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MINUTES %;,„,

FORTY-SECOND SESSION

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Soutfern Illinois k'immOF THE

Methodist Episcopal Church,

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KLORA, ILLINOIS,

SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER I, 1893,

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RULES OF ORDER.

1. Every member of the Conference is expected to be in his placeand answer to his name at roll-call on the first and each subsequentday, and remain during the transaction of business, unless called awayand excused ; and he shall have his statistics ready for presentationon the first morning.

2. An)- member who desires to speak on any subject shall arise

in his place and address the Chair, and speak only with the permissionof the Chair, and not longer than ten minutes, unless by consent of

the Conference, and not the second time until all who wish havespoken.

3. It shall not be in order to interrupt any member while speak-ing, unless for the purpose of explanation, or on claim of misrepre-sentation, or to raise a point of order, and only then by leave of theChair.

4. Motions shall take precedence in the following order, viz.: to

lay on the table ; to postpone indefinitely ; to postpone to a giventime ; to re-commit ; to amend ; to substitute for, and to take the pre-

vious question ; and motions to lay on the table, to postpone, and theprevious question, shall not be debatable.

5. When a point of order is raised, he who makes it shall, if-

desired, reduce it to writing ; and all motions, resolutions, and reportsof committees, shall be written and presented in duplicate, unless theSecretary agrees to waive this rule.

ORDER OF EXAMINATION.

A. The committee to examine each class shall consist of fourmembers, who shall be reappointed annually to examine the sameClass until the Course of Study be completed.

B. The day preceding the opening of each session of Conferenceshall be fixed for the examination of Undergraduates and the Candi-dates for admission, and the first Friday of each session for LocalPreachers for Orders.

C. At least six hours shall be devoted to examining each Class,

and the examination shall be conducted in writing, each candidatereceiving the same questions, the grade to be in exact proportion to thenumber of questions answered, and the papers containing the' ques-tions shall be distributed in the room where the Class is assembledfor examination.

D. The answers shall be marked on a scale of figures from o to 10—6 indicating a passable examination—and the Examiners shall, in

their reports, specify the grade in each study as well as the average ;

and any candidate failing to reach the grade of six in any study, or to

read any book specified in the course, shall be continued for re-exam-ination in that deficienc}', and it shall be at the option of the Exam-iners to refuse to examine any one who fails to be present at theappointed time.

E. Written sermons required in the course shall be sent to thechairman of the committees at least ten days before the day of examination.

F The chairman of each Committee of Examination shall furnishthe Secretary with a written report to be entered in the Record ofExaminations.

STANDING RESOLUTIONS.

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I. When ail}- member of this Conference intends to object to thepassage of the Character of any other member, he shall hand the nameof such member to the President, who shall pass the name by, anddirect the case to be investigated.

II. When any one of our members is called from earth, it shallbe the dut}- of the nearest Pastor, or the Presiding Elder of the district

to notify all the preachers in the district of such death and of thetime set for the funeral service.

III. At each session of this Conference a publisher shall be electedto publish the Minutes of the next session, who shall be authorized tomake arrangements and to enter into a contract for the publication in

advance of the session.

I\". At the anniversary ot each of our Conference Societies, thecommittee appointed by the Conference to consider the interests of saidociet}- shall present their report for consideration.

V. The Presiding Elder of the District and the preacher in chargeof the station where the Conference is to be held, together with thePresidents of the several Conference Societies, are instructed to arrangethe programme of religious exercises, and, if practicable, secure their

] Jpublication in the Central Christian Advocate.

i'X VI. The Board of Stewards shall consist of sis members, each of

^ ^hom shall serve three vears—^two being appointed at each session of

the Conference. The Board shall organize by the appointment of a

\t* President, Secretary and Treasurer, whose names shall be pulilished,

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acd who shall serve one year.

VII. When the names for candidates for admission on trial or for

orders, are called, they shall, if present, be called forward and intro-

duced to the Conference.' VIII. Each candidate for admission, on trial, or re-admission into

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the Conference, also for election to Deacon's or Elder's orders, shallI be asked by the Bishop presiding: " Will you wholly abstainfrom the

use of tobacco?" And candidates for the recognition of orders, shall,

unless excused by vote of the Conference, be examined in the samemanner as candidates for ordination, and the Committee on ConferenceRelations shall inquire into the character and fitness for the TravelingConnection of each candidate for admission on trial or re-admissioninto the Conference.

IX. There shall be a meeting of the Statistical Secretaries withthe Conference Treasurer, at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, for thepurpose of comparing the monies reported in the .Statistical tables.

X. When a minister in the active work dies, the district in whichhe dies shall provide a monument for him, at a cost of not less than

fifty dollars; and when a superannuated member dies, the PresidingElder in whose district he falls shall make an apporrtonment to theother districts.

XI. Each Presiding Elder, at the close of his term, shall preparea report of his district, not to exceed one thousand words for publica-

tion in the Minutes.

XII. The Stewards are authorized to take annually from the prorata due the claimants from the Book Concern, a sum according to

their discretion, not to exceed ten per cent, of their indebtedness to

the Book Concern, until it shall be paid in full.

XIII. To protect that class of men who have given their lives to

the work of the ministn,- within our bounds no man shall be admittedon trial who is more than thirtv-five vears of age.

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OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE.

PRESIDENT :

mSHOr CHARLIvS H. FOWLER,Postoffice, Minneapolis, Minn,

PRE.SIDING elders:

J. A. SCARRITT.

J. B. RAVENSCROFT,w. VAN clf:ve.

O. H. CLARK.

J. W. FLINT.F. M. VAN TREESE.

SECRETARY

:

J. W. VAN CLEVE,Postoffice, Mt. Vernon, III.

J. C. KINISON,ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

U. G. JOHNSTON. F. L. WEST

STATISTICAL SECRETARY

J. G. DEE,Postoffice, Canni, III.

ASSISTANT STATISTICAL SECRETARIES :

J. Y. REID. H. O. HISER. C. D. SHUxMARD

J. D. HENNESSEY. D. ORR. J. G. HARMON.

TREASURER :

WM. LEATHERMAN,Postoffice, Pinckneyville, III.

W. CARSON.M. B. BAKER.

ASSISTANTS :

W. H. POOLE.L. G. GRANTHAM.

A. H. PITKIN.W. H. PORTER.

PUBLISHER OF MINUTES :

J. B. HOUSE,Postoffice, Enfield, III.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Public Worship. —J. \V. Locke, C. Nash, A. L. Greenlaw.

Tracts.—\\\ A. Cross, A. W. Van Houten, W. R. Bradley. J. L. Hawk,Greenlee Calvert, D. J. Little.

Sunday Schools.—Z. J. Farmer, J. H. Jones, J. A. Leatherinan, W.Keisling, M. L. Cole, C. L. York.

Education.—T. H. Herdman, L. E. Cole, U. G. Johnston, C. Nash, J.

D. Gillham, M. N. Powers.

Temperance.—^J. H. Ford, L. vS. Walker, C. W. Sabine, M. R. Baker,

J. A. Hampton, R. D. Woodley.

Pastoral Address.—John Leeper, C. B. Besse, J. A. Robinson.

Western Book Accounts.—J. G. Harmon, A. Harris, W. E. Ravenscroft,

C. D. Shumard, D. Orr, vSilas Green.

Periodicals.—^J. E. Nickerson, C. N. Burke, L. Cramp, J, W. McNeill,

J. D. Crenshaw, T- W. Jackson.

Church Extension.—y^. Crow, J, C. Orr, J. R. Reef, J. W. Van Cleve,

Wm. Tilroe, S. E. Turner.

Bible Cause.—N. Stauffer, B. S. Smith, \V. L. Burkitt, A. Vandaveer,

J. E. Burke, D. T, Harris.

New York Book Accounts.—Samuel Walker.

Freedtnen's Aid and S. Education Society.—Asa vSnell, Wm. Carson.

W. G. Hale, J. T . Huffman, H. H. Young, J. H. Bennett.

Sabbath Observance.—^J. L. Wallar, W. H. Poole, B. A. Hoar, J. L.

Wylder, Adam Yingst, L. J. Grantham.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.—C. D. Lingenfelter, E. Barnes,

J. A. Taylor, G. A. vSeed, C. T. Douthitt, J. L. Cunningham.

Class Meetings.—^. R. Pierce, G. W. Scawthon, J. P. Rutherford, J. F.

Harmon, J. C. Kinison, L. C. Wilkin.

Memoirs.—J. D. Gillham, L. Cramp, Wm. Leatherman, F. L. Thom-son, J. G. Dee, L. A. Harper.

Conference Relations.—C. W. Bonner, R. E. Pierce, E. Joy. A. Dew-hirst, C. B. Besse, F. L. Thomson.

Woman's Home Misionary Society.—J. F. Harmon, J.L.Cunningham,

J. H. McGriff, M. L. Cole, John Pearce, J. W, Mcintosh.

Post Offices—H. J. Little.

Dotnestic Missions.—^J. A. Robinson. J. T. Murkin, H. Manifold, Wm.McMorrow. J. Y. Ried, J. H. Ford.

Epworth League.— F". L. West, J. H. Jones, J. C. Kinison. G. W.vShepherd, C. B. Besse.

OFFICERS OF CONFERENCE SOCIETIES.

Missionary Society.

President—F. L. Thomson. Secretary—J. P. Yuiigling.

Vice-President—J. B. Thompson. Treasurer—L. Cramp.

Board of Church Extension.

President—J. F. Watson. Secretary—A. F. Taylor.

Vice-President—J. W. Van Cleve. Treasurer—^R. L. Stratton.

Additional Members—Silas Green, F. L. West, J. B. Ravenscroft,

R. W. Ljon and the Presiding Elders.

Ministerial Education.

President—T. A. Eaton. Secretary—F. L. West.

Vice-President—^J. B. Thompson. Treasurer—J. F. Harmon.Custodian—T. H. Herdman.

Freednian" s Aid and Southern Education Society.

President—E. Barnes. Secretary—L. E. Cole.

Vice-President—S. Green. Treasurer—S. P. Groves.

Managers—J. B. Thompson, W. Powis, C. D. Lingenfelter.

Sunday-School Union.

President—J. D. Hennessey. Secretary—Q. D. Shumard.Vice-President—A. J. Dewhirst. Treasurer—N. Stauffer.

Managers—'S. D. Little, J. R. Reef, H. H. Keith.

Tract Society.

President—J. L. Wilder. Secretary—W. T. Morris.

Vice-President—I. T. Huffman. Treasurer—W. G. Hale.

JManagers—A. Yingst, D. J. Little, S. Green.

Cott/erence Historical Society.

President—J, A. Robinson. Cor. Sec'y—T. H. Herdman.Vice-Presidents—The Presiding Elders.

Conference Domestic Missionary Society.

President—J. A. Robinson. Rec. Sec'y—L. W. Thrall.

Vice-Presidents—L. A. Harper, J. D. Gillham, J. Earp, C. I). Lingen-

felter, R. D. Woodley. Cor. Sec'y—T. H. Herdman. Treasurer

—L. S. Walker.

Managers— G. W. Brown, R. L. vStratton, U. L. vStaley, S. L. Dwight,

J. W. Locke, G. A. Seed, W. Tilroe, C. Nash, W. Wallis, C. B. Besse.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.

Board of Stewards.

President,

Secretary,

Treasurer,

J. Leeper. J. B. Thompson.

Visitors to McKendree Colleze.

S. P. Groves.

- L. W. Thrall.

W. Wallis.

B. R. Pierce.

J. B. Ravenscroft, B. R.'Pierce, I'\ Iv. West, N. Crow, R. D. Woodley,

G. A. Seed, J. W. Van Cleve, J. W. Locke, J. G. Dee.

Attentates—C. W. Bonner, J. B. House, J. F. Harmon, M. N. Powers, F.

L. Thomson, J. B. Thompson, Z.J. W. Farmer, W. Leathermau,

J. D. Hennessey, J. C. Orr.

M. N. Powers.

Visitors to Garrett Biblical Institute.

Visitors to DePauw School of Theology.

J. G. Harmon.

Visitors to Hayivard Collegiate Institute.

J. W. Van Cleve. D. C. Ridgway.

W. Carson.

W. Carson.

Triers of Appeals.

M. N. Powers. C. W. Bonner. J. W. McNeill. John Leeper.

J B. Ravenscroft. C. B. Besse. J. H. P'ord.

To Preach A^inual Missionary Sermon.

J. W. Van Cleve. Alternate—G. \V. Shepherd.

Coviviittees on Exaviination.

For Admission on Trial— F. M. Van Treese, B. A. Hoar, J. W.Jackson,N. Crow.

First )'ear—Q. W. Sabine, M. B. Baker, C. 1). Shumard,J. W. McNeill.

Second Year—'P. L. West, J. D. Crenshaw, J. H. Ford, S. .\. Mcintosh.

Third Vear—B. R. Pierce, J. C. Kiuison, G. W. Shepherd, R. I).

Woodle}'.

Fourth Year—V. L. Thomson, G. A.vSeed, W. A. Cross, J. D. Hennessey.

Local Preachersfor Deacons' Orders.

J. W. Mcintosh. L. E. Cole. J. C. Orr. W. G. Hale.

Local Preachers for Elders^ Orders.

J. B. Thompson. E. Barues. X. Stauffer. J. A. Hampton.

District Boards of Church Location.

