Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-09
From Massillon.
Correspondence of Ohio Statesman. :.

Pa.. gra f MAssILLoN, March 1857.
The present session of ministers is called
the Forty-third Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and embraces
a full representation of its members. q
The salutatory services were conducted
by Bishop. Thompson, with an air of ease
and grace that his familiarity
with the work before him. Theentire bus
iness of the first day was preliminary such
as reports from committees to nominate
standing committees on Education, Par
sonages, State OF the Country, Temperance,
Freedmen,s Sunday Schools, &C., &c. The
rules of order adopted at the last session of
the body, were put in force for the gov
ernment of the pending session. 5.ib ,qa
The names of Messrs. Baker, Lewis, Nc
Cracken and Payne, were continued in a
supernumerary relation, and Messrs. Shi-
yer, Walters, Wright and Lauek, were
changed from supernumerary to that of
effective, when the following names were
called and continued in the superanuated
list: Messrs. Monroe, Boyd, Costow, Brock
unier, Cree. Sawhill, Kern, Ebbert, Petty,
McCur, Morrison, Reed, jackson, Phillips,
Clark, Athey, Cook and McGowen. Then
came the question of character, when one
hundred and fifty-eight clergymen were
examined and passed; some of whom, with
in the memory of the Oldest inhabitant,"
occupied a relative position below par.
S.P. Wolf, Presiding Elder of the Pitts
burgh District, stated that in his field of
labor, much good had been done spiritually
q nd q ne oil oTvif hi fbar S,,of
ended. iE ~ 3
T. McCleary, of the BIairsville District,
stated that no general outpouring of the
spirit had been manifested in his territory; {;
yet, in some parts, important accessions had
crowned their labors. rf s.. t .rfl.i-
A. j. Endsley, of the Uniontown district,
announced that the lives of ministers in
his circuit had been preserved, that peace
and prosperity had followed the track of
the laborer in the field, and not church
within his bounds was in debt dollar.
w. A. Davidson, of the Washington dis
trict, represented that in all respects his
people had kept pace with the progress of
the age, and were in advance of the begin
ming of the year. .a.,e4ga-b i s.r y, a,-rs,sl
-e IL. Deans, of the Barnesville district,
reported that the ministers in the various
charges had worked faithfully and success
fully, with marked impression and success.
j. j. Moffit, of the MeConnelsville dis
trict, regretted that he was obliged to re-
port delinquencies in many of the objects
he labored for, yet, in a spiritual view,
much had been accomplished; the failure,
being financial, was to be attributed to the
Impoverished condition of that section.
James Henderson, of the Cambridge dis
trict, said his work had been growing in
every department, and feelings of intense
regret trembled on his lips as he spoke of
his dissolution from past associations.
d. L. Dempsy, of the Steubenville charge,
thought his district was keeping step to
the tune of progress which marked the age.
Hereupon Bishop Thompson checked
proceedings to introduce Bishop Morris, q
ceremoney that had escaped his attention
because it looked like son introducing his
father. -..r-r IDS r .. ... .'- .-
After several changes from superanuated
to supernumerary, and from effective to
superanuated, the doXology was sung, the
benediction pronounced by the Rev. r.. NJ.
Hudson, and the Conference adjourned for
the day. .a VAGRANT.