National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-04

anee rank q sisstivs siders. The conference
embEsees the state q AaIyland lsa.s TIE Ese
q ~ Columbia; wisess.s.l l yisSinis and e.
burg as Ar west Psdont nd P sss !:%e
number Of Sunday school scholar, and 20 iGcs.
preachers. Last year sol communicams o IN.
value Of s eh snr ssS e q
about t515, $50. The amount collected sor - I'm
ehSreSss and SuisF III a saS gs.r
soaa :; f tbs does Nc. neas sisSoo
for 5hs iii nov much
When We consider the multitude o. q eo % 6
cants Of this VIC ssss ster dsStS
and the multitude that have removed to the West
and other parts Of the work during its exstence,
Sss cam 1s sf y. results
EARLY nErHoDIsn IN MARYLAND.
Hardly . hundred yea1 have passed since
came to Trsdsrief county, Msryisnd, with ne
soil. He gathered his hrst hearers together on
"Sam's ereek," In that county. Ere long he built
%los meeting house. on sd sress shout out, , nnd
thence Issued to spread the good news to Eastern
Maryland, Deleware, Pennsylvanie and VII;
farford counties. The 6rst society IN Baltimore
!! unity be gathered together At the house Of
Daniel Evans, near Baltimore, and this society
lion in s.id county In his county, also the nr.t
native Methodist preacher Of the continent,
Richard Owen, was led BY strawbTidgs to Christ.
Richard Webster and others ofthe earliest Mary
hand Methodist ministry. Then Strawbridge,
and Fairfax There followed very soon . noble
band, such - w. Catch, Bowman, Haggerty,
Dnrbln and 2arreltson.
The first sermon in Baltimore was preached by
John King, one Of Wesley's converts, who, coming
to America, co-operated with Strawbridge and
Robert Williams, the "apostle Of Methodism in
Virginia." Kings pulpit was . table, placed at
the junction of Baltimore and Calvert streets.
Some militia men, flor IL was on training IN;
him spraWi,ns s on the Eroapa bu: undsunied he
The early itinerants were dismayed by no such
had developed suiieiently in baltimore to enter.
tain the annual conference Of the Church
To detail the progress Of this "mother Of con-
How its original Territory took N an empire Of
plain and hill, Of valley and mountain, and bsy
and river; how, rs its numbers increased, confer
ence after conference was formed, until at last
annual conferences thousands strong now occupy
the region then occupied by few circuits Or .
district It would be impossible to de,an. IN %
sketch its carly churches-old "City station"
of Baltimore; the old Foundry" or I" Ebene-
tell Of its big Hearted lnymen; to sketch its
glorious Men-Emory, Sruber, Collins, Grifith,
siits sSq t&ek [fssii III saSueass iii: recently
departed Sewell. Morgan, krebDs, hirsl a.. :
host Of other grand spirits, to tell Of its palmy
days when Slicer, Collins, the Morgens. Lanahan,
Register, Sewell, Israel, Dashiell, the Roszells
and others, men belonging to the conference by
birth and education-"our opR men," as their
brethren delighted to call them-constituted
group rarely II ever eQualed at one time in any
body Of its size for elegant and effective eloquenee
All this would be most pleasant, but space
forbids. 1t is enough to say that these moral war
riors have living monuments in thousands Of pure
lives won to God by His blessing, through their
influence. and that their mantlcs have fallen on
worthy successvfs.
The present conference will be Of much interest
especially in view Of the fact that large number
of the important charges will change their min
listers.
RELIGIOUS STATISTICS IN MARYLAND AND W.
CINITY.
The following table of statistics showing the
work dune under tho Baltimore Annual Confer
enee as compared with other denominational
efforts in Maryland and vicinity will prove Of
great interest at this time to the readers Q. The
REPUBLICAN. 1t was prepared by Rev. J. Gar
land Hammer for the recent meeting OF the Pres
byterian Synod OF Baltimore, held October p
1873 to show the relative strength OF the several
religious denominations within the territory of
the synod, and is subjoined without revision:
Within the bounds of the synod there is O total
population of lo9574f, OF which .60.I9i coored
For the supply Of she gospel there are ,S27
r.sk s IiGtss hasa