May 5. FOURTH DAY. UPPER IOWA. Lay Representation. UPPER IOWA CONFERENCE. W. Brush presented the appeals of H. Pilbeam and J. W. Waterbury, and they were referred to the Court of Appeals.. D. N. Holmes presented a memorial from Fayette Station on Lay Delegation, signed by Professor A. F. Nightingale and six others, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. WEST WISCON- Baptism. Lay Delegation. WEST WISCONSIN CONFERENCE. A. Brunson presented the petition of John L. Williams for a revision of the Discipline in reference to Baptism, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals. R. Dudgeon presented a memorial in favor of Lay Delegation from Montello, signed by H. W. Hull and eleven others, and one from Baraboo against Lay Representation, signed by Joel Tyler and thirty-three others, and they were referred to the Committee on that subject. He also presented two memorials on Boundaries: one from Kilbourne City District, and one from Mineral Point District, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries. WISCONSIN. Lay Delegation. Lay Representation. WISCONSIN CONFERENCE. II. Bannister presented three petitions in favor of Lay Delegation: one from Kingston, signed by William Judd and eleven others, one from Beaver Dam, signed by D. Newman and seventeen others; and one from Cambria, signed by William Rees and eighteen others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Delegation. Samuel Fallows presented three petitions for Lay Representation: one from Summerfield, Milwaukee, signed by W. S. Carter and thirty-six others; one from Sheboygan, signed by S. T. Stokes and three others; and one from Oconomowoc, signed by G. C. Kinnie and twenty-one others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. FOURTH DAY. The roll of Conferences was called for the presenta- May 5. tion of miscellaneous business, and the following was introduced and disposed of as indicated: BLACK RIVER CONFERENCE. BLACK RIVER. J. W. Armstrong offered the following resolutions, Pestalozzian and they were referred to the Committee on Educa tion, namely: System. Resolved, 1. That the Committee on Education be requested to Rules for the inquire into and report upon the applicability of the Pestalozzian Methods of Instruction to our higher schools and colleges. Resolved, 2. That the Committee on Education be requested to devise and recommend some rules for the government of our seminaries and colleges, calculated to prevent, if possible, the recurrence of those difficulties which sometimes so seriously mar their prosperity. A. J. Phelps offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals : government of seminaries and colleges. Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire Missionary into the expediency of so amending the Discipline, part 2, section 3, answer 1, page 53, as to constitute members of the Missionary Committee members of the Quarterly Conference. Committee CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE. J. B. Hill submitted the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to con sider the subject of the election of Trustees by the male members of societies instead of election by Quarterly Conferences. He also submitted the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Itinerancy: CALIFORNIA. On election of Resolved, That the Committee on Itinerancy be instructed to con- Supernumerary sider the subject of the abolishment of the supernumerary relation. relation. CENTRAL OHIO CONFERENCE. W. G. Williams offered the following resolution, and it was adopted, namely: CENTRAL OHIO. boundaries. Resolved, That the Bishops be requested to communicate to the Bishops on Conference their suggestions and plans for the rearrangement of Conference boundaries. May 5. FOURTH DAY. CINCINNATI. CINCINNATI CONFERENCE. J. M. Walden offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern, namely: On supplying Resolved, That the Committee on the Book Concern be instructed our periodicals to consider the propriety of authorizing the Agents of the Book gratuitously to public libra- Concern, on proper application, to furnish copies of our periodicals ries, etc. gratuitously to public libraries containing not less than five thousand volumes, and furnished with a reading-room, on condition that the papers be placed on file, and the Quarterly Review and the Ladies' Repository be bound each year and placed on the shelves of the library. Financial plan. A. Lowry submitted a financial plan," and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals. DES MOINES CONFERENCE. B. Mitchell offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire into the propriety of adding to the "General Directions" for the "trial of an accused member," sec. 5, chap. 1, part 3 of Discipline, a clause making persons holding certificates of membership amenable to the society where they may reside. EAST BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. B. II. Crever offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to consider the propriety of a rule making it the duty of pastors in the case of the removal of members to communicate the fact of such removals, whenever practicable, to the pastor within whose charge the member so removing may intend to locate. J. II. C. Dosh submitted the following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Revisals: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of having inserted in the book of Discipline the powers and duties of the Leaders' Meetings, and an order of business for such meetings. EAST GENESEE EAST GENESEE CONFERENCE. F. G. Hibbard offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to consider and report on the expediency of changing the clause of the Discipline, part 2, chap. 2, sec. 13, ans. 3 to quest. 3, p. 87, which now reads, "Chaplains to hospitals, prisons, and in the army and navy," so that it shall read, "Chaplains to hospitals, to reformatory, and to medical curative institutions, to prisons, and in the army or navy." May 5. FOURTH Day. On appointment of Chaplains to reformatory and curative institutions. D. W. C. Huntington offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire Conditions into the expediency of inserting in the Discipline a rule fixing conditions under which certificates of membership given by preachers invalid. in charge may become invalid. ERIE CONFERENCE. R. A. Caruthers submitted the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Episcopacy: Resolved, That the Committee on the Episcopacy be requested to inquire into the propriety of so changing the manner of constituting a Bishop that hereafter a Bishop shall be chosen for a definite term of years, and that the person so chosen be installed in the office without imposition of hands. ILLINOIS CONFERENCE. Peter Cartwright offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern, namely: on which a certificate becomes ERIE. New mode of constituting Bishops. ILLINOIS. Resolved, That the Committee on the Book Concern be instructed On publishing to inquire into the expediency of making the Sunday-School Advocate a weekly publication. William J. Rutledge offered the following resolution, namely: the Sunday of the ordination of Catholic priests. Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire On recognition into the expediency of adding to the Discipline, part 2, chap. 2, sec. 12, ans. to quest. 3 on page 85, the following: Answer 2. The orders of those Roman Catholic priests who may desire to unite with our Church may be recognized in the manner and on the conditions prescribed in ans. 1. A motion was made to lay this resolution on the table; but the motion did not prevail, and the resolution was referred to the Committee on Revisals. INDIANA CONFERENCE. D. M'Intyre offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: INDIANA May 5. FOURTH DAY. Arrangement of the Discipline. IOWA. Powers of Leaders' Meetings. Expenses of Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be requested to inquire into the expediency of so arranging the Discipline that every thing on the same subject will appear in the same section or chapter as far as practicable. B. F. Rawlins submitted a plan for Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. IOWA CONFERENCE. E. H. Waring submitted the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be requested to inquire whether anything, and if so, what, is required to define the powers, and to more perfectly organize the Leaders' Meeting or Official Board. On motion of C. A. Holmes, the following resolution was adopted, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on the Expenses of Delegates be Delegates; how requested to indicate what may properly be allowed as expenses: reported. and also to present a form in which the claims for expenses shall be stated, and to report to-morrow morning. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE. John G. Bruce offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Itinerancy, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Itinerancy be instructed to inquire into and report upon the propriety of changing the answer to question iii, section xiv, part iii, page 90, of the Discipline, which now reads, "For any term not exceeding four years, after which he shall not be appointed to the same district for six years;" so as to read, "For any term not exceeding six years, after which he shall not be appointed to the same district for four years." MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS CONFERENCE. N. Shumate offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals: On changing the Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be requested to take time of holding into consideration the propriety of changing the time of holding the General the General Conference from the month of May to that of June. Conference. NEW ENGLAND. NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE. L. R. Thayer offered the following resolution, namely: |