, 1875-10-09
OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES.
TIE ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE.
pNocEEpISGs YESTERDAY.

VAAL4A DVNA1r1s
THE ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE.
pNocEEp1SGs YESTERDAY.
Special D4spattt. to Ths Chicago T1tbHnt.
JOLIET, ILL.,. Oct. s.-To-dsy'e proceedings Of
the Rock River Conference commenced With
praynr-nee.inE. as usual, 1t ha!tpast o'clock
| A. H., which wan we'll attended. At e'c.ock
Jsishop llarris took tho chair, and tho business
I session hcCan. miscellaneous business boing
tho order. aavata Interesting matten were pro-
sented. It waa stated By tic proper autlo,ity
that tho various tallroads IN tho uorthesn part
Of tho State would roturu delegates at onc-hfth
fare, hnt they ,nnRt report their names, together
w1th place Of reallanea aud tno rsl.road routes
they caua ovnr.
A committee nas appointed b7 tho Chair to in
yestlgato .hn caso Of 1lr. Curtis. Some ittio
timo was consurnod in getting tho necessary
comnittaos constituted With secretaries neces-
sarv Ia investigate charges preferred.
At lalt-paat class at young ministers,
eight in number, wcso called and came for
wnrd. standing In front OF tho altar, for the pur
pore Of ANSWERING tho necessary questions pro-
parasory to their full admission "a regular Hlin-
1Btess {tiaae0ns) and rnsuhesH.,p III tho Gonfer-
enco. These candidates were William Craven.
Charles Ii. Cooi 1nmch y. Norris 7. G. Styer,
". Il. Bean, ). s. Conee. L. ". Drew, aud Rl-
fuH Conguon. Tho clorlry question Was p1cu-
ilAI 4HUt AAA ~ Mao P4VsAltiJ AaH0tEA III Wv
negative by gil. The Question vas: "Ara you
in debt;" They wore nl! youcl,cd Tar and ally
backed BIZ their respective Presiding Elders, aud
Tic Roy. j. j. Brouac, Visiting brother from
tho Southern Indiana Conference, WIS intro
duced by tho Bishop. Also prasiling-Elder
lren.isa Of tho pecasas {l!l.} District.
1t 10 o'clock, tho hour for the election Of
delcgakee to tho General Conference pf tho
AlcthodtRt Episcopal Church. be t,eld in BALI.
more IN May next, Il motion Was made md cnr-
rcd by wnich two telers aud sccretary we.o
appointed 70 rocoiyo lad CANVASS tho yotos.
Tho lio1s. Gro~a. Eusns. and Aanaey!lle weta
appointed tellers.
\ mutton prevailed that vherc moro thai, flva
hamas appeared on one ticket. all after the iiyst
tive ba sttscken oE bs tho tcl!ers. THO ticleta
wero distributed, ballots collected, aud tho teless
retired to canvsHe tic votes.
While tho tetlors wero thus engaged, tho
Conference proceeded With miscellaneous bust-
ne4H.
Ga.epa Street Churc, at aurora, catne up. An
item collected heto aud tlcrv developed tho factH
10 bo somewhat thus; In building now church
edldco tho Society became largely Indebted, near
pose Of raising tue nannsy 70 paY tho obligations.
l{e worked. And rrayed, and tsavelcl, and
begged md staryol himself for ono year, and
accomplished tho work Of paying otf The abbt.
raise tho money to pay hin for this important
nurvice, and right hbeta!!y did the brethren
.'eleIl CUT" SGyen hupdrod dollars woro rntnod
in foT n,tnuteA MID mont Of It Cd tho spot, 9o
tnat n 6fteen minutes tue seosetaEys desk
looked like tho xlao~-wsniow Of \ bank.
4 motion waa made BY Tho llev. Iibbn1s to soil
d curtain church property Ut Dunleith. 1t drew
out = dsousHion, and VIA finally withdrawn. At
thss juncsure tue toliers appeared and reported
tho result Of the baitos for delegates, ~ follown
Tho l@ev. G. Il. Fowler received l22; thu 1.oy.
