Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-03-26
NUMBER 65

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mttees on the Episcopacy be and are hereby re-
questcd to inquire of the Bishops whether they
have in any case allowed themselves TO give an
express or implied promise 10 make a desired ap-
pointment previous to the session of the Annual
Conference, and without opportunity for CONSUL
tation with the presiding elders and whether they
have or have not given such pledges, that the
| reverend body aforesaid enact and insert In
The discipline, rule prohibiting any such act of
| colnmtia prior 10 the assembling of the Presid-
ing Elders and the communication ofsuch wishes
as the churches and pastors may desire to make.
NINTH DAY.
The members of the Committee on the Freed
mems Aid Society made their report, requesting
that contributions be made by the churches, they
having received information to the effect that
there has been collected during the car within
the boands of the Conference $715,38.
It closed with resolution requiring all moneys
| collected to be sent to Mr.. j. III. Thornly, Treas
| urcr of the Society.
The Committee on Temperance made their re-
port closing with series of resolutions reafllrm-
ing their support of the principles of Temperance,
aud recommending the appointment Of Rev. +.
Coombe as Agent of the Estate Temperance
| Union.''
The statistical reports were presented, showing
| the present condition of the Church within the
bounds of the Conference and general improve
| mcnt In all Its items. NfgE
Number of members, 5073G; Probationers,
9,024 deaths, GjG; local preachers, 376 bap-
tisms, 1GiG; children 5i87; churches, 5GO--
probable valne, s2,6s1, ,G76 Al; parsonages, 9G-
probable value. s823, ,7O5; Collections = tract,
81, 753 3d.; Bible, 50 G57 95; Mission, $50, Az
81 Sunday School Union, 1886 Sc; Church
extension, $5,391 20; General Conference, s9O7,-
5l; Church buildings, S144,0s1 05; parsonages
| $26,455 &c.
Resolutions were passed disappearing of the
use OF tobacco by members of the Conference.
Rev I. J. Thompson presented the following
| request, which was adopted
" Whereas, There is need Of new church at
Greensboro, and whereas that Society has recent
| y been deprived of bequest OF over $4,000 by
decision Of the Court Of Appeals of the State of
Maryland, thus dcpriving them OF the necessary
means OF commencing the enterprise therefore.
| be 1t
| Resolred That we recommend said churches to
the sympathy and material aid of this Confer
| ence.'
| The Committee on boundaries reported, favor
ing division by State lines, and recommending
the General Conference thus to divide this Con-
| A minority report was also presented, recon-
mending a division by the line of Market street
and the Baltimore Central Railroad, and that no
| other division be requested.
Rev. j. B. Quigg advocated the adoption of the
majority report, pleading for Peninsula Confer.
ence, and eontcnding that the interests of the
church in Delaware and the Eastern Shore de-
nand set of men especially consecrated te
Gods work 10 that section OF the conference ter
| itory. He spoke of the prosperity of that coun-
try, Its growing character, and Its demands for
special conservation to labor there. The average
salaries of the Peninsula are 10 advance of those
| paid in any other part of the work. We have
In that territory hold on the children. A steady
growth and increase characterizes the condition
| OF our work there.
Rev. w. Cooper moved that the minority re-
port lay on the table, 1t was SO ordered, and the
| majority report being called up was adopted bya
strong vote, with the following amendment Of
| the third propositions
"Resolced That we recommend our Northern
boundary to be by the county lines. of Carbon,
Schnylkill, Monroe aud Dauphin."a
| All these reports were directed to be given to
| the General Conference delegation.
The Finance Committee made their report,
mainly embraced in the statistical report given
| above. Adopted.
Roy. a. Manshp. in consequence Of falling
health, requested a supernumcrary relation. He
made characteristic speech, which excited con-
| siderable amusement. His request wns granted.
Rev JAS. Cunningham made a statement In re-
ference TO Rev. Sanderson, indicating his need of
substantial sympathy. An immediate response
| was made by the Conference and congregation,
i and purse of !400 was raised in few minutes.
The Methodist churches of Wilmington pre-
| scented request from the churches of that city to
| meet there ut their next annual meeting
| motion prevailed, asking the next General
Conference to grant us the privilege of meeting
| once more together.
The Union n. Z. Church of Philadelphia was also
placed in nomination, but on taking q count vote,
| Wilmington was selected.
collection was taken for the Sexton, amounts
| ing to nearly $780,
The first question of the minutes was taken up
80 Who are admitted on trial?'
The following We're represented and elected to
membership trial in the Conference: Edwin q.
Griffith, II. W. Sebring, j. w. Knapp, Wm. l..
