The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-27
FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.

BALTIMORE March %, 1855.
Mr. EDITOR: That large body of Christian ministers
known "THE BALTIMORE ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the
Methodist Episcopal Church has Just closed annual
sion OF thirteen days in the Monumensreet church of
city.
The session unusually harmonious and although no
Of difficulty existed during its continuance yet from
the large number composing the body tover three hun
dred and the varied interests be attended the
sion was necessarily protracted
| This however will soon be remedied as a committee
raised consider and report upon plan for the dvi-
sion of the conference into The plan to be
arranged will be submitted the session in March
and approved and coneurred in by the General Confer
ence in May 1856, indianapolis then there may be a
Baltimore Conference, and also Baltimore Conference
East and Baltimore Conference West constituted out of
the present territory of the old Baltimore Conference
The next annual session to be held where the Meho-
dist Episcopal Church organized in l7s4-i e., at
Light street, Baltimore.
Among other matters of interest discussed disposed
Of by the conference the subject of the change of the
rule slavery exclude SHAREHOLDERS from the
church, proposed by the North Ohio and Wisconsin
Conferences in resolutions which they sent to the Balt
Conference asking the of the asnaed
body Upon the of those resolutions by the
presiding bishop debate ensued which eyineed strong
disposition give the cold shoulder to the slavery aga-
ton The speakers however differed in relation to the
urged upon the conference defer action for year
der that heavier might be given against them then
To this the Rev. r. Soer objected upon the ground that
the delay would be misunderstood by the church.
and that the of the country required that the confer
should put itself upon the record plainly and uumis
takably against the resolutions The latter views pre-
vailed and the conference voting by eers, carried Mr..
Scers motion to in the resolutions proposing
change in the rule slavery byyeas 200 nays none
This disposition of the matter seemed to give great
sfacon to the immense congregation Of citizens and
strangers who present in that beautiful and
dious church
This action of the conference shows that this large and
influential body of Christian ministers determined to
resist the aggressons of northern anaticsm in its attempt
TO make Of church membership, for Ghich hey hare
The ,eord Of God the only and sufficient rule Of
faith and practice for mankind.
The action this conference is the refreshing when
recoect that large portion of its territory is in Penn
sylvania and of all upon that free SOIL found
ortcar3 and record his po 10 make nosiapchoding
a Of membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church
The interests Of education of temperance, Of colonial
ton of the Bible Society," &c, duly attended by
the conference and the closing ION Wednesday
held spell-bound for hours immense audience filling the
church to its utmost capacity.
Your city received large the of the next
conference but the Baltimore city station received the
majority, and was selected. UNION.