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TWENTY-SECOND SESSION
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METHODIST E. CHUKCH SOUTH,
HELD W NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, DECEMBER 11-16, 1867.
IISHOP ROBERT PAINE, D. D., Presiding.
NEW ORLEANS :
OFFICE OF NEW ORLEANS CHRISTIAN ADVQCATE.
1868.
MINUTES
TWENTY-SECOND SESSION
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METHODIST E. CHURCH SOUTH,
HELD IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, DECEMBER 11-16, 1867,
BISHOP ROBERT PAINE, D. D,, Presiding.
NEW ORLEANS :
OFFICE OF NEW ORLEANS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE,
1868.
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Note. —The Minutes this year have been prepared, with reference
to economy of publication, in ae condensed a form as possible,
but it is hoped and believed that nothing of material interest has
been excluded.
LINUS PARKER,
Secretary Louisiana Conference.
MINUTES
Question 1. — Who arc admitted on trial ?
Answer. — Mark B. Chapman.
Q. 2 — Who remain on trial ?
A. — John Wilkinson, continued in class of the third year and
elected and ordained Deacon.
Robert A. Davis, continued in the class of the first year.
Q. 3. — Who are admitted into full connection ?
A. — None.
Q. 4. — Who are readmitted?
A. — James Sterling Lane, William E. Doty.
Q. 5. — Who are received by transfer from other Conferences .?
A. — Horace Jewell, transferred from the L;ttle Rock Conference ;
Leopold Lenz, from Baltimore Conference.
Q. 6. — Who are the Deacons of one year ?
A. — Alanson W. Moore, Seaborn J. Graves.
Q 7. — What traveling preachers are elected and ordained Dea-
cons ?
A. — John Wilkinson.
Q. 8. — What local preachers are elected and ordained Deacons ?
A. — Richard Jones.
John W. Patton elected but not ordained.
Three colored preachers, to wit : William Culpepper, Warren
Williams and Cyrus Alexander, were elected and ordained.
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Q. 9. — What traveling1 preachers are elected and ordained El-
ders ?
A. — Charles F. Evans.
Q. 10. What local preachers are elected and ordained Elders ?
A. — James B. Landers, a Local Elder in the Protestant Methodist
Church, was recognized and received in due form as a Local Elder
in the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Q. 11. — Who have located this year ?
A. — Charles W. Hodge, Henry B. Frazee, Lewis A. Read.
Q. 12. — Who are supernumerary ?
A. — John C. Reed, James L. Chapman, Samuel S. Scott, John S.
Davis.
Q. 13. — Who are superannuated ?
A. — Thomas Samford, Henry C. Thweatt, Joel Sanders, Cbailes
J. Hallberg.
Q. 14. — What preachers have died during the year ?
A.— David Kiunear, Fielding Bell, Robert R. R. Alexander, Leo-
pold Lenz.
Obituaries of these brethren were prepared and entered in the
Journal of the Conference.
Q 15. — Are all the preachers blamelers i:i life and official ad-
ministration ?
A. — Their names were called over one by one, and their charac-
ters were examined and passed.
MEMBERSHIP.
Q 16. — What is the number of preachers and members in the
several Circuits, Stations and Missions of the Conference?
A —
LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT.
Carondelet Street ,;j
Felicity Street ?r,
Moreau Street
Dry^des Street Germau Church •
Crap Street Carman Church
Lafayette and Carrollton German Church
Jefferson City and Louisiana Avenue. . . .
New Orleans Circuit ,
Baton Rouge
Plaquemine and Grosse Tete
Thibodaux ,
OPELOUSAS DISTRICT.
Opelousas
Washington and Bayou Boeuff. .
Bayou Mallet
Plaqaemine Brule.
Lafayette
Vermilliou and Junction
New Iberia.
Franklin
Pattersouville and Berwick City
Grand Cheniere
Calcasieu
ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT.
Alexandria 22
Harrisonburg- and Columbia.
Evergreen and Big Cane. . . .
Wiufield and Atlanta
Spring Creek . . . ,
MEMBERS.
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201
72
130
77
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39
123
57
224
31
1206
224
66
67
25
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61
249
9
20
116
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67
24
61
24
175
53
931
302
225
27
239
46
40
215
10U
819
73
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SHREYEPORT DISTRICT. . ! '$
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£ O
Shreveport 106 14
North Bossier ; 70 50
Caddo ; 185
Mansfield 15h
Pleasant Hill j 255 60
Manny 74
Anacoco 209 8
Natchitoches 20
Springville 350 80
Campte 10
Belle Bower 37 40
1474 252
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HOMER DISTRICT.
