New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-11
THE METHODIST CONFERENCES.

| SPRING SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
There are eighty annual conferences in the
Methodist Episcopal Church Half OF them meet IN 'he
spring and the rest the Fa The first OF the Spring
conferences 1.-THE Texas was held on jan ana the as'
will meet May H. Fourteen conferences nave met III
this country en- the South mainly ono In india ana
one in Liberia Among the largest and most Important
of n csc is the Baltimore which contains over $4,000 lay
members 1t opened at Winchester, Va, on March >,
Bishop Peck presiding. 1t embraces tho DIsfict VI
Columbia, nearly all the western shore OF Maryland,
small portions of Pennsylvania and virginia ana
the counties Of Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan Hamp-
shire Mineral, Hardy, Pcndleton, ana Grant
in West virginia Tie annual conferences
have no legislative powers; their business
is administrative At their sessions ministers are re-
ceiyed on trial into full membership their characters
are passed upOn and they appointed by the bshop
and presiding elders to stations for tho ensuing year.
Statistical reports also presented At the Baltimore
Conference 100 ministers were In attendance at the
first Tue reports Of the presiding elders OF the
baltimore, East Baltimore, West Baltimore, Washing
ton and Winchester Districts showed that the churches
were in hOurishing conditio Dr. John Linahan,
formerly Of the agents OF the BOOK concern ID New
York ia member OF this Conference, having been APP
pointed presiding elder OF the East Baltimore Dstct
after the expiration of his term as agent; Ine Rag
Church, embracing part OF the territory or Tue CONFER
OF the Northern Church net at Mashington %n
March 3, Bishop Marvin presiding IL mas ABOUT AoVo
lay members :,
Three conferences OF the Church North were neu yes
terday the New-Jersey at ew-BruuswlcK by blsnop
Simpson the Lexington at Louisville by Bishop Fos-
ter, and the Kansas at Manhattan, by Bishop Merrill.
On March other conferences will meet the VIII
mington at Smyrna Central Pennsylvania at Hunting
don; Pittsburgh at Alliance Ohio Kentucky AT LOUIS
Vile; Philadephia at Norrstown and inc 81 Louis al
Carthage Mo. The East German Conference VIII s0e
held at Newark March IS, 10y Bishop Simpson The Now
York meets Poughkeep April Bishop AmPs. ana
the Now. York East opens at Merlden Conn. April .,
with Bishop Andrews In the Chair. The remaining con
fercnces will meet follows: April 7, New England
Springfield, Mass. April a. Providence al ,bed-
ford, Mass Wyoming at OneOntd; North Indiana AT
Ekhart April 81 Troy at Glens Falls, New Hampshire
at Havermli. Mass. April 49, Northern New, YORK al
Mexico, Maine at Bath, vermont AT bellows rams May
H. East Maine at Calais. ~
The India annual Conference Of the Methodist Epis
copa Church held ShajehaupOre, be ginning Jan.
G. No bishop being present. the Rev. Dr. T. j. scott
was chosen preside. Ia the matter OF education, II
was decided TO be mpracicable TO attempt 10 compete
with the Government In higher education, ana c0nsd-
erAblc reductions male In the amounts appTOpri
acd TO schools the grades OF oil the schools were
also lowered. There is now but one high
school in the Coufcrence-that at Moradabad for
the trailing OF Christian boys There IS a
theological seminary at Barelly, which Is
reported TO he a prosperous condition. Tue confer
cnce territory divided into districts, known the
Kumaon tile Rohilcund the Oudb, aud the Bombay.
Bengal Madras Mission districts. The appointments
OF preachers 49, and there are women engaged In
medical work and teaching. The missionaries were
returned their old stations with few exceptions, the
The statistical report showed advancement In all the
departments. There 1913 me mbers increase 1856
81 local preachers and 5i35 sunday scholars In
crease i747 There 26l baptisns. The number OF
The value the churches and parsonages is tsO952.
The Rev Dr. Scott who has been IN Indh IL years. was
granted a leave OF absence, and Will soon arrive III
America q visit