Alton District—\\. A. Cross, J. N. English, F. L. Thomson, S. MGrubbs.

Lebanon District— G. \V. Shepherd, W. C. Buchanan, C. \V. Bonner,

Jon. Seaman.

Ml. Cannel District—}. Y. Reid, H. H. Crozier, J. W. McNeill, J. H.

Wilson.

Ml. lemon District—J. D. Crenshaw, E.J. Ingersoll, John Leeper, R.

\V. Lyon.

Olney District—J.W . Jackson. David Watts, J. T. Murken, S. T. Liudsa}

Vandalia District—V. L. West, S. L. Dwight, C. B. Besse, G. W. Browi:

Board of Church Extension.

President—]. F.^Watson.

Vice President—^J. W. Van Cleve

Secretarv—A. F. Taj'lor.

Treasurer— R. L. vStratton.

Additional Members—Silas Green, F. L. West, J. B. Ravenscroft, R. W.Lyon and the Presiding Elders.

SPECIAL SERVICES.

Tuesday Evening.— Centeunial Sermon by E. Joy.

Wednesday Afternoon. S.\\\\\y<ixs-Ary Epworth League vSociety. Ad-

dresses by G. W. Shepherd, J. W. Jackson, J. W. Van Cleve,

J. H.Jones, R. I). Woodley.

Wednesday Evening.—Church Extension Anniversary. Address by

Dr. M. S. Hard.

Thursday Afternoon.—Anniversary of Woman's Foreign Missionary

vSociety. Address by Dr. C. P. Hard.

Thursday Evening.—Xnu'w^rssiry of Missionary Society. Addresses

by Drs. Bowen, C. P. Hard, Jesse Bowman Young.

Friday Afternoon.—^Memorial Service. Anniversary of Temperance

vSociety. Addresses by C. B. Besse, J. L. Wallar

Eriday Evening.—Anniversary of the Educational Society. Addresses

by M. L. Barr, President of McKendree College, C B. Besse, L-

W. Thrall.

Saturday Afternoon.—'Missionary Sermon by R. D. Woodley.

Saturday Evening.—Anniversary of Freedmen's Aid ami vSouthern

Educational Society. Address by Dr. Hartzell.

Sunday Morning.—hove Feast. Led by S. Walker. Sermon b}

Bishop C. H. Fowler.

Sunday A/ternoon.—Ordination of Deacons and Elders.

Sunday Evening.—Sermon by J. Young, D. D.

SUMMARY OF DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS.

/.— W//0 have been received by Transfer a7id from v.'/iat Conference?

J. M. Adams, from Kentucky Conference, D. C. Ridgway, from

Austin Conference.

2.— ffV/o fiave been Re-admitted *

None.

J.— W/io /lave been Received on Credentials, and from zviiat Churches}'

Ivittleton Hullett, from M. E. Church South.

4.— ]Vho have been Received on Trial '

F. M. James, J. W. Cummins, L. W. Porter, J. P. Levitt, L.

Hullett, C. W. Wynant, Geo. N. Wilkerson, J. M. Adams,Theodore Cates, Gye Park.

;/') In Studies of Third Tear.

None.

J.— Who have been Continued on Trial-'

(a) /;/ Studies of the First I'ear.

S. S. Smith, G. W. Randle, C. S. McCullom, N. D. Sweeney.

(^) In Studies of Second Tear.

J. A. Large, O. E. Laird, Ressho Robertson, C. J. Pressley, J. E.

McKelvey, O. F. Culver, T. O. Holly, \V. H. Neil, W. CWalton, D. R. Miller, N. Atkin, A. J. Littell, Charles T.

Douthitt, Lafayette C. Wilkin.

(c) 1)1 Studies of Third Tear.

None.

{d) In Studies of Fourth I'ear.

None.

6.— If 7/f have beeti Discontinued ^

None.

7.— Who have been Admitted info Full Membership ^

(a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year.

Hiram H. Young, Jason B. Cummins, John K. Hunter, Geo. E.McCammon, William D. Mcintosh, Samuel C. Pierce, Alfred

H. Pitkin, Douglas Shouse, David W. Baker, H. O. Hiser.

[b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previouslv.

Lewis J. Grantham, Elmer E. Waggoner, Charles T. Douthitt,

Lafavette C. Wilkin.

8, W/iat Meinbeys arc ui the Studies of the Third Tear?

(<j) Admitted inlo Full Membership tliis I'ear,

Lewis J. Grantham, Hiram H. Young, Elmer K. Waggoner, Jason

B. Cummins, John K. Hunter, Geo. E. McCammou, William D.

Mcintosh, Samuel Pierce, Alfred H. Pitkin, Douglas Shouse,

David W. Baker, Henry O. Hiser.

(/') Admitted into Ful/ Membership previously.

Sherman P. Young, Charles Gorden, J. W. Maddux.

g.— What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year ?

Willard Kiesliug, M. L. Cole, Albert Vandaveer, Charles V,.

Bovard, Samuel E. Turner, John A. Taylor, John W. Tennyson,

William H. Poole, Lawrence Smith, Charles E. Baker, JamesE. Burk, William J. Hopper.

lo— What Members have Completed the Conference Course of Study ?

(o) Elected and Ordained Elders this year.

Wm. Carson, David L. Harris, Josiah C. Kiuison, Ulysses G. John-ston, Zelah J. P'armer.

{b) Elected and Ordained Elders previously. •

Charles E. Sale.

//.— What other mcwbers have been Elected and Ordained Deacons-'

(a) As Local Preacher.

Joel Brown, G. W. Webber.

(b) Under Missionary Rule.

None.j

12.— What others have been Elected and Ordained Elders?

(a) As Local Deacons.

None.

(b) Under Missionary Rule.

Samuel C. Pierce.

ij.—Was the Character of each I'reacher Examined?

Yes, in open Conference.

14 —Who have been Transferred, and to -what Conference?

J. W. Britton, to Missouri Conference, Isaiah Villars, to RockRiver Conference, and E. C. P'ergusou, to the Holston

Conference.

IS.— Who have Died?

Lafayette Casej-, Edmund Root, William T. Brannum.

lb.— Who have been Located at their o'vn Request.''

J. W. Phillips, T. J. Davis, J. D. Reeder, C. N. Burke, JohnPearce.

J 7 — Wlio liax'e been Located ^

None.

J '-<.— IV//0 have -vitlidra-vii .'

J. vS, .Sproul.

ig.— Who have heen permitted to -.vithdrav.' under Changes or Coinptahifsr'

None.

2('.—Who have been Expelled '

None.

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— What other personal Notation should be made?

(a) Willis Patchen, an Elder of Presliyteriau Church.

(b) J. W. Phillips, restored by action of Judicial Conference.

22.— IVho are the Supernumerary Preachers f

N. B. Cooksey, vS. Walker, A. L. Greenlaw, A. D. Cullom, J. P.

Youngling, G. M. Whitsell, J. W. Field, J. W. Maddux, H.

Sears, J. D. Gillham.

2^.— Who are the Superantiuated Preachers:'

R. W. Laughlin, G. W. Waggoner, F. O. Blair, C. Mapes, D.

Oglesby, M. House, A. Bliss, J. P. Dew, D. FUam, (r. W. Cullom,

R. Randle, M. L. King, J. P. Rutherford, J. W. Nail, A. Ransom,

J. Weeden, J. W. Franklin, J. J Boyer, L. A. Harper, T. A,

Eaton, J. A. Thrapp, V. D. Lingenfelter, H. H. Keith, R. Allyn,

W. F. Davis, Wm. McMorrow, H. Manifold, Wm. Van Cleve,

Joseph Earp.

2^.— IVho are the Triers of Appeals? '

M. N. Powers, C. W. Bonner, J. W. McNeil, John Leeper, J. B.

Ravenscroft, C. B. Besse, J. H. Ford.

2j.— What is the Statistical Report for this year?

.See vStatistics.

^(j^— What is the Aggregate of the Benevolent Collections as reported by

the Conference Treasurer ?

I19.536.

2j,— What are the Claims on the Conference Funds?

Is.000.

28.— What has been Rfceived on these Claims, andhoivhas if been applied ?

14,297. vSee Report.

2g_— Where are the Preachers Stationed?

See list of appoinments.-(, — Where shall the ftext Conference be held ?

McLeansboro, His.

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS.

The figures indicate the number of years in charge.

Alton District.6 J. A. SCARRITT,

2 Alton F. L. ThomsonI Bethalto, supplied by

G. L Dunuavan1 Brighton W. A. Cross2 Bunker Hill... G. W. vScawthon2 Dounellson C. L. York4 Edwardsville

W. E. Ravenscroft.1 Elsah J. E. Burk

Fieldon to be supplied2 Gillespie J. A. Hampton

Godfrey to be supplied

E., Alton-, 111.

Grafton, supplied byGrant Groves

Jerseyville ...N. CrowKane J. A. TaylorLitchfield M N. Powers

" Circuit supplied..by Willis PatchenNew Douglas J- T. HuffmanPiasa J. L. WyldervShipman L. Cramp.Staunton E. E. WaggonerUpper Alton J. A. Robinson

Lebanon3 O. H. Clark, P.

I Beaucoup H. H. Young 1

1 Belleville G. W. ShepherdI

3 Carlyle J. D. Hennessey2 Collinsville .J. C. OrrI East St. Louis. ..R D. WoodleyI Freeburg .J. M. Adams

;

I Greenville C. W. Bonner|

1 Hagerstown Gve Park2 Huey C. W 'WaltonI Lebanon J. W. Locke

;

I Mulberrj- Grove C. E. Bakerj

I Nashville .J. W. Mcintosh|

T. H. Herdman, Financial Agent ; W. W. Edwards, Professor

McKendree College, members of Lebanon Quarterly Conference.

District.E., Belleville, 111.

I Okawville, supplied byH. L. Davenport

4 Pocahontas Z. J. W. FarmerI Ramsey D. T. Harris

Shiloh G. A. SeedTrenton C. D. ShumardTroy N. D. .SweeneyVenice R. C. HoughtonWaterloo W. H. NeilWisetown A. Yingst

Mt. CarmI J. G. Dek. P

I Belknap T. O. HolleyI Carmi J. W. McNeil

Carriers Mills. ...to be supplied1 Crossville, supplied by

J. P- Yungling2 Dahlgren, supplied by

N. B. Hodson2 Eddyville, supplied by

W. D. Margrave1 Eldorado J. Y, Reid2 Elizabethtown...W. R. BradleyI Enfield J. B. HouseI Epworth S. A. McintoshI Equality, supplied by

N. Bascom1 Golconda J. B. CumminsI Grayville R. E Pierce1 Harrisburg D. Orr

el District.E., Carmi, 111.

1 Maunie, supplied byG. W. Lauderdale

5 McLeansboro .J. L. Wallar2 " Ct...W. J. HopperI Metropolis J. H.JonesI " Circuit J. H. Davisr Mill vShoals, supplied by...

A. S.JenkinsI Mt. Carmel .J. F". HarmonI New Burnsides Theo. Cates1 Norris City, S. S. .Smith....

and W. C Wyuant2 Omaha C. L. Douthitt2 Shawneetown J. G. Tucker1 Vienna ,J. H. Ford2 •• Circuit .J. R, ReefI Wayne City J. H. Bennett

Mt. Vernon3 J. W. FwNT, P. E.

Auna B. S. SmithAshley L.J. GranthamBenton N. StaufferCairo F. M. VanTreeseCarbondale S. P. GrovesCarterville...Ressho RobertsonChester and Palestine

L. vS. WalkerCorinth J. C. KinisonDuQuoin John Leeper

" Circuit. ..C. J. PressleyElco, supplied by D. W. AshbyFrankfort J. K. HunterJonesboro J. L. HawkMakanda h. SmithMarion J. D. Crenshaw

District.., Carbondale, 111.

3 Mound City E. Joy2 Mt. Vernon J. W. VanCleve3

" Circuit, vSilas Green3 Murphysboro A. J. Littell

2 Opdyke Asa vSnell

r PinckneyvilleW. A. Leatherman

I Richview M. L. ColeI vSparta and Coulterville

J. L. Cunuinj^hamI Spring Gaiden O. E. LairdI Steelville J. Ji. McKelveyI Tamaroa C. S. McCollomI Thebes W. McEllagoodI Vergennes W. D. McintoshI Villa Ridge Fred James

Oiney District.I Wm. WaluS, p. E., Olney, 111.

Albion Wm. Carson" Ct. supplied by W. Weber

Belmont Greenlee CalvertBone Gap C. W. SabineBridgeport W. PowersClaremont, supplied by

J. W. EdmondsonClay City C. D. LingenfelterFairfield J. B. RavenscroftFlat Rock Wm. TilroeFlora D. C. RidgwayHutsonville J. T. MurkenJeffersonville L. C. WilkinLancaster ...A. W. Van Houten

Mt. Erie H. O. HiserNewton U. G. Johnston

" Circuit, E. M. BarringerNoble W. H. PooleOblong A. J. DewhirstOlney C. NashRobinson J. W. Jackson

" Circuit supplied byIsaiah Boatman

Sumner .J. G. HarmonCircuit.. .W. L. Burkitt

West Liberty.. L. W. PorterWillow Hill.. ...J. W. Tennyson

J. H. McGriff, Agent American Bible vSociety, and member Olney

Quarterly Conference.

