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MINUTES 


— OF  THE 


TWENTY-SECOND    SESSION 


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— OF  THE — 


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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— OF   THE — 


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. 


4  MINUTES    OF    THE 

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 . .  . , 


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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 

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HOMER    DISTRICT. 


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Vernon 

Louisville 

Farmersville 

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LAKE     PROYIDEA'CE    DISTRICT. 


Lake  Providence  and  Pecan  Grove 

Carroll 

Delhi  and  Floyd 

Oakley 

Sicily  Island  and  Tensas  Chapel  . . 

Waterproof  and  St.  Joseph 

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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 


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29 
80 
98 
30 
122 
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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 


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8U.NDAY  SCHOOLS. 


Q.  18. — What  is  the    number  of   Sunday  Schools,  teachers  and 
scholars  ? 
A.- 


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LAKE  PROVIDENCE  DISTRICT. 

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Delhi  and  Floyd 

Waterproof  and  St.  Joseph 

RECAPITULATION. 

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Opelousas  District 

Alexandria  District 

Shreveport  District 

Homer  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 

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MINUTES    OF   THE 


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 

5  .. 

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. 


LOUISIANA    ANNUAL   CONFERENCE.  21 


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. 


22  MINUTES    OF    THE 

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. 


LOUISIANA   ANNUAL   CONFERENCE.  23 

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. 


24  MINUTES   OF   THE 

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 


LOUISIANA   ANNUAL   CONFERENCE.  25 

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. 


I 


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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