confer ence of more available working force than the efficient anil tin' appearing Socrcta ry. SKIUMI 11. MAV 2. The Committee or Publishing In terests was enlarged by the addition of one. making one minister and one layman from a h annual conference. The session was taken up iu read justing ami completing the appoint ments of committees aud perfecting I he roll of tbe Conference. Objection was made to seating Key. David Morton as a delegate from the I lenver ( 'ouference. liecai.se. after bis election, he bad lieen transferred to the Louisville Confer ence, lie was seated by an nvi'l'H helm ing vote. Hon. dolin llogan. a lay delegate from the St. Louis Conference, was objected to because he is a local preach er. The Discipline provides that one fourth of tin; lay members of tlicCcn'l Conference may he local preachers, and the custom is to elect one local preach er in a conference entitled to four or more lay delegates. Tin; St. Louis Conference has hut two lay representa tives and one. Mr. llogan. is a local preacher ; hence, the controversy. On Ins adiinssioii. the ministers and lav- uien voted separately, as follow ! Ministers. 1 10 tor. 'M against ; laviucn. ;;. for 41 against. Ile was admitted lllllfll HAY. MAV Lists of the committees were revised. A resolution ot respect to Dr. Lovick Pierce, requesting him to preach befo! e the Conference, was adopted. lr. Abbev announced that his re port on the debt of the ( iovc rnuicnl to tbe Church on account of the Xashville r I'ubUshing House wa lily to he lireseuted w hen desired. -MUCH tune wis spell! in aiisciissiiig the eligibility of L. D. Daincrou. of St. Louis, as a lay delegate to tlie (o-ncral ( oiilerence. I lie I 'iscipmic requires thai layman shall have been member- of the Church for six years at the time of their election. Mr. Daincrou has been a member for nianv years. Out in 1871 was expelled, and it is claimed f hat he is not now eligible. On the other band, it is held that the proceedings Iiv which be was expelled were irregular ; and that two weeks after the expulsion be aain united with the Church, and that be is, llicrefore. entitled to hi seat. ote not taken. Bishop Doggett read tin iiadrcii- nial iiddri able pa pel of tbe Bishops. It is an The Bisholis do not enter- tain a doubt sis to the wisdom of the division of 1814. or the. future of the Southern Church. They regard tin action at Cape May as final, ami do not suggest any interpretations, but an nounced that the commissioners would report their proceedings. They also favor the idea of an ecumenical Met ho (list conference. Thev suggested the election of one bishop, and treat sever al ouestions which our readers will desire to see in full. Ve shall give liberal extract. Bishop Paine presented the paper of the Baltimore (iencral Conference, 187(5, on the proposed ecumenical conn cil, which wasreferred to a commit ti-e. Dr. Kelly presented a .memorial from I the "Woman's Missionary Society of the M. E. Church. South which was re- fcrre.l. koi utii n.w. mav -I. Most ot the session was taken up in receiving petitions, memorials, appeals ind resolutions. a nous iianers n-lat- .. ....... v. I lug tome l uoiisiiing iioiise were re- I ferred to the committee. Tbe report of Dr. Abbev and a paper from tbe at- I ii.iMn.vs on tin- claim ietore ( 'mio'i-ps were "read. and. to-other with the ma- ioritv report of the Senate Coinmilfee. 'were referred .to the Committee on Publishing Interests. We did not I hear the minority report mentioned. I The documents read indicated great confidence that the claim would be I paid. A memorial from the Illinois Con- ferenee. rehea rsing tin- pcisecul ions I endured there for opinions, and calling I .,ttention to the name of the Churcii in that state, was read. J he Illinois -l . - i I t ... 4'i.i.iit..i, vii.ii' si. i. ins li-11ilir to lhn Ii tuiiui.ii... .-v. ... J" .1 . 11 . .' M I I known as a pari oi me -i. r. inn-en. , South. A committee to consider tbe revision of the Hymn book was ordered, and a communication from the Colored M. E. Church received, read and referred. It is proposed to use the new met- I al, gallium, for a thermometer, ranging I , i .1 i i Him i.'l. I up to red heat, .hoiit -,.oo kiio- i grammes of Bensberg blende had to be I treated to obtain sixty-two gramme of .1 l-I I Tile metai, I Site (Christian Mnatt. Okkice Cor. Pawhos fc II aroktt St. RATKS OF AllVERTISINu: Space. IWeek. 