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4 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. - « fr ——— 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. ■ - ■ ■■ •* »■ 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. * , 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.