Homer
Vernon
Louisville
Farmersville
Minded
Haynet-vilie
MoimH Lebanon
Sparta and Bienv lie
South Bussier
520
100
8
371
50
2
120
285
96
5
289
140
3
231
M
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157
65
261
89
14!)
383
624
21
MONROE DISTRICT.
Monroe and Trenton 129 60
Island and Wright's Chapel Lfl 13
Ouachita
Bastrop ! 10:',
(.'." 42
76 50,
B 15 ou Bat tht lomew
Jefferson
630 213
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LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
LAKE PROYIDEA'CE DISTRICT.
Lake Providence and Pecan Grove
Carroll
Delhi and Floyd
Oakley
Sicily Island and Tensas Chapel . .
Waterproof and St. Joseph
Ion
Wesley
3tE<~APrTOLATI0K.
New Orleans District .
Opelousas District .......
Alexandria District
Shreveport District .... .
Homer District
Monroe District
Lake Providence District ,
Total this year . . .
Total last year . . .
Increase this year
Decrease this year
In
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39
140
29
80
98
30
122
20
558
1206
931
819
1474
2383
630
558
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128
147
224
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252
624
213
147
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71
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BAPTISMS.
Q. 17. — How many infants and adults have been Laptized duriug
the year ?
A.— .
New Orleans District ,
Opelousas District
Alexandria District
Shreveport District
Homer District
Monroe District
Lake Providence District
Total number of baptisms
380
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127
107
32
43
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32
56
21
380
8U.NDAY SCHOOLS.
Q. 18. — What is the number of Sunday Schools, teachers and
scholars ?
A.-
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1 25
1 25
1 20
1 19
1 1<
1 5
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3 19
1 12
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3 158
1 11
1 6
1 4
1 16
I 9
6 46
1 8
1 8
1 17
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150
130
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100
133
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62
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298
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97
70
141
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126
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1000
2000
450
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400
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20
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Jefferson City and Louisiana, Avenue
New Orleans Circuit
1
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200
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150
275
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150
150
750
300
350
100
75
200
1775
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250
550
90 00
75 00
10 00
175 00
31 00
31 00
345 00
131 50
250 00
14 00
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103
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25
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59
100
100
25
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235
3
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SHREVEPORT DISTRICT.
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744 50
10 00
90 00
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HOMER DISTRICT.
Homer • • •
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100 00 j
281
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MONROE DISTRICT.
Monroe and Trenton
Island and Wright's Chapel
Ouachita
Bastrop
Jeilerson
LAKE PROVIDENCE DISTRICT.
Carroll
Delhi and Floyd
Waterproof and St. Joseph
RECAPITULATION.
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Opelousas District
Alexandria District
Shreveport District
Homer District
Monroe District
Lake Providence District
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MINISTERIAL SUPP011T.
Q. 19. — What amounts are necessary for the Superannuated
Preachers, and the Widows and Orphans of Preachers ?
A. -$1,950.
Q. 20. — What has been collected on the foregoing account, and
how has it been applied ?
A.— Collected $1029 00
Applied :
Widow of Jones H. Waters $60 00
Widow of Fielding Bell 75 00
Widow of R. Randal 75 00
Widow of David Kinnear 75 00
LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE. 11
Widow and Orphans of U. Whatley $94 00
Orphans of W. J. McFarland 50 00
Orphans of Thomas B. Baldwin 40 00
Orphans of W. H. Turnley 40 00
Orphans of Samuel Haws , 20 00
Superannuates :
Thomas Samford .V 150 00
Henry C. Thweatt 75 00
Joel Sanders 75 00
Charles J. Hallberg. 200 00-$1029 00
Bishops' Claim :
Amount apportioned to this Conference 1140 00 ,
Traveling expenses , 30 00—1170 00
Amounts Collected :
Amount collected on traveling expenses 30 00
Amount collected on apportionment 648 95 — 678 95
Deficiency on Bishops' claim 491 05
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That in order ro raise the deficiency on the claims of the Bishops for
the past year, it shall be the duty of each preacher, before the first of March, to
take up a collection iu all those congregations where such a collection has
not been taken up during the past year, and forward the same to Dr. J. C. Keener
as soon as possible.
Resolved, That each preacher shall endeavor to interest the members of the
Church in the support of our Bishops, by calling upon each member for a con-
tribution to this object.
On motion, the Chairman of the Committee on Ministerial Support was instruct-
ed to apportion the amount to be raised for the Bishops to the several Districts
of the Conference ; and the Presiding Elders be requested to apportion the
amount for their Districts to the several Circuits or Stations.
Resolved, That to meet the claims of Widows, Orphans and Superannuates
the Preachers pay four per cent, on their total receipts.
Amount of Bishops' claim for toe coming year $1200 00
Apportioned :
New Orleans District $450 00
Opelousas District 150 00
Alexandria District 50 00
Shreveport District 150 00
Ouachita District 250 00
Lake Providence District 150 00
1200 00
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MISSIONS
Q 21. —What has been contributed for the Missionary and Tract
Societies ?
A — For the Tract Society — Nothing.
F<>r the MiHuionar) Society, as follows :
NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT.
Carondelet Street
Felicity Street
Moreau Street
Dryndes Street German Church
Jefferson City and Louisiana Avenue,
OPELOUSAS DISTRICT.
Opelousas ,
Plaqnemine Brule.
Nhw Iberia
S1IREVEPORT DISTRICT
Caddo
Pleasant Hill
Manny
Anacoco
Belle Bower .
IIOMER DISTRICT.
Farmersville.
Minden
MOXROE DISTRICT.
Bastrop
RECAPITULATION.
New Orleans District.
Opelousas District . . .
Shreveport District . .
Homer District
Monroe District
Total
Foreign.
Domestic.
S150 00
$150 00
150 00
100 ..
56 00
56 ..
60 50
120 ..
20 05
10 ..
436 55
436 ..
52 25
17 00
10..
16 20
16 20
85 45
26 20
20 00
5 00
12 00
20 00
8 50
53 50
12 00
8 50
3 75
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6 ..
13 50
9 75
2 7;»
3 00
436 55
436 00
*5 45
26 20
53 50
12 00
13 50
9 75
2 75
3 00
591 75
486 95
LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE. 17
C ONSTITUTION OP THE BOARD OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS OF THE
LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Art. 1. This Board shall be denominated and known as the
Board of Domestic Missions of the Louisiana Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Art. 2. The object of this Board is to co-operate with the Parent
Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in support of Mis-
sions, especially within the territory occupied by this Conference.
Art. 3o The officers of this Board shall consist of a President,
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and five Managers, who
shall be chosen quadrennially by the Louisiana Conference.
Art. 4. The President, and in his absence the Vice President,
shall preside at all meetings of the Board ; in the absence of both,
the Board shall select a President, three of whom shall constitute
a quorum.
Art. 5. The Treasurer shall take charge of all the funds and
property of the Board, subject to the order of the Board, and shall
make an accurate and full report annually of all the receipts and
disbursements of the Board, to the Louisiana Annual Conference.
Art. 6. The Secretary shall keep a full and complete record of
the proceedings of the Board.
Art. 1. That during the year, each preacher in charge shall, as
far as practicable, ascertain how much each member will give for
the support of the Domestic Mission, and collect the same in such
manner as he shall think best.
Art. 8. One-tenth of all the collections made for Domestic Mis-
sions shall be transmitted to the Treasurer of the Parent Board,
and any surplus remaining after supplying our own work.
Art. 9. This Constitution may be amended at the annual meet-
ing, by a vote of two-thirds of the Board.
The following members were elected :
18 MINUTES OF THE
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President P. M. GOODWYN.
Vice President .
Secretary C. TV. CARTER.
Treasurer A. E. GOODWYN.
MANAGERS.
ROBERT J. HARP. . JOHN PIPES.
J. D. ADAMS. W. G. McGAUGHEY:
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Resolved, That we do hereby constitute a Committee on Foreign
Missions, which shall take in charge all business of the Conference
appertaining to the Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
Resolved, That the Chairman of this Committee shall be elected
by the Conference, who shall preside at all annual and other meet-
ings of this Committee, take charge of all funds collected for For-
eign Missions, and dispose of them as directed by the Committee,
and report annually its doings to the Conference, and nhall continue
in office during the pleasure of the Conference.