I L.

Vandalia District.W. Thrai.1., p. E., Salem, 111.

Alma A. HarrisAltamont C. E. BovardAvena L. E. ColeCentralia F. L. West

" Mission supplied byWni. Bickers

Cisne, supplied byIra G. Morrill

Effingham B. E. PierceFarina B. A. HoarIrvington S. E. Turnerluka D. R. MillerJohnsonville

Geo. N. WilkersonKinmundy J. li. Nickerson

Louisville A. H. PitkinMason M. B. BakerMoccasin D. J. Little

Montrose James LeavittOdin .....J. A. LeathermanPatoka E. BarnesSailor Springs D. ShouseSt. Elmo \\\ T. MorrisShobonier, supplied by

P. W. LockhardvSalem J. B. ThompsonVandalia C. B. BesseWalnut Hill..Littleton HullettWatson A. VandaveerXenia D. W. Raker

C. A. Beckett, N. W. Atkins, G. E. McCamnion, J. A. Large,

Charles Virden, S. P. Young, W. G. Hale, O. F. Culver left without

appointment to attend one of our schools.

JOUl^fli^L OF DAILY pROGEEDIflll^.

FIRST DAY—Morning Session.

Flora, Ills., Sept. 27, 1893.

Cy^HU Southern Illinois Annual Conference convened for

\\^ its Fortj^-second Session in the Methodist Episcopal

^^^ Church, in Flora, Ills., at 8:30 A. m., September 27,

1893.

After a half-hour praise service, conducted by J. Leeper,

J. A. Robinson, assisted by the Presiding Elders, admin-

istered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

In the absence of Bishop Fowler, J. A. Robinson waselected Temporary Chairman, and called the Conference to

order.

J. W. Van Cleve, Secretary of the Conference at its last

session, called the roll, and the following members answered

to their names :

Baker, C. E.Barnes, E.Barringer, E. M.Baker, M. B.

Bonner, C. W.Bradley, W. R.Burk, C. N.Burkitt, W. L.Burk, J. E.Clark, O. H.Crenshaw, J. D.Cullom, A. D.Cramp, L.Cole, M. ly.

Cross, W. A.Cunningham, J. L.Cullom, G. W.Cole, L. E.Carson, W.Davis, W. F.Dee, J. G.Dewhirst, A.

Earp, J.Farmer, Z. J.Flint, J. W.Ford, J. H.Gillham, J. D.Greenlaw, A. L.

Hoar, B A.House, J. B.

Hufifman, J. T.House, M.Harris, D. T.Hopper, \V. J.

Jackson, J. W.Joy, E.Jones, J. H.Johnston, U. G.Keith, H. H.Keisling, W.Kinison, J. C.Locke, J. W.Leatherman, J. A.Leatherman, W.Leeper, J.Lingenfelter, CD.Little, D.J.Maddux, J. W.McGriff, J. H.Mcintosh, vS. A.Mcintosh, J. W.McMorrow, J. W.McNeill, J. W.Manifold, H.Murken, J. T.Morris, W. T.

Powers, M. N.Powis, W.Ransom, A.Ravenscroft, J. B.Reid, J. Y.Robinson, J. A.Sabine, C. W.Scarritt, J. A.vScawthon, G. W.vSeed, G. A.vShepherd, G. \V.

Shumard, C. D.vSmith, B. S.

vSmith, L.vSnell, A.Stauffer, N.Sale, C. ETaylor, J. A.Tennyson, J. W.Thompson, J. B.

Thomson, F L.Thrall, L. W.Tilroe, \V.

Turner, S. E.Vandaveer, A.Van Treese, F. M.Van Houten, A. W.Waggoner, G. W.

iS JOURNAL OF DAIIvY PROCEEDINGS.

Groves, S. P.Green, S.

Harris, A.Harmon, J. F.Harmon, J. G.Harper, L. A.Hawk, J. L.Hennessey, J. I).

Herdmau,'T. H.

Nickerson. J. E.Nash, C.

Nail, J. W.Orr, I).

Orr, J. C.Pearce, J.Pierce, B. R.Pierce, R. V,

Poole, W. H.

Walker, L. S.

Walker, S.

Wallar, J. L-Wallis, W.West, F. L.Woodley, R. I).

Yingst, A.Young, S. P.

Hiser, H. O.Grantham, L. J.Waggoner, E. E.Douthit, C. F.

Cummins, J. B.

Hunter, John K.McCammon, G. E.Mcintosh, W. D.Pierce, vS.

PROBATIONKRS.

Pitkin, A. H.Baker, I). W.Shouse, D.Large, J. A.Laird, O. E.Robinson, R.McKelvev, J. E.Culver, d. E.Holley, T. O.

Neill,"W. H.Smith, S. S.

Walton, W. C.Miller, D. R.McCullom, C. S.

Randle, G. W.Sweeney, N. D.

The Rules of Order and the Standing Resolutions

governing last Conference were adopted for the government

of this.

J. W. Van Cleve was elected Secretary, who selected as

his assistants F. L,. West, J. C. Kinison and U. G. John.ston.

J. G. Dee was elected Statistical Secretary, who selected

J. Y. Reid, H. O. Hiser, C. D. Shumard, J. D. Hen-

nesey, D. Orr, J. G. Harmon as assistants.

Wm. lyeatherman was elected Treasurer, and nominated

as assistants W. Carson, W. H. Poole and A. H. Pitkin.

The report of the Committee on Standing Committees

was presented and adopted.

The bar of Conference was by vote fixed at the rear of

the fourth window.

At call of Statistical Secretary, reports were collected.

Upon request of Wm. Weatherman, J. G. Harmon was

excused from statistical work to serve as Assistant Treasurer,

and his place filled by M. B. Baker.

Rev. Dr. M. S. Hard, representing the Church Exten-

sion Society, was introduced, and addressed the Conference.

At 11:00 A. M. Bishop C. H. Fowler arrived, and took

the chair.

SOUTHERN IIvIvINOlS M. E). CONFERENCE. 19

Q'^EsTioN Was the Character of each preacher exammedf

The Thirteenth Question was called. After passage of

his character, J. A. Scarritt, Presiding Elder of Alton

District, reported his work. After passage of their characters,

the following elders reported their Missionary and Conference

Claimants Collections: F. L,. Thomson, J. A. Robinson, G.

W. Scawthon, J. Earp, M. N. Powers, J. T. Huffman and

W. A. Cross.

After passage of his character, O. H. Clark, Presid-

ing Elder of lyebanon District, reported his district. After

passage of their characters, the following elders reported

their Missionary and Conference Claimant Collections : R.

D. Woodley, J. D. Hennessey, F. E- West, J. W. Mcintosh,

E. W. Thrall, E. Cramp, G. A. Seed, A. W. Van Houten,

C. W. Bonner, C. D. Shumard, J. C. Orr, Adam Yingst, T.

H. Herdman, W. W. Edwards and E. C. Ferguson.

Upon motion of his Presiding Elder, W. B. Bruner wasgranted a superannuated relation.

The Conference instructed J. D. Gillham to turn over

to the Presiding Elder of Lebanon District, O. H. Clark,

certain monumental funds in his hands amounting to fifty

dollars, to be used in purchase of a tombstone for C. M.

Holliday, when proper conditions shall have been complied

with.

J. P. Odgers, of Rock River Conference, representing

the interests of Wesle)' Hospital, addressed the Conference.

A committee consisting of M. N. Powers, J. E. Wallar

and J. W. Eocke, was appointed to confer with Bro. Odgers

relative to the interests of Wesley Hospital.

J. E. Nickerson was appointed to solicit subscriptions

for the Methodist Revie7v.

A draft of $25.00 on the Chartered Fund and one of

$1,402 on the Book Concern, were ordered.

The sum of $1,179 was asked for the Episcopal Fund,

and the matter referred to the Presiding Elders for apportion-

ment.

Dr. Curts, of the Book Concern, was introduced, and

presented our publishing interests.

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A committee consisting of W. E. Ravenscroft, John

Leeper, J. B. Thompson, J. F Harmon, J. W. Jackson and

R. D. Woodlej', was appointed to confer with our book

agents and give aid in collections.

Friday morning at 9:30 was the hour fixed upon for the

reception of probationers in full connection.

The list of committees was read and announcements

made, and after remarks b}' the Bishop and the singing of

the doxology, the Conference adjourned with the benediction.

SECOND DAY— Morning Session.

September 28, 1893.

After devotional exercises, led by C. W. Bonner, the

Conference w-as called to order at 9 o'clock by Bishop Fowler.

The character of C. X. Burk, an Elder of Alton District,

was passed, after which he reported his collections,

^^xili""^

The Thirteenth Question was resumed. J. B.

Ravenscroft, Presiding Elder of Mt. Carmel District,

after passage of his character, reported his District.

After passage of their characters, the following Elders

personally or through their Presiding Elder reported their

collections: J. G. Dee, J. W. McNeill, W. R. Bradley, E- E.

Cole, J. Y. Reid, J. H. Ford, D. Orr, J. H. Jones, N. vStauf-

fer, J. L. Wallar, J. T. Harmon, R. E. Pierce, C. E. RoN'se

and J. R. Reef. Also character of J. H. Bennett was passed,

but no report was made.

J. W. Flint, Presiding Elder of Mt. Vernon District, after

passage of his character, reported his District. The following

Elders of this District reported their collections after their

characters had been passed: J. A. Leatherman, S. P. Groves,

Wm. Wallis, L- S. Walker, John Leeper, J. E. Hawk, E.

Jo}', J. W. \'an Cleve, Silas Green. A. vSnell, B. S. Smith,

J. L. Cunningham and J, D. Crenshaw. J. W. Brittoin wasreported transferred to the Missouri Conference.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS M. E. CONFERENCE. 21

Upon request of Wm. Leatherman, the Conference

appointed L,. J. Grantham and W. H. Porter as Assistant

Treasurers.

Olne}' District was next called, and in the absence of the

Presiding Elder, Wm. Van Cleve, on account of sickness,

after the passage of his character, his report was read b}^ J.

W. Van Cleve.

The following Elders, after passage of their characters,

reported: A. J. Dewhirst, Wm. Powis, S. A. Mcintosh, J. T.

Murken, G. W. Shepherd, J. W. Eocke, Wm. Tilroe, J. H.

McGriff, C. D. Eingenfelter, C. W. Sabine, E. W. Barringer,

C. Nash, J. W. Jackson J. G. Harmon, Greenlee Calvert and

W. E. Burkitt.

Vandalia District was called, and after passage of his

character, F. M. Van Treese, Presiding Elder, reported his

District. After his report E. Barnes, in behalf of the preach-

ers of Vandalia District, presented him with a gold-headed

cane, and the Bishop in behalf of the same bod}' of preachers

presented him with a gold watch.

The following Elders of this Di-strict, after passage of

their characters, reported: A. Harris, C. E. Bovard, D. J.

Eittle, J. D. Gillham, C. B. Besse, Wm. Eeatherman, A.

Vandaveer, M. B. Baker, B. A. Hoar, W. T. Morris, J. E.

Nickerson, J. B. Thompson, B. R. Pierce, W. G. Hale, H.

Manifold and E. Barnes.

J. D. Gillham was granted a supernumerar}- relation. H.

^Manifold was granted a superannuated relation and his

case referred to the Board of Stewards.

QUE|TioN xhe Class of the Fourth Year was called. The

following, after passage of their characters, repre-

sentation by examination committee and their Presiding

Elder, were elected to Elders' orders: Wm. Carson. D. T.

Harris, J. C. Kinison, U. G. Johnston and Z. J. W. Farmer.

C. E. Sale was passed from Fourth Year after passage of

character.

C. Ji. Bovard was not present. S. E. Turner, W.Keisling, M. E. Cole and A. Vandaveer were not before

the committee. Their characters were passed and they con-

tinued in the same class.


QUESTION (a) In studies of Fourth Year. The class of

the Third Year was called. The following, after

reporting and representation by Presiding Elder and examining

committee, were advanced to class of the Fourth Year: J. A.

Taylor, J. W. Tenn3^son, W. H. Poole, Lawrence Smith, C. E.

Baker, Wm. J. Hopper and J. E. Burk (who was instructed

to bring up delinquent work).

The character of S. P. Young was passed, -and he con-

tinued in class of Third year and left without appointment.

Chas. E. Virden, after passage of character, was continued in

Third Year. J. W. Maddux, after passage of his character,

was continued in class of Third year, and granted a supernu-

merary relation.

QUESTION (i-j) III studies of Second Year. The class of the

First Year was called. The following were repre-

sented by Presiding Elder and examining committee, con-

tinued on trial, and passed to class of Second year: J. A.

Earge (conditional in Exegesis), O. E. Eaird, Ressho Robert-

son, C. J. Pressley (conditional in Exegesis, General History

and Sermon), J. E. McKelvey (conditional in Exegesis), O.

F. Culver (left without appointment to attend McKendree

College), T. O. Holly, W. H. Neil, W. C. Walton and D.

