May 9, EIGHTH DAY. Hester's amendment. Motion to lay on the table lost. May 11. Bishop Baker. the admission of delegates from the Mission Confer ences. F. A. Hester moved to amend the pending substi tute by striking out all after the first "whereas," and inserting: Whereas, The last General Conference authorized the Bishops to organize Conferences in the Southern States and Territories; and Whereas, Under this authority the Bishops have organized the following Conferences, and reported their action to this General Conference, to wit: Holston, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama Conferences; and, Whereas, The said Conferences have elected, on the basis of the ratio of representation defined in the Discipline, representatives to this General Conference; and, Whereas, The mode of organizing these Conferences was somewhat unusual, and doubts have arisen in some minds concerning their status and rights; therefore, to remove all doubts, Resolved, 1. By this General Conference, that the Conferences so organized by the Bishops, as above recited, be and they are hereby recognized as Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Resolved, 2. That such representatives as shall be found to be duly accredited, and personally qualified according to the requirements of the Discipline, be recognized as delegates to this General Conference. R. C. Crawford moved to lay this amendment on the table, but the motion was lost by a vote of ninety to ninety-two. On motion of G. W. Woodruff, the time of the session was extended. R. S. Foster having the floor, Conference adjourned on motion of Henry Slicer. The Doxology was sung, after which the Benediction was pronounced by Alfred Brunson. MONDAY MORNING, MAY 11. Conference met this morning, Bishop Ames in the chair. The usual religious services were conducted by J. S. Porter, of the Newark Conference. The Journal of Saturday was read and approved. Bishop Baker, who had been absent from the begining of Conference on account of personal sickness, was present at the opening session this morning. A fraternal letter from the Bishops and members of the General Conference of the African Methodist Epis- May 11. copal Zion Church in America was read, and referred to the Committee on Correspondence. [For letter, see African Meth Appendix B, XXVII.] John M. Reid presented resolutions of condolence with Rev. Dr. Poe, of Cincinnati, and they were adopted as follows, namely: NINTH DAY. odist Episcopal Zion Church. Whereas, This General Conference has heard of the suffering and Rev. Dr. Poe. illness of Rev. Dr. Poe, our Book Agent at Cincinnati, by which he is detained from the seat of this body; therefore Resolved, 1. That we sincerely and heartily sympathize with Dr. Poe in his present affliction, and greatly regret his inability to mingle with us at this session, and afford us the benefit of his experience and counsel in respect to the important interests over which he has so long, so faithfully, and so successfully presided. We remember with gratitude his eminent and useful ministry, and we pray that God may make all his bed in his sickness, comfort and sustain his heart with heavenly grace, speedily recover him to health if it be the divine will, and finally grant him an abundant entrance into the heavenly kingdom. Resolved, 2. That the Secretary of this General Conference be requested forthwith to transmit a copy of the above to Rev. Dr. Poe. The roll of Conferences was called for the presentation of petitions, memorials, and appeals, and they were presented and referred as follows, namely: Call for memorials, petitions, and appeals. INDIANA CONFERENCE. INDIANA. tation. sittings. John Kiger presented a petition in favor of Lay Lay RepresenRepresentation from Graysville Circuit, signed by John Pingston and twenty-five others; also the action of Elizabeth Circuit Quarterly Conference against Lay Delegation, and they were referred to the Committee on that subject. He also presented the action of the Elizabeth Circuit Quarterly Conference against Pro- Promiscuous miscuous Sittings, and also against Choirs, and the Choirs. papers were referred to the Committee on Revisals. He also presented the action of the same Quarterly Conference against Stations and in favor of Circuits, Circuits. and also in favor of the Two Years' System, and the papers were referred to the Committee on Itinerancy. And also a petition from E. W. Cadwell concerning Church Literaour Church Literature, and it was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern. Stations ture. tation. and D. M'Intyre presented a petition in favor of Lay Lay RepresenRepresentation from Clark's Prairie Circuit, signed by May 11. NINTH DAY. Morning. IOWA. Lay Representation. Vincent Lester and thirty-one others, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. IOWA CONFERENCE. E. H. Waring presented a petition on Lay Representation from Bloomfield Station, signed by Leroy Hagan and thirty-one others; and C. A. Holmes presented a petition for Lay Representation from Mount Pleasant, signed by J. P. Grantham and sixty-two others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. John