The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-15
THIRD EDITIO N.
PHILADELPHIA ME. CONFERENCE.
The Annual Session at Harrisburg
Third Day.
[sPEOIAL DEsPATOH 10 THE EvENGNa TELEaRAr

The Annual Session at Harrisburg
Third Day.
tBPEOIAL DEsPATCH TO TIRE EVENING TELKaRAPH,l
HARRISBURG, March l5.-The Conference re-
assem- bled att o'clock. The opening religious
services were conducted by the Rev. j. IL.
A circular was read from the Delaware Asso-
citation for the Moral and Intellectual Progress
OF the Colored People, and referred to the Com
mlttee on freedmen,
A circular was read from the Church Exten-
sion Society, which was referred TO the COM
mittee on that subject.
The annual report from the Sunday School
Union of the M. E. Church was read, The fol-
lowing are the aggregates for 1855: schools,
1886 officers and teachers 10000; scholars,
gS0,7S6; expenses Of schoulf S37l, ,l30 OS: number
of conversions, 4.H6. Increase Of 48l schools,
Sl6l officers and teachers and 10, 1874 conversions
The increase or scholars is the largest ever re-
ported. The conversions are far in advance Of
any former year, and amount TO four and half
per cent. OF the whole number OF scholars. The
circulation OF the Sunday School AdUocate is
326,6O0
The following was passed by rising vote:--
ReSOLUed, That the members OF the Senate and
House Of Representatives now in session, be
invited to visit the Conference at their oonve-
nience, and take seats within the bar Of the
General E. NJ. Gregory being present, was in
troduced.
their studies three years were called, and the
following passed, after being favorably repre-
Hughes, G. w. Buckley, ]. F. McCleland, s: II.
Reisner, E. z. Aldred, w. Coffman, IL. f. Gett,
John Stringer L. E. Martindale, b. Il. strong
The hour of i6jI O'Clock having arrived, the
order of the day was the memorial services,
which were taken up.
Rev. I. j. Thompson announced the hymn
And let the tickle body fail, which was sung
very sweetly.
Rev. A. Atwood offered an appropriate
prayer.
Rev. DIR. Cooper read the Scripture lesson.
When the Presiding Bishop called the name
of George Quigley, the most breathless silence
prevailed in TN vast audience.
Rev. j. Cunningham read well-Writte1
memoir of the deceased. He died in Whining
ton, Del, June %, 1866, aged 81 years. His las
words were "JeSus died tor me-"
A lady came forward at the close of the read
ing of the memoir, and presented to the BishoJ
beautiful wreath of immortelles, which wal
received, in few remarks by Rev, A. Cook
man. The wreath was then suspended in the
rear of the pulpit. Another wreath was added
one in each case.
The hymn,
"My days are gliding swiftly by"
was then sung.
Rev. w. l.. Gray, Presiding Elder, followed IL
an eloquent eulogium of the dead,
Joshua II. Turner being called, Rev. j. E
Mason read q memoir setting forth the life anC
character OF that clergyman, He died in Brls
tol, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1866, aged forty
six years.
Rev. T. A. Fernley read paper to the me
mory OF the dead who was the tirst to die ou
of twelve young men who entered the ministr!
| in lS49.
Dr. Moore delivered an eloquent address T.
Solomon Higgins memory; read by Secretar
| Pattison.
| DR. Castle made n few remarks, and the ser
vices closed at half-past II o'clock.