Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-06
The Wilmington N. Z. Conference
SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION AT SALISBURY, MD.
-OPKNING PROCEEDINGS.

ley in the chair, presiding with great simplicity
and christian dignity. His opening prayer and
address was very comprehensive, affecting and
concise. Conference is very full, not one preach
er having fallen the last year by death prosperity
has attended the labors of the ministry, and the
church throughout the peninsula IS coming up
out OF the ruins OF the war and the wilderness,
| leaning on the arm of their beloved.
Each Presiding Elder read written Re
port of the state of his District.
wilmington District, in the absence OF
DIR. Thompson, was not thus represented.
As the name OF each minister was called he
rose In his seat and reported the amount OF
missionary money collected upon his charge
during the year. and though the reports
were necessarily incomplete, some OF the
laig ger churches having not yet quite COM
pleled their collections, vet enough was
shown to indicate gratifying increase in
the amount of collections for Missions.
Rev. J. l., Taft, p. T.. of Salisbury Dis
triot. preliminary to reading his report, joe
ularly disputed the claim of Dover District
to the title of the Banner District, and
claimed it for his own. His report stated
that Salisbury District extended from the
Nauticoke river to Cape Charles, about $50
miles, including in its territory, portions OF
Maryland and Virginia. There has been
during the past year a spirit OF growing fra
terniiy upon the parts OF the other churches
Ten camp meetings had been held some OF
them double in size OF those OF the proceed
ing year, the Sunday Schools were In good
condition; the finances improving; one new
Parsonage had been built and five new
churches dedicated. There had been no
deaths and no changes among the ministers
and they would be able to report from the
District, from 1000 to 1900 probatiouers.
AT the conclusion of this matter, Rev. A.
w. ..Milby, brought TO the notice OF tho
Conferences. the requests OF Miss Bradshaw,
of Chestertbwn, Nd, to the Mission. Tract
and Bible cause OF the church, and suggest
cd 4 hats
be proper. Alter some remarks upon the
subject, it was, for the present, laid aside.
The beque amount to some Sl2G0 fer the
Benevolent enterprises of the church. beside
$4,000 or $4,000 for the Chestertown M. E.
Church.
Reference was also made to a bequest
made several years since by Robt. Griffith,
of Dorchester county, Md, to the General
Missionary Society OF the M. L. Church.
II was shown that the money had been paid
to DIR. John p. Durbin. Missionary Sec'y.
number of visiting ministers being pre-
sent, they came forward, at the invitation OF
the Bishop, aud were introduced to the
Conference which rose in body and re-
ceived them standing. Among them were
DR.. ROUNDS, Rev. Mr.. August and DR.. Fin.
ley OF the NJ. L. Church, South, and Revs.
| Burroughs, Brunn, AMI Coffee. (coPu) OF
| The Delaware Conference OF the M. E.
Church.
Tue Conference proceeded to locate the
| Bar, as II il called, the bound OF seats re-
served for the members OF the Conference.
| the call OF the Stewards was made the
order of the day for Tomorrow, Thursday,
at 10 o'clock.
| The following committees have been appointed:
| Public Worship. L. Taft n. NJ Brown, w.
W. Thorington.
Publication of Minutes Secretary and asst
| ants.
| On Education-J. D. Curtis, J. B. Mer-
ritt A. w. Miby, G.. A. Ph9bus, T. Ii. Haines,
| W p. Davis w. Z. England J. w. Piersin, q
w. Sparks, F. A. Ellis, W W Thorington. Rob
ert j. Jump, G II Day, It Richards, I
Matthews, J. E. Ellegood.
| Education for next session.. B. Merritt T. a.
| Ellis, VIM P. Davis, G. H. B. Day, A. w. MIlby,
W. II. Thompson, ". II. Huchlns, J. Z. Ellie
good.
Bible Cause-E Miller, i Van Burkalew, j
Suoday Schoos-H Colnazar, w N Warner, E
| Aldred, T II Rawlins.
On Tract Cause-J W Weston, & D Watson
E Neunam, G W Burke.
| Temperance y Mann, Davis, d
| Adams, W ONeii.
| Special Committee to collect Funds for Confer
euce Educational Society," q Hunter, " Nc
Farlane, W Duhadaway, Stengle.
To collect General Statistics-E Nelson,
| Fosnocht, 6 Brister, A Stengle.
! To collect and arrange Missionary SlaiiIicsT
L Tonetuson, W B Gfe2g J Q sypherd, R c
| Jones.
On Finance-J D Kemp, A Wilson, B
Klllaim, Joseph Dare.
To collec. and arrange addresses oil Loca
Preachers-T Hunter, L H Miller, T Hard
ing, Fisher
On Missiens-The Presiding Elders aud Vaughn
Smith, A " Milby, q W Sparks, DR. w I Smith
L Malalieu, W Spry Sherman.
On Nececsitous Gases Board Of Stewards.
| Post Ofhces-J France, I Ayers, ID w Nc
Intyre I r Creamer
| Tn arrange for Anniversar of l5l5-J Mer
ritt, d Ridgeway, J 4 Bryan, NJ Browne.
| Ladies and Pastors Christian Union-J Qugg
j Houston, J III Williams, Rawlins.
| s pecial Committee on PASTORAL Address L
| Matlack N Brown, w Uric. Price.
Mention OF the Conference Education subeo
| brought up SPIRITED debate upon the subject oi
the
| APPROPRIATION OF TIE FUNDS
| collected for educational purposes which wa
participated in by Revs. Milby, Quigg, Chath am
| Ridgeway and Others, but no motion being be for,
| the Conference, DR.. Wesley kenney, during
lull in the discussion introduced resolution To-
the appointment of a committee to draft
| PASTORAL ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE,
| to be read from the pulpit by each pastor.
DIR. Kenney also called attention 10 the charac
| Ter OF the advertisements admitted into the q,
leaves of the Minutes particularizing that o
| Woods Museum, censuring the admission O
such.
The Secretary, T. Z. Martindale, showed tha
the blame rested with ths publishers proper, anc
not with the Secretary and his assistants, WHIT
had nothing whatever to do with the adverts Q
nents
Rev. j. b. Quigg read his report as agent of tn,
Conference Academy, and deduced as an infersnc,
that great earnestness and activity was necessar,
upon the part of both the misistry and the Laity
OF the Conference in order of its success
!. lu connection with this matter of the Confer
ence Academy and the educational interests tn,
| following resolution was offered
Resoired, That 1t is the sense of this Confer
ence, that young men receiving aid from the
Conference Educational Society shall be requlrss