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The Daily Dispatch: November 30, 1860., [Electronic resource], Virginia Conference (search)
itable basis shall be adopted, having reference both to numbers and to pecuniary ability, without pressing heavily upon any, and operating equitably upon all. The first resolution being before the Conference, Rev. Messrs. Coulling and Langhorne discussed the matter. Mr. Branch, of Petersburg, advocated the adoption of the report, and declared that the plan adopted by the Petersburg Quarterly Conference was the proper one. Rev. Dr. Smith thought that willingness to contribute had sometimes been mistaken for ability to contribute, by the district stewards, and as the cities were generally more willing to pay, they were sometimes indiscreetly assessed. Rev. Mr. Langhorne agreed with Dr. Smith, and the language of the resolutions, that numbers and ability should be estimated as a financial basis. He spoke with some spirit in regard to the manner in which Presiding Elders were sometimes met. The stationed preacher got all, and the Elder, if he was not present at t