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j&ottfjitnt Christian Rotate.
MACON, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 21,1866.
The Rev. Allen Turner.
We were absent from the office, when the
brief record of the death of this venera
ble servant of God reached it, and it went
to press without such notice as was due to
his piety and labors. Nor are we prepared
to give, now, any extended notice of his
life. We only know that for many years he
was a Methodist itinerant —and that as Pre
siding Elder on the frontiers, years ago, he
first brought Methodism to several portions
of Georgia.
His arduous labors superannuated him
many years since—but he never ceased to
travel and labor, wherever he thought he
could do good. At a camp-meeting or in
a revival, few young men were as diligent
or zealous as he ; and many a time he has
rallied the flagging hosts to anew onset and
to further victories.
He was a man of eminent piety. Solemn
at all times, he never let an opportunity pass
of saving a word for his Master. He had
separated himself from the world, and walk
ed among men, as the citizen of another
land—one, who never forgot his citizenship.
He was venerated in the Georgia Confer
ence for his piety, his sincerity, his strait
forward Christian integrity. Ilis brethren
mourn him —miss him ; but they feel that
he has ceased from toil at a point of life
when old age began to be a burden; and
that he now rests with God.
“ Great is your Reward.”
The penitent and believing sinner’s re
ception of the new elements of godly char
acter —his actual realization of pardon, re
generation, and intercourse with God,
through the Spirit—his conscious reception
of grace, love, peace and joy, and his inspi
ration with that heroic courage which con
quers death —lay a broad and firm founda
tion for his hope and expectation of a home
in heaven. As he presses onward, in the
beaten pilgrim path, towards the goal of his
highest effort and noblest ambition, he is
thrilled by the echoing shouts of those who
have passed on before ! “ Blessed be the
fiod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who, according to his abundant mercy, hath
begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled,
and that fadeth not away Now his race
is ended —death vanquished —the grave
robbed of victory —the prize won—the gate
of heaven gained, and he enters to be crown
ed with the diadem of immortality.
Behold him, not in corruption, but in in
eorTUption ; not in dishonor, but in glory;
not in weakness, but in power; not a natu
ral body, but a spiritual body ; not bearing
the image of the earthly, but bearing the
image of the heavenly ! Behold the mul
titudinous train of the faithful followers of
Christ, and listen to their hymns of joy,
swelling like the sound of many waters, and
reverberating like many thunders: “ Salva
tion to our God which sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb}” and hear the
response of angels, elders and creatures:
« Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom,
and thanksgiving, and and power,
and might, be unto our God forever and
ever, Amen.’’
Follow them to that Grand Temple of the
Heavens, of which Christ is the effulgent
Sun. Pause on the threshold, and let your
soul be ravished with the scene, and the pro
claimed reward of the Christian : “ Come,
thou blessed of my Father, enter into the
Kingdom prepared for you from the founda
tion of the world !’’ See him —see that
vast throng, which no man can number, of
every hue, and clime, and age—as they en
ter and possess their inheritance —that inn
heritance whose streams are the love of God,
whose landscapes are the glory es God,
whose fruits are the peace of God, and whose
defence is the power of God, and whose
government is the wisdom and will of God —
that inheritance whose repose is bliss, and
whose labor is praise, and in which no tear
falls and no crime stains—that inheritance
whose vintage is wisdom, whose wisdom is
happiness, whose happiness is a love intensi
fying and a joy, augmenting forever—a
kingdom “ incorruptible, undefiled, and that
fadeth not away ” —as pure, glorious, and
eternal, as the God who grants it, and the
Son who reigns over all!
The Ciihistmas Holidays are as pleas
ant to printers, as they ever were to the sons
«f Ham. They look then for Borne respite
from tlieir long stretch of weekly toil, in
which every day has had its appointed work,
that they might bring out the papar punc
tually at the appointed time. The Advocate
printers have done well and deserve a holi
day, and we must give it to them; therefore,
as for several years past, during Christmas
week no paper will be issued from this
office. We trust that patrons will bear this
in mind, when they miss the paper of next
week.
THE FLORIDA CONFERENCE.
The Florida Annual Conference held its
twenty-third session at Quincy, Florida, be
ginning Dec. 13th, 1866.
Bishop 11. M. MeTyeire was present, and
by the dignity, kindness, and impartiality
of his manner, impressed the Conference as
favorably as any of those to whom the
Church has committed the responsible office
of Bishop, and whom it has been our pleas
ure to have with us heretofore. Indeed,
none in the Conference speak of him but in
terms of the highest praise.
