Circuit-rider days along the Ohio; being the journals of the Ohio Conference from its organization in 1812 to 1826, Part 13

Author: Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences. Ohio; Sweet, William Warren, 1881- ed
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati, The Methodist Book Concern
Number of Pages: 320


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Allen Wiley was elected to the office of elder,


Resolved that the members of the Ohio Annual Con- ference, shall make exertions to increase the number of subscribers for the Methodist Magazine, so as to have it reprinted in Cincinnati,


The Conference ordered that the parchments of Augus- tus Joslin in the hands of James Quinn be given up to him,


A motion was made to restore the parchments of Elias Robinson which miscarried,


The characters of John Collins, John Graham, Jona- than Stamper, Jacob Hooper, Curtis Goddard, John Te- vis, Danl D. Davison Michael Ellis, John P. Kent, Abel


189


JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


Robinson, John Brown, James B. Finley, John Strange, Boroughs Westlake, William P. Finley, Francis Land- rum, Sedocia Bacon Walter Griffith, James Quinn, Tru- man Bishop Saml Brown, William Dixon, Benjamin Lawrence, Henry Baker, Samuel West, Alexander Cum- mins Henry McDaniel, Absolom Hunt, John Ray, Wil- liam Knox Moses Crume, John Sale, David Young, Le- Roy Cole, Benjn Lakin, John Summerville, Robert C. Hatton, Shadrach Ruark elders were each examined and approved,


Henry McDaniel and William Knox were made effect- ive,


David Young, LeRoy Cole, Banjn Lakin Michael Ellis and John Sale, are superannuated.


William P. Finley, Sedoca Bacon William Dixon and Robert, C. Hatton at their own request obtained a loca- tion,


Abdul Coleman was discontinued at his own request. Absalom Hunt and Moses Crume are supernumiaries.


MONDAY MORNING BISHOP ROBERTS IN THE CHAIR


The characters of James McMahon, William Cunning- ham, Jacob Young, C. Springer, & William Swayzey. elders were each examined and approved .-


John Solomon, at his request, was located


John Sale, Jacob Young, Walter Griffith, William Knox & D. D. Davison, were appointed a committee to attend to the case of Charles Waddle and report to the conference.


The P. Elder of Lancaster District, who ever he may be the ensuing year, is directed to call a commitee to attend the case of Peter Stephens.


William B. James a local Deacon appealed from the decision of a Q. Conference of Mansfield Circuit in case of expulsion but it was confirmed.


Whereas it appears that William Burk, a suspended


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member of this conference, has continued to preach and administer the sacraments in oposition to the authority of the Methodist E. Church; Moved by J. B. Finley, and seconded by J. Young that the said William Burk, be expelled from said church, for contumacy, and that his name be so returned on the minutes; which motion car- ried.


The conference ordered that William Burk be presented with a copy of this decision Signed by the president and the secretary.


The conference directed that the secretary be author- ized to give A. Cummins a transcript of any record or paper in his hands relating to the case of William Burke, that he may want.


The next conference will be held in Labannon Septr. 6th 1821.


TUESDAY MORNING BISHOP ROBERTS IN THE CHAIR


The report of finance committee was confirmed as fol- lows Viz.


Names


Amount Received


De- ficiency


Brot to Confer- ence


Appro- priated


Remarks


8


C


$


C


$


C


$


c


Wm. Swazey.


160


40


Cor. Springer.


100


Jacob Young.


197


42


2


158


Thos Ruckle.


175


25


James Smith.


87 50


12 50


Wm. Cunnington


100


Isaac C. Hunter


97


3


Jas. McMahan


200


Philip Green.


60 92


39


8


Jno. Summerville.


88 5412


11 4512


Robt C. Hatton.


200


Chas Waddell


141


Abner Goff.


200


Henry Mathews


50


6 months service


Shadrack Ruark


136


64


Edward Taylor.


67


33


Thos Carr.


67


33


John Solom.


11


189


57


Ezra Booth.


100


John Manary


Ira Eddy


84


16


Sick No claim


59


Jno. C. Brook.


191


JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


Names


Amount Received


De- ficiency


Brot to Confer- ence


Appro- priated


Remarks


$


C


$


C


$


C


$


C


Isah Foster.


120


80


Dennis Goddard


89


11


Thos McClary.


60


40


John Graham.


91|50


108|50


63


Wm Knox ..


91


109


Jonathan Stamper


110


90


Peter Warner.