", A. Hmith. lug tho lev. =, 4. ". Jowott, 09; /;
tho ltov. L. 7. cIeyelanl, o7. Whole number of
votes caat, I'll necessary to clolca, VI. Th0ao
four gcntlemsn uorv, Of conrao oleotel. Soy~
oral othetB received votes numbering ~ to Is,
but tho higheBs not enough 10 elect. Another
ballot vAa ordered, whiuh WAS noou taken, mad
talora retired IN betore, and sgatn misocllaueous
buHineeB came up. Several reports woro malo,
ul,nn tile editor OF tue Northwestern Christian
Afrorate got tho tloor aud talked eIoguentig In
boba'f Of hia newspaper until tho tollers again
appeared. TAoy repotteds Wllola nun,ber Of
votss 171; NECESSARY 70 choice. ~. No Que
reccivod majority. When \ third ballot was
taken snd report waA made ~ bofoso, which re-
suited ~ follows: Whola number Of votes, 1862;
nacessssy to ul,nica. r. The lev Luke Hitchcock
received B3 votoa. and HaA elected. After eomo
| dinner.
Thu meetng Of the Lay E,octorn, Conference
WAS held III tho basement OF tho church u!s
morning 81 10 o'clock. Tho.a wss what was con-
Hdeteda iull attendance. E. q. Cook. Of Non.
dot.; ~As aleotad Chairman and u. l. Hitchcock,
Of Chicago. Secretary.
| t'oMM!tEash on credentials and permanent or
san.1al'on were sppoiutod. ur. Charles Fowler
aou.eesea sho hott,ng ln regard 10 the condition
Aurora
Iho election OF a.'e.ase, to tho General Con.
1odohae W." fnate tho ot4er this Afternoon
Iha msslnnAry ann.yersafy x.a oua of aha
!aost wv tesuak services OF the Conference DE,
hooper Cfe1s: for ao'lle yos1a ptesidant of thla
hocIety, ptcaIaad In tuoat Acceptshlo manner
Tho election Of officers resulted ~ fniIo.su
prfsltAta-.Ile l!ey. Jauus IIanmo Cttau.
F1ct- t'fe<ss4t't-~Ihs Aey. T. T. CIayr,a,,5.
Freoport e'"''''
Secr'fary-Ths Rev. ]. a, Al,en. po,o
1''easurer-~Tha ltay. w. Ii. Tishe1 i3t,s.o,<
Or. Luke Hitchcock was tLn tlrat u, aH }Sass
tho moatns. lie confined himYslf ms.ni, ~
facts and figures. lie aala that whuu tLo 1!eth,
otiiBt Church succeeded IN rsisinE aetD taxt ~.
= great thing. Now they wass ra,slnx S8p0 Oof1
aunusI,y, aud still there nss ~ great nsad ~
Increase ~ tloro had ever bebll. Al tno muet.
INK to bo l,sld In New YORK so4p, two questions
wore 10 10 settlea. Flrss how much should 10
appropriated; and noxt, how much Of ihs
amount could be promised. Doos slio hrl1 ius-
t1fy tho expenditure Of such large amount .!
money, and can it be raised without deptcsslna
tho Church,
The DOCTOR .hen went on to describe The Hteal
benefit that hsu tebn received through thu Ut!
llutinent Of uativs 4oipcrs- he paid hisl
tribute to their eaFuestnasx and BelfaxcEltsco fu
tue cause. native Helper could 10 kept To-
Sl0n = year: LII alluded to Tho bright outool
III CAiuA, 11a spuks of tho Couferanca III China
and COMPARED it With lAe lrst Conference il
llhuoIs. ~ spoke Ut tbs growth Of sho latte
mud tug PROSPECTS Of tho forliar. fie ostlmAtel
thG arljt.rt nntu}t1 f,r nis n.x f-or