Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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X MINUTES OF THB Annual Conferences Melodist Episcopal Church, South, FOB THE YEAR 1891 . Nashville, Tenn.: Publishing House oe the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Barbee & Smith, Agents. T BISHOPS OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. JOHN CHRISTIAN KEENER, D.D, , New Orleans, La. ALPHEUS WATERS WILSON, D.D, Baltimore, Md. JOHN COWPER GRANBERY, D.D, &p. Louis, Mo. ROBERT KENNON HARGROVE, D.D., Nashville, Tenn. WILLIAM WALLACE DUNCAN, D.D., Spartanburg, S. C. CHARLES BETTS GALLOWAY, D.D, Jackson, Miss. EUGENE RUSSELL HENDRIX, D.D, Kansas City, Mo. JOSEPH STAUNTON KEY, D.D., Fort Worth, Tex. ATTICUS GREENE HAYGOOD, D.D., Los Angeles, Cal. OSCAR PENN FITZGERALD, D.D, San Francisco, Cal. * * «— —* INDEX Page ALABAMA CONFERENCE 149 Arkansas Conference 99 Baltimore Conference 176 Brazil Mission Conference. 19 Central Mexico Mission Conference .’ 91 [* China Mission Conference 161 Columbia Conference 7.7 10 Denver Conference ' 11 East Columbia Conference 6 East Texas Conference. 169 Florida Conference 173 German Mission Conference 30 Holston Conference . i 23 Illinois Conference 96 Indian Mission Conference 157 Japan Mission 162 Kentucky Conference 13 Little Rock Conference 109 Los Angeles Conference 17 Louisiana Conference 87 Louisville Conference 93 Memphis Conference 57 Mexican Border Mission Conference 171 Missi b ppi Conference . 137 Missouri Conference 48 Montana Conference 5 New Mexico Conference 9 North ALabama Conference 129 North Carolina Conference 72 North Georgia Conference 76 North Mississippi Conference 65 North Texas Conference 53 Northwest Mexican Conference 163 Northwest Texas Conference 102 Pacific Conference 28 South Carolina Conference 142 South Georgia Conference 165 Southwest Missouri Conference 31 St. Louis Conference ............... 62 Tennessee Conference 39 Texas Conference 36 Virginia Conference. 118 Western Conference 7 Western North Carolina Conference 113 Western Virginia Conference 20 West Texas Conference 45 White River Conference 154 List of Conference Secretaries , , . 4 Table No. 1.—Ministerial Relations 185 Table No. 2.—Members and Baptisms 186 Table No. 3.—Sunday Schools and Church Property. 187 Table No. 4.—Benevolent Contributions 188 Table No. 5.—Educational Statistics 189 Woman’s Missionary Society 190 Death-roll for the Conference Year 1891-92 191 .* Directory . 193 - (3) .. LIST OF CONFERENCE SECRETARIES Alabama J. M. Mason, Birmingham, Ala. Arkansas .- J. A. Walden, Eureka Springs, Ark. Brazil Michael Dickie, Piracicaba, Estada de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Central Mexico Mission L. G. Prieto, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. China Mission .M. B. Hill, Shanghai, China. Columbia . - . .. E. E. Phipps, Denver ; M. H. Moore, Trinidad, Colo. East Columbia ....... J. W. Compton, Palouse, Wash. East Texas L. M. Fowler, Longview, Tex. Florida F. Pasco, Jacksonville, Fla. German Mission J. A. G. Babe. Holston.; W. C. Carden, Abingdon Station, N. C. Illinois . .0. T. Rogers, Schuyler, 111. Indian Mission M. L. Butler, Muskogee, I. T. Japan Mission N. W. Utley. Present address: Eddyville, Ky. Kentucky.. ...