H. Power presented a plan for District Conferences, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals. KANSAS. Lay Representation. KENTUCKY. Conference of colored ministers. KANSAS CONFERENCE. W. R. Davis presented the action of the Conference on Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. J. C. Harrison presented a memorial in favor of the formation of a Colored Conference in Kentucky, signed by H. Talbut, and it was referred to the Committee Lay Represen- on Boundaries; also a protest against Lay Representation from Augusta Circuit, signed by Abraham Baker and twenty-four others, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. tation. J. G. Bruce presented two petitions in favor of Lay Representation: one from Harrodsburgh, signed by J. W. Cardwell and eleven others; and one from Richmond, signed by J. Ayres and seventeen others, and they were referred to the Committee on that subject. MICHIGAN. Lay Representation. MICHIGAN CONFERENCE. R. C. Crawford presented a memorial from Quincy Circuit in favor of Lay Representation, signed by J. Clizbie and fifteen others; also a remonstrance against Lay Delegation, signed by Ira Clizbie and seven others. I. Cogshall presented a memorial in favor of Lay NINTH DAY. | Morning. Delegation from Three Rivers, signed by J. W. Hal- May 11. lowell and ten others; also forty-three petitions on Lay Representation, signed by six hundred and eight Lay Represenin favor of it, and three hundred and twenty-four against it, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. MINNESOTA CONFERENCE. tation. MINNESOTA tation.. J. F. Chaffee presented ten memorials on Lay Rep- Lay Represenresentation: one from Cleveland, signed by A. C. Fowble and seven others in favor, and by A. J. Wakefield and six others against it; one from Le Seur, signed by Robert Ashcraft and sixteen others; one from Winnebago, signed by Rev. J. W. Powell and nineteen others; one from Mankato, signed by Rev. E. R. Lathrop and seventeen others; one from Garden City Circuit, signed by Henry Hudson and five others; one from Blue Earth City, signed by G. W. Wheeler and ten others; one from St. Peter, signed by Thomas. Montgomery and six others; one from Glencoe, signed by Rev. Levi Gleason and thirty-four others; one from Winnebago, signed by Q. Andrews and three others; and one from Farmington, signed by H. J. Shaffner and three others, all in favor of Lay Representation, and they were referred to the Committee on that subject. MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS CONFERENCE. B. F. Crary, Chairman of the Committee on Revisals, reported back a memorial from the south district of the Mission Conference of Germany and Switzerland, and on his motion it was referred to the Committee on Itinerancy. He also announced that William H. Gillam, a delegate from the Missouri and W. H. Gillam, Arkansas Conference, whose credentials were presented on the first day of the session, was now present, and on motion he was admitted to a seat in the Conference, and assigned to the several Committees in the place of Benjamin St. James Fry, who, as a reserve delegate from the same Conference, has been serving in his stead during his absence. May 11. NINTH DAY. Morning. NEWARK. Magazine for children. cation. tation. NEWARK CONFERENCE. I. W. Wiley presented the action of the Newark Conference respecting a magazine for children, and it was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern. J. T. Crane presented the action of the Newark Bureau of Edu- Conference in favor of a Bureau of Education, and it was referred to the Committee on Education; also Lay Represen- two petitions in favor of Lay Representation: one from Madison, signed by B. H. Nadall and six others, and one from Boonton, signed by Rev. H. D. Opdyke and twenty-seven others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. Boundaries. J. S. Porter presented the action of the Conference protesting against a division of its territory, and it was referred to the Committee on Boundaries. NEW ENGLAND. Foreign Chris tation. NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE. D. Sherman presented the action of the Conference American and on the American and Foreign Christian Union, and it tian Union. was referred to the special Committee on that subject. Lay Represen- L. R. Thayer presented the action of the Conference on Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject; also the action of the Bishop Roberts. Conference respecting Bishop Roberts, and it was referred to the Committee on Missions; also the action of the Conference on Freedmen's Aid, and it was referred to the Committee on Freedmen. Freedmen. William Butler presented the report of the Boston Boston Theo Theological Seminary for 1868, and it was referred to the Committee on Education. Jogical Seminary. NEW HAMP- NEW HAMPSHIRE CONFERENCE. L. D. Barrows, Chairman of the Committee on the State of the Church, reported back the action of the New England Conference relating to Chaplaincies in the Army and Navy, and on his motion it was referred to a special committee of five. |