R. Miller. The following were represented by Presiding

Elder, their characters passed, and they not being before the

committee, were continued in class of First Year: S. S. Smith,

G. W. Randle, C. S. M,cCullom, N. D. Sweeney.

QUESTION PV/ioare Superannuated Preachers f The follow-XXIII. ^

ing superannuated preachers, after passage of their

characters, were continued in that relation: R. W. Eaughlin,

W. F. Davis, G. W. Waggoner, F. O. Blair, C. Mapes, D.

Oglesby, M. House, A. Bliss, J. P. Dew, D. Elam, G. W.Cullom, R. Randle, M. L- King, J. P. Rutherford, J. W.Nail, A. Ransom, J. Weeden, J. W. Franklin, J. J. Boyer,

L. A. Harper, T. A. Eaton, J. A. Thrapp, V. D. Eingenfel-

ter, W. McMorrow, H. H. Keith and Robert Allyn. H.

Sears was granted a supernumerary relation, and his case

was referred to the committee on Conference Relations for

adjustment.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS M. K. CONFERENCE. 23

The Bishop addressed the Conference relative to super-

annuated preachers.

Rev. Dr. J. W. E. Bowen, Field Agent of the Missionary

Society, was introduced, and addressed the Conference.

Mr. Solomon Thatcher, of Chicago, was introduced, and

spoke in reference to the Bishop Simpson monument, to be

erected in Chicago.

A committee consisting" of F. L,. Thomson, h- Cramp,

J. W. McNeill, J. h. Cunningham, C. W. Sabine, B. A. Hoar,

was appointed to confer with Bro. Thatcher in regard to a

plan for raising funds for erection of said monument. Timewas extended and E. G. Smith, representing the American

Bible Society, addressed the Conference.

After announcements, Conference adjourned with bene-

diction by the Bishop.

THIRD DAY -Friday Morning.

September 29, 1893.

After devotional exercises led by L. S. Walker, the Con-

ference was called to order at 9 o'clock by Bishop Fowler.

The minutes of yesterday's session were read, and after

corrections, approved.

J. W. Phillips was reported as being restored b}^ action

of Judicial Conference to his Conference in an effective rela-

tion. He was granted a location at his own request.

The relation of R. E. Pierce was changed from supernum-

erary to effective.

The commissioners of the Songer Endowment Fund were

instructed to place the net assets of this fund into the hands

of the Conference Board of Stewards to be held in trust as a

permanent fund.

^^Ixxii'^^ rr//^? c7Jc the Superniimcraiy Preachers ? Thefollowing supernumerary preachers, after passage of

their characters, were continued in the same relation: G. M.

Whitsell, J. D. Reeder, N. B. Cooksey, vSamuel Walker, J.

W. Field, T. J. Davis, A. D. Culloni, J. B. House, A. L.

Greenlaw, J. P. Yungling and J. W. Maddux.


J. S. Sproul was announced withdrawn.

At 9:30 the order of the day was taken up. The class for

admission was called forward and addressed by the Bishop.

2'^'E^Tiox What mevibers are in studies of Third Year?

After reporting their collections and representation

by examination committee and Presiding Elder, the following

were admitted into full connection and elected to Deacons'

orders: H. H. Young, J. B. Cummins, Geo. E. McCammon,J. K. Hunter, W. D. Mcintosh, A. H. Pitkin, D. Shouse,

D. W. Baker, H. O. Hiser. E. E. Waggoner, and L. C.

Wilkin being already Deacons, were, after representation

and passage of character, passed in their .studies and admitted

into full connection. The same action was taken in the case

of L. J. Grantham, who is already an Elder.

^^^xf^°^ (b) The character of Samuel Pierce was passed,

and after representation, was admitted into full con-

nection and elected to Deacons' orders and to Elders' orders

under the Missionary- Rule.

The character of A. H. Pitkin was passed, he continued in

the class of Second Year and left without appointment to

attend school.

A. J. Littell was not before the committee. His charac-

ter was passed and he continued in the same class.

Dr. J. B. Young, editor of the Central Christian Ad-vocate, was introduced, and addressed the Conference.

Dr. J. M. Freeman, representing the Sunday-school

Union and Tract Society, was introduced, and spoke in the

interests of these causes.

After announcements. Conference adjourned until 2

p. M., then to reassemble for Memorial services.

SOUTHRRN ILLINOIvS M. E. CONFERENCE. 25

AFTERNOON SESSION.Conference reassembled at 2 p. m. to enter upon a Memo-

rial Service, and called to order by J. D. Gillham. J. A.

Robinson conducted devotional exercises.

QUK.ST10N Who have died f A memoir of W. T. BrannumA.1 V .

was read by Wm. Weatherman; of E. Root, by L. Cramp; of

J. S. Carr, by F. L. Thomson; of L. Casey, by J. D.

Gillham; of Sister CuUom, by L,. A. Harper; of Sister vSmith,

by J. G. Dee; and of Sister Richardson, by J. D. Gillham.

Remarks were made by ly. S, Walker, J. A. Robinson,

R. W. I^aughlin, J. \V. Locke, J. D. Gillham, F. H. Herd-

man, F. L,. Thom.son, E. Joy, C. D. Lingenfelter, E. Cramp,

C. W. Bonner, B. R. Pierce, W. F. Davis, S. E. Turner, J.

W. Nail, D. J. Eittle, J. L- Cunningham, B. A. Hoar, M. L.

King, E. Barnes and J. B. Thompson.Conference adjourned with benediction.

FOURTH DAY-Morning Session.

September 30, 1893.

After devotional exercises, led by S. P. Groves, the

Bishop called the Conference to order at 9 o'clock.

The Minutes were read, corrected and adopted.

QUESTION (a) Was called.

Joel Brown, a Local Preacher, was elected to Local

Deacon's Orders.

The Board of Stewards presented their report, which wasre-committed.

A public collection was ordered placed into the hands of

the Conference Stewards for disposal.

Geo. W. Webber was elected to Deacon's Orders.

QUE^sTiOxM(--J-) 'j^jjg following, after representation and

report of Examining Committee and satisfactorily

answering disciplinarj^ questions, were admitted on trial :

F. M. James, (condition on essa}' and sermon), J. W.


Cunimings, (left without appointir.eiit to attend school),

L. W. Porter, J. W. Levitt, L- Hullett, C. W. Wynaiit and

Geo. N. Wilkerson.

The transfer of J. M- Adams from the Kentucky Confer-

ence was announced and admitted to class of first year.

The report of the Stewards was re-submitted and

adopted.

The orders of L. Hullett as an Elder of the Methodist

Episcopal Church South, were recognized.

It was unanimousl}' decided to hold the next session of

the Conference at McEeansboro.

The report of the Committee on Boundary between Illi-

nois and vSouthern Illinois Conferences was adopted and ap-

proved. (See report.)

The reports of the Committees on Sunday Schools,

Woman's Foreign Missionar}- Society, Tracts and Epworth

League, and on Wesley Hospital, were presented and adopted.

(See report.)

J. D. Reeder was granted a location at his own request.

The Bishop was requested to appoint J. H. McGriff to the

work of the Bible Societ}' in Illinois.

A plan of Conference Examinations, proposed by P\ L.

West, was referred to a committee consisting of F. E- West, J.

W. Van Cleve and T. H. Herdman, with in.structions to report

before Conference adjourns.

C. N. Burk was granted a location at his own request.

On motion of J. A. Scarritt, J. Earp was granted a super-

annuated relation.

The relation of C E. Sale was changed from effective to

supernumerary.

T. J. Davis was granted a location at his own request.

The Committees on Freedmen's Aid and Southern Edu-cation Society, on Temperance, on Sabbath Observance, on

Church Extension and on Education, were presented and

adopted.

On adoption of the report on Education, Bishop Fowler

addressed the Conference upon the subject of a collegiate ed-

ucation. He most heartily endorsed McKendree College.


QUE^sTioN Theodore Gates was admitted on trial.

Mr, Solomon Thatcher addressed the Conference

concerning Bishop Simpson's .statue.

The orders of Willis Patchen, an elder in the Presbj^-

terian Church, were recognized.

On motion of O. H. Clark, Conference ordered a session

at 3:30 to-day for completion of business.

Dr. Hartzell, representing the Freedmen's Aid and

Southern Education Societ3^ was introduced, and addressed

the Conference.

Time was extended.

A circular, presented b}' the Bishop from the Missionary

Society, asking the repeal of the Geary Law, was endorsed.

The apportionment to this Conference for Freedmen's

Aid and Southern Education Society was requested by Dr.

Hartzell, to be included in report of Freedmen's Aid •and

Southern Education Committee's report. The request was

granted.

The action by which the report of Stewards was adopted

was re-considered, and the report re-committed.

Conference adjourned with benediction bj'' the Bishop.

FOURTH DAY—Afternoon Session.

Saturday, September 30, 1893.

At 3:30 the Conference was called to order by J. D,

Gillham, who, b}' request of the Bishop, occupied the chair.

The Board of Stewards presented its report, which was

adopted, and the funds distributed, as follows :

Receipts—From Book Concern 5i.402 00

" Chartered Fund 25 oo

" Mt. Carmel District Advocate 4 00

" Special Collection in Tent 12 50" Collections 2,853 5°

Total 14)297 00


We recommend the following disbursements:

Mrs. J. B. Re5'nolds, taken by J. W. Van Cleve $ 175 00Rev. G. W. Waggoner, taken by N. Crow 150 00Rev. M. House, taken by L. W. Thrall 175 00Mrs. E. L. English, taken by J. W. Jackson 200 ooMrs. G. W. Robbins, taken b}' J. W. Van Cleve 100 00Rev. Richard Randle, taken by J. A. Robinson 125 00Rev. J. W. Nail, taken by self 195 00Mrs. J. Thatcher, taken by L. Cramp 75 00Rev. M. L. King, taken by self 125 00Mrs. J. Glaze, taken bvj. Leeper '. 100 00Mrs. C J. T. Tolle, taken by W. T. Morris 175 00Rev. G. W. Cullom, taken by self

, 150 00Rev. J. P. Rutherford, taken by C. E. Baker 90 00Rev. R. W. Laughlin, taken by self 50 00Mrs. C.J. Houts, taken by J. F. Harmon 90 00Mrs. L. S. Clifford, taken by J. H. Ford 75 00Mrs. O. V.Jones, taken by L. Cramp 50 00Mrs. G. W. Farmer, taken by G. A. Seed 75 00Mrs. A. L. Downey, taken by A. Snell 150 00Mrs. Norman Allyn loo 00Mrs. R.J. Nail, taken by S. P. Groves 150 00Mrs P. P. Hamilton, taken by J. Leeper 100 00Rev. D. Elam, taken by C. E. Baker 25 00Mrs. E. Root, taken by self 100 00Rev. A. Ransom, taken by self 100 00Mrs. D. Caughlin, taken by F. L. West 75 00Miss Ollie Shepherd, taken by J. W. McNeill 50 00Mrs. A. Campbell, taken by J. W. Van Cleve 75 00Rev. L. A. Harper, taken by self 100 00Rev. J. VV. Franklin, taken by J. Leeper 100 00Rev. J. J. Boyer, taken bj- E. Barnes 52 00Rev. W. I'\ Davis, taken by self 195 00Rev. Wm. McMorrow, taken by self 100 00Rev. J. A. Thrapp, taken by self 200 ooRev. V. D. Lingenfelter, taken by self 100 00Rev. T. A. Eaton, taken by L. Cramp 75 00

(And Conference Love Feast Collection.)

Rev. H. H. Keith, taken b^^ self 25 00Mrs. L. Casey, taken bj' self 75 00Mrs. \V. T. Brannum, taken by self 50 00Rev. H. Manifold, taken by self 100 00Mrs. C. Babbitt, taken by J. D. Gillham 25 00

Total ^41297 00

It is the judgment of the Board that the sum of I5,000 be raised

next year.

8. P. Groves and W Wallis are nominated for re-election as

members of the Board, to serve three years.

Respectfully submitted,

L- W. Thrai.l, Secretary.


Wm. Wallis presented the following resolution, whichwas adopted :

Whereas, The list of Conference Claimants in this

Conference is a long one for a Conference of our size ; and,

Whereas, There are at the present in our effective ranks

a number of venerable men who must soon retire ; therefore,

Resolved, That to protect that class of men who havegiven their lives to the work of the ministry within our

bounds, we hereb}' resolve that no man should be admitted

on trial who is more than thirty-five years of age.

Wm. Wallis,B. R. Pierce,

John Leeper,S. P. Groves.

L. W. Thrall,

J. B. Thompson.

This resolution was made one of the standing rules.

The Statistical Secretar}- made his report, which wasadopted.

The report of special committee on Plan of Conference

Examinations was made, and rejected.

Question II. was resumed, and Gye Park was admitted

on trial to Class of First Year.

The report of Committee on Conference District Journals

was adopted.

The transfer of E. C. Ferguson to the Holston Confer-

ence was announced.

John Pierce was granted a location at his own request.

W. G. Hale and Chas. Virden were left without appoint-

ment to attend school.

The relation of J. B. House was changed from super-

numerary to effective.

The report of Committee on Bible Society- was presented,

and adopted.


On motion of J. B. House, J. W. Van Cleve was elected

publisher of the Minutes of next session.

The Secretarj' of the Presiding Elders presented nomi-

nations and appointments, which were confirmed.

On request of C. Nash, W. Van Cleve was granted a

superannuated relation.

Reports of Committee on Class Meetings, of Custodian

of Conference Educational bund and of Financial Agent of

McKendree College, were made, and adopted.