63


37


Thos A. Morris


185


15


Saml. Brockunier


92 85


7|15


Jacob Hooper.


50


50


James T. Wells.


66 2412


33 751/2


Curtis Goddard.


66|43


3357


John P. Kent.


100


12


Abel Robison.


92 2134


107 7814 37


James Gilruth


51


49


Joseph Carper .


100


Saml Adams


200


John Collins


200


Andrew Canier


27


73


6 50


John Tevis. .


100


5 50


Peter Stephens.


100


Danl D. Davison


145 55


64 45


Michael Ellis


145 55


64 45


John Brown ..


175 86


24 14


Greenbury R. Jones


145


6212


54 3712


Moses Hinkle.


73


27


Wm. Westlake.


65


35


Leroy Swormstedt.


100


Abdell Coleman.


150


Jas. B. Findley


193 70


Andw McClain


90


1534


6 30 109|8414


Russell Biglow.


200


R. W. Finley


200


John Strange.


229


74


Wm M. P. Quinn.


100


Burris Westlake.


200


Horace Brown.


100


W. P. Findley


74 00


76,00


Jno P. Taylor. .


82 61


17 39


Thos S. Hitt.


82 61


17 39


Francis Lanfrum.


200


82


Walter Griffith.


165


35


James Quinn


200


T. Bishop.


100


A. W. Elliott


166 4472


33 5512


Saml Brown.


65


35


Wm Dixon .


216


Robt Delap.


217


Benj Lawrence.


152 35


47 65


Henry Farnandess.


84


16


Henry Baker.


39|70


60|30


Wm H. Raper


92


108


Allen Wiley .


65 4734


Saml West. .


30


170 52


37


John P. Durban.


48


Jas Murray


35|33


64 67


John Sale.


200


67


Moses Crume.


200


67


D. Young . .


200


67


Abbot Goddard.


200


67


Benjn Lakin.


200


67


Sadocia Baker (Bacon) .


118


Benj F. Crouch.


134 5214 67 2914


32 6934


Charles Elliott


63


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Names


Amount Received


De- ficiency


Brot to Confer- ence


Appro- priated


Remarks


$


C


$


C


$


C


$


C


Amelia Lotspeech


Bish. McKendree.


Bishop George.


Bishop Roberts


Pub. Collection .


Dft. on Chartd fund.


Do Book Concern ..


3808


Appropriated.


533


Remaining.


3|70


Final deficiency


3253 3712


The bal. remaining


viz $3.70 to be paid to bishop Roberts by order of conference


The committee appointed to attend to the case of Charles Waddell reported that in there opinion his char- acter ought to pass


The character of Abbot Goddard a Superanuated elder was approved & he continued in his relation


John Benfield a local preacher from Tuscarawas cir- cuit appealed from his Quarterly meeting conference which had axpelled him from the connection The decision was reversed and he restored to his former standing


The case of James Havens was reconsidered & he ad- mitted on trial.


The case of William Stephens was reconsidered & he was admitted into connection


The committee appointed last year to take charge of the Indian mission reported, and the conference approved of their proceedings


The Conference ordered that the Indian mission be con- tinued and that Moses Hinkle be the missionary-Like- wise that the preacher of Lebanon District & Mad river Circuit be the committee to direct tha affairs of the mis- sion- The committee is authorized to give John Stewart and Jonathan Painter, men of colour who were also em- ployed in the mission what support they think needfull


18 18 28


15 8114 100 300


Total deficiency


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JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


WEDNESDAY MORNING BISHOP ROBERTS Pr.


The Conference Allowed brother Hincle, their mission- ary to the Indians two hundred dollars and his traveling expenses as his salary the ensuing year.


The Conference sent an address to the Wyandot In- dians on the subject of religion.


The Conference ordered that each of its members shall circulate a subscription to raise monies for the support of the Indian mission ; and that they shall be accountable to the next Conference for the performance of this duty ; and that the comitee in charge of the mission shall get an address with a subscription connected therewith, printed, and forward to the P. Elders, a coppy for each preacher under their respective charges.


Samuel Chinoweth was located at his own request.


The P. Elder of Miami Dist. and the preacher of Cin- cinnati station, and the helper of White Oak circuit, are appointed a comitee to examine the book agents amount at Cincinnati.


James B. Finley, John Collins, and Walter Griffith are appointed a comitee to take charge of all the papers relating to the case of Wm. Burke.


