The national Republican., 1869-03-04

- . ~ sone,usion OF the nrst hymn ther
Bishop CLARK opsned the erercises by re.d
ing selection Of Palms az the FRA lcsss n
es, The secdnd lesson was the secoud cham !
m. OF the 1t Epistlcs 70 the Corinthians.
nd The ymn, "Aud are We yet alive, and &C
each others face" was then sung by N
N, assembly with more force and spIrlt t6an /
cd generally observable In q mixei eongregs
CIV tion. Bishop Clark then offered up a feryen
~ prayer-asking divine guidance In their AZ
- noerations, and that. their thoughts nigh
10 not De driven away by the surrounding ex
he The hymn Crock of age. cleft for me,
!. was then sung. Rev. Mr. Blake and Rev. Dir
~ slyter then offered prayers.
o. After the usual devotional exercises, BishoI
OF CLARK said, though not altogether q stranger
IL among them, no felt q great responslbliIty
he at this time. BY the act Of the last genera
ut assembly the lines dividing the conference,
re had been changed aud now lines established
H. BY this new arrangement the Baltimore Easl
n Conference had ceased, aud portion Of h
ut was now embraced In this, the Baltlmor,
ID Conference The life Of the East Confer.
a. ence had been brief, but In the time. II IND
God. ''' vi
l. There might be those whose persono, ,.o,
Q ings were opposed to the change, but il had
I oeen by the highest authority In the Church
c ana an should now strive how best to show
service. VI ''' anu Ills
Rev. Mr.. Dosh then read the list of Nom.
Nth the date at Which they became
the conference.
bers, =, the list Alfred Grlfith,
members o. ~ John Bear, VIM.
The following Ia 1876 Henry
1906; VIM. Munroc, 1si., william
Prettyman, 1874; Basil Barr, N
Furlong, Jacob L. Dronweli, 1917
Hamilton, r. Spencer riuton, 1918; Jo..
Miller, 1919; VIM. Hank, 1870; Charles B. |
Young, 1891; Philip d. Lipscomb, Henry |
slicer, 1922; Francis Mccartney, Isaac Col |
Inns, 1928; VIM. o. Lumsdon, 1894; Jonathan |
Monroe, 1925; Goo. Hildt, 1896; N. J. Brown !
Morgan, James II. Brown, 1927; William d. ,
Edwards, 1885, Robert N. Llpscomb, 1885,
jeremiah w. Cullum, 1889, Thos. 8. Hard
ing, Aqulla. A. Reese, B: Newton Brown
Mabury Goheen, 1888 Samuel A. Blake,
Thomas Myers, 1885; James Brads, W. Nc
Kendell Walsh, 1895; Tlllottson A. Morgan,
James Gamble, 1887; Geo. W. Israel, John
Lanahan, VIM. II. Laney, Mat. A. Turner,
ts3sj John NJ. Green, Philip B. Reese, VIM.
". d. Ryan, 1880; VIM. 7. D. GLENN, Elisha
D. owen 1910; Joseph France, VIM. krebs,
Charles A. Reid, Jacob Montgomery, Frank
s. DeHaas, 1913; Charles McElfrcsh, John
W. Hoover, 1874, John W. Stout, John W.
Hedges, 1s45; octavius ?. wirgmau, Vim.
II. Pitcher, Menyin L. Hawloy, Robert s.
Maclay, VIM. A. Mckee, VIM. NJ. Osborne,
James N. Davis, VIM. II. Chapman, John |
II, c. Dosh, VIM. Harden, Geo. W. Cooper, /
Geo. Crossfeld, 1913; Alex. Q. Gibson, Cor |
nelius C. Crouin, John 8. Deale, John II. !
Ryland, 1870; James A. McCaulcy, James |
II. VI. Leman, Francis 8. Cassady, John +. |
stanbury, VIM: Z. sPcake, VIM: Champion,
1850; Robert W. Black, Milford Downs, Ben |
nett II. Smith, 1851; Joseph J.. Sargent, A. |
sommcrneld Hank, Humphrey c. Mcdaniel,
David W. Arnold, Andrew Longacre, Geo.
N. Berry, 1852; Levin D. Heron, VIM 7. VIII
son, Chas. Clever, Rdw. Kinsey, Asbury r.
Reiiey, Thomas Sherlock, B. Peyton Brown,
1858; Leonard VI. Gardner, Harrison Nc.