A suitable book for recording Conference examinations

was ordered, and F. M. Van Treese appointed Conference

Registrar.

E. W. Thrall presented the following resolutions of

thanks, which were adopted :

Resolved, That the thanks of this Conference are tendered

to Rev. Dr. Eocke and the church and people of Flora for the

hospitable entertainment given this Conference. To the

Secretaries for their patient and painstaking work, to the

Treasurers, and to our beloved Bishop for his excellent

administration, and for his earnest and inspiring words.

It was decided that upon approval of Minutes, ordination

of Deacons and Elders, and reading the appointments, that

the Conference stand adjourned.

A collection to defray Conference expenses was taken,

amounting to $27.85.

The doxology was sung and the benediction pronounced.

CERTIFICATES OF ORDINATIONS.This certifies that I have this day ordained to the order of Deacon :

Hiram H.Young, Jason B. Cummins,

John K. Hunter, George E. McCammon,William D. Mcintosh, Samuel Pierce,

Alfred H. Pitkin, Douglas Shouse,

David W. Baker, Henry O. Hiser.

Joel Brown, George W. Webber.

And that, assisted by several Elders, I have also ordained to the order

of Elder

:

William Carson, David T. Harris,

Josiah C. Kinison, Ulysses G. Johnston,

Zelah J. Farmer, Samuel Pierce.

Done at Flora, 111., Oct. i, 1893.• C. H Fowler.


MEMOIRS.Rev. L. Casey.

Rev. ly. Casey was l)orn in Jefferson county, 111., near Mt. Vernon,

March 24, 1825, and was converted in 1851. He married Miss Eleanor

M. Harrold March 24, 1847. Rro. Casey was twice married, his first

wife having shared with him the toils and cares of the itinerant life

for about twenty-two years, d3'ing ,September nth, 1876. He married

Mrs. Louisa Musgrave, Dec. 25, 1885. Bro. Casey died at his homeMarch 19, 1893. He was admitted to the Southern Illinois Conference

on trial in the fall of 1854, ordained deacon at Lebanon by Bishop

Scott in 1857, and elder at Richview by Bishop Ames in 1859. Heclosed his thirty-eighth year in the ministry last fall, and was granted

a superannuated relation at his own request. He .served twenty-eight

charges in the thirty-eight years of his ministry. He was abundant

in labors. He always did good work wherever he went. Many souls

have been converted through his instrumentality. He always' went to

his charges cheerfully and uncomplainingly, and had a host of warmand admiring friends in the fields of labor he has served.

Rkv. Jerome vS. Carr.

Jerome vS. Carr was born at Marlboro, O., in 1849, and died at

Litchfield, 111., March 4, 1892. He was licensed to preach at Reading,

Michigan, 1872. He worked as a supply both in the North Indiana

and Cincinnati Conferences. He was ordained deacon in 1885. After

supplying Wanda and Litchfield circuits in the vSouthern Illinois

Conference he was received on trial, dying the next year. His last

text was : "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

Mrs. Lois M. Smith.

Lois M. Foster was born in Carmi, 111., Jan. 19, 1868. vShe wasconverted and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1884,

was maried to Rev. S. S. Smith Sept. 6, 1882, and died at the M. E.

parsonage at Belknap, 111., May 10, 1893. She was a faithful andefficient Sunday-school teacher, and a loyal and helpful EpworthLeague worker. vShe was a true womanly Christian, and had all the

qualifications to grace the home and encourage the heart of an itiner-

ant Methodist preacher, and in her brief experience as minister's wife

showed her ability to win and hold the affection and support of thepeople among whom her lot was cast.

32 MEMOIRS.

Mrs. Jane C. Rich.\rdson.

Jaue C. Jubb, wife of the late J. I. Richardsou, of the Southern

Illinois Conference, was born in Beckiugham, England, May 13, 1823,

and died in Centralia, 111., Dec. 16, 1892. At the age of sixteen years

she was converted and joined the church. vShe was twice married, first

to Rev. John Hopkins, in England, when she was twenty-three years

of age. For a time he was in ihe active work of the ministry. Hedied in Central City, Southern Illinois Conference. Her second mar-

riage was to Rev. J. I. Richardson, of the Southern Illinois Conference,

April 3, 1856. She was a true and faithful wife, and cheerfully shared

with him the privations, suffering and toils of the itinerant life for

nearly twenty years, he dying in 1872.

Mrs. M. J. CuLiyOM.

Miriam Julia Mann was born Dec. 18, 1824. She uniteil with the

Church and was converted in earlj' childhood. She married Rev. G.

W. Cullom Feb. 24, 1846. There were born to them seven children,

four of whom are living ; two of them are traveling ministers in the

Methodist Episcopal Church. She died of apoplexy, in Avena, IlL,

June 29, 1893. The life of Mrs. Cullom was exemplary. She shared

the privations, trials and sacrifices of the itineranc}' along with her

husband for many years.

Rev. W. T. Brannum.

Rev. William Thomas Brannum, a member of the Southern Illinois

Conference, was born in Fayetteville, St. Clair County, 111., and died

in Kinmundy, 111., Dec. 5, 1892, in his fifty-fifth year. He married

Miss Margaret Ward July 29, 1858. She died Aug. 4, 1863. He was

married the second time to Miss Sarah J. Scott, his now bereaved com-

panion, on Jan. 17, 1864.

Bro. Brannum joined the Methodist Episcopal Church when about

twelve j-ears old, but was not converted until abovit the age of nineteen.

The influence thrown around him in his youth was pure and good.

His father was a leading member of the Church, filling the office of

class leader and stewart for years He was licensed as a local preacher

in 1868, ordained local deacon at Mt. Vernon, Oct. 6tli, 1872, by Bishop

Bowman, and ordained local elder at Salem, Sept. 14, 1879, by Bishop

Andrews. As a local preacher he was very efficient in holding revival

meetings and doing other unpaid Church work. His ability and

faithfulness were recognized by his Presiding Elder, and he served the

Church very effectually as a supply. He served Okawville from 1880

to 1883, and Beaucoup from 1883 to 1886. In 1885 he was admitted on

trial. He was appointed to Irvington charge in the fall of 1886, and

remained two years, and in 1888 was appointed to Kinmundy. Hewas admitted into full connection in the Southern Illinois Couference

in the vear 1888.

SOUTHERN ILIvINOIS M. E. CONFERENCE. 33

Rev. E. Root.

Edmund Root was born in Virginia April 23, 1832, From thence

his parents moved, when he was six years old, to Edwards county,

111., where he resided until he entered the 'pastoral work in 1869.

When the struggle for national unity began his voice and vote was for

the Union. He enlisted in the I52d Illinois Infantry, from which hewas, at the close of the war, honorably discharged. Bro. Root wasconverted and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, on the

Albion Circuit, Sept. 3, 1849. From the God of his youth he never

strayed, but remained steadfast until the end. When he and Mary AnnRhoads were united in wedlock Oct. 31, 1850, a happy life relation

began that forty-three years have attested in joy and sorrow. Bro.

Root was licensed to exhort in 1851, and to preach in 1866; ordained

Deacon by Bishop Scott in 1871, and Elder in 1881 by Bishop Hurst.

He was appointed as supply to the Grayville charge in 1869. Thethree years following he was engaged in merchandising in Olney,

Illinois. He entered the itinerant ranks in the Southern Illinois

Conference on probation in 1873, and into full connection in 1875. In

1889 he took the superannuated relation. During all these years from

1873 to 1889 he and his companion patiently and faithfully performedthe work of the itineracy, receiving as compensation salaries that

required strict economy. He served a class of charges that were not

desirable either in labor or support, and yet without murmur. Hislast days were spent in fitting up the little home where he expected to

close his life in a little ease so richly deserved. A heavenly mansionwas prepared for his reception, and the summons came at five o'clock

August 17, 1893.

34 REPORTS.

REPORTS.

PASTORAL ADDRESS.

Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters:—The Heavenly Father,

in His merciful providence, once more permits us to address to

you words of encouragement, of comfort and of exhortation ; and wedesire that you unite with us in devout thanksgiving and adoration

for the abundance of God's infinite mercies. A large ingathering of

souls and a manifest quickening of all the Christian graces amongour members call for praise and renewed consecration. It is particu-

larly pertinent that we set our hearts to ask for a large increase of

personal piety in the soul of every one who professes to believe in

the indwelling of the Divine Savior. Earnest faith, ever witnessed

by the Holy Ghost, should be the longing of each child of God.

Every moment we need the application of the pardoning blood of

Jesus and each day should bring to your lives the full realization of

the blessed assurance that your sacrifice has been graciously accepted.

But this personal piety is to be made the basis for family conse-

cration. Yourselves and your families should be dedicated to God,

and you as high priests at the holy altar should keep the living fire

sprinkled with the incense of prayer, continually burning upon that

altar. Every child ought to be given to God, and you, neither father,

mother, nor child itself, should rest till Jehovah has fulfilled His

promise, that you and your seed after you shall be taken into His

blessed covenant of grace. Morning and evening devotions, devout

thanks at every meal should be as certain in your household as the

daily coming of the light. We are aware that some of you may say

that you are not endowed with gift of words to express your thoughts

by vocal praise and prayer in an appropriate manner. Then use the

Lord's prayer. It was recommended by the Savior himself and it will

never grow old and stale. Be not afraid to repeat it in the spirit of

devotion. And do not forget that the simplest words are the best after

all when you attempt to speak to the Father in Heaven. To pray anywhere, but particularly in your own family, it wants only sincere

thoughtfulness and a penitent and grateful soul. Neglect not this

great privilege of family devotion. Teach your children to take a part

in your family devotions. There, of all places in the world, be gentle,

be loving, be truthful, kind, generous, and noble, like Christ himself,

who pleased not himself but in all things sought the welfare and the


happiness of others. Teach both by precept aud example every child

whom God has bestowed on you as His most precious gift, and see to

it that he has been instructed and practiced in all the gentle virtues,

not only of truthful and honest speech and fair dealing ; but also the

sweetest, tenderest, most loving behavior We beseech you to makeyourselves and your children intelligent, devout, generous, helpful,

earnest, liberal and noble in all the duties and graces of Christian life.

Also let it be your ambition to become yourselves and to form for

your offspring the model of an unremitting discharge of all the public

acts of religious worship and service ; attendance on the ordinances

of the Lord's day and house, and conscientious scrupulousness in

making fair contributions to sustain all the enterprises of the church

and her benevolences. Let all "your estimations" for these duties be

according to "the shekel of the sanctuary." But we further exhort that

you seek with an honest regard to the interests of the righteous re-

quirements of the gospel, to peform the civil duties laid upon you, as

on all the inhabitants of this highly favored republic. Among other

duties imposed on you and which seem specially imperative at the

present time, none are more pressing than that of protecting our pub-

lic schools from two dangers that menace them from different sides

—

a total disregard of the law of God, and the designs of a foreign

ecclesiastical despotism. It certainly is obligatory on all lovers of the

country to preserve its life against the common infidelity and anarchy

of the times, and from that supercilious priestcraft which, by its teach-

ings of a false standard of morality, emphasized and practiced by

celibate brotherhoods and sisterhoods, inculcates a degrading idea of

woman's virtue, and which seeks to dominate the thought and practice

of the age by a system of medieval bigotry. Let us maintain full

liberty of inquiry and action, but let us also be careful to avoid a loose

and irresponsible, reckless tendency to such a freedom as may easily

degenerate into license. Above all things let us honor the Sabbath

day as one of the greatest blessings which our religious freedom has

secured to us ; and never let us allow any plea of secular gain or selfish

convenience to diminish its sacredness and impair the obligation to

observe it as a most blessed opportunity for rest, refreshment andworship.

We earnestly urge you, dear brethren and sisters, to remember the

various benevolent enterprises of the Church by which we are enabled

to connect ourselves with all the progressive movements of the age,

and thus to prove that we are citizens of the whole world and servants

of the Lord Jesus Christ. By giving a trifle to the general funds

of the Church we aid in doing the will of the Father, and we are

working as He Himself and his vSon have been working, for the well-

being of the race of mankind. The small sum of one dollar a year

from every member of the Church for a single decade would convert

the world to the gospel of our Savior. Do not forget that nearly

every one can, with scarcely a studied sacrifice, give this pittance and

36 REPORTS.

those who already are giving more would swell our contributions to

more than double the customary amount. Shall we not then make a

little retrenchment of luxury, and possibly something of convenience,

in order to honor the Master and give to His cause a new impulse in

the direction in which events seem to be moving to convert the heathen

to the dominion of our blessed Lord?

The Bountiful Giver of mercies has kindly furnished you advan-

tages. He has preserved you from the vices of the times, and these

vices, you know, are the most costly of all the demands which the

world exacts of its votaries. Your religion itself inculcates economy,

and this provides you a financial basis for returning back to God some

substantial tokens of your devout gratitude to Him and an assurance

of your good will and a pledge of your faithfulness in the future.

Let your thankfulness for having been preserved from sin be shown by

your willingness to return a portion of your accumulations into His

treasury, and let this portion be conscientiously ascertained and

cheerfully bestowed, with gratefulness even, and with abundant

prayer that it may be accepted and blessed to the givers and to the

causes for which it was intended.