Resolved that the P. Elder of each Dist. shall take the sentiments of every Q. Conference under his charge, with regard to the establishment of a seminary within the bounds and under the direction of this Conference and also that they have an eye to a proper cite for its estab- lishment; and report to our next Conference.


Resolved that the station preacher of Chillicothe pro- ceed to form an auxiliary society to the Methodist Mis- sionary Society of New York, and that the preachers on their stations be requested (as soon as they can obtain the constitution of said society) to proceed to organize auxiliaries to the society in Chillicothe; as far as they may deem it needful.


194 CIRCUIT-RIDER DAYS ALONG THE OHIO


James Quinn, Abdul Coleman, and Jacob Young are appointed a comitee to collect the memmorials of the life and ministereal labors of the Rev. Samuel Parker lately decased, and report them to the next Confirence, or to the editors to be published in the Magazine.


Meet next at Lebanon Ohio Sepr. 6-1821.


R. R. ROBERTS


Membership in the Ohio Conference for 1819-1820.


Ohio District.


Scioto District.


Whites Col.


Whites Col.


West Wheeling .. 834


5


Cuyahoga cir. 450


Cross Creek 674


Grand River 353


Steubenville 170


Huron 227


Beaver


650


Mahoning


750


4,916


9


Erie


831


Lake


486


Chetauque


474


Columbus


872


9


Pickaway


980


Salt Creek


443


Hockhocking 339


Deer Creek


1,307


9


Chilicothe


300


48


Scioto


1,349


20


Brush Creek


989


4


Little Kanawha .. 570


6,579


90


Marietts


593


Athens


665


Letart Falls


427


Lebanon District.


Mad River


1,284


43


Piqua


824


Union


1,230


Milford


1,082


3


White Oak 1,370


1


Fairfield cir. 1,182


Granville


635


Knox


570


Paint Creek


575


7


Mansfield


922


Tuscarawas


577


8


Zanesville


769


Duck Creek 612


Burlington 308


5,025


8


Lancaster District.


8 London 568


1


1 Straight Creek 391


7,324 55


4,869


5


Muskingum District


Barnesville 1,081


C. SPRINGER SECTY.


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JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


Miami District.


Whites


Col.


Whites Col.


Lawrenceburg


705


8


Miami Cir. 820


Madison


855


6


Cincinnati 533


33


Hamilton and


Oxford


776


5


Rossville


63


2


Greenville


286


White Water


1,206


5,244 54


Appointments for 1820.


Martin Ruter, book agent at Cincinnati.


Ohio Dist. William Swayze, P. Elder.


Mahoning, James M'Mahan, Ezra Booth.


Beaver, William Cunningham, Charles Trescott.


Cross Creek, Sam'l Adams, Henry Knapp.


Steubenville, Curtis Goddard.


Tuscarawas, Thomas Carr, Sam'l Brockunier.


Grand River, Philip Green.


Chetaque, Alfred Brunson.


Lancaster Dist. Jacob Young, P. Elder.


Fairfield circuit, Abner Goff, Chas. Thorn. Muskingum, Shadrach Ruark.


Granville, Daniel Limerick, T. R. Rucke. Knox, Joseph Carper. Mansfield, Josiah Foster, Isaac C. Hunter. Wayne, Edward Taylor. Huron, Dennis Goddard. Hockhocking, Peter Stephens. Lancaster, Thomas A. Morris.


Muskingum Dist. Charles Waddle, P. Elder.


Zanesville, James Hooper, Arch. M'Ilroy. West Wheeling, John Graham, Zarah Costin. Barnesville, Wm. Knox, John Waterman. Duck Creek, Thomas M'Cleary, Nathan Walker. Marietta circuit, Abel Robinson. Athens, A. Lippett, James T. Wells. Letart Falls, James Gilruth. Burlington, William J. Kent. Marietta station, Truman Bishop.


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Scioto Dist. Samuel West, P. Elder.


Columbus, Russel Bigelow, Horace Brown.


Pickaway, Cornelius Springer, Peter Warner.


Deer Creek, William Stephens, Andrew Caneer. Chilicothe, James Quinn.


Salt Creek, James Havens.


Scioto, Greenbury R. Jones, Rob't. Delap.


Brush Creek, Burroughs Westlake, Moses Hinkle jr.


Straight Creek, William Crawford.


Delaware, James Murray.


Lebanon Dist. Jas. B. Finley, P. Elder.


White Oak, William Page, Leroy Swormstedt.