Resolved, That each member of this Conference shall take up
annually a public collection, and shall preach in behalf of Foreign
Missions, and shall report the amount collected to the Committee
at its annual meeting.
Dr. Joseph B. Walker was elected Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Missions.
APPROPRIATIONS TO DOMESTIC MISSIONS.
New Orleans District— Thibodaux $100 00
Opelousas District — Bellevue 150 00
Shreveport District— Manny 100 00
Lake Providence District _„ 100 00
$450 00
LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE. 19
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
FURNISHING THE GOSPEL TO THE COLORED PEOPLE.
Resolved, That this Conference will at once take measures to
inaugurate the plan recommended by the General Conference.
Resolved, That to this end the Bishop be requested to appoint a
General Superintendent to supervise this work throughout the
bounds of this Conference.
EDUCATION.
MANSFIELD FEMALE COLLEGE.
The places of Dr. Joseph Wilder and Linus Parker as members
of the Board of Managers were declared vacant ; and Benjamin F.
Alexander and John Holmes were appointed in their stead.
CENTENARY COLLEGE.
Resolved, That we, the subscribing members of the Louisiana
Conference, promise to be responsible for the sum of twenty dollars
each, for the purpose of raising a sustaining fund for the Centenary
College ; and to use our influence with the members of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church South to swell the list of subscribers to
this fund, to be paid during the year to the President of the Board
of Trustees, Dr. J. C. Keener ; and that the Secretary be instructed
to prepare a copy of this resolution for the signatures of the mem-
bers of the Conference.
PIERCE AND PAINE COLLEGE.
Resolved, That we appoint Rev. J. S. Lane Special Agent, with
full power to settle all claims of Pierce and Paine College, on the
best terms practicable, by compromise, renewal, by receiving pay
20 MINUTES OF THE s
merits in lands or otherwise, and that the Agent is hereby instructed
to confer with the Board of Trustees whenever he may deem it
necessary, and to employ counsel ; and that it shall be his duty to
report the result of his labors quarterly to the Board of Trustees,
and to report to this Conference in fall at its next session.
Resolved, That the Agent shall be allowed five per cent, on all
amounts collected by him.
Resolved, That the following persons be appointed Trustees of
Pierce and Paine College for 1868 :
Rev. Baxter Clegg. John Jordan.
Rev. John Pipes. J. T. Redding.
Rev. Linus Parker. S. D. Chapman.
Rev. John C. Reed. J. M. Gibbs.
Rev. Philo M. Goodwyn. Dr. R. S. Armstrong.
Rev. Joseph B. Walker. Iverson W. Lane.
Rev. Samuel B. Suratt. Dr. E. 0. Wilson.
Rev. Benjamin F. Alexander. Warren Jackson.
Rev. John C. Keener. A. J. Jordan.
Rev. William H Moss. W. D. Gooch.
Rev. Jesse Fulton. James A. Lane.
Rev. Reynolds S Trippett. A. M. Chapman.
HOMER COLLEGE.
Resolved, That the following named gentlemen be and are hereby
elected Trustees of Homer College, to wit :
Nehemiah A. Cravens. W. R. Gill.
W. J. Moreland. W. F. Blackman.
Marshall S. Kennebrew. Dr. G. W. Maddox.
Stephen W. Davis. Joseph H. Jordan.
Joshua Willis. W. B. Nicholson.
Samuel S. Scott. Thomas J. Upton.
Whitmel P. Kimball. Samuel Armstrong.
LAY REPRESENTATION.
PLAN FOR THE ELECTION OF LAY REPRESENTATIVES.
First. Each Quarterly Conference of each District shall nominate
by ballot one Lay Representative.
Second. At some time during the year the Presiding Elder shall
call a meeting of all the members of the Quarterly Conferences in
his District, which meeting shall elect by ballot Jour of the said
nominees, to be representatives of the said District to the ensuing
session of the Louisiana Annual Conference.
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CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
President of Board of Domestic Missions P. M, Goodwyn.
Chairman Committee on Foreign Missions Joseph B. Walker.
Chairman Committee on Sunday Schools John B. A. Ahrens.
Chairman Committee on Church Publications. .Thomas J. Upton.
Chairman Committee on Education Baxter Glegg.
Chairman Committee on Bible Cause R S. Trippett.
Chairman Committee on Ministerial Support.. .Charles W. Carter.