In conclusion, suffer us, your pastors set to watch over the flock of

the Redeemer, to exhort you that you strive with all prayer and sup-

plication to make yourselves such earnest, conscientious, charitable,

enterprising Christians as the word of God has provided for, and as

He calls into His vineyard to sow for Him and in due time to reap

those wonderful harvests which His grace is ripening in so many andsuch various fields everywhere. Make it your motto and your hourly

business to assist in every good work and to enable the Church to con-

quer the forces of nature and the hearts of men for God and the right.

And we pray that the wisdom and love of our Lord and Savior Jesus

Christ may guide you and inspire you to do all of His most blessed will.

R. AlIvYN,C. Nash,Wm. Tii^roe.


«

EDUCATION.

McKENDREE COLLEGE.

Your committee would respectfully report that we have received,

considered and incorporated with our work the report of the Execu-tive Committee of McKendree College, which is as follows :

Report of the Executive Committee of McKendree College.

Dear Brethren:—Under the blessing of God McKendree College

has, since your last session, successfully completed the work of onecollegiate year, and auspiciously entered upon that of another. Theenrollment of last year was unusually large, and, despite the financial

stringency affecting all avenues of trade and all classes of society,

the enrollment of the year just opening bids fair to equal, or surpass,

that of last year.

Financially the Institution has prospered. The income of the

college has been sufficient to defray all current expenses. The in-

debtedness has been reduced $1,000, and the interest and insurance

have been paid. By action of the Joint Board, at its last session, it is

provided that in no case shall the expenditures of the Institute exceed

the income. Thus is the college placed upon a sound financial basis,

which will encourage advancement and render it permanent.

We call attention to the increased facilities for effective work along

every line, resulting from : i. The enlargement of the corps of in-

structors. 2. The development of the Law vSchool so as to include a

Night School at East St. Louis and a Correspondence Department. 3.

The special attention given to Theological Post Graduates and non-

resident work. 4. The union of the Reading Room and Library, opendaily, and in charge of a competent librarian. 5. The transformation

of the Study Hall into a Science Hall with space and apparatus for

scientific experimentation ; all of which materially contribute to ef-

ficiency and success of the Institution.

The past of McKendree College is secure. Her present is prosper-

ous and buoyant with hope. There is but one question in regard to her

future : "What shall be the measure of her success ?" Does our Con-

ference need a college in which to educate its ministers instead of

sending them to other Conferences never to return, in which to develop

the latent powers and Christian character of our young men and pre-

pare them for lives of lofty purposes and noble achievements, in whichto train our young women to adorn with grace the brightest positions

in society, and to mold with culture and refinement the homes of

our church ? To secure these ends our people will even still moreloyally' rail}' to the support of McKendree College and in their sons

and daiighters read, in coming years, the grand history' of this

beneficent Institute.

M, L. Barr, President.E. L. Waggoner, Secretary.

Lebanon, 111., Sept. 25, 1893.

38 REPORTS.

We recommend in order to the reduction of the indebtedness in-

curred several years ago in carrying on the work of the Institution, an

apportionment of 51,500 to the charges to be made at once by the Pre-

siding Elders. That this amount may be realized we ask early and

earnest effort on the part of pastors, either in connection with the

work of the agent, or at their own instance. The debt, $4,000, once

removed, the outlook to the enlargement of facilities and increase of

endowment will be greatly brightened. We respectfully ask the Bishop

to appoint T. H. Herdman as Financial Agent of McKendree College.

We ask his election as Custodian of Conference Ministerial Educa-

tional Fund.

We recommend as Conference visitors:

J. B. Ravenscroft, B.R. Pierce,

F. L. West, N. Crow,

R. D. Woodley, G. A. Seed,

J. W. Locke, J. G. Dee,

J. W. Van Cleve.

As Alternates :

C. W. Bonner, J. B. House,

J. B. Thompson, M. N. Powers,

J. D. Hennessey, J. T. Harmon,

J. C. Orr, W. A. Leatherman,

F. L. Thomson.

HAYWARD COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.

We have heard with pleasure of the successful work done by

Hayward Collegiate Institute during the past year. We heartily

endorse the school as a Methodist institution worth}' of the patronage

it enjoys.

We recommend as visitors to Hayward the pastors of Flora,

Albion and Mt. Vernon charges.

GARRETT BIBLICAL INSTITUTE.

We regard Garrett Biblical Institute as a School of Theology well

deserving our attention and patronage. We commend to this, or other

Theological Schools under the direction of our Church, our youngministers who wish to supplement the instruction in theology received

at McKendree, by a full course. We recommend as visitors to Garrett

Rev. M. N. Powers, D.D., and Rev. W. Carson, and to De Pauw Schoolof Theology, Rev. J. G. Harmon.


We trust that our ministers and members will give due encourage-

ment to the education of the youth, using the public schools, the

Sunday School, the Epworth League and all other appliances that will

help the Christianization and Americanization of the generation that

will soon have the control of the political and religious interests of

our Great Republic.

T. H. Herdman, Chairman.

EPWORTH LEAGUE.

Recognizing the Epworth League as one of the most efficient

agencies of the Church, we commend the yearly observance of anEpworth Anniversary on Wednesday evening of the Cenference

Session. We strongly urge the use of the pledge in all our chapters.

We heartily approve the holding of an annual convention of EpworthLeague workers, such as was held at Mt. Vernon last August, andearnestly recommend the attendance of all Leaguers upon the same.

F. L. West, Chairman.John H. Jones, Secretary.

WESLEY HOSPITAL.

The committee appointed to confer with Rev. Joseph Odgers,

Superintendent of Wesley Hospital, would respectfully recommendthe following Conference action :

1. Resolved, That the Southern Illinois Conference has heard with

interest the statement suggested by the Executive Committee of the

Board of Trustees of Wesley Hospital, Chicago, and that its plan of

finances looking to the endowment of beds by Annual Conferences,

is approved and commended to the favorable consideration of our

people and churches.

2. Resolved, That this Annual Conference undertakes the

endowment of a bed for one year, to be known as the Southern

Illinois Conference Bed, and that collections and subscriptions be

solicited from our churches amounting to $300.00 for that purpose ;

and that we invite Rev. Joseph Odgers, or other representative of

the hospital, to visit the charges in our bounds, to aid in raising said

amounts.

3. Resolved, That we will proceed to the election of one minister

and one la3'man to represent this body in the Advisory Council of

Wesley Hospital, which minister and layman shall serve as trustees

for the Conference, if the charter is so changed as to admit such

representation, before the next meeting of this Annual Conference.

Respectfully submitted,

M. N. Powers,

J. L. Wai^lar,

J. W. Locke.

40 REPORTS.

CONFERENCE BOUNDARIES.

The joint Commission on boundary between the Illinois and

Southern Illinois Conference, met in Beecher City, Illinois, November

15th, 1892, and organized by electing Rev. J. T. Orr, President, and

B. A. Hoar, Secretary. A motion was passed recommending the

following change in boundary, viz : As shown in Discipline, Ed. 1892,

paragraph 517, (94.) See Discipline.

Southern Illinois Conference boundary : After the word Hills-

boro, leaving |it in the Illinois Conference, thence east through

Fayette and Effingham counties &c., to read thence east to the north

and along the line of Fayette and Effingham counties, leaving

Holliday in Southern Illinois Conference, thence east to the north

line of Jasper and Crawford counties to the Wabash River, so that the

whole boundary will read thus :

If 517 (94)- Southern Illinois Conference shall include that part

of the State south of the following line, namely: Beginning at the

Illinois River, thence up said river to the northwest corner of Jersej^

County, including Kane and Woodbury, thence to Honey Point,

thence to Hillsboro, leaving it in Illinois Conference, thence east

to the^ north and along the line of Fayette and Effingham counties,

leaving Holliday in Southern Illinois Conference, thence east to the

north line of Jasper and Crawford counties to the Wabash River.

J. T. Orr, President,

W. S. Hooper,A. Iv. Plowman,W. F. GiivivMORE,

J. B. Martin,B. A. Hoar, Secretary,

C. B. Besse,

J. A. Leatherman,B. R. Pierce,

J. E. Nickerson,

C. H. Fowler, President. Commission.

TEMPERANCE.

The Committee on Temperance makes the following report

:

We believe the saloon to be the greatest public enemy with which

we have to contend. It annually blights the homes, crushes the

hearts and destroys the lives and souls of multiplied thousands. It is

opposed to progress of every kind, and brings idleness, ignorance,

discord, poverty and cruelties into homes and communities, whereindustry, peace, prosperity and happiness might otherwise prevail.

We note with sorrow the betraj^al of the cause of prohibition by its

SOUTHERN IIvLINOIS M. E. CONFERENCE. 41

pretended friends in Iowa, and we recognize with no small degree of

solicitude, the evident purpose of the politicians of the country to

completely overthrow prohibition. We rejoice in the spirit and

fidelity of our brethren in Iowa. It is gratifying to know that when

the choice between principle and party can no longer be avoided, the

Methodists of Iowa stand for principle. Against this monster, let us

use our influence, our energy and our ballot. The time has come for

active, aggressive work. We may not wait for prohibition to become

an issue, we must make it an issue. We renounce for ourselves all

partisanship and declare our purpose to see that every vote we cast

shall be directly for the principles of prohibition and for men pledged

to its support.

J. H. Ford, Chairman.

CHURCH EXTENSION.

Realizing the importance of the evangelization of our own

country in order to evangelize the world, and that in this great work

we must have churches in all our communities, and as these cannot

be built in many of the poorer communities without outside help, and

as the Board of Church Extension is intended to help in this work.

Resolved, That we, as pastors, lay these facts faithfully before our

people, and urge them to meet the entire apportionment, explaining

to them that we are entitled to three-fifths of all we raise in our

Conference to be used within our own territory.

N. Crow, Chairman.

SABBATH OBSERVANCE.

The Christian Sabbath is almost incessantly desecrated. TheGod-given command, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy,"

is still in effect, and for its violation the Protestant churches are in a

measure responsible.

We endorse the action of Congress in providing for closed gates

at the Columbian Exposition.

We deplore the fact that this decision was reversed, the gates

opened, and a vigorous effort made to fill the buildings and grounds

on Sunday. We most heartily thank God for the moral and religious

sense of this nation that refused to attend this place of resort on the

Lord's day. Also that the so-called laboring classes recognize the

necessity of a day of rest, and propose to profit by it. The evident

sense of this nation on this subject is Christian, Socialism and

Liberalism to the contrary, notwithstanding.

We recommend preaching upon this special subject in all our

pulpits.

42 REPORTS.

Resolved, That as a Church and Conference we will do what Godwould have us do to preserve peace and quiet and deep religious

regard for the American Christian Sabbath.

J. L. Wyi,DER, Chairman.

CLASS MEETINGS.

The Class Meeting is one of the providential institutions of Method-

ism. Through its power our fathers conquered. They overcame

through the blood of the "Lamb and the word of their testimony."

The Discipline defines the design of the organization of classes and

the appointment of leaders to be: ist. For sub-pastoral oversight.

2d. To keep up a meeting for social worship and for relating Christian

experience. 3rd. To carry out a financial plan for raising money for

religious and benevolent purposes.

There never was a time when these essentials were so well pro-

vided for or so successfully maintained by the Church as at the present

time. The Sunday School, Prayer meetings, social meetings, Epworth

League and our financial disciplinary plan are as providential as the

class; and as they are largely superceding it in most places we earnest-

ly pray that a double portion of the Spirit may rest upon these later

institutions. Let the class meetings be maintained when it is possible,

but let the Church never neglect to stand for the essential elements of

the class whatever form the organization may take.

B. R. Pierce, Chairman.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE JOURNALS

We, your Committee on District Conference Journals, submit the

following report: We find no records of adjourned sessions of the

District Conferences of Mt. Carmel and Olney Districts, although

important business was transacted at these adjourned sessions. Thejournal of Olney District is not indexed. We especially commend the

neat appearance of the journal of Lebanon and Mt. Vernon Districts.

L. E. Cole,

J. W. Tennyson,

^___ Committee.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Resolved, ist. That we hereby express our confidence in themanagement of our Sunday-School Union, and urge all the chargesto contribute liberally to its support.

2nd. That no Sunday-school literature is better calculated to instill

piety and religious intelligence into the minds of our people thanour own publications. We therefore recommend their use in all

our schools.ZeIvAh J. Farmer, Chairman.

SOUTHERN ILIvINOIS M. E. CONFERENCE. 43

TRACTS.

Whereas, Eighteen charges in 1892 report no collection for the

Tract Society, and, that the total amount contributed is less than one

cent per member, and that the society extends liberal aid to the cause

of Missions, donating |6ooo to $7000 per year, thus giving one-third of

its income in aid of our Mission presses ; therefore,

Resolved, That we recommend that a systematic, persistent effort

on the part of the pastor, be made to raise our apportionment,

viz: $475.W. A. Cross.

^

CONFERENCE RECORD, 1893.

MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE.

AUyn, RBaker, D. WBaker, C. EBarnes, EBarringer, E.M.Baker, M. BBesse, C. BBlair, F.Bliss, ABruner, W. B...

Bonner, C. W...Boyer, J. JBeckett, C. A....

Bradley, W. R..

Bennett, J. H...

Burkitt W. L...

Bovard, C. E ...

Burk, J. ECummins, J. B..

Calvert, GClark, HCooksey. N. B...

