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conversion and labors of the great Stephen Olin. 

 Some years afterward "Mount Ariel Academy " was 

 established, and became the germ of the " Cokes- 

 bury Conference School." which was opened for stu- 

 dents in 1835. 



In January, 1832, the South Carolina Conference 

 became a joint participant with the Virginia Confer- 

 ence in Randolph-Macon College, by the adoption of 

 the following resolutions: 



1. Resolved, That the establishment of a well-endowed college, 

 purely literary and scientific, in a desirable place in the Southern 

 Atlantic States, and under the direction and control of a Faculty 

 and. Board of Trustees, consisting, and perpetually to consist, of 

 the members and friends of our Church, is an object of the first im- 

 portance, vitally interesting to our Zion, and deserving of the best 

 wishes and assistance of all our friends. 



2. Resolved, That the Randolph-Macon College, of Mecklenburg, 

 Virginia, instituted under an ample charter from the State by the 

 Virginia Conference, and now opened under the auspices of that 

 Conference, possesses every reasonable prospect of soon becoming, 

 in all respects, what the friends of religion and literature, and those 

 of our own Church in particular, could desire, and is entitled to, 

 and ought to receive, the preference and patronage of this Confer- 

 ence. 



3. Resolved, That we do earnestly recommend the Randolph- 

 Macon College to all our brethren and friends of the South Caro- 

 lina Conference district, and will cordially receive an agent, and 

 second his efforts when such a one shall be sent to solicit pecuniary 

 aid for the college. 



4. Resolved, That we accept of a share in the supervision of the 

 college, as proposed by the Board of Trustees, and nominate six 

 suitable persons (of the ministry or membership of the Church, in- 

 differently) within our Conference limits to be elected into the 

 Board of Trustees in our behalf. 



Agreeably to the last resolution, the following breth- 

 ren were nominated by the Conference as trustees, on 

 its part, of the college, viz.: Col. Thomas Williams, 