Gilbert Albert L. Hood, james c. Wood, John
W. Wright T. NJ. Chatham, James NJ. Williams,
James Conner.
The following are the appointments for 1868, in
the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
WILMINGTON pIsraicT-Jas. Cunningham, P. f.
Asbury, J. D. Curtis; st. Paul's, Aaron Ritten-
| house; Union, VIM. e. England Scott. Andrew
Gather; GRACE, Alfred Goodman, TF. Plummer,
| Sup Grace Mission, to be supplied; Brandywine
| and Lebanon. Joshua Humphries; Mount Salem,
J. d. Rgg Sloan, WV. .McMichael: Newport,
| II. II. Bodinc; New Castle, Leon. Dobson Della
ware City, John Allen; Port Penn, w. T. Tull;
ST. Georges aud Summit, W.B. Walton Sutton,
LA Watson Newark, John France and H. N.
| Gilhert Christiana, q. W. Landreth, one to DO
supplied; Elktop, l.. C. Matlack; Bethel, j. w.
picrson: Northeast Thomas L. Poulson Charles
| ton, n. w. Bennum Elk Neck, to be supplied
Port Deposit Charles Hill; Zion, Valentine Gray,
| Albert L. Hood; Pleasant Grove, I. b. Harvey;
Oxford, John strlngcr; New London, Ii. B. Maui
ger. L. B. Hoffman Chatham, to lie supplied;
White; Enterprise and Coaestoga, Am. .Wiggins,
| one to be supplied; Cochranyie, Sam. Pancoast,
one to be supplied; Coatcsvillc, w. s. Pugh;
Guthrievillc, j. G. Gregg; Marshalton, j. Pastor
Joseph AspriI, James 9. Wood; Chester, Chester HE Il. i.
| Gilroy; Chester, Trinity, Isaac Mast; Village
Green Circuit, W.C.Johnson, one to he supplied;
Media, j. }. Tinmus; Crozicrville w. Coffman.
EAsroS plsrRlcr-T. j. Thompson, T. F.
Smyrna, s. L. Gracey; Smyrna Circuit, W. B.
Odessa. G. A. Phgbus; Leipsic and Raymonds,
| T.. B. Newman; Doycr,J. H. Lightbonrne; Cam
den, j. o. Sypherd; Willow Grove A. D. Davis;
Frederica and Barrett's Chapel, A. W. Milb,,;
ford, b. F. Price; Harrington, J. s. Willis, J. NJ.
Williams; Denton, J. W. Hammersley, ]. Con-
ner; Greensboro. W. O'Neill, VIM. Mcfarland
IIillshoro. VIM. Hammond, one to be supplied
Easton, w. Kenney; Talbot, j. A. Brindlc, F. NJ.
Chattan; Tmppe, I. S. Williams Queenstown,
D. c. Ridgcway; Kent Island, N. NJ. Brown;
GGentreyille B Merritt; sudiersve; ,.l Edward
Gardner; Kent J. b. Quigg, Enoch stubbs; still
Pond, II. S. Thompson; MillingtoH, - Hongh,
| 9. W. Prettyman Cecilton and st. Pauls, j. L.
Bryan; Warwick, To be supplied.
snow ml.L pisrnlcr.vaughan Smith; Pc.
Seaford, j. l.. Taft Bridgeve, Joseph Cook,
w. u. Hutchins Laurel, Elijah Miller; Bethesda
and Bethlehem, James E-gate; Dorchester, VIM.
Merrill; Ftdcralshurg, to be supplied Cambridge,
| VIC. Mckcenan; Cambridge Circuit, John Bran
drcth; Salisbury. J.r. yanburkalow; Worcester,
to be supplied Quantico Joseph Dare; Sharps-
town, To be supplied Princess Anne, j. Carroll;
lTairmonnt, 9; ". Buoy; Annamessex, I. L.
Piled Accomac. Aeon +. q. irwin I; NORTH Northampton, I'D 10
| be supplied Newtown, I. +. Martndale; one TO
be supplied Snow Hill, ]. E. Elliot Z. E. White;
| Berlin, A. A. Fisher; Frankford, j. NJ. Weston,
| Misboro', to be supplied; Lewes, 7. B. killian;
Milton, G. W. Burke Georgetown, D. II. Thorn
us, Lincoln City, w. w. Redman, A. A. Ewing;
Gumborough; q. s. Conway,one to be supplied;
Vienna, w. F. Talbot, ono to be supplied; Lakes
| vile, to be supplied
F. Hodgson and G. A. Singer, transferred to
| East Baltimore Conference.
| Loudoltn County, Va.
| Distant as this county is from us il Is connected
with this city by so many social and other ties