New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-15
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
NETWORK EAST cONFERENCE or THE
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

-b.. bocy, composed Of nearly 80 ministers, COM
m-Dced ,s session on "Wednesday morning ~ O'Clock
IN the CherYy-s;yee Methodist Church. The Rev.
R.hop B,ELR, the p'e-hlpg Officer, opened the ses-
.ien by resdipg the Scrptrres singing and pr yer.
Tbs Rev DR.. fLsY, editor Of r1e National Magazine,
Nev.York, vas elected Secretary, sud the Rev. Mr..
WoopRuTr. Assistant. The Conference being duly
r,g,niz,d the usual Committees were appointed.
Amo.g them We noticed the appointment OF Commit
,s,s on Education. the Bible and Tract Cause, and
.lso on Temperance and Slavery If there no
other evdenc. that this Conference 81 strongly Anti
slavery in sen.imsnt the fact that { 1umitIee was
snnonfej presenting mn. IN hat subect, OF which
H. Rev Dr. Ghedon, editor Of The Ql,rtely Review,
New-Yo:k is Chairman, would be snfhclenty concn'
sive repor. taking s'Iong ana DECIDED g'ouoa IN
yeston bo;h 20 the rsture III Slavery and the Rrgent
nscessi;y tor General Conference acton, may be e1
pected.
psper- setting forth the sste Of The FRANCES OF the
BOOK Concerns in New.fors sni Cincinna,i, AMI
,heY various branches IN different psrts OF the ooun
,rv were read and appropriately referred The ex-
hint Of the Methods: Publishing Houses showed tnat
,bs re.nrces Of the same sre about 500 900. The
profits for the past year were sb3 9 -. The stsoll-
i.y Of this establishment shows lisei IN the iact tna,
nS tardng los. the past year IN the public son
of some Of ts perodicsl, $4,000 or Sl3,OOO, and
made deduction from the assets OF 50 per cent Tor
bad debts il passed without embarrassment through
the financial crisis, snd came out with the above
handsome exhibit -,
renort VAS read from the corp)-ators Of the Nes-
levnn | University at Middletown, Conn., showing the
resources Of hs, institution 10 be in al about 500 600,
With an Indebtedness Of about $4,000. This report
was referred 10 the Committee on Education The Bsh.
Oh announced as the order Of business the question:
who remain on trial in the ministry These are
preachers Of one years standing who are required, IN
addition 20 paste raj work 10 pursue course oil study
imbracinc literature, science and theology. The
coure - not very extensive, but still is required
Of every candidate that he give the Conference sas
factcry evidence OF haviug mastered 1t. The Com-
mittees OF Examination ss the names were read, re-
ported the results of the same, and the Conference
acted accordingly The next business in order was
the consde ration Of the ministerial and moral charac'
ter of the worn -ou, and partially neebed ministers
Among this.pumber is the venerable Dr. Labsn Clark
and the equally venerable Dr. Nathan Bangs, both OF
whom were in the ssr Their addresses TO the Con-
ference when their names called were extremely
interesting and produced great emotion in the Con-
ference They both referred 10 the present year a.
the happiest in their lives and felt deeply Interested
in the great revival which Ii spreading all over
the lard The number Of non-efiective ministers IN
this Conference l. regarded somewhat unusual,
there being on the list 81 of this class. After some
further misceaueous business an the announcement
Of meetings among which one inviting the minis
ers 70 attend meeting in behalf of the policemen,
the Conference adjourned with prayer by the
Rev HemaD Bangs.