COMMITTEES OF EXAMINATION AND COURSE OF STUDY
FOR 1868.
ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Committee A. E. Goodwyn and Joseph D. Adams^
Studies — Class of First Year — English Grammar ; Hymn Book ;
Composition.
Studies— Class of Second Year— Hymn Book ; Quackenboss' Ad-
vanced Course of Composition ; and Rhetoric and Composition.
Studies — Class of Third IW— Hymn Book; Whateley's Rheto-
ric, Essay or Sermon ; Reference to Vinet's Pastoral Theology.
Studies —Class of Fourth Year — Hymn Book ; Whateley's Logic ;
Sermon.
BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
Committee .R. S. Trippett and C. W. Carter.
Studies — Class of First Year— Bible, historical and biographical
parts, with reference to Watson's Biblical and Theological Dic-
tionary, enlarged, with New Biblical Atlas and Preacher's Text
Book.
Studies — Class of Second Year — Bible, as to the Institutions of
Christianity, with reference to Watson's Dictionary.
Studies — Class of Third Year — Bible, as to doctrines, with refer-
ence to Watson's Dictionary.
Studies — Class of Fourth Year — Bible generally, with reference
to Watson's Dictionary.
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DOCTRINAL AND CONTROVERSIAL THEOLOGY.
Committee S. B. Suratt and Samuel Armstrong.
Studies— Class of First Year — Vol. I of Wesley's Sermons ; Wat-
son's Institutes, Part III ; Theological Compend.
Studies — Class of Second Year — Vol. II of Wesley's Sermons
Smith's Elements of Divinity ; Watson's Institutes, Part IV.
Studies — Class of Third Year — Wesley's Sermons, Vol. Ill
Watson's Institutes, Part H.
Studies — Class of Fourth Year — Wesley's Sermons, Vol. IV
Rivers' Elements of Moral Philosophy ; Watson's Institutes, Part
First.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
Committee N. A. Cravbns and Philo M. Goodwyn.
Studies — Class of First Year— Discipline ; Clarke's Preacher's
Manual.
Studies — Class of Second Year — Discipline, with reference to
Henkle's Analysis ; Watson's Life of Wesley, and observations on
Southey.
Studies — Class of Third Year — Discipline.
Studies — Class of Fourth Year — Discipline ; Powell on Succes-
sion : Ruter's Church History.
Committee for Examination of Candidates for Admission on
Trial : John C. Keener and Lewis A. Reed.
" xA.ll candidates for admission on trial into the Traveling Con-
nection shall, in addition to their examination before the Quarterly
Conference, as required by the present form of Discipline, be ex-
amined by a committee of the Annual Conference on the ordinary
branches of an English education, of their acquaintance with
which they shall give satisfactory evidence previous to admission."
Action of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal luhnrch
South, in session of 1858.
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GERMAN UNDER GRADUATES.
Resolved, That the Gerra*u preachers who are now or tn*y here-
after be received on trial, shall be required to give satisfaction to
the Conference on the course of study in the English language, as
recommended by the Bishops. ~
TIME OF EXAMINATION.
Resolved, That the classes to be examined be required to appear
before the Committee of Examination at the seat of Conference, at
nine o'clock A. M., on the Monday preceding the opening of the
Conference ; and in case they fail to do so, without satisfactory
excuse for non-attendauce at the required time and place, they
shall be continued in the same class another year.
UNDER GRADUATES.
Class of First Year Mark B Chapman.
Robert A. Davis.
Class of Second Year
Class of Third Year Alanson W. Moore.
John Wilkinson.
Class of Fourth Year Seaborn J. Graves.
EPISCOPAL DECISION.
Bishop Paine announced it as the opinion of himself and his col-
leagues, that where the studies of two years have been brought
up in one, >a»d a satisfactory examination has been passed before
the Qef&mittees, the under graduates so examined are exempted
from future examination upon those studies.
That a preacher on trial for one year can be elected to Deacon's
Orders only when he has brought up the studies of the first and
second years ; and that a Deacon of one year can be elected to
Elder's Orders only after having passed an examination upon the
studies of the third and fourth years.
VISITING COMMITTEES.
Centenary College Charles W. Carter.
John C. Keener.
Linus Parker.
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Mansfield Female College Benj. F. Alexander.
Samuel R. Suratt.
William H. Moss.