Crenshaw, J. D.CuUom, A. D....

Cramp, LCole, M.LCrow, NCross, W. ACunningham, J.L.Cullom,G. W....

Cole, L. ECarson, WDouthitt, C. T..

Davis, W. FDee, J.GDowns, F. W....

Dew, J.PDewhirst, AElam,DEarp, JEaton, T. AEdwards, W. WFarmer, Z. J....

Field, J. WFlint, J. WFord, J HFranklin, J. W.Grantham, L.JGillham, J. D....

Greenlaw, A. L..

Groves, S. PGreen, SHiser, H.

p. O. ADDRESS.

Carbondale...XeniaMulb'ry G've.XeniaNewtonMasonVandaliaTrinidad, Col.

EffinghamSmithboro.. ..

GreenvilleJeffersonville.

EvanetonElizabetht'nWayne City...

SumnerAltamontElrsah

GolcondaBelmontBelleville

OlneyMarionMulb'ry G've.ShipmanRichviewJerseyville ....

Bunker Hill...

SpartaAvenaA.venaAlbionOmahaSullivanCarmiGlobe, Ariz....

Kansas City..

OblongWoburnLebanonLebanonLebanon-Pocahontas..RichvtewCarbondale...ViennaPinckneyvilleAshleyCentraliaFloraCarbondale...Mt. Vernon...Mt. Erie

Admitted iuto full

Connection.

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184-2

18931892187318881890

1866185618.57

1867187018871884188418901891189118931888186118771876

188118901881187418791855188318911893186018811880

188918671856185218851890187218771879

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N. EnglandS.Illinois...

S.Illinois...

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S. Illinois...

S. Illinois..

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18841887

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1889

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MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE—a7«^z««<?ar.

Admitted in fullConuection.

p. O. ADDRESS.

Hunter, J. K...

Hale, W. GHarris, AHamptoB, J. A,

Harmon, J. F..

Harmon, J. G..

Harper, L. A...

Hawk, J. LHenneesv, J. D.Herdman, T. H.Hoar, B. AHoughton, Ross CHouse, J. BHuffman, J. T..

House, MHarris, D. T.....

Hopper, W. J...

Jackson, J. W..Joy, EJunes, J. HJohnston, D. G.Keitlj, H. HRiesling, WKing, M. LKinison, J. C ...

Laughlin, J C.Locke, J. WLeatherman J ALeatherman, WLeeper, JLingenfelter C DLingenfelterV DLittle, D. JMcCammoii G EMcintosh, W. DMaddux, J. W...

McGriff, J. H....

Mcintosh, S. A..

Mcintosh, J. WMcMorrow, J WMcNeill, J. W....

Manifold, HMurken, J. T....

Morris, W. T....

Mapes, CNickerson, J. E.Nash, CNail, J. WOglesby, DOrr, DOrr, J. CPierce, B, RPierce, S. EPierce, R.EPitkins, A. H....

Frankfort.EvanstonAlmaGillespie

Mt. Carmel...aumnerMt. ErieJonesboro'h.CarlyleLebanonFarinaVeniceEnfield

N. Douglas...Greenville

RamseyMcLeansb'roRobinsonMound City..

Metropolis...Newton

CalhounJohnsonvilleCorinthTunnell Hill.

LebanonOdinPinckn'yvilleUuQuoinClay CityBentonMoccassin....EvanstonVergennes....Jonesboro....OlneyEpworthNashvilleMulber'y Gv.CarmiWatsonHutsonville..

St. Elmo

Confer-ence.

1893 S. Illinois.

1885 S. Illinois.

1887 S. Illinois.

1876 S. Illinois.

8. Illinois.

1890 S. Illinois,

1860 S. Illinois.

18891885 S. Illinois...

1867 S. Illinois...

1885 S. Illinois... 1892

1885 S. Illinois...

1886 S. Illinois...

1859 8. Illinois...

1891 S. Illinois...

1891 S. Illinois...

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1844 Illinois

1884 S. Illinois

18918. Illinois... 18831857 Dp. Iowa... 18851890 S. Illinois...

1843 Kentucky..1891 S. Illinois...

1857 S. Illinois...

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1885 S. Illinois...

1889 S. Illinois...

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1884 8. Illinois...;

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1890186918881885:i884

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IndianaIllinois.

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OhioIllinois.

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Ohio

England.

Illinois.

Illinois.

Illinois...

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England.OhioIndiana..

185718H91883

Kinmundy ...

Olney8t. ElmoRichviewGolcondaHarrisburg..Effingham....Larder, Wy..jGrayville

Louisville

18871867185518561885

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MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE —Co«i'/«?^e</.

PROBATIONERS OF CONFERENCENAME

Littell, A. JLarge, J. ALaird, O ERoberston, Reeeho.Preesley, C J

McKelvey, J. ECulver, O.EHolly. T.ONeil, W. HSmith, S. SWalton, W. CMiller, D. RMcCullom, C. SRandle, G. WSweeney, N. DAdams, J. MGates, TCummins, J. WHuUett, LJames, F. MLevitt, J. PPorter, L. WWilkerson, G. NWynaut. C. W

P08T0FF1CE.

Murphysboro..LebanonSpring Garden.Carterville

DuQuoinSteelville

LebanonBelknapWaterlooNorria CityHueylukaTamaroaBloomington...TroyFreeburgNew Burnsides.LebanonWalnut Hill

Villa RidgeMontroseWest Liberty...

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Norris City

YEAR.

188818921892189218921892189218921892189218921892189218921891189318931893189318931893189318931893

CONFERENCE.

Southern lUSouthern II

Southern II

Southern 11

Southern 11

Southern II

Southern II

Southern II

Southern II

Southern II

Southern 11

Southern II

Southern II

Southern II

St. Louis.Southern II

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MINISTERS' WIDOWS.

MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE DECEASED.

Haley. James W...AUyn.Henrj'.......Kendall, John D...

Massey, James M..

Vest, JamesMaxey, Wm. H......

Chandler, Thos.W.Shepherd, John ....

McCord, Charles A.

Calnan.John . .

Ayers, R. GWalls, F. TShepherd, Moses...

Glaze, JohnAllyn, NormanBabbitt, Carlisle .

.

Nail, Richard JHuggins, W. CHolt, JohnCliffe, William

NATIVITY.ENTERED TRAVEL-ING CONNECTION.

Where. When Conference. When

Kentucky . •

Connecticut..Illinois .

1813 S. Illinois..1^24 S. Illinois .

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.

Tennessee . .

.

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PennsylvaniaKentucky....IrelandOhio

Spencer Travis O.

Mitchell, Wm. M....

Thatcher, John.. ...

Hamilton, Presley PFrazer, John • •

Morrison, Jonas S...

Corrington, Wm. H.Richardson, Jas. I..

Lambert, Cavey.....

Clifford, Zelotes S.

Copeland. James .

.

Walker, Wm. S. C...

Powell, Joseph S.

Taylor, William R.

Greenlaw, Lowell MArmstrong, I. S

Risley, AsahelL. .

Randle, Thomas ..

Van Cleve, John.Hawley, NelsonDickson, Wm. C.....

Tav, Charles F. ..

Van Winkle, D.B..Williamson, DCampbell, ADeneen, W. LWalker, Simeon. .

.

Harrington, S. J---

Robbins, G. WCorrington, J. B. .

HoUiday, CM... .

Houts, C. JJohnson, JamesLopas.T. CDelicate, H ..__

Whitaker, W. FNesbit, A. B^Johnson, J.

"Farmer, G. WReynolds, J. BJones, O. VEnglish, L. C .

Lathrup, Erastus..Woolard.J.BGibson, JosiahHill,J.HCaldwell, J. WCoughlan, David ..

Tolle, C. J.TLowe, J. WDowney, A. I,

Gilham, JJohnson, T. N. . .

Brannum, W. TCasey, LRoot, E

OhioConnecticut..VermontN. Carolina .

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184818511862

DECEASED.

Where.

Alton, 111

Nashville, 111

Fairview, III

Marion County, 111

.

Mascoutah, 111

Xenia, 111

Alton, 111

Williamson Co., 111..

Tamaroa, 111 ,

Alton, 111.

Equality, 111

1831H3918571853

1843185918541835185183118 i9

186318371851184318671865

1860187218691627

1828184218671851186018461853182818.S0

18731821

184018251838184818391872187018411825186618561H661851184618361843184718491871

1847185218541834185188818561878

DuQuoin, 111

Albion, 111

Bunker Hill, 111....

Olney, 111

Lawrenceville, 111..

Equality, 111

Hebron, 111

Olnev, 111

DuQuoin, 111

Richview, 111.. ....Mt. Erie, 111

Litchfield, 111

Lebanon, 111

Shipman, 111

Belleville, 111

Marion County, 111..

Grayville, 111..

New Haven. 111.

.

Lebanon, 111

McLeansboro, 111...

Clay City, 111

Spring Garden, 111,,

Flora, 111

Noble, 111

Lebanon, 111

Upper Alton, 111....

New YorkMiddletown, Ohio.Olney, 111

Steelville, 111

DuQuoin, 111

Watson, 111

Freeburg, 111

Lebanon, 111

Carbondale, 111

Elsah, 111

Richview, 111

St. Louis, MoO'Fallon, 111 ,

Metropolis, 111

Patoka, 111

Greenville, 111 ....

Wanda, 111 ,

Belleville, 111

Olney, 111

Mt. Vernon, 111

Anna, 111 ,

Salem, 111

Lebanon, 111

Robinson, 111

Moravia, IowaMulberry Grove, 111

Creston, 111

Lebanon, 111....Kane, 111

O'Fallon, 111....

Patoka. Ill ,

Preston, KasMarlow, 111

Sacramento, 111.

Vergennes, 111.

.

Kinmundy, 111 .

Centralia, 111...

Lebanon, 111 ...

SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE.

SECRETARY. STATISTICIAN.

1 Oct. 272 Oct. 263 Sept.274:Sept.2650ct. 1

6 Sept.237 Oct. 68 Sept.299 Oct. 17

10 Oct. 311,Oct. 1

12Sept.2313 Sept.2314 Sept.2715 Sept.1916 Sept. 2.5

17 Sept.1018 Sept.1519 Sept. 1420 Sept.2721 Oct. 222 Oct. 1

23 Sept.2324 Sept. 825Sept.l326 Sept.2727 Sept.2528Sept.lO29 Sept. 1

30 Aug. 3131 Sept.2032 Sept.l933Sept.2434 Sept. 2435 Sept.2336 Sept 1337 Sept.26380ct. 939 Oct. 1

40Sept.2341Sept.2842. Sept.26

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

MINUTESOF THE

Southern Illinois Conference.

Rules of Order and Examination 4

Standing Resolutions 5

DIRECTORY—Officers of the Conference 6

Standing Committees 7

Officers of Conference Societies 8

Conference Committees 9-10

Special Services 11

Summary of Disciplinary Questions 12-14

List of Appointments 15-16

JOURNAL—First Day's Proceedings 17

Second Day's Proceedings 20

Third Day's Proceedings ^ 23

Fourth Day's Proceedings 25

Memorial Session 25

Certificates of Ordination 30

REPORTS—Memoirs 31-33

Pastoral Address 34

Miscellaneous — 37-43

CONFERENCE RECORD—Members of Conference 44-46

Probationers 47

Members Deceased 48

Minister's Widows 47

Sessions of Conference , 49

STATISTICS—Tables, I, II, III, by Districts 50-61

Recapitulation 62-63

dobbinTelectosoap.•••

The Reason Why '* "^ BHST from a sanitary point of view,^ is because of its absolute purity.

n li a it 18 unscented, is because nothing is used in

its manufacture that must be hidden ordisguised.

^^ ^j <jit is cheapest to use, is because it is harderand dryer than ordinary soap, and doesnot waste away; also because it is nottilled with rosin and clay as make-weights.

(( (( u no boiling of clothes is needed, is becausethere is no adulteration in it—it being ab-solutely pure, can do its own work.

j^ ^^ j^it leaves clothes washed with it whiter andsweeter than any other soap, is because it

contains no adulteration to vellow them.

^j j^ J Jit washes flannels without shrinking, bring-ing them out soft, white and fleecy, is be-

cause it is free from rosin, which hardens,yellows and mats together all woolenfibres, making them harsh aud coarse.

" " *' three bars of it will make a gallon of ele-

gant white soft-soap if simply shaved upand thoroughly dissolved by boiling in agallon of water, is that it contains pureand costly ingredients found in no othersoap.

it won't injure the finest lace or the mostdelicate fabric, is that all these ingredientsare harmless.

^^ j^ Jwe paid $50,000 for the formula twenty-flve years ago, is that we knew there wasno other soap like it.

^ ^ ^ ^ J ^so many millions of women use it is thatthey have found it to be the best and mosteconomical, and absolutely unchanging in

quality.

Dobbins Soap Mfg, Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Western Methodist Book Concern,

CRANSTON & CURTS, Agents,

1505 LUCAS PLACE, ST. LOUIS, MO.

Religious and Theological Books.

Sunday School lyibraries, Sunday School Supplies and

Epworth League Supplies a Specialty.

Cm ! Sa Ci

Western Headquarters for all CHAUTAUQUA BOOKS and SUPPLIES.

Periodicals Published by the Book Concern :

The prices stated include payment of postage. Per year.