We have lost our esteemed brother, S. P.
Richardson, who was transferred to the
Mobile Conference, and is appointed Agent
for the American Bible Society in the State
of Alabama. Our best wishes and prayers
go with him.
We have also lost, by death, Dr. Thos. H.
Capers, Francis M. Wilson, and Mahlon
Bedell. The first named had been with us
only three years, but in that short time had
won the confidence and affection of all who
knew him, both preachers and people, and
who mourn his death as an irreparable loss
to the Church and Conference.
We admitted on trial Nathan Talley and
Ernest Crum. There remain on trial, John
M Potter and Elijah S. Tyner. Alfred
Holcombe, William S. llicc, Americus V.
Mann and David L. Branning, were discon
tinued at their own request.
J. 0. A. Sparks was admitted into full
connection and ordained deacon.
Robert H. Rogers was readmitted on a
certificate of location granted by the Geor
gia Conference.
The deacons of one year are Robert F.
Evans, Oscar A. Myers and Marshall G.
Jenkins. ‘
Wra. C. Jourdan was elected and ordain
ed elder.
There were ten white and two colored
local preachers elected to deacon’s ordors, of
whom the Bishop ordained eight whites, and
one colored.
There were six local preachers elected to
elder’s orders, and four were ordained.
Wm. F. Roberts, Joshua A. Carraway
and George S. Johnston, were located at
their own request.
Marshall G. Jenkins, Aaron W. Harris,
John Penny, James M. N. Lowe, Andrew
R. Byrd, George W. Fagg, Stephen W.
Carson and G. W. Pratt, were granted a
supernumerary relation.
The superannuated preachers arc—Wm.
W. Griffin, Edwin L. T. Blake, Thos. Tay
lor, Thos. C. Coleman, David Roberts, and
Capel Raiford.
The name of Alexander Graham, who
has gone to the Northern Methodist Church,
was stricken from the roll. With this ex
ception the characters of the preachers were
passed.
The condition and relation of the colored
people to our Church received proper atten
tion, and enlisted many remarks from the
preachers, who are earnestly desirous to aid
them in all possible ways to improve their
condition intellectually and religiously.
The following resolution was adopted :
That for the present the preachers in
charge be instructed to repoi t their colored
membership, and those who are sent to
places where there have been apparent se
cessions, use their utmost endeavors to se
cure their fidelity to our Church.
The Conference concurred in the change
of the name of the Church by a vote of 41
against 2. And on the question of lay-del
egation the vote was 40 ayes to 3 nays.
The report of the committee on statistics
shows a decrease of 857 whites, 16 local
preachers, and 2,876 colored, which is ac
counted for by the fact that many appoint"
ments were set down in the report of last
year at the figures reported the year before
the war began.
The Conference Stewards reported that
they had settled with the claimants at 47
cents on the dollar.
The Bishop’s assessment on this Confer
ence was not quite paid up, but arrange
ments were made by which it will be met
in full in a short time.
. J. Blakely Smith was with us, and urged
the claims of the Advocate, Macon Deposi
tory and the Wesleyan Female College with
a warmth and earnestness evincing the deep
est interest in those enterprises. We hope
to meet him again in Florida. Our next
Session is to held at Monticello, Fla.
The appointments are as follows:
Brunswick District, J M Hendry, P E.
Brunswick circuit, J L Williams; M G
Jenkins, supernumerary.
Centrevillage and St Marys circuit, Jno W
Simmons.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE.
Waresboro circuit, S G Childs; CP Jones,
sup’y.
C Holmesville circuit, to be supplied by J
-j A Lane jA It Byrd, sup’y.
(_ Doctortown mission, Matthew H Fielding.
Ocmulgee circuit, J D Mauldin.
Irwin circuit, to be supplied by Jewell.
I Holmesville circuit, to be supplied by J
-j II Wilkins.
( Milltosvn circuit, Nathan Talley.
Quitman station, 0 L Smith.
Grooversville circuit. Jas Harris,
f Valdosta circuit, J J Giles; G G Smith,
j jr-^up’y.
j Grand Bay circuit, to be supplied by E B
l Fendley; A W Harris, sup’y.
Morven circuit, P G Harris.
Moultrie circuit, to be supplied by Dr B
Watkins.
Little River circuit, to be supplied by John
Ross.
