The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-14
THE NORTH INDIANA CONFERENCES

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THE NORTH INDIANA CONFERENCE.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTHERN IN
DIANA METHoDIsTS-THE QUESTIONS DIS
CUssED-THE DISTINGUISHED DIvlNEs IN
ATTENDANCE MINISTERIAL CRAYoN
sKETCHEs-THE Fl. WAYNE CoLLEGE-ITs
HISTORY, NEEDS AND PRoSPECT-A CLERI-
CAL REAL ESTATE DEALER.
From am Occasional Correspondent OF the Sentnel)
FIT. WAYNE, IND, April S.-The slaughter
of yellow legged chickens has ceased, and
the thirty-frs annual session of the North
Indiana conference has ended. Whether
there is any natural relation between these
phenomena must be left tc the intelligent
reader to discover. On the first day of the
month the streets were lived with grave
looking gentleman robed, for the most part,
in black, being carpet bag in one hand and
an umbrella in the other. Spectacles flashed
in the sun in way that panied the eye of
| the beholder at the brillancv of the reflect
ed rays. One hundred and eighty-six of
these gentlemen were suddenly but
| not Unexpectedly added to the
population of 1T. Wayne. The ses-
sion. which lasted five days, was an inter
esting one, though attended by no incidents
of special importance. The usual routine
work ofappointing committees, reading re-
ports of work done during the year; was
transacted.
The time honored conundrum, how to
make congregations contribute liberally was
again proposed for solution, and while many
were disposed to give it up, Bishop Foster
devoted little time to the utterance OF few
pointed opinions of his own on the subject.
He is disposed to censure the ministers in
large degree for this failure. 1t is idle TO
make complaints of a general character and
bewait the lukaWarmneSs of the lay
brethren, so long as the ministers in charge
does not put forth q supreme effort. This
subject was recurrer to on several subSe-
quent occasions, and indeed seemed TO pos
sess a peculiar attraction. Among the
members of the conference were some men
who would have been prominent in any au-
dience. OF these the most noticeable perhaps
} was
BISHOP FOSTER.
| Ofmedium height. he has striking appear
ance. His face is finely moulded and of res
olute cast. His eye is clear and honest, and
his voice sonorous and powerful. Alto
gether, he is a very fine looking IL an; the
. handsOmest, perhaps, in the whole assem-
by. Bishop Foster has been in the minis
, try thirty-six years, during which time b g
has never missed conference. To those
3 who know what Methodism in Indiana was
thirty years ago, this statement will carry a
world of meaning. He is good parliament
tartan, thoroughly acquainted with all the
church. He is, moreover, strict dis
7 ciplinarian, but when of duty
' jolly good fellow, who can
enjoy hearty secular laugh as well as his
? neighbor. In fact if we were to go TO a
Methodist conference to find melancholy
t men ne would find that he had walked up
the wrong passengers. DIR. w. II. Goode
tho vice. pre- sidenr of the conference, by
3 virtue of his exalted position in the assem-
ely requires notice. He is Methodist OF
n 81 II \ Ii,
3 aizes no obstacles to. the accomplishment Of
L what he regards as Gods work on earth
= He has been in the ministerial harness fol
Z forty years, almost half century. His dig
dified men, his gray, almost white hair Sno
beard, and piercing eye mark him as one o
the
PATRIARCHs OF LHE CHURCH.
Dr.Goode lisa man of recognized ability, deer
!. piety and an almost consumins zeal in the
Q cause of the church. In looking at him one
g is carried back instinctirely to the heroic
, days of James q. Finley, Peter Cartwright
Il and other pioneers of the west. They have
g lived in another generation, and have seen
d the country, and with it the church grow ul
: from small and Insignificant beginnings
v One of the most marked characters present
: was the Rev. o. V. Lemon, presiding elder
s of Goshen district. Brother Lemon-if an
Q outsider may assume the relationships a
a member of the old school. OF large and
! commanding presence, he has a heart and
voice to correspond. His nature is as open
as his face, and his feelings quickly
Q find vent in ordinations of de-
9 light at sorrow as the ease NAV be- He is
: the champion singer, shouter and amen pro-
1 nouncer, His voice is powerful and sweet
, and he is not afraid to let it out on all occa-
sions. In short brother Lemon is expected
:. when present to ''start the hymn" Brother
:; with a voice that would make the fortune OF
the charcoal vender for all time to come.
1t is only necessary to sag, or hint,
$50 IN BROTHER LEMON
, and the next moment the work begins in
,. real earnest. He is an Invaluable man in a
: revival or a conference of which he is the
, soul. Comparisons are said to be
: odious, and distinctions invidious
! vet while it is possible to no.
I tice all or half of the prominent
members of the conference, it will be
in order to say few words in reference to
the Rev. A. Marine, who has been for the
past three years the pastor OF the Berry
street church in this city. Mr.. Marine
might be called a handsome man. He is
young. not more than tbirty-five years of
age; rather stoutly built, with complexion
, that any woman might envy. His cheeks
are as fresh and red as those eff any school
girl of sixteen, and his hair and beard are a
rich, handsome brown. With all due defer
, ence to Bishop Foster, the palm of hand
soonest man must be awarded to the Rev.
Marine at least if the award were made by a
committee ofladies. Mr.. Marine, however, has
more than good looks to recommend him.
He is an able and earnest speaker, and is
not afraid to express his honest opinion, on
men and measures, even where those opin-
ions are at variance with the feeling of
majority of his hearers, or the community.
When it was announced that he was to be
transferred to the Wayne street church and
thus retained in the city, the enthusiasm of
the interested spectators manifested in
cheers. Mr.. Marine has already won