Pierce and Paine Collzge John Pipes.
John C. Reed.
James L. Chapman.
Homer College. .. John A. Miller.
Thomas J. Upton.
Whitmel P. Kimball,
CONFERENCE SERMON.
Fisher T. Rawson was appointed to preach the next Conference
sermon.
SEAT OF THE NEXT CONFERENCE.
Q. 22. — Where and when shall the next session of the Confer-
ence be bold ?
A.- louisiaua, December 10, i-
Q. 23. — Where are the preachers stationed this year ?
A.—
APPOINTMENTS.
New Orleans District John C. Keener, P. E.
Carondelet Street Joseph B. Walker.
Felicity Street Linus Parker.
Moreau Street
f Dryades Street (German) John B. A. Ahrens.
\ Crap Street (German) John A. Pauly.
[ Lafayette and Carrollton (German) M s, .-'apply.
Jefferson City and Louisiana Avenue < n*.
New Orleans Circuit To be supplied.
Thibodaux Mission Philo M.
Baton Rou- Charles W. Carter.
Plaquemine and Grosse Tete To be supplied.
Centenary College , Almarin G. Miller, attached to
Baton Kou£r»; Quarterly Conf
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Opelousas District Alexander E. Goodwyn, P. E.
\ Opelousas John Wilkinson.
' Bellevue Mission Fisher T. Rawson.
Washington and Bayou Boeuff Benjamin F. White
j Bayou Mallet James E. Bradley.
I Plaquemine Brule ,. Joseph D Adams.
Vermillion To be supplied.
New Iberia ",..,. : Alexander E. Goodwyn.
Fra ukliD Baxter Clegg.
Pattersonville and Berwick City .J. Knight, Supply.
Grand Cheniere . .Sea'horn J. Graves.
Calcasieu . .To be supplied.
Alexandria District Frederick White. P. E-
Alexandria Circuit Henry 0. White.
Harrisonburg Edwin W. Yancey.
Evergreen and Big Cane John S. Davis, Supernumerary.
Evergreen and Big Cane Robert A. Davis.
Atlanta John F. Wynn.
Spring Creek . , Frederick White.
Montgomery Philip H. Dieffienweirth.
Shre veport District ^ Benjamin F. Alexander, P. E.
Shreveport . . .. Reynolds S. Trippett.
Greenwood . Samuel B. Suratt.
Greenwood James L. Chapman. Supernum'y.
Keacbie William H. Moss.
Mansfield John Pipes.
Pleasant Hill James S. Lme.
Manny Mission To be supplied.
Anacoco J. M. Franklin, Supply.
Natchitoches To be supplied.
Springville Jesse Fulton.
John C. Reed, Sup< rnum'y.
Bayou Pierre To be supplied.
Pierce and Paine College James S. Lane.
Bible Agent and Colored Work William E. Doty, attached to
Greenwood Quarterly Conf 'e.
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26 MINUTES OF THE LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Ouachita District Samuel Armstrong, P. E.
Ouachita Circuit Robert T. Parish.
Monroe and Trenton Horace Jewell.
Monroe and Trenton Mark B. Chapman.
Columbia James A. Ivy.
J Sparta and Bienville Whitmel P. Kimball.
i Louisville Richard M. Crowson.
Farmersville Joseph H. Stone.
Vernon Thomas J. Upton.
Mount Lebanon John A. Miller.
Minden Thomas B. White.
Minden Samuel S. Scott, Supernum'y.
Bossier Nathaniel M. Talbot.
Homer Nehenuah A. Cravens.
Hayne8ville William C. Haislip.
Lake Providence District William G. McGaughey, P. E.
Lake Providence To be supplied.
Waterproof aud St. Joseph Thomas J. Lacey.
Floyd aud Delhi To be supplied.
Carroll Alauson W. Moore.
Winnsboro Thomas H. McClendon.
Ion William D. Stayton.
Bastrop Joel T. Daves.
Bastrop Circuit and Colored Work James L. Wright.
Bayou Bartholomew Thomas Reneau, Supply.
Jefferson Circuit To be supplied.
Transferred. — Joshua F. Scurlock, to the Pacific Conference.
Superannuated.— Thomas Samford, Henry C. Thweatt, Joel Saunders, Charles J.
Hallberg.
Located. — Lewis A. Reed, Charles W. Hodge, Henry B. Frazee.
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