Central Christian Advocate, weekly - - - $2 00Methodist Review, bi-monthly - - - - - 2 50

Epworth Herald, weekly, single copies - - - 1 00' " 20 copies or more, each - - 80

Sunda}'-school Journal, monthly - . - - 606 copies and upward to one address - - 50

Sunday-school Advocate, weekly - - - - 30

6 copies and upward to one address, each - 25

Sunday-School Classmate, Semi-monthly - - 306 copies and upward to one address, each - 25

Picture Lesson Papers, monthly - - - - 25

6 copies and upward to one address, each - 20

Berean Lesson Pictures, issued quarterly - - 16

Berean Beginners' Lesson Quarterly, for junior scholars 6

Berean Intermediate Lesson Quarterly, for intermediate

.scholars ------- 6

Berean Senior Lesson Quarterly, for advanced scholars 20

Leaf Clu.ster, quarterly, colored illustrations of the

lesson - - - - - - - - 5 00

All sub.scriptions for Sunday-school periodicals mu.st

expire with March, June, September or December.

ALTON SANITARIUM^^g^Located at ALTON, ILLS.

Thoroughly equipped for the treatment of all curable dis-

eases. The means employed are Medicine, Surgery, Massage,Electricity in all its forms, and Baths—Douche, Vapor, HotWater, Electric, etc.

Physicians

:

W. H. ENOS, M.D. J. W. ENOS. M.D.

LAURENS ENOS, M.D. S. CORDELIA ENOS, M.D.

Laurens Enos, M.D., Specialist, diseases of the Eye andEar, Nose and Throat. Catarrh treated. Glasse-^ Fitted.

Patients received at the Sanitarium for treatment at all

times, or visited in the city or country.

Medicine sent by mail, on accurate description of case.

For further information, address

Alton Sanitarium Company,Telephone 136. Cor. Third and Qeorg:e Sts., ALTON, ILL.

HEnOKCHE* "EART DISEASE.I ' "^ »' "^ "^ • ^"^ ' "^ Stofiotir-o o1if.w that nnf in four lias

Of all forms, Noiiraltria, Spasms, Fits,

sleeplessness. Dullness. Di/ziuess, Blues,Opiiiiii Habit, Drunkeiiiiess, &c., areeiire<i liv DK MILKS' RESTORATIVENERVINE, discovereil by the eminent In-diana specialist in nervous diseases. It

does not contain opiates or danjierousdrujrs. "Have been taking DR. MILES'RESTORATIVE NERVINE for Epilepsy.From 8ei)lcniber to .Tanuary t)efore usingthe Nervine. 1 had at least 75 convulbions.and now after three months' use have nomore attacks.

-JOHN B COLLINS, Romeo, Mich""I have been using DR. MILES' RE-

STORATIVE NERVINE for about fourmonUis. It liasljronght me relief and cure.I have takeu it or epilepsy . and alter usingit for one week have had noattacks.

HURD C. BRASIUS.Heathvillc, Pa."

Iliad Neuralgia and Heart Disease veryIjad. Last August I couiuiinecd to use DR.MILES' RESTORATIVE NK1{VINE ANDNEW C^URE FOR THE HEART Aftertaking 13 bottles I am cured The Nervlueis splendiil to build up tlie system andmake rich blood. All our family use andthink hlghlv of DR. MILES' NERVEAND LIVER PILLS. They cured me of

Indigestion and other disorders. 1 recom-mend tliem all highly,

MRS J.H. DOERING,AVapakoneta, O.

Sold on a Positive Guarantee.

Nervous Prostration.Sleeplessness, Sick and Nervous Head-ache, Backache, Dl/zlness, Morbid Fears,Hot Flashes, Nervous Dyspepsia, Dull-ness, Confusion. Hysteria, Fits, St Vitus'Dance, Opium Habit, Drunkenness, etc.,

are cured bv DR JULES' RESTORATIVENERVINE. It does not contain opiatesMrs. SohpiaC. Browulee. Deland Florida,suffered with Epilepsy for 50 years, andtestifies to a complete cure. Jacoli Petre,Ella, Oregon, had been suffering with Ner-vous Prostration for four years, could notsleep, nothing helped him until he usedDr. Miles' Restorative Nervine; he is nowwell.

I wish to bear testimonv to the value ofDR. MILES' RESTORATIVE NERVINE.For fully 20 years I sutt'ered incessantlyfrom a distressing nervous headache, fromwhich I could get no relief. Last year I wascompelled to quit work because of its 'se-

verity. I procured a bottle of Dr. Miles'Nervine, and after taking about one-tialfof it the headache disappeared, and I liavenot had itsince. I have reason to believe I

have been permanently cured, and Dr.Miles' Nervine must havethe credit.

W W EVANS.Ed. Independent, Waynesburg, Pa.


Fine books ERK:e at Druggists. DR.MILES' NERVE AND LIVER PILLS, 50doses 25 cents are the best remedy for BIU-iousness, Torpid Liver, &c., &c.

Statistics show that one In four has aweak or diseased heart The first symptomsare Short Breath. Oppression, Fluttering,Faint and Hungry Spells. Pain in Side,llien Smothering. Swollen Ankles. Dropsy(and Death) for which DR. MILKS' NEWHEART CURE is a marvelous remedy. I

have been troubled with heart disease foryears, my left pulse was very weak, couldat time'j scarcely feel it, the smallest ex-citement would always weaken my nervesand heart, and a fear of impeHding deathstared me in the face for hours. DR.MILES' NERVINE AND NEW HEARTCURE is the only medicine that hasl)roved of any benefit and cured me.

L "M DYER, Cloverdale, Mo.

My wife has been taking DR. MILES'NEW CURE FOR THE HEART. Shetliinks it is wou<Ierful. She has not beentroubled witn pain or smothering spells

since using it. We have also used DR.MILES' PILLS, and we find them all

they are claimed to be.GEO. L. FINK, Philadelphia. Pa.

1 recommend DR. MILES' NEW HEARTCURE. It cured me after sufterlnR for\ ears with heart disease.

JOSEPH MAISH, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.


DR. MILES' LIVER PILLS are a sureremedy for Billiousuess and Torpid Liver.50 doses, 25 cents.

HEARTr*

Ift pW rt rr in all Forms, Palpita-

UldCLMdCtlon, Pain in Side,Shoulderand Arm, Short Breath, Oppres-sion, Asthma, Swollen Ankles, "Weak andSmothering Spells, Dropsy. Wind in Stom-ach, etc , are cured by DR. MILES' NEWHEART CURE. Anew discovery by theeminent Indiana Specialist. A. F Davis,Silver Creek, Neb., after taking four bot-tles of HEART CURE felt better than hehad for twelve years "For thirty yearstroubled with heart disease; two bottles ofDR. MILES' HEART CURE cured me.-Levi Logan, Buchanan, Michigan." E. BStutson.Wavs Station. Ga., has taken DR.MILES' HEART CURE for Heart Troublewith great results. Mrs. LeBar. Fltchburg.Mich., was ill for 15 yeare with Heart Dis-ease. liad to hire house help, lived on liijuid

food; used DR MILES' HEART CURE andall pain left her; constant use cured her

I have for fifteen years been sufferingwith Palpitation of the Heart, and neverfound a remedy that gave me r(dief until I

tried DR. MILES' NEW HEART CURE;It worked wonderfully and gave me Instantrelief and help. I can cheerfully recom-mend this medicine to all who sutler anykind of Heart disease.

M H. HUSBAND, Greenville, TexasThe eftect of your NEW HEART CURE

is wonderful.MRS. EVA DRESSER, McGregor, Iowa.


Fine illustrated Book FREE at druggists.

Dr. Mile.s' remedies are sold by any drugg-ist or the Dr. Miles' Medical Co., Elkhart,Ind., will send them to any part of the United States, express prepaid, ou receipt of

retail price as follows: i bottle, $r.oo; 6 bottles, $5.00. I box pills, 25 cents by mail; 5boxes pills, $1.00. i nerve plaster, 25 cents; 5 plasters, Si 00. i box pain pills, 25 cts.;

5 boxes pain pills, |i 00. We will not send medicine except on receipt of the money,as ill many cases in the past, parties after ordering them have refused to acceptthem, causing us trouble and cx])euse. Write name, town, county and state veryplain, also nearest express office.

EPWORTH ORGANS AND PIANOSShii ped Direct at Factoi-y Price it you

"^ ORDER THROUGH YOUR MINISTERWho need not pay until instruments are t':'*tf-d and found as repre-inted \v,. take all risks of shipment.

Catalogue and prices free if lume and address of minister is .sent.

mium um & pivvo cmvm, Chicago, Ills., or Centerville, Iowa.

RAILROAD, FARM, GARDEN,

Cemetery, Lawn, Poultry and Rabbit Fencing.

FHOUSAXDS OF MILES IX USE. CATALOGUEFREE. FREIGHT PAID.

THE McMULLEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO.,

114, :i6, 118 snd 120 X. KarketSt., Chicago, lU.

My little boy, aged three years, had a severeCough all Winter, resulting from LaGrippe. Fortwo weeks we did not sleep at night. When theparoxysms came on he had to be held up to keephim from choking to death. Though \ve had

physicians, and iJie boytook medicine all thetime, he never seemed

Ito get any relief until I

began to give him Piso'sCure for Consumption.He would sleep sev-

eral hours after takinga dose. When hebegan coughing hewould halloo "Piso's"

\ i^ ^oon as he could getbreath. .Sometimes I

gave him three doses during the night, and after each dose he would go to

sleep. We are now giving him the third l)ottle, and he is so nearly wellthat a dose taken occasionally is all that is necessary.—Mrs. A. H. Smith,Bald Knob, Arkansas, April 21, 1893.

Prepared by E. T. Hazeltinic, Warren, Pa.

McKendree College,LEBANON. ILL.

FACULTY AND.INSTRUCTORS.MORRIS h- BARR, A. B., Greek, Mental Science and Elocution.

A. G. JEPSON, A. M., Ph. D., Mathematics and -A.strouomy.E. B. WAGGONER, A. M., Natural Sciences and Business.

REV. W. W. EDWARDS, A. M., L. L. B., Deau of Law.E. P. BAKER, A. B., Latin and German.

REV. T. H. HERDMAN, D. D , Theology and Graduates' Courses.ETTA L. ROOT, B. S., Mathematics and English.

OLIVE E. HARRISON, B. L., B. M., Instrumental Music.MRS. KATE BROA.DDUS, B. M., Vocal Music.

W. L. CUNNINGHAM, Stenography and Typewriting.ABBIE E. LUPTON, Painting and Crayoning.

To Young Hen and Young Women

OeBiring to prepare themselves, whatever be their Tocations,for the highest degree of usefulness and the greatest success inlife, McKendree College offers most excellent advantages.

The Classical, Scientific and Normal Courses

Are comprehensive and thoi'ough, assuring symmetrical intel-

lectual development. The two years' course in law leads to thedegree of L. L. B., and to license tu practice in different courts.An important feature of this department is a CorrespondenceCourse, enabling many while engaged in business to gain a goodknowledge of law.

Our Non-Resident Undergraduate

And Graduate Courses offering, to those who cannot leave hometo attend school, opportunity to secure a liberal education, arebecoming deservedly popular. For those who would prepare lorbusiness, or study Vocal and Instrumental Music, Elocution andArt, excellent opportunities are afforded under the direction ofskilled and successful instructors.

Special Attention

Is called to the healthful and beautiful site of the college, therefined society, commodious buildings, museum, libraries, read-

ing room, apparatus and magnificent literary societies, all of

which advantages tend to make students sound and cultured in

body and mind and moral nature.

EXPENSES.Regular College Tuition, $10.00; Specialties Extra. Best Private Board, $3.00 to $3.50

A majority of students board in clubs at a total expense of $1.50 to I2.00. Self-board-ing, $i.J5 to Jr. 50 per week.

Fall Term Opens September 12. Winter Term January 2, '94.

Spring Term March 21 , '94.

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W- H- BARH. Ppesldcnt.

Gem City Business College,quincy, illinois.

THE LARGEST, MOST ELEGANT AND FINELY EQUIPPEDBUSINESS COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES.

Thorough and Successful Courses of Study in Book=keeplngand Actual Business Practice, Shorthand and Type-

writing, and in Normal Penmanship.

OUR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE will be mailed free to any one inter-

ested iu any of the foregoing departments of education. The catalogue containsphotographic views of all the different school-rooms, taken while the school was in

session. It is also embellished with beautiful specimens of penmanship.^•^^"^^^^

D. L. MUSSELMAN, President.

To whom it may Concern:Having known Prof. D. L. Musselman, the President of the Gem City Business

College, for the past ten years, I take pleasure in bearing testimony to his Christiancharacter and Catholic spirit. Prof. Musselman holds a very honorable place in theesteem of our people as a man, a teacher and a public- spirited citizen. His school,

the Gem City Business College, has the reputation of being one of the best, if not thebest of its class in the United States.

The building is large, new, and of latest modern design. The faculty is a clas«

of Christian gentlemen and ladies, who are scholarly and each is a specialist in his or

her department. In patronizing the Gem City Business College no one makes a

mistake, either from its moral tone or its scientific efficiency.Faithfully,

THOS. J. WHEAT,QuiNCY, ILLINOIS, July 24, 1893. Pastor Trinity M. E. Church.

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