BAiNBRijDGE District, J W Mills, PE.
Bainbridge and Fowlstown station, W A
Parks.
Decatur circuit, R II Ilowren.
Spring Hill circuit, R W Flournoy.
Thomasville station, N B Ousley.
Oelockonce mission, to be supplied.
Camilla circuit, W M Kennedy; R F Evans,
sup’y.
Newton and Colquitt station, T B Harbin.
Albany station, II D Moore; G W Fagg,
sup’y ;
Flint River mission, to be supplied by R N
Andrews.
Morgan circuit, J M Potter; JM N Lowe,
sup’y.
Trinity and Blakely circuit, J G Worley,
one to be supplied by G W Swan.
Colquitt circuit, J B Wardlaw.
Newton colored circuit, to be supplied by
Peter Colquitt and Connor Colquitt.
Ocala District, M A Clontz, P E.
Ocala circuit, E S Tyner.
Orange circuit, W P O’Cain.
Volusia mission, to be supplied.
Pilatka and St. Augustine, to be supplied
by D L White.
Micanopy circuit, W K Turner.
Crystal River circuit, F R C Ellis.
Cedar Keys circuit, to be supplied by E J
Knight; J Penny, sup’y.
Gainesville circuit, J O A Sparks.
Newnansville st ition, J J Sealy.
Tampa District, Wm E Collier, P E.
Key West station, S Gardner ; Wm Davies.
Manatee station, E F Gates.
Pease Creek circuit, to be supplied by R
Carson.
Hillsboro circuit, W C Jourdan.
Tampa station, R L Wiggins.
Clear Water circuit, Josiali Bullock.
Hernando circuit, E II Giles.
Sumter circuit, W II Thomas.
Jacksonville District, J B JacksoD,
P E.
Jacksonville station, F A Branch.
Fernandina station, 0 A Myers,
j Woodstock circuit, Ernest Crum.
] Nassau and Duval missions, to be supplied.
Middleburg circuit, T R Barnett.
Lake City station, J P DePass, to be trans
ferred from S C Conference.
Hamilton circuit, Wm Williams.
Columbia circuit, J’W Jackson,
f Houston circuit, Isaac Munden.
( Suwanee mission, A Johnson.
Madison station, R H Rogers,
f Madison circuit, C P Murdock.
-j Taylor and Lafayette mission, to be sup-
C plied.
Tallahassee District, Wm F Easter
ling, P E.
Tallahassee station, J 0 Branch.
Tallahassee colored charge, to be supplied
by James Smith.
Leon circuit and colored charge, S Wood
bery.
Gadsden circuit, J C Ley.
Wakulla circuit, R I McCook.
Liberty circuit, to be supplied by John Val
landingham.
Waukenah circuit, R McK Tydings.
Aucilla mission, to be supplied.
Union circuit, to be supplied by D Bryan.
Monticello station, J Anferson.
Apalachicola station, C II Bernheim ; G
W Pratt, sup’y.
Quincy station, A J Woldridge.
R H Luckey Agent of the American Bible
Society, in Florida and South Georgia.
E B Duncan, Superintendent of Freedmen’s
School in Florida.
S P Richardson, transferred to Mobile Con
ference.
There are some of the reports and reso
lutions adopted by the Conference which I
will send as soon as possible.
F. A. Branch, Sec’y.
Kentucky Conference.
The St. Louis Christian Advocate gives
the following cheering facts, derived from
an examination of the Minutes of the Ken
tucky Conference:
At the Conference of 1865 eighteen
preachers withdrew and united with the
Northern Church. During the past year five
other members of the Conference abandon
ed their charges and went the same direc
tion, and a number of local preachers imita
ted their example.
About fifty preachers, sustained by the
Missionary Society, have been operating in
the bounds of the Kentucky Conference, in
the interests of the Northern Church, using
all the influence they were able to exert to
win our people from us, and in some places
with some success.
But after all the losses sustained, our
Church is stronger in the Kentucky Confer
ence than it was before the defection of “the
eighteen.’’
A comparison of the statistical tables
shows an increase as follows:
White members (1,420) fourteen hundred
and twenty; Sunday-schools ten; officers
and teachers, one hundred and thirty-four;
scholars, three hundred aod fifteen; churches,
twenty-nine; parsonages, three.