*. John Reeves, Maysville, Ky. Little Rock J. R. Moore, Pine Bluff, Ark. Los Angeles W. B. Stradley, Los Angeles, Cal. Louisiana John T. Sawyer, Louisiana Avenue, New Orleans, La. Louisville. Gross Alexander, Nashville, Tenn. Memphis Warren Moore, Mayfield, Ky. Mexican Border Mission T. del Valle, Austin, Tex. Mississippi C. G. Andrews, Meridian, Miss. Missouri John D. Vincil, St. Louis, Mo. Montana J. B. Parnall, Stevensville, Mont. New Mexico S. W. Thomas, San Marcial, Tex. North Alabama John W. Newman, Anniston, Ala. North Carolina Donald W. Bain, Raleigh, N. C. North Georgia J. W. Heidt, Atlanta, Ga. North Mississippi J. S. Oakley, Columbus, Miss. North Texas .0. E. McWhirter, Lewisville, Tex. El Paso, Tex. Northwest Mexican Mission, ....... ....... ......... ... J. F. Corbin, Northwest Texas John M. Barcus, Vernon, Tex. Pacific .L. C. Renfro, Winters, Cal. Hanesworth, Kirkwood, Mo. St. Louis . ....... .Henry South Carolina V. .H. F. Chreitsberg, Columbia, S. C. South Georgia.,. W. C. Lovett, Savannah, Ga. Southwest Missouri. C. C. Woods, Neosho, Mo. Tennessee .B. F. Haynes, Nashville, Tenn. Tex. Texas ; Seth Ward, Huntsville, Virginia Paul Whitehead, Richmond, Va. Western W. H. Comer, Atchison, Kan. 1 ,C» G. Montgomery, Concord, N. C. Western North Carolina . Western Virginia J. A. Black, Huntington, W. Va. West Texas. Sterling Fisher, Edna, Tex. Ark. White Riv-er. ............. R. S. Deener, BatetHulle, I ! MINUTES. I " - ______ MONTANA CONFERENCE. , Held at Helena, Mon i '., July 29-Aug. 3, 1891. Bishop Duncan, President; J. B. Parnall, Secretary. Question 1 . Who are admitted on trial? Helena District. None. Mem- ILoe’I ber«. iPr’s. Ques. 2. Who remain on trial? None. Ques. 3. Who are discontinued? None. Helena Station 74 1 Ques. 4. Who are admitted into full con- Bozeman Station 40 1 Bozeman Circuit 32 nection? L. Bramble. 1. Boulder and Elkhorn 5»l 1 Ques. 5. Who are readmitted? None. Willow Creek Circuit 82 Ques. 6. Who are received by transfer East Helena Station 2* B\itte Station l» from other Conferences? S. B. Tabor, from Deer Lodge and Anaconda 88 1 the Missouri ‘Conference W. 0. Waggener, Townsend Circuit 28 ; Whitehall Circuit 12 ] from the Virginia Conference ; W. M. Britt, from the Kentucky Conference. 3. 377 4 1 | Ques. 7. Who are the deacons of one year? Missoula District. W. T. Goulder, E. L. Lee. 2. Stevensville Circuit 108 2 Ques. 8. What traveling preachers are elect- Demersville 15 ed deacons? None. Wallace Station 15 Ques. 9. What traveling preachers are or- Corvallis and Grantsdale 17 dained deacons? None. 155 2 10. Ques. What local preachers are elected Recapitulation. deacons? None. Helena District i 377 4 Ques. 11. What local preachers are or- Missoula “ 155 2 dained deacons? None. Total this year 582 6 Ques. 12. What traveling preachers are Total last year 1 448 8 elected elders? None. Ques. 13. What traveling preachers are or- Increase 84 Decrease dained elders? None. 2 Ques. 14. What local preachers are elect- Ques. 22. How many infants have been ed elders? None. baptized during the year? 45. Ques. 15. What local preachers are or- Ques. 23. How many adults have been dained elders? None. baptized during the year? 57. Ques. 16. Who are located this year? H. 24. is B. Cockrill, at his own request. 1. Ques. What the number of Sunday Ques. 17. Who are supernumerary? None. schools? 16. Ques. 18. Who are superannuated? None. Ques. 25. What is the number of Sunday Ques. 19. What preachers have died dur- school teachers? 