1 Mum .8 Mons.,6 Mnna.; 1 YaB 1 Square f 1 00 2 00 3 00 4 oo! 6 00 , 00' 15 00! $3 00 6 00 7 00 9 00 li SO 0 oo' Hi 00, (TOO! $13 00 $ Ml all 13 00. MOO' WOO 18 00 30 flu J 45 00 2S 00 j 36 00 . MO 30 00-1 60 00 ?aoa 60 00 76 00 140 09 '5 00 j 140 0' 1M 0(1 2 Square, 3 Squares. t squares. Col'mn Ji Col'mn 1 Coluao Advertisement will becuaogad once arery Ibree montba without additional charge. For arery oth er change there will be an extra charge of twenty ce..t. an inch. Twenty fire per cent. Ia added to the aliova rate for aeclal notice In the Local col uuin. Terme. cash in adTance. unless otherwise Breed npon. Tha abore rates ar cheaper than thorn of anr othar nn, iw, it.. .s !71 " eharactsrandclreulauo.: A CHRISTIAN MAN'S INFLL. ENCE. ItV RKV. .1. . JAMKIl. In town iu Eastern Connecticut, not many months ag,,, a sermon was preach ed in which the reverend clcnrvmiiti de nounced nrtiNKKXNKss, but took the ground that it might not he very wrong to indulge in an occasional glass of wine. Among his hearers was one who had property, a lovely family and talent, nid might have been a very successful man; but had come very near to ruin through drink. For a year lie h.l abstained, but iu au evil hour, had yielded to temptation. Seeing his peril. ie had but himself rxuKit bonds with a moxkv Koiti-Ki r, not to drink again. Af ter hearing that senium ).. v - 9 "-' v hi. nd said to his wife, "That's the doc trine for me." In less than u f,.,.,.;l. .... a, ie boasted that had. taken snv..,tn,. lasses of gin. From that time hi. nicer has been rapidly downward. Another man, in another place, who .ad been well night destroyed, but had 'loken ayay his scruples overcome by earning that a Christian minister had icccpted with thanks and appreciation the gift of some choice wines. He said If Rev. Dr. II. can drink I can." He lid, and soon fell from a high social position to a drunkard's grave. Is it said "such men are very waak" ? 'oth these men were mentally stronger than the a verge. The lack- ua ; intellect but in wu.i.. Iu these, as in any cases, appetite had clainordcd but they had resisted. Thev could do ... -f or conscience, sustained bv Divinity hail the will firm and kept back the powers of darkness. But iu the supreme nsis, a recognized authority had cap tured conscience and thrown all its power on the side of inclination. Is it my wonder, that with such odd against, it, the will should yield and passion triumph ? Right here is the cruel power for mis- hicf of a Christian who takes th. posi tion ot the clergymen alluded to. Their influence is felt at the moment of the soul's liRKATKST l-Eltll. and ;llKATE8T wkakxkss. Vo say that one should be "man enough" not to be governed by others, but to decide as to his own best course and act accordingly, is simply to demand ol that man an imi-ossihii.itv. If he could ai.mi.v wKioii the argument he should reach right conclusions and might act rightly. But nassion iu Hv-.n. nig over his soul like a Wn.-wlo ir.. can't reason. If the moorings ofcox- s. ikm i: hold, all will be well. Iftlmy are torn loose, that man is ruined. If wine-drinking Christians, and esjiecially ministers, example by those who seek to drag down the unwary, if they could know how ten thosand demons seem to echo their sentiments in the stmcrirli soul of thoae to whom a hinoi.k ;i.as Imkaxs itnx, they would drink "no more while the world stands." It may be ' manly to take an occasional glass and sneer at "weakness" of those who axot and those who no not, but is it iiitisTi w ? Reader, let ns not judge others, but for ourselves decide and act ...:ii. ..r.. i i i xv.....v- mj. mii.n woms as arc "tt,,'. Romans xv. I, xiv. 21 and Matt. xviii. 6 D. Temperance Gem. SCIENCE. The discovery of the liquefaction of all gases is claimed for Mr. Perkins as early as 123, when he asserted that he had effected the liquefaction of at- luosjiheric air and other gases. The Norwegian Government uow employs the telegraph to aid in the herring fishery, which is one of tho most important sources of income for the country. By means of the telegraph the fishermen along the whole coast are notified at once of the ajiproach of a herring shoal to any particular ford, and so can gather for their capture be fore the herring put to sea again. Saltpeter is nitrogen oxidized into nitric acid.aud this oxidation is brought about by living organisms consisting of colorlesa cells. These bodies are not only ciimlile .if lil'iinr ,e.tl...., ..... K.t. - --i - -i5 n. i.i iim, but VlSlt is prejudicial, if not fatal, to tllolr development ami growth. Mr' VhiUl ( Wen reco.u- I... 1.. . ! 1 "c n ucnzoin as an eiteet ivt! dressing for fresh wounds. After twenty - four hours he considers wounds no longer recent, and .advises free veil tilation of them rather than closing them up he substance which gives tin I : . , i . . ... moici snaoe to certain vegetable mat tors when thev arc brought in contact with hydrochloric acid, is xylophilin. 7t is colorless and soluble iu water and . ii aicoiioi, ana is louiid in over sixty per J cent, of woody plants, and thirty per cent, of herbaceous plants. Prof. Ramsey maintains that the basins of lakes have been scoojmmI out by glaciers. He cites cases where there are lakes near mountain chains which could hae furnished glaciers, and points out the absence of lake in ...r.i ii . many pan i ine worm hen; there aio no high mountains. It i)l be a diffi- cult task to prove that the basins of all ll - i,r T fivit ttiiia ci.s. ...... 1 ..... i.- i-t .1-11 um,