The loss which the Conference - sustained
in ministers departing from us, has been
more than made up in numbers, talent and
influence by transfers, admissions and re
admissions. Os local elders, deacons and
preachers combined, we have sustained a
total loss of only two. So that our gains
have largely overbalanced our losses as
shown by the statistical table, demonstrating
the increased strength of our Church in
the bounds of the Kentucky Conference.
The missionary reports show that the con
tributions this year were more than double
those of last year.
The college assets are more than seven
teen thousand dollars greater now than one
year previous.
There is §685 less reported the past year
for ministerial support than the year betore,
but there were really about three thousand
dollars more paid, as the receipts for several
places are not reported; in one of which
alone—Newport—about §2,500 were paid
to the pastor.
The Conference and Bishops’ collection
combined were the last and prior year about
equal.
Several appointments “left to be supplied”
were not supplied till a late period in the
year, and in others the supply was by local
preachers whose time was largely occupied
with their own affairs, and a less, comnensa
tion was consequently expected than is
awarded to one who devotes his entire time
to the ministry. The finances of the Con
ference arc, therefore, less favorably report
ed than they would have bem had all the
charges been supplied with ministers regu
larly appointed from the Conference.
The facts stated all conspire to prove that
the organized effort to overthrow our Church
in the Kentucky Conference has proved an
entire failure. The men who sought to
achieve such a result have retired from the I
public view, and others have taken the
places once occupied by them, and the fu
ture of the M. E. Church, South, in the
Kentucky Conference is full of hope.
Change of Name. —lt has not, as yet,
been finally determined whether the requisite
majority of the members of the several An
nual Conferences have, or have not, determ
ined to concur with the General Confer"
ence in regard to the change of the name
of the Church. It is, however, earnestly
hoped that the action of the General Con
ference, both on this subject and on the
question of lay-delegation in the several Con
ferences, will be concurred in, although at
present there are some doubts about it.
We join the Editor of the St. Louis Ad
vocate, from which the above is taken, in
this “ earnest hope.’’ Had he expressed
the same hope at the General Conference,
and used his large influence to realise the
hope, there would have been less doubt
than there now is respecting the ultimate
fate of these questions.
The Rev. Adam A. Robinson, Sr.,
well known in tbe Georgia Conference, met
with a distressing accident last week in
Americus—the day before he was to have
left for his new home in Florida. He was
thrown from his carriage and his thigh was
fractured —a serious calamity, from which
we hope he will soon recover.
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The Rev. J. D. Coullino, of the Vir
ginia Conference, President of W. F. Col
lege, at Murfreesboro, N. C., died during
the session of the Virginia Conference. He
was an excellent minister and an eminent
and greatly beloved instructor —and his loss
is severely felt. The Rev. Paul Whitehead
takes his place in the Institution.
Bishop McTyeire —we understand, says
the Nashville Advocate —is about to make
Nashville his place of residence. That is
just right. The Bishop’s house is undergo
ing repairs for his reception.
The Sunday school Visitor for Jan
uary is in type. We hope orders will come
in thick and fast. So says the Nashville
Advocate ; and we join in the hope.
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A Just Tribute. —At the close of the
recent session of the Georgia Legislature,
the members of the House of Representa
tives, through Dr. R. A. T. Ridley, present
ed to “Uncle Jesse Oslin,” Messenger, a
beautiful gold-headed cane, as a testimonial
of their respect for him, and a token of the
gratitude of the House for his faithful ser
vice as Messenger. “ Uncle Jesse’’ has been
Messenger for the last eighteen years, and,
although over seventy years old, he is as
active as a boy. He has, during all these
years, preserved his reputation and charac
ter as a consistent member of the Methodist
Church.
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The Eclectic Magazine gives this .week
its new programme for the next year—which
see.
Irwinton Academy. —Attention is call
ed to the conditions, rates, etc., of, this In
stitution.
The Hilliard Institue. —This Institu
tion has passed into the hands of the Rev.
J. T. Lin, long a popular teacher iu Augus
ta, Ga. Seo advertisement.
RANDOLrn-MACON College.— Our old
Alma Mater has reorganised, with the fol
lowing Faculty: Thos. C. Johnson, A.M.,
President, and Professor in the School of
Moral Philosophy; John C. Blackwell, A.
M., D.D., Professor in the School of Chem
istry and Natural Philosophy; Oliver 11. P.
Corprew, A.M., Professor in the School of
Ancient Languages; Richard W. Jones,
M.A., Professor in the School of Mathemat
ics ; Ernest La Garde, A.8., Professor in
the School of Modern Languages. A fea
ture of the reorganization is the establish
ment of a School of Commercial Science.