103. ing the past year? None. Ques. 26. What is the number of Sunday Ques. 20. Are all the preachers blameless in school scholars? 698. their life and official administration ? Their Ques. 27. What amount is necessary for names were called over, one by one, and their characters examined and passed. the superannuated preachers, and the wid- Ques. 21. What is the number of local ows and orphans of preachers? Nothing. preachers and members in the several cir- Ques. 28. What has been collected on the cuits, stations, and missions of the Confer- foregoing account, and how has it been ap- ence? plied? $91.35. Held to be invested. ( 5 ) 6 East Columbia Conference, 1891. Ques. 29. What has been contributed for Butte Station, J. E. Squires. Deer Lodge and Anaconda, S. B. Tabor. Missions? Foreign Missions, $400 ; Domestic Missions, $150. Total, $550. Boulder and Elkhorn, R. S. Clark. Ques. 30. What has been contributed for Bozeman Station, W. T. Goulder. Church Extension? $110. Bozeman Circuit, B. E. H. Warren. Ques. 31. What is the number, and what Willow Creek and Whitehall, W. M. Britt. is the estimated value, of church edifices? Great Falls, to be supplied. Number, value, Agent of Superannuated Preachers, Wid- 13 ; $53,200. Stateler. Ques. 32. What is the number, and what ows, and Orphans’ Fund, L. B. is the estimated value, of parsonages? Num- "• MISSOULA DISTRICT. ber, 6; value, $9,550. Ques. 33. What are the educational statis- E. J. Stanley, P. E. tics? No report. Missoula Station, to be supplied. Ques. 34. Where shall the next session of Stevensville Circuit, J. B. Parnall. the Conference be held? Bozeman, Mont. Corvallis and Grantsdale, T. W. Flowers. Ques. 35. Where are the preachers sta- Wallace (Idaho), W. O. Waggener. tioned this year? Demersville Circuit, E. L. Lee. Thompson Falls and Horse Plains, to be sup- HELENA DISTRICT. plied. A. C. Coney, P. E. Montana Methodist, E. J. Stanley, Editor. East Helena and Alhambra, L. Bramble. J. H. Johnson transferred to the Pacific Townsend Circuit, to be supplied. Conference. EAST COLUMBIA CONFERENCE. Held at Dayton, Wash., August 12-17, 1891. Bishop Duncan, President ; J. W. Compton, Secretary. Question. 1. Who are admitted on trial? Ques. 14. What local preachers are elect- Answer. C. C. Eagle, C. E. Kirk. 2. ed elders? None. Ques. 2. Who remain on trial? W. S. Ques. 15. What local preachers are or- Hornbuckle, Henry Barnhart. 2. dained elders? None. Ques. 3. Who are discontinued? None. Ques. 16. Who are located this year? Ques. 4. Who are admitted into full con- None. nection? F. F. St. Clair, P. M. Bell, George Ques. 17. Who are supernumerary? None. H. Gibbs, Michael Larkin, F. C. Adkins. 5. Ques. 18. Who are superannuated ? None. Ques. 5. Who are readmitted? None. Ques. 19.- What preachers have died dur- Ques. 6. Who are received by transfer ing the year? None. from other Conferences? R. G. Isbel, H. B. Ques. 20. Are all the preachers blameless in Terry, W. H. Hodges, John H. Shelton. 4. their life and official administration? Their Ques. 7. Who are the deacons of one year? names were called over, one by one, and None. their characters examined and passed. Ques. 8. What traveling preachers are elect- Ques. 21. What is the number of local ed deacons? F. F. St. Clair, P. M. Bell, F. C. preachers and members in the several cir- Adkins. 3. cuits, stations, and missions of the Confer- Ques.