Milford, John C. Brook, Thomas L. Hitt. Union, John Strange, J. P. Taylor. Piqua, Wm. Westlake, Wm. Simmons.


Mad River, Rob't W. Finley, A. M'Lean. Paint, Samuel D. Davidson.


London, Zachariah Connel, James Smith.


Detroit, John P. Kent.


Indian mission, Moses Hinkle sen.


Miami Dist. Walter Griffith, P. Elder.


Cincinnati, J. Collins.


Greenville, Benjamin Lawrence. Oxford, Samuel Baker, Wm. H. Raper. White Water, James Jones.


Miami, Moses Crume, Arthur W. Elliott.


Lawrenceburg, J. P. Durbin, Jas. Collord. Madison, Allen Wiley, William P. Quinn. Hamilton and Rossville, Henry Baker.


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JOURNALS OF THE OHIO ANNUAL CONFER- ENCE IN ITS TENTH SESSION HELD AT LEB- ONON COMMENCING SEPR 6TH 1821-


MEMBERS NAMES


Jacob Young


John C. Brooke


James B. Finley


Ira Eddy


John Collins


Philip Green


John Sale


John F. Wright


Moses Crume


John Strange


Charles Waddle


William Westlake


William Knox


Daniel D. Davison


Robt W. Finley*


Saml Baker


William Swayze


Arthur W. Eliote


Samuel West


John P. Kent*


Walter Griffith


Allen Wiley


Jacob Hooper


John Waterman*


Michael Ellis*


Abm Leppit


James Quinn


Arcd McElroy


James McMahon


Henry Baker


Martin Rutter


William Cunningham*


Ezra Boothe


Benj Lawrence


Curtis Goddard


Russell Bigelow


Thomas Carr


William Page


Joseph Carper


John P. Taylor


Thos A. Morris*


David Young


John Graham


Abbot Goddard*


Abel Robison


Cornelius Springer


Truman Bishop


Saml Adams


William Stephens


Charles Elliott


Greenbury R. Jones


James Smith


Burroughs Westlake


Saml Brockunier


197


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Edw Taylor Dennis Goddard


And McClean


Peter Stephens


Thomas McCleary*


Zech Connell


LeRoy Swarmsted


* Those marked thus are absent


Bishops McKendree, George, & Roberts all present, Bishop Roberts in the chair.


C. Springer was appointed secretary,


The conference appointed the times of its settings & adjournments, the former at 8 oc. A. M. & 2 P. M. the latter at half past 11 A. M. & 5 P. M.


Jacob Young, James B. Finley and Jno Strange were appointed a committee to regulate the congregations dur- ing the setting of this Confr.


The rules of the Western Annual Conference as re- corded in pages 78 &79, of those Journals were adopted by the conference for its own regulation


Russell Bigelow Jno P. Taylor & Jas McMahon were appointed Stewards of the conference ..


David Young, Martin Rutter John Sale Truman Bishop & William Page were appointed a committee to examine the graduates,


Greenbury R. Jones, Henry Baker & Charles Eliott, were appointed a book committee,


John Sale, Jacob Young, Walter Griffith, Truman Bishop and Moses Crume were appointed a committee to take into consideration the necessity & expediency of establishing a School among the Wyandote Indians & enquireing into the ways & means of carrying it into operation & that the commitee, is farther instructed to settle with Jas B. Finley & Moses Hinkle, & report the whole to this confer.


The characters of Alfred Brunson William Crawford, Charles Thorn, James Collard, James Jones, Daniel Lim- ericke, Charles Trescott, Nathan Walker, William P.


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JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


Kent, William Simmons, Henry Knapp, Zera Costen, and Jas. Havens, probationers were examined, approved & they continue on trial,


AFTERNOON SESSION B. ROBERTS PRISEDNT


The characters of James Smith, Edw. Taylor Dennis Goddard, Thos McClarey, LeRoy Swarmsed Andrew McClean, James T. Wells, Saml Adams Charles Eliote & Saml Brockunier, deacons were examined & approved,


The characters of Martin Rutter, William Swayze, Ezra Boothe, Wm Cunningham- Curtis Goddard, Thos Carr Jacob Young & Joseph Carper elders were exam- ined and approved, but Wm Cunninghams presiding elder whosoever he may be this ensuing year is instructed by the conference to admonish him with respect to his un- garded remarks on the subject of marriage and to advise him no more to make use of that assertion that he would as soon marry a girl of the world as one in society.


