Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-26
:, :, rlMoRE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

,r1MoRE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
r,;, Conference closed its session, in this
...s on Saturday night last after session of
r.,on davs. Bishops ANDREW and EMORY, ana
,hout one hundred and forty preachers, were
resent Much important business was trans
..,oa Never have the members OF this Con
srence, large and important as it is, met toge-
,hor and transacted the business OF the Confer
.nco with greater unanimity, or under the infiu-
.oce ofbetter feelings. The ordination OF Dea-
coos and Elders took place in the Methodist
Church on Sabbath week, Bishop ANDREW offl-
,;ofro Twelve were ordained Deacons, and
thirteen ordained Elders. Not soon will the So
lsmn services of that day be forgotten. The
vast crowd attending to hear the word OF COD,
and witness the solemn services ofthe occasion,
et that il was, indeed, the house of God and
the cate of Heaven" The whole scene was tru-
lvsimnosing. There stood the messenger OF
God, and gave the solemn charge to those who
were about taking upon themselves the work OF
the ministry. He had come stranger amongst
u.s. but he had brought the spirit OF his Master
and his mission with him. Before him sat more
than one hundred men, some of them old, feeble,
gey-headed-the taper sending forth its last
feeble chickering's; others young, ardent strong
10 labor and to suffer. They had come toge-
Their from various scenes of labor, and only
waited to have other fields assigned them, and
then they were prepared to address themselves
10 their great work. No heart, from which the
kinder and purer feelings had not been exiled,
failed to enter, with deep and lively interest, in
to the scene presented. Eternity, we have no
doubt, will exhibit the ripened and matured fruit
Of seed sown on this occasion.
Among other important business transacted
BY the Conference, was a subscription on the
part of the members, of twelve thousand dollars
toward Dickinson College, now under the con-
troll and management of the Baltimore and Phi
hdelphia Annual Conferences. This subscrip
ton evinceS the deep interest taken in the SUBJ
jeCt of Education generally, as the individual
subscribers were to receive no personal benefit
from their subscriptions, or be entitled to any
special privileges as ministers.
The increase in the membership, after deduct
ing for deaths, removals, eXpulsions, &C.,
amounts to three thousand two hundred and
nine
Previous to the adjournment of Conference,
resolutions were passed unanimously, returning
thanks
ISL To the families who had SO cheerfully re-
ceived and kindly entertained the preachers du-
rng the session of Conference.
I'd. To the Ministers who had so kindly, in
behalf of themselves and congregations, offered
me Tree use of their pulpits and churches to the
Conference
Sd. To the Mechanic Relief Society for the
Use OF their Hall; and
4th. To Mr.. Pierpoint, for the excellent order
maintained among his scholars, from the COM
&encement to the close of Conference.
The following resolution was also adopted by
ue Conference:
ResOlred That the first Friday in June next
y. Ue set apart as day of fasting and prayer for
m s spread of the work of God within the bounds
Nthis Conference.
Inc following are the appointments of the
preachers for the present year:
BALTIMORE DsrRIcr-A. GRIFFITH, Presiding
Elder.
baltimore City-W. Hamilton, T. G.. Thorn
b! Sewell, F. Mccartney, ]. H. Brown.
TS'arP Street and Asbury-R. B. F. Gould.
East Baltimore-D. Steele, J. White.
p p@ do Joseph Frye.
ea DaHlmore Circuit-H Smith, J. A. Gere, J.
'eTrnard, sup.
3asesrn-J. Poisal, w. o. Lumsdon, E. Miller.
6ma1dpolis-John Davis
s. s'essrt-W. Hank, T. Larkin, L. Jordan.
D. ;Morys-E. E. Allen, H. Holland.
~ pnce George's-William Edmunds.
MLoeaezer-H. S. Kepler.
pOo,ag0mery-P. d. Lipscomb, D. Thomas.
M,a.psco-J. Munroe, ]. Anderson.
!, '0''d@oneon Mission-John Smith,
'Ao DiSrHcT-H. SLrcER, Presiding Elder.
Esrondrta-C. A. Davis, S. McMullen.
oa,s v@n'try Uashington-S. Brvson. T. r. Sar-