Richard Norris, George W. Dunlap, Ran
dolph X. Murphy, Job A. Price. WIN. II.
Halliday, 1855; Amos j. Bender, Vim. s.
Edwards, Geo. v. Leech, John W. Cornilus, |
Aaron NJ. Kester, Samuel Shannon, 1855;
Samuel II. Cummings, Hugh Linn, Coleman
Hartsock, 1857; VIM. =. Ward, Samuel V.
Lecch, VIM. T. L. wcech, James R. Cadden,
J. Benson Akers, J. Clark Hagey, 1858
John II. Swopc, Emory Buhrnian, J. Edwin
Amos, John A. Neumacs, James @. Moore,
Resin c. Haslup, Alfred Hames, 1859; John
W. Smith, James W. Still, Gustavus W.
Hobbs, George w. Feelemeyer, Charles +.
Thomas, Robert N. Bear, 1850; Ethelbert f.
shipley, Linus NJ. Nickerson, 1869; Charles
II. Mytingcr, Joel Brown, Ezekiel Richard
son, Martin L. Smyser, T. Marshall West,
]. Duey Moore, 1858; Luther T. Weiderman,
, J. II. Marsh, Watson Case, (dec'd, )ls64i q.
G. Cook, Melville c. Britain, Charles D.
Smith, George G. Markham, 1865; Charles
W, Baldwin, Benjamin +. ClarKsou, W.
o Hlrst n.Sa, 1896.
# Mr.. Dosh was next elected secretary, and
q on motion he was authorized to nominate
| nah Qiafa anita ha taht Aaa..
!, He nominated George W. Cooper, William
n 7. Ward and George G. Baker, and the
nominations wcrc confirmed.
Rev. Littleton =. Morgan, transferred from
, the Pittsburg conference, was introduced to
the conference.
Rev. Mr.. Myers offered a preamble rocltlng
that the recent arrangement Of the lines had
/ brought into this conference those who had
, been members Of the East Conference, and
, a resolution Of welcome to those membors.
Rev. Mr.. Shyter, one Of the members thus
! brought into this conference, said that this
!. proceeding was something like a golden
wedding, where two old people went through
the ceremony they had gone through lHy
years before. He claimed that he was a
member Of this conference by the action Of
: the General Conference without any action
Of this conference.
The hour OF a. m. was fixed as the hour
for meeting Of the conference, and 1880
, the hour Of adjournment. The third post
, from the pulpit was fIed as the bar Of the
conference. The presiding elder and the
preachers In charge Of the cities Of Wash
ington and Georgetown were made Com
mittee on Public Worship. The rules gov
ernlng last years conference were adopted
as the rules governing this body. The pre-
, siding elders were made committee to pre-
I pare q list of names Of members to serve
| on the various standing committees.
G Committee on Freedmen's Aid and a
: Committee on the Book Depository In Balt-
\ more were added to the standing committees.
s Rev. DR.. Eddy, Of the North River Con-
. ference, now transferred to this, was intro
duced to the conference and his name en-
tered on the roll Of members.
I Several visiting clergymen from other con-
: ferences were then Introduced by Bishop
1 Clark.
e A balance of sl2O, from the centenary col
e lection, was appropriated to the Preachers
: Aid Society.
/ The presiding elders being still out, Bishop
) Clark announced that he would proceed with
the eighth question Of the general minutes:
Who are the superannuated preachers 7
Under this call the Rev. VIM. Monroe made
few remarks. He said he felt himself a
complete wreck of humanity. His sight was
poor, his hearing dull, and he felt other In
iirmities upon him; but while his sight failed
him In regard to the things Of this world his
vision frightened In regard 10 the world to
come. He would be s6 years of age on the
Sth Of next September, and he felt willing to
resign the world whenever IL was the will of
Heaven to call him. He felt that he should
not be here at the next annual conference,
and asked an interest In the prayers of his
brethren.
Rev. W. II. Pitcher asked to be changed
| from superannuated to Bupcnumcrary |
preacher without appointment. Granted.
Rev. G. Z. Allen asked TO be transferred to |
the Central Pennsylvania conference. Laid |
| over.
Rev. James Bears asked 10 be transferred |
from superannuated TO supernumerary, with |
appointment. Granted.
A letter was next read from Rev. Isaac
Collins.
Rev. Mr.. Punshon was then introduced to
the conference. He felt thankful for an op-
portunity to visit their conference, and he
prayed God to multiply them and their