The characters of James McMahon was approved & he placed in a Supernumerary relation.


The character of Thos. A. Morris was approved and he made effective,


The characters of Jno P. Taylor, Ira Eddy, and Philip Green were examined, approved and they each elected to office of elder.


FRIDAY MORNING B. GEORGE IN THE CHAIR


The papers presented by B. McKendree to the confer- ence on the subject of Indian affairs were refered to the commite for the School among the Wyendotts &tc.


Jacob Young, Russell Bigelow and Moses Crume, were appointed a committee to attend to the case of Peter Stephens which remained unfinished from last year.


The characters of Charles Waddle J. Hooper John Graham, William Knox, Truman Bishop Samuel West,


200 CIRCUIT-RIDER DAYS ALONG THE OHIO


C. Springer, William Stephens James Quinn, Greenbury R. Jones, Buroughs Westlake James B. Finley, John C. Brooke, John Strange and John Waterman elders were examined and approved,


The case of Wm. Westlake was laid over,


John P. Taylor was released from the financial com- mittee and Ezra Boothe in his place.


The presiding elders reported on the subject of the seminary according to their instructions from last con- ference, and, John Collins, Martin Rutter and David Young were appointed a committee to take the subject into further consideration & to report to this present conference,


AFTERNOON SESSION BIS. ROBERTS IN THE CHAIR,


The Conference made a draft on the book concern for $300- and on the charterd Fund for $100-


Wlliam Horton, David Ducher, Samuel Carpenter, Nimrod Bright, William Hughey David Madon, Daniel Inskip David Clarke Jeremiah Symns, John C. Pearson, Platt B. Morey, Jonathan Flood, Amos Sparks, & Jacob D. Miller local preachers were each elected to the office of Deacon, but Saml Wilson, Benanyah Boardman and Benj Ryan, tho recommended, were not elected,


SATURDAY MORNING B. GEORGE IN THE CHAIR.


The conference ordered that the book Agent at Cin- cinatia be directed to prepare a Primmer containing suitable lessons for the early education of children, to be printed, in connection with our chatechism, and that a commitee of five be appointed, from the chair to examine the work before its publication.1


1 As far as I am able to discover this is the first action on the part of the Methodist Church in the west looking toward the religious training of children. Methodist Sunday schools had been established east of the mountains, but there is no evidence to show the existence of Methodist Sunday schools in the west at this time. (See Sweet, "Beginnings of the Sunday School in the West," The Sunday School Journal, April, 1922, 213, 214.)


201


JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


The characters of Thos. S. Hitt, Will H Raper Jno P. Durbin, James Gilruth, Robt. Delap, Moses Hincle, Isaac C. Hunter & Thos. R. Ruckel probationers were examined approved and they each admitted into connection & elected to the office of deacon


Voted that brother Hincle be admonished from the chair for his imprudence in joining the free Masons and particularly of his manner of doing it, and also that he be advised of the necessity and importance of carefulness & prudence on his part in future,


Joseah Foster, an elder was admitted into connexion,


Abner Goff a deacon was admitted, into connexion and elected to the office of elder.


AFTERNOON SESSION B. ROBERTS IN THE CHAIR


James Murry was admitted into connexion but was not, elected to office,


Peter Warner and W. P. Quinn probationers were droped,


Horace Brown and Andrew Kinniar were continued on trial,


The Committe on the case of Peter Stephens reported, which was confirmed, and he acquitted of the charges against him but not elected to office,


The conference ordered also that the Agent get the copy right of the primmer directed to be published, secoured, to the M. E. Church in the U. States,


David Young and Martin Rutter were appointed addi- tional members of the commitee for the Indian School &tc,


MONDAY MORNING B. GEORGE IN THE CHAIR


John Haughton, Isaac Wood, David I Cox Benj Ful- ler, Whitefield Hughes, George Waddle and John Ulin, local preachers were each elected to the office of Deacon in the M. E. Church,


202 CIRCUIT-RIDER DAYS ALONG THE OHIO


William Irwin William Austin, John Clark and Robert Dobbins local deacons were each elected to the office of Elder but David English was not elected


The committe appointed by the Presiding Elders to at- tend to the case of brother William Westlake reported to this conference, which report was confirmed and he sus- pended indefenitely from all Official privileges in the M. E. Church, and his name is to be striken off the Min- utes, but to remain on the Journal of the Conference.


