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Friday, Sept. 20,The conference u^etnbled at ihe appointed hour, llev. W. It. OU'lej comlm Rug the rx* erctsea*Klder F. M* Dale made bin appearance this cnu«e «f absence explained to the sails! act tun of the eon fere nee.The deed o! Hie A, M. F. Church at Jackson was hu hm it ted to the conlereuce atid unproved a** satisfactory.It seems that in the absence ol the pastor* Rev. H. IV. Guinea, by whom the church was built, in 1*368, the parson of whom the church lot wiii bought bad It conveyed to trude^s neither ol whom wcro members of the church, A huh was brought ami the deed corrected*At the request of Klder Turner, the Bishop decided the quetdtou as 10 which conference the Rev# Moses Dick»on belonged at lt;1 held that he belonged to the Missouri Conference, and consequently that thin conference had jurisdiction of hit nets.Rev. John Turner thereupon preferred charges against Rev. Moses Diek*onf for non -payment of hts debts# The charge was referred to u committee and R v. Turner and Runyon w ere appointed to represent the church and Elder* Oakes and Madison to represent Mr. Dickson in his absence.Henry Junes was discontinued as an itinerant preacher.Klder Dove submitted the following rcoolu lion, which was adopted:}{esolve i?, that any minister belonging to this contereuee district who gets up an excursion on the Sabbath day, or goes to such hiraseli, *ha!l be suspended from all ulttdul standing tor one year.Conference adjourned.
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Jefferson City State Journal
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Fri, Sep 27, 1878
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