The results of the war have impoverished
thousands of families who cannot afford to
give their sons a regular collegiate course.
Many, however, can afford to pay for their
sons one or two years at College, provided
their education is conducted with reference
to their qualification for business. It is to
supply this waDt of our altered circum
stances, that the School of Commercial Sci
ence was created, and it is luped thus to
render the College veVy useful. Tho
President, Mr. Johnsoa, is a graduate of the
College—formerly the law partner of Hon.
J. Wofford Tucker, in St. Louis—and more
recently—during the war—in the Confed
erate service, in Columbus, Ga. May the
old College soon sec prosperous days.
Messrs. Seymour, Johnson & Cos.,
Macon, offer a large assortment of Family
and Plantation Goods—and we advise our
friends visiting Macon to give them a call.
See advertisement.
Leather and Saddlery Goods.—G.
Bernd invites attention to his stock of Sad
dlery and Harness Goods. It is worthy of
note that Mr B is a bona fide Manufacturer,
and warrants his work. See his advertise
ment.
Appointments of the Montgomery
Conference for 1867.
Montgomery District, M S Andrews,
P. E.
( Montgomery, J Mathews,
j Heron station, J W Jordan.
Auburn, Jesse Wood, E J Hamill, agent, R
A M College.
“ Colored charge, TII Whitney.
Tuskegee, O R Blue.
“ circuit, B B Ross.
Oak Bowery, E B Norton.
Russell, W B Neal, J A Pace, sup’y.
Crawford, Jno H Lockhart.
Loachapoka, L F Dowdell.
Opelika, J W Glenn, E D Pitts, Presi
dent Opelika Academy.
“ colored charge, F H Wardlaw.
Mt Meigs, to be supplied.
Wetumpka District, D M Hudson, PE,
“ CD Oliver.
“ colored charge, to be supplied.
Prattville, A J Briggs.
“ colored charge, Geo R Talley.
Autaugaville, Hardie Brown.
Kingston, John G Walker, T L Dentzler
supernumerary.
Sockapatoy, W A Edwards.
Carolina, T M Lynch, one to be supplied.
Dadeville, W J Davis, J N Dupree, sup’y.
Tallasse, R A Timmons.
Lowndesboro and Hayneville, B F Perry,
J M Jennings, sup’y.
Pleasant Hill, E A West, J A Spence,
P R McCrary, sup’y.
Gadsden District, T Moody, P. E.
Gadsden, P K Brindley.
“ colored charge, to be supplied.
Lebanon, W L Clifton.
Van Buren, J A Neely.
Sand Mountain, W D Nickelson.
Centre, R Nickelson.
Cedar Bluff, R N Scales.
Cross Plains, to be supplied.
Ashville, Robert E Cary.
Springville, R J Sampler, M A Leak, sup’.
Jacksonville District, L M Wilson,
P. E.
.Jacksonville, C A King.
White Plains, Robert B Crawford.
Alexandria, to be supplied.
Coosa River, Henry Young.
Harpersville, D S McDonald.
Montevallo, R S Woodward,
f “ circuit, C L Dobbs,
\ Isabella mission, J T Talley.
Talladega District, J T Curry, P. E.
Talladega, W 11 Kirk.
“ circuit, W S Turner,
“ colored charge, to be supplied.
Arbacoochee, J C A Bridges.
( Lineville circuit,*E B McClelland.
{ Blue Mt mission, C S D Lassiter.
Lafayette circuit, E L Loveless.
Roanoke, to be supplied by J M Towles,sup.
Pinckneyville, L R Bell, T G Slaughter,
sup’y, C W Smith, sup’y.
Hatchett Creek mission, Geo J Mason, VT
K Towles, sup’y.
j Fayetteville, D Duncan, H C Stone, sup’y.
! Eufaula District, W A McCarty, P E.
I Eufaula, W Shapard.
Glennville, T J Rutledge.
Clayton and Lewisville, W H Ellison.
Enon and Midway, W K Norton.
Hamitcr,. M C Turrentine.
Perote, A S Dickinson.
Glennville circuit, J P Dickinson.
Lawrenceville, J W Solomon. (
Clopton, to be supplied, L Patterson, sup y.
Barbour colored charge, WH Wild.
Union Springs District, J B Cottrell,
P E
Union Springs, W M Motley.
Troy and Orion, W G Perry.