The characters of Daniel D. Davison, Saml Baker, Arthur W. Eliott, Allen Wiley and Archibald McIlroy, elders were examined and approved,


John P. Kent was Superanuated,


The characters of Abm Leppet a deacon was examined & approved,


Moses Crum, William Stephens and James Quinn were appointed a committee to attend to the case of Henry Baker,


AFTERNOON SESSION B. ROBERTS PRESIDED


The characters of Benj Lawrence, Russell Bigelow, William Page, Shadrack Ruark and Robt W. Finley, elders were each examined and approved,


The characters of John Sale David Young and Michael Ellis superanuated elders were each examined, approved and there relation continued,


The commitee on the case of Henry Baker report him guilty of imprudence which report was confirmed, and the conference ordered that he be reproved by the Presi- dent for it, and advised him to try and make reconcilia- tion with the family with whom the imprudence was com- mitted,


James Fowler and Danforth Wetherby Local Deacons were each elected to the office of elder,


Moses Crumes character was approved & he made effective,


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JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


The next conference will be holden in Mariette, 5th Sepr 1822,


The conference ordered that the Book Agent at Cinci- natia get subscription papers printed for the purpose of reprinting at New York Benson's Commentarys on the Scriptures, and the preachers are desired to circulate them for the purpose of obtaining subscribers,


TUESDAY MORNING B. ROBERTS IN THE CHAIR


William H. Collins, John Pardo, Henry J. Fernandes, John Walker, and Ricd Brandriff were admitted on trial,


Lewis S. Kidmore a local elder was readmited into con- nexion,


Bishop McKendree presented an address containing his advise & recommendation to this conference to adopt the following resolutions which were first adopted & then suspended by the last General Conference viz-


Resolved &tc that whenever in any annual conference, there shall be a vacancy- or vacancies in the office of Presiding Elder in consequince of his period of service of 4 years having expired or the Bishop wishing to re- move any Presiding Elder, or by death, resignation or otherwise, the Bishop or presedent of the conference having ascertained the number wanted from any of those causes, shall nominate three times the number out of which the Conference shall elect by ballot without debate the number wanted, provided when there is more than one wanted not more than three at a time shall be nom- inated, and not more than one at a time elected-provided also that in case of any vacancy or vacancies in the office of Presiding Elder in the interval of any Annual Confer- ence, the Bishops shall have authority to fill the said vacancy or vacancies untill the ensuing Annual Confer- ence,


Resolved 2d That the presiding Elders be and hereby


204 CIRCUIT-RIDER DAYS ALONG THE OHIO


are made the advisory council of the Bishops or presedent of the Conference in Stationing the preachers, (carried 61 to 25)


It was moved by David Young & seconded by Jacob Young, & James B. Finley that the following preamble & resolutions be adopted & the question was carried in the Affirmative.


Preamble, The above resolution are in the judgment an infringement on the constitution of the M. E. Church and therefore cannot be carried into effect by our repre- sentatives without first obtaining the consent of the Anual conference.


And whereas these resolutions were first adopted and then suspended by the General Conference of 1820 and our Senior Bishop advises the anual conferences to take such measures as may give the above resolutions the force and sanction of rules in our Discipline, The other Bishops approving this proposed change in our government,


Resolved, Therefore by the Ohio Anual Conference that we recommended the adoption of the above stated resolutions and that the next ensuing general Conference are authorized and requested so far as it respects this conference to adopt them provided it be done by a ma- jority of two thirds of the General Conference as stated in the 6th Article of our Constitution,


AFTERNOON SESSION, B. ROBERTS IN THE CHAIR


The papers in the hands of brother Finley on the case of Will. Burke was returned to the Conference and placed among its papers.


The report of the commitee on the subject of the Indian school &ct was confirmed, which is as follows,


1. That this Conference immediately establish a school at Camp Meegs, for the education of the Wyendott Indians and others,


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JOURNAL OF THE OHIO CONFERENCE


2. That the missionary who may be stationed at Camp Meegs shall have the superintendance of the above school, and the said missionary is hereby authorized and re- quired to select and employ a missionary family, likewise to erect such buildings as may be necessary,


3. That subscriptions be printed and put into the hands of every preacher in charge of a Ct. or Station in order to obtain monies for the above Mission and school,


4. That the P. Elders be authorized and requested to ap- point a commitee or committees in every district for the purpose of obtatining provisions and clothing for the support of the Indians at school which provisions and clothing they are requested to forward to the superin- tendant of the mission and school,




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