The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-08
Total amount apporoncd to N Y East Conference g. m
The Committee on District Parsonages was
appointed az follows: REV. +. r. Tower, 7. q.
Brush and w. ii. Russell.

appointed as follows: Rev. F. r Tower. I. q.
Brush and W. II. Russell.
"sAMMYn DUNN's EPIsTLE.
An interesting letter from Rev. Samuel Dunn.
ID. D., OF the British Wesleyan Conference, WAS
read. DIR. Dunn was for few years member Of the
East Conference. He has just completed his seventy
fifth year, and has during the past year preached
800 gratuitously at st. Just, and since he
left there in September last he preached twenty
ve more sermons in the scenes Of his early labors.
ST. Ives, where. the first Methodist Society in
Cornwall was formed and the first meeting
house was pulled down by the mob for
the Spaniards, and where John Wesley and
John WILSON lay for many nights on the floor with
had to pick berries for fsod on the adjoining
downs. Now. out OF u population OF 1000, the
Methodists have 5000 hearers IN their four chapes.
The little one has become . thousand. Father
Dunn has also preached ten sermons IN Falmouth,
where Wesley In 174i was taken prisoner BY 9
low out of kindness, lined the streets to see him
as the King was passing by. The veneraDie
sermons in penzance, where Thomas Maxneld,
Wesley's first lay preacher, was thrust into dun
geon and was then offered by the magistrate TO
man-of-war He also preached at Cambornc,
where the champion OF the mob, who had often
sworn that Wesley should never preach In the
parish, at last gave up the cause, saying zone may
as well blow against the wind; and again at Red
THE FOUNDER or MErHoDIsM,
preached In the streets and thousands wept around
him; also ut GrecRnup, though not i'll the amphithc-
atre, where Wesley often WITNESSED the most
magnificent spectacle which Is to be seen on this
side OF heaven.r There are some thirty Thousand
Methodists now In Cornwall. Father Dunn has
preached among all the branches OF the Methodist
connection and has advocated IN each the uniica-
tion Of all VINO hold the same doctrines and diner
but little IN discipline. he found little sympatny
the very pertinent question, D0 ye think that the
Scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth In
COMPTON or THE DISTRICTS.
Mr.. PilIsbury then gave an account Of the relI-
gious and financial condition or his district, New
Haven, in which there have been about five hum
dred conversions during the year. Three new
churches have been built, at cost OF $29 GOO and
Others at IA cost Of $4,000 more. There are sixty
churches in the district, whose estimated value Is
$685. 900. which there IL DEBT OF u little over
one hundred thousand dollars. The Insurance OLE
the property Is only $4,000. The amount raised
for ministerial support was $4,000. All the preach
ers were pronounced blameless in character.
DR.. Scudder reported for the Bridgeport district
not very great financial or spiritual progress,
though they had seme large and useful rcvivals I'm
the district. and there is slight increase In their
financial collections over last year. TWO new
churches and a lew new parsonages are under
| way but he did not like the way In which the
! people DO up their financial interests They were
continually talking to him about the number and
extent OF their collections, but they don't pay up
very promptly. He wished they would think more
about evangelistic enterprises, and ne believed
/ their financial affairs would be In much better
condition II they did. He had promised 20 preach
TO some OF them the significant letters, q. o. d.,
1 lOr lie IOUn0 bndI tntiT EcHRious htcttsts nIo
| managed in the same loose way as their finances.
The preachers In this district too, were pronounced
| bamecss In character.
| A resolution was adopted providing for the pub
LEGATION OF brief memoirs OF the deceased wives oil
ministers OF the Conference In the annual minutes,
| and Reys. G. Il. Ford, w. Lawrence and A. s. HUNT
| were appointed the Committee on Memoir Tor Mrs.
Haynes, OF Brooklyn, who died In the hanson place
church parsonage since the session OF Conference
commenced. Carried.
Another member presented resolution prohibit
ing licentiates and unordained ministers from cee-
brating marriages; but 1t seemed likely 10 pro-
woke discussion at the time OF adjournment, tho
Conference laid 1t on the table and soon thereaner
odiourupd