“_Resolved_, That an appeal be made to the whole Church for half a million of dollars as a centennial offering to the great work of the Freedmen’s Aid Society, and while through all other portions of the Church the usual agencies are employed in raising this amount, the Freedmen’s Aid Society is hereby authorized and directed to organize and prosecute such financial effort among the conferences of the South.” REPORT NO. 5—ADOPTED MAY 23D. “_Resolved_, That it would be unwise, by addition or otherwise, to change the name of the Freedmen’s Aid Society.” REPORT NO. 6—ADOPTED MAY 23D. “Your committee recommend the following changes in the Discipline, so that paragraph 1 shall read: “‘For the mental and moral elevation of freedmen and others in the South, who have special claims upon the people of America for help in the work of Christian education.’ “Paragraph 310: ‘It shall be the duty of each preacher in charge to present this subject to his congregation, or cause it to be presented, once each year in a sermon or address; to aid in the diffusion of intelligence in regard to the work of the society, and to use due diligence to collect the amount apportioned to his charge. He shall report to the annual conference the sum collected, and the collections shall be published in a column in the General Minutes, and in the Minutes of the annual conferences. In presenting the claims of this society, the preacher in charge shall state plainly that the educational work of the society is among both white and colored people.’” FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE OF THE CHURCH, REPORT NO. 4—ADOPTED MAY 28TH. “Your committee beg leave to submit the following for your adoption, namely: “_Resolved_, That this General Conference declares the policy of the Methodist Episcopal Church to be, that no member of any society within the Church shall be excluded from public worship in any and every edifice of the denomination, and no student shall be excluded from instruction in any and every school under the supervision of the Church because of race, color or previous condition of servitude.” FROM COMMITTEE ON FREEDMEN’S AID AND WORK IN THE SOUTH, REPORT NO. 7—ADOPTED MAY 28TH. “The following statement of facts and conclusions respecting the work of our Church in the South is respectfully submitted by the Committee on Freedmen’s Aid and Work in the South: