THE COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.

Correspondence Of the Columbian Fountain.
Methodist Protestant Conference.


MosDAY, March l6, 1876.
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| Correspondence OF the Columbian Fountain.
Methodist Protestant Conference.
MosDAY, March l6, 1876.
Service by Rev. G. ID. Hamilton.
The Conference resolved to 60 into an elee-
ton of delegates to the General Conference,
which will sit in Cincinnati in May next.


Rev. DR.. Waters was elected President, and
Rev. E. Y. Reese Secretary, Of the Electoral
College.


On motion of DR.. J. 8. Owings, the follow
ing preamble and resolution were adopted.
While we deprecale slavery as it exists in
this country as great national evil, we be-
lieve that 1t does not belong to ecclesiastical
institutions to legislate upon the subject. We
leave its correction TO the civil authorities, un-
der the amelioraling influences Of Christianity.
and the overruling providence of an all-wiss
God.


In our opinion, the rules and regulations on
the subject Of the suffrage and eligibility to Of!
fee, found in our constitution and discipline,
were the result of mutual forberance and con-
cession between the Northern and Southern
portions Of our Church; that the wisdom and
adaptedness Of the principles therein embodied.
have been fully and satisfactorily developed ia
in the experience Of seventeen years, and thai
we believe any change would be injurious to
the best and dearest interests Of our Church.
Resolved, That our Delegates to the snsu-
ing General Conference be, and they are here.
by instructed, to oppose any effort that may
be made in said Conference 10 alter, change,
modify. repeal, or annul, said rules and regu-
lations.


The college then proceeded to ballot for De-
legates.


The following gentlemen were elected:


.Ministns.-L. r. Reese, E. Henkle, DR..
F. Waters, DR.. I. Simm, Ulysses Ward. J.
R. Williams, J. Warden. J. 8. Reese, !. Web
ster.


Laymen Wesley Starr, Peter Light, Isaac
Shriver, T. r. Brown, Reuben Tall, VIM.
Doughty, J. w. Richardson, J. B. Matthews,
A. L. Withers.